Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-06-24
THE vICE-PRESIDENCY.

The nomination of Adlai E. Stevenson
OF Illinois, for vice-president was anothe
surprise. Gray, of Indiana, was counted
on, and failure to nominate him is con
sidered by very many influential delegates
as mistake. Ex.Congressman N. w
Worthington, in nominating Stevenson
said: MIR. Chairman and fellow dele
gates, Illinois has presented no presiden-
tial candidate to this convention. 1t has
within it's borders more than one favorite
son whom it would delight to honor and
who are worthy OF all the political honors
that could be conferred upon them, but
here in this great city Of Chicago, in
this great commonwealth of Illinois,
bordering upon the lake and the
Mississippi to the center of this great re-
public, the Democracy, catching the vi
bratlon of the swell that came from the
south and east and the west, cast aside it's
favorite sons, for the time buried it's state
pride, and echoing back to Texas, Con-
necticut and California with 48 votes,
shouted the name Of Grover Cleveland.
(Applause). But for the vice-presidency,
for the second highest place in the gift of
the people, it has q candidate 40 fully
equipped by nature and education that it
feels that it would be political fault to
fail to urge his name for nomination be-
fore you. l stand here, then, gentlemen,
to name as candidate for that position
man that is known by every woman
and child and voter that ever licked a
postage stamp in every village and ham
let in the land (applause) big-bodied,
bie-hearted, big-brained man. A man OF
commanding presence, of dignifed mien,
whose courtesy in his every day manners
is rarely equalled and never excelled a
man who in the administration of his
duties in the last Democratic administra-
ton was the beau.ideal of an honest, hon.
orable, useful and efficient Democratic
office-holder. Like his great leader who
bears your banner, he believes that pub
lie office is public trust, but he believes
also that the Democrats are the best
trustees of the public trust"
THE SILVER QUESTION.
After the report Of the committee on
platform had been laid before the conven-
ton, member Of the Missouri delegation
said to one of his associates: eve had
better stop the silver question where we
have it now"
Mr.. Patterson, Of Colorado, representa-
tive of the minority report of the COM
mittee on resolutions took the platform
and as be commenced to speak there were
loud and repeated calls from several dele
gates for recognition and the chairman
said: The gentleman from Colorado is
recognized and the convention must come
to order. After the chairman had sue
ceeded in partially restoring order
Mr.. Patterson said: Mr.. Chairman
and gentlemen Of the conven-
tion,i there WAS another matter
of difference between the committee on
platform. The difference relates to the
coinage plank. (Hisses). And is en-
braced in the size Of single word and
a substitute of some principles from the
south, and the phrase consists in the ad-
ditional word Of four letters "free." The
speaker addressing you accepts the
amendment that is suggested
by the word. 1t is word Of four letters
only, and that word is Gree" The sub
stitute offered is the resolution of the
committee word for word with the addi-
ton of the simple word that l have
suggested. desire for the information
Of the delegation to read the substitute as
it is ave denounce the Republican
legislation known as the Sherman act of
1890 as a cowardly makeshift, franght
with possibilities of danger in the future
which should make all of it's supporters
as well as its author anxious for its speedy
repeal. We hold to the use OF both gold
and silver as standard metal of the
country and to the free coinage of gold and
silver without discrimination against
either metal OF charge for mintage.
The convention declined to re-insert the
word "free" before the the words "coin-
age OF gold and silver" and thus put its
stamp OF disapproval on "free coinage"