Consistent Adherence to Democratic Principles Addresses; The First as President of the Democratic State Convention, at Concord, May 20, 1896; The Second as President of the National Democratic Ratification Meeting, at Manchester, October 6, 1896; With An

Excerpt from Consistent Adherence to Democratic Principles: Addresses; The First as President of the Democratic State Convention, at Concord, May 20, 1896; The Second as President of the National Democratic Ratification Meeting, at Manchester, October 6, 1896; With an Appendix Containing the Democratic Platform, A

He was named, by Gov. James A. Weston, for chief jus tice in 1874, but this confirmation was defeated by a Demo cratic division, the Republican councillor giving the casting vote against the nomination. In 1880 he was tendered an appointment as a justice of the Supreme Court, by Governor Head, but declined. In 1866 he was a delegate to the Phila delphia Peace Convention. In 1868 he attended the National Convention at New York, which nominated Horatio Sey mour, on which occasion he acted as proxy for Hon. Josiah Minot of Concord, member of the National Committee, and he was himself at this time chosen the member of that committee for this State, serving in that capacity till 1872. This year he was a delegate to the Baltimore Convention which nominated Horace Greeley. In 1880 he was a dele gate to the Cincinnati Convention, which nominated General Hancock, though he was in favor, personally, of the re nomination of Samuel J. Tilden. In 1884 and 1892 he was a delegate to the Chicago Conventions which nominated President Cleveland.

In all these conventions he was a member of the Committee on Resolutions. In 1864 and 1888 he was on the electoral tickets of his party in this State, and is now re-nominated by the National Democracy, whose nominations for president and vice-president are John M. Palmer and Simon B. Buckner.

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