Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-09

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mol" and laughter.l That is to be the
platform of our political opponents this
year What does it mean, you say.
Study President Cleveland's utterances
from the first one he made in New York
when he said he did not know any
thing about tariff, until his last
one in Rhode leland. and
you come away ignorant and uninformed
as to what tariff reform means. Since
the war there have been three great
tariff reform bills proposed by the
Democratic leaders, none of them
alike; neither OF them with the same
free list; neither of them with the same
tariff list; neither of them with the
same duty; but all made by the Demo-
cratic party upon the same principle to
symbolize and represent tariff reform.
You may 60 to Mills; you may 90 to
Springer, and you will find they differ
totally; but you may 60 to the house of
representatives at Washington, which
was elected distinctively upon what
they call the tariff reform issue, with q
two-thirds majority in the house, and
what do you find? They pass
three bills; let me name them
First-Free tin plate, leaving the
sheet steel from which it is
made, tariffed, that is the finished prod
uct free and the raw material bearing q
duty. Second-Free wool to the manu-
facturer and fairfield cloth to the con-
sumer. Third = Free cotton to the
cotton states; tariffed hoop iron to all
the rest of the states. That is their
idea OF tariff reform. Gentlemen of the
convention, how do you like it? This
contest that we enter upon is for the
maintenance of protection and reci-
procity. s[Applause.I land want to say
here that there is not line in that tariff
bill that is not American. There is not
a passage that is not patriotic. There is
not page that does not represent Amer
icanisms, and the highest possibilities of
American citizenship" fGreat APP
FPlause.l
The speaker continued at some length
I'm eulogy of the protective tariff and
ridicule Of tariff reform, as exemplified
in the efforts of the Democratic party in
that direction, and was loudly and FREE
quently applauded.
FRED DOUGLASS CALLED FOR.
At the conclusion of McKinley's
speech Hon. Fred Douglass, the colored
orator, was called for. He bowed his
acknowledgment.
Hon. Henry Bingham of Pennsylvania
presented the report of the committee
on rules, making the rules of the fifty
first congress the rules of the conven-
ton. Adopted.
Governor Foraker, in behalf of the
committee on resolutions, requested
further time, and the request was
granted.
The roll of states was then called for
names of the national committee. When
Iowa's name was called and Clarkson' q
name was announced, cheer after cheer
followed from the Blaine delegates.
Similar demonstrations followed the
mention OF the names of j. H. Manly OF
Maine and VIM. Malone of Virginia.
When Missouri was reached and the
name of Richard G. Kerens was pre-
sented, the Harrison delegates made a
grand counter-demonstration.
Various resolutions and petitions
which had been sent to the clerks desk
were referred to the committee on reso,
lutions withot repding.
THE CHAIRMAN's MISTAKE.
Chairman Mckinley then said the
next thing on the list was to nominate
candidates for the presidency.
Senator Cullom rose and was greeted
by loud applause, on the supposition
that the distinguished Illinoisian had
risen to place some one in nomination.
Cullom said, however. that he arose
merely to question the regularity of
proceeding to nominating speeches be-
fore the adoption of the reports on COM
mittees on credentials and resolutions.
A glance at the rules showed that nomi
nations could not be made until the re-
ports Of committees had been received.
On motion of Hon. M. HI. De Young
of California, the convention adjourned
until IL q. m. tomorrow.