Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-07-07

and spectators was approaching dan.
gerous pitch and the orator suddenly
subsidized. Mr.. Taubeneck, telegram in
hsud. was at last, amid renewed cheers
and confusion, accorded hearing by
the chair.
Ladies' and gentlemen, said Chair.
man Taubeneok, when silence was re
stored. II have just received a telegram
from DR.. Hauser of Indiana. In order
that you may know what credit to place
in it, I will tell you who he ie. He IS
the present candidate for lieutenant
governor on the peoples party ticket,
and author Of the celebrate work, Is
Marriage Failure. LaugE.er).
This is the telegram:
eff unanimous he will not decline"
The effect of this telegram was
electrical Thousands of people sprang
instantly to their feet and thousands of
people cheered again aud again for
Gresham. There seemed no doubt that
among those wildly cheering enthusiasts
were majority OF the delegates,
whether their enthusiasm was on evil
dence of their support or not. I'm
mediately after the reading of this
dispatch by Chairman Taubeneck, Mr..
Brown of Massachusetts took the
|
II held in my hand letter from Mr..
Mann Page, chairman of the Virginia
state alliance, in which he tells me that
his name may 70 before this convention
for the presidential nomination, and
after full, free and fair expression of
the will of the convention he is pre-
pared to abide by the result. (Faint
cheers and lau8hter.) That is just a
little better than Gresham, who wants
it unanimous.
The audience rose en- masse.
"Gresham, Gresham, three cheers for
Gresham; hurrah for Gresham, rang
through the hall for several seconds and
the words were accompanied by wild
manifestations of enthusiasm. keep
cooi," shouted Chairman Loucks,
land listen 10 the speaker.
Every man will have his turn.
Brown resentfully yelled: II do not
propose to attempt to stampede the con
vention with the aid of the gallery.
That is an old party trick" A volley
OF Kisses loud and long continued
greeted this statement and again the
chairman interfered, shouting: This
is disgrace to this convention.
Instantly Robert schillipg OF Wash
ingto sprang to his feet. mo gentle
man hus right to insult the chairman
of our national committee aud our con
ventiop," he said amid ringing cheers
mo one he's the right to go insult BY
/ making charges and fraudulent iueinu
: ations against the party's chairman. :
= wild cheering). Iudescribable con
= fusion followed and recriminations were
. hurled back and forth by the two fac
r tons.
When silence was restored A. r
Brown of Massachusetts, ct oncs de
manded attention. IF in anything
q have said or done in the heat OF the 1no
' ment," said he. Il have insulted on
national committee chairman, for whom
I entertain profound respect, hnmbl!
apologize. And l apologies to this con
yention that I should have been dis
q orderly short time ago." (Renewe'
4 applause).
! At this moment Mrs. Lease, the i'm
a posing female lecturer OF the alliance ii
= Kansas was seen elbowing her wa,
= through the crowd on the stage in orde
. to reach the front of the platform. Tn
= chairman Immediately recognized be
! and she waived her hand to the conven
). ton, shouting in her peculiarly stento
q rian voice: Il too have received
1 message I am authorized to say thu
a if the nomination is rendered
a unanimously even General Harrison will
q decline" Qaughter).
n The Gresham people, however, wer
i not dismayed by these evidences 0
+ sharp opposition to their candidate ant
4 three cheers of Walter @. Gresham
a were called for and given with will.
e at this point the opposers of Gresham
4 made clever move to prevent his nam
:. carving the codvention by storm
!. Paul Vandervoort of Nebraska, who 70
three days has been declaring vigorous
ly against the nomination of Gresham
j and who is bitterly opposed to him
n having been removed from the offics b
a Gresham when the latter was post
master general, claimed recognition
i With remarkable dexterity he shifte'
n position and assumed the roll of
+ Gresham enthusiast, and then mo7e'
a for recess till Z o'clock. After making
f speeches, Van Dervoort's motion that
: recess should be taken after tn
i. nominating speeches was FINAL.
+ declared by the chairman to b
= carried, and the nominating speeche
n were now announced to be in order
O Again the Nebraskan sprang to his feat
!. with a molten for delay. Il move,
a SAID ne 'JQaG 1uSioau VI pTOCeou1uB u
!. nominate we take recess till O'Clock
4 Immediately Brown of Massa chusett
: moved to amend by making the hou
!. 7:3O, and Van Dervoort accepted th
;. amendment. But later Norton of ILL
nois moved to adjourn till o'clock AM
q his motion prevailed.
The delegates were prompt in arriv
i. ing for the night session, and they wer
q all nervous and expectant, owing to
a lack of positive and final information a
!. to the possibility of acceptance OF tn
nomination by Judge Gresham. Their
;. had been "a complaint dur
d ing the afternoon by the presenc
i among the delegates OF persons no
i accredited to the convention and iva
y charged that some OF them had even OK
ercised the right to vote. To guar
against this complaint roll of state
a was called and each delegation was re
a quired to answer that there was n
a unauthorized persons in its chairs
). This also had the effect Of delaying