Telegram-herald., 1888-07-20
CONVENTION 0. c. P.
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Inmsdiatsly after diansf most sf Tie kl-
sxslss 70 the Or seneaGx Stale C0assntiea
gathered around TIE stats Csnsrsl Commlg-
Zee al the Easis Hotel, there being many
ia Roftsas co0atiss Who n0s having nad
mem bsr-as lsekson. for inszalee. being
az xi0as. aye De eFmined % secure one.
They soon found out. however. that this
wosk ~0old De lsft u Tie convention ana
the eomnIttes ssmply net for nttls con
fsrencs IN tns pariOf. al by themselves.
~Ith Hon. ". u. Fuller, OF NswsygO. as
chairman. and decided upon II. b. Hudson.
Of Antrtnn. for ten pofsry chairman OF the
Convention. Mr.. Hadson is = prominent
candidate for Congress IA his district. tbs
Sintn. . gallant old soldier and able states
man.
At 80 the delegates began 10 gather In
The auditorium Of the pretty little Peoples
Theatre ycispt Wonderland, and although
u ~2s dark inside when coming IA out Of
the sunlight. Il sas found that when tue
eyes became used % the vsrlsgsted lignts Of
the numerous windows It became agree able
and sufficiently brilliant The platform ar
ranxemsnts were we'll made. the press men
were made comfortable. aud every officers
chsif-and they were numeFous-prosided
for
The number Of delegates provided for By
the call, allotted 10 the several counties ac-
cOrding To the number OF votes cast Tor
Butter wosld ee SlA The number present
according 10 the roll call was rs. and these
| nlled The lower hoor os the mouse quite
comfortably and without erowding.
| At exactly 2 o'clock Chairman Of the
| State Central Committee. WI Fuller, called
10 order, and asked Rev. q. ii. Dewey. OF
| Lenawee county, 10 open the Convention
1 with prayer which he did most reyerenty.
| The call Was then read, which, as Is
| known. included an Invitation 10 delegates
| from The LABOR party. After reading the
| call Chairman Fuller made a most effective
and earnest greeting 10 the National and
| LABOR parties and referred 10 the conyen-
| tion of 40 years ago ia this city when ia
| nrst joint State ticket with the Democr attic
party was made. which action has ended
| TO dIsorgaaizs and demorahZe the Green
| back party. The intent seemed 20 be 10 de-
| stroy the organization, and whether it was
| or not the results have shown. But the
| Lansing meeting gathered the integral and
| scattered parts together. and this conyen-
| ton shows how the christian principles of
4 the party have held il I'd IN spite
| OF all the opposition and sche ming
| against H.. de continued by urging
| that the convention should run the
party by and with the party itself. He was
1 not afraid to be called Greenbscker. and
| would support its principles before God,
man or the devil. lGrest applause. he
| proceeded with lengthy financial speech,
| assigning 20 the Greenback party the saliva
ton OF the country from the money power
and concluded by saying he did not intend
| 10 die anything but q eenbacker. be
| thea called Hiram b. Hudson, of Antrim,
as temporary chairman, who accepted the
| place with very happy speech, saying that
| az this was the remnants, the scatterings,
| the lesviugs rs they said. of the Greenback
| party. they were the best looking remnants
| he ever saw. II this was q dead party be
| would hate to stand in the presence of a
| live one He urged the continuation of a
| party that shall control the currency of our
| country He was q protectionist and the
| friend OF the laboring men. and Green
backer. and whether the party united with
| any other party or not. be hoped they
| would 20 out Of the door at the end OF the
session. the Greenback party.
| Jacob Baar, of Ottawa, was called to the
| chair of Temporary secretary, aud then. in
| appointed, the call OF counties was made
and the result was that twenty-six counties
| in the State were represented by about two
| hundred aud twenty-h delegates.
Each county represented. but not in full.
| was allowed the entire vote OF the county.
A telegram from the Democratic Conven-
tion st Detoit, asking for . conference COM
mittee on fusion was read.
A committee of one from each Congress
sionai district represented was appointed in
ready response, as such committees, as
| follows
| First District-David Parsons, Detroit
Second. w. G. Dewey, Lenawee; Third,
| John Dostin, Branch; Fourth. A. ID. Double
day, Kalamazoo; Fifth Samuel Stowell,
Ionis; Sixth. Edward Brown, Clinton; Sew
enth, J. 5. Duffy. st. Clair Eighth, +. W.
Ralph. Midland; Ninth, T.. +. Sawyer,
| Cadillac, Tenth. J. II. Richardson. Lincoln;
l Eleventh, J. G. Blanchard. Mackinaw.
| Committee on Platform and Resolutions
| -First-Dzvld Parsons, Wayne; Second
| Wa. Keough, Hillsdale; Third-John Den-
MS. Bsrrisn; Fouryh-T. NJ. Sheriff Ksla-
mazoo; Fifth-D. r. Waters, Kent; Sixth
Edward Brown. Clinton. Seventh usUn
! x. Whitehead, ST. Clair; Elghth-Dr. A.
| w. Nichols Montcalm; Ninth-A. F. Tio-
i bits. Manistes: Tenth-F. a. Wilson Clare:
| Eleventh-Johu @. Blanchard Mackinaw.
! Committee on Permanent Organization
| and Order Of Business-John c. Blanchard,
| Msckinsw; John Mccormick Benyi.le: n
| H. Barnard. St. Clair.
| These committees were chosen in various
| ways and with considerable confusion. and
. great kick between Saginaw aud the rest
| of the Eighth district As to the choice OF
their members Of the committees
Then came q discussion As TO which con-
fsrsncs committee should make the first
| proposition, and it was decided that the
| Democrats De asked TO make the first propo-
/ sitiOn. in the very arifui words of a substi-
tuie by DIR. G. C. Turner. of Jackson, We
have chosen q committee and await your
| pleasure
ChairmsB Hudson made sn excellent pre-
siding officer. but it was with herculean
/ efforts that be kept order especially during
the Eighth districs controversy. It vas sst-
| tied by shs convention and Ssg1asr vas
| ovsrv helmingiy defeated With John N.
/ Decker. and Or. A. w. Nichols for whom
al tie rest OF he counties votej won the
fusion victory.
The committee reports. the following
i permanent officers Chairman. Hon. J. r.
Whiting; Secretary. Jsc05 Basr. of Ottawa.
Assistant Secretary. Chas. A. Dewey. Of
i Lsnsves.
ChsiJusn whiting toox the chair with
an address which Was fair aud unimpas-
stoned. tie believed the tariff acted disss-
| tr0usly TO the great masses Of the peopis
and favored joining hands with the Detroit
convention on the subject Of the tariff sss
/ ing only that they hesrtily endorse tue res
olutions psssed by this body. AT the close
/ Of his address recess Of half an hour "a.
| taken. 20 make The platform.
Upon rsssssu5ling. tas report ~ The
| Com miftse on Resolutions vas read. ard
The platform in fall % a. fellows
The Sreenbsck party of he STATE Of
/ Mchixsn IN convention assembled AZ
/ Grand Rapids The i2th dsv Of July isss
/ declare a. follows First The Greenh4c<
party wss orzsnized 70 protest against Ia.
/ funding avs National Bank system. m
scrapulous n1oncDolies and class Legislation
I tkss formed fhe sacred loves Of IN. Rsrnk
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