Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-18
MORNING SESSION.

his colleagues 10 the same eIIect, put VIII | probably do so tomorrow.
 MORNING SESSION. Convention Hall, St. Louis, June It, | The early morning hours of the second | day of the convention were cloudy and | drizzly and threatened rather disagree able, rainy condition of the weather, but | just before the hour fixed for the meeting, | 10 a. m., the clouds began to disperse | and there was clear weather. By 10 l o'clock hardly half the delegates were present, but they Kept pouring in all the | time, while the band discoursed popular airs. In the meantime the galleries were | being filled up, and when at last MT. Fair | banks called the convention to order there were few seats unoccupied either in the galleries or in the sections assigned to | delegates and alternates.
 | Since yesterdays adjournment the ar rangement of the floor had undergone a change, the positions of several states | having been shifted, and in a way far from satisfactory to the reporters, be- cause instead of Senators Teller and Lodge, Chauncey M. Depew and T. c. Platt being in close proximity to each other and to the reporters, they have been removed to remote quarters back of the
 hall, where they can neither be seen nor heard from the platform seats. The convention was called to order at 10:45, three-quarters of an hour behind tlHle, WLen prayer was. OneIeu Oy tuc Rev. Dr. w. G. Williams. ''The Senator From Massachusetts,.
 said the chairman, and MT. Lodge rose amid applause and said T desire to say in behalf of the committee on resolutions that the subcommittee has completed a draft of platform, and that 1t is now
 under consideration by the full commit tee. The committee is unable to report this, and asks leave of the convention 10 sit during this mornings session, hoping to be able to report platform of princ1- pies to the afternoon convention, and on behalf of the committee l ask that leave of the convention"
 Leave was unanimously granted. The committee on credentials was calf- ed upon for report, but was not ready. Neither was the committee on permanent organization.
 MT. Wellington of Maryland asked unanimous consent that the committee on rules be allowed to report at this time. This was refused. A motion for recess till o'clock this afternoon was made by MT. Wellington and voted down, to the satisfaction of the galleries, as indicated by cheers.
 A motion that the report of the com mittee on permanent organization be ac- cepted was made by Senator Sewell of New Jersey, and was agreed to amid ap- plause. te
 
 was the report of the committee on ere dentials, but the chairman overruled 1t on the ground that the committee had been called and had been ready to report. The report of the committee on perma- nent organization was then presented and read. It named Senator J. M. Thurs ton of Nebraska as chairman, made the secretaries, sergeant at arms and other temporary officers permanent officers of the convention, and gave list of vice presidents, one from each state. as agreed on by the delegation. The reading of the list of vice presidents was interrupted by applause as popular names were reached. His Name Was Mudd. MT. Mudd of Maryland made the point of order that although the convention might receive the report of the commit tee on permanent organization, 1t could not act upon it until the report of the committee on credentials had been acted upon. There was no convention here now, he said. The chairman overruled the point of order, and promptly put the question on the adoption of the report of committee on permanent organization. While ris- ing vote was being taken MT. Mudd made another point of order that the roll of states must be called according to the rules.
 "There is no convention now" he said, until we have permanent organiza- tion."
 Disregarding the point, the chairman said: Those opposed will rise," and de- clared that the ayes had it, and that the report of the committee on permanent organization was adopted. The chair appointed Senator Sewell of New Jersey and Representative Serene Payne of New York to conduct Senator Thurston to the chair. a Ess
 Thurston's Speech. Senator Thurston took the chair amid tumuhuous applause and addressed the convention. He said:. ssa Gentlemen of the Convention: The happy memory of your Kindness and con- fdence will abide in my grateful heart forever My sole ambition is to meet your expectations, and I pledge myself to exercise the important powers of this high office with absolute justice and im- partiality. bespeak your cordial coop eration and support, to the end that our proceedings may be orderly and digni- fled, as become the deliberations of the supreme council of the republican party Eight years ago had the disting uished honor to preside over the convention which nominated the last republican president. Today have the further dis tinguished honor to preside over the con- vention which Is to nominate the next president. This generation has had its object lesson, and the doom of the demo- cratic party is already pronounced. The American people will return the republi- can party to power because they know that It's administration will mean:
 "The supremacy of the constitution of the United States. .Hs ats "The maintenance of law and order "The protection of every American citi- zen in his right to live, to labor and to vote. c4 sFf "A vigorous foreign policy. "The enforcement of the Monroe doc Urine. rst
 s"The restor7 fion of our merchant rna- rine. %4
 Safety under the stars and stripes on every sea, in every port.
 Arevenue adequate fo- all govern mental expenditures and the gradual ex- tinguishment of the national debt. "A currency 'ase sound al the govern ment and as untarnished as It's honor, whose dollars, whether of gold, silver or paper, shall have equal purchasing and debt paying power with the best dollars of the civilized world.
 "A protective tariff which protects. coupled with reciprocity: which recipro- cates. securing American markets for