Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-24
wArrERsON's FIGHT
For the Insertion Of the Tariff Plank,
which Was His LIES Hope.

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which Was His LIES Hope.
CHICAGO, June GA band that has
been an accompaniment Of so many Ma
tional Conventions that it may well
claim tue exemptions and considera-
tions OF a veteran, startled the 10000
people in the National Democratic Con-
vention at o'clock last night by the
air OF 1--WE Won't 60 Home Till Morn
ing" There was no particular occasion
FOR suggestive refrain just at that
time except that the Convention was in
the depth Of a labyrinth Of confusion,
but the results show that the spirit OF
prophesy which had seized the leader
OF that band was we'll justified by the
events that followed.
The heavens were suffused with the
yellow light Of dawn when the chair
nan az last declared the convention ad-
lourned, and as the thousands Of Dem
ocrats filed out OF the hall shouting vic
torlously for Grover Cleveland, the
more exuberant as they looked in the
direction OF the rising sun and declared
that the hours for sleep had passed,
and so indeed they had, not only for
he victorious element, but for every
body else, for The streets have re-echOed
with ceaseless cheers for Grover Cleve-
and ever since his nomination was de-
sl1red unanimous az 4;20 o'clock this
morning.
Tammany was defiant to the end.
The greatest orator OF It's organization
vas marched forward at the last mo-
ment and as be hurled the greatest
political philippe OF the age into the
very teeth OF his opponents, the thou
lands Of Cleveland enthusiasts were con-
luered into admiration for his courage,
and no orator of the National COnven-
ZION Of 1892 received more respectful
consideration than was accorded to the
hon. Bourke Cochran, Of New Yosk.
At the conclusion, the vast hall rev.
srberated with enthusiastic tribute TO
his grandeur, but the die OF destiny had
been cast. The warning Of the eloquent
New Yorker was powerless TO check the
great tidal wave which twenty minutes
ater hurled from its crest the nOmina-
lion OF q great National convention at
,he feet OF Grover Cleveland.
The convention brought with 1t many
surprises. None was greater than that
the Committee on Resolutions should
have been repudiatei as disloyal to the
revenue reform principles OF the Demo-
cratic party, snd its tariff plank was
lwept aside for the substitution OF a
clause declaring against the principles
OF protection by maintaining that the
federal government has no power to i'm
pose tariff duties ia excess OF the reve-
uue necessities Of the government when
honestly and economically administered.
In Democratic convention controlled
by friends Of Grover Cleveland
by over two TO one IL re-
NAMED for bis principal opponent,
Henry WatterSon, OF Kentucky, TO
challenge the very friends Of the
recognized leader Of tariff reform for
fAltering at the crucial moment and en-
deavoring to compromise aud temporize
with the burning issue Of the age. 1t
was the inYlncible logic OF Watterson,
uttered with an emotion almost terrible |
In rs intensity, that caused the conven-
ton % pause on the brink; and so ably |
was the great kentuckian supported by |
the fiery Neal Of Ohio, who opened the |
Eight as Q dissenting member OF the |
committee, that wave OF sentiment, |
which ell the pleading OF Villas was |
poWerleSs to resist, swept over the as
sembly, and by vote OF nearly two TO |
one, the committees recommendation |
vas borne down and another launched |
On that political stream which flows in !
put one direction-tarif for revenue |
only.
For a time 1t was hard to make the |
friends OF Clevelandan the various dele !
cations believe that W8tterson'S move !
meut was not subteriuge OF the enc
ny. That the Kentuckian was glad to
avail himself OF every means to weaken
the prestige Of Cleveland, there is no
doubt; but when be declared that the
tArif declarations Of 1884 we're no lon
ger sufficient 70 meet the enlightened
views OF the Democratic party Of to-day
the convention agreed with him and
adopted Mr. Meals substitute regardless
Of its consequences on the Presidential
ballot.
Not until the States were passed and
the call Of Territories nearly through
was the nomination OF Cleveland on the
hrst ballot assured, 50 very doubtful,
indeed, was the fnal result But when
even the most sangulne Of his opponents
could DO longer hope the air OF de-
lection which spread throughout their
ranks told their opponents that victory
was theirs, and the cheers Of five
minutes did not suffice TO pronounce the
tribute OF the enthusiastic Democracy
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