Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-07

"a ss, t q 'ie eFsu more f:A1' Nnou
e5Gts ii spectators h"Youd. H.Gl above
tie forest Of heads MAS waving
| TIE lNNuMBRABLE RED B.NDlNAs,
Hats and csnes VsIe being pi,cned into
/ tne sir A. tbs moment, II tie nam
m5sa I ctlce OF she capitol a!
Washington covering the wAii tsr
Stove the platform, and IN
plain view Of the whole convention the
doors were seen to swing back and the
smiling face OF Pre- iden. eyelsnd
oeamed cut or his admirers. Everybody
| in the bsil seemed fairly beside them
selves With excitement. A stone bust Of
tie President nesr tne speakers stsnd was
crowned with Wreas, OF green. The
long polsd state banners an 1na.the dele
2s!es We're being wofiled wildly in the
air, when suddenly the convention,
WITH MIGHTY SCOUT,
discerned Daniel Dousnerty climbing on
s chair in the middle of the \ 9w Workers
on the Nor, He Was waving aloft sr
4 perican fsg. AZ If moved by com
| 10 n impulse, the standard bearers Of The
fl :ranT s.s:es 81 pressed toward the
NV Yorker, each seeking 20 TebC1
ID gherty'. starry emblem with their
:siI stofis. 4. TINS moment hundred
| American eagles ornameL ting the
railing CT the gallery were being
torn CT ana their outstretched
mimic Wigs, sx feet from tip 10 tip,
were tapping their golden wings wit0 the
assistet CO Of The nearest spectators, EeD
and women slike.
Chail m1l CUlhus, after Fepested efJr's,
directed attention to the tai Ke2tucsikn
D les G McKer zie, who Was to second
tie nOminstIon OF Cleveland, s~ose ana
aroused the convention to renewed out
Durst almost at the nrst woro by
declaring there Was hut one D mo
Cr'E II the country more popu 81
team Cleveland, tae qUeenly woman he
hss made his wife. again the conven-
ton Wac IN 81 upIosr, when the speaker
gave bran Eew title II he leader OF lie
Republicans, the
'FLORENTINE MOSAIC FROM MAINE
Nick LIE moved nov 20 suspend the
rules aid make the nomination o. Cleve-
lAud Absolutely Unanimous. But every
body ~isned to join 10 seConding CieVe
land, end everybody was gwen chance
faen the thing WAS done WlLh al GItrs-
oriinary hurrSh.
The other main feature Of the day
in the convention WAS thu four
corneTed struggle between the Thurman
men, the Gray men, the tariff reiormers
and the protective tariff element. Tne
Thurman delegates were to have the nom
nation fer ViCe-PresidenG made st once
while the enthusias N IVES a. fever heat.
raey were reinforced By the tariff re
formers WHO we're incansed ct the delay
Of the com nirtee on platform and esger
TO admin ster rebuke. The Gray men
we're using Fabian tactics aad hal abb
Silies in the prO:eCtionists. Roswell T
Flower Ct n W YIrk, and Dsniel "
voorhees, og Indian, were
THE OPPOSING LEADERS
the latter oelDg regarded as spokesman
VI Gray. Though uutnum9e'ec many
times over Toe phalSu uudeC Vjor.
ices was makiog 5 most determined fight,
contesupg eY@ry iDcn In way tlat
threatened 10 deveiop ugly feelings.
Just when things lad d psrtcul
sQnally aspect, Waite of California, 10
the interest Of The OH Roman
poured oil On the troubled
"aters. The postponement asked for
by Voorhees, WAS advocated by
White on broad grounds il manner as
msguanImous as it wzs unexpected, and
adj JurnmsIs Tas in place.
THE TARIFF FIGHT.
The committee ON res0Iununs resumed
its SESSION a. 10 O'Clock this mcrDjng g.
the Sou thern MOTEL. TIE sue committee
appointed 10 draft the Platform
entered soon afterWard looking tx
ceeoingly worn by their long
eessIon OF last night. They reported
their inability to agree, the poin. st issue
being the question Of resffirmirg the
tariff plank IN the Platform Of 1854. TIE
subcommittee had listened t. earcest
apps ais LAST night in favor and opposition
10 the question, out could not sgree
Mr.. German proposed the res fticmsiion
Of the tar e plsnK in the '94 platform ar d
the general endorsement II the policy OF
reduction as indicated in the Presidents
Isrid message.
Mr.. Watterson opposed Rny
ailusion to the 1884 platf ,rm, which he
deemed equivoCal aud indirect.
Mr.. Comm addressed the COMM tee
for an hour and emphasized the political
eXpediepcy Of 4 III Jderate tariff policy
Willie he considered the prospects oflhe
Democratic success in New Yurs
AiNSh III" htau kuSJ WGiG
four years Ego, he regards
Eodisna (and he sppealed TO Sauster Tur-
pie 10 COL firm his statemen New jersey
and Connecticut
AS DOUBTFUL
ard he would have 10 nope Of his pSrty
Carrying them upon tariff for revenue
only platform. Mr.. 6 Jrman argued
il the caucus that. the Platform
Of 1884 was the one upon which
Mr.. Cleveland WAS elected,
thst he accepted the nomination upon it,
and, as German stated, he had been con
tent TO sdmiuister the executive q fl :e in
accordance with its prin pies.
Mr.. WstterSon responded thst the plat
form OF four years ago was q stra Idle,
and was SO accepted By the commit
tee on resolutions in the convep
tion OF '64. It's ad7oc,e had
said: '.Les US get into power and then
we can frame policy to suit our party
views" The issue OF that election, said
MIR. Wattersou, did not rob wisdom Of an
equivocal policy. It WAS not Pleasing to
our peculiar American manhood. Il
came TO De
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