, 1888-06-21
&StrHE IDAHO DELEGATION

GATHERING NY DE-. II. s. HARVEY, OF
wARDNER.
DR.. r. :. Harvey, chairman Of the Idaho
delegation to the national dsmocrauc CON
yention * resting In our city Tor nay oll
his return home from ST. LOUIS. Inc re-
porter found the doctor in high leather
and greatly elated oyer the work OF the
convention During pleasant conversa
ton the doctor said 81 reached 81
Louis Oh Monday morning OF the day pro-
ceedng the meeting of the convention. l
went by Butte City, Denver and Kansas
City. never saw inner Gatlie aha asri,
cultural country, particularly through
Kansas and Missouri At Denver, joined
by invitation,
THE COLORADO DELEGATION,
which was escorted by the Graystone club
Of Denver in special train of pullman
sleepers We made tho fastest run between
XDenver and st. Louis on record That re-
CORD, however, added the doctor, will be
Broken by Cleveland and Thurman in
November. On reaching st. Louis, ] found
the city crowded with delegates and their
escorts and visiting political clubs and
visitors generally, from all over the coun.
try. Among others already on the ground
was my coll,gue, MIR. Silcott OF Lewiston,
or the visiting ORGANIZATIONS the Tammany
Hall, the New York county democracy
and the Kansas City club jointly number.
ing abou, five hundred, were the handsom-
ISL bOtlN VI men l ever saw It NbIlN'li-
ton met i'm the exposition building which
has seating capacity of seventeen thous'
and. 1t was estimated that ON each Of the
THREE DAYS OF Tue CONVENTION
there were present in the hall twenty thous-
and delegates. When the convention con-
vened at noon of the 9th, the scene pre-
sented was truly imposing and highly en-
thusiastic. The temporary organization
was effected, rs. you know, by the selection
OF Mr.. White of California as chairman.
He has no superior rs presiding officer
possessing q fine physique, good voice,
"A quick eye, and steady nerve. The con
vcntion was remarkably harmonious.
There were but two contests at st. Louis,
one in the convention over the vice.presi-
deucy, which can scarcely be said 10 haye
reached the dignity of Il contest, and the
other before the committee on platform
grand resolutions which was simply "Viva
syvoCe' vote for chairman, the nominees be.
ing MIR. Henry Wuttersou of Kentucky
and Senator Gorman of Maryland The
impression has gone abroad that this con-
test was IN some sense determined by the
position these two gentlemen occupy on
the tariff question, but tins is not true
THE TARIFF QUESTION
did not enter or cut any figure whatever in
this charmanship election. 1t was simply
n friendly rivalry between the two gentle
men, and as 1t turned ont, showed that
Colonel Watterson had two more admirers
on the committee than Senator German
had. AS evidence of the truth of this view
OF the matter, Senator German, after his
defeat, said: AFTER an interchange of
views between the gent enan from Ken
tucky and myself, | find the difference be-
tween us to be scarcely rs wide as the
thickness of the sheet of paper hold IN
my hand" Much of the time OF that COM
mittee, of which was Il member, was con-
sumsd in listening to speeches OF its mem
besr.evoted to the wants and conditions of
the people, and the industries of the coun-
try, as well as their political status and
wishes. ! presented to the committee to
the best of my ability the
a. WISHES OF MY TERRITORY
ItB the subjects of lead, silver and terri
: lforial home rule. In tact the delegates
from the entire west and northwest were
unanimous in urging upon the committee
the necessity OF fostering our principal in
dustries. | feel satisfied that our work
will produce good, practical results in the
end, and that it will certainly have the
effect Of inducing congress to stop aJ once
the free importation of lead from Mexico
under the name and guse Of silver bullion,
which is now going on and ~ rendered
possible by the construction of the law OF
imports by MIR John sherman, while sec
retsrY Of the treasury. OF course you have
had all the details of the enthusiasm
attending the
EoMINATGON or MIR, CLEVELAND
for president. If you can imagine twenty
thousand people in an immense hall, car
ried away by a feeling OF triumphant pa
triotism, which finds vent for twenty-five
minutes in uninterrupted and uninterrupt-
able cheers and applause, amid the PLAYING
of bands and the waving of banners and
hats and handkerChieis you have the
scene. The enthusiasm was absolutely
honest and genuine. When | started to
St Louis expected to vote for Gray, of
Indiana for vicc-presdent. l}ut Oh hear
ing while going there, and learning it to
be true on my arrival, that Mr.. Thurman
would acceut the second place on the ticket
| deemed it my duty, in recognition of the
services rendered his party and his country
by the grand old man, to support him. Up
TO the session OF the third day, vixen the
nomination was made, the supporters of
Gray were inde atlgable in their labors to
win support But when the time came for
the nomination, the tidal wave had vr-
tually swept away all opposition to Thur
man. As the delegations filed into the
hall, every one except Indiana, Kansas,
Illinois, and part of Kentucky tied
THE RED BANDANA
10 the top OF their standard. Thurman's
nomjnation by furpie was received with
an enthusiasm, only limited in time by the
knowledge OF the fact that other nomina-
tions were to follow. In all other respects
il was "a repetition of the scene attending
Cleveland's nomination. The finest Grafton
delivered in the convention was by Tom
Patterson, of Colorado, IN presenting and
at the same time Withdrawing the name of
General Black for president Both
the Black and Gray forces yielded most
gracefully before the completion of the
first and only ballot. and expressed II per-
feet and candid satisfaction at the result.'
The reporter at this point asked the doe
tor if there were any amusing incidents
connected with the occasion which the
associated press had failed to give.
Before / get to that" he replied, II
want to say that Idaho never had better
representative than my colleague, Mr.. Sil-
colt. He was untiring in all his efforts to