' INCIDENTS OF BOL-CAUU
When Kentucky was called and j the
Ineinber foe the Committee on Pesolu
, tion was announced to be llenry Water
on, to"rm of applause swept through
the ball which did 'not cease for some
minutes. There was also much applause
when Texas reported its member oft the
Platform Committee George Clark.;
. Dakota's name being reached, Mr.
O'Brien, of Minnesota, spoke up, saying:
In Dakota there is a contest. There
.are two delegations from Dakota attend
ing this Convention. No iommittee no
delegates from Dakota, should parti
cipate in the proceedings of this Con
vention until the contest 1 decided.?
The Chairman Do you make a motion?
Mr. O'Brien I more that ail parties
claiming to be delegates from Dakota be
excluded until the report of the Com
mittee on Credentials is made.
The Chairman You make that as an
Vwinlnfn mntinn nntu nn amendment?
. Mr. O'Brien Yes, sir, as a motion
- The motion .was put and carried.
The roll-call was now at an end and
the Chairman announced that the com
mittees on Platform, Permanent Organi
zation and Credentials would meet at
6 p. v . ; the two latter in rooms adjoin
ing the convention hall and the Com
mittee on Platform at the grand patlors
of the Southern Hotel, the headquarters
of the Democratic National Committee.
W. II. Pucey, of Iowa, next suggested
that the hall be left open during the re
cess for inspection by yisiting clubs,
and Baker, of Ohio, asked to have the
Sergeant-at-Arms instructed to find
places for all the uniformed clubs. Ex
Governor Abbett, of New Jersey, excited
applause by the statement that theie was
no difference between uniformed clubs
and un-uniformed clubs. Finally, after
several other speeches, the whole matter
u disposed of bv beinsr referred to the
M r w
National Committee.
. '' ' ADJOTJRSEb UNTIL WEDNESDAY.
Roswell P. Flower, of New Yorkthen
mnwul a ruMi until nnnn AVftd if esdftV.
Ex-Governor Abbett objected, and sug
gested 10 a. v., on the ground that he
desired to see the President renominated
to-morrow, and not on the third day.
The majority settled the question in
favor of Governor Abbett, and at pre
cisely 2 o'clock the convention took a
recess until Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock. !
SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
St. Loci?, June 6.
Temporary Chairman
White called the Con
vention to order at 10.25.
Prayer was offered by
the liev. J. R. Green, of
.Missouri, after which
'the thanks of the Con
vention were tendered
to Colorado for the sil
ver gavel presented the
P. A. COLLINS,
Chairman.
day Dreviously?
The petition of citizens of New York
asking that the Monroe doctrine be en
forced was presented by Congressman
Campbell.
Delegate Mallory, of Florida, offered
this resolution, which was adopted :
This convention approves of and indorses the
principles of tariff reform enunciated by
Cleveland in his first message to the present
Congress, and to the policy recommended by
him for the practical application of thosa
principles to the administration of govern
ment we give our unqualified and universal
support.
THE PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
The delegates from Alaska were next
given seats, and the Committee on Per
manent Organization' was presented.
The rules adopted were the same that
prevailed at the Chicago Convention,
except that no delegation should change
its vote until the call of the State had
been completed. Patrick A. Collins
was made Chairman; H. H. Ingersoll,
Secretary ; Alfred Onendorf, F. E. Bar
rett, W. W. Scott, O. M. Hall, L.
Strauss, L. G. Rowley, J. Triplett, T. J.
Lingle, O. Newell, T. L. Meirill, Assist
ant Secretaries, and T. Pettitt, Record
ing Secretary. M
W. H. Barnum, John Of D ay and R. P.
Flower escorted Mr. Collins to the chair.
The permanent chairman was introduced
by Temporary Chairman White, who on
retiring thanked the convention for the
honor that had been conferred on his
State. Chairman Collins said :
SPEECH OF CHAIRMAN COLLISS.
To stand by your favor in this place, so
often filled by the foremost men in our great
party, is a distinction of the highest charac
ter, and an honor for which I am profound
ly grateful In performing the delicate and
difficult service to which you have assigned
me, I can scarcely hope to justify the wis
dom of your choice. I shall at times need
your full co-opAration to promote order, dec
orum and good will until these proceedings
are brought to a happy close. We represent
in this convention more than 30,000,000 of
we American people. .
We bear their commission to act for them
and their injunction to act with all the
wisdom that God has given us to protect and
safeguard the institutions of the Republic as
the fathers founded them. The administration
of President Cleveland has triumphantly
justified his election. It compels the respect,
confidence and approval of the country.
The prophets of evil and disaster are dumb.
What the people see is the Government of
the Union restored to its ancient-footing of
justice, peace, honesty and impartial en
forcement of the law. They see the demands
of labor and agriculture met, so far as the
Government can meet them .by Legislative
enactments, for their encouragement and
protection.
They see the veterans of the civil war
granted pensions long due them to the
amount of more than twice in number and
nearly three times in value of those granted
under any previous administration. They
see the negro, whose fears of Democratic rufe
were played upon by demagogue four years
ago, not only more fu ly protected than by
his pretended friends, but' honored as his
race was never honored before. They see a
financial policy under which reckless specula
tion has practically ceased and capital freed
from distrust. They see for the first timo an
honest ob'rvance of the law governing the
civil establishment and the employes of the
people rid at last of the political highwayman
with a demand for tribute in one hand and a
letter of dismissal in the other.
To the patriotic, independent citizens who
four years ago forsook their old allegiance
and came to our support, who since that time
have nobly sustained the Administrations he
Democratic party owes a deep debt of grati
tude. That they have been reviled and in
sulted by their former associates is not only a
signal compliment to their character and in
fluence.but another evidence of the decadence
of the Republican party. Blind worship of
the machine the political juggernaut is
exacted from every mn who will take even
standing room in that party.
The Democratic' temple is open to all. and
if in council we cannot agree in all things,
our motto is: "In essentials, unity; in non
essentials, liberty; inall things, charity."
To all good men we say: "Come in. Good
will ne'er halted at the door stane." As four
. V
years ago you voted' with us to reform the
Administration, to conserve our institutions,
for the well being of our common country,
so join with us again in approval ot the
work so well accomplished, to complete What
still remains undone. We ask you to remem
ber that it is a fatal error to weaken 1 the
bonds of a political organization by which
great reforms have been achieved, and risk
them in the hands of their known adver
saries. Four years ago you trusted tentatively the
Democratic party and snpported with zeal
and vigor, its candidate for Presideht (You
thought him strong in all the sturdy quali
ties requisite for the great task of reform. i
Behold your splendid justification! Every
place was filled by men whose interest it was
to thwart inquiry and belittle the new ad
ministration. But the master hand came to
the helm, and the true course has been kept
from the beginning. N
We need not wait for time to do justice to
the character and service of President
Cleveland. Honest, clear-sighted, patient,
grounded in respect for law and justice, he
has nobly fulfilled the promise of his party,
nobly met the expectations of his country
and written bis name high on the' scroll
where future, Americans wiil read only the
names of men who have been supremely use
ful to the republic. Fellow Democrats, this
is but the initial meeting in a political cam
paign destined to be memorable. It will be
a clashing of nearly even forces.
Let no man here or elsewhere belittle or
underestimate the strength or resources of
the opposition. But, great as they are, the
old Democratic party, in conscious strength
and perfect union, faces the issue fearlessly.
At the conclusion of Mr. Collins's
speech, which was frequently interrupted
by applause, a resolution was adopted
giving representatives from the woman's
convention, recently held in Washington,
the right to be heard.
Delegate Campbell, of New Yorki of
fered a resolution of sympathy with Gen-
erai enenaan, ana it was aaopteu wim a
rising vote.
Mrs. Mary Merriweather of St. Louis
was presented, but before she had; got
half the way through a written speech
she was compelled to withdraw by cries
of "time" and signs of impatience.
W. H. Barnum moved that when the
Convention adjourn it should be unjtil
ten a. m. the next day. During; the
confusion that followed delegate Hensel
moved that the Convention proceed to
the nomination for President and Vice
President, but that no ballot be taken
until the Committee on Platform had re
ported. Hensel's motion was adopted.
The chairman of the Alabama delegation
tendered the right to first place in the
call to the New York delegation,; and
Daniel Dougherty, of New York,; was
called upon to present the name of
Grover Cleveland. Amid great enthu
siasm and applause Mr. Dougherty as
cended the platform to the right of the
Chairman and addressed the Convention
as follows :
DANIEL DOUGHERTY'S SPEECH. I
I icreetyou, my countrymen, with frater
nal rpgarcC In your presence 1 bow to the
majesty of the people. The sight itself is in
spiring, the thought sublime. You come
from every State and Territory, from every
v nook and corner of our ocean-bound, conti
nent-covering country. You are about to
discharge a more than imperial duty. With
simplest ceremonials, you as representatives
of the people are to choose a Magistrate with
power mightier than a monarch, yet checked
and controlled by the supreme law of a writ
ten constitution. Thus impressed I ascend
the rostrum to name the next President of
the United States. New York presents him
to the convention and pledges her electoral
vote. Delegations from the thirty -eight States
and all the Territories are assembled with
out caucus or consultation ready simultane
ously to take up the cry and make the vote
unanimous. We are here not indeed to
choose a candidate, but to name the one the
people have already chosen. He is the man
for the people. His career illustrates j the
glory of our institutions. Eight years jago
unknown, save in his own locality, he for the
last four has stood in the gaze of the world
discharging the most exalted duties that can
be confided to a mortal. To-day determines
that not of his own choice, but by the man-
date of his countrymen, and with
the
the
sanction of heaven, he shall fill
Presidency for four years more.
He
has met and mastered every ques
tion as if from youth trained to states
manship. The promises of his letter of ac
ceptance and inaugural address have been
fulfilled. His fidelity in the past inspires faith
in the future. He is not a hope. He is a
realization. Scorning subterfuge, disdaining
ref-election by concealing convictions, mind
ful of his oath of office to defend the Consti
tution, he courageously declares to Congress,
dropping minor matters, that the supreme
issue is reform, revision, reduction of i na
tional taxation. That the Treasury of the
United States, glutted with unneeded gold,
oppresses industry, embarrasses businessj en
dangers financial tranquility and breeds ex
travagance, centralization and corruption.
That high taxation, vital for the expendi
tures of an unparalleled war, is robbery in
l years of prosperous peace. That the millions
that pour into the Treasury come from the
hard-earned savings of the American people.
' That in violation of equality of rights fthe
i present tariff has created a privileged class,
who, shaping legislation for their personal
gain, levy by law contributions for the neces
saries of life from every man, woman and
child in the land. That to lower the tariff is
not free trade, it is to reduce the unjust
profits of monopolists and home manufactur
ers and allow consumers to retain the rest.
The man who asserts that to lower the tariff
means free trade insults intelligence We
brand him as a falsifier. It is farthest from
thought to imperil capital or disturb enter
prises. The aim is to uphold wages and
protect the rights of all. This
administration has rescued the public
domain from wouM-be barons and cormor
antfeorporations faithless to obligations and
reserved it for free homes for this and earn
ing generations.-. There is no pilfering.
There are no jobs under this administration.
Public office is a public trust. Integrity
stands guard at every point of our vast era-
Sire. While the President has been the hie
ium through which has flowed the undying
gratitude of the republic for her soldiers, he
has not hesitated to withhold approval from
special legislation if strictest inquiry j re
vealed a want of truth and justice. Above
all sectional strife as never before is at an
end, and sixty millions of freed men in the
ties of brotherhood are prosperous and
happy. These are the achievements of this
administration. Under the same illustrious
leader we are ready to meet our political op
ponents in high and honorable debate and
stake our triumph on the intelligence, virtue
and patriotism of the people. Adhering to
the Constitution, its every line and letter,
ever remembering that 'powers not delegated
to the United States by the Constitution nor
prohibited by it to the States are reserved to
the States respectively or to the people.t by
the authority of the Democracy of New
York, backed by the Democracy of the entire
union, 1 etve you a name entwined with Vic
tory. 1 nominate Grover Cleveland, of New
York. i
A 8CENE OP WILD ENTHUSIASM, j
The Convention broke into the wildest
enthusiasm at the close of Mr. Dough
erty's speech. Hats were waved and
thrown into the air, bandannas streamed
out all over the hall, and the delegates
jumped on their chairs and cheered
madly. A picture of Cleveland in 'the
White House was uncovered on the east
wall, and the bands played "Hail to
the Chief." The cheering and uproar
continued, spectators in the gallery tear
ing flags from the rails and waving them
in the air. Some one on the stage
crowned the bust of the President j on
the left with a laurel wreath, which was
the signal for even a wilder burst of
shouts and cheers than before. Although
ALLEN O. THURMAN.
the full band of sixty pieces was in full
blast all the time, not a sound from -the
trumpets could be heard.':
The climax of this remarkable scene
was reached when the banners of all the
States were borne by the delegates to
the New. York standard and draped
about it. At this the enthusiasm was
unbounded. Spectators j! and J delegates
tore the red white and blub bunting
from the pillars and from the face of
the balconies, waving these improvised
banners all over the hall for ten minutes.
The Chairman kept rapping for order,
but the cheering continued, and horns
were blown in the galleries, j The dele
gates gathered in groups, wiving their
State banners high in tn& air, 'and cheer
ing with renewed vigor.; The cheering
ceased after twenty-four' minutes.
The Kentucky delegation asked and
was granted unanimous consent to
second the nomination. ' James A. Mc
Eenzie was recognized, 'and there was
renewed cheering at his mention of
Cleveland's name, and wild enthsiasm at
his reference to Mrs. Cleveland. Judge
Twiggs, of Georgia, Mr. Morrison, of
Illinois, H. W, Lightfoot, of Texas, and
others seconded Mr. Cleveland's nomina
tion. . 0 i
The roll call was then completed, and
a motion of Mr. McKenzie to suspend
the rules was carried, ; and ( Cleveland
was nominated by acclamation.
The Convention then adjourned until
10 a. h. the following day. '
THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
St. Louis, June 7.
The Convention was
called to order at 10:31
by Chairman Collins.
The opening prayer was
delivered by Dr. Brank,
of St. Louis, after which
Henry Watterson took
the platform with the
report of the .Committee
on Resolutions. The
BARNUM.
Clerk then proceeded to read the Reso
lutions, which were received with fre
quent cheers. The reading of the plat
form was concluded amid great ap-
Elause. Mr. Watterson j stated it had
een adopted unanimously by the Com
mittee. The platform is as follows :
THE PLATFORM, i
The Democratic party of the United-States
in National Convention assembled, renews
the pledge of its fidelity to j Democratic faith
and reaffirms the platform: adopted by its
- representatives in the Convention of 184,
ana indorses the views expressed by .Presi
dent Cleveland in his last: annual message
to Congress as the correct interpre
tation of that platform upon the
question of tariff reduction;: and also
indorses the effort of our Democratic repre
sentatives in Congress to secure a reduction
of excessive taxation. Chief i among its
principles of party faith are the maintenance
of an indissoluble union of free and inde
structible States, now about to enter upon
its second century of unexampled pro
gress and renown; devotion to a plan
of government regulated by a writ
ten constitution strictly specifying
every granted power, and; expressly
reserving to the States or 'people the entire
ungranted residue of power; the encourage
ment of a jealous popular vigilance directed
to all who have been chosen for, brief terms
to enact and execute the laws, and are
charged with the duty of preserving peace,
ensuring equality and establishing justice.
The Democratic party welcome an exact
ing scrutiny of the administration of the ex
ecutive power which four years ago was
committed to its trust in the election of
Grover Cleveland President of the United
States, and it challenges the most searching
inquiry concerning its fidelity and de
votion to the pledges which; then in
vited the suffrages of the people. During
a most critical period of our financial
affairs, resulting from overtaxation,
the anomalous condition of our currency and
a public debt unmatured, it has, by the
adoption of a wise and conservative course,
not only averted disaster, but greatly pro
moted the prosperity of the people. It has
reversed the improvident and unwise policy
of the Republican party touching the
public domain, and has reclaimed from cor
porations and syndicates, alien and domes
tic, and restored to the people nearly
one hundred millions of acres of valuable
land to be sacredly held as homesteads for
our citizens. ' While carefully guarding the
interest of the people 'and conforming
strictly to the principles of justice and equal
ity, it has paid out more for pensions and
bounties to the soldiers and sailors of the
Republic than was ever paid before during
an equal period.
By intelligent management and a judicious
and economical expenditure of the public
money it has set on foot the reconstruction
of the American navy upon a system which
forbids the recurrence of scandalnd insures
successful results. ."
It has adopted and consistenly pursued a
firm and prudent foreign policy preserving
peace with all nations while scrupulously
maintaining all the rights and interests of our
own Government and people at home and
abroad. - - ji
The exclusion from our I shores of Chinese
laborers has been effectually secured under
the provisions of a treaty,! the operation of
which has been postponed by the action of a
Republican majority in the Senate.
Honest reform in the civil service has been
inaugurated and maintained by President
Cleveland, and he has brotkght the public ser
vice to the highest standard of efficiency, not
only by rule and precept, but by the exam
ple of his own untiring and unselfish ad
ministration of public affairs. In every
branch and department of the Government
under Democratic control, the rights and the
wellfare of all the people have been guarded
and defended: every public interest has been
protected, and the equality of all our citizens
before the law, without regard to race or
color, has been steadfastly maintained.
Upon its record thus exhibited, and upon
the pledge of a continuance to the people of the
benefits of a good Government, the .National
Democracy invoke a renewal of popular trust
by the re-election of a Chief Magistrate who
has been faithful, able, and prudent. They
invoke.in addition to that trnst,the transfer to
the Democracy of the entire legislative power.
W. H.
The Republican party controlling the Sen
ate and resisting in both Houses of Congress
a reformation of unjust and unequal tax
laws which have outlasted the necessities of
war and are now undermining the abund
ance of a long peace, deny to the people
equality before the law and the fairness . and
thai justice. which are their right Thus
the cry of American labor for . a better
share pf the rewards of ' industry
is stifled with falsa pretences, -enterprise is
fettered and bound down to home markets,
capital is disturbed with doubt, and unequal,
unjust laws can never be properly amended
nor repealed.
The Democratic party will continue with
all the power confided to it to struggle to re
form these laws in accordance with pledges
of its last platform, indorsed at the ballot
box by the suffrages of the. people. -
Of all the industrial freemen of our land,
an immense majority, including every tiller
of the soil, gain no advantage from ex
cessive tax laws; but the price of nearly
everything they. buy is increased by the
favoritism of an unequal system of tax legis
lation. All unnecessary taxation, is unjust
taxation. It is repugnant to the creed of
Democracy that by such taxation the cost
of the necessaries of life should
De unjustly increased to all our
people. Judged by Democratic principles
the interests of the people are betrayed when
by unnecessary taxation trusts and combines
are permitted and fostered which will un
amy enrich the lew that combine to rob our
citizens by depriving them - of the
benefit of natural competition. Every
Democratic rule of gqvernmental action
is vitiated when through unnecessary
taxation a vast sum of money be
yond the needs of an . economical adminis
tration is drawn from the people and the
channels of trade, and accumulated as
demoralizing surplus in the National Treas
ury.
The money now lying idle in the Federal
Treasury, resulting from superfluous taxa
tion, amounts to more than $125,
000,000, and the surplus collected is
reaching the sum of more than f 60,
000,000 annually. Debauched by this
great temptation, the remedy of the Repub
lican party is to meet and exhaust it by ex
travagant taxation. The Democratic remedy
is to enlorce iruKaiity In public expen
ditures and aDoiisn unnecessary taxa
tion. Our established domestic industries
and enterprises should not and' need not
be endangered by a reduction and correc
tion of the burdens of taxation. On the con
trary, a fair and careful revision of our tax
laws with due allowance for the difference
between the wages of . American and foreign
labor, must promote and encourage every
branch of such industry and enterprise by
giving them assurance of an extended
market and steady and continuous opera
tion in the interest of American labor,
which should in no event be neglected.
The revision of our tax laws, contem
plated, by the Democratic party is to
promote the advantage of such labor by
cheapening the cost ot the necessaries of life
in the home, of every workingman, and at
the same time securing to him steady and re
munerative employment.
Upon this question of tariff reform, so
closely concerning every phase of our na
tional life, and upon every question involved
in the problem' of good government, the
Democratic party submits its principles and
professions to the intelligent suffrages of the
American people.
Mr. Watterson made a telling speech,
saying here was a platform upon which
all Democrats could stand without feel
ing they were away from home, f Cheers.
It was a declaration of principles to
which Democrats could subscribe
without looking around the cor
ner. Cheers. . It embodied a
statement of facts incontrovertible. It
delocalized the cause of reform and gave
it a language which might be spoken
alike in New Jersey and in Ohio, in
Massachusetts and in Texas. Its face
was set in the right direction, and its
eyes looked upon the rising and not the
setting sun.
Mr. Watterson concluded amid great
applause and introduced Senator Gor
man, who was heartily, received, and
made a speech, saying that the promises
made by the Democratic party at the
Chicago Convention four years ago had
all been carried out.
When Senator Gorman had concluded,
Colonel Watterson moved the adoption
of the report, and upon this moved the
previous question. It was ordered, and
the platform was unanimously adopted
with rousing cheers.
Mr. Watterson then announced that
the committee had approved and re
quested the passage, without discussion,
of three resolutions. The first was read by
the Hon. W. L. Scott and demanded the
immediate passage of the Mills bill, now
pending in the House of Representatives,
for the reduction of the revenue. Cheer,
after cheer came from the audience,
and they were renewed when the reso
lution was unanimously adopted.
After this the Hon. W. P. Lehmann,
of Iowa, mounted the platform to
submit a resolution' declaring that
Dakota, Washington, Montana and New
Mexico Territories were entitled to ad
mission to the Union as States. This
resolution also went through with en
thusiasm. Governor Abbett, of New Jersey, next
mounted the steps of the platform, and
after the applause, which greeted his ap
pearance, had subsided, he read a resolu
tion of sympathy with the down-trodden
of all nations and particularly the Irish
people.
Long continued applause was
given the names of Parnell and Glad
stone and the reference to home rule, and
the resolution was quickly passed.
C. M. Baker, of Ohio, secured unan
imous consent for the reading of a resolu
tion of respect to the memory of ex-Vice-President
Hendricks, paying trib
ute to his statesmanship, patriotism
and fidelity and tendering to his widow
the affectionate respect and sympathy
of the Democracy of the United States.
The resolution was adopted by a rising
vote, nun wucu lucucitaicsncicsMicu
the . chair announced that there was a
slight mistake in the statement that the
Committee on Platform was unanimous
in its agreement. Mr. Cooper, of New
York, he said, objected to a part of it.
A murmur of surprise went through
the hall at this statement, and now the
convention began to get down to the
most important business of the vday. A
motion was made by Lieutenant Gover
nor White of California that the roll
should be called for the nomination of
candidates for the Vice-Presidency. It
was so ordered, and the clerk f began to
call the roll.
When California was reached Delegate
Tarpie put in nomination Allen G. Thur
man, of Ohio, in a speech which -was
cheered to the echo. Mr. Tarpie spoke
as follows:
THURMAN NOMINATED.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen This is
indeed a most pleasant duty which through
the kindness of my friends I have been
chosen to perform, and I am truly grateful
to my associates who have so honored me. I
fear that it was kindness alone and not
ability that prompted my selection
from the many eloquent" gentlemen
who -are members of the 'California
delegation. But, sirs, what I lack in
oratorical ability I, in some small measure,
compensate for in ray enthusiasm in the un
dertaking, and feeling as I do that the most
eloquent must fall short of doing full justi e
t t.ho pvntlamnn whom 1 am Vir tn nomi-
nate, I have accepted the trust with the men
tal reservation tnac, n noining eise, i am as
lAftjit earnest in what I say. and filled with
admiration for him of whom I speak.
That I am proud of the privilege ot ad
dressing you I acknowledge, put that I am
prouder still of the man whom I shall name
I will not deny, for I feet sirs, that this Re
public holds no superior to we non. Alien s.
Tburman, of Ohio, The greeting accorded
his name is a well-deserved- tribute. Its
spontaneity has been nobly earned. ; Be as
sured, sirs, a greeting will be accorded his
rnameatits every mention throughout this
Republic, from sea to sea- and irom ine
British line to the Gulf.
Allen G. Thunnanl What an epitome of
American civil history is embodied in that
name. His character and ability are known
to every man, woman and child in the land.
His public services will be a more enduring
monument than tern Dies of stone or brass, for
history will inscribe his name among the list J
ol America's illustrious sons,
Taking his seat in the United States
Senate in 1869 the imprint of his genius is
found deeply imbedded in the legislation of
the country. From his first appearance in
the Senate until his retirement from that
body, his voice was always raised in behalf
of the people and in defence of their
rights. For forty years he has been a
prominent figure in public life, and yet
to-day no man can point to a single
act or expression of his which does not do him
credit. Larsre at heart, large at brain, and
larger ttill in experience, he is the man of,
all men whose record justifies his nomi
nation at your hands, in the sense that he can
not be defeated before the people. A man
of benevolent heart, manifesting itself
not only in. private life, but it has
been the leading feature of his official ca
reer. When the Pacific coast was endeavoring
to retard Chinese immigration, when it had"
been decided that national legislation was
necessary to accomplish the desired result,
when the merits of the subjecf were not un
derstood east of the Rocky Mountains, Allen
G. Thurman, then a Senator of the United
States, was the first to raise his voice in de
fence of those whose means of living were in
danger and whose homes were threatened
with destruction.
When the great railroad corporations evi
denced an intention to evade payment ot
their obligations to the government this
great man prepared that remarkable enact
ment known as the Thurman bill, by which
the offending corporations were obliged to
provide a sinking fund for the redemption
of their promises. During the trying
times of reconstruction Sir. Thurman
was the central figure in the United
States Senate in upholding the dig
nity and integrity of the Constitution.
The waves of party passion, lashed into fury
bv ill-advised jealous partisans, broke harm
less upon his leonine front and settled back
into calmness by the force of his logic and
the power of his oratory. A ripe scholar,
his disquisitions upon constitutional law
are masterpieces of reasoning and
eloquence, challenging the admira
tion of even his political oppo
nents. Four years since the California
delegation put forward Mr. Thurman as
their candidate for the Presidency, and were
enthusiastic in pushing his nomination.
But four years have but augmented their
reverence and affection for him. The
patriot of (Columbus cannot be allowed
to wither in retirement. His fame is not
his alone; it is the proud heritage of the
American people. His name may be most
fittingly, coupled with that of our honored
President, Grover Cleveland. Cleveland
and Thurman will be a ticket absolutely in
vincible. It will sweep the country with a
mighty rush.- a tidal wave Of approval.
Against it all opposition will be fruitless.
Let no mistake' be made this time mis
takes are crimes. If you but do your duty,
if you but give the people what they expect,
what they demand, the contestof parties in
stead of just commencing will be practically
ended For the great electoral and popular
majorities which Cleveland and Tburman
will surely receive at the polls will be a rev
elation even to ourselves. As representa
tives of the Democracy of the nation we
havea duty to perform. We must nominate
the man the people have already nominated.
We have but to endorse the popular ver
dict; no less will be accepted at your hands.
Let no consideration of personal friendship or
flamour of locality influence your action,
'ersonal friendship cannot be repaid
by nomination where a great party's
interest and future are at stake. No
trifling with great concerns of State
should be tolerated: no expression of local
pride can be admitted to influence action.
When the sovereign people speak they must
be obeyed. Broad ground must be taken.
The man of the nation, not the man of the
State, must be nominated.
Nominate Allen G. Thurman. Nominate
him by acclamation. Let it not be said that
one single Democrat in all this great Union
failed in this testimonial to the greatest
American of his day, the noblest breathing
man upon American soil, fit consort in the tem
ple of fame of thosa patriots of the
past, founders of our institutions, whosa
sacred dust lies calmly sleepinz beneath the
sods of Mount Vernon. Montuello and the
Hermitage, awaiting the dedication of our
national pantheon.
After the cheering at the conclusion
of Mr. Tarpey's speech had subsided the
roll call of States continued. Wlien
Colorado was called, Mr. Patterson
addressel the convention stating that he
had been selected to present the name of
Pension Commissioner Black for the
Vice-Presidency, Mr. Patterson then read
a communication from General Black,
withdrawing in favor of Thurman. Mr.
Patterson said: ; : f-
There is only one :. reason why Black's
friends do not bow before the red bandinna:
they fear the death of one who has already
filled out the allotted time, and then the
Senate might be cursed with another In
galls. '' Cheers and hisses. Mr. Patterson said
he left Black's name with the Convention to
! deal wlfch as common sense and Democratic
judgment dictated. (Great and prolonged
cneers.)
Mr Piggott, of Connecticut, took the
platform and seconded Thurman' s nom
ination. Senator Voorhee?, of Indiana, took
the platform amid cheering and great ex
citement to nominate Gray, Indiana
rose and gave; three cheers at the men
tion of Gray's name. Voorhees finished
amid applause and the blowing of horns.
Albert li. Cox, of Georgia, and.L.-rJ.
j T :ff1o f izonini.v .n tK
, jjjfcjQu q (JraV
at Drvden of Missouri seconded the
nomination of Thurman nnaid great and
long-continued app'ause and waving of
handkerchiefs. Confusion and cries of
"Time" followed, but the Chairman re
stored order.
Governor Green of New Jeisey next
took the platform to second the nomina
tion of Thurman. There was great con
fusion and wild applause when Governor
Green mentioned Thurman's name.
J. W. I orsey, of .Nevada, was next
recognized to second the nomination of
Thurman. There was continued laugh
ter and applause when Dorsey said that
a thousand quartz mills' would pound
their pleasure at Thurman's nomination.
George A. Raines, of New York, took
the platform, and seconded the nomina
tion of Thurman amid great applause.
Thurman's nomination was also sec
onded by North Carolina, Dawson, of
South Carolina; Thompson, of Ten
nessee : Throckmorton, of Texas, Daniels,
of irginial
The roll call being completed the
Clerk called the names of Thurman,
Gray and Black as the nominees. Black's
was called because Patterson, of Colo
rado, had left to the sense of the con
vention the question of Black's with
drawal. At 1 :35 p. m. the voting on the nomi-
nation for Vice-President began. - ,
bama casMS votes for Thurman, if
Gray and 1 for Black. 1 Iowa asked to v.
nafised. New York i and Nw ?.
voted solidly. lor Anurman. H Ohio 2
one vote for Gray, M j which then. J?
hisses and a cry : i "Put him out p
I At 1:45 p. w, the Indiana banner
waving entwined with Gray ahdJnT-'
man colors from the platform. Aro&rt
was
eia
thrown on
desk, and
the
there
WKUtug, vivToauu uuafc on lag !,.
form was draped with a bandanna. pTT
ners were grouped in the center1 of $1
halL During all this confusion and 7
thiisiasm the roll call was going 0a,
The unofficial first ballot gaveThnrtn.
713 votes. At 1.53 o'clock ShanklijTj
Indiana, from the platform, movedtw
the nomination of Allen G. Thurina
for Vice-President, be made
This was done amid deafening cheerio 1
and the wildest excitement i
At 2 :10 p. m. -the Convention
journed sine dU. i i j ' 4
CAREERS OF
THE
Grover Cleveland. - t
Grovr Cleveland was born in CaM.n
Essex County, N. J.,n March 18, 1837
paternal ancestors were of English 'aZ
His father was Richard Falley Cleve4
Presbyterian clergyman, and his motW?
daughter of a Baltimore merchant otKi
birth, -whom his father married in 1829,
Mr. Cleveland received an academic
cation at Favetteville and Clinton, v
with the law firm of Rogers.' Bo!r5
Rogers at 94 a week and began to read 1
He was admitted to practice in 1859 n
Assistant District-Attorney of JErie wl
for three years from January i,
was elected Sheriff of Erie County ia is?
servine a three-years term, i
Upon retiring from that office he resamri
his law .practice, when the firm offir
Cleveland & Bissell was formed., -TM5
was prosperous and Mr. Cleveland atuW
high rank in Western New York as Uwt
In 18S1 be was elected Mayor of BuoWw
the largest majority ever given a candidiZ
in that city, having received supportfwa
Republicans and Independents as veil
that of the Democrats. He soon becu
noted as the "veto Mayor," acquiring a 1
tation which he has maintained as Preside
In September, 1882, he was nominated f
Governor of New York by the Demoe?i&
Convention at Syracuse, and in the foW
ing November was elected by a pi unlit? rf
193,854 over Charles J. Folger, the RepahB.
can nominee. t
Friday, July 11, 1884. fGrover-CleveW
was nominated at the Chicago Conventi
as the Democratic candidate for Presidea
bn the second ballot, and on the fourth S
of the convention, by 63 votes out of a taw
of 820. The nomination was afterward ni
unanimons. . . .-
In the election the following Novembs
Mr. Cleveland received 219 electoral to
against J83 cast for Mr. Blaine. His plural,
ity over Mr. Blaina on the popular vote wn
i!J.8(XJr Mr. Cleveland received the kM
Southern electoral vote, with the voteiot
New York, New Jersey, Indiana and Cat.
necticut added. But the election was, net,
theless, very close, since a change of Sir
York's thirty-six votes would have gin
Blaine BIS votes in the Electoral Collenk
Cleveland's 183, and Mr. Cleveland ojJ
secured the State by 1047 plurality out o(
total vote of 17171,313.
Mr. Cleveland was a bachelor at the tia
of his election to the Presidency, but on Jas
2, 1S86, he married at the White House Mil
Frances Folsom, of Buffalo, the youthfl
daughter of his former law partner. Jfa
Cleveland succeeded the President's lists;
Miss Pose Elizabeth Cleveland, as mistreat
the White House, and has gained a md
measure of popularity. " .
. - Allen G. Thurman.
Allen Granbery Thurman was bora ot
November 13, 1813, in Lynchburg, Va, of
good descent on both sides of his family. ES
mother was a half-sister' of William Al
len, who became Governor of (Sia
His paternal grandfather, who was i
Baptist minister, removed to Ohio with ki
family, numbering three genarationt, wha
Allen G. Thurman was six years oldri A'
tlement was made in Chih'cothe, where tas
boy's father . at first ' ' taught
school, and .then engaged in - wools
manufacture. The lad . obtained , ki
education at the Chilicothe Academy ul
was graduated with high honors at the sjr
of seventeen. After his graduation, ki
health, which had been delicate, was
manently invigorated by exercise in
sports, by his riding about the coun&ja
an assistant of the county tax assessor, tai
by outdoor work as a member ;of land
surveying parties. Then he studied lswir
the offices of his uncle. William Allen, 4
.Tudae.Swayne. of Columbus, OhioV Durini
his period of study in the State capital he Tm
law chiefly at night, as In the daytime hew
acting as the private secretary of Governor
Lucas, and the duties of the posit'on inclflA'
edhaucb work which would now be assign!
to a number of clerks. In 1835 he jwu id
mi tted to the bar, and began practice
Chilicothe as the mrtner of his uncle, wh
becomins engrossed in politics, soon left thl
carj or his law business entirely .to iMjvm
man. -
Mr. Thurman applied himself with grsi
industry to his profession, in which he quiet
ly attained distinction. In 1845, while he
absent from his Congressional district
profe-sional business, its Democratic Con
tion nominated, him for Congress witboiSi
his solicitation or knowledge. Mr. Thnnon
was elected after a personal canvass ;
- the whole district, . in whih heTfr-f
. ouently had public discussions with is
Whi? opponent. At the end of his tJJJ
declined a renomination. and resumed vt
practice of his profession. In '; 1851
was elected, upon the DemocrsW
ticket, a Judsre of the Supreme Coot
of Ohio, and "from 1854 till j 1S56
I was th ChiAf-JiKticA of that COWV
ness pouring in upon him from alLsides, '
oy ins proiessionai laoors ne grauu"j
quired a competency. --1 ".! "s
In 1887 he received" the unanimous nfflffiM
tion of the Democratic State Convention W
Governor of Ohio, and after a hotly col
tested, campaign, in which he:toki
active art. was defeated by
ford B. Have -In, 1 Mr. Tbuww
was chosen United States Senator from 0
succeeding Beniamin ' F. Wade, and be
re elected in 1874. During his twelve y
in the Senate he served on a number b
most important committees, and was PSL
n i Ted as one of the ablest leaders of the l8
ocratic party. . v?
Since his retirement from the Senate,
. Thurman has taken but little active psn"
politii-al affairs. He has continues j
practise law, appearing Jn con rt.
some important cases, but has intini
that he had no desire to retiirn
public life. As leading counsel in the prtj
cution of the members of his ownp
who were miilfrv of the Columbus clecu
frauds in 1886, he incurred t,he displeasa" :
fendants, but gained the praise of gooae;
zens throughout the country
A new diamond
in Wadjra Kavor.
has been disce&
! t" ".
Madras. It weighs
is valued at $75,000.
over 67 caraw
teacher in the new xorx Institution fori? i
Blind, New York City. In 1855 hrweVjl
Buffalo, secured a place as clerk and mZa i
There are freight conductors
tell the number of every! car on t
trains. : . ,
Valuable-Horses airef ten lost throng
horance on the part of the owner.
25 cents in stamps to Horse book Cftf -Leonard
St; N. Y. City, and learnM
detect disease and how to cure it Tlu
save the life cf your animaL :
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