The Portland daily press., 1896-06-18
UNTIL TIN TODAY
Convention Adjourned at
Five Last Night
AFTER SEATING DELAWARE
HIGGINS DELEGATES.
heRialey's Texas Delegates Also
Gives Seats.
THE TEMPORARY ROLL MADE
THE PERMANENT ONE.

The PERMANENT ONE.
| Response-The Committee on Rules Re-
| ports and the Report is Adopted-The
| Mckinley Parade Bothered by Thun-
| der Storm.-Mr. Man1ey Serenaded-
| Work of the Maine Delegation.
| Convention Hall, June 17.-The early
morning hours of the second day Of the
convention were cloudy and drizzly and
threatened rather disagreeable oondi-
hour fixed for the meeting, 10 a. M, the
clouds began to disperse and there was
every appearance of sultry weather.
BY 10 O'Clock hardly half tho delegates
were present, but they kept pouring In
all the time while the band discoursed
popular airs. In the meantime the gal
leries were being filled up and when at
last Mr. Fairbanks called the convention
to order there were few seats unoooupied
either in the galleries or in the sections
assigned to delegates and alternates.
Theaarrangement on the floor has under
gone change, the positions of several
states having been shifted.
The convention was called to order at
| 10. 45, three-quaters of an hour behind
time when prayer was offered by Rev.
W. g. William.
| s'The Senator from Massachusetts, p
said the chairman, and MIR. Lodge arose
an applause and said: 81 iesirs to
say ~ behalf of the committee on resolu-
| tions that the subcommittee has COM
pleted q draft of platform, and that 1t
Is now under consideration by the full
committee. The committee is unable to
report this morning and asks leave of the
convention to sit during the mornings
session, hoping to be able to report a
platform of principles at the afternoon
session, and ON behalf of the committee
I ask that leave of the convention
Leave was unanimously granted.
The Ecommittee on credentials were
called upon for report, but were not
| ready. Neither was the committee on
permanent organization.
Mr.. Wellington Of Maryland asked
unanimous consent that the committee
on rules be allowed to report at this rate.
| This was refused.
| A motion for recess until 2 o'clock
this afternoon was made by Mr. Wilson
| and was voted down.
| A motion that the report Of the COM
| mittee on permanen5 organization be
| accepted was made by Senator Sewall of
New Jersey and was agreed to amid ap-
| plause.
Mr.. Littlefeld of Maine made the point
of order that this first business in order
was the report of the committee on cred
entia1s, but the chairman overruled it
on the ground that that committee had
been called and had not been ready to
report.
The report of the committee on perma-
nent organization was then presented
and read.
1t named Senator J. NJ. Thurston of
Nebraska as chairman, the secretaries,
sergeants at arms, and other temporary
officers OF the convention, and gave
liat Of Independents, one from each
state as agreed on by the delegation
The reading Of the list of vice-presi-
dents was interrupted by applause as
popular names were reached.
Mr. Mudd of Maryland, made the point
OF order that although the convention
night receive the report of tho committee
on permanent organization it could not
act upon it until the report of the COM
mittee on credentials had been acted up
on.
The chairman overruled the point of
order and promptly put the question on
the adoption Of the report of the commit
tee on permanent organization.
While rising vote was belng taken
that the roll of states must be called ac-
cording to the rules. There is no conven-
ton now here untilr we have made
permanent organization.
Dlsregarding the point the chairman
said those opposed will rise, and declared
that the ayes had it and that the report
or the committee on permanent organi-
zation was adopted.
The chair appointed Senator Sewall of
New Jersey and Representative Payne
OF New York to conduct Senator Thurs
ton to the chair Senator Thurston took
the chair amid tumultous applause, and
addressed the convention as follows:
dentlemen Tof the Convention-The
happy memory Of your Kindness and con-
fidenoe will abide in my grateful heart
forever. My sole ambition is to meet
yourEexpectations, and l pledge myself
to exercise the important powers Of this
high office with absolute justice and IND
partiality. l bespeak your cordial CO.
operation and supp ort to the end that our
PIoooouluksS may De OKuoIlJ c1Asl uAas5 LISA
as BELTS the deliberations OF the supreme
council of the Republican party.
Eight years ago had the distinguished
honor to preside over the convention
which nominated the last Republican
presidents of the United States. Today
l have further distinguished honor to
preside over the convention which is to
nominate the next President OF the
United States. The generation has had
Its object lesson and the doom of the
Democratic parity is already pronounced.
The American people will return the
Republican party to power because they
know that its administration will mean: