Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-28
ILLINOIS FOR GROVER.
Colonel Morrison SwoOps Down on
the Convention and Speedily
CAPTURES 1T FOR CLEVELAND.
A Rabid Free Trade Speech by the Chair
man, but He Is Loudly
CALLED TO TINE BY THE DELEGATES
CAPTURES 1T FOR CLEVELAND.
CALLED TO TINE BY THE DELEGATES

Snaplaln laylor, OF Sprlngnelu, MI. fnelp
congratulated the convention on the au.
picious omen under which it had been a.
sembled, saying:
To-day for the first time for quarter G
century you meet within the confines of
Democratic State. [Applause.1 For nearl
three quarters of Il century you have bee
in what to anybody but Democrats woul'
few years ago there was Republican ma
jority of over $4,000 votes, while to-day tina
great party, fallen from its high estate
stands a mere forlorn hope, intrenched amit
expecting its final overthrow, and we vii
en- ieavor to see that in this respect 1t meet
you also that this proud Common wealth o.
Illinois has to-day, for the first time in ovel
quarter of century, the honor of being
represented in the Senate of the United
States by one entirely worthy to wear th,
toga ot a Senator-our proud and trusted
leader, and distinguished and patriotic sol
dier and statesman, General John NJ. Pal
mer. Enthusiastic cheers and applause.
Rabd Free Trade Speech Next
He then introduced as temporary chair
man of the convention Hon. James r. Will
iams Congressman Williams speech was
largely devoted to the tariff He bitterly
denounced the Mckinley bill, against which
he said, the people of the country had pro-
nounced the verdict guilty" in 1890. He
added:
We are here to record in our platform that
verdict with all the emphasis with which j:
was rendered. The patriotic work of tariff
reform, SO plainly and so bravely outlined in
lsSS by that living idol of Democracy, Grover
Cleveland, is still unfinished, and will con.
tinue SO until every burden of unjust taxa.
tion shall be removed from the shoulders OF
our people.
Congressman Williams then denounced
the Mckinley tariff as outrageously dis
SnrIp alr1ot t1nrr in Of ind VII orod
corporations who had contributed literally
to the Republican campaign fund. He said
that MeKinley's prediction that the in
creased duty on woolen goods would pro-
hibit the importation of such goods to a
large extent, and reduce the revenues from
that source, had been confirmed by the re-
suits, as the Government had received
nearly So, ,0OO, 900 less revenue on woolens in
1891 than 1890, ''thus bringing less wooden
goods into the country and less revenues
into the treasury, but more protection into
the pockets of the manufacturers If the
Government is to support one class of our
citizens in this way" he continued, "why
not support all? And when that happy
Gay arrives when the Government shall
Support all the people, who will support
HE Government"
Cheers for Cleveland and Palmer
As the Palmer men had applauded the
mention of their leaders name in the speech
Of Mr.. Phelps, SO the Cleveland forces
eheered to the echo the name of the ex-
President, and paid glowing tribute to his
tariff policy, But as Chairman Williams
speech began 10 grow long the delegates
began to grow weary, and interrupted the
Chairman with frequent cries of ''Time!
time" The Chairman believing these in
terruptions to be inspired by the reports
hot ha nd @o
instructions for Palmer, remarked in the
course of his speech: 81 am not here in the
interest of any candidate, but in the interest
OF Democratic principles" Enthusiastic
applause followed this announcement, and
cries from the gallery OF ''Time! Timep'
At the conclusion of Mr.. Williams
speech the announcement was made of
State Committeeman, Presidential electors
aud district delegates to the National Con-
rention at Chicago. The various Conven-
tion Committees were appointed, and quick
ly following the announcement of the
committees the Palmer men gained the first
victory of the day by the adoption of a mo-
tion to refer all resolutions to the Commit
tee on Resolutions without debate, thus
preventing the reading of any extravagant
Cleveland resolution in the convention.
Principal Points of the Platform.
A prolonged squabble then followed over
a motion for temporary adjournment, the
Altgeld forces fighting for one days ses-
sion and those opposing for a two days ses-
sion. The Altgeld resolution finally car
ried, and the convention adjourned to reas-
semble at 4:30 in the afternoon.
Immediately after the meeting of the |
various Congressional delegations and the |
selection of committeeman, the Committee |
on Resolutions met and began the prepara-
tion of the platform. The material points |
were quickly agreed upon. The Mckinley |
tariff law was denounced and the |
tariff planks of the Democratic plat |
form of 1885 and 1888 reaffirmed. |
The financial plank declares for a |
gold and silver standard, the establishment |
of a currency that will be convertible with |
out loss to the holder, and the fixing of |
ratio by an international monetary confer |
ence, so that parity may be maintained and |
all mints thrown open to free coinage A
declaration is made in favor of electing |
Senators by popular vote, and unrelenting |
war on trusts and combines designed to de- |
grade wage earners is proclaimed. The |
platform denounces the State compulsory |
education law by the RepublicanLegislature
A. E. Stevenson, C. E Crafts, B. T. Cable, |
n. E Worthington, A. Green, A. Walter |
Watson, John A. King and A. Chase were |
elected delegates at large.
The State Ticket Named
Senator O'Connor placed in nomination |
for Governor John P. Altgeld, of Chicago.
as candidate who would appeal to the |
great mass of laboring men; a man who sis |
pre-emnentlv selt-made man. his courage |
and patriotism were manifested at the early |
age of 16 by his enlistment as a private in |
the Union army; upon the bench fea rless, |
honest Judge, and who, as a business man |
and hnancier, mas proven his ability by his
Success
A. d. Webber seconded Altgeld's nomi- |
nation as q candidate whom the Germans |
would recognize as the dellverer from the |
most tyrannical infringement upon their |
rights as German American citizens and as
Democrats
General John c. Black was then put in |
Altgeld was elected the can
didate for Governor on the first ballot
David Gore, was nominated for Auditor
of State, and Joseph B. Gill for Lieutenant
Governor, by reclamation, as was also w. |
ID. Heinrichsen, for Secretary of State.
j ohm c. Black and Andrew j. Hunter were
also nominated for Congressman at Large by
By noon to-day everybody saw that
Colonel William R. Morrison and the other
adherents of the e1-President were going to
run the convention. The Chicago delegates
came here with a number of pie-crust prom
ises of adherence to Palmer, not a few of
them declaring for almost anybody to beat
Cleveland. Under the skillful and potep-
tial manipulation of Colonel Nor son and
his lieutenants, however, their minds soon
underwent a change, and the result was
that they were soon captured for the idol of
the Mugwumps
The convention adjourned shortly after
IL o'clock, having instructed the delegates