Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-08

Tim O'Leary, a Pennsylvania delegate,
brought a live iishtiug COCK In th3 hall
and tossed It in the air The bird futtsred
to the floor but not before it had caught
the eye Of the convention and the hsll
BECAME A PANDRMoNIUM
The delegation banners ali decorated
With red bsndapas were borne from
state to state and about the hsli in
. frantic mxnner and thousands CT red
oandsnss waved all over the hall. The
demonstration lasted for about ten min
| utes. After something ike order had
been restored the calling Of the states
was proceed q with, but before 1t was
ccmaleted Mr.. Patterson Of Colorado
moved that Thurman's nomination be
made unanimous, and the motion Wss
seconded oY Mr. S1aukl:n OF Indiana in
an earnest speech. He would add, he
ssid, one drop to the flow OF Precipitation
| by attempting to start another flow OF
| eloquence. He rose for the purpose of
Withdrawing the name OF IsS6c 2 Grsy,
| and seconded the molten to nomi-
! nate Allen G Thurman UIanim usly
He promised the convention that as the
delegates had been for Gray yesterday
and this morning, they were now and
tro.u this time forward,
APOSTLES or THURMAN.
Toe motion wss agreed TO and the
| domination was made unanimous amid
loud cheers.
The chairman then declared Allen G
Thurman as the unanimous choice Of tie
convention.
On motion Of Mr.. Pope Ct Texss 8 reso.
iution was adopted expressing regret 81
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! ing sympathy TO his widow.
Colonel Fellows CT New York presented
s resolution Of respect for the dead
| statesmen Of the party who had passed to
the other world since lhe Democratic
convention Of Iss4-Horstio Seymour,
Mcclellan, Tilden and Hancock, and Of
regret st their taking Of. The resolution
wss adopted with rising vote.
After passing various resolutions OF
| thanks and receiving the names OF the
| national COMMITTEES men from the various
| dele cations the conventil n, on motion OF
Governor Green Of New Jersey, at 2:09
p. m. adj urned sine die.
COMPROMISE PLATFORM.
The platform as sgreed upon by the
committee is 8 compromise between the
Two factions. Tee compsc. between Con
eressmsn Scott snd Senator German to
secure for the President an endorseme nj
that would be satisfactory to him, and
get not weaken the party at the pullt IA
the doub full states WAS strong enough to
force some concessions from the extreme
tariff retormers.
At the same time they had votes enough
to compel the opposition 10 consent to the
endorsement Of the Presidents message
as the correct Interpretation OF the tariff
plank Of 1854 snd to secure the endorse
ment Of Mills bill by resolution added
to the talif plank.
Thus with the exception O! yielding s
little stronger declaration on the tariff
than he St Il st proposed, Congressman
Scott, the direct representative of the
administration, secured sll that he sought
to secure-Clevelsnd, Thurman and q
moderate tariff declaration.
FOR DICKINSON FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
ST LOUIS, No ia 7-Clslrnsn ".
b. Bsrnum wss In : very s,z:ive mood
yesterday si.ernoon. "My choice for
Vice President is and slwsvs has been
Hon. Don NJ Dickinson Of Detroit. he
Is by far the brightest man IN the cabinet
and has wonderful furd Of good, sound
horse sense. he Is equal TO any emer-
sency. HIS politics are good and he is
rigdt On every import.D. question before
the public. L. is probably too late now
10 do anything towards nominating
him, bu. wish it might be done, both for
the good OF the American people and for