The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-07-05

+ ates a revival of tie tooIie trade IN Moa2ol
an women imported OF immoral purpose
and NJ au-ulian men III - seFV,ie labo
Contracts AID tlrIu a..ti such a sdIii.ittlon
: the treaty with the Guisese empire or sucl
: legislation within The con~titu' ianAi llniita
tions ~ shall prevent furtler importatIo
: or i'm nj grafton 81 the NJ ,ngo.ian race
Cries OF Good, : Bully" and cheers
General Tom Ewing, OF Ohio-At tn
request of several members of the com
mItee on resolutions, present minorit.
report as to one phase OF the platform.
The Undersigned mem oers Of the commit
tee, recommend that the following claus
in the re- solutions reported by the commit
Toe be strIcAeA out. 3" As such htndrahc'
We Jenouncc the resump ion clause OF th'
act OF 1873, and we here demand it repeal,
fapplause, and recommend that there bt
substituted f'r that clause the following:
Tue law tor the resumption OF specie pay
meats on the first Of January, 1879, having
been enacted BY the Republican party with
ont deiihsratioH in Congress or discussion
/ before the people. being both Insufficient C
/ secure its ndjrct- and highly Injurious &c
/ The business of the country, ought to be
forthwith repealed.
/ Thomas Ewing, Ohio; ID. W. Voorhees,, In
! diana John e. Brown. Tennessee; Nal
com III ". Pennsy lvauia; Ii. III. Trim bic
| Iowa; JOHN j. Davis, West Virginia; L
| ID. Davis, Kansas; c. IL. Hardin, Mis-
souri,.
/ | therefore move that the clause re-
ferred to IN the resolution reported be
stricken out and the resolution | have
read inserted in its place.
Mr.. Eaton, of kansae--I second the
motion.
Mr.. Ewing-Gentlemen of the conven-
ton
Mr. Cox--Mr Speaker, | have the
floor. Ii the gentleman from Ohio intends
to take the floor | wouldn't take it from
him.
Mr.. Ewing-Yes, sir; have got it
anyway.
Delegate from Michigan delegates
in this part Of the house have not been
able to distinguish the difference betX
the parts stricken out and the amen lments
to the platform. | request that part of
the platform be read again with the
amendments.
Chair-The request of the gentleman
shall be complied with. The secretary
will read the part of the resolution sought
to be stricken out.
Secretary--I will read the passage
stricken out, and then | will read the res
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nounce the resumption clause of the act of
1873, and we demand its repeal" Now,
| will read the whole resolution:
We denounce the tiDancal imbecility
and immortality of the party which during
eleven years OF peace mas IN tde no advance
toward resumption, no preparation for re-
sumption. but instead have Obstructed re-
sumption by wasting our revenues and ex-
hausting all our surplus income, aud while
annually protesting to intend a speedy re-
turn to sEccie payment, has annually enact
ed fresh hindrances thereto. and as such
hindrance we denounce the resumption
clause of the act OF 1919, and We demand
its repeal
Chair-Now the substitute, or the
the amendment rather, will be read
Mr.. Brown Oregon 4 move to lay
the report of the minority committee on
the table. Cries of good"
Chair-Tne gentleman has not the
floor yet.
Mr.. Brown withdraw my motion
if | have not the floor. Laughter
Secretary--I will read the resolution
as it will stand if amended.
We denounce the financial inbeciIity and
immortality OF that party which. during
eleven years OF peace has made no advance
toward resumption, but Instead ha, OBJ
Structed resumption by wasting our rev.
enues and exIiausting all our surplus in
come; and willie annually protesting to in
tend Il speedy raturn 10 specie payment,
has annually enacted hndfauces thereto.
Che law for the resumption OF specie pay
ment on the first of January, 1879 having
been en- lcted by the Republican party with
out the deliberaton OF Congress or discus
sion before the people, and beng both in
effectual to secure this object and highly
injurious TO the business OF the country,
should be forthwith repealed. Applause
After debate, the report Of the ma
jority was adopted by a vote Of 62l yeaa
to SO nays.
NOMINATIONS IN ORDER.
On motion of Mr.. NJ Lean md the
proceeded to nominate candi-
dates for President and Vice President.
The roll of the States was called to
present their nominees. When Dsla-
ware was called, Mr. Whitley took the
platform, and nominated Thomas Fran
els Bayard, [cheers, whom he eulogized |
in glowing terms as Democratic states |
man and gentleman. Applause. I
Mr.. Williams Ind. presented the
name of Governor Hendricks, of Indi-
ana. [Great applause. There was no |
fire in his rear. With him they could |
carry Indiana By twenty thousand ma
jority.
Mr.. Fuller [Ill.,l seconded Hen
dricks's nomination eloquently and for
chilly.
Mr.. Campbell Tenn, by instruc-
ton Of its convention, also seconded f.
Hendricks, under whose lead Tennessee |
felt more confident Of success than under /
any other.
Mr.. Abbott, of New Jersey, presented +.
Jos. Parkers name in ringing speech |
When New York was called there
was a tremendous outburst of cheers.
Senator Herman expressed his symp2-
thy with all that had been said of gen
tleman already presented here, but pro-
ceeded to urge the nomination of Mr..
Tilden as the surest guarantee Of success |
in the coming contest. Dir. Tilden's /
name vas teeeived with great cheers.
John Kelley, of New York, next took
the platform. An attempt was made to
hiss him down. A delegate-''There
seems to be some geese in the hall"
Cries of "clear the galleries, y Put
with Mr.. Kelley's first sentence complete
order vas restored, 'QAiil some Que made
a point that he was out Of order, unless
he intended to second Tilden's nominal
ton, when there ensued long scene of
and kissing cries of Kelley.
Mr.. Hutchins Mo. insisted upon or
der. He expected to vote fer Tlldea,
tut Ar. itelley Was entitled to be heard
A defegate from Kansas demanded the
seotching of the vipers who hiss. Ap-
plause.
Mr.. Herman and Others from New
/ ork argued for respectful hearing of