The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-23
earnest support for the nominee of the con-


The man whom he presented would no
only draw all Democrats to his support
but would rally around the Democratic
standard thousands of independent voters
The rank and file demand the nomination
t of Grover Cleveland. Should the couven.
tion listen to the voice of the Democracy
of the Union? or should it, for any consid
Grafton Of policy or expediency, hesitate u
obey its will? The Democracy of New
York and its great leaders, whose efforts
: had given to the Democratic party II sen
. ator and Il governor, would give to the
cause the great weight Of their organiza.
tiop.
The reason the party demanded the
nomination of Mr.. Cleveland was because
he had crystalliZed into a living issue the
great principle OF tariff reform, under
which the battle was to be fought at the
! coming election. 1t he had NOT created
tariff reform, he had made il a presidential
Issue, an issue for which the Democrats
, coull fight and conJique to battle until
u! o it victory was assured. This issue
had made possible all the great Demo
cratic victories since 1888. Not the least OF
these was won on this issue by David 3.
Hill for senator and r. z. Flower for gov
Ell nor. Long continued cheering. The
candidacy of Grover Cleveland is not re-
Election upon others, nor is il antagOnistic
to any great Democratic leader. He comes
before this convention, not as the candi-
date of any one state-he is the choice OF
the great ma jority OF Democratic voters.
Therefore he would nominate the idol OF
the Democratic masses-Grover Cleveland.
ANOTHER CRAZY SCENE.
When the speaker mentioned Mr.. Cleve-
! lands name there peaIed forth thuDders of
| applause. An alternate for one Of the
Michigan delegates attempted to carry a
| Cleveland banner into the camp of the
lad
when General Sickles resisted the intrusion
and pushed back the offending alternate.
A personal encounter between General
ockles and the alternate was only averted
by number of the Michigan delegates,
who rushed 10 the scene and compelled
! the bearer to move away.
| it was 9:22 o'clock D. m when Governor
Albeit spoke the name of Grover Cieve-
! land tor the first time from the platform
| of the convention, and for nearly fifteen
minutes the clanOr WAS maintained. After
about eight minutes of pandemonium, the
chair tried TO restore order but IN vain.
Away Off at the right of the audience
! few voices raised a rnythmical
shout, which soon swelled into
volume of sound, "GroVer, Grover,
! Grover Cleveland, Clevelandp A
number Of delegates joined in the chorus,
| and thousands of feet beat time to the
| song Ten minutes after the commotOn
! began number OF Kisses were heard, and
| the cheers for moment were less vocifer-
Gus. But il would never do to be Lissed
down Oh an occasion like this, and after
an instant of ebb the cheers had the best
of it, and the hall rang again with the
yells and shouts OF the Cleveland leaders
Thirteen minutes had elapsed before the
people had sufficiently tired to let down,
and then Governor ADbett was permitted
TO continue.
Dr.. Mary Walker created diversion in
favor of Senator Hill by arising at the back
OF the platform upon seat and waving
her hand and shouting for Hill. Governor
Abbett could not continue his remarks or
be heard for at least twenty five minutes.
The enthusiasm would quiet down for a
while and then break forth III tremendous
shouts and cries until it seemed that the
end would never come.
The New York delegation rose in their
seats and waved everything they could lay
their hands on. General Sickles raised on
the end of his crutch portrait of Senator
Hill and great swell of yells spread over
the hall. The demonstration, it was evil
dent, on the part of the Hill men began to
equal the Cleveland demonstration, not
only in time but in quantity of noise Dick
Croker felt that his time had come, and,
mounting his chair. he raised his stem
torian voice in aid of the general clamor
Frederick Ochs of Texas appeared in the
midst of the confusion with a Cleveland
portrait, which he waved defiantly above
his head. Somebody rolled newspaper
into a ball and threw it at Ochs, who
lodged and still continued his perform
ance Finally Hillite tore the portrait
out of the hands of the gentleman from
Texas and threw it at the face of the Lone
Star man.
While the demonstration was at its
height, one of Chicagos thunderstorms
a WI (Ffy.l ap,1 ~
tones emphasized the demonstration for
New 1orI's senator.
While the excitement was at its height |
Cleveland man on the east side of the |
house sang out "Hurrah for Grover!' In |
moment he was raped under the ear by |
HUI man and lively sCuffe was on at |
once. A lieutenant OF police and a patrol |
man jumped in and queted the fracas, re- |
moving both pugilsts from the hall.
Tweuty-four minutes the demonstration /
lasted, Then Governor Albeit was per-
mitted to continue.
On the conclusion of Governor Abbetts |
speech renewed outburEt of Cleveland |
enthusiasm followed. which did not cease |
for ten or more minutes. The confusion .
was greatly heightened by Il violent /
storm which WAS pouring down torrents
of rain upon the open roof OF the building.
and soon dreuched the vast assembly. The !
chairman Of the convention had to aban-
don his position at the desk on account of |
the down pouring torrent, and raised an
umbrella over his head.
The secretary at last proceeded, in des-
peratlon, with the call of states, beginning
with California. Hon. G f. Patton re
sponded on behalf of the delegation, sec
ondng the nomination of Mr.. Cleveland
When Colorado was called J. r. O'Dou-
nell announced that Colorado gave way
To New York
Hon. William c. Dewitt of BROOKLYN
stepped forward TO make the speech put
ting in nomination Senator ID. B. Hill |
The rainstorm and confusion in the hall
made it impossible for the speaker to be
heard more than few feet in his i'm
mediate vicinity, The chairman declared
Il recess for fifteen minutes.
When the recess had expired, and after
some more confusion, Mr.. Dewitt came /
down by the secretary's desk in order to
get away from the dOwnpour of rain fall
ing upon the desk OF the chairman, and
presented the name Of Senator Hill
The state OF New York, he said, was the
pivotal state in the presidential election.
Without its electoral vote the Democratic
party could not expect to emerge Il
conqueror from the coming contest. In
the present crisis the Democracy of
New York wants leader who holds |
that coporations are amenabie To
the control OF their creator; who syrnDa-
thi2gs with the national effort 10 enlarge
the currency of the world in the interest
OF the productive Industries, and who does
not make his friend, and cOun>elors among I
the p!uuocrauS ot the land. Therefore he
presented the name of David b. Hill fer
their suifrages. He would point To an un-
broken series OF victories Senator Hill had
won. When, with ali the patronage and
power OF the federal government at his
hand, the eX-preSident lost New York
state by "A minority OF 14U00. I!
Governor Hill carried IL by Il majority