Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-09

adoption of tho minority report and
was followed by Senator Grady, OF
New York, who pleaded eloquently
for the preservation of party preced-
emit. His statement brought forth
great applause from the galleries and
for some minutes there was a scene
of the widest excitement.
Delegates stood on their chairs and
the chairman was compelled to ring
the bell for the band to play.
Meanwhile, Grady was standing on
the platform and when order was al
last obtained he continued, saying
that certain Michigan delegates had
written out their own credentials
since coming to Chicago and asked il
the convention intended to accept
these and ignore the regularly signed
credentials of the State of Michigan.
He said that if the case had been
reversed the applicants for seats
would have been laughed out of the
convention with their self written
credentials.
He was followed by several other
delegates, who made speeches pre-
and con on the adoption of the report
and at 7:4s, after the convention had
beenlwrangling v the question OF
two hours, the roll of States was Or
dered called.
This resulted in the motion favor
ing the adoption of the minority re.
port, being lost by a vote Of sos tG
1868.
Some of the scenes during the tax
ing OF this ballot were as exciting al
have ever been q in any nationa
convention.
At one time, for nearly thirty min.
utes, the excitement was at fever
heat. Men stood on chairs and waved
their hats, canes and handkerchief
while the chairman raped in vair
for order. Some of the Kentucky
delegates got out in the aisle and
danced a regular old fashioned break.
down. In vain the band played; its
music was completely drowned by the
cheering and yelling.
These scenes were repeated when
the final vote was announced and il
was some minutes before anything
like quiet could be obtained by Chair
mar Daniel.
AT GIL the Committee on Perma-
nent Organization made their report,
in which they recommended for per-
manent Chairman Senator White, of
California. Their report was adopted
a few minutes later, and he was es-
corted to the chair amid great cheer
ing.
After reaching the platform at $3.50
Senator White began his speech,
which he said would be short. He
started out by saying that all the
States and delegates could depend on
fair and impartial treatment at his
hands and growing eloquent declared
that Democracy would live when all
present had ceased to exist.
When he finished gavels were pre-
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the convention was declared adjourn
ed until 10 O'Clock Thursday morning.
The short session of only a little
over fours' duration was a most ex-
citing and noisy one.
THURSDAYS SESSION.
Special Dispatch to the Ledger.
CONVENTION HALE, CHICAGO, ILL,
July 9.-At 1858 the convention was
called to order by permanent chair
man White. of California. Only a part
of the delegates were in their seats at
this time, but the hall was rapidly fill
ed and in a few minutes was crowded.
At IL O'Clock the report of the COM
mittee on platform was presented by
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, and read
to the convention by the clerk. THE
platform was substantially the same
as given in last evenings LEDGER and
will be found in full in another column.
AS oon as the clerk finished read
ing the document Senator Hill, of New
York, presented the minority report
which was also read. 1t contained a
strong exception to the free silver
plank in the platform and endorsed
heartily President Cleveland. 1t also
recommended that all money be kept
at a parity with gold.
When that part of it endorsing
Cleveland's administration was read
the cheering was deafening and many
of the delegates and a great part of
the audience rose to their feet and
appiauded.
TILLMAN's SPEECH.
After the minority report had been
read Senator Tillman, of South Caro-
lima, took the platform and spoke for
over an hour.
His appearance was greeted with
mingled cheers and Kisses which last
ed some minutes.
He spoke in favor OF the majority
report of the committee and began by
referring to the way in which the
"lying newspapers" had represented
him as the ''pitchfork" from South
Carolina.
This statement was greeted with
cheers and laughter.
Continuing he said that he came
from the land of secession and this
statement brought forth a whirlwind
of Kisses, which he rebuked by saying
that he considered it an insult to South
Carolina.
He said that the Democratic party
was now going to liberate the white
slaves and when he preached the fact
that he was a representative of the
entire South he was greeted with loud
cries of "No!" "No!" and great ex-
element prevailed.
He said that the Democratic party
in the past had been hewers OF wood
and drawers of water to the states of
New York, Connecticut and New
Jersey and that the time has now
come to throw of that bond.
Referring to the minority report
favoring gold he said that it was de-
cidedly a sensational issue. [Cheers
and hisses. When order was obtain
cd he continued, saying that the facts
could not be changed by Kisses and
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