The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-10
In Yesterdays Proceedings Of Iii,
Democratic Convention.
Tho Strained EiIortsOi the Orator
Nominating Candidates.
Mr.. Grady, of New York, Creates a
Decided Sensation ,
In Opposing Cleveland and In Civ,
Ing Why's and Wfeieforcs.
Carter lIarrison's Spread Eagle
Speech Badly rulctured.
Thurman's Boom COldly Received
by the Buckeye firaves.
A General Resume of tho Work OF
tho Convention.

} A General Resume of tho Work o.
tho Convention.
sp'etal Dbpaieh 10 h. fnieligenou.
CncAGo, July O,-The mcst in!tase ex.
element prevailed In the Convention WI en-
a motion 10 proceed to tho nomira.o Il
candidates was carried, and the Sergeant.
a:Arns was instructed to remove all Tie
visitors whom he should detect In any
manifestations fapproval or disapproval.
Much Rltbusterlps WAS done by the Tam.
many and the anti. Cleveland isrtlons.
Numcrous motions looking 10 an Hdj,urn.
mont were made tu, oil were lot amid
much confusion. Ttmmany inrited the
dlsaiIsction in the hope Of deitrrirg action
until the platform could be- a'ccrtAined.
l.E THE YiLHs4TER,Sa.
a motion that no ballots Dhould be taken
till the platform bs real was paxed, but /,
did not arrest the ,liibns;enipg, which wss
kept up ior tLrso.ioariiis m hour, bu.
all proved ab5r.iye, and at $50 o'clock At.
to'ney General Gray, ol. Delaware, took
The platform to nominate ME. gayasd. Mr..
Gray is handsome yourg man, not much
over thirty, and was selected b.! Diya,d
himself to preEeut his name to the Oonvrn.
tion. When Dsyard's name was mentioned
very little applause was ELECTED, and only
the Delaware delegstes rose to their feet
When l1diaua wss called The asst grra.
demonstration ot the whole Convention
took place, and repeated cheern greeted
Hendricks.
Tue TAIL CT TIE OLD IicKtr.
ThIee cheers for the old ticket were psc.
posed, but tie call fell fiat. F
Mr.. Hendricks has thin, husky voice,
with nervous, ddgoly, uncertain delivery,
and hia sonts were 10 low that they could
be heard only with grea. difficulty. Ills
speech waa statistical and the eutject mat.
terot character not calculated to entbuse
even an unexscting Democratic Coryen.
tion. Mcdonald WAC no part OF the mos,
Of 1t, and IL he is Geiea.ed be caa charge |,
up 10 the smaller hall Of the victims Of The
fraud OF 1876" L,ng before /. WIS com.
p!ete' ell interest WIS los! in Il AMI Joe Nc.
D,nalds mama got very Indifferent re.
ceptior. His scathipg reiereuc. to New
fosk's claims and indirectly to Tiideu
drew some appliance, bu. ho has no doubt
damned Mcdonald By faint praise General
John Q. Back, Of Illinois, mads strong
speech in Bccond!us the nomination Of Nc. |
Donald. going into the de.a;ls Of his career
and enthusing the crowd much moro deer.
ly 'han the N is,ef Of facs speech Of Hen. |
dricks. @Hs :.
TnunNAS's NOMINATION.,
When Calif.rnia Was called in i.s orisr, !
Mr. J. W. B:esksnridg,, who hal been Sc. |
lected 10 present thv lame Ct Judge Thur.
mah' Saa Gu: ct tue hall, but returning
at:er Mebonaid's nsms had been present.
oi, nominated Mr.. Thurman in fine
speech. Mr.. Breckenridge is con Of tie
lsse ]. q. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky. Tho
name did not elicit the applause il wa. er.
pscted to, e1 only few Of tho 0hio dee.
gates Gre knowl 10 favor Thurmsn's
nomination. General Dl1hin Ward, a |
venerable looking victim ol john MeLesa's
tyranny, in o iesb'e voice accorded Thur. |
name nomination. Hs Threatened ibe
Democracy with probable delsa. unless
the bandana Sss made tho Autumn battle
tias. Mr.. Ward made a coed speech, bu.
Mclean controlled ths house and the an.
p!auss Tas very nearpe.
HExTrcKY's FAvoRlrr
Col. Mckenzie CT Ksntueky, #ss select.
cd at Q late hour to place CarIisle's name
IN nomination, and ho did 1t in the iiuett
speech {! the convention. 1t Wis patriotic,
but fiisom aud eicqaens IN the lls. degree.
Judge Hooker, who lost an arm in The late
war in behalf ci the Coniede.rcy, made
coed second of Bayard's nomins!ion.
cLEykLaSns StAlSArltS.
When New York was called Daniel NJ.
lockwood, OF B:G.lo. was sen. 10 the plat.
'o1m. Ha was seleo!el because he nomi.
mated Cleveland for Mayer, and agsin for
dovernor Of Nov York respectively. Hs
ls good sophomoric speaker and managed |
70 put his principal before tho tluoiSIc sazs
81, the Convention iu y1od style. NeY
York G7d the claquers managed to got up
aspifito! enthusiasm tha! lasted for sous
lime, and at last ros, to tho dignity CT an
ovation. A d,unksa ,leless.s from Mis-.
souri, attempted 10 interrupt Mt lockwood
but President Villas squslqheli him in very
short order, V5e.:y;28S ~,
Garter Harrison, Mayo. Of Chicsso, met
With an en.husiaA.ic- reception % be sec.
0ndod C.eseland.S lie msdos q. !ucoherent
speech, sssarrto:ed the "taud Of 10" and
lotsad c!S2.rap till he had Tie New York
ielssste' ready to carry ou. both Kelly
and Grady. 1t was s:.spscea t6rhe mob
4. and by 1t accepted. as tho slorla ciaPplauso
saa: f9Sedfrom thO gallery indicated. He
S'i lied tue I'iah, t,ttersd The Gernans,
sloobsred over the 'B,hemaus AID iell
DO " and vorsaippud the map OF Europe,
Asia ard 1f,ica. ff
: THE SENSATION OF TlIrpAr.
As he LETT tho stage s.na.r Grady, Of
New York, took tho l,or anlii torrsn. Of
h!ssea !:oM the galleries sat lhs Cleveland
clsqusEs, but 1t wss neatly fifteen m:ppt.s
betert. l,e could l,e allowed X t,trsatt,.' and