The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-11
DOWN TO BUSINESS.
The Democrats Adopt Their
Platform.
And Begin the BaIIOting.
Cleveland Leads, But not
Enough.


ing has long passed, and delegates
are still coming. There are occs-
sional cheers and music by the band.
The visitors seats being fully occu-
pied, the scene is an ANNA ed enc.
Cleveland men confidently predict
his nomination if a ballot IS reached
to-day
Among the distinguished gentle,
men occupying seats on the platform
were Speaker Carlisle and the Hon.
w, II. English, of Indiana, the last
Democratic candidate for the Vice
Presidency, Hon. Samuel J. Randall
was not present. The convention
was called to order at 1910.
Proceedings were opened with
prayer by the Rev. G. e. Lorimer,
of the Emanuel Baptist Church,
Chicago. He rendered thanks for a
country where liberty found q
refuge, labor an opportuUsty, dc
nestle virtue shield and humanity
temple. He prayed that the ma
ton may be awakened TO realize
that not IN material prosperity nor
in wealth lay greatness and salva~
ton, but in those virtues and priu-
ciples sanounced In the word OF God
and handed down through centuries.
In this country, liberty may not
degenerate into license, ner au hor>
ity into tyranny, nor capital mo
oppression, nor labor into ri ,tous-
ness, nor conviction into bigotry
and superstition. He asked for y
blessing on the convention that the
high sentiments and ennobling
principles that fell from the lips Of
The speakers yesterday may be-
come the governing principles If
the great party, and that it's affairs
to-day be so ordered that the
NOMINEES Of the convention will be
q man of lofty character, of res
plendent reputation. whose attitude
before the people shall be as in
spiratiOn to the growing manhood
Of the people and that If such a
nominee be elected he may be n
blessing to the nation and not
scourge.
Carter Harrison, Of Illinois, ris-
ing to a personal explanation re-
peIled the intimation made by one
Of the speakers yesterday that he
had packed the han with a CLIQUE
which applauded his speech in
geconding the nomiDuttUu OF Gro
yer Cleveland.
A communication was. received
and read from the chairman of the
committee on resolutions stating
that the committee, notwithstand-
ing constant and patient efforts,
had not yet been able to complete a
platform and would not be pre-
pared to make a completed report
before p. H.
The unfinished business Of yes
terday being the call of States for
nominations, was resumed.
Mansur, of Missouri, came to the
platform and made q nomination
speech. He said that Missouri
would have given thirty-tWo stall
wart Democratic votes for the
old ticket headed by the sage.
Of Gramercy and his venerated
friend from Indiana(M r. HendTicks);
as they could not have the old ticket
he had been casting about to see
who was the man who in the emer~
gency should lead the embattied
hosts OF the Democracy to a grand
and glorious victory. Nothing short
of blunder could make the Damoc-
racy lose the election. With
twenty-tnree Democratic Governors
and twenty-five Democratic States,
-253 electoral votes out of 4O1,
nothing but fatal blunder could |
make the Democracy lose. The man |
who was spoken of as the noblest |
Roman OF them all, wss Allan @. |
Thurman Of Ohio. (Cheers.) He
therefore seconded that nomination.
He had looked in Mr.. Thurman's
face yesterday and recognized in
him 1.-THE colossal Democrat of the
country, the Bismarck of America"
With Thurman as their standard
bearer they could carry Ohio and
Now York and California. In proof
of this statement he repeated a
conversation he had with General
Spinola and other Tammany men,
and read kilograms from Ohio and |
California. In conclusion, he de-
claEed before God that the Deuoc-
racy was hungry even unto death,
not for the vensl spoils of Office, but
for the glory Of doing good to their
fellow beings. daughter aud ap-
plauseA
Livingstone, of Missouri, rose to
second the nomination of Grover
Cleveland but the chairman stated
it would require unanimous con-
sent.
mo MATTER said Livingston,
s'ss We have got cur work IN any-
how"
Thomas e. Powell, of Ohio. came
TO the platform to put in nominaS
ton the name of George Hoadley,
Of Ohio. He declared that if tie
Democracy was true to itself its
success In the coming struggle was
assured. Within the last
Few years he Raid the State of Ohio
had overcome a Republican MAJOR.
Ity of over 100, 900, and at this hour
The government of Ohio was in the
keeping of the great Democratic