The Dickinson press., 1892-06-11
MCKINLEY CHOSEN,
Ohio's Gov. rnor is ELECTED .rmanent
Chairman of the Ma ional
Convention.
Nebraska Presents Temporary Chair
man Fassett With a Silver
Mounted Gavel

Mounted Gavel
MISNEAroL1s. juno S-TLrso 8 min
utes tfore tho hour for opening ths
second days proceedings Governor
Mckinley, the chairman elect, walked
down tho main aisle to the accompapi
ment If prolonged cheers. He boro no
role of manuscript and it was evident
that he hal prepared no set speech.
The still abundant looks of velcratle
Fred Douglass eau ,ht tho eyo of the
galleries soon afterwards. ard the great
colort Il orator and pioneer of emancioa-
tiop was warmly greeted. Ingalls, of
Kansas received another mark Of re-
cogri'ion as he entered. 1t is evident
that the galleries mean sooner or luter
to get speech out of the brilliant and
oaustic X ,nsas statesman. Amorg the
stinguished guests were George W.
Childs and party j1st returned from
Rocky Mountain trip CALIFORNIA; .
pne tanner Of yesterday was
supplemented by a handsome
blue standard borne by tho illinois dele
CATION and planted in tho main aisle.
bearing this description, "Illinois, LIN
coin. Grant. Logan" eltquontly sug
gestive that if tho convention chose to
add fourth name to that ilIustrious
trio "Barkis was willin'"
At II 1j Temporary Chairman Fassett
called tha convention to order aid
Bishop Whipple If Minnesota invoked
divine blessings. lion. L. Il Walker OF
Beatrice, Nob on b.half of tho Nc
braska delegation, presented Temporary
Chairman Fasset. with gavel made
from trees grown on tho first homesteal
in Nebraska. Tho gavol, ho said, was
mado of wood OF hardy growth and was
inlaid with silver. IL desire to return
my thanks to tho d.ieg ,tcs from
Neva 10 for. the Ruvel," suid Chair
man Fussott. Great laughter greeted
this mistake Of tho chairman.
II mean Nebraska" core C ed the
chan man, quickly There was SO
mnch silver IN tho tpaech that my mis-
take was Involuntary" Laughter I
The next thing in order was tho repor.
of the committee on crt tdentials ana
i)oaswell cf Massachusetts asked fol
further time and permission to sit con
lnuously. Spconer of Wisconsin was
m his feet III un iLsttnt On Lthalf Of
the administration men to spar
for an advantage and put
some interrcgations to Coeswell who
was also an administration nun but tied
and bcund st in tho committee by m
adverse III .jority. Cogswell had in the
commi tee endeavored to bring alb. ut u
report Of contests before tho permanent
roll was made up. Spooncr ask ei when
the convention might reasonable expect
the report. CogsWell's retort was uly
1t wns, he said. matter of personal
opinion, but if tle committees pro
ceedings were stts ndtd with reasonable
succ,ss They cou Il not hope to report
btfore tomorrow. Leave was granted
tho committee to sit continuously until
their Lahore were completed
A wild scene took place when the
Lockwood Of Idaho. reported the name
of Mckinley for rermunent chairman.
Mckinley did not deliver an eff hand
speech of acceptance. lie did not read
his address nor did he speak from notcs,
but the talk showed the evidence Of
careful preparation. nevertheless lie
is o declaimcr Of facts, woven, it is
true, into q succt skicn of we'll
rounded periods, the whole Icing
a sterling example of tho splendid
diction. But there arc no happy little
hits in tho 81 ecch by Mckinley. He
employees meme of the tricks Of tho aver
age political orator to carry his audience
with him, but notwi hssandipg this h
arried the convention this morning
Fessenden of Connecticut, Spooner OF
Wisconsin and Malone of Virginia
ESQ lted Mckinley to the chair A
magnificent ovation greeted the .goyer
nor. Temporary Chairman Fasselt in
troduced his successor.
Calls for Fred Douglas, the
colored orator. elicited simply
bow If acknowledgment.
Bingham of Pennsylvania presented the
r,rort # the rules committee, aud 1t was
adopts 4 by acchmation. The report
makes tharules Of the fifty. first congrt es,
Fem Reed'e, the rules of the convention,
"lth certain necessary notifications
Foraker arot Q in response to c,ll fol
The committee on resolutions, and the
CO .vention burst into applause, For
the committee he requested further
time to consider this rep r.. The ex
tension was granted and the roll Of
states was called for the names of the
now nation oil committee mn.
Varit US resolutions which have been
introduced and sent to the clerks desk
were road by title and r, ferred to the
committee on resolutions.
Delegate William Wallace Brown a..
Pennsylvania presented for rtfereDce t.,
The COMMITTEES IN resolutions plank
snbmith Il for insertion in the platform
by tho Political Equality club of Brad
foid, Pa. 1t notes with satie faction the
presence of women cl .cted to seats in
the convention, and heartily invokes
the co operation of ths women, without
tests Of party fealiy, in the selection Of
candidates for public offices.
"The next thing in tho LIST is the
nomination OF candidate for the presi
dency," eaid Chairman Mckinley
Cullom Of Illinois srcss to o question
as to tho regularity of this order of bust
ness, but tko convention, supposing he
had arisen to place someone III nomina-
tlou, comPilmenteu me uStlngulshed
Illino:san with prolonged applause
The senator was embarrassed, but
quickly stat. that he arose to a cues
ton of regularity of the proceedings of
making nominatir s speeches before the
adoption of the reports of the commit
tees on credentials and rts ,lntions. A
glance at tie rules showed that the
nominations could not be made until
The reports of tho committees had been
received, and on motion of DeYoung OF
California tho convention adjourned un
til IL O'Clock tomorrow,
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