The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-06-13
CLEVELAND THURMAN
UNANIMOUSLY NOMINATED BY
THE CONVENTION.


Enthusiastic Conventions Ever Held .-
The Tnopl1's Ch ,ice DESTINY &"Ban-
dana"
ST. Louis, June 6.-Thc Demo.
cratic national convention to. .dav
broke the record for the greatest
display of enthusiasm ever witness
sed in II similar body. For over
twenty consecutive minutes 10000
people filed the air of the great
convention hall with Il volumn Of
undiminishing applause, compara-
bic with nothing on earth, perhaps,
save tho roar Of the falls of Niagara.
1t followed the uttcrancc of these
words: 81 give you Il name en-
twincd with victory. nominate
Grover Cleveland, of New York"
The speaker was Daniel Doughcr-
ty, Of Tnmmany hall. With head
proudly erect, every fibre of his
features quivcring, every nerve of
his nObly figure tense, the mngnir-
icent-voiccd orator was alternately
thrilling the vast audience and
holding them srcll-bound, when, at
the climax of his cloqucncc, he
named for the first time the man
who was uppermost in the thoughts
of all. 1t was needless to utter am
other word. Doughcrty paused for
Il moment to gaze over the hun
drCdS Of frantic cheering delegates
and at the even more frantic thou
sands OF spectators beyond. High
above the forest OF heads was the
waving Of innumcrablc red banda
mas. Hats and canes were hcing
pitched othc air, while the cheer
ing was becoming so terrific that
no single enthusiast could hear his
screcch in the one ONcrpoWing gen
eral yell. at this moment in the
mammoth picture Of the capitol ut
Washington covering the wall far
above the platform and in Iluin
view Of the whole convention, doors
were seen to swing back, and the
smiling face Of President cleveland
bcnmcd out ON his admirers. Every
body in the hall seemed fairly be-
sides himself with excitement. The
stone bust OF the President near the
speakers stand was crowned with
n wreath Of green, snatchCd by al
most rrcnZicd hands from among
the decorations of the Platform.
The long polcd state banners
among delegates were being whirl.
led wildly in the air, when the con-
vention with II mighty shout dis
covered Daniel Dougherty climb
ing on the chair in the middle OF
the New Workers on the floor. He
was waving nloft an American flag.
As If moved by common impulse
the standard bearers of the differ
cnt states all passed toward New
York, each seeking to reach Dough
erty's emblem with their tall stats
and toss it to the roof, At this mo
nicnt the hundred American ca
giles Ornnmcnting the raili"gs OF
the gallery were being tern off, and
their out-strctchcd mimic wings
six feet from tip to tip, were flap
ping with the assistance Of the near
est spcctaturs-mcn ana women
alike. In sheer mercy to the peo.
pie, Chairman Collins ut length in
terpoSed, and; after repeated efforts
directed their attention to the tall
Kentuckinn who stood beside him
r. This gentleman, Delegate Mackcn'
zlc, was to second the nomination
, Of Cleveland, and aroused the con
EYention to II renewed outbur8t nj
NEST mt the first word by declaring
thut there "was but one Democrat
In the country more popular than
Clcvelnnd--thc quecnly woman hc
has made his WIFE" Again tho
convention was In Mi uproar when
the speaker gave n brand new title
to the leader Of the Republicans
the "Florentine Mosaic from Maine
Mackenzie moved to now suS'
pend the rules, and made the nom
ination Of Cleveland absolutely un'
anlmous. But everybody was Civ
en- II chunce. Then the thing was
'dOne with one extraordinary hur'
rah. The other great feature OF the
day I'm the convention was the four
concerned struggle between the
Thurman men, the Gray men, tho
tariff rcformers and the protective
tariff element. The Thurman dele
gatcs were eager to have the n"mi
nation for Vice President made at
once, while the enthusiasm was nt