The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-06-30

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SAMUEL ALSCHULER.
Democratic Nominee for Governor of
Illinois.
tials was not ready to report, and a
recess was taken 10 five o'clock. The
interim was filled with speechmaking.
Ex-Gov. John T.. Altgeld came in mo-
ment before the reconvening and was
loudly applaudcd. In response to calls
he addressed the convention at length.
Recovering at five o'clock, the re-
port of the credentials committee seat
ing the Burroughs delegation in Madi-
son county and giving the Compton
and Grigsby delegations in McDonough
each one-l,alf Il vote was adopted. The
part Of the report recommending the
seating Of the Merritt delegates in
Marion county was rejected and the
Hull delegates were seated. The tenn
porary officers were made permanent.
John G. Schubert, of Chicago, and Ed
ward L. Clover, of Morris, were chosen
presidential electors at large.
The convention then proceeded to
the nomination of candidate for gov
ernor. Adam Ortseifen, of Chicago,
was nominated by John f. Heating, Of
Chicago; Samuel Aschuler, of Aurora,
by Elmer Perry, of Brown county;
Nicholas i. Worthington. of Peoria, by
Frank Quinn, of that city; Gen. Alfred
erendorff, OF Springfield, by James NJ.
Graham, of this city. The first ballot
resulted: Alschuler, 44sh; Ortseifen,
411H:; Orendorff, 25aM; Worthington.
AS; Charles *. Ladtl. As.
There being no choice, second bal
lot was ordered. Before it was con-
cluded it was apparent that Alschuler
would be nominated and the convention
went wild with enthusiasm. On mo-
ton of Mayor Carter II. Harrison, of
Chicago, seconded by Gen. Alfred Oren-
dorff. the nomination was made unani-
nous. The ballot had resulted: AL
schiller, G0SH; Ortseifen, 417h; Oren-
dortf, 1856; Worthington, As. Mr.. AL
schiller addressed the convention.
The convention at 1880 adjourned
until ten o'clock this morning.
At caucus Of party managers it
was agreed to nominate II. S. Taylor,
of Chicago, for lieutenant governor;
James O'Donnell. of Mclean, for sec
rotary of state: M. J.. Dunlap, of Jack
son. for treasurer. and George Parsons.
of Gailatin. for auditor.
The committee on resolutions has
completed its work and the platform
is new in the hands of Mayor Carter
H. Harrison. chairman of the commit
tee. Following is synopsis:
1t reaff1rms in It's entirety the Chicago
trusts; upholds the Monroe doctrine; de-
nounces the "cowardly acts of President
Mckinley" in dealing with the Philip
pines; denounces the Porto Rican tariff
bill; expresses sympathy with the Beers
In their struggle for liberty: Endorses the
administration of Mayor Harrison, of
Chicago, and his attitude on the street
car question; and instructs the delegates
to the national convention to vote for
Bryan for president.
The platform makes no specific allu-
sion to sixteen TO one. This subject
was debated at length in the subcom-
mittee of seven, which by vote of
to decided merely to reaffirm the Chi
cago platform.
Chicago, June 27.-The prohibition
state convention met here Tuesday and
nominated the following ticket:
Governor, Judge v. v. Barnes: lieuten-
ant-governor, John A. Henderson; Sec
rotary of state, B. ]. Radford; auditor.
James A., Stone; treasurer. H. c. Tun-
ison; attorney general. r. S. Reyan:
trustees Illinois state university, Mrs. Ell
vira S. Stewart, Mrs. Clara Hartford, J.
q. Bitlinger.
Two electors at large and delegates
at large to the national convention,
which meets in this city to-day, were
also named. j. &. Cunningham, of Ur-
bana, had been slated for the nomina-
ton for governor, but he declined to
run at the last moment, and Judge
Barnes was substituted. In one or two
other instances slate nominations
failed to go through. The platform as
adopted touches upon but two issues.
prohibition and woman suffrage. The
woman suffrage plank was adopted aft
er long and at times acrimonious de-
bate. The convention closed in the
evening with mass meeting at the
First Regiment armory.
Heat Kills at Pittsbursh.
Pittsburgh, Pa, June q. Two
deaths and four prostrations from the
heat were reported up to noon. The
dead are: Cornelius Munday, an iron
worker; unknown woman. The mer-
curry at that hour registered So de-
grees and was rising rapidly. There
was great suffering among the mill
workers and number of plants had to
close down.