Show I IN COMKKTIOX ASSEMBLED Governor JIcKlnloj I Hade Permanent Chairman MrSXIOL1S June SThe convention conventon was called to order at 1145 Nebraska presented tbo convention with D gavel General Fairchild of Wisconsin upon whom the fate of tho free silver men in the Platform Committee seems to depend was tho object of general attention Ho declared to a friend that he is with tho silver men all talk to the contrary notwithstanding But ho added smiling I am with the other follows too We are all for good men ho continued more seriously and you will find tho difficulties will be solved in time and the financial pluck be what it should be As yet we have taken no action whatever and wIll not until the convention conven-tion adjourns in the afternoon and possibly possi-bly jot then I liKINLET TAKES THE CHAIR The chairman of tho Committee on Permanent Per-manent Organization nnnounced that McKinley Mc-Kinley was selected for permanent chairman r chair-man McKlnloy wa conducted to the chair amid a storm of applause and cheers S Chairman Foraker of the committee on resolutions asked and was granted further timeThe roll of state for nomination of national na-tional committeemen was calM The report of the committee on rules making tno rules of the Fiftyfirst Congress I S Con-gress the rules of tho convention was adopted I GEUCRAT NOTES Although tho convention was announced I to meet at 1 it was nearly noon before Temporary Chairman Fassett rapped the I assembly to order As yesterday while the delegates were assembling the conspicuous con-spicuous members of the contention were I received with applause when ihey appeared ap-peared Tho Illinois delegation brought in and post conspicuously a bright blueS I blue-S standard with gold lettering inscription j Lincoln Grant Logan The proceedings I were opened by prayer by Bishop Whipple 1 of Minneapolis 1 lion L E Walker of Baatrice Neb in bcr > alf of tbe Nebraska delegation pre j BenUid Temporary Chairman Fasaett with a gavel made from trees grown on tho frt I homestead in Nebraska The gaVel ho sad was of wood of hard erowth inlaid 5 with silver Chairman Fassett in expressing ex-pressing his thanks mentioned the name i S sit Nevada instead Nebraska aid much laughter corrected himself by saying the rnitlnke grew out of the fact that there i I was so much silver in the presentation of I the speech S I Cogswell of Massachusetts chairman of the committee on credentials asked for i further time and permission to sit continuously I contin-uously Spooner of Wisconsin was instantly stantly oh his feet to spar for advantage to Harrison having the advantage of the i fact that Cogswell himself is an administration j adminis-tration man Spooner abked when the convention con-vention might reasonably expect the report re-port Cogswell iaid this was a matter of personal opinion but if the proceedings were attended with reasonable success they could not hope for n report before tomorrow |