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THE PROHIBITION CONVENTION.
NAMING THE CANDIDATES TODAY.
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
CAVALRY REPULSED By INDIANS.


The Convention at Pittsburg-Namins
paism Libel ior ass.nss .n Sr. HScnennss
Repudiated-Hy mns, Speeches and
EnthuAiasnl.
PIrTSBCEG. July 24-The prohibition convention,
under the rui 5 adopted yesterday, met This morn
Ing al O'Clock and was called 10 order promptly
at that hour The delegates filled the space
assigned TO them and the galleries were crowded
with spectators A short time was occupied in the
Lee, or New York, who asked for Divide guidance
In the platform TO be adopted and in the candidates
TO oe selected: and that the deliberations OF the
convention might be oyerluled TO the honor and
glory OF God anu 10 the good OF the country.
GREETING TO BRETHREN IN INDIANAPOLIS.
After the supplying OF omissions In the nomina-
Ilon OF the finance and executive committees Mr.
Freeman, OF New York, stated that a prulibtIou
convention was being held to-day in Indianapolis,
and he proposed 10 send TO f. the foI wing uele-
gram: The national prohibition convention In
assembly at Plttsbu.g. representing 81 states and
territories with sos delegates. says TO Indian polls:
stand firm: trust Gods cause and organize an
gtoted that as there would be TWO conventions head
to-day In Indianapolis (prohlb:tion and temper
ahce), the same telegram oe sent 10 both and IL
was 50 ordered. A uel, gaie from Illinois moved
that Mr.. Moore. OF Illinois. be appointed an ad-
ditfonal member {at-!arge) OF the national COM
midJee, and stated that that state would give
10000 votes next fall for the prohibition cause.
The motion was laid on the table
PAYING COMPLIMENTS TO COMMISSIONERS PRICE AND
DUDLEY.
Mr.. Mosher. OF Maryland. said tsatt-icallyO that
the thanks or the convention were due TO the gen.
eral government for the interest manifested by it
Ia the convention. as shown by its sending two
high officers the commissioner of pensions and the
commissioner OF Indian ararS) 10 Indianapolis TO
advise delegates These gentlemen at appeared by
the morning papers had gone back TO " ashington
and reported that the convention could not be
Orlted at any price; that they could not even be
hlISd TO go nome Applause ana laughterl
MI Bruce. OF Maryland, offered a resolution on
the same subject.
IEis and other resolutions tasto woman suffrage,
Temperance. missionaries at the south &C. were
referred 10 the committee on resolutions.
CHEERING REPORTS FROM DIFFERENT STATES
IeiegralnS from various temperance and prOhIbi-
uon societies throughout tae country were read
ana appauded. and he influence OF reform clubs ia
New I ork. Massachusetts aud elsewhere was rep
resented TO the convention by several delegates-a
MassachuS It's delegate claiming that the reform
cIuos OF that state represented 1900 voters
WAITING FOR MR. BaBCoCK
AT ten O'Clock motion was made and carried TO
proceed TO the call or states for nominations for
candidates for the presidency but motion TO post
pone was afterwards made and carried on the
ground that W. Babcock. of California, who Is TO
nominate Mr Mcdonald. OF California was absent
being engaged with the committee on Resolutions
MI flncl. or Nebraska, having been Invited to
addreos the convention on the subject OF temper
aHce came 10 the platform and made a speech I'm
favor or encouraging the circulation Of temperance
er.odicals.
Mr.. Babcock of California. having in the mean
ume come into the han the convention tat 1925,
proceeded TO the call OF states for nominations
DR.. M'DOSALDs BITTERS INDICATED
When the state or California was called Mr. Bah
II. Mcdonald. He spoke OF him as a Iaan Who had
borne the banner Of prohibition in the winecursed
state OF California, but against whom scandalous
assaults had been made. DIR. Mcdonald had been
charged with having manufactured and sold Alcohol
In medicine called Vinegar BitterSn He asserted
lat tnere was not single bottle OF that medicine
stEt out that did not bear around IL temperance
tract attack.nc the liquor traffic with force and
en- rgy. He stood here to-day TO refute the infam-
Gus slanier tifat there was a drop OF alcohol I'm
those bltterS. Dr. Mcdonald had offered prizes TO
the schools OF San Francisco for essays on the SUBJ
jet OF intelnptrance and OF tobacco. He was sur
pris-d 10 lind these slanderS circulating In Pitts
burg. But 1t appeared TO him that the most infam-
Gus lie or the whisky traffic first picked up and
Circulated by temperance men. DR. Mcdonald
was hentucaian by birth, SiXty-four years
OF age. In the full vfgor OF matured manhood and
intelligence; man Of large experience: a fnancier
pu slntsS man and man OF executive ability and
Sagaclty. de was cautious and conservative in his
methods firm anu self-rel1ant Dr. Mcdonald had
pen always Cheerful and generous giver. While
he did not seek the nomination, II he were pomi-
mated. his purse. his enthusiasm and his courage
would set At defiance all Efforts to disorganize or
render Ineffective their canvass. He was man who
OF those means.
EP-Gov. ST. JOHN NAMED
When the state Of Illinois was ca led Mr. Geo C.
Christian. Of that state, came TO the platform To
nominate Ex-Governor ST. John. He said that the
name which he would present to the convention
was above any other name In its power TO gather
o.
nletion movement. IL was A name known In every
nou sehold in the land He was man whose record
seclaiiy committed him TO the consideration OF the
convention. He was a gentleman who had seen
war; who had lived on the bloody plains OF the far
west: who was the father OF actual practical con-
sttutlonal prohibition. He was man whose whole
soul and energies wert entirely devoted to the
cause. Although Mr.. st. John hld had barrel vet
the bung had always been out helping someboiy
he mlgat not be able now 10 contribute very largely
In material way; but he could give to the cause
the influence OF moral force and moral herolsm
winch no other man now named. or to be named
could ever hope to give IT, Not only that, but he
was a brother-in-luw OF the president or the
Nomen's Christian Temperance Union. fCheers
In behalf OF the Illinois delegation he had the
tinguishrd patriot, that magnificent leader. that
whole -souled leader who had devoted his iIfe TO
constitutional prohibition and who was known as
the Hon. Jno. P. ST. John. Loud cheers and enthu-
Siastc demonstrations.l
MISS WILLARD DROPS INTO POETRY
Miss Frances E. Willard seconded the nomination
little man, barefoot boy with ieet OF tam She
had seen him go out into the world unfriended un-
guided making his way toward the west, crossing
The big Muddy with but dollar In his pocket get
ting TO Pixies Peak, and the Rockies and Sier-
raS- She had seen him. when other men were asleen
s. Stulying BLACKSTONE and Coke and when the war
broke out he did not wait TO be drafted but volun-
tar1ly barred bis breast to the enemy then VINO was
the friend to-day. lCheersl She saw him next
state, and the idol OF his party there he was the
pathfinder, the John C. Fremont OF the new cam
Paign She applied TO him the words OF the Eng
uSh poet laureate:
"AS some divinely gifted man.
Whose life in low estate began.
And on single village green,
W no burst his births invidiols bans
ana graspS the skirts OF happy chance
And breasts the blows OF circumstance
And grapples with his evil star:
Who makes by worth his merit known,
And grasps the futures golden key
And mouldS mighty states decree
And shapes the whisper OF a throne
And climbing on from high to higher
Because on fortunes crOwning Stope
The pillow OF peoples hope
The center Of our hearts deSiren
(Loud and long applause.l
GIDEON T. STEWARDS NAME PRFsFSrrn
Delegates from Kentucky and from Maine ser
onded the nomination or Mcdonald and " IT EnS
It's, OF Maine, put in the nomination OF Gideon IT
Stewart, of Ohio.
Mr.. Miner, OF Mass, also seconded the nnm,na