Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-27
SOLID FOR CLEVELAND
Tennessee Instructs Her Delegates to
Vote for the Ex-President
As LONG AS HE HAS ANY SHOW.
Every Mention of Growers Name Meets
With Uproarious Applause.
THE MAY CONVENTION NOT INDORSED

NAoh NlLLEp 1ENN., MAY EO-AI -lI'oV
O'Clock to-day W. L. Ledgerwood, of Knox,
willie, in the absence of NJ. Mcconnell,
Chairman of the State Democratic Execu-
tive Committee, called the Democratic State
Convention to order at the hall of the
House of Representatives in the Capitol.
One thousand two hundred and fifty dele
gates were present, including large pro-
portion of representative citizens from
all parts of the State The per-
sonnel Of the convention is above
the average and the leading men in
all ranks of life are taking the most promi-
nent part Hon. Ernest Pillow, of Mar
shall, upon taking the chair, made strong
Democratic speech, and announced that he
was always Grover Cleveland man, first,
last and all the time. Loud and continued
cheering greeted every mention of Cleve-
lands name by the speaker. He asserted
that the delegates to Chicago would support
the ex-President, and declared that no third
party could prevail in Tennessee.
The Cleveland Ball Set in Motion.
Ex-Governor James D. Porter set the
Cleveland ball rolling by the introduction
of the following resolution, which he moved
should be referred to the Committee on
Resolutions:
Resolved That we indorse the wise and
patriotic administration of Grover Cleveland
as President of the United States, and.
recognizing him as the great leader of tariff
reform, express in him our continued conf
dence and instruct the delegates from Ten
nessee to vote as a unit for his nomination
at the Chicago Convention so long as his
name shall be before the convention.
This resolution was received with wild
and enthusiastic applause, and was referred
to the Committee on Resolutions. T. w.
Wrenne, of Davidson county, then intro
duced resolution as follows:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this con-
vention that Grover Cleveland is the logical
candidate of the Democratic party for Pres
ident of the United States at the next elec-
tion and should be nominated, and in fur
the delegates to be selected at the Syracuse
Convention May 81, 1892, in his behalf, be ad-
mitted to the National Convention at Chi
cago as the legal representatives of the con-
vention of New York.
The resolution met with violent opposi-
tion, and was promptly tabled by a large
majority. A motion to reconsider the
reference of the resolution to instruct, and
to instruct the delegates at once, was de-
feated. The committee were not ready to
report. Speech making was INDUCED in for
about two hours. The speakers were all en-
thusiastic for Cleveland. and made speeches
in accordance with their views, which were
enthusiastically received.
The Platform All Built One Way.
The platform was adopted with but few
dissenting voices. 1t declares against Fed
eral Capitalization, against bounties and
subsidies, against every species of class
denounces the course of the last
Republican Congress as wasteful and ex-
travagant of the peoples money; condemns
the passage of the Mckinley act; condemns
the reciprocity policy of the administration;
condemns the attempt to pass the force bill
and the reckless granting of pensions; favors
a graduated tax upon income. The silver
plank is as follows:
We favor q currency Of gold silver and Of
paper convertible into coin at the option of
the holder and in such amount as will meet
the business necessities Of internal trade and
commerce among the people; and we further
favor parity of the two metals as a COM
mercfal unit of value and as legal tender
for the payment of all debts, public and pri-
vate, as existed under the laws of the United
States down to the infamous and surrepti- 4
tlous demonstration of silver in 1878 by the
party; and we further favor the
continued coinage of the silver and gold
bullion in such manner as that every dollar
so coined shall be equal to every other dol
lar.
A plank declares the national bank sys-
tenn to be monopoly. The plank instruct
ing for Grover Cleveland reads thus.
We indorse the wise and patriotic admin
lstratfon of Grover Cleveland as President
Of the United States. and, recognizing him
Is the great leader of tariff reform, we ex-
press our continued confidence in him. and
hereby instruct the delegates from Ten
nessee to vote as unit for his nomination
It the Chicago Convention, which assemblies |
June 81, proximo, so long as his name shall |
be before the convention.
Nominations for delegates to Chicago
or the State at large were then made, and |
Ex-Governor James D. Porter was elected |
,y acclamstion. The remaining three were
oalloted for and are: J. c. Bradford, Nash |
vile; Jules M. Taylor, Memphis, and D. d. |
Anderson, of Knoxville. All are pro-
lounced Cleveland men. The convention |
hen selected electors for the State at large.