Second Day's Proceedings

St. Louis, June 6.- At 9 o'clock Wedneday morning the doors of the exposition building vvere thrown open aud the hall began to fill rapidly. The first applause of the morning was evoked when a magnificent floral shield about four feet in hight was carried upon the platform and placed before the chairman's desk. It was a tribute to the permanent chairman, P. A. Collins, of Massachuchusetts, whose name with that of his state was inscribed across the center in yellow roses. The Church delegates f rom Dnkota, Col. V. T. Steele and George H. Megguier, who had been elected by the committee on eredentials, were aniong the first to arrive, and there was a self-satisfied look upon tl ie ir faces as they picked out their location. At lOáM Temporary Chairman White dealt the desk several blows with the silver gavel and called the convention to order. Then the Rev. T. J. Green was introduced, and whüe the delegates and visitors aróse, he prayed. The chairman anuounced atnid applause that crudentlaljB had been banded in from a delegation from Alaska, tliis being the flrst tiniñ that a delegation of that territory had sought admittance to a Democratie national convention. He announeed that the papers would go to the proper committee and was about to cali for the report of the committee on permanent organization when Congressman Timothy J. Campbell presented a memorial, declariug that the Monroo doctrine should be strictly enforced; that American states should be protected from Eurooean encroachment, even by f orce if necessary ; and that the elosest commercial a d politieal relation should be maintained wttb the Mesicau, Central American and South American states. Retened to the eoinmittee on reiolutions. Then Stephen Mallory, of Florida, took the floor and submitted a resolution, the first liua of which was greeted with prolonged applause which .vas rene wed at the close. Mr. Mallory's resolution sets forth that this "convention approves of and hereby endorses the principie of tariff reform enuuciatcd hj President Cleveland in his first message tO the present congress, and to the policy recommended by him for the practical applicatie of these principies to the administration of goverument we give our unqualifled and universal support. " Referred to the connnittea on resolutions. Johu C. Webber, of Alabama, next submitted the report on creilentials, the reading of which was waived, except so much as related to the saating of the Church delegation. It also reported that it had no official iuformatiou of an Alaska delegation, but Mr. Webb corrected this, and the report was adopted, Arthur H. Delaney and A. H. Rauning being seated from Alaska. Next the report of the eommittee on rules and permanent organization was called for, and eïAttorney Lewis Cassidy, of Philadelphia, received a round of applause when he took the platform. It reeomniended that the oouvention shc uld adopt the samo rules and order of business that prevailed at the Chicago conyention of 1884 with {he uv-dification that uo delegation shalí be permittod to chatigé its vote until after the oall of states and territories has been completad. For permanent offleers the following names were submitted Chairman, Hon. Patrick A. Collïns, öf Massaehusetts; secretary, H. H. Ingersoll, of Tennessee ; assistant secretarles, Alf red Orendorff, of Illinois; T. E. Barrett, of Missouri; W. W. Scott, of Virginia: O. M. Hall, of Minnesota; Leopold Struss, of Alabama; L. G. Rowley, of Michigan; John Triplett, oí Georgia; T. J. Linglp, oL Missouri; O. Newell, of Colorado; T. L. Merrill, of Nebraska; chief reading secretary, Hon. Thomas Pettit; sergeant-at-arms, R. J. Brfght; chief doorkeeper, Daniel Able, of St. Louis. There was no opposition to the adoption of the report, and the temporary ehairuiau selected Hon. W. H. Barnum, of Counectieut; R03well P. Flowor, of New York, and John O. Day, of Missouri, to escort Mr. Collins to the chair. His presence upon the platform wa3 the sign.-il for long and continued applause, the Massachusetts delegation getting upon it chairs and yelling itself boarse. The entbu siasm was renewed whon Mr. White, thanking the convention for the courtesy extouded him, Iqtroduced his successor, and it was continuad while two of the Tennessee delegates carried upon the platform a framed vignette of the coat of arras of that state with pictures of the president and Mrs. Cleveland, the wbole surmountod by a nignificent floral wreath. Mi'. Collins thanked the convention for the honor, and after paying a glowing tribute to Thomas Jefferson and the Democratie party, he said : We meet to-day under conditions new to tha Democrats of this generation. How often we stood iu cotiventious as if the shadows of death closed about us; when the day of victory seemed ahnost as far away as the day of general judgment. It could not then be said that we met for spoils or personal advautage. The Republican party, sometimos peacefully and sonu-times by force, sometünes fnirly and sometimos by fraud, succeedeil in holding power twenty-four yearsi till at last the American people, no longer condoning its faults or forgiviug its sins, hurled il froin power, and agaiu committed to the historie party of the constitution and the whole Union the administration of our public aitairs. The day on which Grover Cleveland, the pijiü, straightforward, typical American Citizen, chosen at the eltctiou, took the oath of office in the preseuce of tlio muititude - a day so lovely and so perfect that all nature seemed exuberantly tosanction aud to celébrate the vietory- that day marked the close of an old era and the begmni'ng of a dcw one - a Democratie administration. faithful to its tnighty trust, loyal to its pledges, tnie to the constitutton, safe guarding tbe Interestó and lilerties of the people. And now wc stand ou the edge of another and perhaps a greater contest, ith a relation to the lectors that we have not held for a generation- tbat of responsibility for tlie great trust of government. We are no longer auditors. but accountants, do longer crities, but the criticized. The responsibility s ours, and if we have not taken all tlie iwer nece-ssary to make that regponsibility sood, the fault is ours. not that of the peopli'. We are conf ronted by a w-ily, unscrupulous and desperate foe, but we stand ut guard, full-armed at every point to meet thera. Our appeal is uot to passion or to prejudlca, to class or faction. to race or creed, but to the sound coramonsense, the interest, the intelligcnee and patriotism of the American people. The admtnistratioilof President Cleveland has triumphantly justiti liis election. The prophete Of evil and disaster are dumb What the peopl ■e ís the eovernment of the Union restored to it ncient footing of justice, peaee, honesty and ïmpartial enforeement of law. They see the demands of labor and agrieulture met so far as government can meet them by legislative enactments for their encouragement and protection. They see the veterans of the civil war granted pensions Jong due them. They see more than 32,000,000 eres of land, recklesaly and Ulegally held by the grantees of the corrupt Eepublican regime, regtored to the public domain for the benefit of bonest settlers. They see the negro, whose fears of Democratie rule were played upon by demagogues four years ago. not only more ïully protected than by his pretended friends, but honored as his race was never honored before. They see a financial policy under which reckless speculation has practically ceased and capital f reed f rom distrust. They see for the flrst time an honest observauce of the law governing the civil establishment, and the employés of the people rid, at last, of the politica! highwayman with a demand for tribute in one hand and a letter of dismissal in the other. They see useless offices abolished and the expenses of the admin (stration reduced, while improved methods have Ufted the public service to high efficiency. They ree tranquillity, order, security. and equal justice restored in the land, a watchful. steady, safe ud patriotic administration- the solemn promise made by the Democracy faithfully kept. It is "an honest government by honest men." Four years ago you trusted tentatively the Democratie party, and supported with zeal aud igor its candidate for president. You thought film strong in all the sturdy qualities requisite for the great task of reform. Behold your splendk justíflcation No president in time of peace ha( CO difflcult and laborious a duty to perform. His party had been out of power for twenty-four years. Every member of it had been almost venoroously excluded from the smallest post where dministration could be studied. Every place was filled by men whose interest it was tfl thwart inquiry and belittle the new administra tlon. Bnt the master hand came to the helm $md the true course has been kept from the be ginning. We need not wait for time to do juïtice to the character and services of President Cleveland. Honest, clear-sighted patiënt: grounded in respect for law and justice wíth a thorouh grasp of principies and sitúa tious; with marvelous and conscientious industry the very incarnation of firmuess, he has nobly ful fllled the promise of his party, uobly met the ex pectations of his country, aud writteu his name bigh on the scroll where future Americans wil read only the names of men who have been su premely useful to the republic. Fellow Dkmocrats: This is but the initial meet ingina politica] campaign destined to be mem orable. It will be a clashing of nearly even forces. Let no man here or elsewhere belittle or underestimate the strength or resources of the ooposition. But, great as they are, the old Dem OCTatic party, in conscious strength and perfec unii 'ii. Í aces the issue fearlessly. Tbe applause was general when Chairman Collins liad concluded bis address, and then the convention took it easy for a few mo ments while the numerous jientlemen wh bad been bonored by their selection as vice presidenta found their way to the stage. Or der once more secured, the delegates had an unpleasant surprise in the announcement b; the chairman that he had received a com munication from the committee on resolu tions saying that it would be impossible to present a report until H p. m. A murmu went through the crowded hall, and it was evident that the delegatiou was anything bu satUfied with the prospecte of staying her another night. Notbing could be done however, and Delégate Waltere, of Missour availed himself of the opportunity to submi a long prearable and a series of resol utions which were read ainid a great deal of noise A communication was the read from Mrs Virginia L. Minor anl Mrs. E. A. Men weather, stating that they had been appointed by the Women's convention, recentl; held at Washington, to present the cause o women to the present convention, and askin that one of their number be heard for te Oinutes. There were cheers, laughter, jeers ironieal applause, and shouts of "No." Mr. O'Donohue, of New York, offered jwolution giving the women an opportunit; to be heard, which was adopted. ïhen Delegmte Charles E. Boyle, of Pennsylvania, seenred the passage of a resolution upon which tí! further resolutions should go to the comjaittee without reading. But it happened hat Delégate Timothy J. Campbell, oí New York, bad in his hand a resolution expressng sympathy with Gen. Sheridan in bis Uless, and without stating its purport, asked nanimous consent tor its consideration. A torm of objections were raised frora all arts of the hall, and it was not until Mr. Campbell had stated that tbe resolution in no way referred to the platform, that obection was withdrawn and be was allowed o proceed. Tb ere was applaase when its nature became appareut, and it was adopted )y a rising vote, all the delega tes as well as a majority of tha visitors getting opon their eet. The representative of the women of the ountry was now presented. She proved to xi Mrs. El iza Meriweather, of St. Louis, who took a prominent part in the Prohibition convention at Indianapolis. So niuch confusión prevailed that she could not be heard beyond the platform and before she was half througb with her written address, cries of "tune" compelled her to come to an abrupt conclusión. She retired from the platform with great disappointment and chagrín. Mr. Barnum, of Connecticut, moved that wben the convention adjourned it should ba until 10 o"clock Thursday morning. This was amended to 8 p. m. Wednesday. Renewed confusión prevailed and in the midst of the uproar Delégate Hensel, of Penusylvania, moved that the convention proceed to the nomination of candidates for the presidency and vice presidency, but that no ballots be taken until the committee on platform had reported. Brown, of Ohio, asked that the latter cluuse be stricken out, but by a majority vote the couvention ref used to adjourn and adopted Hensel's resolution. The clerk commenced to cali the roll and a ballot was called for. The chairman of the delegation responded that they tendered the first place on the cali and the right to speak to New York. This brought out great cheering, whieh was renewed when Daniel Dougherty was named as the first orator to present the name of Grover Cleveland. When this talented acquisition from Tammany appeared upon the platform to the right of the chair, tliè enthusiasm of the vast audience knew no bounds. Even tbis outburst, however, was put in the sbade by the storm that met his first mention of the president's name and his declaración that New York pledged him her elertorul vote. Climbing up on obairs, desks, anything that could give them an elevated position, the people cheered and cheered, and tüeered uutil it seemed as if the very walls and roof were quivering. It was a magnificent, a memorable exhibition of the inspiration that the name of Grover Cleveland brings to the Democracy. Nothing could have been better than the delivery of the speech, which was as follows: I greet yon, my countrymen, with fraternal regard. In your presence I bow to the majesty of the people. The sight itself is inspiring, the thought aubllme. You come from every state and territory. from every nook and corner of our oceffn-bounded contiuentcovering country. You are about to discharge a more than imperial duty. With simplest ceremonial, you, as the representatives of the people, are to choose a magistrate with power mightier than n monarch, yet checked and controlled by the suprema law of thA wvittpn pnnKtifiifioil. Thus impressed, I ascend the rostrum to name the next president of the United States. New York presenta him to the convention and pledges her electoral vote. Delegations from the thirtyeight states and all the territories are here assembied, without caucus or consultation, ready simultaneously to take up the cry and make the vote unammous. We are here, indeed, not to choose a candidato - only to name the one the people have already cftosen. He is the man for the people. His career illustrates the glory of our institutions. Eiht years ago unknown, save in his own locality, he for the last four has stood in the gaze of the world discharging the most exalted duties that can 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 fül the presidency for four years more. He has met and mastered every question as if from youtt trained to statesmanship. The promises of hil 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, disdaiuing 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, revisión, and reductiou of national taxation. That the treasury of the United States, glutted with unneeded gold, oppreses industry, embarrasses business, endangei-s fluancial tranquillity and breedsextravagance, centralization, and corruption. That high taxation, vital for the expeudituresof 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 has created a privileged class. who, shaping legislation for personal gain, levy by law contributions for the necessaries of life from every man, woman, and child in the land. That to lower the tariff is not f ree trade; it is to reduce the unjust profits of monopolists aud boss manufacturéis, and allow consumers to retain the rest. The man who asserts that to lower the tariff ineens free trade in sults intelligence. We brand him as a falsifier It is tartheet from thought to imperil capital or di;turb enterprises. The aim is to uphold wages and protect the rights of all. This administration has rescued the public domain from would-be barons and cormorant cor porations, faithless to obligations, and reserve it for free homes for this and coming generations There is no pilfering, there are no jobs, under this admiuistration. Public office is a public trust Integrity stands guard at every post of our vas empire. While the president has been the medium through which has flowed the undying gratitude of the republic for her soldiere, he haí not hesitated to withhold approval from specia legislatiou if strictest inquiry reveáis a want o truth and justice. Above all, sectional strife, as never before, is at au end, and 60.000,000 of freemen. in the ties of brotherhood, are prosperous and happy. These are the aehievements of this administration. Under the same illustrious leader we are ready to meet our political opponents in high and honor able debate, and stake our triumph on the intelll gence, virtue and patriotism of the people. Ad nering to the constitution, its every line and letter, ever remembering that "Powers not tlelegated to the United States by the constitution nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the status respectively or to the people," by th authority of the Democracy of New York, backed by the Democracy of the entire Union, I give you a name entwined with victory. I nomínate Grover Cleveland of New York. The climax was reached when with arms raised over his head and hands clenched th orator conoluded, "I nomínate Grover Cleveland, of New York." The convention seemed to go wild and th cheering uontinuèd for exartly twenty-three minutes. Cleveland's nomination was sec onded by MeKenzie, of Kentucky, and oth ers, after which the rules were suspendec and the nomination made by acclamation. The convention then adjourned until 1 o'clock Thursday moruing.