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National Republican Convention adopts principles and nominating choices
The National Republican Convention in Chicago on May 20 1868 endorses Congress reconstruction, suffrage for loyal men, debt repayment in good faith, and strong economy. It condemns Andrew Johnson, praises Grant, and nominates Colfax for vice president amid a wave of enthusiastic support. The report notes debate over resolutions and the ballot process, with cheering for Grant and discussion of Wade Colfax and Fenton as candidates. The article closes with local merchants advertising goods in Ellsworth.
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Thompson
National Republican Party of the
United States
Chicago
Congress
Andrew Johnson
Colu
Andrew Jolson
Great Britain
Ieee
Abraham Lin
Spencer
New York
Cochrane
McClure
Penn
Ohio
Ieat
National Republican Executive Committee
Carl Schurz
Lom
Grant
General Grant
Georgia
Brown
Liberty
Columbia
George F. Root
Scofield
Pierce
Virginia
Ien Wilson
Claflin
Massachusetts
Wilson
Lane
Ind
Schuyler Colfax
Parker
New Jersey
Colfax
Dutcher
Mich
Alleghany County
Haseaurek
Benjamin F. Wade
Ben Wade
Schurz
Missouri
Wade
Spaulding
Jones
North Carolina
Tremain
Reuben E. Fenton
Storrs
Ill
Fenton
Horatio Seymour
Logan
Ilinois
Haulin
Warmouth
Louisiana
Wood
ex-Aftor- Speed
Maryland
Arting
Williamson
Town
James Harlan
Whitmore
St. Carolina
Keifer
Ala
Wm. D. Kelley
Pennsylvania
Seymour
Wis
Hannibal Hamlin
Hamlin
Curten I
Baltimore
Shepley
Maine
Souther
Gov
Curtin
Kelly
Wilton
Roster
Illinois
Fle
Hanlin
Hubbard
West Virginia
Martin
Kansas
Samuel C. Pomeroy
Kelley
Harlan
Cresswell
Pomeroy
Cortin
Wilson II
Gen. Sickles