The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-07-11
Democratic Convention F!
LARGE GATHERING OF The
HOST AT CHICAGO,
Benjamin f. Buffers Entrance
Kissed by the Spectators.
HE wlTHDRAWS FROM
THE CONTEST.
Cleveland's Name Receives
Enthusiastic Applause


Hubbard of Texas as chairman, with the usual
number of secretaries and other oilcers' no
adoption of rules of order and the appoihthehC
of committees on credentials, permanent o1-
ranizaton and resolutions occupied the Sie"'ei
part of the day. The session was taken up III
a contest over the unit rule inaugurated by the
Tammany delegation from New York, who' DC
ing in the minority, wanted the rule aDfosaleu'
The rule was sustained by large maloli'y'
and Tammany thus suffered its second aelea''
The convention was called to order at l2;4V
m, prayer was offered by Rev DR. D Z MARQUIS
of the Northwest Theological seminary, after
which Gov Hubbard of Texas was introduced
as temporary chairman and was received WIN
hearty applause. He is tall, fine looking
man OF the respectable weight OF ooo poulus'
He stands fully six feet high and has iron gray
hair and whiskers. He is native OF georgia,
hut has resided in Texas for 81 years. In 1910
he was elected acknowledgement, and was re-
elected with Cook, who ran for Unlted STATES
senator in 1875. Gov Hubbard is succeSsiui
LAWYER and for years was the attorney Oh 'ue
Texas Pacific railroad. He now has the legai
affairs of the st Louis narrow gauge lalIoau
in charge. Gov Hubbard resides in Tyler. lie
is an eloouent speaker and good parliamentan-
an. The temporary chairman's sonorous voice
and crisp deliberate articulation sent every syl-
liable of his opening address to the iurthermost
limits of the great kali, and he was applauded
and cheered at nearly every period GOV HUB
bard's reference to the campaign of '76 and Til
den and Hendricks, reused the convention to
high pitch of enthusiasm, and the delegates, ris-
ing to their feet, cheered themselves hoarse.
All the preliminary action of the convention
proceeded as harmoniously as well-0iled CLOCK
work until Senator Grady of New York placed
an obstacle in the cogwheels in the form OF an
amendment to the national committees report
looking to the abrogation OF the unit rule; Ihat
semblage was indicated by the vigorous hisses,
mingled with faint applause, which followed
the reading OF the amendment, and the hearty
cheers that punctuated the speech opposing it
made by Judge Fellows, John kelly's old time
opponent. Grady made spirited argument IN
favor of his measure, and was listened to with
attention. The debate by other delegates which
followed was marked by not very brilliant dis
plays of oratory and most OF it was listened to
in an impatient spirit. 1t was frequently in
terrupted by the raising of points OF order and
parliamentary questions, and the chairman's
skill as a presiding officer was severely tested.
He proved equal to the occasion, however, and
disentangled involved points, brought order out
of chaos and guided business with unerring ac-
curacy. When it came to voting there was
much confusion, but Immediately the call of
states began there was silence, only broken by
occasional applause as the vote of a delegation
was cast in an unexpected direction. 1t had
been evident from the tone and behavior of the
convention that the Tammany attack on the
unit rule would be repulsed, and the result of
the vote which defeated Senator Gradys amend
ment was therefore no surprise, but there was
much curiosity as to how the several states
would vote Nearly every delegation was split
on the question. When New York was called
in regular order, a request was made and
granted that it be passed until after the others
had voted In the interval much excited dis
cussion appeared to be going on in the delega-
ton. Chairman Manning, when the time came,
finding, as was of course expected, the "nays'
in the majority, declared the vote as unanimous
in the negative. This was the signal for a
storm of indignant protests from the anti -Cleve-
land delegates, but they were not needed by the
presiding officer or the convention. The secre-
taries made an error of some hundred votes in
casting the ballot, and the formal announce
meni was manifestly erroneous to all who had
noted its progress, but it was beyond question
that the amendment was lost and the hall rang
with hearty cheers. The original resolution,
adopting the rules of the last convention, was
carried without dissenting vote, and thence
forward to the end of the session there was
nothing to disturb the harmony of the pro.
ceedings
The Second Days Session
lasted hours. The committee on credentials
reported, and their being no contests, the report
was adopted, together with q proposition 70
rive the territorial delegates the right to vote in
the convention. Col William + Villas of V is
consin was made permanent president OF he
convention. The committee on platform not
beinr ready to report, an effort was mad by
the Cleveland men to proceed at once TO 5he
nomination of president and vice-presi ent.
This was antagonizeG by the oopositioa to
Cleveland, and parliamentary struggle e. iued
resulting in the adoption OF a proposition L pro-
ceed to call of the roll of states for namin can
didates for president, with provision tat no
ballots shall be taken until after the platform
Shall have been adopted. Bayard of DeawaTe,
Mcdonald of Indiana, Thurman of Ohir Car
Isle of kentucky and Cleveland of Me- York
were placed in nomination, and, SHORTY after
o'clock. the convention adjourned Il 10 30
O'Clock Thursday morning.
GEN BUTLER KISSED BY sPEcTATu rs.
Gen Butler did not arrive until the pe manent
chairman was in the midst of his s. ech and
the convention was in perfect order. Then he
made what was evidently intended &c 10 a very
impressive entrance, leaning on the m of Col
PIympton He was quickly recOC zed, and
there was some cheering, but the eers we're
smothered in a storm OF Kisses ar whistles.
The affair was not at all dramatic, a. the gener-
nj was evidently much annoyed, for e remained
hut A short time. His exit was n de in COM
many with Col Plympton, and the Kisses were
even more energetic than when he came in. 1t
was a notable fact that the convention proper
took no part in this adverse demonstration, the
kissing all coming from the spectators. Ii Is
said the general expressed great deal of indig
nation, on his return to the hotel, at the manner
in which he was received.
The opening proceedings of the session were
devoid of interest. A food ofresOlutons on all
sorts of topics were introduced, and referred
under the rule without debate. to the appropri-
ate committees. who will quietly put most of
them in the waste basket. There was no stir
over the report of the committee on permanent
organization and Col Villas election 20 the per-
mauent chairmanship caused scarcely ripple,
hut when ''the tail OF the old ticket was ap-
pointed at the head of the committee to escort
The colonel TO the chair. there was a tremendous
Hendricks boom. The new chairman IS tall,
well built man, Of about 30 wears, with thin
black hair and thick brown beard, close cut 70
the lines of his Jaws. He wears spectacles, and,
altogether, looks like the prosperous lawyer he
Is. He was colonel of the 18th Wisconsin regi-
ment during the war, and now lives at Madison,
the state capital. lie has served two years IN
the state assembly, one in each branch. HIS