The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-24

81 n 1en0salu alton below 500 in order ~,
restore silver - its iuit ase ~ . circulating
medium. We also favor tie reopeninv -
the alnts OF the United States 20 she coin.
axe q both gold and SILVER without ais-
elimination. ON such basis As viii main.
tain their parity, thus giving both metal.
such recognition - they enfovea rrior -
ne Republican demonstration act az
is-1" -
When the section inaorsinx Cleveland
vas read the convention broke int, Iona
cheers, which lasted a minute. the dele.
gates rising and wavlRE their hats ana
handkerchief
Some comment was made ut the lack of
enthusiasm with which the section in
reference TO the funding hsil was received.
During the earlier STAGES OF the eanve,-
ton every anti-railroad allusiaa vas
cheeFed TO the echo. but the expressions Of
the convention against the Southern IA
cite seemed To have heen modified today.
j. Marion Brooks, Of Los Angeles.
offered an amendment to the platform re-
commenting the passage OF law allow
ing the right ot appeal from the Federal
courts to the United States supreme court
IN eontemps proceedings Of criminal eases.
Brooks defended the Coxeyites, and spoke
at length concerning case in which no
vas attorney for the defendants The
convention had little patience with
the speaker and guyed him unmerci-
fully, but he carried the gal
leries with him aud eventually
insisted on roll call on bis amendment.
He spoke twice and said of himself that
"nen may come and men may 80. hua
Brooks goes on forever" Finally dele
gate from his own county suggested that
it was time TO dam that brook" The
roll call buried Brooks amendment under
vote OF OF 10 20. Unahsshed hy his de-
feat. BROOKS then introduced another reso-
tion with the preface that the defeat Of
the Coxev plan meant the annihilatlon Of
the Democratic party in California His
second amendment recommended the free
coinage Of silver at the ratio Of rs TO l. and
the opening Of the United states mints
Tor the coinage Of both gold and silver.
This was defeated in favor Of the silver
plank prepared by the committee on plat
form.
Then the sensation of the day was
sprung. in the form of . resolution intro
duced by G. W. Reed, Of san Francisco.
who desired TO amend the platform oy ap-
proving the course Of President Cleveland
in endeavoring TO restore Queen Llliino-
kalani TO the Hawaiian throne. from
which she was unIawfully deposed with
the conniyance OF the last Republican adj
ministration. The convention did not
want 10 her this mentioned. and tried TO
hush the discussion, but Reed insisted
upon taking the platform in support of
the dusky monarch. The amendment
was ignominiously defeated. Tho call for
81.
the platform was adopted by unanimous
vote. as presented by the com mittee.
The convention nominated Jackson Tenn
pie snd James Il. Murphy for supreme
Judges, long term, and r. A. Bridgeford
for superior judge, short term.
The convention hopes 10 concl ude its
labors tomorrow. The state central COM
mittee has arranged for ratification
meeting tomorrow evening. and the Iro-
quols club has planned to take all the dele
gates on trip around the bay
Saturday. When the convention re-
order OF business viii be the nominaiiea
Of candidates for governor. Unless
deadlock for the nomination ensues. il is
expected that the minor Offices will be
quickly settled aud the work Of the con-
NrHhA0n w aAA1AaHA1hV4 AA@
Budd men are jubiiant tonight and are
already claiming the fight as won. They
say Rudd will be nominated on the tirst
ballot. and that he will have over SOD
votes. Ii is probable that this claim is too
sanguine, and IL Is improbable that any
candidate will have the requisite number Of
votes on the frat ballot. The Mcguire
men claim the solid vote of the Fourth
congressional district. with a vote of 81
Barney Murphy is still in the fight, despite
the talk OF his withdrawal by w. u. En-
glish. His chances were injured by the
nomination OF his namesaks as supreme
justice this afternoon. the vote being con-
sidered q test Of strength between James
Murphy and Budd. Dennis Spencer nn-
doubsedly has the fubernatorial bee in his
bonnet, and talks for n stampede 20 his
banner after the first two ballots. ostrom
is not in IL tonight.
The delegates from the First congress
sional district tonight renominated Con-
gresham Thomas J. Geary. who voted
against the Havemeyer bill.