Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-11

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ton of the election of national com
mittee man, but the chairman choke,
him off by saying amid laughter that th
convention accorded the Alabama dele
CATION further time to correct theil
arithmetic
A resolution was offered with the re
quest that it be read, There was objec
ton. Then the chairman impressively
announced that the next order of bust
ness was the presentation of names fol
president. A mighty cheer went nj
from the convention. The chair an
nounced that it had BEEN the custom il
past years to call the roll for the presen
tation of candidates. He asked whether
the convention wished this.
There wero mingled cries of syes" and
''no," and the chairman decided that the
convention desired to- follow preceden,
ordered the roll call.
Binine's Name Presented.
In the call of states Colorado is the
first state to respond, and Senator VOL.
cotf ascends the platform to nominate
James G. Blaine.
When Mr.. Wolcott ended again the
Blaine men We're on their feet cheering
and waving flags, handkerchiefs and
even umbrellas, Some In the galleries
began the cry Of "Blaine, Blaine, James
G. Blaine but the chairman raped for
order and the roll call proceeded slowly.
When Indiana was reached there was
applause, which was renewed ten-fold
when the venerable r.. w, Thompson
walked up the aisle and took the plat
form, Standing with fan clutched in
both hands Mr., Thompson placed Har-
rison In nomination.
Rival Demonstrations.
The counter demonstration Of the Har-
rison men came with enthusiasm. Fans
and umbrellas were in the air--delegates
stood on their seats and the Hon. Fred
Douglass waving his white hat on top of
his cane, led the cheering, that was sus-
tanned for two minutes or more. The
chairman sat down until the tumult
subsidized. Then he ordered the call con-
timed
Aiger Out Of the Race.
When Michigan was reached some one
in the galleries cried out, whats the
matter with Alger?" but there was only
a slight laugh from the convention.
Then Minnesota was called and w.
ii. Eustis took the platform to second
the nomination of Blaine,
The Biains Bathurst.
Just as the applause for Mr.. Eustis
speech was dying out, Mrs. r.. c.,
Kerens, wife of the national committee
man from Missouri, and Mrs. Carson
Lake, OF New York, who sat beside her,
started the cheering again, waving their
parasols. The convention went wild
then. The delegates climbed on their
chairs to see the two women on the plat
form behind the chairman cheering and
encouraging applause
Big Tom Reed sat just In front of Mrs.
Kerens and took up the movement. His
face melted into broad grin as he stood
up waving silk flag In honor of his
old-time enemy. t
4 All over the convention hall the dele
gates were crying Blaine, Blaine, James
q. Blaine" The confusion was indie
scribable and the noise deafening. 1t
eliminated when the band struck up.
No one could tell what 1t was playing.
Only the steady beat of the bass drum
could be heard above the din.
When the band stopped the cheering
did not. Mrs. Kerens' companion fold
ed her white parasol and waved silk
flag almost over the chairman's head.
1t fed the fame of the conventions ex-
citement anew. The t.Blaine, Blaine,
James G, Blainen men fell into har-
mony and the cry went up from $1,000
voices as from one, while The stamping
of feet that accompanied it made the
big convention hall tremble.
Again the band struck up and played
n ouicksten. An Illinois delegate stand
ing on his feet, a fan in his hand, led the
chorus of "Blaine, Blaine, James G.
Blaine," ON the floor with both arms out
stretched like the leader of chorus in
comic opera. After nearly twenty min
utes of confusion and noise the conven-
ton began to tire and dsubside little, but