Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-06-24


AS Mr.. Lamb concluded the rain begar
| Sto fall without and to drop within tn,
lwigwam. California gave way to Illinois
land Mr.. Worthington took the platform
10 nominate Mr.. Stevenson. He said:
stevenson's NomIuatIon.
Illinois has presented no presidential candi
ldate TO this convention. IL has within III
borders more than one favorite son. whom Il
would have delighted to honor, and who are
worthy OF all the political honors that could
be conferred upon them. But here ia thi.
great city Of Chicago. in this great common
wealth Of Illinois, bordering upon the lake and
the Mississippi, In the center of this great TO
lpuhlic, the Democracy, catching the vibra
hions Of the ground swell that came from the
south and the east and the west. put aside IL.
fayorite sons. for the time buried its state
and California with forty-eight votes, shouted
the name of Grover Cleveland.
hut for the vice presidency, for the second
highest place In the gift Of the people, II has
candidate so fully equipped by nature and
education that II feels that it would be q po-
litical fault to fail to urge his name for nom-
ination before you. nave as "a candidate for
that position man known by every woman
and child and voter that ever licked q postage
stamp in every village and hamlet of the land.
A bg-bodied. big-hearted. big-brained man; a
man OF commanding presence, Of dignifed
ihi'h u man WHOSE courtesy IN MS every DAY
manners Is rarely equalled and never ex-
celled-a man who In the administration OF
his duties as assistant postmaster general in
the last Democratic adminis.<atio was the
beau ideal OF an honest, honorable. useful and
Efficient Democratic officeholder.
Like his great leader who bears your BAR
ner, he believes that public Office Is a public
trust, but be believes also that the Demo-
Gratis are the best trustees Of this public trust.
We propose ta make true what our Republi-
can friends say OF us-that W do our quar-
relinG before the convention and our lighting
against our enemies afterward. We believe
that every Democrat will put ON his armor.
We OF the west here have been making a mag
nihcent campaign Of late years. We have been
educating the people, and the proud results
are seen In Boyd Of Nebraska, Boies of Iowa,
Peck OF Wisconsin In, the grand old man, who
represents.lllinoisi In the United States senate,
and In the reduction of the Republican ma
jority from G000D to 1900 In Illinois.
We propose in this campaign to attack the
last citadel. We have governor that we are
going TO elect. VIII you help us give the
twenty-four electoral votes TO Grover Cleve-
landf IL you will. then vote for the man
whose name now present, a man who does
not have to get a certificate from a labor Or
ganization TO show that he Is friend Of the
people. man that we all loveAdlai K.
Stevenson of Illinois.
X. j. Vance OF Connecticut rose in his
place to second the nomination of Isaac p.
Gray. He spoke briefly and what he said
could hardly be distinguished, because OF
the noise caused by the rainfall.
Boies Didn't Want 1t.
Idaho also seconded the nomination of
Gray.
When Iowa was called, the chairman of
the delegation said: Iowa has no candi-
Iata tA a..
Boies all over the hall, and the chairman
again taking the floor said: "It is the
personal wish of governor Boies, II is the
the unanimous wish of the Democrats of
Illinois that Governor Boies be not
named as a candidate for the vice presi-
dency in this convention"
When Kansas was reached the chairman
presented |. A. Scott to second the nomi-
nation OF Isaac p Gray.
When Kentucky was called, Hon John
S. Rhea took the platform. He said that
he came from the home of the star-eyed
goddess to second the nomination of Mr..
Stevenson. Kentucky took her Democ-
racy like her whisky-st raight. He sup
ported Illinois candidate because he was
n man who believed that to the victor be-
longed the spoils. II he were placed In a
position. mugwumps and Republicans
would get 10 quarter at his hands.
Morse Nominated.
Tie rollcall proceeded without any in
terruption until Michigan was reached.
when Don NJ. Dickinson announced that
would present candidate |
through Hon. +. F. Uhl Mr. Uhl took |
the platform and nominated Allan b.
Morse.
1t remained to Tammany Hall to name |
the candidate for the vice presidency. |
When the day opened all was in doubt as |
70 the selection Of candidate for vice |
president. Every delegate identified with |
the opposition to Grover Cleveland was
'ound to be arrayed in an even more vehe-
nent opposition to the candidacy of Gray.
IL became manifest that whatever agree
nent might have been entered into by the
Cleveland leaders to give Gray the vice
presidency in return for the support of
Indiana for Cleveland. there was going to
De determined opposition by the delegates
to the consummation of this
New YORK has seventy-two votes for
Hon. Adlai f. Stevenson" said Gov.
srnor Flower, and thousands of Illinois
men in the galleries went wild with enthu.
siasm. The remainder Of the rollcall was
Dut formal. Stevenson at once began tc
make rapid gains, and at the conclusion
)f the rollcall one state after anothe.
,hanged their vote to the Illinoisan.
Mr.. Elias stood on his chair when North
was called, and seconded the
nomination of Stevenson.
When Ohio WAS called there were cries
If Campbell" but the chairman of the
delegation announced that the state had
no candidate TO present.
l.. Il. Cunningham of Tennessee sec
)nded the nomination Of Gray. Ex-Gov
srnor Throckmorton of Texas seconded
.he nomination OF Stevenson and Hon
John Goode OF Virginia seconded the nom
nation OF Stevenson. Washington sec
onded the non ination OF Gray.
When Wisconsin was called, General
Bragg rose TO put In nomination
Hon. John VI. Mitchell
n Milwaukee. General Bragg had barely
Begun his speech when the rain cam,
lown In torrents, the voice Of the speaker
vas drowned. aud he was obliged to await
he storms Subsistence. The band struck
up the baby ,oi- from Wang" and tn,
d''n .r'"s sang these woris:
Grover, Grovcf. four more years Of Grover.
In he goes, out they go;
Then wen be in clover.
The whole convention Joined in the re-
rain, and, while the thunder rolled, tn,
ain smote the roof and dripped through
IN the heads Of the crowd, the vast
,hofus rose ana fell like the waves OF tn,