St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 13, Number 50, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 June 1888 — Page 1

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I THE DEMOCRACY. •proceedings of the National Democratic Convention. Stephen M. White, of California, Made Temporary Chairman. Patterson, of Colorado, Presents a Silver Gavel, and Praises tho Noble Metal. The Various ( ommittecs Announced— Incidents of the Convention. St. Louis, June 5, 1888. The Democrat ie National Convent ion began to gather during the early hours of the morning, although it was known that the gavel of Chairman Barnum of the National Committee would not announce its opening until noon. The trickling stream of humanity which begun to run into the big Exposition building as early as 8 o'clock grew to a torrent, which surgedin and filled the great nave of the hall to overflowing, and long before noon 10,000 human faces

PoilltaglS Wl 3WO sg 1 THE CONVENTION HALI>, LOOKING TOWARD THE CHAIRMAN’S DESK.

gazed upon the high desk reserved for the presiding officer of the convention, us yet empty, but with its gleaming white silver gavel, a gift of the Nevada delegation, full of curious interest lor the expectant multitude. The noble proportions of the hall at once excite

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hung with red. white, and blue bunting, relieved by festoons and borders of evergreens. Upon u pedestal on the right of the entrance of the stage stands a bust of the President, and suspended upon the face of the gallery above the stage, heavily framed in gilt, is a large portrait of the President in oil. On either side are similar portraits of Cleveland, Hancock, Tilden, Hendricks and ex-Gov. Marmaduke of Missouri. The balcony and gallery pillars and the face of the long, winding galleries and the fronts of the balconies are profusely decorated with American flags in alternate long and short festoons, caught up with large red, white and blue rosettes. The hall is amply lighted in the daytime by a long skvlight in the roof, and in the night by 450 Heisler' and 300 Edison incandescent electric lamps. A very striking effect is produced in the gallery above the stage, in full sight of the delegates and spectators, by an enormous shaded drawing of the Capitol at Washington upon a background of skv-blue canvas. At 12:35 p. m, ex-Senator Bornum of Connecticut, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, rose from his chair, and with the gavel smote tlie desk one sturdy blow. Then the band which were discoursing music in various parts of the hall ceased, the loud talking and the cheers which greeted the appearance of each distinguished individual who entered the convention gave way to quiet, and with a preliminary hustle the great assemblage subsided into comparative silence. “The convention will please come to order." said Chairman Barnum, "Bishop J, C. GranIberry, of St. Louis, will open the proceedings of this convention with prayer," Bishop Gran berry came forward and addressed the throne of grace as follows: “Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who art lifted far above all this turmoil, and yet dost stoop to us in answer to our prayer, we adore Thee. We praise Thee. We give Thee thanks ‘for Thy great goodness to the sons of men. Thou art God, mid we are the people of Thy providence and the work of Thv hand. We t.b»nk Thee for this great country which Thou hast given us ; for the increase of our population and our wealth and our power; for the diffusion of knowledge; for Thy word which giveth light; for the church, and for all Christian institutions. , , .. , “Forgive us our ingratitude or forgetfulness of ;Thee, our disobedience according to the multitude of Thy favors in Christ. Oh, Lord! save us from pestilence, famine, and war ; from sectional • strife and anarchy and disorder ; reign

,of viee, and crime, and impiety. May the [foundations of our prosperity be laid in faith and reverence an d righteousness und love, and may the favor of 'our God be our defense and our glory. We beseech Thee, Almighty iGod, that Thou will bless the President of the United States and ; ’all that are in author- ' ■ity, and do Thou proWide for us able men 4 .who fear God, men of "truth and righteous- 7 ness, and may our peo- • ■pie be led on by Thy -wisdom and Thy power

and goodness from wm. B. mobbison. height to height of material and intellectual moral development. May these blessings be transmitted from generation to generation, and extend to all nations, that all the earth may see the glory of our God. These prayers we offer in the name of Thy son, Jesus Christ. Amen.” At the conclusion of the prayer Mr. Barnum arose and said: “Gentlemen of the Convention —- By the unanimous vote of the National Committee the Chair has been directed to present to this convention a list of temporary officers, which the Secretary will read. “Mr. Prince then read the list as follows : Chairman—Stephen M. White of California. Temporary Secretary—Fred O. Prince, of Massachusetts. Assistant Secretaries—Alfred Orendorf of IlliMoiH, W. L. Scott of Virginia, T. O. Barrett of St. Louis, Leopold Strauss of Alabama, O. M. Hull of Minnesota. John Triplett of Georgia, L. E. Kowley of Michigan, Oliver Newell of Colorado, T. J. Lingle of Missouri, T. L. Morrill of Nebraska. Beading Secretary—Hon. Thomes Pettit, ^ouse of Bepreseutatives.

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Assistant Reading Clerks—M. L. Scott cf Virginia. T. E. Barrett of New Jersey, T. O. Walker of lowa, R. H. Henry of Mississippi, John W. Kern of Indiana^ J. P. Carr of Missouri, E. D, Sawyer of Ohio, W. A. P. Bently of Missouri. Official Stenographer—Edward B. Dickson of New York. Sergeant-at-Arms—Richard J. Bright. Chief Doorkeeper—Daniel Able of St. Louis. The convention unanimously adopted the list

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vention the. Hon. Stephen M. White, of California.’’ C non taking the chair Mr. White delivered a fifteen-minutes speech. Although he had requested, byway of preface, that during the delivery of his speech, the convention should preserve silenee, he was frequently interrupted by applause, and, once or twice, was compelled to stop until the applause had died away. He spoke with distinctness and could be heard all over the hall. When he mentioned the name of Cleveland the convention arose to its feet, and, with waving hats and fluttering handkerchiefs, i cheered for several seconds, 'rhe mention of ,

tariff reform was also cheered, and at the close , of his address the speaker was generously ap- i plaudcd. Curiously enough, the references in I the speech to Tilden failed to arouse any marked ! enthusiasm, and none of the New Y’ork delegation applauded the mention of that once iuspir- ! ing name. Gov. Green, of New Jersey, offered the following resolution: Uesotced, That the rules of the last Democratic Convention govern this body until otherwise ordered, subject to the following mollification: That in voting for candidates for President and A ice President no State shall be allowed to change its vote until the roll of States has been culled and every State bus cast its votes. A delegate from Missouri mildly opposed the resolution, but it wits adopted by an almost unanimous vote. Mr. Patterson, of Colorado—ln behalf of Colo, ratio’s Democracy I crave the indulgence of this convention to present to it for use by its chairman a solid silver gavel. Mr. Patterson then held up the gavel, which created great applause. The Cbairmuu—Gentlemen of the convention, if there is no objection, and I assume that there will be none, tills present will be deemed accepted. It is solid silver, and, as fur ns a gavel can do it, you will have to be ruled by silver. :Great applause.] Senator Gorman, of Maryland, passed up the । follOAVing resolution, which was read Dy the Secretary : Resolved, That the roll of States und Territories be now called, and that each delegation mime one member to act as a member of the Committee on Credentials, one member on the Commit-

admiration. It is oblong in shape, relieved on either side by balconies reaching back 200 feet, above which, stretching entirely around the auditorium, is a broad, overhanging gallery. An ample stage reaches from the rear of the Chairman’s • platform fifty feet to the east wall of the hall, and accommodates 440 of the gathRered leaders and fathWers of the National Democracy, who thus are enabled to overlook officers, delegates, aud spectators. The decorations are simple but effective. The stage is

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tee on Permanent Organization, anil one member on the Committee on Resolutions, and that all i resolutions iu relation to the platform of the Democratic party be referred to said committee । without debate. । The resolution was adopted. The Secretary called the roll of States, and as [ each State was called the Chairman of the delej gation responded with the names of members of ; the committees on resolutions, permanent orgaui- : zation, and credentials, as decided upon by tho various States before the convention met. The spectators and delegates became restive during the long interval occupied in calling the roll, and the Chairman was obliged several times to enforce order with Ills silver gavel. When Kentucky was called, and the member for the Committee on Resolutions was announced to be Henry Watterson, a storm of applause swept through; the hall, which did not cease for some minutes. There was also much applause when Texas reported its member of the ' Platform Committee, George Clark. ' Dakota’s name being reached, Mr. O'Brien, of Minnesota, spoke up, saying: “In Dakota there is u contest. There are two delegations from Dakota attending this convention. No committee I and no delegates from Dakota should participate < in the proceedings of this convention until that | contest is decided. ’’ I The Chairman—Do you make a motion ?

Mr. O'Brien I move that nil parties claiiu- । ing to bo delegates , from Dakota be ox- । eluded until the report of the Committee on Credentials is I mode. The Chairman- -Tho motion of Mr. O'Brien, of Minnesota, there ’ being a contest in Da-^ kota, is that ull parties u ' claiming to be dele-1] gates from that Ter-/ ri tor y be excluded 4 from porticiponcy un- il : til after the report of \ I the Committee on Cre- • ! dentials is made and ; acted upon. Tho motion w r as see-

j onded by several delegates. ’ i “Are you ready for the question?" said the I Chairman. “All in favor of the motion will say I aye, contrary-minded, no. The ayes have iA. It I is so ordered,"

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The roll-call ended, the Chairman announced that three committees—Platform, Permanent Organization, and Credentials—would meet at 5 p. in., the two latter in the rooms adjoining the convention hall, and the Committee on Platform at the grand parlors of tho Southern Hotel, the HENRY WATTERSON. headquarters of tho Democratic National Committee. Mr. Pusey, of lowa 1 am instructed by my uelegatiou to offer the following resolution aud usk for its adoption : Hesoleed. That during the recess of this convention this hall be opened for the inspection of ' visiting clubs. [Cheers.] | Mr. Baker, of lowa—l move to amend the j । action by instructing the Sergeant-at-arms of I

as read by Mr. Prince, after which the Chairman said : “I will appoint Hon. Arthur I*. Gorman of Maryland, Hon. Galvin S. Brice of Ohio, and Hon. Frank W. Dawson of South Carolina, a committee to wait upon Mr. White and escort him to the ; chair.’’ The committee escorted Mr. White, amid Kgreat enthusiasm,to the Kehair, and Mr. Barnum y then introduced him to ; the convention in the following words: “Gentlemen of the convention, I have the pleasure and the honor to present to this con-

I , j this convention to invite ana tina seats in this eon vent ton for every uniformed Demo- : eratie club which comes from other States. [Applause.] Tin' Chuir requested that the amendment bo I passed up. Air. Pusey—My resolution embodies that very thing. 1< says nil visiting clubs. Mr. Baker There me. 1 understand, uniformed Democratic elub hero from ten or twelve States, and I think those clubs ought to be per- [ mitted to have a seat in this convention during j the deliberntions of this body. 1 understand that yesterday 4,000 ticket s were distributed to the ■ members of the Chamber of Commerce of this city; they ought to have been distributed to the ■ Demoeriitic clubs who uro here from Chicago, from Cincinnati, and from New York. (Loud ; cheers, anil “GoixU'' “Good!"] 1 therefore insist, [ Mr. Chairman, that we owe it to these Democratic clubs to extend to them the courtesy of ' this convention, Gov, Abbett, of Now Jersey I can not see any । difference between uniformed Demoernts und tho i Democrats that have come from all portions of I tho United States {applause]; tuid ns to the further distribution of tickets, they have already , been made. The National Committee has distributed them, and if there is an attempt now to make the Sergeant-nt-Arms superior to the National Committee, and admit aiiybixly that comes ’ in uniform, I will amend to say that tho whole , Democracy come into this hall and be seated. I [Applause.] Tho Chairman—All in favor of the substitute | will say aye. The substitute was adopted.

The convention then adjourned until 10 o’clock to-morrow morning. Incidents of tlie Convention, The Committee on Resolutions mot after adjournment, and proceeded at onco to ballot for Chairman. There wore two candidates—Henry AVatterson, who received 22 votes and was elected —and Senator Gorman, who had twenty votes. It took nearly four hours for tho Committee on Credentials to settle the faction fight in Dakota between tho followers of Gov. Church aud those of the Dakota member of the National Committee, AI. H. Day. Church won. It was purely a personal contest, having its origin away back when Church was recommended for Governor to President Cleveland by Day, who afterward sought to have some one else appointed in Church's stead. John G. Prather was chosen by the Missouri delegation a member of the National Committee over Dr. Munford, of the Kansas City Times. At the mention of Cleveland's name there was a scene of great excitement, all the delegates rising to their feet, cheering, and waving hats and canes. A member from (Arkansas tied a red bandana to the banner that showed where his delegation belonged. This simple little act threw the convention into a spasm. A Connecticut man who sat behind him noticed the performance and at once sprung to his chair, while the rest of the delegates and the audience iu the galleries, catching its significance, began to cheer. The proceedings were entirely interrupted for ten minutes or more, and when the .houting ceased and order was restored it was discovered that twenty of the States had followed the example, and the Thurman palladium iqipeured over the banners of Arknnsas, California, Connecticut, Florida, AViscohsin, Virginia, AVest Virginia, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Ohio, Utah, Montana, Dakota, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Missouri, Mississijipi, and Nebraska. Michael Doran, of Minnesota, came out victor in the long struggle that has boon made to deprive him of the honor of being a member of the National Democratic Committee. R. A. Smith, wlio had the support of Mayor Ames of St. Paul, was the chief candidate against Doran. Tho latter was elected by tho historical vote of 8 to 7. One of the happiest delegations in town ie that of Wisconsin. Colonel J. H. Knight, Secretary Avilas’ business partner, is the only miserable man in the delegation tonight. A pickpocket relieved him of his wallet, containing his ticket to tho convention, his railroad ticket, and all his cash.

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CLEVELANDCHOSENf He Is Nominated by Acclamation to Lead the Democracy. Daniel Dougherty, the Silver-Tongued Orator, Presents the President’s Name. Delegates anil Spectators Thereupon Give Ihemselves Up to Twenty Minutes of Enthusiasm. Proceedings of the Second Day’s Session of the National Democratic Convention. St. Louis, June 6, 1888. Ten thousand people sweltering in a parallelogram room with less air than is given to a car of live-stock on the way to the slaughter-pen. Ten thousand fans waving frantically in the vain effort to create a breeze. This is the National Democratic Convention as it came together this morning. The thermometer in the hall registered I th', degrees in the shade. The convention was called to order by Cludrman White at 10:23 o'clock, and as soon as silence could bo secured the Rev. J B. Green, of Louis, offered prayer, asking the guidance i f the i Holy Ghost. On motion cf F. O. Prince, the silver gavel from Colorado was m eepted for use by future Democratic conventions amid applause. A petition from the citizens of New York, ■ asking for the enforcement of the Monroe । doctrine was referred to a committee. Mr. Mallory, of Florida, presented a resolu- ; tion indorsing President Cleveland's tariff mes- . sage, which was received with cheers and ap- . plause. Tlie measure was referred to the ComI mitteeon Resolutions. The re]>ort of the Committee on Credentials, , touting W. F. Steele and H. L. McGuire - the ouovi n ei.Evr.i <xi>. “Church faction" from Dakota, was presentrsl and unanimously adopted The report of tho Committee on brganization followed. When : the name of Gen Collins, the ]<ermunent Chuir- I num. was rend, it was greettsl with applause and [ cheers. Gen. Collins made a ten minutes' s]>eeeh. i A long tariff resolution offered br Mr Showalter, of Missouri, was read and referred to the J Committee on Resolutions Mrs. E. A. Merriweather, of St Louis, up- j peured on the platform to Speak for the Women's Rights Convention, ami at onee a band struck u]i and there was a rousing cheer given .vhich I fairly rent the roof. Tho Chairman asked tho i convention to please preserve order while tho i lady s|>oke. Mrs. Merriweather's sjieech was eom|H>sed of old arguments in favor of women's rights, and she asked that the party make its jnactiees of government accord with its jnineiples. Mrs. Merriweather adilressed herself more directly to the re]H>rters. and asked the adoption of a ]>renmbl« to the platform recognizing womens rights. The confusion inereasiHl, and Mrs. Merriweather, becoming annoyed, said "Gentlemen, yon are not often troubled w ith ladies and ought to hear one once." Great cheering was elicited by Mrs. Merriweather's indignation. Mrs Merriweather made several efforts to be ' heard, but after awhile, when she found the convention was unwilling to listen to her further, sho desisted. The resolution which the convention refused to hear is as follows : "RisoZied, That we, the Democratic men of America, in convention assembled, advise and urge the Legislatures of every State in this broad Vnion to enact such laws as will forever put a stop to the education of the women of this ! land, and thereby put a stop to the clamor of [ equal rights ; as w ill forever close the doors of 1 every bcUckil, public and private, to the female children of this country. We advise ami urge that it be made a penal offense, punishable by fine and imprisonment, to teach any girl child the letters of the alphabet, and that any woman convicted of reading a newspaper or a book, or of entering the lecture halls, whether as listener or sjieaker, be severely punished bv law." Tim Campbell made a hard fight to got the floor, and finally got there. He had a resolution this time expressing deep sympathy with Gen. Phil Sheridan in his severe illness, hoping for his recovery, condoling with his family, ordering a copy of the document to be sent to the family by the Secretary of the convention. Campbell’s resolution was adopted by a rising vote. The delegates from Louisiana and Mississippi and most of the delegates from Alabama refused to rise. A motion was carried that hereafter all resolutions go to the proper committee without being read.

An attempt was here made by Air. Pickett to adjourn the convention until 10 a. m. to-morrow, and the result was a I multitude of motions to adjourn, to adjourn until 8 p. m., and to cull the . roll for nominations. '/ The motion to adjourn, //.construed by tho Chairjz man to be a sine die ad- // journment, was voted i<down, and after a long \ wrangle the call of the J roll of the States was orJ dered. AVhen Alabama J was called Air. Peter of f that State said: “Air. Chairman—The delegation from Alabama

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p. A. COLLINS. lias instructed me to tender its first place on tho call and first right to speak to the State of New York.” [Great applause.] The Chairman —The delegation from the State of Alabama desires to surrender its right to a nomination to the delegates from the State of New York. The gentleman from New York, Air. Dougherty, has the floor. Amid great enthusiasm and applause Mr. Dougherty ascended the platform to tho right of the Chairman and addressed the convention as follows. “I greet you, my countrymen, with fraternal regard! In your presence I bow to the majesty of tho people. The sight itself is inspiring, the thought sublime 1 You come from every State and Territory, from every nook and corner of our ocean-bound, continent-covering country. You are about to discharge a more than imperial duty with simplest ceremonials. You, as representatives of the people, are to choose a magistrate with power mightier than a monarch, yet checked and controlled by the supreme law of a written Constitution. “Thus impressed, I ascend the rostrum to name the next President of the United States. New York presents him to the convention and pledges her electoral vote. Delegations from the thirty-eight States und all the Territories are assembled without caucus or consultation, ready, simultaneously, to take up the cry and make the vote unanimous. We are here not, indeed, to choose u candidate, but to mime the one the people have already chosen. He is the man for the people. His career illustrates the glory of our institutions. Eight years ago unknown save in Ills own locality, he for the last four years bus stood in the gaze of the world, discharging tlie most exulted duties that cun be confided to a mortal. “To-day determines that not of his own choice but by the mandate of his countrymen, and with the sanction of heaven, he shall fill the Presidency for four years more. He has met and mastered every question as if from youth trained to statesmanship. His promises of his letter of acceptance and inaugural address have been fulfilled. His fidelity in the past inspires faith in the future. He is not a hope. He is a realization. Scorning subterfuge, disdaining re-election by concealing convictions, mindful of his oath of office to defend the Constitution, he courageously declares

to Congress, dropping minor matters, that the supreme issue is reform, revision, reduction of national taxation; that the Treasury of the United States, glutted with unneeded gold, oppresses industry, embarrasses business, endangers financial tranquillity, and breeds extravagance, centralization, and corruption ; that high taxation, vital for the expenditures of an unparalleled war, is robbery in years of prosperous peace; that the millions that pour into the Treasury come from the hard-earned savings of the American people; that in violation of equality of rights the present tariff lias created a privileged class, who, shaping legislation for their personal gain, levy by law contributions upon the uecessaries of life from every man, woman, aud child in the land, and that to 1 z^ DANIEL DOUGHERTY. lower the tariff is not free trade. It is to reduce ! the unjust profits of monopolists and boss manu- [ facturers, and allow consumers to retain the rest. ’ The man who asserts that to lower the tariff ; means free trade insults intelligence. Webrand i him as a falsifier. It is furthest from thought ' to imperil capital or disturb enterprises. The aim is to uphold wages and protect the rights of all. “This administrat' >n has rescued the public domain from would-be barons, and cormorant corporations faithless to obligations, und re- : served it for free homes for this and coming generat ions. “There is no pilfering, there are no jobs under this administration. Public office is a public trust. Integrity stands guard at every post of our vast em]dre. "While the President has been the mi'dinm through which has flowed the undying gratitude of the republic for her soldiers, he has not hesitated to withhold iqiprovul from special legislation if strictest inquiry revealed a want Os truth and justice. "Above all. sectional strife us never before is at at an end. and W,(XX>,OOO of freemen in the ties of brotherboixi are prosp rotis and happy. “These are the achievements of this administration. Under the sumo illustrious leader wo are ready to meet our political opponents in high and honorable debate, mid stake our triumph on tiie intelligence, virtue, mid patriotism of the ' ]x>ople. adhering to the Constitution in every line mid letter, ever remembering that qiowers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor ]>rohibited by it to the States, uro reserved to the States respectively, or to the jamplc.' Bowing to the authority of the Democracy of New York, backed by the authority of the Uemocrae) of the entire Union, I g'Aevou a mime entwined with victory. 1 nominate i Grover Cleveland of New York.” When Mr. Doughtertv tinishiHl his speech at 12 :<»• ]>. m., the delegates und the audience set up u yell. After simply yelling for half a minute, some of tho more ardent tixik off theii coats and began waving them. About this time the dixir of tlie cupitol at therearof the platform was swung aside, und in the panel iqipeured u ]x>rtruit of Cleveland, occupying the center of tile fni'ude of the cilf'itol. Then the delegates and the audience -impli went wild. und. with furious energy, workixl their voices mid their bodies in their efforts to testify theii approval of the iioniin*ion. A band somewheri in one of the gullerii--started up ' Mnrcli- ; ing Through Georgia." mid the air of the sentii mem. nobodi knew which, elicited u tremendI oils out burst of cheers. About this time a t hird of the delegates mid pel Imps one-fourth of the [ audience prtxhieed bniidmm handkerchiefs mid । waved them frimt ieally, mid in response to this ! fresh incentive there was mi additiomil swell in I the terrific outburst of noise. Oue lunatic in tlie gallery took his new plug hat and sent it sailing across the space over the hefids of the delegates and it was caught by a party in the opixrsito gnlleri with the expertliess of a professional base-bull jduyer. After eight minutes of bedlam Chninnmi Collins thought the thing had gone far enough, and thumpio and ]x>unded for order, but with every thump of the guvel arose n new section of yells from the assemblage, and Chairman Collins relinquished the job in despair. At this point Daniel Dougherty mounted a chair in the center of the New York delegation, and waved a Hug, I From nil pints of the hull delegu’cs gathered in I about Dougherty, bearing the standards of their respective States, und formed in a circle about him, holding in a sort of canopy over his head the placards bem lng the names of the States. । In marked distinction from the scarlet bandanas the standards of Indiana and Kansas were decorated with strips of block silk, indicating the adherence of the parties who bore them to the cause of the present Commissioner of Pen- ‘ sions. Under the canopy fonned by the stmidl mds a couple of United Status flags were introj duced. and the tableau thus completed greeted with piuidemoniac cheering and howls und yells. A young fellow in the upper gallery broke in on the uproar with the mellifluous strains of u melodeon, giving a still more infernal tone to the turmoil. Among the audience in the i rear of the delegates a number of people produced a flock of big yellow eagles, which, by some arrangement, were made to flap their wings, mid so fur as any one knew in the terrific uproar they may have also screamed for the Democratic nominee.

AVhen the demonstration ut lust subsided eoinparutiveli. John B. Castleman and A. G. Dejarnette of Kentucky curried the Kentucky standard on the platform and planted it beside the Chairman’s desk, lo emphasize tho second which Kentucky preiposed for Grover Cleveland. Eigh te en minute s of bedlam seemed to be enough to suit the delegates, and they sunk buck into their scuts; but the audience was not satisfied with this allotment of time, and continued

the uproar two minutes John w. daniel. longer, when it was finally brought to order. Air. McKenzie of Kentucky then took the platform and seconded the nomination in a witty ten m nuti s’ speech, Judge Twiggs, of Georgia, ascended the platform to second the nomination. He said Georgia, with her million of civilians, might be poor, but she wouldn’t grow rich by buying tribute or people. Georgia wished to second the nomination of a man who combined the imtriotism of Washington and the statesmanship of Jefferson. The cull of States then progresseel for nominations. Indiana was reached, and loud calls went up for Voorhees to respond, but he din not do so. Illinois offered n brief indorsement. Michigan was called, anil Byron Stout began a eulogy of Cleveland. He went over the same ground as covered in the previous speeches, and amid growing impatience, which broke into noise, his words were lost. Stout’s speech being howled down bj cries of “Time,” lie stopped amid great cheers. Loud culls for Senator A 7 est arose when Missouri was reached, but he didn’t respond. Fellows was shouted for when New York was leached, but no response was elicited. Scott was culled for when Pennsylvania was called. Dawson, of South Carolina, said his State seconded Cleveland, the man and the message. Lightfoot responded for Texas, i lio also went over the ground covered in the preceding speeches. The convention was growing weary mid there was a tendency to adjourn. The Chuir —Tho question is upon the motion niude by the gentlemen from Kentucky [Air. McKenzie] thut the rules be suspended which require tho culling of the States to vote upon a candidate for President of the United States and thut Grover Cleveland of New York be nominated by ucchiniution. Air. Waterbury of Now York—l rise to a point of order. Air. Roswell Flower, of New York, hud been standing at the head of his delegation, and when Air. AVuterbury iinnounced that lie had a point of order, Mr. Flow er glided over to AVatorbury and forcibly pulled him and his point of order down into a sent. Air. Flower explained, with great vigor, to the unfortunate Waterbury that he was interrupting the proceedings and must keep quiet, which Mr. AVuterbury proceeded to do. While this little episode was on, the convention was shouting a very loud, und, with u single exception, assent to the question put by the Chair. In the midst of the noise and confusion, Mr. Collins said: “The Chair declares that Grover Cleveland of New York, having received the unanimous vote, i is the candidate of the Democratic party for the : office of President of the United States.” The announcement was received with another loud burst of cheering and waving of handker- | chiefs, hats and canes, which lasted for several minutes. The convention thereupon adjourned until 10 j o’clock to-morrow morning.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Notes on the Lesson for June 10 — “Jesus Risen.” iFrom the Chicago Standard.] Ihe lesson tor above date may be found iu the first fifteen verses of the twenty-eighth chapter of Matthew. WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES. As it be</an to dawn. It was the breaking of a new day, iho greateyt and godhest since creation was joyously complete and the morning stars sang for joy. a morn of new lite to the world, the aurora of a new hope, the first Lord’s day of redemptive history. Prophets longed for it Angels looked forward to it, the ushering in of a better dispensation. A beginning of days it now becomes as with tnat early prototype tlie passover. The old reckoning ceases, tor “the dawning toward the first day” of tlie week is indeed “the end of the Sabbath.” Henceforth the day opens with the dawn and the week with the day of tlie Lord. May this hour mark the dawning of a new morn of life in Christ to many a soul; may it begin to dawn even now toward tho first day of redemption’s week! Mary Magdalene and the other Mary. John speaks of but Mary Magdalene here. Mark tells of three and Luke of even more. How is it? Does there seam to be any discrepancy hero? The seeming variance would at once vanish if we knew all tho circumstances; it does disappear, as wo study the separate and independent narratives more closely Ebrard । tells of a little difficulty of a similar sort he himself met with once in a practical experi- : cnee. It was rumored that there was an outbreak at the city of Pfaffkon. A message was sent at once from Zurich to learn of it Aci cordingly Ebrard was informed that a mes- । senger had been sent in tlie evening from । Zurich to Pfaffkon. But another report had it that the/messeuger had gone but part of the way and turned back. A third story was in circulation how instead two horsemen had been aent to the next town, and still a fourth that the first messenger had himself sent two horsemen. The seeming discrepancy in the various accounts disappeared when it'was ascertained that the messenger had indeed been sent, but that on the way he had met two couriers from Pfaffkon with whom he had hastily returned for horses and help and then sent the two men back thus equipped to quiet the disturbance. Once in possession of the whole story the scattered fragments of the narrative take proper shape. To see the sepulcher. Womanly piety led their steps thither, divine power winged their feet as they hastened thence. They came to view a tomb of death; they behold a throne of life. Ah, what a glad surprise was that! The wonder-point of the centuries. It is the way God disappoints his chosen. The Master has been dead now three days, according to Jewish reckoning. On the day following the crucifixion the disciples perhaps were within the home walls stunned by the sudden catastrophe that had befallen them. Ou the opening of the third day they began to look about for relief in sympathy, and the women in twos and threes and singly creep with the first blushings of the east toward that dear ’ spot iu the garden there where they have seen their dead laid. Yes, they sav, as they meet and hurry along, it will be a comfort just to look at the lifeless form within the “■ wn chamber of rock, and to put these sweet spices about it “But ” says one, suddenly bethinking herself, “who will roll us away the stone?” Aud they stagger at the thought, as if a stone were rolled in upon their hearts. Very timidly and sadly they draw near. “Ah,” says the older Mary, “see, the stone is already gone.” They quicken their pace but silently; n strange spell comes over them. They are at the mouth of the cave; wide-eyed they peer in. The tomb is empty. There is a moment of hushed and huddled amazement, and then with a cry the Magdalene has sprung away, and her’face is toward Bethany, where John and Peter are Tear not ye. The women have been a little startled by the sudden disappearance of Mary Magdaleno. Speechless they have been gazing into tho lingering shadows of the rock, for it is yet half light. Suddenly out of the stillness a voice speaks not loud, not sharp, but clear, sweet, like a boll, “Ye need not fear. ” Nor do they, though ere they know it they are taco to face with an angel. His countenance which just a little while ago was like a bolt of heaven to the Roman guard is to them bright with a light of smiles, and, though they tremble at the celestial presence, they are not stricken to the ground. And as they look they listen, and their confidence increases with the word he speaks, “Ye seek Jesus, the crucified one. He is not here. He is risen. Do you not see? This is the placs where He lay. HasWu now to His disciples and tell them He is risen from the dead. In Galilee ye shall see Him, ye have my word.” And they are off, tho first messengers of the gospel; they star led with the sweetest tidings ear ever heard this side of Bethlehem. All hail. It is just a familiar morning salutation. Hail! A quiet word spoken to them as their feet fly along the smooth paths of tie garden. They might have gone on but for a something homelike in the voice; and, that face, can they mistake it? It is their Lord, and with the motion of homage, trembling yet sobbing with joy, they are prone at his feet. He checks not their worshipful devotion, but seeing still the blanched cheek of awe upon them he says reassuringly, as did the angel, “Fear not ye. Go tell my brethren I that they go into Galilee. They shall see me there. ” And onoe more newly endued they hasten on their glad errand, speaking to no one of the wondering people by the way for very fear and gladness linked. It only needs that Mary Magdalene returning to the garden should herself hear that voi ce an d see that face and woman’s ordination* to gospel service i is made complete. My brethren. He who conquered death i was our elder brother. In his victory I through his ineffable grace we all have a family part—all who are one with him. “Had you any relatives in the war?” said a soldier in a hospital of Germany to a friendly lady visitor. “Yes,” she answered, quietly, “my father and my husband.” “What were their names?” the soldier continued. “My father,” tho lady replied, with a light kindling ill her eye\ “is called Wilhelm, but my husband they call Unser Fritz.” It was the Empress. Let us say it with reverent joy: Wo had a Brother in the great battle with death. It was he who achieved the victory and whose name is “Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. ” Shewed unto the chief priests. There are two paths from tlie garden of the resurrection—the way of faith’s messengers and the way of Satan’s deceivers. We are come now to tho course trod by the vicious. The supreme iniquity of Judaism is here to be read. Sho utterly repudiated the doctrine of the resurrection of Christ. It is not that she was ignorant of it. It seems that the tidings of the riven tomb were b >rnc to the ears of the high priest as soon as to the hearing of the apostles, if not sooner. This added illustration of Christ’s mission was forced upon him, and with a heart no less hardened than Pharoah’s he simply turned to devise treachery and concealment. It is a terrible sin to commit. Has tho fact of the resurrectio i been showed to you? Beware how you act I under tho great and gracious divulgence. Next Losson—‘The Groat Commission.” Matt. 28: IG-2J. The number of fowls kept in France has been estimated to be 43,858,780. The average product of chickens reared is three to each hen, acd the average product of eggs per hen is 100 per year. The total money product is $101,000,000. A curious fact connected with the fish hatcheries is that lobsters when a day or two old turn cannibals and eat each other up. Hence they have to be dumped into the sea as soon as hatched. A good Avay to distinguish mushrooms is to sprinkle salt on the spongy or under side. If it turns yellow, tho specimen is poisonous; if black it is wholes >me. Even the Avorst people have some . good in them.

NUMBER 50.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. —Earle Brenner, the 15-year-old son of Samuel Brenner, proprietor of the Chambers House, at Ellwood, had his light arm frightfully brushed between the bumpers of two Panhandle cars. 1 he train was doing some switching at the depot, and the boy, unobserved by the train men, attempted to make a coupling. with the above result. The arm will have to be amputated. —Eider J. P. Ewing, of the Christian 1 huren, at ( rawfordsville, has been offered the office of State evangelist, and he will probably accept. —M illie Joiner, aged 4 years, son of Wiley Joiner, of Evansville, while playing on a raft of saw-logs, fell into the river and was drowned. His body was recovered. ■ —At Shoals, Samuel Heusler, a young man about eighteen years of age, lifted a loaded shot-gun from a wagon, xvhen the hammer caught and discharged the Ai hole load of shot into his right arm. about half way between the elbow and shoulder. The arm hud to be amputated —Capt. B. B. Campbell, of the Major May Post, G. A. IL, while searching the records of the Madison County asylum for the names of the soldiers buried in the cemetery at that place, for the purpose of decorating them Avith flowers, made the,discovery that Solomon Streets, who died in that institution last February, was a soldier in the Avar of 1812, was surrendered by Hull to the British at Detroit, and by them kept a prisoner in Canada until the close of the war. He never drew a pension and died in the poor-house. —A team valued at SSOO, belonging to D. & C. H. Uhl, was drowned while crossing the Wabash, near Logansport. The driver narrowly escaped a watery grave. —The Vandalia is building a new cottage and platform at Cloverland, and Avill soon begin on a new depot at Seelyville, and there is some talk of Brazil getting a new depot. —A story of inherited wealth by an old German farmer, for many years resided near Noblesville, Charles Boden, who is past 70 years of age, came to the United States in early life to escape military service in Germany. He made t^vo trips to California, the first iu 1835, and again in 1851. On his second trip he saved from his gold-digging u sum sufficient to buy a good farm, on which he settled, aud by the utmost economy and hard work he has accumulated quite a fortune Domestic troubles have rendered his home life unpleasant. When Boden left Germany he left behind him a brother, Avho died recently and left a vast estate, from which Charles, it is said, will realize the comfortable sum of $9,000,000. He has employed attorneys, who are now on their way to Germany to look after his immense Avealth, and Boden is now waiting for his ship to come iu. —George Thomas, a colored man, of Crawfordsville, went to the country to rob a bee tree. He climed a tree and proceeded to saAV off the limb containing the honey. This aroused the bees and they proceeded to swarm upon him. In fighting them he lost his balance aud fell to the ground, breaking several ribs and receiving other injuries which will keep him in bed for several weeks. - —Cutworms are destroying the corn of Decatur County. —The Murphy Temperance Revival meetings at Seymour are progressing satisfactorily. Seventeen hundred people have signed the pledge. ■ —Dr. J. H. Martin has been re-elec;ed Superintendent of the Madison City schools; Prof. J. A. Carnagey Principal of the high schools, and Prof. J. G. Hubbard of the lower seminary. -—The fifty-fourth annual catalogue of Wabash College has been issued. The institution is thriving and prosperous, and complete in all its departments. According to the last roster the whole number of alumni is 542, of whom 423 are now living. The past year 242 students were enrolled. —At Logansport, James O’Donalu'r l team, attached to a hack, ran away through the covered bridge, colliding with a telegraph pole and throwing Frank Smith twenty feet, where he lay unconscious, and it is feared fatally injured. —William M. Thompson, ex-County Treasurer, and now of the firm of Thompson & Good, the leading grocers of Richmond, had a serious carriage accident,in which he was seriously hurt, and his wife fatally injured. She struck on her head, which is frightfully mutilated. —While attending the funeral of William Meitler, at the residence of August Meitler, at the White Creek Church, west of Seymour, Mrs. Adolph Smith, aged 65 years, dropped dead. Meitler was killed by lightning in Kansas, and the sudden death at his funeral caused considerable excitement. —While drilling in a lime kiln, north of Delphi, a premature explosion of dynamite occurred and three persons Avere injured. Alex. Smith avus terribly injured, and it is thought will die. —Mrs. Nancy Mace, an aged lady residing at Nabb Station, fell out of a wagon while riding along the highway i and received serious injuries. She has ; since suffered partial paralysis and is now lying in a critical condition. —Another attempt to secure a natural gas well at Fort Wayne will be made. - Patents have been issued to Indiana i inventors, as follows: John J. Bishop, I assignor of one-third to H. Wood, i Greenwood, combined cooking and cantilling appartus; Micajah C. J. Henley, Richmond, machine for boring, drilling, etc.; William H. Hubbard, Indianapolis, fastening for envelopes; John Laser, Bremen, bee-hive; Jacob W. Rowlett, Richmond, laAvn mower; William Sylvester, Asherville, weather strip; M. H. Timberlake, Lafayette, pump; T. F. Vandergrit, N. 11. aud L. Maple, Shelbyville, fence machine.