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ALLEN G. THURMAN.

Chairman Barnum called the conventlon
to order and introduced Bishop Grandberg,
who delivered the invocation, the delegates
standing.
When the prayer was ended and the dele
gates had resumed their seats, Chairman
Barnum presented the report of the National
Committee, naming LieutenanbG Governor
White, Of California, as temporary chair
man.
The report was unanimously adopted and
Senator German, Maryland; General Pow
ell, Ohio, and Colonel Dawson, South Caro-
lima, were appointed to escort the temporary
chairman to the platform.
The California delegation gave three cheers
standing for Chairman White.
Mr.. White said he was grateful for the
honor conferred, because 1t was an apprecia-
tion Of his section of the country: He as
delegates from the Pacific slope were pro-
foundly impressed with the first distinction
of the kind in the history Of the Democracy.
He congratulated the convention at what he
termed the encouraging circumstances which
attended the Inauguration Of its proceedings.
he alluded to the administration by saying
that for the first time in twenty-five years q
National Democratic Convention was being
held while the affairs of the coun-
The experience Of four years, he said, has
disproved the assertions and charges that the
Democracy could not be trusted with the
government Of the country. Continuing,
Mr.. White said:
=. ''The platform of principles adopted
at our last national convention
prescribed with great accuracy the
rules of conduct which should control gov
ernmental action. Grover Cleveland Has
selected by that convention as aman~ whose
frmness, ability, integrity and statesnanlike
qualities preenhently fitted him to under
take thetask of carrying out the great re-
fQrms thus suggested by the organization to
whose tenets he had ever been ready to yield
compliance"
His laudatory references to President
Cleveland drew prolonged applause from the
convention, and then he proceeded to the
tariff question. He said: ,
to reform the tariff. The existing
law on the subject had been called into be-
ing during the excitement and because Of the
e1igencies of war. The Republican party,
while not denying the necessity for reform,
has ever failed to suggest any, remedy,
aud has universally thwarted the efforts
of the Democracy to afford the needed
relief. The present admistration has
realized the promises made by the
Democratic Convention Of 1884. 1t has
sought to reduce taxation and Tighten the
burdens Of the people, and to reduce the re-
venue so as to prevent undue accumulation
in the Treasury, and has at the same time
taken the requisite steps to foster and protect
domestic industries"
The failure of Congrese to establish free
trade. he charged, was due to Republican OBJ.
struction. He said:
sThe existence Of an enormous surplus
in the Treasury threatens the in.
dustries Of the country, and isa constant
source of injury to the consumer and
men of moderate means, who find it difficult
to obtain monetary assistance, because of the
withdrawal of a large portion of the circu-
lating medium"
He touched on land grant grabs and Chinese
immigration, and gave the Democracy the
credit Of stopping both. He concluded
by saying that ''the reelection Of Grover
Cleveland is demanded by the patriotic senti-
ment of the land and prophesying the sue
cess Of the Democratic ticket in the coming
election.
Upon the conclusion of Mr.. Whites speech
a resolution Of Senator German was adopted,
ordering the call Of the roll to name the
Goveror Green, Of New Jersey, offered a
resolution making the Convention subject to
the rules Of the last Convention. modified so
as TO prevent any State changing its vote
until the call Of the States is completed. The
/ resolution was adOpted.
MIR. Patterson, of Colorado presented q
of Colorado silver to the Chairman.
lNtion by Senator Morgan, Of Alabama
= Ated that each delegation name one
Aect as its member upon the Com
2entials, one member as its mem
Sittee on Permanent Organi-
pber as its member on the
tions, and that all reso-
\latform of the Demo-
% tho said Commit
irom each del