The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-07-12

applause, the audience waving hats and
rising to the feet and shouting long and
continuously with the dignity of states
men and the courage of men who love
their country, accepted the verdict of the
fraud and were grander to-day in their
retirement than the men who profted by
the fraud. The Democratic party would
be in power to-day but for Republican
gold and notes fresh and uncut, fresh
from Washington. The money of
the Star-routers attesting to the
venality of the Republican party.
The Speaker went on at length to de-
nounce Republican administration of
public affairs and glanced over the work
of the Springer Committee; pictured the
reforms which would follow the re-entry
of the Democracy to power, and in con-
GLIDING urged that when the committee
on platform reported they may have no
doubtful oracle-speaking with double
tongue on the great issues of the day
but such platform that the wayfaring
man, though fool, might read and un-
derstand.
Governor Hubbard concluded at 1:15
with plea for calmness and Cancellation
in councils and In action, and resumed
his seat amid vociferous applause.
Ex-Mayor Prince, of Boston presented
the list of temporary officers, which
was adopted, as follows:
Temporary Chairman, r. b. Hubbard,
of Texas
Temporary Secretary, Hon. f. o.
Prince, of Massachusetts.
Assistant Secretaries, L. L. Merritt, OF
Illinois; George w. Guthrie, of Penn.
sylvania; G. L. Johnston, of Iowa; Z.
M. Bashford, of Wisconsin; IL. j. Lynde,
| of Tennessee, and Michael L. Barrett, OF
New Jersey.
General Smalley, of Vermont, set the
ball rolling with an apparently harmless
resolutions that the rules of previous
| Conventions be adopted, with the excep-
ton that In voting for candidates for
President and Vice-President no State
be allowed to change it's vote until the
| roll of all the States had been called.
The motion was seconded from all parts
| of the house, and the Chairman about to
PUT IT THROUGH WITH RUSH,
when stentorian "Mr. Chairman" COM
| ing from the section occupied by the New
York delegation, caused l2,050 pairs of
eyes to turn in that direction. 1T was
| Senator Grady who demanded attention,
| and his object was to submit a resolution
| permitting the vote of State to be chal-
| lenged and poll of individual delegates
! taken. Amid the storm of cheers and
| Kisses and counter cheers which greeted
! the amendment, John r. Fellows
| sprang upon his feet, and In fiery
| speech, in the course of which he detied
! all the States assembled to strip from
! New York the crown of her sovereignty,
opposed the amendment. Medzies, of
Indiana, tried to promote harmony with
an amendment to the amendment that the
States be allowed to change their vote,
| but the Convention was in no mood 10
| thus early get rid of the matter, and
Senator Grady again obtained the floor
and made an earnest appeal for indepen-
| dence, coupled with warm denunciation
of machine methods. He was ire
| qpently
INTERRUPTED BY KISSES,
and at one time the chairman was COM
PEELED to demand that the rules of cour-
tesy be observed. The discussion was
continued by several delegates, but with
out noteworthy Incident, until John Kelly
arose. Then III hall shook with applause,
and it was sew, al moments before quiet
could be restored. His opening sentence
demonstrated that his voice was incapable
OF being heard, and the galleries set up a
| yell of "Platform!" The Tammany chief
tain, however, preferred to stay where he
was, and in long address, ina udible to
two-thirds of those present, questioned
the right of the majority
TO BIND OR GAG THE MINORITY.
Fellows was on his chair the moment
Kelly finished, and succeeded in getting
into tilt with the Tammany leader,
which, but for the smiling face and evil
dent good nature of the latter, might
have developed into personalities. Fell
lows ironical declaration that he had
hopes of a brighter future, with better
forms and purer methods, when Kelly
and Grady made such eloquent denunca-
ton of machine methods, brought dow
the house.
BY this time the Convention was tired,
and the speakers following were listened
to with Impotence, but SO great was the
interest manifested in the roll can on
Grady's amendment that two-thirds OF
those present kept tally, and the an
nouncement of the result was received
with prolonged applause.
When Judge Cochran challenged the
vote of New York it looked for a moment
as though another fight was imminent,
but the Chair quickly decided that the
vote should be recorded as announced.
The following is the vote on Grady s
amendment;
Votes cast 795. For the amendment
80; against 1t 1853. .
The vote on Smalley's original rcsolu-
ton, that the rules of the last Conven-
ton govern the body, was then adopted
A resolution was then offered and adopt
ed for the appointment of u committee
on credentials and one on permanent or
ganization. committee on platform
was also ordered, and it was ordered
that all resolutions in regard to the plat
form be referred to that committee with
out discussion. .a
At four O'clock the Convention adj
journed until Ii a. m.
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Heart Disease.
BLOoMINGToN, ILL.,, July9.
w. p. Remine, of this city, died very