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committee on resolutions shall have re-
ported. The resolution was adopted with
applause.
CLEVELAND NOMINATED.

COmmlGCee on reSOluGious sudil nave IT,
ported. The resolution was adopted with
applause.
CLEVELAND NOMINATED.
When Alabama was called the chair
man said his state desired to give way to
New York. The convention applauded ut
this announcement, and when the New
York delegation presented Daniel
Dougherty to make the nomination the
great hall rang with cheers, which were
prolonged and grew in volume for nearly
minute, until Mr.. Dougherty mounted
the platform, when it was redoubled.
THEATRICAL EFFECTS.
AS Mr.. Dougherty finished his impas
stoned speech some one in the west gal
lery tore aside curtain which had hid a
portrait of Cleveland upon the face of
the great picture of the Capitol building,
revealing to the gaze of the convention
the well known features of the President.
This incident aroused the enthusiasm
of the convention to fever heat for the
first time during the proceedings, The
hall was at once filled with cheer on
cheer and the great body of people in
the auditorium, balcony and galleries
arose and stood shouting at the top of its
voice unit! the din became almost deaf
ening. Hats were thrown in the air, red
| bandannas waved by a thousand hands,
and white, black and gray hats were
| franticaly thrust upon the points of
canes and waved until the owners became
exhausted.
ONE GREAT SHOUT OF YEA.
Mr.. Mckenzie, of Kentucky, moved to
| suspend the rules and to nominate Grover
Cleveland for President by reclamation.
The chair put the question, and there
was returned from the convention thun-
deriug chaos of yeas. The chair. there
fore, announced that Grover Cleveland,
| having received a unanimous vote, was
| the Candidate of the Democratic party
| for the office of President of the United
| States. The nomination of Mr.. Clevela nd
being glory enough for one day, the
convention adjourned until Thursday
morning.
THE PLATFORM
The committee on resolutions agreed
upon a platform, on Wednesday night
which was presented to the convention
on Thursday. The platform bristles with
the usual platitudes concerning the de-
| voton of the Democratic party to the
interests of the people. The present
administration is endorsed, and search
ing scrutiny into its methods is invited;
attention is called to the fact that nearly
900, 600 acres of public lands have been
reclaimed from corporations and syndi-
Gates under Democratic rule; that more
pension money has been paid out during
the last four years than during any
similar period in the past; that peaceful
foreign policy has been maintained; that
the exclusion of the Chinese from our
shores has been etfec.ually secured.
Then follow some more platitudes and
generalities about the rights and welfare
of the people being guarded and de-
fended' under Democratic rule, and the
ere election of a chief magistrate who
has been faithful. able and prudent" is
invoked The Republicans in the Senate
and House are held up to public censure
for resisting the reformation of unjust
and unequal tax laws.
Of course, the plank that will attract
chief attention is that relating to the
tariff On this subject the convention
faithfully reaffirms the platform adopted
by its representatives in the convention
of 1884, aud endorses the views expressed
Oy freSlU6uU CitNclduu III Hls idSI cdfutSG
message to Congress as the correct inter-
probation of that platform upon the
question of tariff reduction" Whether
the party at large will be satisfied with
this resolution time alone can tell. But
it must be confessed then it will be
strange spectacle to see Mr.. Randall and
his fellow protectionists advocating its
acceptance by their followers, as Presi.
dent Cleveland's Interpretation puts wool
and fifty other raw materials" on the
free list aud leaves the internal revenue
taxes to stand as they are. But, as if to
test the party loyalty of the protection
wing still more severely, the convention,
after adopting its platform, went outside
of it, and, in a seperate resolution, en-
dorsed the Mills bill without dissenting
voice. While this resolution is not an
integral part of the platform, it will be
so regarded by the country, and quite
properly. The effect OF its adoption can
not fail to be of a weakening character,
especially in internal revenue taxridden
states like North Carolina, Virginia and
West Virginia.