Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-25
NORRIS AND DAVIS
The Delegates Elected to the Democratic Na-
tional Convention.

The Delegates Elected to the Democratic Na-
| uonal Convention.
THE RESULT REACHED AFTER AN EXCITING srRUa-
| GLE-MEssRs MASoeUE AND KELLY CHOSEN
| As ALTERNArEs CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION
Caused BY THE cHAIRNAS's RULINGS
| After the close of the report OF the District
democratic convention in The STAR OF yester-
day the committee on resolutions and rules
| reported through their chairman, Mr.. Yates
The resolutions reassert the fidelity of the dem
ocrats Of the District to the principles Of the
party as declared in the national platform Of
1885, with emphasis on that plank which pro
| vides for local men for local Offices, that the
District of Columbia should have in its govern
ment that local representation which be-
speaks home rule and il the corner stone
of democratic government, and it is
in heart and soul opposed to any dominion
| over our local government which is typified in
force bills any other form of legislation cal
| culated to suppress government Of this District
/ by its bona fde residents. The resolutions
| favored the increase of the representation Of
| the District in the national convention to six
| delegates and six alternates; that Congress be
asked to give the District representation in
the national legislature and the electoral col
1 lege, and that the violation of the eight-hour
day at the navy yard and the government print
| ing Office be condemned.
| report prepared by NJ. l. Weller was in
| dorsed by the committee. which recommends
| that the city be redistricted so as to make the
population Of the districts uniform or else give
! more representation to the districts as existing
| at present.
This report well as the resolutions were
| adopted a whole.
NOMINATING TIE DELEGATES
/ Then nominations for dalauates and alter
mates to the Chicago convention were called
for and they we're made briefly, starting of
with Mr. Jordan. who arose and simply said, Il
nominate William Dickson"
| The others followed this example. Frank j.
4 McQuade named Mr.. Norris, Mr.. Frank Morgan
named Mr.. Weller. Mr.. Lipscoplb was also
| nominated. But when mr. kilmartin arose to
| nominate Mr.. H. E. Davis he could not refrain
| from making little speech. The delegates,
| however, seemed to like the other style Of
| nominations and they advised Mr.. kilmartln
with more emphasis than elegance to sit down.
| one could put him down. The name OF Davis
! seemed to inspire eloquence, for James +.
Brown arose to second the Davis nomination
and launched into quite speech.
Mr. Thomas j. Luttrell was nominated by
Mr.. Hammett and then Mr. Charles Thomp-
son started in TO make a speech. but some one
moved that the nominations be closed. The
| chair put this motion and declared it carried.
His decision stirred up the noislest scene of the
entire day.
LIVELY TINE.
Delegates arose to their feet and shouted
and shook their fists at the chairman. Mr..
Boyle yelled out at the top Of his voice that the
| chair was acting in arbitrary way. He con-
tinued to speak, and finally Mr.. Thompson got
| the floor and yelled that he would vote for no
man that favored Grover Cleveland. The con-
vention was gradually working itself into an
excited condition In the midst of the confu-
| sion motion was recognized to have the vote
on closing the nominations taken by roll call.
The noise and the shouting continued and the
secretary's voice as he began to call the
roll could not be heard. Finally
| the chair informed the convention at the top
of his voice that they would not allow the
| roll to be called he would hold that the motion
to close the nominations had been adopted.
The storm of protests broke out again and the
chairman was vigorously denounced. An effort
was made by the sergeant-at-arms to restore
quiet. but nothing succeeded until the secre-
tary began the roll call on the election Of dele
gates.
RESULT OF THE ROLL CALL
Then the convention quoted down and the
roll call resulted follows:
For Sorris-Tolson. Rose, Brashears, Darling,
Manogue. Maher. Offutt. Hutchins Talbot,
Cook. Goldsmith. Denham, Hall, McGill Ben
nett, krause, Cleary. Ray. Hilton, Ash, Neitzey
Kelley, Goddard. Horner. Mohler, Roche, Me-
Quaid, Cusick, Collins, Shillington, Brown,
Hughes, Marinelii, darlington, Kelly, Corridan
and kilmartin-37.
For Davis - Tolson. Rose. Brashears, Ma
| nogue. Maher, Offutt. Hutchins, abbott. Cook,
Goldsmith, Denham, McGill. Hammett, BEN
nett, krause, Clesry. hay, Hilton, Ash, Shea,
Neitzey, Kelley, Goddard, Horner. Mohler,
Roche. McQuaid, Cusick. Collins. Shilington.
Brown, WittikIndt, darlington, Kelly, Corridan
and Kilmartin-36
For Dickson-Holmead. Darling, Wylie, Nc
Kenna, Thompson. Boyle, Duhamel. Hall. Burns,
dan, Buckley, Hughes. Marinelli Yates, Doyle,
Wittikindt, Sanford. Wells. Horn Lynch Gala
han, Cheliui. Lloyd, Martin, Morgan, Melon
nell and Shelton-32.
For Observation-Disclosures, wylie, McKenna,
Thompson, Hammett, Duhamel, Bowie, Burns,
Brown. RUPERT. Campbell. Costello. jordan,
Buckley, Yates Doyle, Sanford, Wells and
Horn-l9.
For Weller-Lynch, Callahan. CheIiIi, Lloyd,
Martin, Morgan, Mcdonnell and Shelton-S.
THE VOTE FOR ALTERNATEs.
The announcement that Norris and Davis had
been elected was greeted with prolonged cheers.
The roll was then called and the vote for alter
mates was announced as follows: W. H. Man
ogue, 80; ]. Fred Kelly SO; Chas. F. shelton.
80; J. E. Hoadley, 5. Manogue and Kelly were
declared elected.
The following were selected as mem bers of
the new District central committee the fourth
and eighteenth districts being left vacant:
Julian W. FOLSOM, Vim. Homead VIM H. Man
ogue, Thos- f. Cook, j. Whit Hammett, John
Boyle, W. q. Burns, VIM. T. Cleary, Edward
Ash. F p Madigan. Walter Costello, J. Fred
Kelly. VIM II. Mohler, p. F Cusick, Jas. F.
Brown, Robt. T. Doyle, +. p. Reagan Edward
D. Lynch, u. l. Weller and Bernard A. Nc
DowelL
Mr. NORRIS MAKES SPEECH.
The business of the convention being COM
pleted the delegates who had been shouting for
Norris and Davis were gratified by the appear
| ance of these gentlemen. Mr.. Norris spoke
| first, and after thanking the convention for the
honor which had been conferred on him he
said: There are distinguished democrats of
national and worldwide repute whose names
may come before the convention at Chicago
and whoever shall be there desig mated AS can
didates for the high Offices of Pl resident and
Vice President of the republic for the ensuing
four years Will be heartily supported by your
Representatives In that convention All | can
say is that so far it lies in our power we will
see to it that We not on the losing side and
that the position and action of the District de-
mocracy shall be maintained that in the
event OF our national success our people here
at home shall receive at the hands of a demo.
cratic administration the weight and influence
which they justly merit"
Mr.. Davis made brief but effective speech,
| in which he declared himself i'll favor of home
rule and announced his firm adherence to DEM
ocratic principles
The convention about O'Clock finally ad-
|