Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-08-01

:iects of female suffrage, land-league AFFAIRS,
convict labor. sumptuary laws, etc., were
then introduced and referred.
The report of the Committee On CredeH
tials was adopted with practically no OPPOSE
ton.
y resolution against polyeamy was intro
duced by MIR. Smith, OF Utah. and referred.
Further resolutions were offered and re-
fcrred to the. Committee on Platform.
rue report of the on erman
manent Chairman was received with cheers.
The report was adopted and a committee
appointed to escort Colonel Vilasto the chair.
Colonel Villas then addressed the convention.
returning thanks for the honor conferred
upon him.
res luton for the cali OF the 70 of States,
aud the placingin nomination of candidates
for President, and Vlce-presidcnt
A motion was made 10 lay on the table Mr..
Snowdcn's motion TO go into nominations
now. That question was taken by q
vote by States, ana resulted in the
York was called, lis vote of ~ votes
was announced in the negative. Mr.. Grady
challenged the vote. ana amid great noise,
uproar ana Kisses. tried to present the orig
inul tally. The Chairman. however, refused TO
have the roll call interrupted. y Connections
decorate called attention 10 tic Misses and
asked that tne nshers he instrIcted TO enforce
order. The Chairman sand that the guests of
the convention could not he permitted to in
terrupt its hatnion'ous an! orieHiy proceed
move any person who should violate the
orier.
The roll call was then proceeded with to the
close. After the roll call, ana be.Ore tho an
n5unccment OF lhe result. the Chairman rec
cgnizel MIR. Grady. OF New York, who
S S!H'"'a the that o,,c }sf f fa2Ig2: TSs ut c Saf34nss
o Of the New w. York a''' d eisgat Gas''l't to
cave IT HAN as seventy Vent t1 rwo o'4 nav was' The m'' C Mahn5ng
ruled that he must accept the vote Of the New
York delegation as a unit, lcaause the State
Convention had instructed the delegates to
vote as a unit on all questions.
The vote was finally announced as ayes,
2s@; noes, 81; So the convention refused to
| call of States for nominations.
Mr.. Cfunie, Of California, moved as an
amendment to the motion to add the follow
ing: 'But no vote shall he taken on the nom
%inn;ions until after the platform is adopted.
Mr.. %s>nowden accepted the amendment, and
then the motion as amended was agreed Ito.
ident aud Nice-President was then two p. ny
commenced.
Thomas Francis isayara was nominated by
Joseph L. McDonald was nominated by T.
A. Hendricks, of Indiana. seconded by John
Allen 6. Thurman was nominated by ]. w.
B~reckinridge, OF California, seconded by Dur
bin Ward, of Ohio.
j. G.. tarlisle was nominated by J. A. Nc
kenzic, OF Kentucky.
Grover Cleveland was nominated by Daniel
NJ. Lockwood, of New York, seconded by {. II.
Harrison, o Illinois, and r. A. Jones, Of
Minnesota. Senator Grady, of New York,
spoke against the nomination of Cleveland.
w. B. Cochran. OF New York, on behalf of
the anti-Clcvelnnd clement OF that State
spoke in opposition to Cleveland, seconded
the nomination of Thurman, creating pro
found sensation.
Mr.. Apgar. of New York, replied to Mr.
Cochran, and asserted that the same opposi-
ton was made III the st. Louis Convent on
eight years AFRO to the nomination OF MIR. Iii.
den. then Governor OF New York.
John NJ. Palmer, of Illinois. moved to sus
pend the order OF business for the purpose OF
moving a recess. Twice the roll OF States was
ordered Gu led, but the Call was not finished,
and at 60 p. nj. the convention took a recess
until 10:3 80 q. NJ. to-day.