Show democratic NATIONAL convention CHICAGO june 21 the national democratic convention was in bession two hours houra today and during that time the name of but one illustrious american was mentioned and that was james Q G blaine by a e singular coin cadence the democratic idol idoll grover cleveland who to is destined to be the nominee of f the convention was un mentioned throughout the session while the name of blaine called forth the most moat enthusiastic demonstration of the day mr caple of illinois offered the following resolved Re BoIved that this convention te tender der its profound sympathy to that distinguished american james G blaine in his hill heavy affliction which has befallen him the resolution was adopted unanimously before its purport was know and immediately on the mention of the word blaine Bl alne the secretary was interrupted by a tremendous ovation which recalled the tribute accorded the name at minneapolis equally pleasant was the incident which foll followed owea when hon E f C sweet of maine arose aud and thanked the convention on behalf of his state for the resolutions adopted the indications are that the national convention of 1892 is not to be RS as tumultuous as was generally geLe rally predicted s the proceedings today were unanimously tame but no action was offered to call forth any particular party enthusiasm thusia sm temporary chairman owen made the only speech of the day UHE ONLY dissension which occurred during the days proceedings ce was over an attempt of several delegates to throw open the vacant galleries to the crowds of eager democrats who were standing outside in the rain no one seemed able to explain the reason but throughout the session there were unoccupied seats in the galleries of the convention hall and there was a great popular inquiry as to who held the tickets for the seats no one volunteered any information but the national committee naturally came in for the most of the blame and it was generally asserted that members of the organization or some of their favorite friends had pocketed the tickets tu to be used when the time cornea comes in filling the galleries with cheers for some particular candidates probably never in the history of american national conventions have press arrangements bein been so wretched chea and accommodations to active workers so inadequate while there are vacant galery seats there were over hundred representatives of the press half it would seem representatives of daily papers standing on oa the out side and unable to gain admit tance to the ball fl the most of these gentlemen were from western and southern states and failed to secure the usual courtesies because of the matter being referred to the washington press committee only seats were accorded the committee they quite naturally gave the preference to the papers having representatives at the national capital the congles liodal press committee maintained that as only seats were allotted them fur for distribution they certainly could not give accommodations to 2000 newspaper workers and that they should not be blamed for lack of facilities when the question was deter blued solely by the national committee several vain attempts were made to open the vacant galleries to outsiders and particularly to union veterans of the late war but the matter was referred to the committee on resolutions lut ions the conviction that CLEVELAND SHALL BE THE LEADER of the democratic party had full possession of the delegates today and so BO fixed were their minds that all other things were merely done to reach this result and for which the convent convention lon will rush impetuously and with unan amity that must i ettle the helpless opposition and amaze the republican party two strong factors in the democratic party the south and tammany hall will not play leading parts as they want to do the moment the the south believed cleveland could carry new york the opposition in the south southy headed beaded by watterson melted away and the popular demand for the nomination of cleveland grew to be ible this means that tammany hall i is one of the obstacles 0 to o cleveland a royal triumph the fact is manifest that the broken republican lines in michigan wisconsin illinois iowa nebraska and kansas infused courage into the democrats the doubtful democratic states of the west went are uniting on cleveland neither the south nor the west can furnish ft 0 for the presidency in 1892 indeed the efforts with brass bram bands and a ad will publio bublic parades to make candidates of hill palmer morrison and boles bole are no more successful than whisper ings for gorman german and carlisle and while it is true that th wl ToHa officeholders office holders ape afe here in formidable numbers still men like jike gorman german and palmer boles and gray are here to execute the will of the masses manes never was a national democratic convention more thoroughly dominated by popular opinion agal agai st judgment the selection of ex governor gray of indiana as the running mate of ex president cleveland seemed probable last night and this morning but later in the day it transpired that gray might have opposition where least expected there arev arlous members of the indiana delegation who are opposed to the selection of gray and who have been disposed to construe his hift nomination as an affront to the people who have born the brunt of the battle in the hoosier state in behalf of cleveland and in opposition to the presidential ambition of indiana favorite son the discussion of this peculiar situation in the hoosier state caused the entire question to be opened again it is in said that the cleveland people of indiana favor the selection of congressman bynum by nuna of indianapolis if an indiana man to is to be nominated for the vice presidency and the georgia delegation is also understood to favor bynum stevenson and mor rison of illinois boles bole of lowa and campbell of ohio are also freely discussed but despite the speculation gray appears to be the favorite candidate for the vice presidency eney CHICAGO june 22 those having tickets of admission to the wigwam began to ase assemble emble early and when at 1180 temporary chairman owens called the convention to order and presented rev A H henry to offer prayer people occupied the great hall ball of the audience room when the preacher ceased his prayer for a truer brooder broader nobler Democracy that should work for the masses against the few there was hesitating handclap hand clapping plug which finally grew to cheam the committee on credentials announced that they would not be ready to te report till 2 jp p m the committee on resolutions was called but reported that it was not ready A committee was appointed to learn when the committee on credentials could report entered the hall ball greeted by shouts which ran from mills mille to hill and on motion of a delegate mills mille was invited to ad areas the contention convent loc he reported that he was too ill III to speak and soon left the hall then on motion of the michigan delegate delegat ep senator palmer of illinois was invited to address the convention when the gray haired senator appeared coming down the aisle the cheer grew to a roar palmer put his hearers bearers ina in a pleasant mood at once by a comical story and light comments on the crowd the keynote of Pal kalmers palmers talk was unity and operation cooperation co we want no kers in this great fight every man must work the sentiment was cheered roundly select a solid firm democrat for this contest put the banner to in his bis hand then rally about him I 1 said palmer hill hil to is the man came a voice from the gallery and the name of the new yorker was caught up and shouted from side to eide aide it grew and grew until the cheers and hisses died away when the aged speaker claimed that illinois would be democratic the shouts were wild the credentials committee then announced they were ready to report J E lamb indiana presented the report of the committee sitting dele gate ate barnard first ohio was seated in n utah H P henderson and john T caine were seated in new mexico and arizona the claims of each to six delegates was conceded in alabama the contesting delegation Is given without votes morris and davis were seated from the district of colu it i bia bai the committee on permanent organization reported W L wilson west virginia permanent chairman 8 P wisconsin permanent secretary A committee was appointed to conduct the permanent chairman to the chair when he be was brought forward anti nd introduced he proceeded to deliver I 1 bip ir speech of acceptance CHAIRMAN SPEECH gentlemen of the convention I 1 thank you most heartily for this honor I 1 shall try to meet the duties of the hilgh position to which you call me with a al spirit irit of fairness and equality that is democracy this convention has a high patriotic work to perform we owe to ur party we owe much to our country the mission of the democratic party is to fight for the underdog under dog when that party is out of power we may be sure eore that there is an under dog to fight for and that under dog doe Is ia gen generally brally the american Amerie sn people when that party is out of power we may be sure that some party is in control of 0 our government that represents a section and not the whole country that stands for a clas and not the whole people never was this art brought home to us more definitely than by the recent convention at minneapolis we are not deceived as to the temper tern per we are na in doubt as to the I 1 of our opponents having taxed us for years without excuse and without mercy they now propose to disarm us of urther further power to resist their exactions exaction republican success in this campaign when we look to the party platform I 1 the party candidates or the utterances of the party lea leader dero means that the people are to be stripped of their franchise through force bills in order that they may be stripped of their substance through tariff bills free government is self government there is no self government when the people do not dot control their own elections and levy their own taxes when either of those rights are taken away or diminished a breach la is made not in the outer defenses but in the citadel of our freedom for years we have been struggling to recover the lost right of taxing ourselves and now we are threatened with the loss lose of the great right to govern ourselves the kossof loss of one follows in necessary succession the loss of the other when you confer on the government the power of dealing out wealth you unchain every evil that can prey upon and eventually destroy free institutions excessive taxation ati 0 n class t taxation billion dollar congresses corrupt civil service a debauched ballot box and purchased elections in every campaign the privilege of taxing the people will be bartered for contributions to corrupt them at the polls after every victory a new mckinley bill to is to repay these contributions with taxes wrung from the people for every self governing people there can be no more question than the question of taxation QUOD it is in a question burke truly said around which all great battles of freedom have bave been fought it is a question out of which grow all issues of government until we settle this question wisely permanently and justly we build all ther reform foundation s of sand and we and add the great party we represent are today for tariff reform because it is the only gateway to a genuine demo cratic government the distinguished leader who presided over the republican convention boated that he be does not know what tariff reform Is IB whoever said he did let us hope with that charity chanty that en dureth all and believe tb all things that he is truly as ae admits himself to be unfortunately the people are not dot so ignorant of the meaning of protection at least of the protection which was dealt out to them in the bill that bears name see the writ large today in the prostrated agriculture in the shackled commerce to in the stricken industries in the compulsory idleness of labor in the law made wealthie we althin the discontent of the workingmen and the despair of the farmer they know by hard experience peri ence protection as a system of taxation but as the old crafty scheme by which the rich compel the poor to pay the expenses of the government they know by hard experience protection lection as a system of tribute but an old crafty scheme by which the power of taxation of the people is made the he private property of the few of the people reform means to readjust this system of tax atlon aaion and purge away this system of tribute it means that we have not reached the goal of perfect freedom as aa long as any citizen is forced to pay tribute to any other citizen and until our taxes mes are proportioned to the ability and duty of the tax payer rather than to his ignorance his weakness wea knees and his big patience governor mckinley further charged that the democratic party believes in taxing ourselves I 1 am afraid gentle men we must admit this charge what right or excuse have we to tax anybody else with a continent for our country and with freedom and intelligence as the instruments for its development we shall stand disgraced in the eyes of mankind it we 0 indof annot and if we do not support our own government ern orn ment we can throw that support on other people only by beggary or by force if we uge ue one we are a pauper nation if we use the other we are a pirate nation the democratic party does not intend that we should be either no more does it intend that they shall falsely call it taxing other people tu to transfer branst ler our taxes from the possession of those who own the property of the country to the bellies and backs of those who do the work of the country it believes fru bality is an essential virtue of a free government it believes believed that taxes should be limited to the be public needs and be levied by a plain rule of justice and economy but gentlemen we are confronted with a new cry in this campaign the republican party says governor 38 vernor mckinley now stands tor for protection and reciprocity he was for protection alone when he be framed his bill in tile the house cr r rather permitted his bis beneficiary to frame it for him and firmly resisted all efforts of the states statesman mani from maine to annex reciprocity to it no wonder he favors the reciprocity added by the senate senat you may explore the pages of burlesque literature for anything more supremely ludicrous than thain the so called reciprocity of the mckenley bill it la is not reciprocity at all it is retaliation and the worst of all retaliation on our own people it punishes american citizens for the necessaries or follies of other peo peoples pits it says to a few small countries south of it if you are forced by your necessities or led by your follies to make bread higher and scarcer to your people we will make shoes and sugar higher and an it scarcer to our people 21 and now we are told that hat reciprocity is to be their battle cry already we are regaled with the pictures of benjamin harrison Harr isoo clad in armor going forth to battle for reciprocity on his hie plumed steed simple simon fishing fur whales in his mothers mo therIs rain barrel and in great triumph capturing an occasional wiggle wangle is only a true realistic picture of the reciprocity ot of the me mc ainley act we are for protection that protects and for reciprocity that necip ro oates we are in favor of protecting every man in the enjo enjoyment ament of his labor diminished only by his bis proper contributions for the support of the government and we are for that real reciprocity not through bickering diplomacy wad and presidential proclamations but by laws of congress that removes all unnecessary 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