FIRST EDITION. 3:30 A. M. NO VICTIM YET The Anti-Cleyeland Forces Prevent a Nomination as long as Possible. LONG HOUBS OF SUSPENSE And o Lamb Is Selected for the Inevitable Slaughter. A EASE Ffi.EE TRADE PLATFOBM The Eesnlt of the Stand Tn.en by Wat terson and XeaL Charges of Bribery Crop Out Both Bides Claim That Something More Substantial Than Promises Have Been Offered for Votes The Free Trade Element Scores the First Great Vic tory of the Convention A Tariff Plank Inserted in the Platform to Suit Watterson and Els Star-Eyed Follow ersThe Kentucky Editor, Overcome With Els Success, Lovingly Embraces General Stevenson, of Illinois Speeches That Were the Hits of the Evening McKenzie, of Kentucky, and Hensel, of Pennsylvania, Away TJp in Front. One of the most sensational National Oonentions ever held is still inprogressat Chicago as this edition of The Dispatch goes to press. The Democrats got down to work last erenmg shortly after 5 o'clock. The re port of the Committee on Resolutions was read. It was unusually lengthy, and but two of the platform's planks aroused op potion. After a long and heated discussion of the tariff plank a minority report, substi tuting a radical free trade declaration, was adopted by a vote of 504 to 342. The free silver nen demanded a plank ponouncedly in their f a or, butltwas re fused. Nominations of candidates were then made. The speeches were long" and the seconding speeches many. Cleveland, Hill and Boies vere named, each being cheered long and loud. A NIGHT OF TENSION. Tbe Anti-Cleveland Forces Sparrlnc for Hours to oaln Time Fierce and engthy Debates on the Platform's Tariff Flank A Kick Trom the Silver Men Three Candidates Earned. tFKOM A STAFF COHRESPOVDEVr.l CoiVE-tTiox Hall, ) Cm c ago, June 23, 3 A. M. Ten thousand voices at this hour are call ing time, and Hensel, of Pennsylvania, who in one of his characteristic speeches prom ises Pennsyhania to give the largest Demo cratic vote of any State in. the Union, is seconding the nomination of Cleveland. The huge crowd is apparently deter mined to sit out at least one all-night ses sion, hoping to see the convention come to ballot. The prospects now are that a vote will be taken, and that Cleveland will be nomi nated, for his leaders still say "they have more than the necessary two-thirds on their 6ide. If the ballot is taken and Cleveland should fall even a few votes short it is doubtful if an adjournment will be taken before another ballot, a Cleveland's spokesmen declare they will not adjourn till the nomination is decided. The First Strnle on the Platform. The announcement that there were two re ports of the Committee on resolutions indi cated that the first struggle of the conven tion was to come on the platform. The silver people had failed to get their ideas throush the committee, and declared for a fight on the floor. In this determination it became evident that they were strengthened by the anti-Cleveland'forces, it for no other reason than to cause delay and postpone a ballot AVhen, at 7:30 o'clock, the reading of the platform was commenced, and the name of Cleveland was officially mentioned for the first time, the enthusiastic supporters of the ex-President shook the wigwam with their applause. Delegates and spectators were on their feet, shouting, tossing hats and bandkerchiels in f the air, and testifying their loyalty to their favorite in the most extravagant manner. A broad, nhite silk Michigan banner, bearing a large portrait ot Grover, was brought into the hall and the demonstra tion redoubled in force. Then the Iowans, not to be outdone, hoisted the picture of Boies, and the Hawkeye cheers were added to the general acclamation. Tammany and a few other scattering delegates sat sullen and silent, gating with unconcealed disgust at the action of their colleagues. Cleveland Cheered for 18 Minates. The band tried to drown the noise, but its strains were lost in the continuous cheering. The Cleveland banner was taken from State to State, and was saluted by those who fa vored his renomination. The demonstra tion lasted IS minute?, and was only quiet ed after tbe chairman's gavel had been re peatedly called into requisition without effect The applause wt the denunciation's of the McKinley act fl iring the reading of the platform was vlg'i:o?, and evidenced that the mass of the Democracy was as firmly wedded to the free trade policy as ever. NOVEMBER The allusions to incidental protection at tracted little attention and no applause. When the plank was reached which said that gold and silver dollars must be kept equal and interchangeable, a demonstration surpassing anything up to that time except the Cleveland ovation followed, only to be eclipsed a moment later, when the clause of "public office is a public trust" was read. The civil service reform indorsement, which came next, though, cot only a cold welcome, a hiss or two being heard. The Irish home rule utterance and the emigra tion straddle secured "some approval, and Chicago came lustily to the front when the "World's Fair was reached. The Platform Entirely Too tonj;. At the conclusion of the reading, how ever, a vast majority of the auditors were They Would Commit Suicide if They Were Com' pelted to Do This. ready to admit tbat whatever were the merits of the platform, it was decidedly too long. Then came the announcement that Lawrence T. Real, the Ohio member of the Committee on Resolutions, did not regard the tariff plank of the majority report as radical enough in the direction of free trade, and he proceeded to read a minority amendment, of which he demanded the in sertion. His hold and reckless attack on protection carried away the crowd, which called for and secured the second reading of the amendment Its anthor then made an impassioned appeal for its adoption, cheered by an enthnsiastic audience. Watterson was then called upon from every quarter, and mounted the platform amid general applause. He had the tariff plank of 1876 read, and evoked great ap plause by referring to "the sage and saint, Samuel J. Tilden." Then followed an elo quent attack on the majority report,'1 which -ras denounced as a monstrous thing and i practically a Republican document Senator Vilas came next, in defense of the views of the majority, which he said were those advanced by Morrison in the Democratic convention of 1884, and in dorsed at that time by Watterson. The Kentuckian replied to this, de nouncing the platform of 1884 as a straddle, and demanding that the Democracy now assume an advanced position. A Compromise Not Accepted. Annonncement was then made that the Committee on Besolutioni had decided to accept the radical tree trade amendment offered by Mr. Neal as an addition, bnt not as a substitute. Single Tax Tom Johnson then denounced the majority report, and demanded that it be knocked out Tben, amid much con fusion, a vote was ordered, resulting in a majority of 222 for unadulterated free trade. This result was received with re markable enthusiasm. Admitted that Lawrence T. Neal, of Ohio, had scored a pronounced victory, and many expressions in his praise were heard on the floor. Some admiring delegates even sug gested that the handsome Buckeye leader would be a good man to nominate for Vice President, on the strength of the record he had just made. Next came the fight over the silver plank, the free coinage advocates presenting an amendment embodying their views. They were howled down, however, aifd the platform, with the free trade amendment, adopted. Tben came the call for the roll for the nomination of candidates for President; futile attempts were made by the anti Cleveland people to force an adjournment Cleveland amed by New Jersey. The annonncement was made that Arkan sas, the second State on the alphabetical list, yielded to New Jersey, and Governor Abbett mounted the platform to present the name of Grover Cleveland. He claimed the ex-President as a native of the Mosquito State. When he reached the name of his candidate, which he did early in the address, the applause was tremendous,' the intensity equaling the matchless Blaine demonstration at Minneapolis, two weeks ago. Fifteen minntes elapsed be fore order was with difficulty restored, and the orator proceeded. When he said that Cleveland would receive the vote of every Democrat, there were cries of "Not" from various sections ot the halL The speaker repeated with emphasis: "I said every Democrat" This temporarily silenced the kickers, al though a moment later they shouted, "Mugwumps!" when the independent voters were referred Jo. The fact was brought out that Cleveland was the apostle of tariff reform, only to have someone in the audience yell, "Give ns a DemocratI" amid cheers and hisses. The demonstra tions in the hall showed the feeling be tween tbe factions to be most bitter, though the admirers of Grover were well able to drown out their opponents by strength of lungs. Applause for Near'y Half an Hoar. When the speaker mentioned the name of Hill as having been elected to the Senate by nature of the stand taken by Cleveland, there was a demonstration evidently more pronounced than Abbett had intended, which was participated in by both friends and - foes, and lasted about 24 minutes. Tammany's tigers took up the cry of "Hill, Hill, David B. Hill," and showed that his strength in the galleries was more extensive than had been anticipated. General Sickles hoisted a picture of his candidate on his crutch, giving the applause new life and making it eclipse all previous efforts of the night A lively Cleveland demonstration fol- lowed the close of the address, but it didv not eqnal the rival ontburst, though sev eral times' as many people took part In it Afurions thunder and rainstorm inter vened just as Colorado yielded its place on the roll call to New York for the pur pose of .allowing Hill to be placed in nom ination, and it was fully half an hour before H. C DeWitt could secure a hearing, because of the fury of the elements around the barnlike wigwam. .Even when the speaker did finally commence the 'noise of trains still made the tones of his voice in audible to three-fourths of those within the building, so that many ot the insinuations against Cleveland were lost, and those that were heard were received with mingled cheers and hisses. A Modern Band of Spartans. He concluded with an apoeal for 300 delegates who would stand like the Spartans of Thermopylae against the foe, The crowd was tired out, and the applause which followed the presentation lacked volume and force. O jonn it. irenows was men introaueea to second the name of Hill. He dwelt on the alleged enmity of tbe New York Democracy against Cleveland, and begged the conven tion to deliberate long before' defying the Empire 8tate, so necessary to success in November. His attack on Pennsylvania as a snre Republican State attempting to dic tate a Democratic nomination secured a ripple of approval from the haunts of the tiger. .Fellows was interrupted a number of times, and though his address was a power ful one it apparently "created little im pression upon the 'weary delegates and spectators. He was followed by Green, of Illinois, who seconded the nomination of Cleveland, and announced that his State wonld cast 48 votes in his favor. ' William E. English, of Indiana, an nounced that Senator Vorhees was ill, and for tbat reason he was forced to take his place 'in seconding the nomi nation of Cleveland. He read a letter from Mr. Vorhees in favor ot Grover, and pledged the support of the Hoosier State amid considerable enthusiasm. Boles Boya Raise tbe Roof. Then came Hon. John F. Duncombe, formerly of Pennsylvania, but now of Iowa, to place the name of Governor Boies before the convention. Duncombe is a giant in stature, and with voice which rose far above the continuons patter of the raindrops on the Wigwam. His address, however, did not elicit any vigorous demonstration until he named his candidate, when the Hawkeye boomers came to the front in creditable style and received some assistance .from their Tammany allies. Dunscombe proved to be long-winded, and calls of time from all over the hall al most drowned even his most vigorous tones during the latter part of the address. When a Kansas granger tripped to the platform to second Cleveland's nomination the crowd yelled, "Cnt it short" When Kentucky was reached it was an nounced that McKenzie wonld second Cleveland's nomination, while Watterson would speak for Boies. The former spoke from the floor, and by a few witticisms so caught tbe crowd that his speech was the hit of the night Watterson 's address was short and eulo gistic of Boies and the West. The expec tation that he would take up the fight In New York proved groundless. Louisiana also seconded Boies, and, aa this was not anticipated, it created con siderable commotion. Patrick A. Collins, of Massachusetts, landed Grover, bnt more particularly pleaded for harmony and a united front after the nomi nation. Hensel Makes a Decided Hit When Pennsylvania was reached, Attor ney General Hensel monnted the platform, and, in a voice which reached to every corner of the vast building, made an eloquent speech seconding the nom- i y (vYS General Sloeum as a Listener. ination of Grover Cleveland, and defining the position of Pennsylvania. As an ora torical effect the speech was second to none of the session, and was received with gener ous applause, though the audience was too tired to bestow any undivided attention. A Farmers' Alliance delegate from South Carolina, masquerading as a Demo crat, talked briefly for Boies, and other seconding speeches followed, bnt the gal leries were disgusted with the delay, and re fused to listen, to any extent. CHARGES OF BRIBERY To Balance Similar Claims Made at Minne apolis A Paid Silver Lobby Declared to fie Present and Considerations Offered for Votes on the First Ballot x FBOX A STAFT COBMSFONDINT.3 CoxvaimoK Hall, ( Chicago, Jane 23. As claimed by Harrity and Hensel, when the full Committee on Bales met this morn ing it promptly reversed the action of the anti-Cleveland sub-Committee which had decided on the abrogation of the unit rule. The report of the majority ofthe committee favored the same rnles adopted by the last Democratio Convention, and this report was adopted without division. When Mr. Harrity was found on the floor ofthe Convention Hall he said: "It looks as though the opposition had abandoned the fight against the unit rule. They may, how ever, bring up the question again whenever there is a roll call or a ballot. We will keep an eye on them, for they are evidently up to something. " The feature of the first session of the con vention, to-day, was the address of Perma nent Chairman, W. D. Wilson, of West Virginia. Mr. Wilson excited the enthus iasm of his hearers to the highest pitch, and, viewed as an oratorical effort, the speech was certainly a success. In argu ment, though, the address followed the lines now so ipopnlar with the Demo cratic speakers, of arraying one class against another, and the assault Upon pro tection was a most bitter one. Campbell Gels an Ovation. ' As tbe Committee on Platform was not ready to report, nearly all the balance of J TyJ jy u -zjz jy I the first session was devoted r lotm promptu remarks from sueh popular Demo cratic speakers as Senator Palmer and .ex Governor Campbell, tbe latter of whom re ceived a most enthusiastie ovation, while the band played "The Campbells aro Coining." , Loud calls were made for Bourke Coc ran and John B. Fellows, Tammany's prize orators, bnt both gentlemen announced that they would have some business to talk aboutUater on. The statements were Con sidered ominons of comings trouble. , The Tammany revival, intelligence 'of which was telegraphed to The Dispatch: early this morning, was soon seen to be, a feature of the day. Never tad the tig'er $ P r Don M, Dickinson Keeping CboL and its allies been in such an ugly and de fiant temper. New York and Iowa formed a combination, and a paper was circulated for the signatures of those who wonld pledge themselves to vote against Cleveland on the first ballot, bnt not all tbe Iowans were in sympathy with this movement, though. Jowans Cleveland Men at Heart.; As Delegate at Large Edward Campbell, formerly well-known in Allegheny eottnty, said: "I will vote for Boies to the last, but I am at heart a Cleveland man, and what I really wanted was to see the two names linked on our national ticket, This could have been accomplished if it had not been that some of the Iowa Governor's support ers were too radical and hot-headed.' They said Boies was too big for second place. Much as I admire Boies, I do not believe he is too great a man for nomination which was accepted by Hendricks and Thurman." As part of the anti-Cleveland revival, when the adjourned conference of the'TJhlo delegation met this morning, before the as sembling of the convention, after a a 1 lively session, lined up 15 for the ex-Presl- Will MI1U dl BKBIUSU M UDU (T Ulfcnoy BUU the Cleveland leaders heard this piece of news they were surprised. Talks of bribery were abroad to-day. A Georgia delegate tells this story: "Last night a New York striker came to me with a proposition that I vote for Whitney in convention. His talk led up to hints of a 'consideration,' and when I asked him what he meant he gave me to understand that any 'consideration' I considered proper wonld be forthcoming. I won't tell you what he said, but he meant money. .He was trying to buy my vote." Charges or Bribery on All Hands. ' Other men said either tbat they had re ceived offers of money or knew other dele gates who had. More frequently it was otner fellows tbe seductive bid had been thrown to. Not all the alleged bribes were coupled with the name of Whitney. Some of them Were in the name of the Junior Senator from New York, some even in the name' of Iowa. All were submitted as known adherents of Cleveland. ".-, . Mr. Whitney's forces had early advices of the rumors of bribery, and were visibly affected thereby. General Tracy said: "We have heard of this bribery, and if we can get our hands on a single case, we will tell the whole story in open convention. Then there will be a sensation. We have heard, also, that Tammany has bound all its men by oath to stick out against Cleve land to the last. We have not employed the oath, but all our men a large majority in the convention are firmly pledged, and if Tammany develops sufficient oath-bound strength to prevent a nomination, we shall have a convention the like of which has not been seen since Charleston." Mr. Croker received to-day a telegram which be exhibited to the visitors to the New York headquarters. It was from W. W. Kirby, of Indsana, and it said that thousands of people in Indiana wonld re fuse to vote lor Mr. Cleveland because of his "brutal and inbnman treatment" of the Hendricks family after the death of the Vice President. Claims of a Hired Silver Lobby. The Corridors of tbe Grand Pacific, in front of the Mississippi and Missouri head quarters, were thronged by excited crowds of Cleveland men, who industriously de nounced what they termed '"the machina tions of the hired silver lobby." "You fellows who worked for pay at Washington all winter to try and get a Democratic Con- fress to indorse the folly of a free silver ill are now here trying to tall off Cleve land and strangle the will of the people," shouted one excited Penn sylvania delegate. This declaration was greeted with a volley of cheers and cries of "They can't do it." "No!" re plied the Pennsylvanian, "but they worked all night in secret to try and do it. They don't care anything about Boies, or Sloeum, or anybody else, from principle, but they do care for the price of their treachery which flows into their pockets from the hoards of the silver barons. If Tammany cannot get Hill it would like nothing better than to see this convention commit the madness of offering New York any f ranger candidate on a tree silver platform, ammany might win what they are after in New York, but the Democrats of the nation would not be in it." . Amid all the contusion the Cleveland managers remained firm in their announce ments that they had the battle won, and would not permit the truit of victory to be snatched from them. BANCROFT. THE WIGWAM ROASTED. A Boor Tbat Leaks tike a Sieve Makes Many Delegates Mad One Man ITtio Won't Vote for a World's Fair Bill Congressman Now. ' , CraOH A STAJT Co'ltRESrONDEXT. CHICAOO, June 23.' It was lucky for Mr. Mills that he left the convention when he did. Had he delayed his going five minntes the howling mob could not have seen him as he passed out. There was another storm came just 'as the convention was getting down to business. A tew minntes before 12 o'clock the rain be gan its old tactics of pouring through the crevices of the roof, but the enormous eon course cared little for that. The gloom thickened so that delegates in the far away corners imagined they were down in the Kokomo marshes. Cries of ".Light! lightl" were mingled with -threats and entreaties, but the patter of the rain on the roof drowned even this nois. Several members of the New York dele gation have expressed an opinion in unfavorable terms on the Democratio Wigwam. At the Wellington, this morn ing, Abraham Sohwab, aTammanyite and Commissioner of Bridges in Brooklyn, denounced the building, saying that it was inadequate lor the demands to be met with, that it leaked like a sieve during the rain storm, and that it was a disgrace to the city. "I will not vote for the Congressman," said Mr. Schwab, "who -will favor the f5, 000,000 appropriation for the AVorld's Fair, for the simple reason that Chicago does not deserrfit after putting up such a building. ior tue uviuing vi ajaRWOuai uuavcuuuu, BEEBEBT. CHE UNIT RULE GOES Despite a Final Determined Effort .of Ex-Senator Wallace to Kill It. KICKING OFKEYSTEONITES That Was in Vain, 'out Was Highly Appreciated by Hundreds. MR. HENSEL CARRIES HIS POINT. Cheers From. the. Anti-Clevelandites tbe Protest, bnt Greet THE EESTJITW1SH0T A BIT AFFECTED IrnOM A STAT COBHESrOJTDIXT.I CoBViHTioir Hall, I Cbioaoo, June 23. The fight on tbe unit rnle, nnder which the Pennsylvania delegation especially has been chaffing since coming here, and which was generally thought to have been aban doned, broke out in the convention like a furious forest fire to-night, and Senator Wallace and 'Attorney General Hensel locked horns in a struggle that lifted tbe great gathering of people 1o its feet and sent ont yells and hisses mingling together like the elements in a winter's storm. It was when the vote was being taken on Larry Neal's amendment to the tariff plank of the platform that the fight developed. A great many of the States, several of which will certainly vote for Cleveland, had cast their ballot as a Unit, either for or against the amendment, and with each nnit vote for the amendment the galleries, the New York delegation, and the other anti-Cleveland people in the convention wonld rise to their feet and howl, and when Chairman Steven son, of the Illinois delegation, cast her 48 votes for the amendment, the convention seemed to go crazy, and General Henri Watterson, who had declared the original plank "a monstrosity," rushed from his seat on the platform, and approaehing Chair man Stevenson, hugged him like a fond father wonld hug his babe. Wartenou's on-TJrwn-Oat Exuberance. The JCentucky editor was not disposed to let go nis hold on the Illinois Chairman. He held on like an ardent lover. There was no hugging among the delegates when Pennsylvania was called, however. When that State was called Chairman Hen sel cast the 64 votes against the amendment. He had not taken his seat, however, when Senator Wallace, who had not intended to be present in the convention, rose from his place in the center of the delegation, and with his firm lips tightly closed, he stood calm as a post, and with his finger pointed to the Chair. At first the convention cheered him, but he remained silent and firm, and with his eyes upon the floor and his long arm pointed ont he seemed to wait his own convenience to speak. The conven tion finally became quiet, and in & firm voice Mr. Wallace said: Senator Wallace's Protest. V, ' S A. "Mr. Chairman, the Pennsylvania deje gatiou has been polled on this issue, and IS of Its members nave voted in favor of this proposed amendment, and in behalf of those 15 men I. protest against the gag law which has been applied to them. I protest against the practice of any one man speaking for 15 of his associates without the others'xcon sent. I appeal to this convention for but justice for these 15 Pennsylvania Demo crats." Senator Wallace did not take his seat when he had concluded, and he seemed to wait for some answers from the Chair. The convention remained qniet, and the Chair seemed confused. Finally, Mr. Hen sel rose and explained that the convention conld not consider the protest from mem bers of his delegation, because the State Convention had bound them with the unit rule, and the delegation had bv a majority vote reaffirmed the action of the State Con vention. The Chairman then ruled Mr. Wallace out of order, and also ruled that tbe vote of Pennsylvania should be cast as a unit jjouu nisses loiiowea mis ruling on sen ator Wallace's protest, which was made while he sawed' the air with both hands, and when he took his seat he was white as lime. Gag Iavr Gets a Call Down. Mr. Hensel, his face flushed like a beet, and shaking both fists in the direction of Senator Wallace, shouted something which was drowned in the confusion. Then the Chair rapped aain and again for order, which was finally secured by refusing to hear either Wallace or Hensel. The vote was counted as a nnit, however, amid a storm of hisses and shouts ot 'irag law." Finally, when quiet was restored, Sen ator Wallace arose and, bowing politely to the Chair, said; "I have accomplished my purpose by entering the protest. I have nothing further.to saj" The casting of the 64 votes from Pennsyl vania did not affect the result. The amend ment was carried easily, and the anti-Cleveland men won the first knockdown In the great battle. Herbert. AN OVATION TO MILLS. The Texas Free Trader Forced to Leave the Wigwam by Illness Recognized by the Crowd He I Greeted by a Long Series or Cheers. THOU A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. Chicago, June 22. If may have been the intense heat, or it may have been a dis position to get away from what seemed the inevitable, or it may have been a feeling of jealousy prompted by a realization that 'the great gathering of Democrats was about to place another upon .the platform tbat is ex clusively and unquestionably his own that drove Boger Q. Mills from tbe great National Convention hall this afternoon, but what ever drove him out he did not get away until the vast assemblage of probably 20,000 people, each in a wild, hilarious way, told the Texas free trader just how his party loved him. Mr. Mills had evidently got in the con vention unnoticed. He only remained a few minutes, however, and as he passed from his delegation out through the convention everybody in the crowded wig wam seemed to recognize him at once, and instantly tne convention seemed to grow crazy. , "MlllsIMillsIMillsUustily throats yelled. At once the galleries took up the cry,and it went resounding through the hall until the noise reached a deafening volume. Some of the spectators misinterpreted the cry one of Hill, and instantly the rumor 'went around that the New York Senator was on hand. These deluded ones took up the crv ot "HUH Hilll" and added to the babel of noise. Finally Tom Johnson, Ohio's single-tax Congressman, moved that Mr. Mills be asked to address the convention. Mr. John son was appointed a: committee to escort Mr. Mills to the chair, and in a few mo ments he -returned saying that Mr. Mills had suddenly been taken ill and had to go to his hotel. No medicine that his physician could pre scribe, one would think, wonld heal the old man s aumenc auiCKer man would tne i instantly xoiiowea irom tiieveiafld tne & flx' M DRUGSTORE. wyiILv1 ? rid SLIOnTLT DISFIGURED BUT STILL VS THE JtlSQ. tumultuous applause he received, and even if it did not cure him it must certainly have consoled him, tbat the educational campaigns of the past few years have been steadily bringing the Democrats to love the hoary-headed free trader, if not to entirely and wholly adopt his doctrine. Gath. GATH ON THE PLATFORM.. He Insinuate Tbat Cleveland Drafted the Document Tbe Flanks In Few Words Wild Scenes of Jsnthtulasm Symp toms of a Ticket on the Floor. FBOSt A 8TAIT COBRISFOXnEXT.1 Chicago, June 23. It became very hot by 5 o'clock, and the white fans by thous sands gave the air of cherubs and wings to the wigwam. Nearly every seat was filled and half the audience sat in shirt sleeves. Ten men to one female were seen by glass. The Persian-looking Iowa minister toqk a glass of water before praying. He made the most impressive of all the prayers offered up to conventions. "America" was Some Souti'nir Spoons. the following tune. Cheers for Cleveland from a volunteer. Boasting squatters under the gravel roof yelled "Begin." Time was driveled away for an hour. Dan Sickles seized an opportune moment to make the grand entry on his Gettysburg crutches. Was it Jones who thus kept Nehuchednez zar's furnace ten times hotter than ever? Word came that he only wanted 15 more grateful cheers and scowls from ticket speculators. Old Ben Wood, in the New York del, gation, displays the great white mustache that is the family crescent' Baby Bissell sat among the Pennsylvanians with a No. 2 mouth in a No. 9 head. Lockwood Takes a Day OfT. Dan Lockwood is sick and his nomina tions fail to hatch when set of late, so that he may be laying off for another rooster. Mr. Gorman is rumored to have elided back and become a candidate, and this gave hopes to Cleveland's opponents; but it was found to be . a false alarm, and that only fonr of the Maryland delegation were ready to go for Boies, Campbell, or some other good person. It was also said that Stetson had brought the platform directly from Cleve land, and that it was so lukewarm on the tariff and other things that the redoubtable Jones had made war upon his creator, and hence kent the platform back. The electrio lights were turned on, but no Jones. The anti-Clevelandifes are con ferring, and. Campbell makes the tout of delegations, getting cheers. Jones now appeared and had a preface which was punctuated with yells louder. He was very like Elliott Shepard, high in the back corner of the head, flowery with whiskers and given to meditation. Vilas rose to read the document, which had Cleve land in the first sentence. His name added to the mission, and the galleries yelled long J and loud, but very lew delegates joined in. Symptoms of a Ticket. Then came, as by device, the blended banners of Cleveland and Boies carried up and down. It looked as if Gray would be grsyer before he is Vice President The scene lasted a long time. The ban ner broke and tell at one place, but was again put up with great shout'. 'The gal leries had tbe convention. Vilas sat down by Brice, cool and grim. By Dickinson's order the banner was taken to all the dele gations to be handled. It broke again in Pennsylvania by Harrity. Sonic groans Were heard. The heat was like a bakery. After 15 minutes of this blast from hot lnngs, Cleveland's banner was finally taken off the pole, unmanageable. Vilas tried to read against the tumult, with his powerful voice, voices louuer crieu, ".rrint itr The fake ball was now seen to be the key of the platform, and forcible resistence to it the big new point Many delegates seem worn out bv delay, and wonld not attend. The tariff clause gave a sop to home color. The applause had been expended Already, and the tariff plank seemed to be a straddle. Vic Baughman says Cleveland sent this message here. The Platform Analyzed. Lugubrious went the indictment of Bill MoKinley, for whomia reward is offered. Beciprocity was denounced without a word of assent or dissent A rottndto excitable seemed the dictum of the platform at the1 silver clause. A sllverite squealed like a mammoth being tickled, yet Pattersonof Colorado, was unhappy. State banknotes Were demanded, a return to old monty, but m ' phrase of civil seryice, so tbat nobody conld observe State bank circulation as it was. Wisconsin, nnder Mitchell, as thus far the first time substituted for greenback infla tion. Hebrews and Lutherans were sympa thized with as far as Russia. Ireland got a sop, bnt too much Immigration was scored. Wo to the Chinaman. Joy to the pen sioner. Let the Mississippi be remade. On with canals. Let rivers and harbors continue. Help the forts. Hail Columbia Exposition. The tail of the platform was quite hopeful. Utah was not invited to ac company Arizona and New Mexico. Bail road accidents' were deplored, as also the "sweating" system, which the audience sweated and roared at. Gath. GROVER GETS THE NEWS. A Special Wire Connects Him With Chi cagoHe Listens to the Record of His Lieutenant's Labors Fishing Helps to Believe the Strain on His Mind. Buzzard's Bat, Mass, June 22. Spe&al. Grover Cleveland and Governor W. FL Russell, of Massachusetts, are at Mr. Cleveland's Gray Gables villa to-day, seclnded. A special Western Union tele graph wire was strung across the fields and through the woodland yesterday, and this morning connection was made. They have been receiving bulletins all day from Hon. W. C Whitney, primarily, and the Cleve land boom, .managers, secondarily, in Chi "caga During, the early portion ot the day Mr. Cleveland, accompanied by Governor Russell, went fishing down tbe bay in the cat boat Anonyms, owned by Lawyer Lewis S. Dabnev, of Boston. Captain Ben Mani mon, of Fast Wareham, was the skipper. They captured a few scup and rock bass and returned at midday. At tbat hour the first dispatches from Chicago began coming in oyer the Western Union loop wire. The afternoon was spent by the ex-Presi-dent and his guest in consultation over the opening proceedings at the convention. Tudor Haven was flooded with reporters who perched on tne bluff, the trees along the railroad track and through the Tudor Haven grove in a vain attempt to learn how Grover and Governor William took the news. One Boston reporter ventured to beard the Hon in his den. Grover hustled him out of the bouse onto the veranda, jsat him down in a cbair, gave him a big fat cigar and kept him away from Governor Russell and the telegraph operator, telling the reporter in the meantime that every thing was promising and the outlook en couraging. THIRTY THOUSAND PEOPLE Swelter in the Heat of the Wigwam and Miss the Lake Breezes. FBOX A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. Chicago, June 22. The heat in the con vention hall this evening has been intense,, and from the platform the great sea of peo ple spread ont beyond the reach almost of the londest voice. Each vigorously swing ing a fan and sweltering, sat without ap parent impatience, and did not even seem to tire while General Vilas for nearly half an hour hammered away at the long politi cal argument and address which composed the party's platform. They did not hesitate to work themselves into a foam when Cleve land's name was mentioned on the platform, just to start the ex-President's boom in the, right direction, and when Larry McNeal, of Ohio, attempted to amend the tariff plank by substituting a tariff-for-revenue-only clause, the parboiled crowd rose to its feet and sent into tne evening air a snout tbat seemed to shake the great building. At each adjournment the crowd had de clared with more or less emphasis that it would not return, bnt the next meeting found them there, with additional friends with them. Fully 30,000 people are in the bnilding to-night Every one of the 20,000 seats are full, and the aisles and entrances are all choked. With the night a cool breeze swept in from the lake, bnt the lake breeze onlyrefreshed those who were unable to secure tickets and who attended' the con vention in the street Herbert. BOUND TO SEE IT OUT. The Great Crowd Sticks to the Seat of War, Despite the Bain. rnox a STArr coBaxsroxnixT. Chicago. June 23. 1 A, il At mid night the great crowd had not shifted from the position it had assumed at S o'clock in the afternoon. Tbe eloquence' ofthe speak ers and their own enthusiasm bad suf ficiently sustained them, and while many were compelled to sit and raise umbrellas to keep dry their discomfiture seemed only enjoyment for them. f All joined in the cheering for Cleveland, Hill and Boies, with just as mnch enthusi asm as if they had been housed in a regular genuine convention hall instead of a dieary and dangerous barn that may yet fall through wlih weight before the greit gath ering determines upon which one of the severaVcandidates shall be his party's vic tim in November. Herbert. 7 For later news from the Convention see Second edition, which will be on the street soon. AM OF DELAY, NIGHT OF FIGHT With Prospects That Morning Bays Will Find Factions Still at War. BATTLING ON A PLATFOBM Consumes Hnch Time, but the Free Trade Elements Win. It Is a Great Victory for Watterson, Patterson, the Colorado Silver Man, Fails to Have the Word Free In-' serted Tremendous Enthusiasm Aroused by the Nominating: and Seconding; Speeches No Attention Paid to Feeble Motions to Adjourn A Cleveland Speech Interrupted by a Hill Demonstration, Which Lasts' 20 Minutes A Ballot May Ba EeacHed by Daylight. Chicago, June 22. A youthful divine, of the Methodist Ep iscopal Church is the first to give official intimation that God is to be with the Democratic party in the1 coming campaign. The raven-haired yonng enthusiast who offered prayer to-day is said to be the youngest man who ever ad dressed the throne of grace from a Demo cratic platform. But this gentleman made np for his youth by his extreme unction and somewhat commanding eloquence. The audience gave demonstrative ap proval to the, fervent divine when he in dorsed Democratic principles by asking the Almighty to guide the irainers of the party platform so that every true lover of liberty and ofthe rights of man should be able to find a place where he might stand erect for the principles that have made the past of this nation glorious, and that shonld make the fnture still more glorious; but cheera could no longer he suppressed when he asked that its nominees might represent "the spirit of modern Democracy; a. progressive Democracy; a Democracy which is arrayed on the side of the masses against' i vi a. PHotCirit in rne. tjrip WOLIint Yu TiMrw vast-. -t "X, jz) LIVES' a. W. Sowrke Cockran, of New York. the classes, and that strives to lift from tbe shoulders of the people the burdens horns for the benefit ofthe favored few." An Intellectual Feait Yesterday. For half a minute the audience cheered enthusiastically after the gentleman had re tired to his modest corner in the rear of the platform to receive the congratulations of his friends. The first session of the convention was indeed an intellectual feast. There was very little in tbe way of effective business to be transacted, and ample opportunity was afforded for the regalement of the del egates by a flow of oratory. A ripple of enthusiasm swept over the convention when De Liney, of Alaska, conveyed the infor mation that the great cause of tariff reform had traversed every zone, from the torrid to the frigid, by submitting his credentials as a delegate from the Territory of Alaska, and announcing himself as the representa tive of a pioneer people engaged in build ing np civilization in the wildest and most remote dominion ofthe Bepublic. The first speech ofthe day washy General John M. Palmer, whom the Democrats of Illinois are pleased to term the "Gladstone of America," and who was unanimously in vited to address the convention. The Sen ator's speech awakened all the latent politi cal fervor that for davs awaited to be quick ened to enthusiasm by the stirring eloqence of some popular leader. Senator Palmer on the Force Bill. Senator Palmer, in his capacity of the recognized leader of the Democratio party of Illinois, declared for Grover Cleveland, bnt pledged the electoral vote of this great State to the nominee of this convention, whoever he may be, next November. He was the only speaker of the day who ignored the tariff question. "The Republicans at Minneapolis," said he, L'hare written upon their platform a, menace to the people of the country in the new force bill. As sure as Benjamin Har-i rison is elected and the next Congress is Be-; publican, we will have a force bill such aa ' the ingenuity of John Davenport or ths I devil may suggest. Deafening cheers. I Hon. William L. Wilson, of West Vir-' ginia, is admitted by all to have made the speech of his life in assuming the gavel as tne Permanent Chairman ofthe convention. A speech from this distinguished tariff re former of the Democratic party wonld not be typical of his greatness if it were not largely devoted to the tariff reform move ment. In all his speech there was not a stale expression, not a single hackneyed phrase so common to campaign orators. Down on Protection and Reciprocity. "There is no self-government where tht people do not control their own elections and lay their own tactics," was the first in direct allnsioD to the force bill, bnt ths audience quickly caught the sentiment, and the mammoth Wigwam reverherated with a storm of enthusiasm that would have rivaled the atmospheric cyclone that waa fearfully expected on the outside just at this time. He denounced the political methods of the Republican party by saying that in every campaign the privilege of taxing the people would be for contributions to cor rupt them at the polls, and that after.every victory a new McKinley bill will -be en acted to repay their contributions with, taxes wrung from the ..people, M BenablioaB ; y WW J Y "- -' & ' JS '. Is S -V I f- T . I la I 4tj n w s i 4.- f IV .. .. V .-l . . y . :. . . . . a .... I . a.1-w.i . TAfc.S3P- J-,ri . . - jT. t r -. . f S3 -
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