, 1884-07-10


after the adoption of the platform. TIL
motion was rejected. A delegate from
Missouri moved an adjournment until Il
a. m. tomorrow, as the committee OF
platform had got till tomorrow to MAKE
its report. The motion to adjourn was
lost.
The following current rumors are Great.
ing great excitment: 1t has been asserted
from a gentleman occupying confdentioI
relations with many members of the
New York delegations that com.
munications are now being ex,
changed between Clevcland's followers
in the New York delegations, and his
friends at Albany and New York city,
with a view of uniting all factions upon
some New York man and the Withdrawal
of Cleveland. At l o'clock this afternoon,
Mr.. John Kelly received a telegram from
gentlemen in New York, occupying 4
high position of trust in New York city
politi,s, inquiring whether
H NAME OF ABRAHAM HEWITT
would be received satisfactorily. No re-
ply has yet been made. This enquiry,
coming from such a confidential source,
indicates hat Cleveland's w friends
have suggested Hewitt's name. Mr..
Kelly is represented as being not un-
friendly to Hewitt. Il is said Cleycland's
organizers sought half an hours inter
view with General Butler this morning,
and rendered him the position of Secre-
tary Of the Treasury under Cleveland ifhe
came to Cleveland's support on first ballot.
General Butler promptly replied that he
could not consent to hold a cabinet Office
under a man so unskilled in politics as
Mr.. Cleveland. In making his reply to
overtures General Buffers language was
more vigorous than elegant, but it con-
veyed a contemptuous idea of the above
mentioned scheme.
A motion was made to lay on the
TABLE Mr.. sNowDEN's lotion
to go into nominations now, That ques-
tiou was taken by a vote of States, and re
suited in the negative. When the State
OF New York was called the vote of -
was announced in the negative. era
dy challenged the vote, and amid
great noise, uproar and Kisses, tried 10
present the original tally. The chairman,
however, refused to have the roll call in
%terrupted. y Connecticut delegate called
attention to the Kisses, and asked that
the ushcrs he instructed to enforce order.
The chairman said that guests of the con-
vention could not be permitted to inter
rupt its harmonious and orderly proceed
ings, and directed the sergeant at ann to
remove any who would violate the order.
The roll call was then proceeded with to
the close.
After the roll call and before the an
nouneement Of the result the chairman
had
RECOGNIZED GRADY OF NEW YORK,
who claimed that the report was at vari-
ance with the official tally. The chairman
called on Mr.. Manning, chairman
of the New York delegation.
to state again what the vote was. Mr..
Manning gave it as u noes. The chair
man ruled that he must accept the vote
Of the New York delegation as a unit be-
cause the State Convention had instructed
the delegates to vote as a unit on all qpcs-
tions. The vote was finally announced as
ayes 80, noes 52l, so the convention re
fused to lay on the table the motion to
proceed to the call of states for nomina-
tons.
Mr.. Clunie, of California, moved as an
amendment to the motion to add the fol-
lowing: But no vote shall be taken on
the nominations until after the platform
is adopted Mr.. Snowden accepted the
amendment and the motion was agreed to.
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