The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-17
The Hendricks Tidal Wave.


CuICAGu. .IulY ll-Wh"n the state Of Hi
nos was reached, Gen. Palmer arose 10 an
nouuce the vote and said: "illinoiS casts
one vote for Thomas a. Hendricks and
then paused ms if wating for the outcome of
som" proconccr,rd arrangement. He east
his eye toward the Missouri delegation and
aDporputly in rrSppnrC Gen. MnnSur.
o: Missouri, jumped up and emitted II
terrific yell. This was Immediately
taken up blythe audience and "a tremendous
howl rose fr" all ~ rtS Of n" hall. south
OF the ace allD ted % ihn dc t. gates. the rS-
citCmr0r and is swept gradually nroul d
among the II ldit ne in ihy rear OF the dele
gate. IN % led ina wave through the mass
of slcctatp con we lated in tuc north wing
of .lic Oh mbrr. Ihr Chtrra cl the Splin-
Ter! OF MS bic IN TIL effort Il
curb the Il, IN ,ustration. bat he might
=. well m,vc.nltcmpied to stopan or, ption OF
NcSuviuS with tn tag u u Il K-hi,mm"r.
So far Che excitement had Dcvn confined to
the audience. with lii" exception of II few en-
thusiNntic delegates who, rcinHiuing in their
seas. waved their fans aud handkctchiris.
At lcn"th. n littlo cnmmOtion was visible in
the New York delegation. and the grim
viSagc q: til" Grand S1chcm ~ T;.Iun;nI
was seen slowly Using out ofthc confusion
ike tlr iight ON II dark night. Mr.. kclly's
mouth was rs wide open rs the large orlilcr
ol pound net. hul whatever indi Nldunl nois,
wH> being cmi. ,"d was drowned il Inc fright
.u uprnur which took possession OF the nall.
Nv. Nrily'> arising appeared To he the sigma
irr u general dcnlorstra.ion on the part of
the nmti-i'lcycland men, ana the delegates
Som al pats Of the space within tl'.
railing sprung upon their chairs and
raised yell of such proportions ANA lnlrn-
aiiy that the putty dropped out of the I'M
irrnsc s.'shcS which composed the roo' of the
hall. Prominent among the members or IN,
body who assisted III creating this section %!
bcdlam were the delegates t"rm lGdiana.
Missouri. icnnsylranin and the IhmmanH
end of the New York delegation, and in the
nj
and and" tn" "'' thundcring noise of tic
dcmonsi, "iion raised IN volume nntl me
strains oi music were lost in the dcaitnins
up,oar one enthusiastic delegate from
Indiana, Nj. Gibson seized the Indiana
buuntt ana boie il 10 the thn;rinnn'S desk.
u" passed up The isle ana shouted something
into ihc ChaiI mans ear. The thair, how
ever, refused TO lis,"n, but continued
t. ih annp . on TIE the d tih.o, w, ru
tired with a half uttered auathcmn
on the info nal idiocy of anybody who would
attempt to contr"Ncrt so evident an ihdlcit-
audience ana the dclrgmcs Wed with each
other in producing ear splitting nois" which
drowned out the voices of Two or three dozen
Cleveland men who were enIcnHorng to
gain the ear of the thai'. With all this
turmoil alb )ut him Gov. Hendricks presented
Az EXfERNALCAIM
which coGtras:ed strangely with N" frenzy
y,nic,, possessed The vast asScmblagc. He
sat MS il iruzen Fast to his chair and resisted
rhr determined horde of bowling delegates
VIM dried to drag him To his feet. A number
of the Tammanyi resumed their seats, hut
Grady danced abuut on his chair violently
waving II newspaper and opening his mouth
90 such width that ii seemed That
il could of itself take IN and dispose of every
Cleveland man in the View York delegation.
one good old soul in the east gallery, while
engaged in tlourishng Il large giEghnm UNI
hrciln, dropped the weapon, which iioated
down like u parachute and alightcd ON the
bald head of n venerable senator from ohio
Flags, handkerchieis, fans, hats, and
even coats and shawlS were brought
into use by the IIend ks sympath!zcr
in the audience, and - vivw of the ;,,ilicnct
was like that of an Illinois brusli-patch torn
by n violent gale. All at once, ont of the ter.
rife uproar, cnme voice like the blast of a
fog-horn in agony, and Mr.. Beck. of Indiana
matcrialiZcd with n call for three cheers ioi
Thomas 4. Hendricks. The cheers werS
given with an almost vrncmou,
good will and were, supplIe,n,ent,ct
from Gen. Mansur, Of Missouri. Having
I given vent to his ,Nubefant feeling, Gen
Iansur forced his way through the crowds In
the aisle ana cli!neI M TO Chairman ' las
position with II statement that Missouri
wished To Cast its vot, solid for Hendricks,
but the chair, with n vigorous thump of hi,
,sayel, which began 10 look worn and frazcd
around the edges, informed the MisSOurian
that he was ont forirr.
Tho Hon. James NJ QurrlcS. OF Tennessee
! informed The chair, in n ste ltoricn voice, thai
his state wished to put In nomination
/ Thomas a. Hendricks. Mr.. Quarlcs also
/ tried his hand on the Chairman, with no bet
/ ter success than that achieved by Gen. Man
srr. Gen. Bragg attempted to get in wort
on the score of old friendship an,
previous acquaintance with tn
Chair. hat Col. villas STORMY