The San Francisco call., 1896-07-08

Committee respectfully recommend that the
name of Hon. John w. Daniel of Virginia De
substituted in the committee report for that
of Hon. David B. Hill OF New York, and that
Hon. John w. Daniel be chosen temporary
chairman of this committee.
Henry D. Clayton, Alabama.
McRae, Arkansas.
Michael Tarpey, California.
c. S. Thomas, Colorado.
Samuel Pasco, Florida.
Clarke Howell, Georgia.
C. W. Blair, Kansas
Arthur Sewall, Maine.
d. J. Campau, Michigan.
A. j. Davidson, Montana.
r. P. Kesting, Nevada.
F. II. Busbee, North Carolina.
William C. Zeishkow, North Dakota.
NJ. L. Donaldson, South Carolina.
P. J. otey, Virginia.
]. w. Burton, Utah.
w. J. Kuykendali, Wyoming.
c. w. Shannon, Arizona.
J. L. Norris, District of Columbia.
H. B. Fergusons New York
F. NJ. Richardson, Oklahoma
J. L. Owen, Indian Territory.
As Mr.. Clayton concluded by demand
ing the call of States and rollcalI, cheers
and cries of Call the roll'' were raised.
c. S. Thomas of Colorado seconded the
minority report. Again cries of "rollcall''
were raised, and MIR. Harrity said: SIT
may as well be understood, gentlemen,
that as long as the present occupant is in
the chair these proceedings will be con-
Quoted in regular, orderly manner"
This announcement was received with
general applause. Allen McDermott of
New Jersey was then recognized to speak
in nf ha NJ
McDermott warned the silver men that
they were departing from the principles of
the party in overruling the National Com
mittee.
ave of the North" he said, "want to
support the ticket you will select. If you
have the strength of giants, do not expend
it in bitterness, but reserve it for the day
when you will need it in November"
Ex-Governor Waller of Connecticut also
opposed the minority report. There were
no abler men, he said, no braver Demo-
Gratis than the two men whose names were
involved in this preliminary discussion.
[Cheers.] They should be honored to-
gether- Senator Hill of New York and
Senator Daniel of Virginia. fCheers.l
"One," he said, ''is a candidate under
immemorial usage, and the other is a can
didate by the exercise of power never be-
fore exercised-as substitute candidate.
What ought the convention do about it?
"A voice in the gallery: Elect Daniel.
Laughter and cheers.] 1 agree with you.
[Laughter.l You ought to elect him, and
now hear my suggestion. You ought to
elect David B. Hill as your temporary
chairman, and every man in this conven.
tion, whether 16 to or ! to Is, ought to
vote for him. And then you ought to
elect Senator Daniel of Virginia as perma.
nent chairman. LCheers.l And l will
vouch for it that every man in this con-
vention, whom assume specially to repre-.
sent. viii vote for Daniel and will cheer
for Daniel so that the ereverberation of tina,
cheer will be heard in Virginia. What is
to prevent it? Or are there some othe,
arrangements made2 If so, wipe them
out and be equal to the emergency. Have
your Daniels in the South and have your
Hills in the East. [Cheers.l Disappoint
your enemies by doing the courteous, the
valorous thing, the judicious thing at the
very opening of your convention. ZAP
plause.]
when / came from Connecticut the
Republicans told me that we were going tt
convention where we would receive nc
courtesy, where we would receive no con
| sideration, where we would be tramplec
upon, sixteen men to one. and where W.
would be the underneath one laugh
teri told them (and believe il to-day
that We should receive no such treatment
We may be disappointed in the platform
to be adopted; we may be disappointed il
the candidate to be put in nomination
but we will return to the East and say tina
we were beaten because you had NOR
votes than we had, but that still we re
ceived every courtesy; that we received
hospitality from the Western Democrat
and chivalrous action from our fellow Dem
ocrats of the South. [Cheers1 Fell ov
Democrats, we can stand you beating u.
with votes; we can stand any candidat,
whom you will nominate, if you will nom
mate an honest man. ICheers.1 w,
are in this convention to stay
[Cheers.] am going to be here unit
every other man bolts. You cannot driv,
US out of this convention by the exercise
OF your power. If you have got two t,
one against us in this convention (and
suppose you have), what are you going Il
do? Are there any two men down Their,
afraid of me2 [Laughter.] I am just a,
good a fighter as there is in the gold sec
tion of this convention. I viii fight a,
| hard and fight as long as any of them