The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-08


! t.arest in today. The Democratic party
has been losing its adherents because
/ the party has failed, through its can
! didates, to keep the faith which they
made with the voters (Cfleers).
! Knowing this fact, and desiring to see
/ the Democratic banner in the ascend
! ahcy in November, feeling and know
I ing that every delegation sent here is
/ pledged for silver and has a, conStitu-
ency at home looking to this conven-
ton, if this convention placed as tenn
/ pOrary chairman or permanent chair
man in this chair man who repre-
sents the other side, there will be a
( iul6ewarmness and a GOODNESS in the
/ campaign that we cannot afford to
have. 1t was because the temporary
officer of this convention would sound
I the keynote that would go all over
this country and which would be the
/ basis of the battle in November, we
want the keynote to be sounded by a
silver representative. "a voice, That S
right!0 That is the reason, gentleman
/ the minority of your committee makes
( this recommended ton, and 1 submit to
j you that 1 think it is right that the
majority of this convention should Sc
j lect its candidate for temporary chair
man. (Cries of mo, no." and Yes
LIKE FIRECRACKERs.
After the California member con-
Guided the galleries arose to peer over
/ into the pit to discover the meaning
/ Of cheers that began, suffering like
/ firecrackers. They saw a short man,
with a red, chubby face and curly
! gray hair, pushing his way from the
group of New York delegates in the
corner where Whitney, Hill, Tracy,
/ Grant and Sheehan sat- He was Colo
mel John r. Fellows, a war horse,
! a hxa
ventions of the past had been friendly
and not limited to faction. The re-
! ception of Fellows was tame. Cheers
were started when he flung out the
! taunt that the majority proposed TO
begin the convention by adopting a
/ Republican precedent, disowned and
dishonored by Democrats everywhere.
! -Four years ago. Fellows said, we
/ from the east and some other sections
/ of the United States met here to OPP
| pose the candidacy of the present pres
! ident of the United States"
! He said the New Workers doubted
whether two-thirds of the convention
! four years ago had been for Grover
/ Cleveland. This first direct mention
| of the name of Cleveland brought
down an outbreak that seemed really
enthusiastic. The enthusiasm was no.
/ ticeably
CONFINED TO THE GALLERIES,
the audience around four sides of the
! hall raising an enthusiastic cheer
while the actors ranged under the
! state banners in the center of the hall
sat very quiet. There were flags
waved from the state of Michigan,
/ Minnesota and Mississippi whose dele
gates shouted shrilly without rising
! from their seats; but the New Workers
never raised a yell. Then with a flash
! of his old fire, Fellows said: Colo
RADIO, Alabama, California, let it ring
like a coronal hymn that, although
/ you gave us a candidate, New York
gave you the only Democratic presi-
dent the country has had in thirty
years. l make no threats; shall make
none We are Democrats. We desire
| to march with our party and do what
We can to make it perpetual and sue
cessful-but we do not want you to in
/ fiict this punishment upon US. If you
must select a victim to drag to the
altar, at least do not select one so hal
lowed and so loved by the Democracy.
Mr. Marston next appeared on the
platform on behalf of Daniel. His
opening sentence, at is MT that we
/ love David b. Hill less, but that we
love Democracy more" delivered in
stentorian tones, set the convention
wild. He went on to declare that the
| best blood OF Massachusetts cOurSed
through his veins. This was
MORE THAN THE CONVENTION
COULD STAND,
and it began to cry him down. His re-
ception resembled somewhat that fire.
| quently accorded the celebrated come
dian, James owen O'Connor who was
on one occasion obliged to play behind
a net. Every time he appeared to
speak the crowd howled and he paced
up and down the platform. At the
end of each round trip he gulped down
a large glass of water. The delegates
in the pit took no part in the demon
stration. but roared with laughter.
After repeated efforts he was allowed
to complete his speech.
John NJ. Duncan of Texas was
brought forward, and after a storm
of impatient shouts, was allowed to
speak.
The motion to substitute Daniel for
Hill was carried. When Virginia was
reached, Daniel voted no. Hill re-
Trained from voting when New York
was called.
The vote resulted in favor of substi-
tuting Daniel for Hill. 1t was as fol
lows:
THE VOTE