, 1876-04-12
Organization OF the Second Meetinq...
Remarks by Robert coI|yer
and Others.
Useless Efforts to Induce the Four
49, Frauds to Resign.
They Unltedly Persist In Holding on te
Their Fraudulently.Acquired
Offices.
TIE EXPOSITION BUILDING,


THE PEOPLE IN COUNCIL.
AND WHAT ruEY DID.
Tho galleries weIo llod frat, From tho point
iuvt behind the observatory elevator to the rcar
end Of tho hall, tho balconies we1o filed at 7:30
smaller gallery on tho westetn side waB rncked
until tho people upon 1t uere almost byonthiess.
Tbs ncaf1oldlng running wost from the elevator.
and the eievatot-towor, c1oakcd mud groaued with
tho living weight. Six Thousand people wero
suspended on the platforms, thkt looked horri-
bly, fragile undor tho pressure upon them. Tho
floor be1oH was ono pu1eating mass OF human1-
IT,. From tho atage, erected noir the northern
end. back TO tho art department In tbs south,
thero rns scarcely an inch Of room. Along tho
aides thero was & stream puahing through tho
outskirts Of tho crowd, toward tbs stsgc, then
surniogln towards tho coutso mad aoon absorbed.
At ths northern md southern ends the throng
Mss packed 50 tightly that 4 tnovemont on the
part Of one man vas communicated to tho
wholo. Tho staircasos to tho gallery wore chok-
Cd up 30 that 1t vas impossible for tho CROWD to
MORO e!shor way. ETery boz, every pile Of luu-
ber, every stfok Of timber, Was black with ita
load. Away mp ia shadows. above tho lights,
tho gtrleEB, beams, trusses, strinEors aud
b ttos bold their loads OF Interested men.
Literally, from door to ceiling tho build
Ing was tamtned. Along the lodges Of tho
skylghtR. human botngs wero pefchod,, llke
blkds. Boards weEe run ACROSS from rail to
beam, and bout and csoaked. sud cracked with
the loads they l,cld. Uplifted ladders boro mon
on every round. and sWaycd and staggered With
the mnsses upon thom.
Tho Exposition Building vAa boiling, ssoth-
Ing sea Of human creatures. There WAS no In
divlduality. It WAS enc huge conRtomoEatc.
Around tho stago, away baok 10 tbs northern
ona, mon woro packed, far beyond the roach Of
tho speakexh' votccs, but unable to sxtrlcate
themselves. Tho garden cascade a. tho SOUTH
crn sad was Invaded, and became I lake Of dods
images. Pressing in from tho street cano q
gulf-ssEoam of struggling men, hshsing theiz
MAJ to tho centro. md then cnrring no1thHard,
nhero thoy wero mot BY a backUater from the
stand mad he!d motiou'oss, until tho entrances
were choked up. Engineers In blue coAts TO-
solscd themselves into tatt!cs, and turning tho
stream, i. flowed along tho sides; aud into shs
nooks and cranuies, until at last 1t waa checked,
and the building oycr9oRod.
FROM 1Hk FRONT or rnI BTAuR
that scene Was grand. Tho eddies sud currents
Of faces cbbod and tlowod. Hcze and there was
whirlpool. and occasionally = susgo so1ied
orcr tho surface. dashing against tho PLATFORM
and drawing back for = fseah eweep. Some-
tlmcs q oounter-tido tnbhed along tho edges OF
tho waves, and. turning .tinto maelntron, sent
!.s wavos splashinG in Ie,l dlrect1ons, to b
caught up By smother ground awell
that surecd heartily and then broko into In.
Vulnerable r!pples: And 80 It dashed and re-
coded. and smes!cd aud dashed again, mighty.
magnificent Eea, dangerous uhon &he atortn
should como and driyo It's wagea againat some
weak opposing eloment. In thouc whoao tniqui.
liea haa created that great OCEAN tho csntempla.
tion at 1t must have awakened aome feeling Of
dist1ust lest the terror break over them mud
lhey slnk out OF night In ia fury.
TuK BfA1E
mas commodlous. 1t not altogether safe asruo-
tuys. It had been intcuded to accommodate
Abont $50. Before tho meeting mas we'll under
way, 800 msp had bonn thsown upon 1t by tho
aurRs below. Taera waro four ladcs tharo. In
tue carly part OF tho eventnR they hhd bae1 fur
rushed With soats. but ~ tho stage illled. sosta
wore forgotten in tho rush. and tho lanicn were
disposed OF iu safer quarters. At 0 O'Clock tho
back part Of tho platform gt.se way, but beyond
u. ,sht iu1aslo4 sr.!.nsd b, Sns man. who
At shout o'clock Mr. John WentNa.th