Show t rtJn EiQ K CGKYKBTIONS THE GREEMUCK AND LAEOR FATY Chicago DThe national convention conven-tion of the national greenback and labor party met at 1230 this alter noon F B Dewee of Pencsy I vama chairman of the national cOiii mittee called tho assemblage to order and Rev Dr Ingalls of Des Moines offered a prayer in the course of which ho said the aristocratic aristo-cratic preachers of the country had agreed to cfler prayers for the republican repub-lican and democratio conventions on May Slat last and that now the greenbackers whom they bad ignored came and they must run on their own hook This was greeted with laud cheers and the subsequent portion por-tion of bis petition caled for applause and loud cries of Amen Chairman Dewees road the call for the convention and mode a bust speech He alluded to Garfield Elaine and Grant in terms of the greatest disapproval which caused renewed applause Tho galleries were nearly empty but the body of the delegates seats was fairly filled The secretaries state that C50 delegates dele-gates are present representing every state in the Union Hon Gilbert A DeLamatyr was made temporary chairman In a speech of some length ho said ho was glad of the eligbt defection in hid party last summer which had rid them of bummers and cowards P B Maxon Kansas and Gnus Letchman of Massachnseltjwere appointed ap-pointed secretaries The secretary read a statement of the national executive ex-ecutive committee and at its conclusion conclu-sion the roll of states was called for the names of delegates to be appointed appoin-ted upon various committees and upon the national executive committee com-mittee The request of the Denis Kearney wing of the party for admission ad-mission has been referred to a committee com-mittee for favorable consideration |