The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-06-27

to Refer All Resolutions Relating
to Public Questions to Next Repub-
lican Convention.
Cleveland, June 21-The eighth ma
tiOnal convention of the League of
Republican clubs convened in music
hall with 200 delegates in the audi
forum and the galleries filed with
visitors. The hall is deliberately dec
grated. as is the arcade, where the
banquet is to be given tomorrow, and
the hotels and clubs. After prayer by
Rev. S. l.. Darsey, Secretary Humph-
rey read the call and addresses OF wei
come were made by Mayor Robert r.
McKisson and President ID. ID. Wood
| mansee. Of the Ohio League of Repub-
lican clubs. President Tracey then
delivered the annual address.
A. Il. Humphrey, who has been sec
| rotary eight years. ever since the ma
tional League of Republican clubs was
organized, to-day announces positively
| that he will not be a candidate for re-
| election. This withdrawal is in the
interest Of Gen. McAlpin for president
McAlpin and Humphrey both being
from New York. The silver men had
another conference to-day and decided
to wait until after the appointment Of
the committee on resolutions before
taking action. If that committee is or
ganized against free coinage they will
insist on the consideration of their l6
to | resolution in the convention.
Their glittering silver badges are the
most brilliant paraphernalia in the hall
or about the hotels. and they are stu
confident that the party must accede
TO their dema ndS to hold the Western
states.
Call of states.
When Secretary Humphrey called
| the states TO ascertain the number of
| delegates and alternates ii was aScer-
| tanned that the states could report only
those present and not the number to
which they are entitled. This was
| against the silver men, whose delega-
| lions were not as full as those of other
| states. During the call there were
| loud demonstrations when Tennessee,
| Missouri, Kentucky and other Demo
| cratic states were called. The great
est ovation was given TO ii. Clay Ev-
| ans Of Tennessee.
In his address of welcome Mr.. Wood
| mansee, of the Ohio league, expressed
regret that Gov. Mckinley was pre-
vented by his Kansas engagement
| from welcoming the delegates to Ohio.
| The reference TO Mckinley caused a
| loud and continuous demonstration.
| Mr.. WOOdmanSee desired to say. how
| ever. that Gov. Mckinley would reach
the city on FRIDAY evening at the
! HOllenden. where he would be glad TO
| greet all and say farewell to one and
| all.
| The secretary announced that there
! were represented at the convention
| forty-siX states and territories. the
! largest number ever represented at
| any previous convention of the league.
| Among the delegates were a number
| of ladies. four from Colorado. one from
| New York. two from Washington and
| three from Illinois, the latter repre-
senting women's league clubs in that
| state. The ladies from Colorado lost
! no opportunity to do missionary work
| in favor of the free coinage Of silver
| The American college league has ten
| delegates present.
| Committee on Resolutions.
| The committee on resolutions was as
| follows:
Iowa, James Blythe; New Jersey. w.
| A. Hustin; Ohio, w. S. Cappellar:
| West Virginia. Ellis Northcote: Ore
gon, II. NJ. Clarke: Indiana. George w.
| Farriss: Wyoming. +. NJ. Mendell;
| North Dakota. X. y. Stevens: Rhode
Island. Henry Tiepke; Georgia. A. T..
Buell.: Louisiana, William T. Kellogg;
New York. s. A. Robertson: Utah. G.
f. Allen: Texas. III. T. McGregor; Ala
| hama, II. a. Mosely: Arizona. J. A.
| Sampson, California. ]. j. Casper; Ar
| kansas, John Mcclure; Connecticut,
| l.. NJ. Hubbard, Colorado, Byron L.
| Carr; Pennsylvania ]. b. Robinson;
| Nevada, William Glass; South Da-
kota. X. J. Woods; South Carolina. G..
| j. Murray: Delaware, Horace Greedy
| Knowles; Illinois, G. S. Runnels; Kan
sas, Senator Baker: Massa chusetts, H.
b. Blackwell: Nebraska, r. r.
| Schneickler; Mississippi. James Hill;
| Washington, Miles G. Moore: District
of Columbia. w. w. Curry; Minnesota,
| J. A. Tawney; New Mexico A. l.. Nor
| rison: oklahoma, A. j. Seavy; Wiscon-
sin, Henry Fink; Kentucky, Mcdonald
| Shaw.
| The committee on time and place
| selected Milwaukee as the place for
| the next national convention, and re-
| ferred the selection of the date for the
| next national convention to the eXecu-
| tive board, with instructions TO select
any date after that of the Republican
| national convention. The postpone
| ment of the time to date subsequent
| to that of the national convention next
| year was for the purpose of avoiding
| any such contest on resolutions as
| that which is now confronting the del
| egates of the clubs.