Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-09

| PROPOSED cy Democratic leaders. none cs tne,u
alike, neither of them with the same tariff list
neither of them with the saxas free list nasthat
| Of them w1tA the same rates Of duty. but ali
made BY the Democratic party upon the same
principle 70 symbolic and represent tariff re-
form.
| You may gotO Mills, you may 60 70 Springer.
and you win find they differ totally but you
may so to the house of representatives at
Washington. which was elected distinctively
two-thirds majority in the house, and what do
you lnd7 They pass three bills
Let me name them: First. free tin plate,
leaving sheet steel. from which il is made,
Aariffed: that Ia. the finished product free aud
the raw material hearing aduty. Second, free
wool 70 the manufacturer aud tariffed cloth
70 the consumer. Third, free cotton ties 20 the
cotton states and tariffed hoop iron 60 all the
rest OF the states That is their idea OF tariff
reform. Gentlemen of the convention, how
do you like it1
This contest that we enter upon Is for the
maintenance of protection and reciprocity
and want 20 say here that there Is not line
In that tariff bill that is not American, there
Is mos passage that fs not patriotic. there Is
not page that does nos represent true Amer
icanism and the highest possibilities of Amer
lean citizenship. We arc To declare our
selves upon other questions here today. We
are to declare ourselves upon the question of
= free ballot and fair count.
No platform should ever be made that does
not reiterate that great constitutional guar
antee; no Republican speech should ever be-
made that does not insist firmly and resolutely
that that great constitutional guaranty shall
be a living brthright, notna cold formality OF
constitutional enactment. but q living thing
which the poorest and humhlest may cen.
hdently enjoy, and which the richest and most
powerful dare not deny.
We can well leave the committee on resolu-
tons the duty of making platform that shall
the heat thnnOhls and tho hest ideas
and the best wisdom of tho Republican party.
When we 70 out of this convention upon n
true Republican platform, we go out march
ing To victory, no matter what name may
carry the banner.
Calls for Fred Douglass.
The tariff declaration of Mr.. McKin-
ley seemed to strike the right chord of
the convention, and when he said that
1--WE, as a nation, should not tax our
tions To tax" he presented a summing
up of the Republican doctrine which
was received with applause.
When Mckinley had concluded there
were loud calls by the galleries, which
apprehended short session, for Fred
Douglass, but Mr.. Douglass declined to
interrupt the proceedings, and his ad
mirers were forced to be contented with
q bow.
General Bingham's deliverance of the
report of the committee on rules was
highly important and interesting as in
dicating the course of the proceedings
and of the restrictions that are To hedge
about the balloting.
One of the important rules designed
prevent what is called stampede" is
that which prohibits changes in the vote
of delegations during ballot after that
vote has once been recorded, except in
case of q numerical error.
The rules as reported further provide
for the reference of all resolutions to the
platform committee without debate, and
not until their report, too, has been dis
posed of is the work of placing the
names of candidates for the presidency
before the convention to begin.
The New National Committee.
The new national committee, as re-
ported to the convention, is as follows:
Arkansas, Powell Clayton; California,
NJ. II. DeYoung; Colorado, j. +. Saun-
ders; Connecticut, Samuel Fessenden;
Florida. John q. Long; Georgia, Will
lam w. Brown; Idaho, George l.. Shoup;
Illinois, w. j. Campbell; Iowa, ]. S.
Clarkson; Kansas, Cyrus Laland; Ken
lucky, w. o. Bradley; Maine, j. II.
Manley; Maryland, James S. Garry;
Massachusetts, w. Murray Crane; Mich
igan, George w. Merriam; Missouri, r.
G. Karins; Montana, A. g. Botkin; New
Hampshire, r. q. Cheny; New Jersey,
Garret A. Hobart; New York, f. s.
Withorbee, North Dakotah, III. c. Hans
brough; Ohio, William M. Han: Oregon,
Jose II. Simon; Rhode Island, Isaac M.
Potter; South Carolina, e. M. Rrayton;
South Dakota, j. b. Kittredge; Ten
nessee, George w. Hill; Vermont, Mason
r. Holbert; Virginia, William Malone;
Washington, Nelson Bennett; West Vir-
ginia, N B. Scott; Wisconsin, Harry g.
Paine; Wyoming, Joseph NJ. Carey; Ari-
zona, William Grifford.
District of Columbia, Perry Carson;
New Mexico, Thomas B. Catron; Ala
bama, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota,
Mississippi. Nebraska, Nevada, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas. Okla
homa and Utah asked for further time
in which to make their selections.
After the names of the national COM
mitteemen had been presented Chair
man Mckinley announced as the next
business in order the presentation of
candidates for the nomination for presi-
dent, but was pulled up with short
turn by Senator Ingalls,, who called for
the reading of rule 6, which prohibited
proceeding to nomination until after
the adoption of the platform. On mo-
tion of California delegate the conven-
ton then adjourned, and a rush was
made for the open air.