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Show PROHIDIIION PARTY, Tbe NdHoD.il Cooitntlon Called to Order it Pitisbar. QOLB HCtWi Hitl tn mm. A Curse I'rnuouaced llpnn I lie I. quor I radio A Uriel Hat lurbu I. ni ln l lug. rirTeUPKii, May i!T. Long before tbo hour for calllug Ibe national prohl httktfl convention to order thn delegaits had assembled at tba Muslo Hall at the exi-osiilon building and thousand al l roblbltlonlat irom all ris uf Ibe country were prskant. The galleries aud ll or were crowded. Never before haa tbe party bad o question to aelllo which oaBUd mu.fi onlenlluu a haa bcou develoid over tbe money plank plalhirm. Tba gold klaudard tBCtluo,aa ll la calleJ, aiored ihe ur-: ftetory lat n ght III the iiatioiial cum-miller cum-miller when it elected A. A.Htevens, of thla ta Ms lo ai l a temporary ohalf man. Aa protiitnanl men or the parly came lutu the hall they were given uvatlona. It wa long after Id ..'tiock when Hamuel D.ckie, chairmau ol the ua-Uuuai ua-Uuuai central cummltlee, nalleJ Ihe convention lo order, and ct,iled up i. the Itev. Lawli llanka uf Hroiklyu lo Invoke luebltaiing. Tne gall of Ihe convention Was read. Tbau H. L. Caatle ui-.de au adiirega welcoming the delegate lu Ibe city. Ho salt. "Pntahtirg aaked Ihe privilege of eBtettalnliig the Jtepubllcan cunveu-lluti, cunveu-lluti, but Hi. Loutl upono-l a flee bar aud modern Itepubltoa lain could not re m the temptation of frae drink. We did not h .. lot the Demnotat u . . i lion; Final ur haa anorrir lur dead things, there Is great fitness iu Democracy' De-mocracy' going to tbal riiy ul tba plalfaaj alter, tbarelsiucb a tpiendld chanct 'or burylog gruun... t y md ihu poatlbllH) ot notitarnihat n i.r the air or the a tier, I lael aim- 1 apeak tue heart 0 rutaburg When I We. come you to our city and Ml yu by l a Industry and surrounding that ba made thla clly great, learn the road In greaiiieee.'' He conolu ie.i aa follow: "And may Oud Almiubiy i -lea y aai coming and may A m : I a v ild IhiuUKh yeu curke and iiggut aud Wither and dtatroy tbe legal. AX liquor tralllc, ibe greatiat foe to Qad aud buniauliy ever Invenlal m bell or patented on erlb." Chairman D.valu In a trial reply thanked Mr. Celle and tne ciiixena u( I'lllaburg for the cordial treatment Iba reprsaaulatlve ol lha Prohibition party had received. He thauked Uod tbal hu bad lived to tbe party be-oorsia be-oorsia ut audi ir. p irtioua. thai It waa now reoognle'l liifouguu.ui te nation. Chairman Dickie in t roil urea Ihe gentleman ohoreu ae temporary rbalr-ii) rbalr-ii) a o by ibe national committee, A. A. rtleveo. Cbaunccy L. Dunn, of California, aalJ he haa a tutuoilty report tu t-tler. He woul i present the name aj K Ta Wheeler, and moved Up auballlutluO. He was ordered to alt dowu t y Dickie, but refuted. Au uproar followed. fol-lowed. Hlevona took thechair. Dudii ba, pealed Irum the declalon of the chair, lie waa agalu told U all dowu, and lurre waa auolber storm of dlaapproval. ''I'm eaklng Dickio to iule gpofl mr apMa)," yelled Ddim. "1 won't sub-mil sub-mil to line gag rule." Tbeta were cnea from all parte of Ihe house for Dickie lu make tbe ruling uo the appeal. Hecaiuaoutal length amid hUea aud bowls and aald (here culd bono appeal taken la au unorganised body. Flually.for barmuuv'a aake. Wheeler wllbarew hi nau.e, afier police had been oalled In to eject the unruly delegates. dele-gates. Wheeler wa loudly cheered and there were denunciatory crlee agalmt what tbe "broad guager1' termed an uulrageouvgag iule. HieVei.e proceeded tu add re the ooiiveulloD. 11- otelfl reviewed Ihe bUtnry oi tbe Fruhlhitluu partr in oonclualoo ha kald the Hepublloank would at their convention declare for tariff re.'orau, the Democrala for aound muuey and Ihe 1'upullale for free kllver. ThO Prohibition party ihauld now come forward with ua uomlnaut Issue. Il amBjd haa I toblblllon and aona other. He waa luudly applauded. Dickie named as temporary aeore-tary aeore-tary A. It. Wilaon, lllluul. Thecbulr-mon Thecbulr-mon ulrected Ibe c eury to oall roil by stataa for the announcement uf oummitines, after whiob a race aygg laken uutll o'clock. |
