The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-07-05
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MATED AT OMAHA THIS
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MATED AT OMAHA THIS
MORNING.
A"e Proceedings of Yesterdays Con
"entlon With the Principle
Planks of the Platform
as AdOpted-The
Candidates.
by Telegraph to the State Chronicle.
OMAHA, July AT 7 o'clock thi
morning, George F. Washburne of Bos
ton, the chief organizer of the move
ment In favor of the nomination for tn,
presidency of United States senator T
II Kyle, sent the following despatch tt
the gentleman at Washington: "You
nomination seems assured. A maiorit,
OF the state have declared in favor a.
your candidacy" Chairman EIlinoto,
was IN favor of the president calling the
convention to order this morning. Wher
the gathering adjourned on SATURDAY. j,
was TO meet at a. m. and although les,
than hundred delegates were On hand
at that hour the proceedings were
lnagurated with PRAYER b1
Rev. VIM, McCreedy, of South Dakota
| No Quorum But GIee Club.
call of the roll having developed the
TACT that a quorum was lacking. olee
club was pressed into service until the
committee on rules was ready with its
report. From the committee on creden-
tlals came the report that there were no
contests and 1,4O0 delegates had filed
their credentials. Judge Robertson. of
Iexas, presented the report of the com
mittee on permanent organization. nam
ing ii. l.. Loucks, of South Dakota as
permanent chairman, and John W
hayes, OF New Jersey, secretary. The
elections were ratified with a. veil and
chairman Loucks, on being presented re-
celved an enthusiastic welcome. He is
one legged veteran and supported him
self on his crutches. Loucks announced
amid applause, that he would content
himself with expressing the opinion that
TINS was the greatest and grandest con-
ventlon ever held, not only in this country.
but in the civilized world. He was not one
OF those who believed that the republic
was In danger, 80 long as the people
existed. He congratulated them on the
harmony that prevailed. There were no
states fixed up for the convention: the
nominee would be the choice of the peo-
pie and not the choice of the machine
element. The speaker then launched
out into dlsparagement of the Gresham
boom, and an eulogy of General Weaver
without, however, mentioning namea
tie said that they must have candidate
VINO mould stand fair and square upon
the platform, who would burn all the
bridges behind him; man who had al
ready been weighed in the peoples party
balances and not been found wanting. II
had been said that they must not Sc
lect one of the old guard bear
ears forsooth he had been a
grand hackers in times past. Do the re-
publlcans or democrats drive their old
leaders IN the rear in this manner2 Had
IL come to this because a man had been
active In the interest of his party? He
must be knocked in the head? He hoped
not and insisted that only tried and
true l, reformer should be placed on guard.
These remarks were received with slight
applause from few and silence from the
'naa: o. oa.es and created :.
decidedly unfavorable impression. None
OF the committees being ready to report
General Armstrong, of California. was
given the floor for twenty minute
speech Of the usual independent party
stripe, and which was greeted at inter
vals with enthusiastic applause. A few
remarks were made by Mrs. Emory of
Michigan, and N. Y. Rois of OREGON.
presented gavel in behalf of that State
A Remarkable Report, Indeed.
The committee on rules made a re-
markaDie report recommending that one
regular ballot be taken for Presidential
nominee and that if no choice be made
on the second ballot the delegates
should write Oh a card their first and
second choice, the first choice to conn,
as one Vote\ the second as half a vote
that after tbs ballot all other names he
dropped an { the third ballot be confined
to these tvs candidates. This would
shut out all ark horses.
The propCstion to drop all but the
two highest \ udidates after the second
ballot provol4ti lively debate accom-
panied at tin e'eswith considerable feel
ing. An meen(nent was submitted bv
a Nebraska detle9te that when the bal |
iotlng mad ben commenced it
should be CONTINUED until some candi
date had been selected. This was adon-
ted, the provisd sttoken out and the re-
port as amended vas adopted. There
was long deba te over proposition to
ADMIT soldiers who wore the blue and
the gray to the two thousand or more
vacant seats, but it was defeated on the
ground that this would be a violation of
the contract with The citizens of Oma-
haW who had retained the vacant seats.
The committee on resolutions renorted a
resolution authorizing the chair to an
point committee Ct three to seek re-
dress from the managers of those western
roads that had failecto give special rates
to the delegates from the far west. but
this was antagonized by delegates from
California and Mont,na. The former
said that the roads hd been asked for
special rates, the same IS Given to rennb.
llcan and democraeic conventions that
they had been refusei; that thew had
paid their way and asked no favors and
that the time was not ar distant when
the people would own he union and
Southern Pacific roads. The latter de-
claration was the signal fr {rreat dem.
onstratlon, the entire aaie1ce rising
and cheering heartily. AftSr some
debate the resolution WIS so amend
ed as to instruct +bo ! 80: