Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-08
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.


in the national democratic convention.
They routed their opponents by a ma
iority of 207, seated Senator Daniel in
the chair over Senator Hill, the nomi.
nee of the national committee, and
broke two records.
They upset a practice which has al
ways heretofore prevailed in democrat
ic conventions, and they held the long,
est first days session of any great ma
tional convention within recent men,
DRY.
The vote of 9O5 cast was one less
than the total vote by reason of the
fact that Senator Hill refrained from
voting, but this loss in a calculation of
relative strength was Offset by his OPP
ponent, Senator Daniel, chivalrously
voting against his party and himself.
When New York's vote was announc-
ed Mr.. Flower stated that the Empire
State cast II votes against the substi-
tute, which meant Mr.. Daniel. Then
he added that the one vote was that of
Hon. David Bennett Hill. At this
there was long applause, and Mr.. Hill
was regarded as gentleman of a fine
sensibility of the niceties of embarrass-
ing occasions. But when Virginia's
vote was announced, it was seen that
| Mr.. Daniel had gone Mr.. Hill one bet
ter, for the chairman of the delegation
| announced that Virginia cast % of her
"a votes for the substitute, but that one
member of the delegation cast his vote
for Hon. David Bennett Hill, and that
that member was Senator Daniel.
This graceful act was immensely ap-
| preciated by the audience. The vote
stood $50 to $40.
The result showed the silver men to
be forty-eight votes short of two,
thirds majority, taking it as test vote.
But in many respects it was not So
There were eight votes of South Da,
kota cast for Hill, which, on square
issue of free coinage, will 60 for silver.
Three votes in West Virginia
thrown against the silver can.
didate will be counted for the silver
platform. The territories, which on
the preliminary roll were given six
seats, but only two votes each, will
probably be awarded six votes in the
permanent organization, except Alaska
and the District of Columbia, which
will remain at their present rating.
Several changes and accessions, it is
claimed, will come very near giving the
silver men the two-thirds majority they
seek and which will enable them to car
ry everything their own way. The com
mttee on credentials at l o'clock this
| morning, by vote of 81 to Is, recon-
mended the seating of the contesting
!. delegates, four at large and two in the
Fourth and Ninth districts each, from
the State of Michigan. The unit rule
prevails in the Michigan delegation,
and this action of the committee, if con-
firmed by the convention, will throw
the solid vote of Michigan into the sill
yer column, and it gives the silver men
the majority of the delegation. The
committee en- credentials commended
that the territories and the District OF
Columbia be entitled to six votes each
in the convention.
The GAzETTE's report of the conven-
ton proceedings closed yesterday while
Senator Daniel was making his address
in which he strongly urged the DECLARE
ton of free silver. He plead for demo
cratic harmony and gave reminder to
the eastern delegates that the South
and West have been the friends of the
whole nation. He blamed the republi.
cans for gold legislation, and
made slight reference to Secreta-
ry Carlisle for following repub-
lican presidents. His speech was
read from manuscript. When MIR.
Daniel finished, and announced that
the convention was ready for business,
there was loud cries for Gill;" but the
Senator showed no disposition to re-
spond. Senator Jones, Of Arkansas,
announced that on behalf of the silver
delegates in the convention, and at the
request of many of them, he would
move the adoption of q resolution. The
resolution extended the thanks of the
convention to Chairman Harrity for the
impartial manner in which he had pre-
sided over the convention. 1t was
adopted unanimously, as was another
resolution offered by Senator White, OF
California, making the rules of the
Fifty-third House of Representatives
govern the deliberations of the conven.
ton.
The roll of States was then called
under the customary practice, and the
selections for membership on the vari-
Gus committees were announced.
At 4:43, on Senator Jones's motion,
tba convention adjourned until this
morning at 10 o'clock.
The committee on permanent organi
zation met Immediately after the ad-
tournament of the convention and Sc
lected the following officers for the con-
yention:
Permanent chairman, Stephen NJ.
White, of California; sergeant-at-arms,
John 1. Martin, of Missouri; secretary,
Thomas ]. Cogan, of Cincinnati.
The names of seven candidates will
be formally presented to the conven-
ton, but the list of possibilities is rather
an extended one, as follows:
Richard P. Bland, of Missouri.
Horace Boies, of Iowa.
G. E. Matthews, of Indiana.
R. E. Pattison, of Pennsylvania.
John z. Mclean, of Ohio.
10. G. S. Blackburn, of Kentucky.
Ben. r. Tillman, of South Carolina.
Ex-Gov. Pennoyer, of Oregon.
Senator White, of California.
A. E. Stevenson, of Illinois.
Henry NJ. Teller, Of Colorado.
The sound money men met yesterday
evening, and after listening to a num-