The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-05

PiOposCu dIl amendment Striking out the
clause providing for the retirement of all
except the two leaders after the second
ballot. and the amendment prevailed by
large majority, leaving the rules in this
matter as is customary in national
conventions. The convention then took a
recess of twenty minutes TO witness
Omaha's Fourth of July parade as it
passed the convention hall. Instead of
twenty minutes it was nearly an hour be-
fore the convention resumed business. The
roll OF states was then called and each an
nounced the names of its members Of the
national committee. Washington chose
Dolph B. Hanna, NJ. F. Knox and c. W.
Young.
Then n storm was precipitated by the
chairman of the resolutions committee Of
fering a resolution calling attention to the
fact that the ticket agents in Washington
and other states on the line of the Union
Pacific railway did not receive instruc-
tions 10 grant delegates to the convention
the usual reduction of fares, and appoint
ing committee to communicate with
railroad officials to have the mistake rec
tilted. 4 delegate moved that the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern roads be
included in the resolution.
Delegate Marion, of California. protested
against the resolution as prohibiting a
want OF independence of spirit in the con-
ventlon. His denunciation of the roads
led to the liveliest scene of the day. He
said:
/ want this convention to understand that
it is not by accident or oversight that the Pacific
coast delegates have been overlooked. Our re-
quest for the customary courtesy was denied
deliberately and with iusoience. | do not
want this convention, so far as California is
concerned, to go back 10 that railroad cap in
hand and ask for any privilege whatever. [Tu-
multuous cheering.l Democrats and Repu5li-
cans secured half fares, but we, the producers
OF the earth, have been refused equal terms
We can stand the refusal. We can tell those
railway companies [the speakers tones rang
from end to end of the hall that the people will
own and operate those roads yet.
The enthusiasm and passion Of the
speaker extended to the audience. Every
member rose and cheers rent the air. The
Montana delegation indorsed the senti-
ment of California, and so did Ore
gon. The chairman of the resolu-
tions committee then withdrew the
resolution. On motion of New
York it was decided to bring the matter
before the interstate commerce commits
sion, to decide whether the law permitted
railroads to discriminate in favor of one
national political convention against an
other. The committee on resoiutians not
being ready to report, recess was taken
till 2 p. m.
1t was 2:07 o'clock when the chairman
called the afternoon session to order, but
it was 3 p. m. before business began. A
motion was carried that the resolution
committee report such parts of the platform
as were ready. This was apparently the
first move on the part of the Weaver men
to hasten ballot. A suspicion had gained
currency that the committee on resoiu-
tiOns were not anxious to make progress,
for the reason that it as whole prefers
Judge Gresham for candidate, and wanted
time to get an agreement from him
that he would let the convention nomi-
nate him. The motion was carried but the
committee reported that it was not pre-
pared just yet to make even a partial re-
port. Ward, of Missouri, moved to sus-
pend the rules and proceed to ballot for
the nomination of candidates. This was
seconded, but there was no intention
on the part of the ardent Gresham
men to give up hope, and the
Illinois delegates made a point of
order that the motion was contrary to the
rules. The chairman overruled the point
of order on the ground that the convention
could do as it pleased. Wards motion
was then tabled, on motion of Ellington,
of Georgia. Lamb, of Texas, a Weaver
man, and also working for Terrill
for vice president moved to
adopt the entire st. Louis platform
as the party platform. Brown, of Massa-
chusetts, declared that the st. Louis plat
form was one upon which the organiza-
tions of united labor stood. They did not
intend that anything should be taken
from it or added to it. If the committee
desire additional resolutions they
may move them when they re-
turn. Therefore let us adopt the st.
Louis platform and proceeded with the
principles which are to smash the plu-
tocracy. Let the nominating speeches be
made on the Fourth of July. the natal day
of the country's independence. NOVEL;
of Tennessee objected to the attempt to
form precedent, and Manning, the boy
orator of Alabama, added his quota.
The effect of the proceedings in the con-
vention was to alarm the resolutions COM
mittee. They became stampeded and
soon filed on the stage with a
platform hastily brought to completion.
Their appearance removed the cause for
the fight on the floor, and the convention
became silent while Thomas Gator, of
California, read the preamble unanimously
reported. At the conclusion of its reading
Gator asked that it be adopted. and
this was done unanimously. The pre-
amble is the same as printed Monday
morning, with the exception of the last
paragraph about railroads, for which the
following was substituted.
Third-We believe the time has come when
railroad corporations will either own the people
or the people must own the railroads, and should
the government enter upon the work OF holding
and managing any or all railroads, we should
favor an amendment to the constitution by
which all persons engaged in the gov
ernment service shall be placed under
civil service regulation of the most rigid char
scter so as TO prevent increase OF power OF the
national administration by the use of such addi-
tional government employees.
The platform proper is as follows:
We demand q national currency, safe sound
and flexible issued by the general government,
full legal tender for all debts, public
and private, and that without using banking
corporations just, equitable and sufficient dis
TIL button 10 the people on u tax not to exceed 2
per cent per annum. TO De provided IS set forth
in the sub-treasury plan of the Farmers ALI
anee or better system, also by payments
in discharge of its obligations for pub
lie Improvements. We demand the
free and unlimited coinage oi silver and gold IT
the present legal ratio of sixteen TO one We
demand that the amount OF our circulating
medium be speedily increased 20 not less than