The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-06
THE ILLINOIS CONVENTION
A PreponderanCe of Free Silver
and Anti cleveland Men.
On the Committee on Resolutions
Gen. PaImer's District Not in
Favor of Condemning the Adj
ministration. Plain Talk
lndulged In.
by Southern Associated Press.

rotary OF State w. Is. HInrichsen, who
issued the call for to-day's Illinois
Democratic Silver Convention, the
event would have ended in row. 1t
oil came about because of "a plank
III the resolutions endorsing Gov
ernor Altgeld. 1t had been
expressly agreed before tho convention
was cnlled to order that there was to be
no action tukeu outside of that for
which the call provided-the placing
of the seal OF approval on free coinage
and the election of delegates to nn.
tional convention to be held some time
in the near future.
The trouble began in the committee
room, where tho platform was being
prepared. Ten members of tho COM
mittco voted for the Altgeld plank aud
nino against inserting 1t. Tho plank
was put in. The platform had been
rend by ex-Congressman Fithiau,
chairman of the resolutions committee,
firm friend Of the Altgeld plank
storm of protests Ind arisen Mi
over the hall. and it looked as If the
peace making silver convention of the
West would end in schism which
would he fatal to tho future of the
white metal. At this junction Hinrich-
sen nrose and waved his hand, aud in
stantly the uproar WAS nushcd.
"Gentlemen." he said. II have u
personal request to mako of you.
don't believe there Is anybody in this
ball who has any moro right TO make
such "A request than 1 have. 1t is this:
That the part of the resolutions endors
ing Gov. Altgeld be stricken out, and
for this | ask unanimous consent. The
members of the State administration
did not expect to be endorsed bv
this convention either as individuals
or as whole. If such endorsements
were made the object ef this conyen-
ton would DO nullitied."
Judge Mcconnell, permanent chair
man, joined his request to thnt OF MIR.
Hinrichsen aud Chairman Fithian with
out even waiting for the convention to
rstify the request. read tho resolution
over, leaving out the objectional para.
graph.
When Chairman Crawford had finished
his speech this morning delegate from
one of the country towns started the
movement to keep ali the abuse of
Cleveland OR praise of Altgeld out Of
the convention by Introducing reso.
luton thet all resolutions OF political
nature, offered to tho convention, be
received and referred to the Committee
on Resolutions without beiug read.
Thomas Msrritt, of Marion county,
was on his feet iii an instant aud
strennously objected to having what
he called the gag law applied to the
convention. He wanted any resolutions
introduced to he duly read.
1t was evident there was going to be
hot fight by the enemies OF the I'D.
ministration to get in their attacks.
The original lntroducer OF tho motion
withdrew and the point remained un
settled.
The convention then adjourned until
, o'clock to allow the committees to
prepare their reports,
The make up OF the committee op
resolutions shows an overwhelming
preponderence of FREQ silver and anti,
Cleveland mon.
Not content with the regular selec.
ton OF this committee O. motion was
offered to add sX.Copgressman Hunter
to the committee. This was carried by
ncclamatiou. Hunter is violent anti
Cleveland man and has been beratlng
the President as traitor to his party.
Despite the assurance given ont by
the leaders last night, that the con
vention would not undertake to con
demn the National Adminlstratio u,
some of the friends of MIR. Cleveland
seemed apprehensive of coming
trouble. The delegates from the va.
rious Congressional Districts met at 10
o'clock to select delegates to the pro.
posed National Convention on the cur.
rency question.
In some of these caucusses the sub.
loct OF denounciDg Cleveland and
Palmer was talked over in an informal
way. but the sentiment appeared to be
against that which was not conserya.
tive.
i, In the case of the Seventeenth Con.
gressionnl District, Gen. Pnlmer's
home, a resolution was offered in
structing the chairman of the delega-
ton and the district member of the
committee on resolutions to vote
against any proposition to either con.
denim the administration or endorss
The State administration.
Several speeches were made on the
subject and the general expression,
while strongly against Cleveland, was
that it would be bad policy for the con-
yention to takenny action which would
widen the breach between the two fac.
tons of the Democracy.
Timothy L. Beach voiced this septi.
mept in papperY speech in which hs