The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-06-28
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The Democratic Po,O- Hot0 at ST. Loui.
st. Louis, June 27.-The convention
assembled in the large and beautiful
hall of the st. Louis Chamber of Com
merce, which was decorated with gar
lands of leaves, the State coat of arms,
| flowers, etc.
The weather is very warm and
sultry, betokening a thunderstorm.
The delegates We're promptly in theiI
| places, but il was l2:20 before the con-
| vention was called to order by Hon,
Augustus Schell, chairman of the
National Democratic committee
Meantime military band, perched in
the rear of the chairman's desk, kept
the assembly interested by rendering
various lively airs.
Schell, in calling TO order, submitted
brief remarks upon the purpose of this
convention. AT the conclusion he
nominated Henry Watterson, of Ken
lucky, for temporary chairman, which
was unanimously agreed to. Waiter
son was conducted To the chair, pre-
senied and received with applause. He
made u brief address, the points OF
which were emphasized by frequent
applause. At the conclusion he intro
duced Rev. Mr.. Marvin, who offered
prayer. The CHAIR then announced
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A resolution adopting the rules of
the last national convention until
otherwise ordered was adopted.
After considerable wrangling a dele
gate moved the usual resolution to call
the roll of States for committees oil
permanent organization and creden-
lials. Adopted. The roll was called
and the committees named. Carroll
moved that when the convention ad-
journ it be to 5 tonight and that the
committees just named shall then re-
port. Adopted.
Smith moved resolution that a
committee of one from each State be
appointed on resolutions and that all
resolutions relating to the platform
be referred 10 said committee without
debate. Adopted.
Weed moved that the chairman of
each delegation send to the chair the
name of its member of the platform
committee. There being no objection
it was so ordered. The chairman
stated that the delegates from the
National Woman's Suffrage Associa-
ton were present asking a hearing
There being no objection the chair
announced that they would be heard.
The chair appointed a committee to
escort the ladies to the platform and
announced that lady had the floor
and refused to hear any proposition.
Miss Phoebe w. Cozzens, of st. Louis,
took the platform and addressed the
convention with much self-possessi on,
but her voice was too weak to be heard
President and gentlemen of the Ma
tional Democratic convention: The
centennial anniversary of our national
birthday is also happily a centennial
leap year. 1t is in order then, / take
it, not only to receive proposals from
fair women, but also to accept them.
Taking advantage of this right, and
your courtesy, /. as n delegate. ask
authority from the fair sex now and
here, not only to reaffirm for them the
principles of liberty and equality, but
to sue for the hand of those here as.
sembled in national convention, and
the hand, Mr.. President, must be
neither larger nor smaller than
mans hand. In the good old days of
our ancestors it was deemed an un-
pardonable offense if the leap year
privileges accorded to women were
not unhesitatingly acquiesced in, and
he who did not joyfully say yes to the
sweet maiden's coy wooing, was re-
garded with supreme contempt and in
the isolation of single miserableness
died, ere yet his race was run, unwept,
unsung of woman.
So then, gentlemen, if as party
you would live long, be prosperous
and happy, give heed to the warning
from out the gates of Paradise, "it is
not good for man to be alone.' and
accept for your companion in the
political household she who blends all
the discordant elements of life into
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better-half
James Madison said: Let 1t be re-
membered that it has ever been the
pride of America that the rights for
which she contended were the rights o f
human nature" and gentlemen, we
ask this recognition, not as woman,
but as q human being. Our magma
charta" is equality of rights.n and
to-day we sue for this not by force of
right and power, but by the more
potent voice of truth and justice,
speaking to every thinking mans
conscience in tones more persuasive
than those which appealed to King
John OH the field of Ranymede. We
cannot assert this right by a resort 70
the sword !; we confess our inability to
thunder forth our claim from the can
mons mouth, or to fire shot that can
be heard around the world, but in this
grand centennial year, when all Others
are free and when our souls too, re-
spending to the music of the utterances
of Jefferson, of Hancock, of Adams
and Patrick Henry, with minds ex-
panding to realization of their grand
eur, with pulse beating for the freedom
they proclaimed, we would fain pluck
u live coal from off the altar of our
liberties that shall kindle in your souls
seat for all rights of the individual,
ergo, the universal humanity such rs
our fathers had when they thrilled the
hearts of the people with the cry,
"taxation without representation is
tyranny" and with burning thoughts
aud noble utterances they wrote by
the camp fires of the Revolution that
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