Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-25

Boston went down. A delegate from New Jersey declared that he would leave. the convention if the plank was ap-
 proved, but he was laughed back into his
 seat and the resolution to strike out the financial plank was lost by a viva voce vote of ten to one. At this juncture, 8 disposition
 being apparent to discuss every line of the platform, resolution to adopt it as a whole and refer 1t back to the committee for editing was rushed through.
 The chair then read the United Press dis patch concerning the manner in which the
 nomination of St. John was received in New
 York and the East and the information it
 contained was greeted with three cheers and
 tiger. A motion was agreed to making the
 name of the party the Prohibition party and
 after the consideration of business of rou-
 tine character the convention at 5:20 took g
 recess until p. m.
 The National Prohibition committee met at
 7 o'clock tonight and elected John B. Finch
 of Lincoln, Neb., chairman; D. P. Sagen-
 darpth of Charlotte, Mich, vice chairman;
 A. J. Judkins of Chicago, corresponding sec
 retary; A. J. Van Fleet of Chicago, re-
 Madison, Wis, treasurer. The gentleman
 named with Miss Frances E. Willard of
 Evanston, Illinois, and Mrs. M Mcclellan
 Brown of Cincinnati, will constitute the ex-
 ecutive committee of the party with full
 power to act when the general committee is
 not in session.
 The convention was called to order at 8:15
 p. m. with prayer by Rev. A. J. Judkins,
 of Chicago. The first business was the pre-
 sentation of the report of the finance com
 mittee by Governor Clinton B. Fiske, of New
 Jersey. Pledges were solicited for subscrip- tions to the ''pioneer battle fund" which re-
 quire the subscriber to pay the amount of his subscription annually so long as he shall live until the party candidate for President and Vice President shall be elected. The number of S10 subscriptions received aggre- gated $40. The committee on resolutions reported substitute for the financial plank in the platform, but after protracted dis cussion it was unanimously agreed that there was no necessity for em- bodying a financial plank in the platform and with but one dissenting voice the entire financial section was stricken out. The roll of States was then called for the nomination of candidates for Vice Pres ident. Mrs. Caroline Buell., of Connecticut, in few well chosen words placed in nomina- tion for the second place on the ticket Hon. George P. Rodgers. When Dakota was called delegate arose and nominated Hon. William Daniels, of Maryland. Mrs. Minnie A. Jackson, of Georgia, in very eloquent manner and amid tremen- dous and long continued applause also placed before the convention for Vice Presi- dent the name of Hon. William Daniels, t'the little giant' of Maryland. California, through Colonel Babcock, seconded the nomination of Daniels and was followed by similar action on the part of Kansas. The nomination of MT Daniels was also seconded by Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missou- ri and Michigan. New Jersey, through Mir. Ransom, nominated Clinton B. Fiske, of New Jersey New York placed in nomination Colonel George w. Boyne, of Kentucky, and seconded the nominations of Messrs. Daniels and Fiske, the delegation being divided. Ohio seconded the nomination of Daniels Pennsylvania followed with seconds of Fiske and Daniels and the nomination of MissF Frances E. Willard, of Illinois. Tennessee seconded Boyne, of Kentucky, and Texas fell into line with a second for Daniels. West Vir- ginia and Wisconsin followed suit. J. B. Finch, of Nebraska, spoke in behalf of General Boyne, saying he could under no accept the nomination, that he had given his fortune to the cause and the delegates could not properly insist upon his making the sacrifice which would be neces- sary should he be selected as the nominee for second place on the ticket. At this point Connecticut withdrew the nomination of Rodgers and declared for Daniels. Hon. Clinton B. Fiske took the platform and deliv- cred 8 strong prohibition address which, bristling with humor, very warmly applauded. During the course of his remarks he emphatically declined to be and closed by eloquently endors- ing his friend Daniels. Then at 12 o'clock on motion af MT. Lake, of Illinois, the rules were suspended and the nomination of Hon. William Daniels, of Maryland, was made unanimous by rising vote. Thereupon MT. Daniels briefly acknowledged the honor amidst rousing cheers. A few minutes were spent in routine business, votes of thanks to various officers and at 12:3O the national Prohibition convention of 1884 came to an end