The Portland daily press., 1888-05-16
HEWITT KISSED BY DEMOCRATS
Before Anybody had Time to Begin
the Cheering.
How the Faithful In New York Raj
lied for Hill and Cleveland.
coIored Republicans Make Things
Lively at the Alabama Convention.


convention met in the Academy of Music
today to select delegates to the national Dem
ocratic convention at st. Louis. Hon. F
r. Goudert as temporary chairman, called
the convention to order and delivered an ad
dress after which the convention adjourned
until 7.30 p. m.
The committee ON delegates met in the up
per hall of the Tammany building. Hon
Homer A. Nelson presided and Hon. Thos
f. Gilroy acted as secretary. There.was con
siderable excitement during the time the del
egates at large were being balloted for. Gov
Hills name was proposed and only received
five votes. The delegates at large selected
are Alfred G. Chaplin, of Brooklyn; Edward
Cooper, of New York; X. G. Raines, o.
Rochester, and Roswell p. Flower. of New
York. The alternates are J. Q. Matthews
ccolored, Of Albany; J; u. simmons, OF New
James Jackson, of Niagara. The electors a
large are Qswold Ottendorfer and Wilson S
Bissell
The evening session opened at $50, the de
lay teing caused by the committees on reso-
iutit ms and contested seats. The delegates
Grace, Col. John r. Fellows, Mayor Hewitt
Gov. Hill and others for speeches. Mayor
Hewitt's name caused storm OF hisse:
which was Immediately drowned by ap
plause.
Gov. Hill was loudly cheered. When the
convention opened, the report on contested
seats was read and adopted and the temper.
porary officers made permanent. A series Of
resolutions strongly endorsing the national
administration and instructing the delegate:
to support Cleveland were reported and
adopted with great enthusiasm. The Other
adn frnc "a md aOf
denim the Saxton electoral reform bill. A
resolution that the administration Of Gov
Hill merits and has the hearty respect Of this
convention caused long, continual ap-
plause, ending in three cheers for Gov. Hill
The report ON the delegates to st. Louis was
also accepted
The plati5rine declares the pledges Of 1884
realized, indOrSeS the PLATFORM Of 1887 and
the Presidents message, declares that taxa
tion to unfairly benefit the few at the ex-
pensee OF the many isa perversion Of ma
tional power and that the correction of this
will best serve American industry and en-
terprise that the surplus is a dangerous and
indefensible abuse, and that in re-
dncing taxation the interests Of la
Dor should be carefully guarded.
A long commendatory review of Cleve-
lands administration Is made, instructing
the delegates to vote for him.
The names Of the Presidential electors and
delegates. and the new State committee were
announced. Daniel Dougherty then deliv-
cred an eloquent speech on the Democratic
party and its leader Grover Cleveland. He
congratulated the party upon its now per-
feet assurance of victory. Hon. w. Bourke
Cochran also spoke briefly.
The convention adjourned sine die.
Down In Alabama.
MONTGOMERY, May 15.-The Republican
State convention met at noon. A colored
man manned Stephens was temporary chair
man. The convention is composed Of three
hundred delegates, only one-fifth Of whom
are white. No sooner had the temporary
chairman concluded his remarks than pande-
monium broke loose. Dozens Of delegates
were shouting until at last one was recog-
nized and said that the executive committee
had insulted the convention by seating
temporary chairman without vote. Con-
fusion followed almost without intermission,
and was kept up for hours. Three or four
different men, all negroes, were escorted to
the stand to take the place of the temporary
chairman, but Stephens held the fort. The
Sherman men, as rule, opposed him and
charged that game had been played on
them. At O'Clock, the committee on
credentials appointed by Stephens made a
report, but whether it was adopted or not no
man can say. A rival chairman seated on
LHt Ststuu near ottpUtuS mere put uOliOu
to adjourn which was carried by his crowd
but nobody adjourned. The same chairman
then appointed another committee on Gre
dentials. At this point, Stephens vacated
the chair for Arthur Bingham, the chairman
of the executive committee, who called the
convention to order, and announced that
for temporary chairman was in
order. The convention at last elected Al
fred Boyd, colored, temporary chairman and
adjourned to 8 o'clock. This is regarded as
a victory for the Sherman men.
The co9yentlon is in & full possession Of the
are nearly all thought to be for him.
The Labor Parties.
CINCINNATI, May 15.-Thes delegates to
the United Labor party were called to order
in the Grand Opera house this afternoon by
John McMaken Of the executive committee.
VIM. b. Ogden of Kentucky. was elected
temporary chairman and was escorted to the
chair by Mr.. Cowdry and Dr. McGlynn. He
advocated harmony, but not sacrifice. The
temporary officers were then made perma-
nent. A committee on platform, one from
each State, was chosen. The chair was au-
thOrized to appoint a committee of five to
confer with the Union Labor convention in
reference TO a union OF the two conventions.
The meeting then adjourned until tomorrow.
this morning. Twenty eight States are re-
presented.
The convention spent the forenoon listen
ing to speeches. The venerable Jesse Har-
per, a former leading Greenbacker in Illi-
nois an dthe man who in 1860 named Abra-
ham Lincoln for President in the Republi-
can National Convention. spoke Of the dan
ger impending from mon0polies.
Mrs. Morton Todd of Michigan, pitched in
to Cleveland for statement in his Thanks
giving proclamation that we ought to give
thanks for the prosperous condition OF the
She denied the fact asserted. She
denounced John Sherman as traitor for his
ruinous financial policy.
+. NJ. Fcgg, OF Michigan. desired the gov
TO take immediate control of rail-
roads and telegraph lines.
The committee on credentials then report
ed 242 delegates present, properly accredited.
Miss Hamilton, of Marion, Ohio, was admit
ted as delegate to represent the Women's
Christian Union. The convention then ad-
journed until a. m.
Connecticut Republicans.
New HAVEN, Csnn., May 15.-The Re-
publican State convention was called to or
der at p. m. by John A. Tibbitts, OF New
London. Committees ON credentials, perina-
neDt organizations and resolutions, were ap-
pointed. The convention then adjourned
until tomorrow.
other Conventions.
Dies MoINEs, la, May 15.-The national
convention. of the Equal Rights party today
nominated Belva A. Lockwood OF Washing
ton, for President.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 15.-The Prohibi-
tory State convention assembled this morn
Ing with 1000 delegates present.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 15.-The State
convention, which has been in
session since Wednesday, nominated Gov.
Robert l.. Taylor today for reelection on the
10th ballot.
DENVER, Col, May 15.-The Republican
State convention today elected delegates to
Chicago. They are understood to favor AL
lison.
M Riaine,s Coachino Trim