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

he made many friends, smorg others Ed
munds of Vermont, with whcm he was
frequently paired.
SUMMARY OF THURSDAYS WORK.
Special to tbs Gazette.
ST. LOUIS, No, June ALLEN G..
| Thurman was nominated for Vice-Presi-
dent at 80 this afternoon. The session
opened st 1880, and the Convention -
burned sine die at 2;l0. NotBItbst,nd-
ing the large ttnber OF visitors who left
Tue city last night, the convention hall
was was crowded to Overlooking. The plat
IoEni was read and quickly adopted by
uisolmous vote, snd C1sirman Collins
s9nouDceo That the tariff plank WAS
adopted oy almost the unanimous vote OF
Ihe tonmlttee on platform, only one
mem GER, hon. Edward Cooper, repre- |
sentlns the state OF New York, voting
against Inc tariff plank. Mr.. Cooper
Is orother-in-law OF Mayor
hewitt and it is well known |
tnst ooth OF these distinguished Demo
Gratis are strong protectionists. The hsr-
nunlous !eellpgs over the settlement OF ali
olferences between the Wattersop and
uofman factions regarding the tariff plank
was soon transmitted to the convention
and manifested itself in the ovation ten
dereG Doth Watterson and German when
they addressed the convention. The tariff
plank re fleets the
VIEWS OF PRECEDENT CLEVELAND,
md there is no m:stskIng It's LANGUAGE
L means reform, reduction and recon
'truction OF the tariff practically In &C ,
:ordance with the Mills bill, although It .
ioes not mention the bill dlrectiy =
'r Indirectly.
Hon. Henry Wsttersou is credited with =
lsving written tie greater portion Of the
platform.
The nominating speeches to. day were r
ong and numerous, and generally very 4
Interesting, but from 81 orayoricsI st,nd. =
olnt none Of the speeches compared :,
7ith the magnificent Grafton Of Daniel "
)ougherty yesterday. -
colonel Tarpey OF California. In pre- 4
enting the name Of Thurman failed to do :,
1stice to his subject. 1. wxs an IN. -
ortunate selection, as he kept continu. =,
ly mentioning Thurman's nsme, and H.
aus prevented the friends OF the old ~
oman from concentrating their Efforts ~
one grand outburst, as Is Gus =,
'msrY. AS result, the cheering 80
az scattering and not prolonged as was y,
lie case when Dougherty concluded his y
9eech for Cleveland The Indiana men
titled Tarpey by constantly calling =
rsy's name.
The folio wing gen .lemen
SECONDED THURMAN's NOMINATION: Il.
ryden OF Missouri. Governor Green OF stt
e" jersey, Dorsey of Nevada, Seustor ne
zines OF New York, General Powell of tic
1io, Captain Dawson of South Carolina, es
aompson OF Tennessee, Governor sg
nrockmorton Of Texas, and last but not
asst, Senator Daniels OF Virgins.
Governor Throckmorton's speech WAS
ry brief. He said he repre- AZ
nted q divided delegation upon
e question Of the Vice presidential
ndidate, but he WAS none the less en-
usiastic in his support Of Ohio's grand
man. Texas would give Allen G re re
lurnan 200. 900 maiority. His age and in
services to the Democratic psrty Ii,
Sly entitled him to this honor. He Al
osed oy declsring that with Thurman in "a IA,
e vice presidents chslr trusts and LW
aooing corporations would not rule tha
untry, Tor ne vas Yigilsnt for the peH Il
e's rights and knew from experieud tin
" TO graphic With monopolies. Throc X on
orton's speech was received with ASSaa