Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY EVENING, JDNE 19, 1896.
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$50,000.
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Vice-Pres't.
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transacted.
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Davis, the Bicycle Man,
THE VIKING, is the "biking", Best of cycles.
THE ELDREDG-E, strictly first-class.
THE BELVIDERE, a high grade at a popular price.
r TLttj X'UK,D, absolutely the best wheel on
earth for the money. Choice of all kinds of handle
bars, saddles and pedals.
ALL KINDS OP BICYCLE ACCESSORIES.
Wavis, the Seed Man,
Has a fuil line of BULK GARDEN AND PLOW-z
ER SEED from the celebrated Rice's Cambridge Val
ley Seed Gardens.
Davis, the Hardware Man,
Big stock of POULTRY NETTING, GARDEN
TOOLS, RUBBER HOSE and the celebrated Acorn
Stoves and Ranges.
ESsPDon't forget Davis, "that no one owes" when in need of anything
m his line. Samples of "bikes now in.
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Orders from the country and along the line of the Union
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Entered at the KorthPlatte (Nebraska) postoffice as
s econd-clasB matter.
The Omaha Bee completes its
twenty-fifth year to-day. The Bee
is one of the crreat newspapers of
the west.
Kearney.
everv west
ern man should be right in line for
the western candidate for governor,
Jack MacColl, whose life has been
spent in western Nebraska" who is
one of us, who is better known
than any other gubernatorial can
didate in all portions of the state,
and whose election would be a fore
gone conclusion. Kearney Hub.
The supreme court of Nebraska
handed down a decision Tuesday
in the mutual insurance case, de
claring the law of 1891 constitu
tional.
EEPUBLICAK NATIONAL PLATFORM.
The natiohal organization of
cycilsts has 7,700 members in Mas
sachusets alone. A call for bicycle
cavalry in this country would pro
duce a large army at short-notice,
and it would not be easy to exclude
the new woman trom the service
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, -Oils,
PAINTERS' SUFPLITSS,
WINDOW GLASS, MACHINE OILS,
ZDIa,3CLa,rLta, Spectaoles.
.LioiES lias been a republican, a
democrat, a populist and a free
silverite, owns 2500 acres of fine
farm land and is worth $300,000
His versatility in politics is all
that could be asked, but as a victim
of calamity he does not reach the
populist standard.
o
Spain's borrowing capacity has
been nearly exhausted, and her
soldiers in Cuba are dying from
yellow fever faster than their places
can be filled. It is a pity Spain
has no statesmen who can see the
inevitable ahead and prepare to
make the best of it.
It is important that the republi
can candidate nominated for com
missioner be an able and popular
man. The delegates to the conven
tion to-morrow should well consider
the qualifications of the men who
re seekinjr the nomination and
cast their vote for the one who is
strongest and best.
delegates
Over one-third of the
so tar selected to the state conven
tion are for Jack McColl, and his
strength is crowing". It looks as
lousrh the genial Jack will receive
the nomination with hands down.
Conventions will be held in many
counties to-morrow, and in a day
or two the standing of the several
candidates will be pretty well
known.
The plank in the republican na
tional platform restricting immigra
tion to those who can read and
write their own language, is one
which should meet the approval ot
all good citizens. There is evidence
everv day that our immigration
laws have been too lax in the past
and that the United States has
been the dnmping ground for an
obiectional and worthless class of
emigrants. The United States ex
tends a welcome hand to all honest,
intelligent and worthy emigrants,
but to these only.
Good Teams,
Comfortable IRdgs,
Ezcsltal Accommodations for lis Faming Public,
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WALL-PAPER, PAINT AND OIL DEPOT,
WINDOW GLSS, VARNISHES, GOLD LEAF, GOLD
PAINTS, BRONZES, ARTISTS' COLORS AND BRUSHES, PIANO AND
FURNITURE POLISHES, PREPARED HOUSE AND BUGGY PAINTS,
KALSOMINE MATERIAL, WINDOW SHADES.
ESTABLISHED JULY 18?. f - - ?10 SPRUCE STREET.
THROWING DUST IN THE EYES.
mere are a tew newspapers m
eastern Nebraska that continue to
thrSw dust when talking: of the
governorship, and persist in a
W A. - 4.
policy of belittling the only candi
date for that office from the west
ern section of Nebraska. Of course
it will be admitted that it would be
rrow to some of these
gentlemen, whose business it ap
pears to be to keep the state offices
located east of the ninetieth meri
dian, to see a governor come from
western Nebraska, and to have the
western part of this state
nizea and rewarded, would mean a
few less political hangers on from
eastern .Nebraska at the "pie
counters."
To some of our eastern Nebraska
friends it seems to be a presump
tion of the most violent kind for a
western man to aspire to the gov
ernorship of Nebraska. They do
not seem to think that ability or
character or qualification exist out
side of a certain circle of circum
ference drawn within one hundred
miles of the state capital. They
go even further than this, and at
least by their action assume that
western Nebraska is a political
dependency which takes what it
can get and is supposed to say
nothing about it. The coming state
convention will take note of this
condition, and the Hub is confident
that there will be such recognition
of the west as will give the repub
licans of this section of the state
new hope and renewed courage to
battle with the elements of opposi
tion and discontent which have
arisen in western Nebraska very
largely by reason of political neglect
and the absorption of the politicians
in their own selfish schemes.
Various candidates, for governor
and other high places are making
the rounds of western Nebraska,
many for the first time. We are
glad to see them, and it would have
been no less a pleasure to meet
Ihem when they did not come ask-
for something. But we will
treat them graciously while impress
ing upon their minds that Nebraska
is a great state, the principal por-
Adopted at St. "Louis, Jane 18, 1806.
The Republicans of tho United States,
assembled by their representatives in na
tional convention, appealing for the
popular and historical justification
of their claims to the matchless
achievements of 80 years of Re
publican rulo, earnestly and confidently
address themselves to tho awakened in
telligence, experience and conscience of
their countrymen in tho following declar
ation of facts and principles:
For the first timo since the civil war the
American people have witnessed the
calamitous consequences of full and un
restricted Democratic control of tho gov
ernment. It has beon a record of un
paralclled dishonesty, dishonor and dis
aster. Iu the administrative management
it has ruthlessly sacrificed indispensable
rovonuo, curtailed an unceasing deficit,
eked out ordinary current expensos
with borrowed money, piled up the
public debt by $263,000,000 in timo
of peace, forced an adverse balance
of trade, kopt a perpetual- menace hang
ing over tho redemption fund, pawned
American credit to alien syndicates and
reversed all tho measures and results of
successful Republican rulo. In tho broad
effect of Its policy it has precipitated
panic, blighted industry and trade with
prolonged depression, closed factories, re
duced work and wage3, halted enterprise
and crippled American production, while
stimulating foreign production for the
American market. Every consideration
of public safety and private interost
demands that the government shall be
rescued from tho hands of those who have
shown themselves incapable of conduct
ing it without disaster at home and dis
honor abroad, and shall be restored to the
party which for 30 years administered it
with unequaled success and prosperity.
And in this wo heartily endorse the wis
dom, patriotism and tho success of the ad
ministration of President Harrison.
Devoted to Protection.
We rcnow and emphasize our adhesion
to the policy of protection as the bulwark
of American independence and the founda
tion of American industrial develop
ment and prosperity. This true Amer
ican policy taxes foreign products
and encourages home industry and
it puts tho burden of revenue on
foreign goods; it secures tho American
market for the American producers; it up
holds the American standard of wages for
tho American workmgman; it puts the
factory by the sido of the farm and makes
the American farmer less dependent on
foreign demand and price; it diffusos gen
eral thrift and founds tho strength of all
on the strength of each. In its responsi
ble application it is just, fair and im
partial, equally opposed to foreign con
trol and domestic monoply to sectional
discrimination and individual favoritism.
We denounce the present Democratic
tariff as sectional, injurious to tho
public credit and destructive to
business enterprise. We demand such
an equitable tariff on foreign im
ports which como into competi
tion with American products, as will not
only furnish adequato rovonue for tho
necessary expenses of tho government but
will protect American labor from degra
dation to the wage level of other lands.
Wo are not pledged to any particular
schedule. The question of rates is a prac
tical question to bo governed by tho con
ditions of the timo and of production.
Tho ruling and uncompromising princi
ple is the protection and development of
Amorican labor and industry. The coun
try demands a right settlement and then it
wants rest.
Wo believe the repeal of tho reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the last Re
publican administration was a national
calamity, and wo demand their renewal and
oxtension on such terms as will equalize
our trade with other nations, remove
the restrictions that now obstruct tho sale
of American products in the ports of Eu
rope and secure new markets for tho pro
ducts of our farms, forests and factories.
Protection and reciprocity aro twin
measures or .Republican policy and go
hand in hand. Democratic rule has reck
lessly struck down both, and both must
be re-established. Protection for what we
produce; free admission for tho necessaries
of life which wo do not produce; reciprocal
agreements of mutual interests which
gain open markets for us in return for our
open markets to others. Protection builds
up domestic industry and trade and se
cures our own market for oursolves; reci
procity builds up foreign trade and finds
an outlet for our surplus.
To all our products, to those of the mine
and the field, as well as those of the shop
and the factory to hemp, to wool, the
product of the great industry, sheep hus
bandry, as well as to the finished woolens
Qf the mill we promise the most ample
protection.
We favor restoring tho early American
policy of discriminating duties for tho up
building of our merchant marine and the
protection of our shipping interests in tho
foreign carrying trade, so American ships
the product of American labor, employed
in American shipyards, sailing under the
stars and stripes and manned, officered
and owned by Americans may regain the
carrying of our foreign commerce.
The Financial Flank.
The Republican party is unreservedly
for sound money. It caused tho enact
ment of tho law providing for the resump
tion of specie payments in 1879, since then
gvery dollar has been as good as gold,
We are unalterably opposed to every
measure calculated to debase our cur
rency or impair the credit of our country.
We are, therefore, opposed tothofrco coin
ago of silvor, except by international agree
ment with the leading commercial nations
of the world, which we pledge ourselves to
promote, and until such agreement can be
obtained, the existing gold standard must
f pe preservea. Ail our silver ana paper
out administration of reducing pensions
and arbitrarily dropnimt namc3 from tho
rolls, as deserving of tho severest condem
nation of the American people.
" foreign Relations.
Our foreign policy should be at all times
vigorous and dignified, and all our Inter
ests in tho western hemisphere carefully
watched and guarded. The Hawaiian Isl
ands should bo controlled by tho United
States, and no foroiern power should be
permitted to interfere with them; the Nlc
aragua canal should bo built, owned and
operated by tho United State.?, and by tho
purchase of tho Danish Islands we should
secure tho proper and much needed naval
station in tho West Indies.
Tho massaoros in Armenia havo aroused
tho deep sympathy and just indignation
of the American puoplo.and we bcliovo the
United States should exercise all tho in
fluence it can properly exert to bring these
atrocities to an end. In Turkoy Amort
can residents havo been oxposcd to the
greatest dangers and Amorican property
destroyed. Thoro and every whero Ameri
can citizens and American property must
be absolutely protected at all hazards and
at any cost.
Monroe Doctrine.
Wo reassert tho Monroo doctrino in Its
fullest extent, and wo reaffirm tho right
of the United States to give tho doctrine
by responding to tho appeals of any
American stato for friendly Intervention
in caso of Euroncan oncroachmont. We
havo not intorfercd aud shall not inter
fere with tho existing possessions of any
European power in this hemisphere, but
those possessions must not, on any pre
text, bo extended. Wo hopefully look for
ward to the eventual withdrawal of the
European powers from this hemisphere,
and to tho ultimate union of all English
speaking parts of tho continent by the
free consent of its inhabitants.
Jj rom tho hour of achieving their own
Independence tho peoplo of the United
States havo regarded with sympathy the
struggles of othur Amorican pooples to
freo themselves from European doniina
tion. Wo watch with deep and abiding
interest tho" heroic battlo of the Cuban
patriots against cruelty and oppression,
and our best hope; go out for tho full suc
cess of their determined contest for lib
erty. Tho government of Spain, having
lost control of Cuba, and beiug unable to
protect tho property or lives of r&Idcnt
American citizens, or to comply with its
trca y obligations, we believe tho govern
ment of tho United States should actively
use i's in liuence and good offices to re
store peace and give independence to the
island.
The peace and security of the republic
and the maintenance of its rightful in
fluence among the nations of tho earth
demand a naval power commensurate
with its position and responsibility. We,
therefore, favor tho continued enlarge
ment of the navy and a complete system
of harbor and sea coast defenses.
2"ore!gn Immigration.
For the protection of the equality. of our
American citizenship aud of tho wages ol
our workingmen against tho fatal conr
petition of low priced labor, we demand
that tho immigration laws be thoroughly
enforced and so extended as to exclude
from entrance to the United States those
who can neither read nor write.
' Tho civil service law was placed on the
statute book by the Republican party,
Avhich has always sustained it, and we re
new our i epeaieiLdecIarat ions that it shall
be thoroughly and honestly enforced and
extended wherever practicable.
We demand that every citizen of the
United States shall bo allowed to cast one
freo and unrestricted ballot, and that such
ballot shall be counted and. returned as
cast.
Wo proclaim our unqualified condemna
tion of the uncivilized and barbarous
practice, well known as lynching, or kill
ing of human beings nispected or charged
with crime, without process of law.
Js'ntional Arbitration.
We favor tho ci cation of a national
board of arbitration to settle and adjust
differences which may arise between em
ployers and employed engaged in inter
state commerce.
We believe in an immediate return to
the free homestead policy of the Republi
can party, and urge the passage by con
gress of the satisfactory free homestead
measure, which lias already passed the
house, aud is now pending in tho senate.
e favor tho admission of the remain
ing territories a; the earliest practicable
date, having duo regard to the interests of
the people of the territories and of the
United States. All the federal officers ap
pointed for thctorntoncs should be elected
from bona fide residents thereof, and the
right of fclf government should be ac
corded as far as practicable. We believe
the citizens of Alaska should havo repre
sentation in the congress ot the united
State.-; to tho end that needful legislation
should be enacted.
Wc sympathize with all wise and le
gitimate efforts to lesfen and prevent the
evils of Intemperance and promote mor
ality.
Kighls oT Women.
Tho Republican party is mindful of the
rights of women. Protection of Ameri
can industries includes equal opportuni
ties, equal piy for equal work, and pro
tection to tho home. Wc favor the ad
mission of women to wider sphero3 of u-c-
fulnesp, and welcome their co-operation in
rescuing the country from Democratic
and Populistic mismanagement and mis
rule.
Such are the principles and policies of
the Republican party. By these policies
We will abide and these policies wo will
put into execution. We ask for them the
considerate judgment- of tho American
people. Confident alike in tho history of
our great party and in the justice of our
cause, we present our platform and our
candidates in the full assurance that the
olection will bring victory to tho Repub
llcan party and prosperity to the people
of the united fotates.
1
OBART.
They will Lead the Republican Party to
Victory in November.
BOTH ARE NOMINATED ON THE FIRST BALLOT.
St. Louis, Juuo 18. The 11th na
tional convention of the Republican
party -was called to order by Chairman
Carter of the national committee at
12:20 p. m. today. Rabbi Sale of St.
Louis delivered an invocation. Joseph
Manley of Maine read the official call
of the convention.
The first real demonstration came
when Chairman Carter introduced Hon.
O. W. Fairbanks of Indiana as tempo
rary ohairman. William H. Suther
land of the New York, delegation sec
onded Mr. Fairbank's nomination and
his selection was indorsed by the unani
mous vote of tho convention.
Mr. Fairbanks, upon assuming the
chair, made a speech arraigning the
Democratic -party and declaring himsel
in favor of sound money. He was lib
erally applauded.
The resolution of William Lamb
Virginia to refer all resolutions to the
proper commitees without debate was
adopted.
Committees on resolu tions, rules and
order of business, permanent organiza
tion and credentials were appointed and
the convention adjourned until 10 a. m
Wednesday.
ot. j-iouib, june 17. xne great com
" I m . m -
nuttee on resolutions, whicn remained
in session until 3 a. m., and the commit
i
tee on creaennais were at woric again
at 10 o'clock this morning, the hour set
for the convention to meet. The pre
amble and the several planks of the
platform agreed upon by the subcom
mittees and telegraphed to the country
last night exclusively by the Associated
Press will be adopted by the full com
nuttee, but the indications were that
the report of this committee, in which
the main interest is centered," could
not be submitted to the convention un
til afternoon. The work that was go
Ing on behind the scenes in no way af
fected the attendance in the convention
hall. The olouds lowering over the
German Army Impresses Chang.
Berlin, June 18. It is. said that Li
Hung Chang, after a review of the
troops at Potsdam, exclaimed to Em
peror William: "With these battalions
I would have annihilated tho Japanese
at one stroke," In an interview Li
Hung Chang denied that there was a
secret treaty between China 'and Rus
sia, but he admitted that a Russian rail
way would be built through Manchuria,
though it would not impair the Chinese
sovereignty.
currency must bo maintained at n parity
with gold, and we favor all measures de
signed to maintain inviolably tho obliga
tions of the United States and all our
money, whethor coin or paper, at the pres
ent standard, the standard of the most
enlightened nations of the earth.
Wo condemn the present administration
for not keeping faith with sugar produc
ers of this country; tho Republican party
favors such protection as will lead to pro-
dpction on American soil of all the sugar
which Amorican people uso, and for which
thoy pay to other countries more than
$100,000,000 annually.
The veterans of the Union army deserve
and 6hould receive fair treatment and gen
erous recognition. Whenever practicable,
they should be given tho preference In tho
matter of employment, and they are en
titled to tho enactment of such laws as aro
best calculated to secure tho fulfillment of
the pledges made to them in the dark days
of the country's peril. We denounco tho
Fremont Man Hnrt In Ifow York.
New York, Juno 18. L. P. Hanson,
member of the city council of Fremont,
Neb., fell from the fourth story window
of the Hotel Denmark today and sus
tained a f ractnre of the base of the skull
and spveral lacerated wounds in the
face. His condition is regarded as very
serious.
tion of which lies west of Hastings practice In the pensions bureau, so reck-
7 1 .1 Z .1 I 11
icssiy nau uajusuy carnuu on. oy iub yrea
Three Hundred Tories Killed.
Athens, June 17. It is reported here
that 300 Turkish troops were killed in a
recent encounter with the Cretan in
surgents at Commoneri.
Funeral of Frank Mayo.
Philadelphia, June 14. The funeral
of Frank Mayo, the actor, took place
yesterday at Holy Trinity church, this
city.
Senator Allen Leaves Washington.
Washington, June 14. Senator Al
len and his private secretary, Mr. Mott,
left this city for Omaha.
gathering of colored delegates.
ity threatened, but the crowds, bands
and clubs streamed to the hall and
pushed their way in and spread them
selves through the wilderness of seats.
Tho delegates in the pit had been care
fully ticketed since yesterday and staffs
marked the location of the delegations.
This prevented much of the confusion
and disorder that was manifested on the
floor yesterday. The delegates and
alternates moved to their places quietly
and without demonstration. The band
in the gallery played a f usiladc of quick
step gallops and popular airs as the con
vention a; sembled.
Leaders Late In Arriving.
Senator Lodge, although a member of
the resolutions committee at the Lin
dell, elbowed his way up the aislo for a
final conference with his New England
friends, but no other members of the
resolutions committee were in the hall
The leaders as a rule were late in arriv
mg. Chris Magee of Pittsburg, with a
large Panama hat on his head, shook
hands with his friend, Governor Alger
of Michigan, and everybody seemed to
be in the best of humor. The music
was inspiring, and tho scene was one of
life and animation. Tho busy pencil
ers of the press were hard at work.
The dark faces of the men of dolega
tionjs marked their geographical location
on the map of tho country without re
course to the delogation staffs. Some
of theso colored meu were magnificent
specimens of manhood, and attracted
much attention. Here and there, too,
through the northern delegations, was
a swarthy face. Dr. Courtney of Mas
sachusetts, a graduate of Yale aud an
alternate from that state, held the at
tention of all eyes.
Among the other noted colored men
in the convention were ex- Congressman
Smalls, the noted negro pilot of South
Carolina whose services to the Union
navy in tho days of war were recently
recognized by congress; James Hill of
Mississippi and John M. Langston of
West Virginia. Tho two distinguished
sons or uenerai tiraut, Colonel Fred
Grant of New York, who was minister
to Austria, and U. S. Grant of San
Diego, Cal., sat side by side in the space
reserved for the distinguished guests.
xoung Grant is a modern counterpart
of his honored father, short, stout and
fashions his short, close cropped brown
beard after the hero of Appomattox.
Many an old soldier recognized in the
face of his son the grave commanding
general of 30 years ago.
At 10:20 the band struck up a medley
of patriotic aire, which was received
with cheers and plaudits by the packing
galleries. The belated leaders moved
down into their places. Piatt and Gov
ernor Bushnell of Ohio came in to
gether. The Tioga statesman jostled
ex-Senator Warner Miller as he passed,
hut no sign of lecognition passed be
tween them. The feud between the
New Yorks leaders is bitter.
Mark Hanna, who was among the
last of the political generals to make
his appearance, could with difficulty
make his way to the seats raserved for
the Ohio delegation. He was stopped
at every step by delegates amd greeted
in the wannest fashion. There was,
however, no open demonstration. He
stepped upon theplatforn and held a
whispered consultation with Senator
Carter. As they stood conferring Tem-
porary Chairman Fairbanks moved to
the front of the platform and dropped
the gavel on the second session of the
convention.
Temporary Chairman Fairbanks was
obliged to hammer vigorously to quell
the tumult into working order. On the
platform at his left stood the portly
form of Mr. Alark Hanna, encased in a
dazzlingly-fresh spring suit of shiny
drab, and the focus of every eye. Be
side him with a friendly hand on his
shoulder, and pouring some confidences
into Mr. Hanna's ear, was Mr. Thomas
H. Carter of Montana, the retiring
chairman of the national committee.
For five minutes Mr. Fairbanks rested
on his oars, while the ushers perspired
in futile attempts to persuade or com
pel compliance with the chairman's re
quest. Then in a voice which hardly pro
jected itself to the pit of delegates, Mr.
Fairbanks said: "The convention will
be in order."
The convention was in comparative
order npon the introduction of Dr.
Wilbur G. Williams, pastor of the
Union Methodist Episcopal church of
St. Louis, who made the prayer.
Recognizes Senator Lodge
"The senator from Massachusetts,"
announced the chairman at the con
clusion of the prayer, whereupon there
was an outburst of applause as the dele
gates perceived the trim and fashion
ably clad person of Henry Cabot Lodge,
the embodiment of the polished Puritan
in the aisle before the platform.
Mr. Lodge rose to ask for the commit
tee on resolutions the privilege of sit
ting during the progress of the conven
tion, that the subcommittee had com
pleted the platform, and that it was
now being considered by the full com
mittee. He asked leave to report this
afternoon.
The chairman's call for the report of
the committee on credentials met no re
sponse, and that committee was passed.
Senator Sewell of New Jersey and
Senator Wellington of Maryland
asked unanimous consent to make the
reports of the committee on permanent
organization and on rules, but objections
were heard. A motion by Senator
Wellington of Maryland that the con
vention take a recess until 2 o'clock
was buried under an overwhelming
chorus of "noes" and the delegates ap
plauded their decision.
Convention at a Standstill.
The chairman called loudly to know
what was the further pleasure of tho
convention. Several resolutions were
handed np and referred to the commit
tee on rules without debate. The con
vention seemed to be at a standstill.
Senator Sewell of New Jersey again
jumped to his feet, and this time moved
hat the report of the committee on per
manent organization be accepted.
His motion was greeted with cheers
by the galleries, who were impatient to
have the convention proceed, but from
the floor came angry cries of "No, no."
The motion was put and Chairman Fair
banks declared it carried.
Senator Wellington indignantly pro
tested that the motion was out of order.
as the convention could not suspend the
rules, and his poiut was warmly sup
ported by Delegate Littlefield of Maine,
but the chair ruled that both gentlemen
were out ;of order, as the convention
had decided to receive the report.
When the reading clerk intoned the
committee's report to the house an
nounced the name of "John M. Thurs
ton of Nebraska" to be permanent
chairman, there was an eruption of flags
and cheers from the delegates, and a
demonstration greeted the name of "U.
S. Grant of California."
The heat was becoming intense, heat
of the damp, sunless sort which crum
pled collars and kept the whole arena a
flutter of gaudy faus which had been
distributed throughout the hall.
Wild and Tumultuous Scene.
The reading of the report on perma
nent organization was followed by a
wild and tumultuous scene. Mr. Mudd
of Maryland jumped to his feet and
loudly protested agaiust action upon the
report. "It can be received," he
shouted, "but it cannot be acted upon.
Nothing can be done until the conven
tion has acted on tho report of the com
mittee on credentials. Until that com
mittee has acted there is no conven
tion." Mr. Fairbanks ruthlessly over
ruled the poiut of order aud left Mr.
Mudd angrily shouting on tho floor.
Suddenly the irate Marylander
changed his tactics, and as Mr. Fair
banks called for a vote on tho adoption
of the report, he demanded a call of tho
roll. His demand was seconded bv
Delegate Evans of Minnesota. Mr.
Fairbanks, however, called for a rising
vote and the convention seemed to rise
en masse to the call. The galleries
cheered and pandemonium reigned for
a minute as the convention realized the
overwhelming defeat of the few dis
senters against tho immediate adoption
of the report.
Thurston Escorted to the l'latform.
Senator Sewell of New Jersey and
Congressman Sereno Pavne of New
York were designated to escort the per
manent chairman to the platform. They
marched down the main aisle, while the
the delegates jumped to their feet, flut
tering flags and handkerchiefs and
cheering shrilly with a yell that re
minded southerners of the Confederacy.
Mr. Fairbanks, with a plume of the
national tri-oolor pinned to the breast
of his black frock coat, stepped to the
front, meeting the trio as it ascended
the steps and grasped the Nebraska
senator by the hand. Thurston faced
the arena with his hands clasped be
hind him and began to speak. He said:
happy memory of your kindness and con
fidence will abide in my memory forever.
My sole ambition is to meet your expecta
tions, and I pledge myself to exercise ta
important powers of this high office with.
absolute Impartiality, I beseech your
cordial co-operation and support to the
end that our proceedings may be orderly
and dignified, as befits the deliberations
of supreme council of the Rpubllcan
party.
Eight years ago I had the distinguished.
honor to preside over the convention
which nominated th last Reuubllcan