Show THE democratic grover cleveland and adlai E stevenson FORM FORK THE COMING TICKET the elements throughout the meeting interfered with threatening aspect A token or of defeat CHICAGO juno june 23 Illi illinois the state who whose so forty eight votes at the critical st stage 11 ede turn turned the tide in favor of the nomination of cleveland and new york state in the face of whose protest the great popular leader was named for the presidency elapsed hands through the tile intervention ok of lion Will william fain springer of illinois today to day todal dal and the tile b bonda 0 0 of f f friendship n d b between e een t the T empire a and n ald t the he P prairie m 1 r i e s state lava waa s cemented cemented by the tile nomination of adlae stevenson tor for vice president every delegate yesterday identified with the opposition to cleveland was foundton found to iw lie arrayed in an all even more vehement opposition to the candidacy of isaac 11 I 1 gray 0 of f indiana when springer declared stevenson gt evenson should be presented as vice presidential candidate lie found new york ki kindly d Y disposed to give him hint cooper co oper aaion N what V h t took place at the tile conference with the new york delegation no one knows but when the distinguished distinguish od tariff reformer emerged ho lie announced to his fellow democrats of illinois that the sev enty two voles votes of new york would be cast east for stevenson aid aud a victory was waft assured to the convention at large the intention of alie new ew york delegation was a secret un until 1 the state waa was reached on the roll ca call CHICAGO june 23 21 the democratic convention was called to order at 3 this afternoon after prayer by rev thomas greene of iowa the tile chairman declared the order of business busin eai to be the nomination of a candidate for the vice dency on motion of porter of tennessee the nominating speeches ches were limited to five live bec s exee speeches to two minutes each when the roll call began alabama had no nomination to make arkansas waived its right it in favor of indiana and arid hon lion john E lamb of the latter state bonit bated isaac 1 P gray in a brief speech it in the course of which he lie said menever whenever you have honored the tile state of indiana with a place u upon the ticket you have had a irn democratic er u socratic victo victory and now flow in behalf of that state illia which never faltered which never sulked which fought every inch of ground I 1 desire upon the behalf of the united delegation from indiana to ask this convention to make tile fifteen votes in the electoral college certain by alaci placing upon your u ticket the tile nameon name of that honored leader who never lost a battle lion isaac P gray cheers cheen long and loud ho ile has been tried in the balance and never found lantiny wan wanting tiny applause in that great contest 0 W he carried the 9 ate ato by a thousand more votes than clevah nd and hendricks endricks II what more can call I 1 i say sy for him the tito tongue of slander has never been able to pierce hia his democratic armor for twenty years lie has flag fought the tile battled battles of democracy lie will fight them again I 1 n N whether ri ie titer on the ticket or ant A 1 fa ause but if there is to R of 1 lutan umpteen electo electoral ml votes for troyer la rover cleveland and isaac 11 gray in the state of indiana nominate that ticket and we will deliver the votes great applause cal california had no name to present and colorado gave wa way to illinois nicholas E worthington 0 01 y illinois spoke as follows I 1 aws mr fr chairman and fellow delegates illinoia illinois presented esentad no presidential candidate to t this igi it convention it has within its borders more 0 re than one favorite son whom it would have delighted to honor and who are worthy of all the political honors that could be conferred upon them hut but here in this great city of C chicago hi cago in this great commonwealth of illinois bordering upon the lake and mississippi in the centre of this great reat republic democracy catching the vibrations rations of the ground swell that came cattle from fron the south and E east abt and west put aside its favorite sons for the time gut buried the state pride and echoing back to texas connecticut and california with I 1 f forty dlly t eight i lit votes shouted the name of G rover ove I 1 for the vice presidency r cald r or the second highest pl place c e in candidate didat r the g gift if et 0 01 cit the he people it has a can candidate e so fully equipped by nature and edu education that I 1 tt t feels eels ce it would be a political fault to fall to urge his name tile for the nomination before you nl 1 I stand then here gentlemen to name as candidate for that position a man that la is known by ever every X woman and child and voter that ever licked a postage stamp in every village and hamlet in the land applause A p A big bo bodied died big hearted big glausel brained rained man A man oi of commanding appearance P pe carance arance and dignified mien A man an w whose hose courtesy in his every da day y manners marine rd is a rarely rarely NIM equalled equal led and never excelled a IL in man who in n the administration of his duties in oh t the e last democratic administration has been the ideal of honest honorable useful and efficient democratic officeholders like lake the great leader who bear your banner lie believes public office is a public ablie trust but he belits believes ves also that the I 1 democrats are the best trustees trustee of this public trust cheers cheers nor can the tile pride pride of office ma make e him proud or haughty I 1 a appeal to every senator and congress cong ina n here irever if ever everl he found 0 haughtiness of office the challin chillin ch chilling illin indifference of a little brief authority inthe in tho atmosphere odthe of the room of the assistant postmaster general during daring Clev elands administration gentlemen wa ive have nailed conr banner to the mast A democrat never surrenders we propose to I 1 make nake true what our republican friends say my of us that we do our quarreling reli ing before tho the convention and fighting a against a 1114 the file enemies cne nilea afterwards Che ersi rii we e b believe 1 eye every democrat will put on oil his armor beof the tile west have been making makina a magnificent campaign of late years IN we e have open been educating the people ogle and slid t the he proud results arc are seen in lioyd of ne bruska bolea of iowa and peck of wisconsin applause they aarein are in the grand old man mail who represents Illi illinois in the united Stat states ct Cho cheers ers they are seen in tho the reduction of the republican majority from s sixty thousand to thirteen thousand in illinoia illinois they are seen in the election of a democratic treasurer and superintendent in of public instruction now in this state we propose in n this campaign to attack the last citadel we have a governor ov we arc are going to elect will youell you help us give twenty tour electoral votes for grover cleveland if you will vote for the man whose whoso name I 1 now present a man who does not havo have to get a certificate from the labor organization to ito prove he is a friend of tho people Ap applause A man we all love AB A E stevenson Stev euson 0 of illinois prolonged clie cheers ers when connect connecticut was called mr vance oh chairman airman of that delegation in a brief speech seconded tha the nomination of G gray r T the hy roll proceeded roee eded until idaho was rolla reached when 01 tt it waa was announced that that state seconded the nomination of gray ra when iowa was called cries of as Ito iea I 1 holes boies were heard in different dlf lerent parts of th the a ha hall it mr shields arose and said laid iowa has said she has not a candidate I 1 wish to say it is GO governor bernor bole wish united with the wish of tho tile delegate from iowa that ho he be not nom nominated or named as a candidate for the vice presidency by this convention G great gt t applause followed this announcement kansas beine called lion ifon T scott on behalf of his del delegation gatton and seconded the nomination of gray I 1 I 1 I 1 y vii 01 r r for 0 r 1 kentucky 11 lion 0 john S rhea said li hailing 1 g from that h t ajr great eat commonwealth which ia the birthplace birth of tariff reform und the home of the tile star eyed goddess I 1 come to second the nomination of lion I 1 ton adlai E stevenson of illinois the illinois delegation was on its feet at the uie mention of namo name andabas and a banner wag was elevated bearing the inscription A AE E stevenson illinois favorite BOH 11 this was greeted with prolonged cheers sir mr rhea continuing said in part kentucky takes her democracy li like aho takes lier her whisky straight legreat great laughter I 1 came into this convention representing that contingent which was fearful to follow the flag of grover cleveland or the land band wagon forwe for we believed wo we might follow a democratic hearse in november la Laughter 1 but bat in the presence of this vas vast t assent assemblage 1 age I 1 have been overwhelmed by the enthusiasm that greets hia his 1 great eat name anil and I 1 believe wo we are on the nigh road to success I 1 a support the illinois candidate because I 1 understand tand he is a democrat who believes that to the victor belongs the polls spoils great aglaude applause lauge because lie ile believes beli evea further ag t that I 1 tat there are honest and competent men enough in the democratic party to fill all the offices heersi sl and I 1 warrant the assertion that if he e be placed in this high position the tile mug wu bumps ni p s and ate republicans gu will have no quarter a at t his is hit hands when michigan was reach reached lion ifon A IA I edwin win F uhl placed in nomination n lion allan B mow chief justice of the michigan supreme court if in my men memory lo 10 r I 1 Is ace accurate rate W within rhin a pi pistol stol sly shot lot of this 0 convention ony atlon hall ball the fleat great se senator 1 bator from front new york I 1 addressing himself I 1 myself to the republican na national dional convention of 1881 said any republican Republic all can carry michigan he ile spoke with the knowledge that for or twenty five years the peninsula state had given majorities to that party as belh high as an sixty thousand not long thereafter in n IM 1886 the tile senator saw the republican pub lioan column shattered by a democratic lawyer who was elected to the tile bench of the supreme court the tile highest appellate tribunal in the state by a majority of thirty thousand that lawyer was lion alien allen D lore lor e the tile present chief justice following that victory the delegates floru my state come to mhd council party as re representatives rn of democracy demoi racy an fn michigan they come with a state administration behind them solidly democratic with a democratic legislature tile he pioneer in the enactment afan of an electoral law which brings the choice of the chief magistrate odthe of the nation nearer to the citizen a they a are r e prepared to pledge to the tile national D democracy bioc me y n nine i 1 I 1 0 of f the fourteen bleet electoral or a 1 cr votes 0 tee they offer more nominate hero here and now aa as candidate for the tile office of vice president gans soldier and chief justice whom I 1 have the honor to present and ho lie will give the entire fourteen ako make that nomination and thousands of votes will be secured for the national ticket in the doubtful states of the union I 1 respectfully insist that candidate lias has elements of strength superior to all the candidates for the nomination he ile was a brave boedler and carried an armless sleeve he ife ia is an able lawyer a wise legislator and a profound jurist lie ile is strong with ith ill his people especially specially with the tile grand armyon army of the republic trained in tho the tenets tor formulated by Jet jefferson forson and enforced by jackson jackon and cleveland he lie stands for the equal equality of all cid zens for the reserved rights of the for the tile supremacy of federal government with constitutional tion al limitations for the assertion asB of local self government and home rule such is our candidate we present the name of hon lion alien allen 0 1 more morse chief justice of mich michigan igan for vice 11 resident when borth north Oar Cox ollDa oIlDa WM r awood called mr kope seconded stevenson s warmly saying that while stevenson lives in fit Il illinois dhole the north him as one of them because bin his ancestors belonged cloird when N bell there tennessee was reached mr cunningham nin ghani seconded ore grays s nomination in a few well chosen rem remarks ays on oil behalf of texas mr throckmorton I 1 seconded tile he nomination of stevenson washington announced that she was for oray gray as the natural running inato ofero of ci rover cleveland when wisconsin Wis connin was called the veteran general I 1 E S bragg was put forward by liis tits delegation to speak for the democrats demot 0 t of that commonwealth lie it had ad just begun gun speaking wit when en another terr terrific i tao thunder storm burst buret forth it rain tain came down in sheets and dripped tripped through the crowd within the wigwam after adel a delay 1 of fifteen minutes during which the band ial played and the people in the audience amused themselves in various noisy ways general bragg went on with hia his speechmaking in the nomination john L i mitchell Mi of milwaukee lie Ile bald said atan at an early hour this morning my fellow delegates we closed the work which gave to the people great of popular p biar right abouna around whom centers the ajeet affection lon of the democracy of the north bouth south kat bast and west borover cleveland not of new york but grover cleveland of the united states Stu tei and now it come to us to complete that ticket b by y tv placing ing upon it a it record who shall be w worthy r y of bis his chief and upon whom the mantle mand may call fall and like confidence ret rest I 1 in the minds of the people upon his successor it must be as upon lna his chief as it will wit I 1 be the democrats of wisconsin ansin p presents re to the tile convention for support the name of lion john L I 1 mitchell N litchel of milwaukee i I 1 member congress from that district and chairman of 01 the national congressional ress ional democratic committee having dav ng char charge of this cam campaign I 1 n a man mail whose character in private life is 8 above reproach who stands eminent in public life and who as a soldier has hia his r record rd written in the tile records of the army Cumberland chickamauga stone river ami atlanta all give i the name olour of our candidate colonel john mitchell eminent in peace brave in war sound in hla his democracy trusted by all who know him film and worthy to be trusted by all ll 11 oven even though they do not know it him aga but who claim the name of democrats I 1 present his hi name for your consideration in behalf of the democrats of wisconsin which expects to give and will give ive I 1 its twelve electoral votes for forU brover rover cleveland El cleveland eveland and john L mitchell if it you so coin complete I 1 e t e the ticket wyl alien ell new mexico was reached J 8 fielder seconded nomination of gray oklahoma stevenson at the conclusion of the roll call alabama which ch had been passed by request was given a hearing W V F Candi candinal Oan dival ial of that delegation made a stirring speech in the course of which he be aid said old sold lera of the north and old soldiers of oatlie the south have declared that forever the issues and storm clouds have passed away and if it these issue s are left entirely to the old soldiers gol diers of oatlie the south and the old soldiers of the |