The sun., 1900-06-28

vocate of the cause of prohibition; Hale
johnson of Newton, Ills, and Rev. Silas
@. Swallow of Harrisburg. The latter
has high reputation as pulpit orator
and has many supporters among the del
egates from the eastern states. Friends
of Mr.. Woolley expressed themselves as
being confident of his nomination ON the
third or fourth ballot, claiming for him
the almost solid support of the Michigan,
Wisconsin, Maryland, Missouri and Ne
braska delegates, a majority of votes of
New York Kansas, California and Ohio
delegates and half of the vote of Illinois.
Delaware For wooIIey.
Mr.. Wooley is also assured of the sup
port of the Delaware delegation, repre-
sentative of that delegation asking to be
allowed to place Mr.. Woolley in nomina-
tion. This, according to Mr.. Woolley's S
partisans, practically assures him the
nomination.
For Hale johnson, the votes of North
and South Dakota delegations solid, Il
majority from Minnesota and half of Hi
nois, besides scattering votes from other
states were assured. A majority of the
votes of the New England states, Colo
RADIO, Pennsylvania and Indiana delega-
tions were claimed, the Indiana delegates
desiring the nomination for president of
an eastern man on account of the vice
presidential boom for Felix +. AIcWhir-
ter OF Indianapolis.
For vice president, besides Professor
McWhirter, Henry B. Aetcalf of Rhode
Island, w. g. Witherspoon of Alabama
and w. w. Smith of New York, are can
didates. The vice presidential nominal
ton, however, will probably be governed
entirely by the result of the balloting for
president, the nomination of western
man being almost certain to result in the
choice of an eastern man for second place
on the ticket and vice versa.
Nearly $500 Prohibitionists, including
the delegates to the national convention
and to the state convention which met
here Tuesday, gathered at the Palmer
House and marched through the down
town streets to the First regiment ar
mory. Previous to the parade the recep-
tion committee had met Joshua Lowering
of Baltimore, Prohibition candidate for
the presidency in 1896, and escorted him
to the Palmer House.
The Convention Begins.
At the hour set for beginning work
Chairman Stewart of the national COM
mittee raped for order. At that time
nearly all the delegates were in their
seats, while the galleries surrounding the
big drillroom Of the First regiment were
filled with spectators. Just previous to
the fall of the gavel the delegates from
the New England states marched into
the hall in body, each delegate carrying
a canteen with the letters "U. S." in
verted and bearing the legend "Anti-
canteen." They were literally applaud
ed. After the convention had come to
order Chairman Stewart proceeded to de-
liver his formal address.
Chairman Stewart then introduced DIR.
John FL. Hill of Chicago, who delivered
lengthy address of welcome. Several
members of the first Prohibition conven-
tion, which was held in Chicago in 1869,
were in the hall, some of them as dele
gates, and at DIR. Hills request they
were escorted to the platform.
Chairman Stewart then announced
temporary officers as follows: Chairman,
Samuel Dickie of Michigan; secretary,
A. e. Wilson of Chicago; assistants,
Colonel Jellis of Tennessee and e. B.
Sutton of Idaho.
Chairman Dickie made brief speech,
outlining the work to be done by the con-
vention.
At the conclusion of Chairman Dickie's
speech the rules and order of business
were adopted and committees were an
nounced.