Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-23

or. The audience gave demonstrative
approval to the fervent divine when be
endorsed Democratic principles by ask
ing the Almighty to guide the trainers Of
the party platform so that every true
lover of liberty and of the rights
OF man should be able TO find place
where he might stand erect for the
principles that have made the past OF
this nation glorious and that should
make the future still more glorious;
but cheers could no longer be suppressed
when he asked that its nominee might
represent "the spirit of modern De-
mOcracy, a progressive Democracy, a
Democracy which is arrayed on the
side of the masses against the classes
and that strives to lift from the should
ers Of the people the burdens borne for
the benefit of the favored few"
For half q minute the audience
cheered enthusiastically after the gen.
tleman had retired to his modest corner
in the rear Of the platform 10 receive
the congratulations OF his friends.
The first session of the convention
was indeed an intellectual feast. There
| was very little in the way Of effective
| business to be transacted, and ample OPP
portunity was accorded for the regale-
ment Of the delegates by flow Of ora
| tory.
A ripple Of enthusiasm swept over the
| Convention, when Mr.. Delaney, Of
Alaska, conveyed the information that
the great cause of tariff reform had
traversed every zone from the torrid to
the frigid by submitting his credentials
as a delegate from the territory Of
Alaska, and announcing himself as the
representative OF pioneer people en-
gagged in building up civilization in the
widest and most remote dominion Of
the Republic.
The first speech Of the day was by
General John NJ. Palmer, whom the
Democrats of Illinois are pleased to
term the Gladstone Of America" and
who was unanimously invited to ad-
dress the convention. The Senator's
speech awakened all the latent polt-
ical iervOr that has waited for days to
be Quickened to enthusiasm by the stir
ring eloquence of some popular leader.
Senator Palmer, in his capacity of
recognized leader of the Democratic
party Of the State Of Illinois-aS the
man 10 whom the forty-eight del
egates of the Prairie State
give obedience in declaring
for Grover Cleveland, pledged the cleo
tOral vote of this great State 10 the
nominee Of this Convention, whoever ne
may be, next November. He was the
only speaker Of the day who ignored the
tariff question for an issue which is more
vital at least to the Republicans Of the
South. "The Republicans at Mime
apolis," said he, "have written upon
their platform a menace TO the people
of the country in the new force BILL AS
sure as Benjamin Harrison is elected
and the next Congress is Republican,
we will have force bill such as the in
genuity Of John Davenport or the Devil
may suggest. Deafening cheers.
The Hon. w. L. Wilson, Of West
Virginia, is admitted by all TO have
made the speech OF his life in assuming
the gavel as the permanent Chairman
of the Convention. A speech from this
distinguished tariff refOrmer Of the
Democratic party would not be typical
OF his greatness, II it were not largely
devoted TO the tariff reform movement.
In all his speech there was not stale
expression, not a single hackneyed
phase so common TO campaign oratory.
There is no self-goyernment where
the people do not control their own !
elections and lay their own taxes" was |
the first indirect allusion to the Force |
By ss6tlmieGt, ant" the 1iGhGmdt6' Wig |
wan reverberated with storm OF en- |
thusiasm that would have rivaled the !
atmospheric cyclone that was tearfully |
expected on the outside just at thlS |
time. He denOunced the political meth
DDS of the Republican party by saying |
that in every campaign the privilege |
of taxing the people would De
sold for contributions to corrupt |
them at the polls, and that every VIC
tory a new Mckinley bill would be en- |
acted TO repay their contributions with |
taxes wrung from the people. Repuo-
lican reciprocity he denounced as being |
but retaliation upon our people for the |
necessities of other people. lie epito-
mized the Republican doctrine OF pro-
lection by saying it meant "it others
are forced by their necessities or led by !
their follieS to make bread higher and .
to the people, you will make |
shoes and sugar higher ana scarcer 10
our people"
Atten o'clock this morning the yawn-
ini chairs in the great galleries circllng
the delegates well in the convention
hall, were occupied by early boomers.
Showers through the night had washed
Yesterdays smoke from the air and this
mornings accumulation Of SCOT had not
begun when the streams OF people COM
menced to enter. The sun shone bright
ly between the joists that upheld the
roof of the wigwam.
The place was drying out. The cell
lar.like atmosphere of yesterday was
changed.
This crowd felt the brighter infuen-
ces. The band came early and began
business at once.
When the hour for the session came
fifteen thousand faces, shining white
around the upper gallery, dimly in the
shadow Of the lower gallery and upon
the floor Of the convention. The dele
cations came mostly as individuals,
although the New York delegation
marched to its place in the centre Of
the hall in solid body amid cheers.
The committee on rules was still in SEES
sion considering whether they would
fix the rules so that States which have
adopted the unit rule since arriving
here should be permitted to vote solidly
or not. 1t is insisted by the sub-com-
mittee that formulated the rules that
the proposed unit rule is not intended
to affect Cleveland'S candidacy.
At exactly 1880, Rev. Aldred Fl. Hen
~, Of Chicago, was presented by Chair
man Owens to offer prayer. The Cler-
gyman especially remembered the reso-