The record-union., 1892-06-23
o report bowls of applause arose from all

QudTI6TS.
Colonel Jones, Chairman of the COM
mittee, mounted the platform amid great
cheers and said: 81 am instructed by the
Committee on Resolutions to present the
report of the committee, and move its
adoption
Patterson of Colorado, interrupted with
the announcement that he represented
the minority of the committee, and
wished to state that the minority ex-
pected to be heard before the previous
question was put.
Villas of Wisconsin then read the re-
port.
CHEERS FOR CLEVELAND.
The first mention of Cleveland's name
brought forth such applause as is seldom
witnessed in a National Convention. but
the feature of the demonstration was the
fact that the States which have heretofore
given close Democratic majorities were
conspicuous by their absence in the APP
plause. The New York delegation sat in
solid phalanx of stern silence. The
great majority of the delegates from the
States Of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Mis-
souri,, Montana, Nebraska and Nevada
did not join the cheering. Perhaps one
half of the entire number of delegates
could be fairly counted as joining in the
applause for the ex-President.
banner was brought into the hall by
the Michigan delegates with the bust of
Grover Cleveland. Immediately after
ward came picture of Horace Boies.
They brought forth renewed cheering.
AT the lowest estimate three-quarters of
the spectators were favoring the Cleve-
land hurrah.
While the uproar was at its hight the
band played yankee Doodle" and there
was an increase in the volume Of cheers.
John r. Walker of Missouri seized a
banner bearing the portrait of Cleveland
and marched around the hall with it, and
it was greeted with burst of cheers like
the eruption of a volcano.
After eleven minutes Of indescribable
tumult an attempt was made to call the
convention to order, but the troubled
waters refused to be downed. A portrait
of Hill was circulated in the crowd. but
received slight attention. Twelve min
utes after the beginning of the demon
stration Kisses and groans were heard
which appeared to terminate from the
neighborhood of New York, but they
were overwhelmed by cheers of the great
! body Of the convention.
Nineteen minutes were consumed when
Villas raised his powerful voice and
! pleaded for hearing. After the uproar
subsidized he continued reading the plat
form, which was greeted with great APP
plause throughout
Jones moved the adoption of the plat
form as read, but Neal of Ohio inter
rupted with an amendment to the section
relating to the tariff, moving to strike
out the section of platform pertaining tC
tariff all words preceding the denuncia-
ton of Mckinley, and substituting there
for the following: 1--WE denounce Re-
| publican protection as a fraud CHEERS
We declare it to be the Fundamental
principle of the Democratic party thai
the Federal Government has no constitu-
tional power TO impose and collect tariff
duties except for purposes of revenue
only, and we demand the collection O
such taxes as shall be limited to the
necessities of the Government when hon.
estly and economically administered"
In pursuance of the request the Score.
tary reread the minority report amid APP.
plause, demand being made for the por.
ton to be stricken out. The Secretary
read the portion relating to the tariff
after which Neal addressed the conven.
ton in advocacy of the amendment.
In response to a call Henry Wattersor
took the platform, his appearance being
greeted with prolonged cheers. He haC
read the extract from the tariff plank O
the National Democratic Convention il
1876, and afterward, among other things
said: ''When I listened to the extraordi
nary essays we heard this afternoon
asked myself whether we are indeed E
Democratic Convention or simply a Re
publican Convention laughter and an
plausel revised by James G.. Blaine OF
Benjamin T. Butler, for the tariff
planks we have listened to are almos
identical in principle with the minority
report submitted to the Democratic Con
vention in 1884 by Benjamin f. Butler
and voted down almost unanimously
Either you should reject this monstros
ity which was hurled among you, anC
adopt in its place the simple, lucid anC
true amendment offered by the gentleman
from Ohio, or, if you don't want to de
that, recommit the whole matter to til,
committee. with instructions to clarif,
and purge themselves" [Cries of ''No
MOI" and "Vilas ~
Villas then took the platform, and whe1
the cheers subsidized, said: 'The resolu
ton which you propose to strike oat wa!
resolution reported to the convention o
1884, and of all the eloquent voices lifted
in behalf of it, none rung with such bliss
full Joy as that of the distinguished gen
tlemau from Kentucky" Long contin
ued laughter and applause
Watterson handed Villas report of thu
1884 convention and said, Read that"
The best of feeling seemed to prevail
| between the two great orators. Villa
read from the book, and said: Gentle
man, on that occasion the distinguished
Kentuckiau said, in reference to it: 1T i
an honest platform, entirely so. Laugh
ter and applause. 1t is sound doctrine
eminently so.'" Villas continuing, said
II do not propose to enter into debat
or discussion of the particular form O
words in which we declare our opposition
TO tariff legislation. My desire is only t,
suggest that if it please you take in thi
form of words and leave that there ais
upon which Cleveland was elected Presi
dent"
Watterson, replying to Villas, said
SIN 1884 the party seemed to be spill
wide open, and after fifty-two hours O
unbroken discussion in the Platform
/
conservative members of the committee
tnvSeIf among the uumber cn11Id ohta;,