The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-06-22
The ANTS STILL HOPE
They Claim Votes Enough to
Deadlock the Con-
Vention.
CLEVELANDlTES SAY BUT ONE BAL
LOT WILL BE NECESSARY.
NOMINATIONS MAY BE MADE To-DAY

|
ponents Say They Have Pledges from
over 800 Delegates that viii Not Sup
| port the Ex-President Under Any Cir
| ances-Anti-snappers viii Not
Contest as Intended-Tammany Han
VIII support the Nominee-w. L. Will
! son of West virginia win BE Perma-
nent Chairman--C Convention Notes.
CHICAGO, June 22-There appears to
be little change in the situation. 1t is
| still the prevailing sentiment that ex-
President Cleveland will be nominated
on the first ballot, perhaps to-day, and
that Gov. Gray of Indiana will receive
! the nomination for Vice President
The Anti-Cleveland men, however,
! feel much better to-day than they did
yesterday. They held an important and
| protracted conference last night at New
| York headquarters, which lasted until
after II o'clock. The feeling among a
large body of the delegates that Cleve-
land would be the weakest candidate
! who could be nominated, and that he
could not by any freak of fortune sue
ceed in carrying the States of New York
and Indiana, to say nothing of the
| strongest States in the South and some
! in the West, became so general that it
was determined to make last deter
mined effort to bring the Democracy to
its senses and prevent the plan of fore
| ing ClevelaBd's nomination.
Gov. Flower, Lieut.. Gov. Sheehan,
! Richard Croker and other prominent
| members of the New delegation were
! present, together with influential lead
ers from more than a score of States.
| The result of the conference was that
more than 300 delegates personally
| pledged themselves to vote and work
| against the nomination of Cleveland, no
| matter what strength he should develop
/ on the first ballot or subsequent ballots.
| After the conference Congressman
Catchings of Mississippi, speaking Off
cially on behalf of the anti Cleveland
| men, said;
''Mr Cleveland cannot be nominated
in this convention. The Democracy
cannot afford to make him their candi-
date, and they will not do it. We have
no candidate, but simply desire to pre-
vent in some way the disaster that
would come to the party by the nomina-
tion of Cleveland, and we know that we
will succeed
The First Days Proceedings.
When the hour for calling the Con-
vention to order had arrived there were
many delegates still absent.
An unexpected burst of sunshine Just
before the opening lit up the building
and raised the already superheated
temperature few degrees higher.
Directly afterward a heavy thunder
storm broke over the building render
ing the wigwam interior very dark.
The canvass was let down over the
upper windows.
Noise of rain on the roof almost
drowned the roar of voices within. Re-
peated peals of thunder broke directly
over the structure.
The constructors of the wigwam
claimed that it would pack 30, 900
people standing and seat $4,000, APP
parently these limits were reached, but
as for hearing the speeches or discerning
the features of the speakers the majority
Of the audience was about as well off as
the on-lookers at a spectacular exhibit
tion of the "Fall of Bablyon".
Nevertheless the discomforts were in
great part taken good humoredly aud to
be in and TO form a part of a great
National Democratic convention seemed
to oe soul satisfying glory enough,
The band finally struck up tor the
first time amid resounding cheers. The
music had tendency Co allay the nerv-
BUSINESS, caused by the darkness and
gloom.
A few minutes later Senator Brice
appeared on the platform just as the
sun beamed into the hall. Both events
were recognized by rounds OF cheers
Chairman Brice, amid great cheering,
stepped to the platform and raped for
order 1t was several minutes before
the noise had subsidized sufficiently for
the chairman to be heard. Mr.. Brice said;
~ have the pleasure of introducing
the Rev. John Rounce, who will open
the proceedings with prayer"
At the conclusion of prayer the tenn
porary officers were announced.
They were accepted without opposition.
They are Hon. w. C. Owen, KY, Tenn
porary Chairman; Secretary S. p. Sheerin,
Indiana; Assistant Secretaries, w. F. Doyle,
Pennsylvania, ii. Shepard, Virginia; @. Tilley,
Missouri; L. A. Bowley, Michigan; r. E.
Wilson, Mississippi; C. DeFreest, New York; J.
G. Swayen, Illinois, Principal Reading Clerk,
Hon. Nicholas NJ Bell. Sergeant-At-Arms,
Hon. Richard. j. Bright, Indiana.
Mr.. Owen arose and walked up the
aisle with the committee appointed to
escort MIN TO the chair Mr., brlce re-
tired, leaving the space in front of the
Chairman's desk to Mr.. Owen. The
Chairman said, in part;
Two great dangers menace the Democratic
party. One is external, the other internal.
The first is the organized machinery of organ
ized capital, supported by the whole power of
the Government. The second, is tendency
among Democrats TO make issues among them
selves
Two needs, therefore, stand before us indis-
pensible to success; Unity and harmony. OF
the one this Chair and gavel stand representa-
tive il remains for you to supply the other.
In this spirit greet you, fellow Democrats
as the advance guard Of a grand army, sent
forward, TO blaze pathway to victory.
II your work be done In wisdom the millions
toiing in mine and shop and fie will rise and
call you blessed
The roll call of the Republic attests that its
heart and its conscience are with us in our war
with the representatives of greed. The bur-
den must be lifted from the back of labor, aud
TO that end it has right TO demand that who
ever bears our banner must lift it above the
smoke Of conflict and the din of faction, that
every Democrat of the Union may follow its