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Second Days Proceedings.

| and indorsing tariff reform.
The Committee on Credentials reported,
The report was amended that two delegates
from Alaska be admitted.
The Committee on Rules and Permanent
Organization made report submitting the
following list of names for officers of the
Conventions: Hon. Patrick A. Collins,
Massachusetts,, Chairman; e. b. 1ngersoll,
Tennessee, Secretary; Alfred orendoTT' W W'
Scott; Virginia; o. NJ. Hall, Minnesota;
Leopold Strauss, Alabama; L. G.. Rowby,
Michigan; John Triplett, Georgia; I. j..
Lingle, Missouri; o. Newell, Colorado: 7. l..
Merrill, Nebraska, Assistants; Hon. Thomas
Petit, Chief Reading Secretary; r. j.
Bright, Sergeantat-Arms; Daniel Able, st.
Louis, Chief Doorkeeper.
There was no opposition to the Adoption OF
the report and the temporary chairman
selected Hon. w. 81. Barnum, Connecticut;
Roswell P. Flower, New York, and John Q.
| Day, Missouri, to escort Mr.. Collins to the
| chair. His presence upon the platform was
the signal for long continued applause, the
Massachusetts, delegation getting upon lts
chairs and yelling itself hoarse: The enthu-
siasm was renewed when MIR. White, tnanK
ing the convention for the courtesy extended
| him, introduced his successor, and it was
continued while two of the Tennessee dele
gates carried up on the platform framed
vignette of the coat Of arms Of that State
with pictures Of the President and Mrs.
Cleveland, the whole surmounted by mag
nifcent floral wreath. s--
Mr.. Collins made speech, in which ne
reviewed the work of the Administration,
and declared that the confidence placed by
the people in President Cleveland had been
triumphantly justified Mention Of President
Cleveland's name was cheered to the echo.
The proposition that taxation should be only
for needed expenses was greeted by a lively
outbreak of applause.
Upon motion of Congressman Campbell. OF
New York, resolution Of sympathy tor
by rising vote.
Mrs. E. A. Merriweather, Of the Women's
Convention recently held in Washington, was
permitted to speak for ten minutes, but
amid the noise and applause could not be
heard, and gave up the attempt to interest
the convention
Then score Of men jumped on the plat
form and asked that nominations be made
A resolution to this effect was adopted amid
great applause. Daniel Dougherty, the silver
tongued orator from Philadelphia. rose to
make the speech renominating the President:
He was greeted with wild applause, and
spoke as follows:
"I greet you, my countrymen, with frater-
nal regard. In your presence l bow to the
majesty of the people. The sight itself is In
spring, the thought sublime. You come
from every State and Territory, from every
nook and corner Of our ocean-bound, cont1-
nent-covering country. You are about to
discharge more than imperial duty. With
simplest ceremonials, you as representatives
Of the people are to choose Magistrate with
power mightier than monarch, yet checked
and controlled by tho supreme law Of writ
ten constitution. Thus impressed l ascend
the rostrum to name the next President or
the United States. New York presents him
to the convention and pledges her eieStoral
vote. Delegations from the thirty eight States
and all the Territories are assembled with
out caucus or consultation ready simultane-
ously to take up the cry and make the vote
unanimous. We are here not indeed TO
choose candidate, but to name the one the
people have already chosen. He is the man
for the people. His career illustrates the
glory of our institutions Eight years ago
unknown, save in his own locality, he for the
discharging the most exalted duties that can
be confded to mortal To-day determines
that not Of his own choice, but by the man
date of his countrymen, and with the
sanction of heaven, he shall fill the
Presidency for four years more. He
has met and mastered every ques-
tion as if from youth trained to states
manship. The promises, Of his letter OF ac-
ceptance and inaugural address have been
fulfilled. Hisfidelity in the past inspires faith
in the future He is not a hope. He is
realization. Scorning subterfuge, disdaining
reelection by concealing convictions, mind
full Of his oath of Office to defend the Consti-
tuition, he courageously declares to Congress,
dropping minor matters, that the supreme
issue is reform, revision, reduction OF ma
tional taxation. That the Treasury of the
United States, glutted with unneeded gold,
oppresses industry, embarrasses business, en-
dangers financial tranquility and breeds ex-
travagance, Capitalization and corruption.
That high taxation, vital for the expendi-
lures of an unparalleled war, is robbery in
years of prosperous peace. That the millions
that pour into the Treasury come from the
hard earned savings Of the American people.
present tariff has created privileged class,
who, shaping legislation for their personal
gain, levy by law contributions for the neces-
saries of life from every man, woman and
child in the land. That to lower the tariff is
not free trade, it in to reduce the unjust
profits of monopolists and home manufacture
ers and allow consumers to retain the rest.
The man who asserts that to lower the tariff
means free trade insults intelligence. We
brand him as falsifer. It is farthest from
thought to imperil capital or disturb enter
protect the rights OF all. This
administration has rescued the public
domain from would-bS barons and cormor-
ant corporations faiGhless to obligations and
reserved 1t for freq homes for this and COM
ing generations There is no piltering.
There are no Jobs under this administration.
Public Office is a public trust. Integrity
stands guard at every point OF our vast en-
dunn through which has flowed the undying
gratitude Of the republic for her soldiers he
has not besitated to withhold approval from
special legislation If strictest inquiry re-
vealed want Of truth and Justice Above
all sectional strife as never before is at an
end, and sixty millions Of freedmen in the
ties Of brotherhood are prosperous and
happy. These are the achievements Of this
administration. Under the same ilustrious
leader we are ready to meet our political op-
ponents in high and honorable debate and
stake our triumph on the intelligence, virtue
and patriotism Of the people. Adhering to
the Constitution, its every line and letter,
ever remembering that powers not delegated
to the United States by the Constitution nor
prohibited by it to the States are reserved to
the States respectively or to the people, by
the authority Of the Democracy Of New
York, backed by the Democracy Of the entire
Union, give you name entwined with vic
tory. ] nominate Grover Cleveland, Of New
York"
The Convention hroke into the widest en-
thusiasm at the close of Mr.. Dougherty's
speech. Hats were waved and thrown into
the air, bandanas streamed out all over the
hall, and the delegates jumped on their
chairs and cheered madly. A picture of
Cleveland in the White House was uncovered
on the east wall, and the bands PLAYED "Hail
to the Chief" The cheering and uproar con-
tinued, spectators in the gallery tearing flags
from the rails and waving them in the air
Some one on the stage crowned the bust of
the President on the left Of the Chairman