The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-27
SILVER MEN REBEL.
Nice Uproar at the Prohibition
Convention in Pittsburg
Today.

CONVENTION HALL, PITTSBURG,
Pa, May 27, 1Ss6.-The seventh national
convention of the Prohibition party was
called to order in this city this morning in
the Exposition Hall, which had been re-
constructed jointly for this occasion and
for Sengerfest which is to follow i'm
mediately afterwards
WithNa view. to adaptability for the lal-
ter purposes the convention presented the
rather unusual appearance of having
nearly as many seats on the platfJcms
as in the body Of the hall. This was only
which offered humorous side to consider
alton in contract with the earnestness
which h otherwise marked the proceedings
There was quite large attendance,
abundantly significant of the growth of
the party, which since its inception in
1869, when it cast barely seven thousand
paign, when the total vote cast was
nearly 2S000O and the Prohibitionists
seemed, as they claimed, to hold the
balance of power in thirteen or fourteen
States.
Mr.. r. Il. Castle, Chairman of the Com
| mittee on Reception, in his address of
welcome said he welcomed the -conven-
ton 'as the representatives of an army
of three hundred Thousand of the most
loyal and singqe-hearted patriots, and of
900 as devoted, consecrated women as
ever gathered under any banner or made
warfare against any enemy
Mr.. Castle claimed for Pittsburg that
it was the city where the Republican
party was born; that it had darker skies
and brighter men and women, narrower
and more crooked streets and broader
hospitality, more church membership and
less consistent church voting, more cum
5ersome and expensive and yet an hon
est city government, than almost any
| other city in the country. He said that
Psttsburg had asked the privilege of en-
tertaining the Republican Convention but
| st. Louis opened free bar and modern
Republfcanism could not resist the temp
cation of free drink
| Mr.. Samuel Ddckie, of Michigan chair
man of the National Committee, the gem
| tleman who on the previous night, with
| ithe utmost suavity and courtesy had let
his broad-gauge opponents, thereby se-
| curing the temporary organization of the
convention, responded to the address of
welcome with equally felicitous tact
There were many ladies wearing the
| blue and white badges of delegates to
| the convention. and a number Of colored
| gallery in the rear of the hall was well
| filled, but the earlier part of the proceed
| ings, at least, We're characterized more by
| the decorous air of a religious gathering
than the feverish excitement of a political
| convention.
| man of the National Committee, pre-
/ sented the name of Mr.. A. a. Stevens
the rebellion Of the free silver minority
| broke out.
/ Mr.. Chauncey w. Dunn of California
/ rose to a point of order and asked Mr.
| Dickie to rule upon it. He offered as a
/ substitute a minority report substituting
| the name of Edward ]. Wheeler as the
I temporary chairman in place of Mr..
Mr. Dickie ruled the motion out Of
order and ordered Mr.. Dunn to take his
time and a scene of uproar ensued Mr..
/ Dunn appealed from the decision of the
chair and Mr.. Dickie refused to entertain
ort Ca1 M tx,
| time had come forward, but had been met
| by such persistent cries for "Dickie' that
| he gave way.
| if he ruled, on the, point of order this
uprcar would subside Mr.. Dunn replied
that It was not an uproar but simply a
| repeated his ruling that the minority re-
| port, which was. signed by ex-governor
and again refused to entertain an appeal
4 from this decision, whereupon Mr. Dunn
| declared that all parliamentary precedent
UP the discussion with no better result
He was followed by Mr.. Woodbey, col
ored delesg;ate from 4 Nebraska, and confu-
dered him to be seated.
Mr.. Woodbey answered:-"T shall not
ssThen.'' said Mr. Stevens. IT shall or
der you to be removed from the con-
/ veTition. "
4 Mr.. Woodbey accentuated his rebellion
by standing on his chair and shouting
| at the top Of his voice. and Mr.. Nc
! Whirter Of Indiana came to the rescue
| of the Chair by asserting that Mr.
/ Woodbey was not even entitled to the
| floor as a delegate.
/ Then the band was called upon 10
drown the uproar and to give the hcair-
Il man time to recover his wind and his
conlposure, both considerably disturbed.
walking the floor and squad of police
i men were nshered into the hail to keep