Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-07-17
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Cleveland and Hendricks the Nominees of
the National Convention Tor President
e and Vice President.

Cleveland and Hendricks the Nominees of
the National Convention Tor President
= and Vice President.
AS early as Saturday the 9TH, the
delegates then in the city number
ed 400, and the appearance of the various
hotels ofthe city began to bear the enliven-
ed scenes of a month sgO-those scenes
which are always attendant upon a politi-
cal cOnvention-rushh hurry, noise, and the
hum of conversation are all that can be
heard now, and peace and quiet will not
reign again until after the adjournment.
Upon Gen. Buffers arrival in the city he
was met by Is 600 working men, who had
previously fOrme in line, and the freedom
of the city granted him.
Among the prominent delegates were
Gen. Butler, of Massachusetts,; Abram S.
Hewitt and August Belmont, of New York;
Senator Mcpherson and Gov. Abbott, OF
New Jersey; Wade Hampton, of south Car
olina; Senator Davis, of West Virginia. ex-
Senator Thurman and Gen. Durbin Ward,
of Ohio; ex-Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania;
John Kelley, the cele GRATED Tammany lead
er of New York, and Thos. A. Hendricks,
of Indiana.
The changes made in the hall were not
very numerous. The stage was removed
from the north side snd placed in the cen
ter. Space tor the reporters was placed i'm
mediately in front of the stage. TIL pri-
vate boxes which were on both sides of the
the stage were reserved for distinguished
guests and room made for 250 veterans
The seating capacity of the hall was en-
larged so that it would hold 1000 more
people than the Republican convention.
The arrangements for tickets of admission
were about the same as those Of the last
convention.
The Kansas delegates to the Convention
arrived Sunday afternoon and organized by
eecting Gov. Click Chairman of the de1ega-
ton and B. J. Sheriden of Paola, Secretary.
The National Committee met on Monday
the 9TH, and n animated ex-GOv. Hubbard,
Of Texas, for temporary Chairman of the
Convention and K. J. Bright, of Indiana,
Ser cant at Arms.
The committee decided to recommend to
the convention that the rules of other Dem
OcratiG Conventions govern this body until
otherwise ordered, subject to the following
modification: THAT in voting for
candidates for President and Vice Pres
ident, no State shall be allowed to change
it's vote until the roll of the States
has been called and every State has cast its
yote.'
Alta meeting of the Massachusetts dele
cation Gen. Butler spoke. He said: civil
support the nominee of the convention no
matter who he may be-"
In the New York delegation caucHs was
held and the vote being taken, as to whom
the DELEGATION should support for the Pres
idency resulted, in disclosing Cleveland's
strength on the first ballot at As votes, on
the second at Al votes. Flowers received
% votes on first ballot, and 100 on the sec
ond; and Gen. Slocum and Bayard received
Is and votes, respectively, on the second
ballot.
On Tuesday, July 8. the day for the as
sembling o. the convention, vast crowd
gathered in the Convention Hall. At 1910
o. M the Convention was called to order by
Chairman Barnum of the National Demo-
cratic Committee. Prayer was offered by
Dr. ID, c. Ma f0uis. Hon. r B. Hubbard,
of Texas, was elected temporary chairman,
and Frederick II. Prince, of Massachusetts,
tenn porary secretary.
A motion was made that the rules of the
last Democratic Convention shall govern
this body, except that in voting for candi-
dates no State should be allowed to change
its vote until the roll of the States had been
called and until every State had cast
its vote Mr.. Grady Of New York moved
TO amend the motion by adding
the following: ''And when the vote of a
State as announced by the Chairman Of the
delegation of such State is challenged by
any member of the delegation, then the
Secretary shall call the names of the indi-
yidual delegates from the State and their
individual preferences as expressed shall be
recorded as the vote of such State" lap
plause.
Fellows of New York, Doolittle and Bragg
of Wisconsin, Jacobs of New York, and
Burke of Alabama, spoke in support OF the
original motion Grady and Kelly Of
New York, and CIunie of California spoke
in favor of the amendment. The vote result
ed in 795 votes being cast, 3S2 for the amend
ment and 463 against
The Convention then adjourned till II
O'Clock on the following day.
After the adjournment the Committee