The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-06-30
NEAL DoW'S PICTURE.
1t Looks Down on Nine Hundred Cold
Water Delegates.
ANOTHER NATIONAL CONVENTION
is UNDER WAY.

Yesterday 1t Cheered for John p. St. John
and Wrangled Over the Votes of Men
Who Are Somewhere Else-This Led
Mr.. Cushing of Maine to Make Some
Remarks ON Quorum Counting.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 29.-The big
Music Hall was gay with Haunting ban
ners when the delegates to the Sixth
National Convention OF the Prohibition
party began to arrive. A huge American
flag surrounded the stage and supported
portraits of Washington, Lincoln, Neal
Dow and Frances Willard.
The first cheering greeted the Massa-
chusetts delegation, which entered in
body, carrying light gray parasols and
singing campaign tune. Chairman
Dickey named Ex-Governor st. John of
Kansas as temporary chairman.
Wild cheering, the waving of flags and
handkerchiefs greeted the mention of the
name of Ex-Governor st. John. The
shouting was renewed again and again as
the noted Kansan stepped forward and
assumed the gavel. Ex-Governor st.
John said:
Il return my sincere thanks and shall
ever be grateful for the distinguished
honor OF being chosen to preside as tenn
porary chairman of this magnificent DO
litical convention; the greatest and
grandest in sobriety, moral force and
brain power that ever convened on
American soil. 1t represents a party
that dares to do right because it is right,
and condemn the wrong because it is
wrong. 1t stands for peace, prosperity
and happiness to every home. and death
to every saloon in the land.''
AS the demands ofithe party, the speak
er enumerated: equal pay for men and
women doing equal work; free ballot
for both white and black; the levying of
taxes upon wealth and not upon the ne
cessities of the people; an equality be-
fore the law of gold, silver and paper
money and the free coinage of both met
ais; government control of railways and
telegraphs; the election of the President
by the people for one term of six years;
and the suppression of monopolies and
the liquor traffic. He deprecated fusion
with other political parties
AT the afternoon session, James Rus
sell of Michigan, presidential candidate
in 1888, DIR. Brooks, Miss Willard, DR..
Thompson, who was on the ticket with
Neal Dow, and Mother Stewart, were
introduced to the audience. Miss VIII
lard and Mother Stewart were greeted
with applause and waving of handker-
chiefs and fans.
The committee on credentials reported
s972 delegates present, Louisiana and
South Carolina being the only states not
represented. The committee on per-
'manent organization recommended Col
Eli Ritter of indianapolis as permanent
chairman, and Rev. Sam Small of Georgia
permanent secretary. The committee
reinstated the rule giving states votes
only for delegates present. Rev. Mr..
Small presented minority report signed
by 10 states recommending that state
delegation be permitted to cast the full
vote to which it was entitled. He made
vigorous speech in favor of the minor
ity report.
The question was discussed nearly an
hour by about dozen delegates. Mr..
Gushing of Maine said that Maine had
given the last House of Representatives
Speaker who made considerable reputa-
ton as a counter of heads. but even
Thomas B. Reed never undertook to
count men who were not present. The
majority report was finally adopted and
absent delegates will have no vote.
A mass meeting was held this evening,
The new national committee includes
N. F. Woodbury. and Volney B. Cushing
OF Maine. Samuel Dickey was reelected
chairman.