Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-07-17

angry denial. The words Yes and Nc
were several times exchanged betweel
him and Mr.. Harrison. Finally orde
was restored and Harrison proceede,
with bis speech and ended it with tn
assurance that the nomination of Cleve
land wonld help the Democracy to vii
next November.
The nomination of Cleveland was sec
onded by Mr.. Jones, of Minnesota
AN EXCITING SCENE.
Thos. F. Grady, of New York, theI
came to the platform. The point of or
der was raised that unless Mr.. Grady wa:
going to second a nomination he was ou
of order, but the Ctair overruled III,
point and said that as he had recognized
Mr. Grady that gentleman must be heard
Mr. Grady then proceeded to address
the convention. He said that he should
be glad to second Mr.. Cleveland's nOmi'
nation except that be knew that gentle
man couldn't carry the State of New
York. The sure and unerring test ol
that fact was that the last Democratic
Convention of New York was equally
divided against him, and the delegates al
large were equally divided between his
friends and opponents. At this point MI
Bragg, of Wisconsin,, rose to point OF
order, but his voice was drowned by
shouts and yellS from the galleries. At
ter there was some degree of order Mr.
Bragg stated his point to be that the
order of business was the nomination
and seconding of candidates.
Mr.. Manning, of New York, chairman
of the New York delegation, asked unan'
imous consent that Mr.. Grady might be
allowed to proceed. Unanimous consent
being given, Mr.. Grady proceeded with
his speech.
He said that the object of the conven>
tion was to make nomination for the
Presidency that would be ratified by the
people at the polls. He did not claim
that the voice of the Catholics was
against Mr.. Cleveland, but the anti-mo
nopolist element of the State, and the
la0oring interests of the State, Catholic
and Protestant, Irish, German and Amer
lean, were opposed to his nomination and
would be opposed TO his election.
Mr.. Cleveland had been elected in 1889
by mojority of $4,000, but the last
election in that State showed Republi
can majority of 1851, making change
of 211 900 votes in the Democratic vote.
Here a good deal of impatience was man.
ifested 0y the spectators. Shouts of Sit
down" came from the galleries, and
the threat was made that the galleries
would be cleared, and so Mr.. Grady was
allowed to go on with his speech, but not
without continued interruption from the
galleries. He was told to make that
speech for Blaine. But the chairman
announced with an air of determination
that the gentleman should have full
and fair opportunity to say every word
he was entitled to.
Mr. Grady went on to discuss the veto
of the Elevated railroad bill and to show
how that veto was injurious to the work
ing classes. He declared that the State
of New York could not be carried by
Mr.. Cleveland, not because of any Irish
question or of any Catholic question, but
because of the anti-monopoly question in
which the people had deep seated feel
ing. No man could be worse to them in
that regard than Cleveland
He knew of but one occasion in which
Gov. Cleveland was called upon to show
his hand whether he was Democrat or
else. and Mr.. Cleveland at
that time proved to be something else.
He denied that the fight against Cleve-
land was-the same fight as had been made
eight years ago against Tilden.
a motion for a recess was made and
If the candidate was to come from
New York." continued Mr.. Grady. @some
man should be taken who would not be
by these antagonistic ele-
ments. But the Democracy Of New York
took no such position. The Democracy
could carry New York for Thurman, Bay
ard, Mcdonald or Randall, but not for
Cleveland New York was a safe State
if the Democratic party was kept solid
IN FAVOR OF THURMAN.
Mr.. Cochran, of New York, in behalf
of the minority of the New York dele
CATION, came to the platform to eecond
one of the nominations.
Mr.. Cochran declared, amid shouts OF
incrdulous laughter, that no person felt
more kindly than he to Mr.. Cleveland,
but he was too old friend Of his to wish
to see him nominated for the Presidency.
If he was asked to give the name of the
whose nomination he seconded
his answer was, that be could name
man who never could be called guilty of
a single act favoring corporate instttu-
tions, man who had never prostituted
the Executive power to veto bills that
were framed in the interest of labor, a
man whose hair had grown white in the
service of the country. He meant Mr..
Thurman, of Ohio, but he did not name
him.
Why, he asked, should the Democratic
party take plunge in the dark and sub =
ject the future fortunes of the party to
the hazard of lottery? Why should
they thrust their hands into the bag and
draw out number which might turn
out to be Il regenerator for the party, a
Moses, or might turn out to be a False
Prophet whom it would been much bet
ter not to have discovered. He hoped
that all these burning questions would
be left to be settled by the State of New
York ITSELF and that the convention
would pause before it invaded that un-
willing State, and he appealed to the
to ratify the nomination of
that grand old Democrat, Allen G. Thur
man, of Ohio.
Adjourned till tomorrow morning.
Third Days Proceedings.
CHICAGO, July 1O.-The hour for the
meeting of the convention was long
past before delegates ceased coming in.
There were occasional cheers and music
by the band. The visitors seats being
fully occupied the scene was an animated
one. The Cleveland men confidently
predicted his nomination if ballot was
reached to-day.
Among the distinguished gentlemen
occupying seats en- the platform were
Speaker Carlisle and the Hon. William
II. English, Of Indiana, the last Demo-
cratic candidate for the Vice Presidency.
Hon. Samuel ]. Randall was not present
The convention was called to order at