St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-09


manfully by the Democratic party. With
these remarks he announced that the COM
mittee had selected Gov. Hubbard, of Texas,
as temporary chairman, and putting the
question to vote it was unanimously carried.
THE PRO TEN SPEECH.
Gov. Hubbard was the temporary chair
man of the Cincinnati convention which
nominated Gen. Hancock four years ago.
He proved to be vigorous speaker on that
occasion and also to-day. II my memory
serves me right there was a great deal Of
sameness between the speech of 1880 at Gin
cinnat and the speech Of 1884 at Chicago.
He accepted the selection as compliment to
Texas, commended the Democratic party for
being the same as it was three-fourths of a
century ago, q commentator l doubt
whether the general public will hardly en-
| dorse. The first point which called forth any
| enthusiasm was when he announced the
progress made by the Democratic
party in having secured control of
the house, and announced that they
would also have the control of the senate but
| for treason That was a sharp cut at
Malone and was received with loud applause.
He also alluded In terms of strong denuncia
| ton to the theft of the Presidency in 1876.
When he stated that that was the wrong they
meant to right, there was another outburst.
His further announcement that it never
would be righted while the Republican party
was in power, met with solid approval. As
! he then alluded to the old ticket, "Tilden
and Hendricks, y he had no sooner uttered
the name of Tilden than the audience and
spectators arose on their feet and gave vocif-
erous and long continued cheers, showing
the magic hold which the Usage of Gramercy
park'' has on the affection of the Democratic
party. He was obliged to pause some
little time before he could announce the
ZANE of the entire ticket, ''Tilden and Hen
dricks," which, when he had com leted, was
the signal for more cheers. Texas evidently
believes in free trade, for Gov. Hubbard took
occasion to advise the convention not to
adopt double-tongued platform. He said
he wanted it 80 plain that the wayfaring man
| though fool, could understand. If he had
said SO plain that wayfaring man, though a,
Republican, could understand it, it would
have been much more pertinent His ad
dress was longer than the occasion required,
and grew somewhat tedious as his voice grew
hoarse, but he made very good presiding
officer so much better than most presiding
officers that could forgive him for INDUCING
in a few extra words.
Following the address of the president
came the appointment of the temporary off
GERS which was done in a moment without
dissent.
THE ROW BEGINS.
Smalley, Of Vermont, a member of the
national committee, was then recognized
apparently according to the programme, as
several others were up shaking resolutions at
the chair, and sent up resolution which
had been agreed upon by the national com
mittee making a rule for the roll call for the
states. This was the signal for the begin
ming of row which made the proceedings
much more interesting than otherwise, and
gives me some encouragement
to hope that there is to be
some fun in this convention, after all. No
sooner had Smalley's resolution been read
than Thos. F. Grady, Tammany delegate
from New York, was on his feet shaking a
piece of paper and swinging it over his head
to attract the attention of the chairman. His
document was sent up to the presidents
desk, and, upon being read proved to be an
amendment TO the proposed rule providing
that in case any delegation objected to the
announcement of a vote by the chair
man from his state, the delegation
should be polled and each man allowed to
vote according to his individual preferences
This was, in other words, an attempt to alb
rogate the so-called unit rule in New York,
and thwart the effort which had been sup
posed to have been settled yesterday to give
Gov. Cleveland seventy-two solid votes from
the Empire State.
The first to respond to the resolution was
John r. Fellows, of New York city, who
came from the same congre ssional district
with John Kelly, and who is as ardent
supporter of Cleveland as Kelly
is an opponent Fellows is an ad-
mirable speaker, and his remarks were
both heard anG listened to with great inter-
est and attention. His argument was that
! this convention had no right to interfere in
the manner in which the vote of New York
state should be cast. New York, he said,
had from time immemorial voted as a unit
in the Democratic national conventions.
They had so been instructed at Saratoga,
when they were sent to the present conven-
ton. They were wiling and had by formal
vote, declared their intention to announce
how the result was secured, stating that if
seventy two votes were given for such and
such a question it was given under
the unite rule majority of the
delegation giving the number) favoring the
proposition and the minority (also giving
the number) opposing it. In this way he
claimed each delegate was allowed to have
his preference so before the committe while
at the same time the solid vote of the state
was given in accordance with the wishes of
the majority.
Grady arose to reply and as he did so
Tammany greeted him with its favorite yell
of "Hi-yi-yi." heard that yell in Chicago
for the first time in 1866, at the
convention which nominated McClelland
Tammany was here in force AS it is at all
national conventions, and the "Hi-yi-yin
was the war cry which repeatedly resounded
through the wigwam. There were loud cries
of platform" as Grady arose, but he noun
ted his chair instead aud proceeded to
make what was, perhaps, an effective and an
eloquent speech, but not in a tone of voice
sufficiently audible to be effective beyond a
limited circle, He was repeatedly applauded
by the spectators, as also had been Mr.. Fell
lows, but the delegates themselves were quiet
listeners without manifesting their disap-
prevail or dissent.
During the progress of the debate the chair
| announced that the convention must keep