No one but Mr. Hensel and myself knew of Randall’s arrival, but within half an hour after he and Manning had met word was passed from Randall himself for his friends to support Cleveland. That settled the contest in Cleveland’s favor. Tammany protested, but the Tammany vote was cast for Cleveland all the same under the unit rule that the New York Democrats have always maintained. The following are the ballots for President in detail: ═══════════════════════════════════╤════════╤═════════ │ First. │ Second. ───────────────────────────────────┼────────┼───────── Grover Cleveland, of New York │ 392 │ 683 Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware │ 170 │ 81-1/2 Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana │ ―― │ 145-1/2 Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio │ 88 │ 4 Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania │ 78 │ 4 Joseph E. McDonald, of Indiana │ 56 │ 2 John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky │ 27 │ ―― Roswell P. Flower, of New York │ 4 │ ―― George Hoadly, of Ohio │ 3 │ ―― Samuel J. Tilden, of New York │ 1 │ ―― ═══════════════════════════════════╧════════╧═════════ Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, upon whom the opposition to Cleveland had largely united on the 2d ballot for President, was unanimously nominated for Vice-President. On a motion to make the nomination of Cleveland unanimous, vigorous “nos” came up, especially from the Tammany Hall delegates, but the nomination of Hendricks was welcomed with the heartiest cheers. The following is the Democratic platform as adopted in 1884: