The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-12

aCcuI4te anu Impartial reports OF TIL
proceedings. The chairman, on his
own behalf, moved q vote of thanks
to the sergeant-at-arms, Mr. Knight,
of Indiana. Adopted. A vote OF
thanks was also passed to the mayor
Of the CITY,. Carter Harrison, and to
the chief of police. and to the citizens
of Chicago for their hospitality.
The convention then at 7:25 p. m.
ad jOurned s ne die.
An Incident.
CHICAGO. July 11.-When the
state of Illinois was called, General
Palmer arose to announce the vote
and said, "Illinois casts one vote for
Thomas A. Hendricks" and then
paused, az if waiting for an cutlery of
some ~precOncerted arrangement. He
cast his eye toward the Mississippi
delegation when the Missouri dele
CATION jumped up and emitted a ter
rifle yell. This was Immediately
taken up by Indiana and q ire
mendous howl arose from all
parts of the hall south of the space
allotted to the delegates. The ex-
element and noise swept gradually
around among the audience in the
rear of the delegates and rolled in q
tremendous wave through the vast
mass OF spectators congregated in the
north wing of the chamber. The
chair raped several times on the ia
BILE in order to curb the demonstra-
ton, but he might as we'll have at
tempted to stop the eruption of
Vesuvlus with a tap of the hammer.
So far the excitement bad been con-
fined to the audience with the ex
ception of a few enthusiastic dele
gates who remaining in their seats
waved their fans and handkerchiefs.
At length the committee was visible
in the New York delegation and the
grim visage of the grand sachem of
Tammany Hall were seer slowly ris-
ing out of the confusion like a light of
Edison on a dark night. MI. Kelly's
mouth was wide open. His rising
appeared to be the signal for a
general demonstration on the part of
the anti Cleveland men in the con-
vention. Delegates in all parts of the
space within the railing sprung up
on their chairs and raised q tremen>
dous commotion.
Prominent among the members of
the body which assisted in creating
this bedlam were the delegates of In>
diana, Missouri, Wisconsin,, Penn
sylvania and the Tammany end
of the New York delegation. In the
midst of the tumult the band struck
up Hail to the Chief and the thun-
dering noise OF the demonstration IN
creased In volume. The strains Il
music were lost in the uproar. An
enthusiastic delegate from Indiana
(Gitson) seized the Indiana marker
and bore it to the chairman's desk
waving it frantically as he
passed up the aisle and shout.
ed something into the chairman's
ear. The chair, however, refused to
listen, but continued to thump the
desk with his gavel and MI. Gibson
retired with a half uttered anathema
of the internal idiocy of anybody who
would attempt to contravene so evil
dent an indication Of popular will.
In the meantime, the audience and
delegates We'd with each other in
producing ear-splitting noises which
drowned out the voices OF two or
three dozen Cleveland men who
were attempting to get the ear Of the
chair. With all this turmoil about
him, Hendricks preserved a calmness
which contrasted strikingly with the
frenzy which possessed the vast crowd
He sat as if froze fast to his chair
and resisted the determined efforts of
the horde of bowling delegates who
tried to drag him to his feet. Anum-
Der of .Tammanyites resumed their
feet, but Senator Grady danced
about his chair, violently waving a
newspaper and opening his mouth
to such a width that it seemed as if
it would have taken in and disposed
Of every Cleveland man in the New
York delegation. One good old soul
east of the gallery, while engaged in
hourishing a large ging-
ham umbrella, dropped the weapon
which floated down like a parachute,
and lodged on the bald head of a
venerable delegate from Ohio. Flags,
handkerchiefs, fans. hats and even
caps and shawls, were brought into
use by Hendricks sympathizers in
the audience. ALI at once, out of the
terrific uproar very like the blast of a |
fog horn in agony, the voice of Mr..
Breck, of Indiana, who electrified
the convention with a call for three
cheers for Thomas A. Hendricks.
The cheers were given with a will.