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way out of the hall of the exciting details
of their own proceedings, which are pre-
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Sts LouIs SOhfSHtiOns
ST, LOUIS, June Cat precisely 1922
a. M. Chairman White stepped up to the
desk and after looking for a moment over
the mass of human beings packed in the
hall banged his desk with the solid silver
gavel which was presented to the conven-
ton yesterday and said. '"The conven-
ton will come to order. Take your seats
as rapidly as possible. The convention
will be opened with prayer by Rev. ]. P.
Greene of Missouri"
Hon. Frederick o. Prince of Massa-
chusetts then offered the following reso-
luton, which was sent to the desk and
read:
ReSolved, That the thanks of this con-
vention be presented to the delegation of
Colorado for its gift of a silver gavel and
that the same be placed in charge of the
national committee for use at future Dem
ocratic conventions.
The question being put, the motion was
unanimously carried.
The chair-'There has been banded to
the chair credentials from Alaska. They
are hereby referred to the committee on
credentials. VIII the chairman of the
committee please send for the credentials
from Alaska. They are in the possession
VI Vic btCICldIy. lhppldusG.
Mr.. Mallory of Florida-Mr. Chair
man-Ih have a resolution which | desire
to send to the secretary to be read.
The resolution was sent to the secre-
tary, who read as follows:
RESOLVED, That this convention approve
and hereby endorses the principals of
tariff reform intimated by the president
loud and uproarous applause in his first
pnaccau no m tho nrocant onrrao onl &c,
| the policy recommended by him for the
practical application of those principles to
the administration of the government we
give our unqualified and universal sup
port. Loud cheers.
Chairman-Under the rules this resolu-
ton will be referred to the committee on
platform and resolutions.
The secretary then read the report of
the committee on credentials seating the
Church faction in Dakota and saying al
though they understood Alaska had a
regularly elected delegate no official inior-
nation on the subject had reached them.
The names of the Alaska delegates then
having been announced, the portion of the
report referring to that territory was
stricken out. The question was put and
the report adopted.
The chair-The next order of business
is the reception of the report Of the com
mittee on permanent organization and
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
The report was unanimously adopted.
Chairman-The chair will appoint w.
II. Barnum of Connecticut, Hon. Ros-
well p. Flower of New York and Hon.
John O'Day of Missouri a committee to
escort Hon. Patrick a. Collins to the
chair.
This announcement produced %uproari-
GUS applause throughout the convention
which was long continued. The gentle
men appointed to escort Collins proceeded
to his seat and brought him forward.
When Collins had mounted the platform
he was greeted by a shake of the hands
by Mr.. White, temporary chairman,
Gen. CoIIius' speech.
Gen. Collins spoke e%loquently. He
said the craftsmanship of a convention, in
the past SO filed by the foremost men of
the party, was appreciated by him as a
distinction of the highest character. The
young men of the nation, he said, had
heard more in their time Of the clash of
arms and throes of war than OF the prIn-
ciples of government. So it was no won
der that the question is asked and scarce
ly answered: What difference is there
between the two parties?" The speaker
replied to the query with a pithY sum-
mary of the political creed OF Thomas
Jefferson, the apostle of Democracy. To
this Gen. Collins added the golden econo-
mic rule, that no more taxes should be
levied on the people IN any way than is
necessary to meet the honest ex-
penses of the government. True to
these principles the Democratic party
had fought successfully our foreign wars,
protected our citizens in every cline, COM
PEELED the respect of all nations for our
flag, added imperial domain to our terri
tory and insured peace, prosperity and
happiness TO all the people. False to
these principles, the great Federal Wing
and Know Nothing parties went down
never to rise again. And now here to-day
we're representatives Of the party that had
survived all others, united, triumphant,
INvINCIBLE DEMOCRACY.
prepared to strike down forever the last
surviving foe in November. This country
has been an asylum for all good men from
all over the earth who flee from want and
oppression and mean to become Ameri-
cans, but we invite and welcome only
friends to this ground and liege men to
the republic. Our institutions cannot
change to meet the hostile wishes nor be
SO much as senslbly modified save by the
peaceful and deliberate action of the mass
of our people in accordance with the con-
stitution or laws of u land. And that
man is not a true American. who, know
ing what we are, will, by word or action,
experiment or thought, in any way at
tempt to weaken the foundation of this
political structure, the republic of the
United States. Gen. Collins warmly and
at length e~ulogized the administration of
President Cleveland as having trium-
phantly justified his election. Democracy
now stood on the edge of ANOTHER and per-
haps greater contest, with relation to the
elections not held before for a generation;
that for responsibility for the great trust
OF government the party was no longer
critics, but criticized.
THEY WERE CONFRONTED.
by a willy, INSCRIPTIONS and desperate foe.
There would be no blemish on the record
that would not be magniied into a blot,
no circumstance not tortured and misrep.
resented, no disappointment not exagger.
ated into g revolt, no class or creed it
would moi he oauabt IN ,nAa~o. ~ 49,,