The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-01
PIE CINCINNATI CONVENTION.
First Days Proceedinss-Prelimin Or.
ganization.
C1NmxNAr1 June %.

CINCINNATI, June %.
At noon the organ played medley OF
National airs, with excellent effect, elic'
iting much applause. About two.thirds
oftbe delegates were in their seats and
the platform and galleries were filled.
Ex-senator Barnum, of Connecticut,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, called the Convention to
order at .1245 p. M, and presented the
Rev. Charles w. Wendte, of the Unita.
rian Church, who invoked the throne OF
Grace. He spoke of the young Democ-
racy of America having become the
refuge and asylum for the distressed and
down-trodden throughout the world, and
the. light and hopes of the Nations, and
prayed that with unfaltering hand every
unjust law on the Statute Book might be
erased and our political life purged from
every evil that keeps back the people
from the highest measure of virtue and
happiness. Above all, he continued, let
there be an end Of all sectional divisions
and strifes. Let every root of bitterness,
every occasion of estrangement be re-
moved, and let our whole people, forget.
ting the things that are behind. and
pressing forward to the things that are
before, be united, heart and hand, in
bonds of mutual confidence and good
will. Help this Convention to choose for
leaders in the approaching and honorable
struggle men of large wisdom and expe.
rience, of lofty character and irreproach-
able life, men true and fearless in the
hour of trial, yet ardent lovers of justice
and peace. Enable the members of this
Convention to rise above all selfseeking
and personal preferences and discreet
party zeal into the larger sentiment of
public good, Of American nationality
and human brotherhood. Let them
remember that he serves his party best
who best serves God. We ask that our
action to-day may be we'll pleasing in the
sight of God.
Mr.. Barnum then by direction of the
National Committee presented the name
of the Hon. Geo. Hoadley, of Ohio,
temporary chairman. Agreed to. Messrs.
Wm. T.. Scott and 81. D. McHenry were
appointed to conduct him to the chair.
Judge SHoadley's approach to the plat
form was greeted with applause. The
Judge proceeded to address the commit
tee and Convention. He thanked them
for their complimentary action in putting
him in the chair. He pledged himself
to the strictest impartiality in the admin
istration of the duties assigned to him.
This was the only adequate method BY
which he could testify his gratitude as
chairman: He would be neither the
friend or foe of any candidate, though
he had his favorite in whose behalf he
was both earnest and partisan. He took
the ground that the representatives here
were not delegates of Congressional dis
tricts, but representatives of indestructi-
BILE States. [Subdued applause. He
proceeded with some laudation of the
Democratic party, for which this Con-
yention' would make no new creed, which
had its own vitality and which would not
depend for its future on the success of its
ticket, or be crushed out by its defeat.
Their duties,her were simply to declare
the party will. The occasion was one of
great interest and importance. At St.
Louis four years ago they placed in
nomination two of the foremost men of
the Nation. Great applause. A sub.
sequent repetition of the name Samuel
J. TiIden was the occasion for another
outburst, the delegates rising in their
seats and cheering and waving their fans.
He asserted that they were as certainly
elected as was Washington or Monroe.
[Su5dued applause. He denounced the
Republican party as one of fraud, which
cheated the people out of their choice,
thus proving their infdelity to Republi-
can principles. But if the Democratic
party should again be successful no cum
ming device Of dishonest arbitration
should rob them of the fruits Of their
victory. Applause. Although the
Democrats failed to inaugurate their
candidates, their cause was not wholly
lost. They defeated the attempt to steal
the State Government in Florida, and no
trace remained of the carpet. baggers in
the South except $4,000, 900 Of State
debts accumulated by them as burden
upon the people, and the fact that Lou
isiana has only one rightful senator in
Congress. [Applause.
The following were nominated and
accepted as the remaining temporary
officers: Hon. F. .. Prince, Massachu-
sets, temporary secretary. Assistant
secretaries, George w. Guthrie, Pennsyl-
vania; Charles Ridley, Tennessee; C.S.
Dodd, Ohio; o. NJ. Hall, Minnesota !;
Major A. Orendortf, Illinois; Wm. H.
Gill, New Jersey; a. G. Parkinson, Wis
consin. Reading clerks, Neal S. Brown,
Jr., reading clerk of the United States
House of Representatives; Mark Hardin,
Georgia; T. O. Walker, Iowa; Thos. S.
Petit, of the House of Representatives; {;
Nicholson NJ. Bell, Missouri; James E..
Morrison, New York; Fl. L. Bryan,
Delaware. Sergeant.at-arms, Isaac l..
Miller, of; Ohio. Official stenographer,
Edward B. Dickinson, New York.
Mr.: Beebe, Of New York, offered q
resolution adopting the rules of the last
National Convention for the government
of this Convention until otherwise
ordered. Adopted.
Mr.. Martin, of Delaware, offered a
IcSOluGIytI Ln0v tuC lOli VI NtdtCS OC SdllCN
for committees on permanent organiza-
tion, on credentials and on resolutions.
Mr.. Weed, of New York, moved for a
call of the roll for presentation of the
credentials.
Mr.. Martin objected. The best way
was to send the credentials directly to the
committee on credentials.
Mr.. Martins motion was adopted and
the roll was called accordingly.
When New York was called in naming
the credential committee, John Kelly
rose back of the delegates and asked to
be- heard. Great confusion ensued.-
[Cbeers, Kisses, and cries Of put him
outs
The Chair refused to recognize Kelly,
and said that the roll call must proceed.
John B. Haskings also attempted to be
heard, but was cried down, the Chair
refusing to hear him, and the roll call