Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-31
rHE 6HIPTIoNIsTs.

r tsProceedinpsk the National Prohibition
} Convan,i, John r. st Joha, OF Kansa
and why Da1'sl'' e Maryland and ). n
:. ;,l.'AsSi H. sPErrsBuRGH PA. July q.
1t waa6recIseiy eleven o'clock HkeI
tHon. Geon +. Stewart, of Ohio, calle,
the CxHentfon to order and introduce,
IRey Dr. 4. Miner OF Boston, to lead Il
Mery seat on the floor and in the gal
flies was occupied, and the aisles ane
ftairways were rendered impossible by
fthe dense throng of people, who had beer
unable to finding standing room. st'
K After prayer the Secretary, r. w
Nelson, of Chicago, read the cali for the
Convention. AT the conclusion of Score.
tary' Nelson's reading the band rendereG
Il -uin59j,i, a t"tAMERIcA.''H gos4u yti..a,s,
i Mr.. c. L. Ross, of Chicago, delivered
the address of welcome. - arr
Il III HON. G. F. STEWART,
Chairman of the National. Committee, Ii
behalf of the Convention, responded
briefly. '''sT'''as's @"3 80 bsiG sia"t'st> ,
After the appiause which. followed Mr.
Stewards reponse' had died away. an6
without Intervening business be at oncs
proceeded to deliver the opening address 1dlFfs
At the Close. Of the opening address Mr.:
Stewart received an ovation, and it was
some time before silence could. be, re-
stored. ii ss,4 5t .,c}jya .5lso ss.is{,} st,.
After the opening address, temporary
Organization was effected by the election
of Hon. VIM. Daniels as temporary chair
man, and MaryiT. Woodbridge, of Ohio,
President of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, as temporary. secretary. j
AT half past nethe Convention ordered
the roll OF STATES called for the members
of the various committees.
When the Convention was about to adj
iourf, a warm wrangle was precipitated
by the failure of the Secretary to, call the
Territory of Dakota for. members of the
commttees,f Several delegates charged
that there was a desire to choke out Ter
ritoriar delegates. 't"j-'i 9ff5'fiii>b adj
MRS. Burke of New York, Appealed in
Behalf of the TerritorieS,Y tut the audi
encelwas unwilling to listen, and in the
midst of q scene of confusion. at l 40 Up.
m. an adjournment was taken until 3
p. m.
The Convention 'reassemblcd at s
b. m. Ten minutes were occupied
In singing 1.-THE ggsGiory IIallelujah y
ando five more in prayer by Rev. DE-.
Hayes,s of Illinois. Considerable time
was then consumed over o motion
(Which was finally lost) that i'll order to
prevent the excitement and confusion of
the morning sessions, the rules of Cush-
iDg's Parliamentary Manual shouldab be
adopted. ata.Fs .,.rg,i.r55
10 kilograms of congratu alton We're read
from the ,Prohibitionists of Missouriand
MiddletoWn, n, T., and Eastern Pennsyl-
vania, and it was decided to send a cont
gratulatory dispatch to the Temperance
Convention which meets in indianapolis
Tharsdaya3plg eds 5siYi 7nsf gFf 81 hslssi j
q The, Committee on Credentials was
called upon for report, but no response
being made, sod Hundred" was Sung.
hrofi!lyyy MISS FRANCES WILLARD
vas then granted leave to read memo
rial from the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, earnestly petitioning theb
Convention TO advocate and adopt such
as are requisite to the end that
prohibition of the Importation, exporta-s
tion, manufacture and sale of alcoholic
beverages may become an Integral part
Of the National Constitution and that the
party's candidate for Presi-
dent shall be by character and public
pledges committed to a National Consti-i
tutional Prohibitory amendment. s..f a,..',
The Committee on Credentials not
ret being ready to report.
MRS. JACKSON, OF MARYLAND,
was called upon and entertained the Com
7ention for about ten minutes with an
and remarkablyw we'll delivered
address, on s'Prohibition." o.ls.4fiya ego ~.
Three hours of indescribable,r noise,
,urmol and, bitterness followed this
innocent diversion. 1t was Initiated by
he Committee on Credentials. This
body reported that 436 regularly &C.
:redited delegates were in attendance,
Ind that 13i additional were entitiedito
leafs under the rulings of previous COM
and further reported a ,reSolu-
ion that the delegates from States which |
lad failed to send a full complement Of
delegates be allowed to cast the votes Of
he absent ones. fi74 .Hio,'t4 htf91 fofs Hs1t
This resolution was received with |
mingled cheers and bowling. Dr.. S.. A. |
Of New Jersey, and Rev. DIR.
of New York, denounced it,, as
iisgracefully unfair, pointing out that 4
,he, solitary delegate from Texas would, |
oy its adoption, be enabled to cast nine |
:een votes, and that several other States,
by but two or three dele
gates, would be given vote OF twenty or /
thirty, DIR, Hopkins said that if meas
ares OF this kind were to prevail the Dem
'cratic gag law of unit rule might as well
De enforced at the outset ''s l. s'I41.
Finally, amidst a perfect bedlam, the
eport of the committee, including the
was put and declared carried.
At $50 p. m. . recess was taken until
light. o'clock. ga.
!. The Convention reaSSembled at eight
o'clock, when the Committee on Psrrha-
tent Organization reported the name of
PROFESSOR SAMUEL 'DIcKiE, nHIk
President, Of Albion College, Michigan,
Is Permanent Chairman, with one Vice
President from every State. !IiTen Of the
after were women. lfo ~ Yis1aatfsn3
Professor Dlckie maSle an ACKNOWLEDGES
nent of his election, which, though brief,
was the best speech of the day.
considerable time was spent In desul- !
sory discussion of the report Of the Com 4
nittee on Rules. By "a large majority the !
Convention refused to adopt the two
birds rule in the nominat ton of caEJ. /
1ates, and adopted the majority plan.
|, On the call of States, the following
lamed gentlemen and ladies were up
pointed by their respective delegates as |
of the BIS Io'd 9fhh ." it4i
f1" so NATIONAL COMMITTEE. foifaHa /
jAlabama--J.H H., Hunt. f,l.,t1 .I}s.lf 1,a |
'CaIifornia--Mrs. Emory rFitz Sriner
md Root, Glasgow. n, ,a=i,'i.,.. -, .f,,,,
Connecticut-Geo., 2. Rodgers and A. |
i'.'sf 81 ''4'''i !
District of Columbia-J. A. wheeler /
md Chas. M. Nye. iAfi' ''i'H 81 .'f''sa.s5q = |
Dakota-Theo. Kenouse and Geo. Al
,ressy. g,uGt pfiis -9.ts.t.I 4 y az IL
Illinois-Dr. A. J. Jenkins and ]. A. |
IAN Fleet.
= kansas. II. ,Pyers and Jos. Perkins.
,Maine-W. T. Eustis and N. E. Wood 7
Jury. 't'li&f 'ft - essfiii7si >Hiif:in #