Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-06-23
IN THE CONTENTION NALL.
Scenes at the Gathering OF the Gre
Crowds.- Cheers for Gov. Flower.

/ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AoF Wv IiOWtEs
| Associated Preas Dispatsn ny Special Wires
| CHicAso, June 22-11.l9a. m.-Ciovernor
| Flower has just entered and the crowd is
| loudly cheering. The New York delega-
| ton will break to General Slocum, If the
committee on rules can break the unit
| rule of states.
A message ut II q. IN. to Senator Hill
from Sheehan said "a change is neces-
sary."
CALLED TO ORDER.
The convention was called to order at
II 30 o'clock. 1t is said some of the COM
mittees are not ready TO report yet.
The Cleveland men assert that they will
hold the session until ballot Is reached,
il it takes all night
AT conclusion of prayer. which was
political in its character the convention
cheered enthusiastically.
ll.35 Il. m.-lSoies banners have lust
been carried in, amid cheering all over tho
hall.
1l.S6 a. m.-The report of the committee
on credentials was called for, but the COM
mittee was not ready to report. 1t will not
be ready before 2 o. clock.
CHEERS For HILL.
11.40 a. m.-The galleries and the CON
vention are cheering wildly for Hill.
A motion TO appoint committee of two
to wait on the committee ON credentials,
to find out when it would be ready to re-
port, was carried.
Loud calls were made for Mills of Texas.
whose name was received with loud cheers.
11.42 a. m.-The call for Mills continues;
delegates are on their feet cheering. Mills
wss invited to address the convention, aud
a committee of TWO escorted him to the
platform.
Mills was too ill TO add Yess the conven-
ton, and WAS compelled to leave the hall
and go to his hotel. Then there were loud
calls for Palmer OF Illinois. The conven-
ton went wild as Palmer took his place
on the speakers stand at l1.50 o'clock.
A motion that Palmer be asked to adj
dress the convention was carried. Palmer
took the platform amid general cheering.
The crowd kept cheering Tor Hill while
Palmer was speaking.
Senator Palmer in his address to the con-
vention appealed for harmony in the party
as absolutely necessary to success. lie
was frequently interrupted by applause.
lie said the party had good men to choose
from, which remark caused loud cheering
for Hill, mingled with kissing.
Palmer predicts that Illinois will go
Democratic this fall, both ON Presidential
and state tickets,
When Palmer finished there were calls
for Flower, who was invited to speak. He
declined. Congressman John r. Fellows
of New York was called on and also de-
clined.
1903 p. m.-The committee on creden-
tiais is ready to report.
The report of the credentials committee
is unanimously in favor of seating the
regular Alabama delegates, while the con-
tcstants are given seats on the floor. The
same report was made as TO the Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and Utah contests.
The committee on credentials at exactly
4 -. H.. 4 -. l.
came manifest that the work of the con-
vention could now be proceeded with.
The committee recommended that New
Mexico and Arizona be given seats on the
floor. The report was adopted unani-
mously. The report of the committee on
permanent organization was called for. 1t
reported Hon. William l.. Wilson for per-
manent chairman. and he was elected by
acclamation. On taking the chair he said
CHAIRMAN WILSON'S SPEECH
Gentlemen Of Me Convention: thank YOU
most heartily for this honor. | shall try
to meet the duties of the high position to
which you call me with the spirit of fair
ness and equality; that is Democracy. This
convention has high and patriotic work
to perform. We owe much to our
party; we owe much to our country.
The mission of the Democratic party
is to fight for the nnder dog. When thar,
party is out of power we may be sure there
is an under dog to fight for, and that the
under dog. is generally the American
people. When that party is out of power
we may be sure that some party is in con
troll of our government that represents
section and not the whole country; that
stands for class and not the whole
people.
Republican success means that the
people are TO be stripped of their franchise
through Force bills IN order that they
may be stripped of their substance through
tariff bills. Free government is self-gov-
eminent. There is no self.government
where the people do not control their own
elections and levy their own taxes. When
either of these rights is taken away or
diminished a breach is made, not in the
outer defence but in the citadel of our free
dom.
For years we have been struggling to
recover the lost right of taxing ourselves
and now we are threatened with the loss
of the greater right of governing ourselves. |
The loss of the one follows in necessary
the loss of the other. When |
you confer on government the power of |
deciding out the wealth you unchain every |
evil that it can prey upon and eventually |
destroy free institutions by excessive taxn- |
ton, class taxation. billion dollar con. |
crosses, Il corrupt civil service. u debuuched |
ballot box and purchased elections. In |
every campaign tie privilege OF taxing the |
people will be bartered for contributions TO |
corrupt them at the polls. After every vic.
tory there will be a new Mckinley bill to
repay these contributions, which are taxes |
wrang from the people.
For every self-governing people there
can be no more momentous Question than
he question Of taxation. It is the ones
lion and as Mr.. Burke truly said the one
question around which all the great bat