Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-11


 1 First Ballot For Candidates Taken- 1 Cleveland 1n the Lead, Followed By Bayard and Thurman-An Adjournr- ment Till This Morning.
 CHICAGO, July 10.-It was net until SPA that the convention was in c condition to justify President Villas in calling it to ofder
 In the interval the Tammany men were surrounded by large number of delegates and an important conference was apparently in progress. R. H. Henry, of Mississippi. as soon as the convention was in order sub mitted the following resolutions:
 Resolved-First-Thstt the convention has read with regret and intense admiration the ntAtasmanike and patriotic letter of Samuel J. T1ldsa expressing the strains him to decline highest oce in the Gift of the Amer ican people (applAusel.
 priyed Samuel J. TiidAn and Thomas 4. Hsndrioks or the ofees conferred upon them by the Democratic parry In lS16, they yet live and will live first in the hearts of the Democracy of the country (ap-
 Third That this convantion expresses the nations regret that the same lofty patriotism and splendid e3eenInye ana administrative ability which clesnssd ana purified the city and State governments Of the great Empire State cannot now be turned upon the long and so successfully inaugurated and maintained Dy me Republican party st the national capitol.
 engrossed that the chairman of this conysntion appoint committee whose daty 1t ahsu be in the to Hon. samuel J. Tiidsn and tSs Hon. Thornas A. Hendricks (applause).
 When the clerk had read two paragraphs Of the above delegate from Indiana rose to point of order that the resolutions must go to the committees without reading. The chair overru!ed this and the resolutions were unan- imously adopted with applause. MT. Clevs- land, of New Jersey, sent up resolution to the clerks desk, but at this moment General Butler entered and was greeted with round after round of applause Cleveland's resolu- tion provided simply that to save time the States be called for
 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
 He failed to include the territories and motion to so include was carried by a large majority. The roll was then called. The following named gentlemen were chosen as members of the National committee: Henry 0 Sample, Alabama; s R Coekrell, Arkansas; stokeIand, California; M s Waller, Colorado; William H Bar mum, Connecticut; Sam Pasco. Florida; Frederick Walsh, Georgia; S Corning Judd, Illinois; Austin H Brown, Indiana; M M Ham, Iowa; 0 w Blair, Kansas; Henry D McHenry, Kentucky; Hon Jones, Louisi. ana; Edward Wilson, Maine; P German Maryland; T J Dickinson, Michigan; D H Kelley, Minnesota; J Johnson, Mississippi; John G Prather, Missouri; Hon James E Boyd, Nebraska; Dennis E Mccarthy, Me- vada; Albert W Tulloway. New Hampshire; Senator Ransom, North Carolina; W W Armstrong, Ohio; J Barnaby, Rhode Isl- and; Francis W Dawson, South Carolina; R F Cluny, Tennessee; T T Holt. Texas;PV V Small, Vermont; J S Barber, Virginia Louis Barker, West Virginia; Hon W F Villas, Wisconsin: J D Rosenburg, Utah; W Mccormick, Montana; M B Dupreaux, Washington terri tory; Hon w E Post, Wyoming; W A Beach, Arizona; William Dixon, D c; - Haley, Idaho. The following named gentlemen were appointed as 8 committee
 TO NOTIFY THE CANDIDATES of their nomination.: Colonel s W Bardice, Arkansas; Daniel E Bestor, Alabama; - Sells, California; T M Waller, Connecticut; W D Shepley, Florida; Milton P Reese, Georgia; A D Stevenson, Illinois; Colonel E D Banester, Indiana; Hon L Kennsy, Iowa; 0 c Burns, Kansas; Atilla Cox, Kentucky; Hon. James Jsffreys, Louisiana E. H. Osgood, Maine; Dr. George W. Wells, Maryland; Daniel J. Carteau, Michigan Henry Bear, Minnesota Hon. Charles D. Hooker, Mississippi; D. R. Francis, Mis- souri Hon. P. Fair, Nebraska John Han cock. Nevada John D. Cottingham, New Hampshire; W. G. Love, North Carolina; David T. Baker, Rhode Island; James H. EarIe South Carolina Hon. ". H. Calls, Tennessee Hon. James E. Dwyer, Texas TT n Tp~R~ bert Beverly, Virginia; s. D. Howser, Mon- tana; J. A. Cole, Washington Ter ritory; Geo. w. Stevenson, New Mexico; W. H. Halliday, Wyoming GSH Orvit, Arizona; E D Wright, District of Columbia. Among the States which were passed on account of their not being ready were New York and New Jersey. The call having been completed there was moments interval
 AND THEN ALL EYES WERE TURNED in the direction of General Butler. He did not rise and the committee on platform pre- sented 8 report on the subject of chairman of the National committee which had been referred to them. The committee reported a resolution providing that the committee shall not be restricted in their choice of a chairman to members of that committee. which was unanimously adopted. w L Terry, of Arkansas, offered a resolution, but at this juncture General But Ter marched down the aisle, mounted the platform and shook hands with ex-Mayor Prince and took a seat behind the chairman Loud applause and misses greeted his prog ress MT Terry's interrupted resolution provides that hereafter the two-thirds rule in national conventions shall be abrogated and that 8 majority vote shall hencefor ward pre- vail. This was met by cries of 'tNol" vote by States was demanded on this resolution, seconded by five States and was ordered. Mir Cochrane, of New York, asked if the reso- lution did not apply to the present conven- ton and he denounced the scheme as rev. resolution on the table. A scene of confu- sion followed, dozen delegates made m as the point of order '- that AIts Ithis convention had no right to make rules for the next convention. It stultified the mem- bers of the convention, ho said, and made them ridiculous in the eyes of the Democracy of the country. He concluded by moving to postpone the resolutions consideration in- definitely. A call of States was ordered on the question of an indefinite postponement. motion to dispense with the call by States was carried with rush and MT. Terry's designs upon the two-thirds rule came to nothing. Congressman Morrison was then recognized to present
 THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLATFORM and the accompanying resolutions. He proceeded to read and was listened to with the greatest degree of respectful attention, but the silence inside the convention was seriously disturbed by the shouts from the lusty throats of thousands of persons outside the building as the Balti- more and Ohio company threw out 8 bulletin announcing that it was possible that ballot would be reached tonight. The clause in the platform asserting that the Democracy favored friendly relations but no entangling alliances with other nations on this continent was greeted with pronounced applause. The part of the platform in which the chiefest interest centers in the clause relative to the tariff and which is as follows:
 That change Is necessary is proved by existing surplus of than $1o0, ,0O0 900 whioh has yearly been collected from suffering people. Unnecessary taxation unjust taxation We denounce the Repab- lican party having failed to relieve the people from the crushing war taxes which have paralyaed business, crippled industry and deprived labor of
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