The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-01

Henry, OF the Methodist EpiBc0peJ
Church of Chicago, to offer prayer. He
asked that the convention be guided to
choose representative OF modern pro-
gressive Democracy and prayed that the
party might proceed to victory not for
the spoils of Office. Just IA the prayer
concluded the Iowa phalanx entered the
ture OF Horace Boies borne in front of
them. There were cheers from all parts
Of the hall, and the band inappropriately
struck up Maryland, MY MARYLAND"
When the music ceased the temporary
chairman brought his gavel down and
announced that the first business Of the
convention would be the report of the
committee on credentials. He asked il
that committee was ready to report. Be-
fore any one could reply, Mr. Watson, OF
Minnesota, got the floor and in brief
speech moved that the courtesies of the
platform be extended to ex-Senators Jas
r Doolittle and Lyman Trumbull. The
chair declared this motion carried with
out putting it. The chairman again ask
ed If the committee on credentials were
ready to report.
Mr, Shaw, of Maryland, from the ex-
treme rear of the hall, replied that they
were not
The chair-"At what time can the COM
mittee state that they will be resdyY
Mr.. Shaw-'Not before two O'Clock"
This announcement was received with
subdued murmcr of disappointment.
The chairman enluired what was the
next pleasure of the convention, the COM
mittee not being ready to report.
MI. Bronson, of Kentucky, got the
floor and moved that the chair appoint q
committee of two to wait on the COM
mittee on credentials and ask when they
would be ready to report.
The motion was agreed to, and Mr..
Bronson, of Kentucky, and Mr.. Pollard,
of Indiana. were appoiLtcd.
Mr.. English, Of Indiana, chairman of
the committee on rules and order of bus
mess, then took the platform and read
the committees report as follows: AS
chairman of the committee on rules and
order of business have been instructed
by a majority of that committee to sub
nit the following report;
We recommend that the following or
der of business be observed in this CON
vention:
Report of committee on creden-
tials.
2-Report of the committee on organi.
zation.
3-Report of the committee on resolu.
tions and platform.
4-Report of the committee on ncmi.
nation of the President of the United
States.
5-Report of the committee on nomi
ination of Vice President of the United
States.
Your committee further recommends
that the rules of the last national Demo
cratic convention shall be adopted fol
the government of the convention.
To the surprise of the convention, nj
minority report was presented and OF
motion the majority report presented BY
Mr.. English was adopted without objec
ton.
The chairman asked If the committed
on resolutions was ready to report
There was no reply and in the interva
that followed the band struck up lively
air.
At the conclusion of this performance
Mr. Phelps, of Missouri, was recognized
to present a zinc gavcl. He said "Mr
Chairman, in behalf of the zinc producer:
this gavcl. not made from tin or stolen
from Nebraska homestead, but mineG
and made in Jasper county, Mo-, anG
bearing the inscription we need no pro
lection, as q protest against the mockery
Of legislation which imposes useless
tariff of thirty per cent upon the meta
as a preteXt for taxing the lamp, pick
shirt and blanket of the miner more thar
forty per cent. The miner is ready to d.
his part in giving the electoral vote o
Missouri to the nominees of the conven
tiOn by 10000 majority" The chairman
accepting the gavel repeated in substanc,
the remarks of Mr.. Phelps which hac
been almost inaudible to the convention
The chairman of the committee on reso
intions not being in sight the chairman
ordered the clerk to ask the delegation
to send to the desk the names of mem
bers of the national committee and ot
the committee or notification.
The roll call was about to proceed
when MI. Owens, of Kentucky, asked
how the State of Pennsylvania was re-
corded. Being advised, he said: ''Ir
the face Of that, | want to call the atten.
tion of the convention to the fact thai
New York is still Democratic"
There were mingled cheers at this an.
nouncement. Then the call of the roll
proceeded with the announcements being
greeted with cheers
There was minute of suspense an(
then the clerk announced thevote 564 ave-
and 342 noes. The announcement wa
greeted with Gu eering and waving of hats
The New York delegate proposed thre,
cheers for Henry Watterson and tn,
New York delegation gave them hearth
ly. Next came the second attack on the
platform-the opposition to the silvel
plank.
Mr. Patterson, of Colorado, said there
was point Of difference in the commit
tee on resolutions II related to the
coinage plank and the substitute that
some of the members from the South and
West offered considered the word free
before the coinage and substitute would
have it read as follows:
1--WE denoupce the Republican legisla.
tion known us the Sherman act of 1896
as cowardly makcshift fraught with
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