Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-06-28

AppOHldluOA all over IlllS great RepuDuC
lApplauSe.l Friends and gentlemen o
the Convention, again thanking you fO
the high honor you have conferred upOl
me, and impressing You with the belle
that our duties are of the graveSt anC
most solemn character. and trusting from
the depths of my soul that every act ma
be done to promote the best interests o.
our common country and to advance tn,
great Republican party, Will call for tht
next order OF business. (ApplauSe.)
Chairman Bayne, of the Committee OIL
Rules, was recognized, and presented the
committees report. The report adopts
the rules of the House of Representative
with some slight notifications, and the
following order of business:
l. Report of Committee on Credentials
= Report of Committee on Resolutions
3. Naming of the National Committee
4. Naming candidates for President.
5. BallOting.
8. Presentation of candidates for Vice.
Presidential nomination.
I. BallOting.
On motion of General SeweIl. of New
Jersey, the report was adopted.
At 1.lO o'clock, on motion of Mr.. Horr
of Michigan, the Convention adjourned
until P. NJ.
EVENING SESSION.
The uppermOSt thought in the mind of
the Convention as it began to reaSSemble
this evening was the supreme importance
of the action taken this afternoon adopt
ing the report of the Committee on Rules,
which included a rule that no change of
votes can be made after the vote of State
has been properly cast, until after the re-
suit of the ballot has been announced
This stops any stampede, and very deci-
dedly contributes to the deliberative char
acter of the Convention proceedings.
The session was devoted to discussion
of the report of the Committee on Gre
dentialS. The report recommended the
seating of the Malone delegates large
from Virginia, and the seating of such of
the district delegates as had been elected
in accordance with the call for the Con-
vention. This gave the Wise faction the
majority of the district delegates The
report was adopted after lengthy debate.
Adjourned at 125 until 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
THURSDAYS S SESSION.
CHICAGO, June 21.-Chairman Estee
raped the Convention to order at 1905
The invocation was delivered by Rev.
Thomas E. Green, of Chicago, who thank
ed the Almighty for the past, with its
weight of history, for the present with its
magnificent sweep of possibilities, and
for the rich hope of the future. He in
VOked Divine blessing upon the COnyen-
ton, and prayed that its proceedings
might be characterized by wisdom.
At the conclusion of the prayer, the roll
of the States was called, III order that the
delegations might designate the member
to represent each State upon the Nation
al Committee. Hon. A. l.. COnger, of
Akron, was named for Ohio, and Hon. n.
b. Scott, of Wheeling, for West Virginia.
This work having been disposed of, Mr.
Warner, of Missouri, at 1920 announced
on behalf of the Committee ON ResOlu-
tiOns that the committee would be ready
to submit its report in ten minutes.
Mr.. Mckinley, OF Ohio, chairman of the
committee, who had just entered the hall,
was recognized by the chair, and he arose
to make the report. The platform will
be found on the next page.
In clear, ringing voice, which could
be distinctly heard i'll every portion of the
Auditorium, Mr.. Mckinley read the de
claration of Republican principles AS
erS of the Republican party, cheer after
cheer ascended, and his allusion to the
living hero, Phil. Sheridan, was received
with loud applause. But these bursts of
enthusiasm were as nothing to the storm
of applause and cheers which broke out
when Mr.. Mckinley announced the posi-
ton of the Republican party with regard
to Protection. In an instant all i'll the
building were on their feet. Fans were
waved, handkerchiefS tiuttered, cheers
were given, and shouts of approval found
noisy vent. For fully minute Mr.. Nc
Kinley was unable TO continue On account
of the demonstration, which again broke
out when denunciation of the Mills bill
found expression in the heplatform.
When the reading of the report was
completed Mr.. Marine, of Maryland, OBJ
tain5d recognition and moved its adop-
tion by a rising vote. Mr.. Marine said
that before that motion was put he deSir-
ed to say few words.
We have a right, he said, to be proud of
our party, as we have to be proud of our
country. The great Republican party be-
gan with the cry of Free Soil, Free Speech,
and Free Press, and had never faltered
when the enemies of the Nation attempt
ed to take its life, and the party will not
danger, and will respond as of old to the
cry of the people. WeWill plant our party
on the great rock of truth and justice and |
it will stay there, arefuge for the troubled |
people. We have been fortunate in our
platforms in the past, but never more for |
tunate than now. This is the greatest ut |
terance this party has ever made, and it |
should be adopted unanimously.
Mr. Horr, of Michigan, on behalf of his |
State delegation, seconded the motion, and !
demanded the previous question. Thepre
viOus question having been ordered the !
report OF the committee was unanimously |
adopted by a standing vote.
The chair stated that the next order of !
business was the call OF States for presen- |
tatiQn uf names of nominees for the Pres |
idency,
Alabama, Arkansas, and California had
no candidate to present.
Mr. Warner, of Connecticut, when that |
State was called, presented without fur |
ther remarks the name of
JOSEPH II. HAWLEY, OF CONNECTICUT.
When Illinois was called, a buzz of eX-
pectancy broke out, which grew into a
Shout of greeting when Leonard SWEET, of |
Chicago, stepped upon the platform and
nominated
Mr. SWEET said:
The movement i'll his behalf, like that |
for Lincoln, is the spontaneous and unOr- |
ganiZed action of the people. Like Lin
coin, Gresham is not working for the Of !
flee. He believes that this exalted office |
should never be sought nor never declin |
ed. The same sympathy and confidence |
exist between Gresham and the people |
that existed between Lincoln and the peo |
pie Ills heart also has beaten III sympa- |
thy with the SONS of toll, for he has labor
ed with them i'll sunshine and in cold
lie, too, has been promoted from their
ranks and knows the taste of poverty
He has always stood with his party for
the protection of American labor against |
foreign competition, and has always be
lleved in fair wages for fair work. He
has advocated pensions for the manned,
worn and dependent defenders of the
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