, 1888-06-07

a late meet OF the COMMITTEES on resol,I
tions' which lasted until q o,cIoI III,
morning attendance at tho oneniny hon
OF the convention was very aim No al.
tenn pt was made to gain any atJert NV n N.
nearing in n hody and doIena,oo Syr"ip, "p
rled IN one Inv one Maurice S.hnni,t ~as
the first oneto tak ke n chair. His nattv
attire, usually set Off with an inmaculte
white necktie vas transnnsad Tor ,ha
time being as he wore a section n; han
dan encireIinr His collar in trne Iovers
knot. Thurman cronped out nj, over
him and he smoke Of thurman Tor first and
last choice. Col Tarper was not visihla
during the session. Int re.
porters found him at beaInu,,taro
where he was engaged collecting ndints Tor
his sneech i'm the nomination of fbmrnan
The address will be brief and nointed n
will present Roman from Columbus as the
strongest in the marty to.dav Tb. coast
delegation has already distributed sir
thonsand bandnnas and II looks 40 tbonah
thew had contracted TO supply the entire
convention with crimson enblems of thar
candidate for second place. When Mai.
rice scbmitt took his seat this morning no
was hanked with two monstrors packayes
addressed tn the Caliiornia daieoatiop
which contained bandanas enough to deco.
rate every delegate in the convention, In
n feyv minutes iLev vvere ali distrihutod ard
clubs began to demand ooiors To
add to their repalia otherwise
to day's meeting was feaIureless. Thur.
man leads This evening and there is M
change in the situation which ;ndicotas
his unanimous nomination to.morrow. Al
the morning session Californn will tak etbe
field again and the enthusjssn nron,ises
to r,,n exceedingly high during 'rarpev,s
sneech THO ma1nanimous action nf tho
Gentleman from California in evervtbin0
conneci ed with the convention has elirite3
only the most favorable comment. Colo.
RADIO was entertained last evening at the
Mercantile club. where Col. j. &. Town.
send, general passenger agent ofthe Missouri
Pacific provided a banquet that included
the best eatables and drinkables that could
be provided. Idaho is giving little notice
to politics. and her delegates are booming
the new Cmur dAlene district, for which
gold production. Idaho is Internationally
for Thurman, and will entertain the name
OF no other candidate.
Upon the invitation of the chairman, all
delegates named as vice presidents took
seats upon the platform. The chairman
said, gentlemen of the convention, have
been advised by the chairman of the COM
mittee on resolutions, that it is not possible
for them to report to the convention until
{, o clock this evening.
Shawaller, of Missouri--"Mr. Chairman;
! desire on behalf OF the Missouri delcga-
ton and AS expressing their views, to offer
the following resolution - This resolution
demanded that war taxes levied on all
kinds of articles for private gains OF few,
thereby creating an aristocracy maintained
by despotism, shall cease. (Applause)
Chairman-"Let it be referred to the
committee on resolutions"
The secretary will now read q communi-
cation addressed to the convention, which
was as follows:
yention.
DEAR SIR:-The womens great conyen-
ton held at Washington last winter ap-
oointed two delegates to make a short talk
10 vour convention I'm behalf of the women
of America. (Great applause) If YOU
will kindly grant one oi these a hearing
we pledge ourselves not to speak Longer
than ten minutes. tAppiause e0
[Signedl VIRGlNIA $. M1NNrY,
L. A. MERRIwEArHER.
O'Dopo obue. of New York; move the
request be granted.
Wells. of wisconsin, move to demand
by a form of resolution to that effect,
York moves the reotiest of the ladies be
granted and thew are given twenty-fiye
minutes to address the convention. All in
favor of the motion will saw ave. AYES
were unanimous, followrd by cheers.
Bowie. OF Pennsylyania-I offer a reso.
LUTON which have sent 'orward relating
To the order of bnsin ess of the conyention
Cbairman-Tne secretar, will read it.
The secretary read the following: The
following is the resolution; Resolved
That ali resolutions relating to platform be
referred to a committee on platform with
out reading or debate. TApplausel. Car
ried.
Campbell, OF New York. Mr.. Chairman,
I have n resolution which wish To present
to the convention. and [ expect unanimous
consent that that resolution be read. II
does not relate 10 the platform. Chair.
man--Mr. Campbell, of New York, sends a
resolution to the chair which under rules
inst adopted goes to the com mittee with
out reading or debate. Mr.. Campbell
hopes the resolution will be read. Chair.
man-The gentleman from New York asks
the unanimous consent that it may be