Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-30

motion by Mr. Voorhees,, of Illinois. favoring unlimited coinage of gold and silver
 was voted down by 21s nays, 164 yeas. The nomination Of candidates for the presidency
 limited to five minutes. Alabama presented
 no candidate, but the next State through Nr. Cunningham was the first to nominate B. F.
 Butler and drew the first applamse for the
 man who was evidently the choice of Ave- sixths of the delegates. Until Georgia was reached each speaker either had been non- cemnittaI or favoring Butler, but Mr
 Cramer, of Georgia, presented the name of Jesse Harper. of Illinois. as an original Greenbacksr and not . man who was @ Greenbacksr one day and 8 day or two after voting for Hancock. the Democrat. with cheers, but nothing compared to the shouts when Buffers name was mentioned. J. F. Flynn, of Illinois, seconded Harpers nomination but the other speeches indicated that his State delegation was not unanimous for Harper. When Iowa WAS reached ex- Congressman Gilbert was given an opportu- nity to advocate Buffers claims He recalled the fact that in 1860 when the capital was beleagured and every heart thrilled the peo- pie praised God from whom all blessings flow when the news flashed over the wires from Washington, Butler has arrived :" He prophesied that the same would be the case when the news of Bntlsr's election AS President was told and Tewksbury would be forgotten in the more thorough house cleaning that would be done. when New York was reached MT. Graham seconded But Ter. Thereupon George Jones said he was not in favor of Butler, but wanted to see 8 Greenbacker nominated, that 6 resolution han been passed by the delegation of New York not to cast the vote for any candidate party. He could not cast his vote for Butler and therefore placed Ed ward Allen, of Wisconsin, in nomination MT. Dudley, of New York, spoke against Butler and nominated Thomas A. Armstrong, of Pennsylvania. MT. Spencer, of the same Davis, of Illinois. MT. Ar1Astrong refused to allow his name to be used az q candidate ballot was taken resulting in the nomina- ton of Butler, who received S19 votes of 424. Harper received 99 After the an nouneement of the vote MT. Roberts, of Texas, moved to make the nomination unan- imous. There were, however, quite a num- Der of votes against the motion. MT. Jones, of New York, said he had stood by the party and had it's welfare at heart. He dId not think the nomination of Butler wise one. He thought the sub. stance of the platform should be telegraphed him at once and unless he answered during the night that he would be the candidate and stand upon the platform as adopted he would J~-- convention tomorrow and nominate another man. q don't hke,"" he said, s'to see the party put into the hands of man who is not Greenbacker." The speaker at this point was compelled to interpose as the convention was in great confusion Some were hissing, while others cried s'trait- or" and others yelled 'ssit down." After quiet was restored, on motion of MT. Hazel ton, of Missouri, the rules were suspended and George A. M West, of Mississippi, was nominated for Vice President by exclamation. After this nomination 8 salute of guns was fired and the convention adjourned.
 Business Men to Work For Arthur.
 NEW YORK, May 29.-Ths business mems committee of one hundred appointed at the Arthur mass meeting last week left this evening on the New York Central railroad for Chicago. where they will use their influence to secure President Arthur's nomination in the convention. Among the members of the committee are Judge Horace Russell, William DoWd, L. B. Cannon, J. H. Starin and D. A. Hawkins.