The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-01
As A REPORTER SAW 1T.

AS A REPORTER SAW 1T.
S~uffragists Fighting for Advantage and Lead
ers Collecting y Campaign Fund.
An immense crowd Of spectators gathered
around Tomlinson Hall again yesterday morn
ing before the opening of the convention. Many,
however. came simply to see, and when the
convention opened and all the dele gates were in
the building. they departed. When Chairman
st. John raped for order at 8 o'clock. there
was another large audience in attendance.
Many Indianapolis visitors were to be seen in
the galleries and from the same place quite q
number Of persons from different parts Of the
States looked dow on the proceedings. The
back part Of the lower floor. however. had quite
a large space unoccupisd all morning. so that,
large as the crowd was. there was still room for
more. The enthusiasm Of the previous day did
not seem 10 the least decreased and the dele
gates manifested q preclivity to cheer and
applaud the same as ever. whether
there was any call for it or not
The attendance Of ladies was even larger than
on the previous day. Many occupied seats on
the stage, while . number could be seen in the
different delegations. They evidently came to
SEQ the woman suffrage discussion through.
The prominent female advocates Of that move
ment were in conspicuous places all over the
house. mixing among the delegates and election
eering at q lively rate.
The FIRST event Of interest Of the day was the
report of the committee on rules. This was the
preliminary skirmish bet.,sen the advocates OF
a female suffrage plank and those opposed to It
The opponents of the measure wanted to have
four hours set apart for the discussion
Of this plank. but the advocates Of
it wanted the business put through
in short order. knowing that when
il came to q vote they had the majority. The
PROCEEDINGS were Of value az 40 indicator as
they served to disclose in a measure the exact
feeling Of the convention on this question, so
vexations to the leaders for the last few days.
The sufragists, however, triumphsd and sue
ceeded in adopting rules in conformity with
their purpose. though vigorous protests in abund-
ance came from the oppositions. This prelimi-
nary battle had the effect Of stimulating the
leaders on both sides and they went to work
marshaling their forces in earnest for the con-
test later on IN the day. The opposition de-
veloped in the convention to woman suffrage was
in the nature Of q surprise to many
Of those who thought that the party had. by
previous conventions. been committed to the
move beyond question. The resistance. esps-
sially among the temperance workers of the
South, was strenuous, and, 10 some instances,
acrimonious and bitter.
The chief business IN the morning, however.
was the raising Of funds for campaign purposes.
In this respect 1t Was ike . church dedication
DR.. Evans. OF Chicego-a gentleman who had
evidently had experience IN such thines-was
called to the chair. and conducted this part of
the programme. He is astout-built, forid-faced
man. Of perhaps ~ffty-ive years of age, with
plerty of good humor and that essential reoui-
site for success in raising collections-persistency.
He mildly announced to the convention when
he took the gavel that ne would expect TO raise
so. 600, and try to make 1t $50. 900. After get
ting the audience in an enthusiastic mood, or,
more properly, in q contributing mood, by hav-
ing . little music. the collection began. and for
the space OF two hours tho vast audience was
held and importunedifor money. The Prohibit
tionists seemed to enjoy it. however, and were
ness went on or not. A large number of the
SPECTATORS got MP and left. but the enthusiasm
of the delegates didn't seem to lsnguish in the
least. 3. +. Sturtevant. a Prohibitionist of about
275 pounds avoirdupois, from Boston, started
the subscription with $1,000. This was
hailed With great cheering. from all
parts Of the hall, aud as soon
ss order was restored R II. McDaniels, prssi-
den of the Pacific National Bank of San Fran
cisco, duplicated it. This set the convention off
w 90 "A0 V"h "A iii
nois then pledged a like amount for his State.
for which the name Of J. V. Hobbs, Of Chicago,
was given rs surety. The convention ariin
cheered and demanded that MIR. Hobbs stsnd,
up and Do looked al, which he did amid wilS
huzzahs. When order was restored the voice
Of Mr. D:ckie, who was acting - one of the So
I~icitors. was heard mp IN the east gallery. He
had gone from the lower floor up there to corn
er a hotel-keeper OF Grand Rapids-Mr. J. T.
johnson, proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, and he
announced that 81. 600 was the result. The
Chair replied that the whole convention, when
II met In Grand Rapids. would stop at the
Eagle. This remark and the contribution again
caused the enthusiasm to boil over. 10 the
midst OF the cheering the Chair recog-
nizsd gentleman from Oregon. He
proceeded. . Ia Western style, to deliver
short speech on the grandeur and prospects Of
his part Of the country until the crowd began to
suspect him OF being . real estate agent. He
relieved himself. however, Of that Suspicion by
contributing 81 900. which called for three
cheers for the Pacific slope BY some efervescent
and wild-eyed individual iu the gallery, who,
ing. acted as a sort of trigger on the applause.
Mrs. Mary /. Barney, Of Lincoln, Neb., was
then announced a. contributing $500, at which
Q delegate with . piping voice shouted, she
can't vote to which another yelled. But she .
eoin' tor Some more subscriptions were then
taken, whom . man rose in she center Of the
audience and announced that Little Jersey
wanted to be heard from The chair replied:
well, the convention wants TO hear from her.
New Jersey subscribed $500. and was chsersd
until the secretary demanded to know who was
responsible for the subscriptions. Several voices
shouted w. H. Nicholson Where from. shout
Cd the secretary. "Haddonfeld," yelled o half
dozen ia q chorus. Tho secretary could not un-
derstand and . tall man arose In the New Jersey
delegauon-a gentleman who was recognized at
once by the audience 40 the man who carried the
crank and proceeded, standing on . chair. TO
spell the name ~ the top Of biz voice. Had
d-o-n-fi-s-ld. This was received with deafeniug
cheers. When order Was again restored, Rev.
Mr. Hector Lcolored) subscribed $500 for H c.