The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-07-26
The Prohibitionist Ex-Governo
Made tho National Stand
ard-Bearer.
The Nomination Made 50 Unanimouslj
and With Such Hearty Goodwill
That He Could Not Refuse.
Hon' William Daniels, of Maryland, Nom
mated for the Vice Presidency
by Rising Vote.


midday recess a meeting OF the women
delegates was held at the st. Charles
Hotel, at which it was decided to issue
circular letter to the women of the coun-
try entrcating their sympathy and aid for
the Prohibition party, Mrs. Matte Nc.
CIeIlan Brown and Mrs. Stewart, of
OHIO, aud Miss Willard, of Illinois, were
placed upon the National Committee OF
the party.
Alter the reading OF the dispatches had
been concluded, the Chair announced
that the pending business was the motion
TO make the nomination of st. john
unanimous.
Prof Hopkins, OF New York, submitted
au amendment that the roll of the
States be called.
\ large number Of delegates urged that
the nomination be deferred to the last
moment, as the probabilities were thai
the platform would create chickering's
ana bad feeling, and good hurrah at the
end over the nominations would be de.
slTable in the interest OF harmony and
good feeling.
The Convention, however, refused to
postpone the nominations and the roll
call was commenced.
The sentiment in favor of st. John was
so pronounced that one by one the other
names were withdrawn and "A motion was
finally made to make st. John the unan,
imous nominee Of the Convention, and
upon call by States, All the dele
gates voted unanimously for st.
John, and when the Secretary made
the announcement, giving the yotd
cast as SOP, the audience rose to its feet
and cheered voClferousy for several mo,
ments and then sang "Glory Hallelulah,"
| and the long meter dOXOlogy. More cheer
| ing followed as canvass picture Of the
nominee was carried around the room.
\ dispatch containing the announce
| mcnt was at once sent TO Mr. st. John,
who was speaking at camp meeting az
| Lakeside Park near Rochester, n. Y.
When the enthusiasm had spent itself,
! Judge John Black, OF Lancaster, Pa,
was called upon to present the platform.
| The reading of this document was lis
tened to with profound attention.
| At the request of several delegates the
J document was taken up for discussion,
| the questions being considered Seriatim.
Before this was done dispatches con-
| graduating the Convention upon Mr..
! st. Johns nomination were read from
| DR.. Mcdonald, who was in New York,
and from CORTLAND Barker, of New Jer-
sey.
The third plank Of the platform was
made the basis of an animated debate
One of the delegates, whose name could
not be aScertained in the confusion,
moved that all references to Blaine and
Logan be stricken out. This was vigor-
ousIy antagonized by Russell, of Michi-
gan, and several others, and finally the
section in its entirety was adopted with
prolonged applause and cries of "Give it
to them hOt,N
Next some commotiOn was created by
Professor Hopkins, of New York, who
wanted the Convention to strike out
the greenbaCk section He declared
that, representing as he did, the Good
Templars Of his State, he would be recre-
ant to his trust if he failed to utter his
protest against plank which was for.
eign to prohibition, and with which
hundreds of Good Templars could not
agree.
DR.. Minor, of Boston, replied that the
section in question was the very meat of
the platform, and asked his hearers If
they had forgotten the rascally cirCum-
stances under which the Pacific Bank Of
Boston went down.
\ delegate from New Jersey rose and
| eXcitedly declared that he would leave
the Convention if the plank was approved,
but he was laughed back into his seat,
and the resolution to strike out the tnan-
cial plank was lost by viva yoce vote of
about ten to one.
At this juncture a disposition being
apparent to discuss every line of the plat
form, resolution to adopt it as whole
and refer it back to the committee for
editing was rushed through the Conyen-
ton.
The chairman then read the United
Press dispatch concerning the manner in
which the nomination of ST. John was re-
ceiyed in New York and the East, and the
| Information it contained was greeted
| with three cheers and tiger.
a motion was agreed to, making the
name of the party
"THE PROHIBITION PARITY"
and after the consideration of business
OF routine character the Convention
at 5:2j p. m, took recess until eight
| O'Clock,