The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-03

Ex-Governor Flower. Of New York,
Chosen temporary Chairman.

THE CONVENTION nEcINs.
Ex-Governor Flower. Of New York.
Chosen Temporary Chairman.
Indianapolis. Ind. Sept. Il bright
morning greeted t4le delegates 20 the ma
tlonsl So1d Democrats convention. IRE
cityS streets surrounding tho aoteis @ere
gay With bunting and fags. The arrival
Of delegates from nearby and FAR Western
stateE added 20 the general eonfaslon. and
the bands kept - a merry ounf ot rauss 10.
There Vas a general LACK of noisy Demon
strailou. however. although there wers
plalIdits and sometimes iaers iron, ths
crowds tiiat surrounded the hotels. Ora
tors, bankers merchants, iaxYacs and rail-
road men formed the great mass Of dele
gates
All eut four states are represented with
fuii delegations. Railroad men estimated
that there wefe Soso people. delegates and
strangers, tn TIE city. Chicago furnished
a large proportion. including the Cock
County Marching club. 80 strong.
Promptly at II o'clock the doors leading
to Fomlinson hall were opened, admission
being confined 10 ticketholders who as-
fived slowly. Gen Bragg moved 20 his
seat at the head OF the Wisconsin dele
cation and was uproaFion@ly applaud~t.
! Whoa Col. w. G. y. Rreckinridge entered
az tho head OF the Blue taraas delegation
the galleries oheered. The entrance or the
Florida delegation. headed by two hufly
negroes one carrying portrait Of cisve-
land. the other gold alligator bearing
the words. "A Gold Bug" created furry
OF applause. Headed by es-Gnv. Flower
and Gen. Tracy. tho New York delegation.
segenty-two strong. marched 70 their
seats to continuous handciappinRs. Each
delegate wore IA his buttonhole spray OF
goldcnrod.
senator Palmer arose AZ half past ia and
struck the gAvel Thereupon most OF lhs
delegates jumped 20 their feet. shouting
and waving state banners, and ending tho
demonstraton with three cheers.
After calling the convention 20 order,
Chairman Palmer said: 'tientlesnsn,
have the honor for a moment 10 preside
over the irss national convention held In
the year i~s. tcheers.) We are assembled
here Tor lofty. noble and patriotic pur-
poses. tcheersl Our earnest desire is to
serve our country. tCries OF Right.
right" and cheersD And in that earnest
purpose We may appeal to the Judge OF all
hearts. We may appeal TO the Great
Master, tho Great Governor. l heg you
now 20 listen 60 the invocation by Bishop
White. Of the diorese of Indianapolls.''
EN-Congre~sman Cultivate. OF Ohio,
read the call for the convention, after
the prayer. Applause punctuaied every
telling point. In reading the reference to
Jefferson, Jackson and Cleveland, Outh-
waite put particular stress upon Cleya-
lands name and brought the delegates 20
their feet with cheers louder than any
given previously.
The call OF states 10 ascertain rspresen-
tation followed Colorado answered ''soi-
~ delegation one" For California Col.
John +. irish answered Here" adding
that his colleagues had been delayed bY a
railway ACCIDENT. Montana being called. =
81 ntleman announeed "a solid delegation,
here Il ia." AT the call of New York. her
"A
Hragg OF Wisconsin,. declared the pres
ence OF "a full delegation. adding; And
they arc all Democrats and honest man.
for honest money and honest government"
Idaho. Nevada. Utah and Wyoming were
the only states whose names passed unan-
swcred. Aisska's single representative
was cheercd Arizona. Oklahoma and In
dian territory had no spokesmen.
Senator Palmer introduced 1r. Bren-
nan ~ Wisconsin who read tho report II
the national committee. A recommends
tlon that the rules which governed the
last Democratic convention. held in 1872.
should govern this convention waA cheer
ed "a the echo. The report recommended
ex-Ciov. Flower of New York, Tor tenn
psrafy chairman. and John X, Wilson. OF
Indiana for temporary secretary. Tho
mention of Flowers name was The signal
for an oufburst of applause, which sweiisf
into a war cry. Ex-Gnv. Jones. of Ala
harna. and George 2. Peabody. of MaAAA-
EnfMFtt@. NM4NEffA fAlfN ~ ifff MAr&Af sfF7tAA~
TOR Palmer shook hands with tho ex-gov-
ernor. who bowed in RESPONSE TO The DEM
onstration Gov. Flower read his speech
from manuscript IN a ciesr voice. II was
frequently interrupted with applause. Ii
was as follows;
Flower on True democrats.
''This gathering Is notice 10 the world
that the Democratic party haS not yet
surrendered Ia p0puliam and anarchy. Ths
4fs trFf f4F fAf8
liy Jefferson and esempilhed through
century Of national history, are not dad
because those principles hssye been repu-
dated bv a convention calling Itself DEM
oeratic. bat controlled BY un~Drfnocrafio
Influences. Those are true Democrats who
remain true 10 the principles of tt,eir party
and who refuse 20 be bound BY party de-
c1aratf9nx which betrsy party faith ard
threaten both parry and country win dis
asfer By our presence here we enphn-
size the genuine character of our Denos-
racv and demonstrate the patriofie us-
tsre u our paTtisanship. There nave been
numerous Instances In political history
where IN the name of party LOYALTY fnta
have Justified their non-support of parry
rfefgorros or candidates. and in 100 many
e.eas haa the movement failed because
when analyzsd It's inspiring influence was
fe4,nd ~, be nothing higher than a desire
~ avenrs dlss ppoinfed ambitions or 70
overthrow a political organization
No such Hprdld fflohisD SO ~
against this gathering No Democrat hers
sought nonors from those VINO framed iise
chicago platform. Every Democrat hsfs
rs only political humiliation 70 exp@es
in the event of the succehs of tns nj
rags elcket. 10 Denocrat nonof@o haf~
fg helnr male she candidate for tais o0ra-
,,erffon' ear look forward with any rsa-
sonab,a hope of an election None OF as
zho help % nominate nin san e1psee %
fsa participants n sny dlstrioahon oi po-
pttsaf fsVors We are here because -
leve the Democratic party and because Es
love cur country.
That 3 sbe inspiration which has
frsun uz together and encourages our
s~ttan. That ls fns fact which evidences
ogr sincerity anz makes our cause strong
yffs the people. For myself can say
s~sf for over half century ! have been
uaaiuehlnE IN ny support % Democrats
r,stnrialsa and I % not propose 20 givs
fhrfn 80 row. even II hzvc - bolt Fny
party platform sn1 the ticket IN exdsr