New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-23

Dakota. aye, followed by the 46 votes Ct Ohio
added to the Affirmative column
1t was evident row that the amendment Wa
carried. and there was much confusion. Oregon
cast for and l against The Pennsylvani;
was called, and the chairman declared the vote
to he ga against the amendment An animated
debate took place at this point. participated in by
WILLIAM A. Wallace, cX-Postmastcr IIarrity Of
Philadelphia, and Others. decision on the ques
ton Of how the vote of State should be re-
corded in view of the existence CT the unit rule
was demanded Of the chair, and lie declared that
in accordance with the rules and prccedents the
vote should be recorded as announced by tho
chairman of the delegation unless the convention
should dcc;.e otherwise
From tnn7 me onward, the voting proceeded
quietly. Rhode Islap- Isl noes South Caro-
lima IS ayes: South DakCra - md : noes ;
Texas 30 ayes; Vermont. noes; Virginia. II
ayes and IL noes; Washington, ayes; West
Virginia. L. ayes; Wisconsin, "a noes Wyoming.
ayes; Alaska. noes Arizona. 9 ayes; New.
Mexico, ayes and no; Oklahoma ayes !: Utah
ayes; Indian Territory, . ayes, and the District
Of Columbia, noes
This ended the roll call, and when the total
vOtc-ayes 564 and noes 3i2-was announced
another uproarious scene was witnessed.
THE SILVER ISSUE BROUGHT FORWARD.
The Cleveland management having been turned
down so decisively the tariff issue the friends
Of silver brought on their fight in the hope of
profting by Tie disorder into which the cx-Presi-
dents supporters had been thrown Mr. Pattcr-
son, Of Colorado. suggested amending the coinage
plank by inserting the word free" in the sentence
demanding the coinage of both gold and silver
There was feeling on the part of the galleries
that Mr. Patterson not helping the cause he
advocated bV tho
making, and he was continually interrupted !
by cries Of Time and other SIGNS of WEAKNESS |
The Colorado orator soon abandoned his uphill |
TASK lie was so badly ratified" by his reception |
mat he forgot 10 ask division by States on his |
amendment, and it WAS lost by viva vocc vote
thus allowing the Western and Southern strad-
dlers on the question TO avoid going on record.
ABBErT PRESENTS CLEvELAND's NAME.
The platform was then put through with rush.
and the order of nominations for the Presidency
was called. Arkansas. which had front place
on the roll, yielded the honor of nominating Mr.
Cleveland TO Ncw-Jerscy and Governor Albeit
took the platform. His speech was long for the
time of night and was broken by two dcmonstra-
tons of applause, one when he first mentioned
Clevelands name and another when by mad
vertence he LET slip reference 10 Senator Hill.
In eulogizlng Cleveland. he or twice in =
terrupted by cries of Give Democrat" and
when he said that every Democrat in the country
would vote for Cleveland again there was loud
chorus of Noes"
Governor Albeit. in the course of bis speech | q
ncautiousy said Tariff reform has given us David d
B. Hill as a Senator from Ncw-Iork. This was !
what the Hill leaders evidently had been looking u
'or as they at once began shouting and cheering y
Tor Hill. The New-York delegates, headed Ivy u
Governor Flower and Lieutenant q Governor Shcc- I
lan jumped upon their chairs and yelled with all y
heir might fer Hill The 1000 Tammany Hall !"
md Kings County Democrats in the galleries shout
themselves hoarse with cries of Ill., Hill. Hill. e"
large number of delegates from other =
tate, joined in the shout for Hill. Portraits Il
I iii were waved at points of umbrellas by the 81
Il L. Sicles put portrait of Hill upon his crutch "a
nd waved II IN the all The Hill men attempted
} have the camor over the mention of his name III
rocced as long period Of time that e1vcn in er
louting for Cleveland. They not only shouted aS
ng a Period OF time for llIll a the Cleveland men
40 sh1q,eu Tor IieVcand p1t they even surpassed
We minutes. while that OF the Cleveland men nj
sied only twenty minutes. But then the Cleve- q,
md men did not have in their support about -
,occ bdss-throated Democrats from NewYorl ia
nd Brooklyn. 81
RAIN POURS DOWN on HOwIING DELEGATES In
At the conclusion of Governor Abbctts speech Of
he cheering of the Cleveland men, who evidently ne
imagined they must Guido the Hill shOutcrs, or
roke out aresh TO the accompaniment Of roll r
ng thunder pouring the city. The Michi- sp
an banner, its face pasted with cheap litho- hi
raph portrait Of Grover Cleveland, once more Ia
Sas called into service. In vain did the chair
nan rap for order with gavcl that rescmbed 4,
bunstarter more than anything else. Even the of
ain that found its way through the roof was not 81
bile to dampen the ardor nor drown the shouts o.
# the eX-oflce holders. Fart Of the enthusiasm a
10 doubt, was due 70 the delivery Of Governor 80
Albeit, whose speech, prosy in the extreme at eN
lines displayed lack of Judgment astonishing I'll
n a politician OF such repute. G.
,xtent that people, notably in the neighborhood
1f the seats assigned 10 the newspaper CORE r.
spondents, began 10 leave the hall amid mich CT
confusion. At the tables Of the correspondenfs -,
everything wa soon drcnched and COPY was n, "
longer furnished 10 waiting messenger bows ey- IA
cept under cover Of umbrellas and nproysc cents in
composed Of newspapers 81,