Fair play., 1896-08-01

two committees hal met This morning and
would meet again Mt y II. The s.lvcr.tes
| were assured, lie said. that the populi,:s were
Eow working haymouiousiy a!Qus the lines laid
| down b. the convention. Cheers. He be-
lievcd tina. a unanimous report from
the conference committee o: the two convcn-
| t!ons would he one Of the strongest cJmpa IN
| documents that could be circulated. In order
| that tha, might be successfully accomplished
| he moved that the farther proceedings Of the
convention relating 20 the adoption OF i plat
| form and nomination should bc deferred until
| $50 ?. II. This wa, seconded by delegates
| fror.. Kansas ual Wisconsin aIl the motion
| was carried with rat ono cissouttng vote
\ distribution o. mail and ic!cgramS ny the
secretary followed and senator Stewalt's
| garLc c.OECd cheer, and demands for Il SpcGch
ElJ it passed without hcing pressed.
| The list Il The new national committeeman
| WIS announced, am tho members were re-
| quc>tcd to meot Immediately upon a1iourn-
IuCnt this morning.
motion was made AMI agreed 10. au-
| thoriz.nc the committee 20 MI vacancies. The
| matter of cpuHtjrg Tho Veterans o: the late
| war, under the rC>oiut.nn read Thursday 10y
| Mr.. strong. OF Illinois. came up, and Mr. J ".
| Rhodes. OF Washington. addressed tnc conven-
| ton.
| The veteran resolution was lost sight OF
| ten pCTari,y in Il second tu:gUituouS demand
| for speech from Senator Stewart, to which
| he RESPONDED.
! Tho convention again took up the veteran
| soldier Tc c-oiutipI and 1t was decided to call
| the roll o! Stats that tho chaIrncn Of
| delegations might announce the num-
| ber Of the veterans IN each state
| delegation. The call resulted in showing i9j
| Union soldiers. is confederGtcs and four Mcx!-
| can soldiers represented in the convention.
| Ont of the rn!i-call grew i suggestion which
| c.rstallzed Into n motion, which was agreed
| 10. that the old soldiers and sailors In the con-
vention, Union. confederate ANA Mexican.
| form the basis ot au organization In the party
for cam. a.sr purposcs-io save the country.
| Miss Helena Hartnott Mitchell. Of Alton.
| kaS.. vas Introduced, and stating that being
| inspired by the nomination OF T,ygr. although
| She had never written :. poem, she had written
| oa' on The Val o' william whitney" She
| !rritci il to the convention. u was semi
| hUrHor. US. ami the y0riouS hits at Whitney.
| H,!l and Dcpcw aroused intense enthusiasm:
at thc close % the recitation many Of the dele
| gates arose and expressed their feelings by
| shouting and waving hats, hariEerchiefs and
! flag. j. was The most enthusiastic ovation Of
| the convention.
| Gen. Warner Of Ohio after calling attention
| 10 the fac. hat The FIRST silver convention was
| held In this hall seven years ago, moved an ad-
| j0urnncnt until 3 80 o'clock and It WIS de-
cIarei carried at 1872.
| Eryan and sewaII Nominated.
At the afternoon session, after prelirinar,
| work in closing up details, the platform
was adopted and. nominations being
! declared in order. the nom
| nces OF the nftional democratic party. Will
! lam !. Bryan. OF Nebraska. and Arthur Scwall,
| Of Ma Inc. were placed in nomination and
| unanimously chosen as the standard bearer