The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-07-05

have just seen Gresham. If unanimon
will accept" This created great e~
citement and several general rows en-
sued. o'
Afternoon Session.
Although the afternoon session wa
called to order at 2 O'Clock. il was NO
uhtll an hour later that the delegate
were seated.
North Carolina on National Committe.
Inc roll OF States was then called fo1
members OF the new national Com. the
North Carolina members were announced
as follows: W. R. Lindsay, Thomas B
Long, s. Otho Wilson.
Inc committee on platform reported
LOT the second time that it would take
two hours to finish its labors, Wherein.
on delegate Harvey demanded that the
committee should bring in the preamble
and as many of the planks as had been
agreed upon, so that the convention
might take them up for consideration
and reinforced the demand by resolu,
tlon which was adopted with hnrrah.
An Occasional Song.
While In waiting for the committee To
respond Kansas quartette, brought
down the house with campaipn sono
with the refrain Good by old parties
good bye" When they had finished
the platform committee, through dele.
gate Gator, of Gala, reported that the
! committee declined to present a partial
report but would make a full one as
speedily as possible. Upon this half a
dozen delegates submitted resolutions to
proceed to the next order of business
that of nominating candidates for the
presidency. This caused considerable
commotlon in the midst of which a mo-
ton to table the resolution was adopted
b,y large majority-a victory for
the Gresham element. The anti
Greshamites, however, were ready for n
light and accordingly W. r. Lamb, of
Texas, moved that the convention re-
adopt the st. Louis platform and pro-
coed to nominations. This was seconded
III vigorous speech by Brown, of Mas
sachusetts, General Weaver's second rec
ognlAed spokesman. He said that there
was no reason why they should be kept
there all the week, while the committee
allowed people with crude theories to
appear before them and air their superior
knowledge of what the country needs at
this time. The St. Louis platform, he
SAID, was the one upon which the candi
date for the people was going to smash
the plutocracy In November McDon-
nell, OF New Jersey, reinforced Brown
and so did delegate from Oklahoma.
who said that the convention could do in
fifteen minutes what the committee on
platform mad been engaged on for four
days, and was still engaged upon
weaver and Gresham Factions Fight.
ing.
On Mr.. Lambs demand the secretary
began to read the St. Louis platform
1t was read, plank by pank, but Mr..
Mannlns, OF Alabama, interrupted with
passionate speech, declaring that the
convention should have confidence in its
committee and should not attempt to an
tlclpate It's action, or override its author
lty. The secret of the fight now was
that the Weaverites were determined to
force the nominations, while the Gresh
amltes were anxious to delay
further proceedings until after
they heard from the delegation to confer
with Judge Gresham in Chicago to night.
Further debate was stopped at this juno
tnre, just as the convention was getting
up roarlous, BY the appearance of the
committee on platform with its rf.rG5t
the body having decided, in view Of the
temper OF the convention to throw over
board score or more resolutions that
had been submitted to it for considera
ton. The convention settled down into
a dead calm, when Carter, of California.
was presented and commenced to read
the preamble. The inthusiasm increased
ten fold when the speaker read declara-
tion to the effect that the time had come
when the railroads ran the people or
tho people the railroads, and it
was a couple of minutes before
order could be sufficiently restored
for the reader to proceed. Branch. of
Georgia, moved the adoption of the pre-
amble, and it was adopted by rising
vote with more cheering. Carter now
gave way for Branch, who proceeded to
read the platform proper. Cries of
.'amen" and cheers greeted the plank in
favor OF governmental control of all tele-
graph and telephone systems, and were
repeated when the resolution was fin
lshed. The entire preamble and plat
form were put to another vote and adop-
ted by reclamation amid another scene
Of boisterous enthusiasm.
The Way They Do II.
Branch, of Georgia, chairman of COM
mlttee, was lifted upon the shoulders of
stalwart Texan and carried around the
hall, while men, women and children
shouted themselves hoarse and waved
everything in their reach. The banners
designating the locations of the various
delegations were lifted high in the air.
4 portrait of George Washington being
attached to the one of Virginia and
several of the banners were carried to
,he platform and uplifted over tie CHAIR
mans head. In the meanwhile every one
If the 10, 900 souls in the great celisium
'oared and cheered and hundreds
IF other wise, cool-headed dele.
gates seized with a frenzy stripped
themselves of coats and, in some
cases their vests, SO that their limbs
would be more free. AS if by magic
hundreds of stars and stripes made their
appearance all over the hall, while one
If Immense size was borne up to the
platform and waved in triumph over ALL
A towering Georgian actually climbed
)n top of the tablc. The band struck
Up the "Star Spangle Banner but the
lin was SO overpowering that even the
Dig bass drum would not penetrate it.
Did Otho Wilson LeadIt.
When the 0pmOnSt ration had haop ero;,o