Fair play., 1896-04-25
THE NIGHT SESSION.
At Which Delegates Were Elected and
MIR. Bland Indorsed FOR President.

At Which delegates Were Elected and
MIR. Bland In.iorsed Tor President.
The night session was called to order
| at 1:3o o'clock. and DIR. ID. ii. Shields,
of Marion county, chairman, presented
the report of the committee on ere
dentialS.
There were no contests, except in
portions of the Fifth and Tenth dis
tric.s. and the report was approved,
except as to- tile contesting delegations.
John Scullin, the st. Louis street-car
maanatc, was one of the delegates re-
ported on unfavorably.
l., RMASENT ORGANIZATION.
ization. through Chairman Ewing, re-
ported NJ T.. Benton. of Newton coun-
w. for chairman; s. B. Cook, of Au-
drain, secretary. Jeff Pollard, of St.
! Louis, reading secretary: +. r. Cor
don, of Cole county, doorkeeper.
The election of four delegates-at-
large was fixed as the first order of
business. to be followed by the cleo
ton of 30 district delegates to the ma
tioDal convention at Chicago.
Mt. hENTuN's REMARKS.
In retiring as temporary chairman.
Mr.. Hatch returned thanks for the
courtesy extended by the conventions,
and then introduced Mr.. Benton.
Mr.. Benton said it was no wonder that 5000
democrats had laid down in Missouri in 1892,
when the acts Of MFR, Cleveland and Secretary
In It.-f,f 10 hran
ing in IL" east. the speaker said. and unless
nll signs Of the times fail, we will soon have
the silvcry moon to light our way. He spoke
in opposition to the further issue OF bonds. his
Itterance hcips loudly applauded.
I'VE must return to the law of jackson. ard
which was DESTROYED February L. 1873. There
inus; b" no straddlcs in the future. as the
people are tired OF them, The repu blican
party is going to make the battle on the line
of higher taxation and less money. the dcmoc-
racy must meet it with the declaration that
we want less taxation and more money"
COMMITTEE On RESOLUTIONS.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Benton's re-
marks, the committee on resolutions,
Judge Shacl<elford, chairman made it's
report. The chair stated that it had
been signed by II of the Is members,
when one delegate called out: "Who is
the gold bug
The report of the committee was
read.
Edward Dewey, of the Twentieth
ward, ST. Louis, presented an amend
ment to the committee report in the
shape of resolution pledging and in
structing the delegates to Chicago to
abide by and support the platform and
nominee of the national convention
He offered it in good faith, he said.
He was elected in a sound money ward,
but as he was democrat he proposed
to abide by the action of this conven-
tion. lie asked that the amendment
be referred to the committee on reso-
lutions.
After some further discussion the
amendment was referred to the COM
mittce on resolutions.
Maj. Shackclford, chairman of that
committee, said it had been rejected
because it was not gcrmane to the SUBJ
iect, and was now again rejected for
the same reason.
The report was then adopted.
BLAND FOR PRESIDENT.
Gov. Stone appeared upon the plat.
form and the convention went wild.
He presented resolution favoring
bimetallism and indorsing Hon. Rich
ard P. Bland for the presidential nom-
ination at Chicago, and pledging the
delegation to use all honorable means
to bring about the desired result. The
governor paid glowing tribute to Mr..
Bland and his work in behalf of silver,
and on his motion the resolution was
adopted unanimously by n rising vote.
TO STAND BY sIXTEEN TO ONE.
j. D. Showalter, of Lafayette conn
ty, presented a resolution instructing
John G. Prather, national committee
man from Missouri, not to vote for an.
man for chairman of the Chicago con-
vention who is opposed TO the free
coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1.
1t was adopted by an almost unani-
nous vote. half dozen st. Louis dele
gates voting nay.
DELEGATES ELECTED.
The next order of business was the
selection of four delegates and four
alternates ut large to :hs Chicago een-
vsas'on'