The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-22

OF Illinois, w. A. Doyle OF Pennsylvania,
Hambleton Shepard OF Virginia, Clinton
Tillery of Missouri L. f. Rowley Of Michi-
gan, Robert E. Wilson OF Mississippi, ,
Charles r DeFrsest Of New York, Charles
j. Starin Of Illinois.
Principal Reading Clerk-Nicholas NJ.
Bell of Missouri
son OF Indiana, Cato Sells OF Iowa Bernard
Brown Of Montana, William L. Thompson
OF Michigan and Henry ]. Lyon of Ten-
nessee.
Sergeant-at-Arms-Ri J. Bright OF
Indiana.
Official enographer--Edward B. Dick
inson of New York.
Charles Jewett of Indiana, Thomas Will
son OF Minnesota and A. Il. Stevenson of
Illinois were named to attend Mr. Owens TO
the speakers chair,
After greeting of applause Mr.. Owens
addressed the convention. The speakers
voice penetrated to the farthest recesSes of
the galleries, aud his remarks were cheered
to the echo. At the close Of Mr.. Owens
speech, upon motion of Delegate White of
California, the roll was called for the cons
stitution Of the committees on credentials,
on rules and order of business, on perma-
nene organization and on resolutions, eacn
state to name one member OF each commit
tee.
All resolutions and communications sub.
miteed to the convention we're ordered re~
ferred to the resolutions committee.
THE FIRST APPLAUSE.
The first breeze of applause arose when
the state OF Wisconsin was called The
name Of Mr.. De Witt for the committee on
permanent organization passed without
comment. Gov. Flowers name caused
ripple, and Bourke Cockran's name was re-
ceived with a hearty burst of applause,
John W, Daniel Of Virginia was greeted
with hearty yelling. Alaska shouted Mich
olas Bell secretary, and paper was sent
from the lone delegate from the far away
north. Indian Territory sent up its list,
and the secretary shouted the name of w.
G. jackson thrice as member of the COM
mittee
w. H. Ingliss of Indiana moved a reso-
luton providing that all ex-union soldiers
be admitted to any vacant seats in the
galleries.
w. A. Collery Of Tennessee objected,
claiming that democrats on the ground
should be first admitted.
o. w. Orr of Kansan moved to amend
the resolution so that visiting democratic
organizations should be admitted to the
vacant seats, but the entire subject was re-
ferred on motion to the committee on resolu-
tions.
Delegate Holman of Oregon announced
that be had received telegram from Port
land, sOre., the strongest republican city
on the coast saying that the city had given
1000 democratic majority instead of the
1000 republican majority which had preVi-
ously been the case.
CONDOLING WITH BLAINE. s- ..---
Delegate Campbell OF Illinois then offered
this:
Resolved, That this convention tender its pro-
found sympathy to that distinguished Ameri-
can, James @. Blaine. in the heavy afflictiou
which has befallen him.
Its reading was interrupted with the loud
est applause up to that time, and when the
reading was finished the resolution was
adopted unanimously.
Mr.. SWEET Of the Maine delegation, IN be-
half OF the democracy of Maine, thanked
the delegates for the sympathy it had ex-
tended to the distinguished resident of their
state. God forbid,n be said, that the
state, should hesitate to tender
their sympathy IN the person of
that grim tyrant who wipes out all political
lines and levels all ranks From misfortunes
and bereavements which have come upon
the distinguished gentleman in the past two
years it may be said that one woe treads
upon anoteer's heels, so fast do they follow
Only In the democratic national convention
can we." Mr.. Swett said in conclusion, ''ex-
tend to him the sympathy which comes
from every section and every state"
Mr.. Swetts remarks we're greeted with
loud applause and cries of good "''good."
An invitation from President Baker of
the worlds Columbian exposition was read
inviting the delegates to visit the grounds of
the exposition.
On motion of Delegate Bragg OF Wiscon-
sin the convention then, at 2 O'clock p. m.,
adjourned until II o'clock Tomorrow.