The Osceola times., 1888-06-30

asked The Chair IN terrific tones and Inrersoil"
was shouted back IA tones OF thunder. Bat II
Colonel Ingersoll was In the hall he refused 70
show himself and the shouiers turued their AZ
| ieniion 20 Foraker Ohio's Governor sat ana
/ shook his head for q while. snt then elected a
rousinr cheer by getting on his feet. Plat
| form" shouted the convention, but the Govern
/ or stood there and waved his hand for silence.
| He secured It. but the laugh was turned upon
those rho expected = specimen Of h's vigorous
orainry. when he simply moved that the II OF
the c5mnittesmcn be read Tor verihcAtlon hY
the secretary. Then VITA a suilc that lndirat-
ed his sense Of pleasure At having outvitted
his audience. be at down. and The secretary
waded drearily through the list Of peculiar
names written in ! hand hot AZ an Spcncerian,
which had been handc i-np 20 him to struggle
with.
BY the time tha; the veriacaton had been
completed the delegates began to get hungry,
and there were indications Of a disposition 20
adjourn But they suddcnly ceased when u
was stated by the char tina, IL consequence Of
the contest in Virginia the name Of that State
had been omitted from the roll call There
we're twenty four delegates, and In all but tour
oases their eligibility 10 serve was disputed
The National committee had decided To place
upon the roll the four unc9ntested delegates
and the four delcgltes-ai-lar,c. headed by Gen
eral Malone. lie asked that th.s action be ap-
proved.
A long discussion ensucd. but the entire mat
ter was finally laid upon tho table. and the con-
vention adjourned until eleven o'clock to-nor-
row morning.
To sum up the situation, II Is, IS last night
Depew against the field with the latter ready
to fly to sherman, tho New Yorker can be
beaten by that means
sEcoSp pkY.
The convention was called L 3r1er Of is.sO
p. m. by Temporary Chairman Thurston, who
introduced Rev stephen A. Eorthup as chap
lain for The day and the proceedings were
opened with prayer
The committee on credentials not being ready
10 report, after lengthy discussion it was de-
cided TO receive the report of the committee on
permanent organization. Ex Governor Foster
OF Ohio making the report. The following Is
he list OF permanent officers, in addition 10 a
full LIST OF vice presidents:
Chairman-Hon. NJ NJ. Estee. OF California.
Secretares-Charles ". CHsbee Michigan;
Michael Grifin. Wisconsin. Wm. Ruell, Ten
nessee Mr.. Lynch. Pennsylvania.
Assistant Sccretaries-Thos J. Brogan. Ten
lessee: Jas Bisbce. Minnesota Henry NJ.
Cooper. Arkansas; VIM. Nelson. New Jersey;
A. W. Monroe. Maryland J. L. Wiley, Texas,
c. NJ Shinn. West Virginia, and John T. Minor.
Louisiana.
Reading Clerks-Henry Ballard. Vermont:
COi-nel Clarkson Lake. New YOrk: Captain
David Lenning, OHIO; Jas. II. Stone, Michigan,
and Geo. NJ. Bunkerhooi, Illinois.
Onlcial tenographer--Gustavus =. English
Sergeant-at-Arms - Charles Fiizsimmons
Chicago.
Governor Foster Of Ohio. Geo. II. Sloan OF
New York. and NJ. d Foley, OF Nevada were
appointed committee for that purpose and
escorted Chairman Estee TO his seat.
add "a
few words Of thanks 10 the convention and in
iroduced his successor. who stepped TO the
front and acknowledged the honor IN brief
speech.
Mayor Roche OF Chicago then, IN behalf o, IA
city, stepped forward and presented TO the
Chair q beautiful gaycl OF combined silver
and gold. which, he said. was embematic Of
the bi-metalic basis OF sound currency Pro
longed cheers greeted the gift.
Delegate Charles A. Work followed Mayor
Roche and presented the chair with a gavel
made from desk in .iannery in Galena and
which once belonged TO that superb, mag
nihcent soldier, Grant lLong-coE-
tinued applause Yesterday" said the
speaker. "the Michigan delegation presented
you with a gayel with which 10 knock the
Democracy out. We now give gavel with
which 10 tan their hides" Continuous applause
and laughter greeted this sally, aud the chair
man, in q few well chosen words, thanked the
delegations for their gifts. This done, he laid
aside the Michigan and silver gaycls and pro-
ceeded 10 use that assoc atcd with the memo
ries of Galena.
Congressman Bayne. OF Pittsburgh Pa, sub
mittcd the report OF the committee on rules,
which provide the following order Of business:
l. Report Of committee on credentials.
. Report OF committee on resolutions.
g. Calling roll for members OF National com
mittee.
= Placing in nomination candidates for Pres
dent
5 Balloting
G. Nominating candidates for President.
:. Ballotlng.
A lengthy langle occurred over some efforts
to amend the rules as they related 10 aternatcs,
but finally the rules were adopted as reported
and the committee on credentials not being
ready to report recess was taken until 5 p. IN.
NIGHT SESSION.
At s:25 p. IN. Chairman Estee called the CON
yentioh TO order.
A telegram was read from the Republican
committee OF California, thanking the conven-
tion for the selection OF native Of the Pacific
slope for permanent chirman.
The following resolution, submit ted by Mr..
Harris of North Carolina as substitute for
one sent up by Mr.. Wellington, OF Mary
land, was adopted:
Resotrs'. ?. That we tender 10 the German people
our heartfelt sympathy In the double loss they
have recently sustained In the decesse Il the
great man under whose reign Germany has be-
came q united nation, and that other great man,
his hberal-minded. pe1ce-loving and noble son.
Mr.. Pitcher obtained consent TO introduce the
following, which was adopted by rising vote:
WHEREAS. Il has pleased an All-wise Provi-
1ar str ba ~ National RanNhIfrar
yentiOn. to remove from the scenes OF earth
four OF Americas most distinguished sons.
whose names have been associated with her
history during more than quarter OF a CEN
turv. and whose distinguished military serv-
ices. exalted private virtues and noble charac-
ters have she'd glory upon her name; and
WHEREAS. It is becoming and proper that
this Nation, while humbly bowng TO the dis
pensations OF Inanite Wisdom should in such
cases testify its sense of the worth and exalted
character of the illustrious dead by tributes of
respect TO their memories. and cherishing the
recollection OF their virtues; therefore, be IL
Rssolrsf by the National Republican Con-
veution in meeting assembled. that II deplores
the loss OF Generals L. :. Grant, John A. Lo
gan and Chester A. Arthur, who so often led
our armies 20 victory. and Of Hon. Roscoe
Conkling, the fearless statesman and citizen Of
New York lapplausel as o calamity both to the
cause Of Republican principles and the inter
ests Of the Nation
Hon W. O Bradley, OF Kentucky was called
for, and entertained the convention with a
ringing speech, at the close OF which 1t was an
nou need that the credentials committee would
report ia twenty minutes. A shout then arose
for Governor Foraker OF Ohio, who addressed
the convention predlctint success in Novem-
Der and detailing the qualities 10 be possessed
by the nominee. lie concluded as follows: