urges friends to secure election of Trumbull, 97;
his alleged bargain with Trumbull, 98;
receives vote for Vice-President in Republican National Convention, 101;
his surprise, 101;
his opinion of Kansas question, 105;
delivers speech at organization of Republican party, 111;
meets disapproval at Springfield, 111, 112;
in campaign of 1856, 112;
encounters hostility of Greeley in the East, 112;
journey of Herndon in his behalf, 113;