, 1888-08-16
A SPLIT OCCURS.
Convention of the American
Party.
The Nominations for President
and Vice President.
A Slight Disagreement Be-
tween the Delegates.
The American Party.

NhohlNNlONi mug. IA the sec
ond dav s session OF the national conven-
ton OF the American party the temporary
officers made permanent and the commit
tee on platform made majority and mi
nOrity reports. Both received with great
applause and finally recommitted with in
structions to report this afternoon. A
recess was her taken.
When the convention assembled the
committee on platform made another re-
port recommending that each state and
territory represented be allowed one vote
in the convention for each congressional
district and TWO at large. Judge Church
submitted the minority dissenting report.
The New York delegate vigorously pro-
tested against the adoption of the report.
Governor Sharp offered a resolution
pledging the convention to nominate in
dependent candidates for president and
vice president. A long discussion fol-
lowed, during which it was intimated that
the New York delegation was in some
body's pay. The previous question being
called for Governor Sharp's motion, was
put and carried by almost unanimous
vote.
A substitute motion that New York be
allowed one vote in the convention for
every two delegates present from that
state was lost by a vote of thirty-niue to
forty nine.
Hawley's resolution allowing a congress-
ional representative was taken up and
the roll being called the resolution was
lost by forty three to forty-nine.
The Illinois delegation then announced
that inasmuch as it came here to partici-
pate in the national convention and not in
the New York state convention it would
withdraw, and left the hall. Pennsyl-
vania, Vermont, Wisconsin and several
other delegations also left. The New
and California delegations were nearly the
only ones which remained.
A recess was taken until 7 p. m. The
boilers will also meet at 7 o'clock at the
Ebbitt house.
This evening the New York, California
and other delegations which remained in
possession OF convention hall, adopted a
plan of representation that New York
have thirty eight votes or one for every
two delegates present and the other dele
gates present one each. The majority re-
port of the committee IN platform and
the resolutions was adopted.
1t fayors the abolition of naturalization
laws; demands that no criminals, paup.
ers, or insane persons shall be allowed to
immigrate and that in order to become an
emigrant to the United States a man
must satisfy consul at the port from
which he wishes to sail hat he does not
come under the prohibited clauses and
must pay a per capita tax to the consul
before sailing; it declares in favor of the
prohibition of immigration of all persons
not in sympathy with the government of
the United States; against alien owner
ship OF land; in favor of free techenical
schools for American children and in
favor of the expenditure of the surplus
for the building of Notifications and naval
vessels.
At 10 O'Clock Chairman Wigginton an
nounced that the nominations for candi,
date for president of the United States
we're in order, and Ex-Governor Sharp,
in a brief speech, placed in nomination
James T. Negley of Pennsylvania. Mr..
Watts of Maryland nominated Abram
S. Hewitt OF New York. His uncompli-
mentary references to the British lion,
the fisheries treaty, and Grover Cleveland
we're greeted with Kisses from some mem
bers of the New York delegation.
Judge Church of New York placed In
nomination James i. Curtis of New
York. The California delegation second
ed Hewitt's nomination, as did also the
District of Columbia. New York second
ed the nomination of Curtis. The result
of the first ballot was as follows:
Curtis As, Hewitt |, Neglev 4.
General Curtis was declared the nom
inee of the convention.
On motion of a delegate from California
General Curtis nomination was made
unanimous amid great cheering.
Judge James N. Greer was UNANIMOUSLY
nominated for vice president and the con
v%ention adjourned sine die.
The boiling delegates met at the Ebbitt
house this evening and elected Hobart O..
Taylor, chairman of the Chicago delega-
ton, chairman, and j. Frank Peterson of
Pennsylvania secretary. There were
present the full, or nearly full, delegations
from Illinois, Maine. Pennsylvania, New
jersey. Massachusetts,, Vermont, Louisi-
ana, Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi.
South Carolina, Alabama, Florida and
Delaware, one fiom California and one
from New York, twenty. five in all. Reso-
lutions were adopted denouncing the
convention as packed by New York heel
ers and not worthy the confidence Of the
American party.