Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-06

Thursday at 10.
 So far es MT. Flower was concerned be carried out his part of the contract with more or less show of uncertainty, but the shouts of "NoI" that greeted his resolution 90
 plainly developed the spirit of the convention that he quietly subsided without saying a
 word in support of bis proposition
 Ex-Governor Leon Abbett. of New Jersey,
 gave the scheme final quietus when he said.
 amid approving shouts, that be wanted to see
 the president renominafsd on the second and
 not on the third day, SO the convention de-
 cided to meet at 10 o'clock Its task will
 doubtless have been done before dusk, and by
 the next morning the city will about have re-
 sumed its normal rustic appearance.
 the convention of 1884 This the revenue re-
 formers will not swallow with good grace.
 and it is stated, upon good authority, that
 F. w. Lehmann, of Iowa. will submit a
 minority report indorsing and supporting the
 presidents views in the most outspoken and
 emphatic terms
 The Iowan, as one of his friends puts it.
 has a personal purpose to serve in this action
 He believes that it is the one great opporfu-
 nifty of his life, and that if be can carry the
 convention with him, and be believes land so
 do many others) that he can, it will improve
 his standing, however high it may be now,
 in the Democratic party not only of his
 state but of the country. He is being en-
 couraged in his course by many who believe
 that the presidents policy is entitled to the highest and most thorough indorsement that
 national Democratic convention can give it, and that there should be no beating about the bush in the matter.
 Senator German said. s'The prospects are good for a long meeting of the subcommittee. No three men on it are agreed upon the terms on which the tariff plank should be couched, and the prospects for a satisfactory solution of the trouble are not encouraging" 4 telegram has been received from Con- gressman Breckenridge, of Kentucky, de- clarng that if the Mills bill is not indorsed in the convention it will fail in the house, and the convention will have to take the respon- sibility.
 The committee on permanent organiza tion at its meeting last evening, decided to report in favor of Hon. Patrick A. Collins, of Massachusetts, as permanent chairman of the convention, and H. H. lngersoll, of Ten nessee, as permanent secretary; also that the temporary officers, with these two exceptions, be made the permanent officers The com | mittee on credentials, after hearing both sides in the Dakota controversy, decided to I report unanimously in favor of admitting | Messrs. Steele and Mcguire, the contestants \ or administration faction, as delegates from I Dakota.
 | In order to clearly understand the contro- | versy which at present exists in the commit tee on resolutions, representative of The ! United Press canvassed the members of the | committee, and the situation, as explained by ! them, is about as follows:
 "Mr. Watterson," his friends say, ''wanis | to have the tariff plank of 1876, or some thing like it, adopted; something that does 1 not read both ways; not free trade on one i'm terpretntOn and protection, pure and simple, on another interpretation He wants some thing that the people can understand and l know what it means That is what he wants and what he is going to fight for" ! Mir. Germans friends say that he "wants | plank in the platform something like the Chicago platform of 1884, in which be can ! make the fight to carry New Jersey, New
 York and Connecticut, and abandon Indiana, I and nominate Thurman, knowing that he
 will be strong in those states with platform 1 peculiarly adapted to the industries of those | three states"
 MT. Watterson, it appears, thinks that if l the party go west with square tariff for ! revenue" plank they can get more states west
 than they can east by the other plan He
 claims that the Democrats can get states in the west on his idea In explaining the differ ence between the plank of 1876, which he | wants revived, and that of 1884, the re- ' adoption of which he opposes, MT. wattersor 4 says the former is emphatic, straight put, tariff for revenue only, while the letter is evasive, indefinite and unmeaning. The Democracy gave the people a treat | last night in return for all their big hearted I hospitality. At 9 o'clock the great conven- ] ton parade, with its 1000 men, was under ! way and kept in time by band after band | It moved through streets almost utterly clogged with people. Street car travel was ! entirely suspended. Draymen who had rigged rude seats in their vehicles and drawn up along the line of march were offering &C., commodations at the rata of fiften cents a | man. The windows of buildings along the ! route were at premium On the hotel bal comics people stood on chairs, and delegation ! headquarters with commanding outlooks were popular places
 There was c feature in the parade-not the music, not the shouting, not the fireworks, | not the crowd, nor the length of the line of march. though these were all remarkable
 1t was this, that Tammany wore the Thurman l bandannas. Coming so soon after the action I or the New York state delegation declining
 to take any stand that could be interpreted
 as In favor of either or any of the vice presi- ] dential candidates, this effusive action Of
 Tammany looked highly significant. Commis- ] sioner Brennan stalked of, towering where l all might see and admire, end his high hat
 was swaddled in a huge bandanna that made him look much as he did when battling with ! the blizzard on Broadway a few months ago.
 In front of the procession Commissioners. Croker and Joseph J. O'Donohue rode in a coach, and there followed the whole ban danna swathed aggregation Alderman Fitz- simmons looked like an erudite Oriental in & | red tuIban, and John H. Campbell didn't
 seem to relish at all the idea of oLscuring his dainty derby.
 l In the procession were all the local military organizations, in addition to the clubs. The Select Knights also participated The pro cession marched under brilliantly lighted | arches and through crowded streets for up, wards of two hours, after which they were l reviewed by the officers of the convention at
 the corner of Olive and Fourteenth streets;
 The New York County Democracy did no1
 turn out Tammany Hall had the right of
 line in tho pageant, and this had a great deal | to do with the Counties refusing to join in the five mic procession of Democrats The New | York County Democracy were on the official | programme of the parade, and had a position
 in the rear of the wigwam braves. Col
 Michael c. Murphy's white coated regiment
 failed to answer roll call The sudden with