The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-06-22
CoNyENTIoN opENED.
Temporary Organization Effected an
an Adjournment Taken.

CONVENTION OPENED.
Temporary Organization Effected and
an Adjournment Taken.
CHICAGO, June 21.-At 11:25 o'clock the
delegates began slowly assembling at the
convention hall. a heavy rain COM
menced falling, but the storm was of brief
duration and in few minutes the storm
broke, the clouds drifted away and the
sun broke forth clear and bright.
At 12:48 Senator Brice mounted the
platform and raped the assemblage to
order.
Rev. John Rouse was presented and of
fered prayer.
Secretary Sheerin announced the tenn
porary organization: w. C.. Owen of
kentucky, Temporary Chairman; S. p.
Sheerln, Secretary; Nicolaus a. Bell of
Missouri, Principal Reading Clerk; Rich
ard a. Bright OF Indiana, Sergeant-at-
Arms.
OWENS SPEECH.
Owens was conducted to the chair amid
applause and spoke as follows:
Two great dangers menace the Demo-
cratic party-one external and the other
internal. The first is the organized ma
chlnery OF organized capital, supported
by the whole power of the Government,
and the second, the tendency among
Democrats 10 make issues among them
selves. Two needs, therefore, stand be-
fore US indispensable to success-unity
and harmony. OF one, this chair and
gavel stand representative; it remains for
you TO supply the other. In this spirit [
greet you, fellow-D Democrats, as the adj
vance guard OF the grand army sent for
ward TO blaze Il pathway to victory.
"How momentous is your response
bllity, need not tell you. If you work
IN wisdom, the millions toiling in the
shop, and mine and field will rise and
call you blessed. The roll-call of the Re-
public attests its heart and conscience are
with us III our war with the representa-
tiveS of greed.
The best thought of our party is a
platform that challenges appreciation and
invites the support of the people. We
can succeed, but we must do more-we
must deserve success. Above the wreck,
II need be, Of selfish combinations, we
must rear a temple to the plain people
and build shrine so broad that every
lover of his kind may kneel The bur
den must be lifted from the back of toll,
and to that end it has the right to de-
mand that whoever bears our banner
must lift it above the smoke of the con-
tlict and the din of faction, that every
Democrat of the Union may follow it's
lead. III eXultant in the Irresistible COM
bat, let us not mistake that the gravity of
the situation demands the broadcast pa
trlotlSm and every needful sacrifice. Our
work but begins here under the sun of
summer, and in the frosts Of autumn we
must carry it forward with unialtering
courage to triumphant close"
The speaker proceeded TO characterize
the coming campaign as one of education,
to teach the people everywhere their true
relation to the taX-gatherer. They must
learn that no railroad Presidents cham
pon trlbunes of the people no task
masters write our tariff bills.
They must learn that for personal and
political advantages their country is men,
aced by threats of war, and will learn
with shame and regret that on the day the
warllke message of their President was
read in Congress the peaceful response of
the little eight-by-ten Republic, Chile,
accepting the terms of the Presidential
ultimatum, was iread in every capital of
the world"
The speaker proceeded to denounce the
'Billion dollar'' Congress, and closed as
follows: 'Impelled by one purpose, the
public good, we will free ourselves from
the chickering's and heartburns that char
acterlzed the Republican party when its
Marshal Ney went down at Minneapolis
before the mailed legions of the bread
and-butter brigade"
RoLL-CALL FOR COMMITTEES.
At the close OF OWENS speech, on mo-
ton of Delegate White of California, the
roll was called for the constitution of the
Committee on Credentials, Rules, Order
of Business, Permanent Organization and
Resolutions.
All the resolutions and communications
were ordered referred to the Committee
on Resolutions.
The name of Burke Cochran was Sc
lected for New York on the Credentials
Committee, and it caused great cheering.
The rules governing the last National
Convention were then adopted.
Holdmau from Oregon announced that
he had just received a telegram from
Portland, Or, that that city had given
1000 Democratic majority instead of z, 600
Republican, as heretofore. This was re-
ceived with applause.
The Committee on Permanent Organi-
zation met this afternoon and selected w.
l.. Wilson Of West Virginia as permanent
Chairman, and 5. i. Sheerin Of Indiana
as permanent Secretary.
SYMPATHY FOR BLAINE.
Caple Of Illinois offered the following:
ResolUed, This convention tenders its pro-
found sympathy to that distinguished Ameri-
can, James @. Blaine, i'll the heavy a1filction
which has peiallen him.
The reading was interrupted by loud
applause.
The resolution was adopted unani-
mously. sweet of Maine thanked the
convention. Tor its sympathy to the dis
tinguished resident of that State. God
forbid, he said, THAT the Democracy of
Maine or any other State should hesitate
to tender its sympathy in the presence of
the grim tyrant who wipes out all politi-
cal lines and levels all ranks"
At p. NJ. the convention adjourned I'M
til IL o'clock tomorrow.