The Portland daily press., 1892-06-23


parently impossible job. AS soon as the
sergeant-at-arms with his retinue had
passed the delegates bobbed up again
with increased vociferoushess and gesti-
| culations. Cries of ''Sit dc wn," mixed
with howls, yells and all sorrs of horri-
bic noises produced scene of great dis
cord.
Suddenly the band struck up ssHail Co.
lumbia," and part of the mob of dele
gates crying for recognition were obliged
to take their seats in despair. After the
music the Chair recognized Mr.. Mulbrow
| of Mississippi, who said, "Can motion
be now made to recommit the tariff
plank or the platform back to the COM
mittee on platform?'
Vociferous cries of 'No," ssNo," and
then a great howl went up from the dele
gates for the call of the roll The band
struck up the 'Star Spangled Banner"
but the music had no effect to hush the
tumult which seemed to have taken pos
| session of spectators as well as the dele
gates. The secretary finally made an at
tempt to proceed with the roll-call of the
states, and out of suddenly developed
curiosity came a hush. The secretary
| continued, and the motion to strike out
and insert the substitute resulted: Yes,
| 564; no, 345; Maine casting - no votes.
When the chairman announced the re-
suit OF the total vote, there was tumul-
tuous applause. The New York dele
| gates climbed into their chairs Gen.
Sickles waved his crutches and delegate
| called for three cheers for Watterson,
| which were given with great enthusiasm.
| Owens of Kentucky shouted, 'sThe
country is still Democratic
During the confusion Mr.. Patterson of
Colorado, representing minority of the
| committee on resolutions, took the plat
| form and his eloquence soon produced
| quiet. He said another matter of differ
ence related to the coinage plank
! Kisses. The substitute proposed by
the minority was the same as the
| majority's plank except that it read
| through the free coinage of both gold
and silver instead of through the coin
age OF both gold and silver.'' Mr.. Pat
| terson said: "All we have asked is the
recognition of the doctrine of free bi-me-
| tallic coinage as the doctrine of the Dem
ocratic party, not the free coinage of the
| silver dollar but the coinage of the gold
and silver dollar, each dollar containing
metal of equal intrinsic value"
Mr.. Patterson was frequently inter
rupted and the chairman appealed to the
convention to hear him. The motion to
lost and the platform was adopted.
THE NAMES PRESENTED.
Now came the call of states for the
presentation of candidates and the con-
vention had reached its chief business.
A shout soon swelled out a greal vol
land" AS Governor Albeit of New
! Jersey came forward to the
platform he was accompanied by enthu-
siastic cheering from the Cleveland wing
OF the convention. As he proceeded,
the mention of Clevelands name was the
signal for cheers. Many delegates stand
ing on chairs joined in the great volume
of enthusiasm which seemed to possess
the multitude. The Alabama delega-
tion hoisted Cleveland portrait on the
end of an umbrella, which was the sig
nal for renewed cheering. The Michi-
gan delegates attempted to carry Michi-,
gan's Cleveland banner into the New
York delegation. Great excitement pre-
vailed when General Sickles pushed back
the offending alternate. A personal en-
counter was only avoided by the prompt
action of a number of Michigan dele
| gates who compelled the bearer of the
Cleveland banner to move away. All
over the hall, men and women were wild
with excitement.
When Abbott alluded to Hill there was
an outburst of enthusiasm from the New
| York delegation. The tumult was COM
municated to the galleries and the plat
| form upon which were seated hundreds
| of distinguished visitors. DR.. Mary
Walker created diversion in favor of
Senator Hill by arising at the back of the
| platform upon an elevated seat and way
1vlfr I,nr rrrlt II Ii 1of cl
| The New York delegation rose in their
seats and waved everything they could
| lay hands on. Fifteen minutes
later Frederick Oph of Texas ap-
| peared with a. Cleveland portrait
which he. waved defiantly. 4 Hill
man tore the portrait out of Orph's hand
and threw it in Orph's face. When this
demonstration was at its height thun-
der storm passed over the wigwam, but
| the delegates
Out Thundered the Thunder
with howls and yells. While the excite
ment was at its height, Cleveland man
sang out ''Hurrah for Grover,' At once
| he was raped under the ear by Hill
man and a lively scuffle was on. A
| lieutenant of police and a patrolman
| quieted the fracas. When Gov. Albeit
| HnlSned renewed OutDurSt OF Cleve-
land enthusiasm followed, which lasted
| ten or more minutes.
| Bourke Cochran asked for a wait of
| few minutes as the gentlemen can't
stand ON the platform without getting
wet. A motion that the galleries be
cleared if the disorder continued was
carried.
Hon. W. c. Dewitt took the platform
to present Hills name, the water still
coming down in torrents in many parts
of the hall. Mr.. Dewitt said that with
out New York the Democratic party
couldn't hope to cast it's electoral vote
necessary to elect Democratic Presi-
| dent.
When Mr.. Dewitt mentioned Hills
| aphorism,
| 81 Am Democrat"
there was loud cheering. He said, "Hill
is not popular with the Republican
party" Laughter and cheers. He
added that Hill could beat Harrison in
New York by a larger majority than he
carried it for Governor the last time. Mr..
Dewitt finished by appealing to the 800
votes to stand firm in favor of the man