Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-15


Fishop Turner, of the African Methodist
Chu then gve his f1s sayji phs
The con fention then adjourned until y d. ni'
Thursday.
Second Days Proceedings.
Two handsome vases :!lled with lilies OF the
valley the latter presumably emblematic OF the
purity of the party, almost hid eX-Io7ernor -.
John from view when he called the second day
session of the National Proibit,9 ion, Convention
bling uearly all of them having p'tft,elpaten M
last nights reunion OF the Blue and the Gray,
which lasted until long after midnight. If they
looked rnther tired und sleepy, however. they
We're not lacking i'll enthusiasm. and rs the lead
ing representatives put in their appearance they
at 10 o'clock by Rev. a. NJ. Richardson of Kansas
and the routine proceedings Went along
smoothly until the report OF the COMMITTEES a,nass
submitted, among IL number OF minor recon-
mendatons, one limiting individual speeches to
five minutes any one subject. This raised
grievance WAS stated by Walter Thomas Mills,
the Little Giant of Ohio" Motions upon mo-
lions were submitted, and foG time the Chair
mans savel was given ull it could do. Speeches
We're made while the utmost confusion reigned.
Finally Mr.. Christian of Chicago, took the dele
gates sharply to task, and good order was restored.
The previous question Ordered by D large
majority; all the amendments We're defeated,
and the report of the committee ndopted. ms
| the house and they chesred aid cheered again.
Ha;5Sf, j Si5s CITY, "a s:ho ~ desisnstsa
martyr to the cauSc OF prolnDltlon were auopteu
| by q rising vote.
In the morning session the Chairman OF the
Finance Committee, Dr. Evans of Illinois, urged
I the necessity of raising the sum of $4,000 for
1 campaign expenses. and called for pledges from
those pTesent. The first pledge wns made by B.
T. Sturtevant of New York for $1,000, which was
| nfterward doubled. In less than half ali hour
| about 1913 900 was pledged. The widest enthusl-
assn prevailed, every one giving large sum be-
ing compelled to stand i'll chair While the dele
| gates cheered.
| The platform WAS presented at the afternoon
| session, and the plank reported was uneGHivo-
| cnlly in favor of unlimited suffrage After the
Secretary, the Rev sam small. had read the ne.
| Wisconsin. rend Il minority repors he alone DISC
greeting with the committee He offered u sub
stitute, i'll which tl.e whole question OF woman
| suffrage relegated to the states
The platform was voted upon by sections, and
when this plank was reached the debate opened
The report Of the Coln'nittec on knles limited
| speeches to five minutes each. 1t seems that
en agreement had been 14sade between N.Y. NILS
of Ohio, and Prof. Basceai, formerly OF WIS
consju To take two hours each i'll n deEate upon
the suffrage plank of TIE ,plntforn for and
against it's adoption respectively. An amend
nent was offered to permit this under
which the convention was besought not to
apply the gag rule, but to SIve the necessary
trasls to full discussion OF TINS Lnpostant
jorty., Speakers were therefore limited to i've
mi,ntes, and move able defense'of woman SUI
frnga stronger argument aSaf:sft incoflosAt
ing il into Il pu1ty Platform wills nsHsr presented.
In the mids5 OF she ez,ntest owes the woman
suffrage plank Mr.. Dit;!lie of Michigan tried to
compromise nl.ttess by moving that the debute
| be confined to two .1z,ars, four Lending men oaa
each SHE TO apeak. T!le convention would nut
henr of It lnd the wrcngle proceeded.
Mrs Meniweather, OF Missouri, t'e!a1ed th'lt
woman Suffrage wnso,r,oseti in the South. Those
who said 30 knew not whereof they spoke.
Mrs Perkins, of Ohio followed i'll an earnest
plea for the ballot for wenheE. Without wh1sh the
| temperance movea,ent MAS sadly hamEered
Prof DIN repeated his, aoEs71inent substantially
us contained i'll his report AND Sam Small, who
had originally opposed the majority report said
that it was in Il spirit Of compromise that they
could and did sign the rlajOrity report. lie urged
the convention. to do likewise
Other speakersswere Messrs. Tate of renres-
see. G. w. Balm of. Kentucky, and Mr.. eTanftal
of Texas the first of whom opposed the majority
report the other two urging the convention tc
drop sentiment and policy anA stick to prl.cc1pAe
no nAltter what tic cost
port, as did also several others, and the speaker
in favor of the majority Were rulnberess So tin
debate went on fofnearly three hours.
Toward the close Mother Stewart, of Ohio, NJ
old-tiine lender ill the cause OF prohibition
spoke strongly i'll defense Of the majority report
Mr.. Mills, of Ohio, OF the leaders OF the op
position to woman. suffrage, declared tk1lt II
5 people on suffrage to the point to whicl
they educnted on. prohibition. and to a4lop
the majority report would set the party benl
:, thirty-tiye years. He pleaded with the coz,ven
ton not to do such disparagilis act.
. Rev. j. Cans argued that the question OF seaio
4 WAS involved. The Prohibition party had secure
the accession of the Honte Protection purity il
+ 1854 by promising to support woman sutftas
o and to so back on it would he treason.
}, Mr. John RUSSELL. Of Michigan, and MIR. Bel
. nett, of Kansas, also strongly supported tt,
d majority report.
"a Miss Frances Fl. Willard, rose, as it proved, t
"a close the debate She spoke favoring u compre
a mise of the contendiig Influences, and appeale
= to the delegates to vote i'll favor of tho origin,
,e wonan-su suffrage plank
IT AS she closed, anil tremendous confusion,
l. dozen voices were Aeall shouting for IL
II previous question. and being put it VIZ
4, carried by an overwhelming vote. The amen,
II 1nent was then rejected and the majority repo
$ adopted.
st The STRONGEST s,aec;,as in fovnrof snhstituti,
~ the minority report were made by Oliver III