Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-06-01

| the rest of the convention put together, and
| pledged the support Of the south 10 the suf'
| rage movement,
Neal Dow, Of Maine, while in favor Of
| equal suffrage, thought ii unwise 10 commit
| tho Prohibitionists to it, on the ground that it
would ALLEVIATE support. Schomp, Of Geor-
| gia, opposed the plank as being most unpop-
| ulnr in the south, and warned the conveil-
ton that it was ON dangerous ground.
Mrs Machett, of Pttsburg, shook her fin
| ger under Schomp's nose and declared that
as suffrage was AN heritage and right from
God she did not know how man could dare
to oppose it. Sam Small, Miss Willard, and
John Russell of Michigan, spoke in favor of
the women, and Tate, of Tennessee, and
Mills, of Ohio, on the other side
There was a dramatic scene when Sam
Small who had been induced to support the
suffrage. plank against his convictions, with
view TO secure harmony, clnsped hands
across the table with Miss Willard, the ma
jority of the delegates and the occupants of
the gallery rising to their feet and cheering
for several moments.
At q o'clock the previous question WAS OF
dered amidst great uproar, sixty or seventy
delegates still demanding that they should
be heard ON the question On viva voce
vote the minority report was beaten by 2 to
his supporters had the courage to stand up
Then the majority cheered, hooted, yelled
and Missed, and the uproar was so great that
it was some time before the motion to adopt
the majority report could be put This time
only twenty voted with Mills The suffragists
went wild over their victory, standing on
chairs waving everything portable within
reach, and tearing the flags and banners from
the walls In their enthusiasm Some of the
men embraced their wives while others tossed
their children and babies in the air in frantic
glee. Then they went to supper
When the convention reassembled at &
o'clock the hall was packed to the doors and
hundreds were unable to gain admission.
Stevens, of Pennsylvania, submitted the fol
lowing addition to the revenue plank in the
platform: And imposed upon such other
articles of import as will give protection both
to the manufacturing employers and the pro
ducing labOrers against the competition of
the world" This was put and carried before
half the delegates were aware of what was
going on, and n demand was made for n sec
ond reading. When this was done there
were vigorous protests against its being in
corporated in the platform, but as motion
for reconsideration failed to receive the
necessary twothirds, the addition stood
Another resolution in favor of just pensions
to soldiers and sailors was, however, voted
down. Another resolution presenting to st.
John the gavel used during the convention
and made out of the telegraph pole on which
he was hanged in eiligy in Kansas City, went
through with a rush.
At Q o'clock the roll was called for noIni-
nations for president of the United States
II was announced in behalf of the Kentucky
delegation that Green Clay Smith, whom
they had been instructed to place in nomina
ton, had absolutely prohibited the use of his
name There was no response until New
Jersey was reached, and then Judge Nor
row, of that state, took the platform and
nominated "the grandest man of the age,
Gen. Clinton b. Fisk. Great applause
greeted the name and it was resumed when
an American flag with the candidates por-
trait in the center was hoisted up by ropes to
the roof of the stage, together with device
in immorteles, "Hail to the Chief, Clinton b.
Fisk" Very quickly the further call of
the roll was dispensed with and the nomina-
tion made by reclamation. For five minutes
thereafter the delegates did nothing but
cheer, and yell: whats the matter with
Fisk" Hes all right"
After the chair had been instructed to send
a Geographic dispatch to the nominee inform |
ing him of the result, the roll was called for
vice presidential nominations. Colson, of
Alabama, placed in nomination John I. |
Tanner, of Birmingham, Ala, whom he Gu |
logzed as n Christian gentleman and the |
pioneer of the Prohibition movement in that |
state Sam Small, under instructions from |
his state convention nominated "as run |
ming mate with the northern general "A south |
ern SOLDIER" man, every inch of him, /
whose name and record was known in every |
city and every newspaper office in the land, |
George w. Balm, of Kentucky
The nomination was about to he made by |
reclamation when Col Balm secured the floor |
and declined the honor, on the ground that |
he worth 800 times more to them as a /
living agitatOr than dead candidate, and /
that if he were to go into the canvass he
would not live through it, His wife and hii |
daughter had begged him at the door as he
left home not to accept the nomination, and
in their name he begged them not to persist |
Here his voice failed from emotion, and the
delegates began to cheer, and shout Take
it, take it," 81 can not, | can not replied
Col. Bain raising his hands in an entreating
gesture, while the tears stood in his eyes.
Then, after n pause; mo, l won't do it,"
dropping hack into his seat.
Professor Hopkins, of New York, moved
that Col. Balm he allowed to withdraw, but
Sam Small objected on the ground that the
candidate had as much show of living
through the campaign as Gen. Fisk and the
resolution was withdrawn.
The call of the states was proceeded with
and George c. Christian, of Illinois, in behalf
of the Missouri delegation, nominated ia
of the gray" DIR. John A.
Brooks, of Kansas City. The name of Sam
Small was placed in nomination by Rev. DIR.
Bennett, of Kansas City, in an eloquent
speech, and although the nomination was
surprise it evoked considerable enthusiasm
Small however declined.
Cranfill, of Texas, nominated Il. L. Dooh- |
ney, a lawyer of that state. When the roll
had been exhausted all the other candidates
were withdrawn and Brooks was nomina ted
by reclamation. He was escorted to the plat.
form and made a lengthy speech of accept
ance dealing entirely with the question of
sectionalism from an ex-Confederate stand
point, and criticising the people of the north
who, because JEFF Davis, an old man in his
dotage, went out from home few miles and
wept over the rebel flag, ragged and tore and
paved the earth like the mad bulls of Bashan.
The convention then, having about ex-
hausted its powers of applause, settled down
to the closing routine business, which was
transacted, and at HIS p. M,
after singing america" adjourned sine die.
The platform as finally adopted reads as
follows
The Prohibition party in national convention
assembled, acknowledging Almighty God as the
source of all power in government, and believing |
that all human enactments should be framed in
harmony with His laws. do hereby declare:
THAT the manufacture, importation, expor |
ation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic hev-
erages shall be made public crimes and punished
as such.
2.-That such prohibition must be secured
through amendments of our national and state !
constitutions. enforced by adequate laws AIDE
luatey supported by administrative. alIShority,
md to this end the organization of the Prohibition
PARTY it imperatively demanded in state and ma |
lion.
3-That any form of license, taxation or reg1-l
alton of the liquor traffic is contrary TO good gov