The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-07-19

~ Wa lNNfs
sh1're, if Cleveland fm il.ndr5tt
81 i1l thufmth, " Nfpunild 4 lsm
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un maiIon NJ Nsnsff. ih6 n0miniiiin
n r.eto.ani Wa THEN msio nufnimUHf
An aufhnf anf riHlHfe Wrfo brought ~
ihr ifont " iho saaf, Ntiie thF tbtf
nadu iha official announcement That
Cleveland was mn unaaImuui numlnts "
the Democratic PARTY fhe picture whs
hllsiel on ihe Ghaifmhnis desk th0 hand
played and the enthusiasm reached We
height
On motion oi ~ senator Wallace, oi
PENNSYLVANIA, feross was tAon until
i've O'Clock this evening
rvrSisa SESSION.
The delegates returned ~ the scene
oi their abors little wcafily ~ the
hour for foasaemblIna approached, aud
tho thousands of loukof.uu, who have
been In attendance during the exciting
struggle for supremacy returned 10 the
Convention Hall even more lolntcy
than the delegates Many ot them did
not return at all, and when at 6i3j y. M.
the Convention was
CALLED TO oRpgn,
thonumbcr Of persons present In the gnl.
lcrics was scarcely third Oi those who
attended the afternoon proceodlng'
The business Of the evening session be.
gan by the adoption OF q resolution 10
limit speeches to dye minutes In present.
Ing the names Of candidates for Vice.
President. The call OF States then pro.
cccdcd
Niles Seaals, Of California, nominated
| General W. =. Ro. rcrahs. Governor
| Grant Of Colorado nominated Mcdonald
Hon, 7, T, fcnlon, OF Kansas, presented
the name ot q. W. Click. Ex-senator
! Wallace, of Pennsylyania, nominated
Thos A. Hendricks and moved a suspcn.
sion OF the rules to nominate him by ac.
| camation.
Al the conclusion Of Governor Wal.
ler's remarks California quickly with.
| drew tho name Of Rosccrans; Kansas
followed with the withdrawal OF GIcki
Indiana speedily substituted Hendricks
for Mcdonald, and
uuNEhNuR nunBAnD
| OF Texas, taking advantage OF the tide
that had set In toward Hendricks, secured
the attention ai the audience and spoke
lndorslng the selection Of Hendricks as
| Nlce.prcsidcnt
BY unanimous consent ballot was
then taken, and with the exception OF
one vote by Mississippi for Mcdonald
which was aiterward wlthdrawn ON the
ground that II had been ,rroncously cast
The selection Of Hendricks was unanl.
nous from first TO last, aud II WAS OIL.
ciully announced by the Chairman that
the
ENTIRE Yofg,
numbering $40, was for Hendricks for
Vice President.
Between the conclusion OF the roll.call
aud the official announcement Of the vote
there was scene probably unparalleled
In the history Of political conventions; (;
one impossible Of Imagination and indc.
scribablc by pen.
LIKE pL,sn oP LIGHTNING,
the representatives of every delegation
on the ll0or, bearing nlolt the shields aud
banners emblemntc OF their States,
moved 10 the center OF the hall, and
surrounded the Indiana delegation.
For fifteen continuous minutes cheer
after cheer echoed throughout the hall
and was communicated to the thou.
sands on tho outside. Then taking ad'
vantage Of the temporary lull the musi.
clans struck up the familiar aud soul
stirring strains Of
AuID LANG sYsg.
Tbs effect was electrical; the scene one
never 10 be forgotten. The audience
took up the song aud In a moment II was
peallng forth from $4,000 thrOats. Dee.
gates from Texas clasped the hands o
those from New York. The men Of Maine
fell upon the necks Of their conirercs iron
tliu Territories, aud strong mon who, buI
fow hours before had beer
iring grape-shot lnycctIyc Into
one another, sat hack In their chairs will
the tears pouring down their cheeks. On
the platform the delegates stood ciasplng
one another hands, each voice trying td
ontyle the others. A the refrain "iu
the Name OF Aud Lang Syne" WI.
reached there was d circle cOmpOsuI o.
President Villas, Henry waitcrson, Gen
eral Black, Colonel clumie, Uf Ca.ifOrnia
Waller, Of Connecticut, aud cx Governor
Hubbard, Of Texas. A yard away BsI
Butler was
wmSGiSd THE nAsD
OF delegate from Colorado. Even thai
staunch old leader Of tho Republican pat
~, y. u. washburne, Df Min r4iti, VII
had been on the stage thr ug iUut ih'
Convention, ioiucd In the ~, .tion viii
his tremulOus voice, as he waved BIZ
handkerchief over his head. suddenly
| TnE BAND CHANGED Tng AIR
from "Auld Lang syne" to "Amcrlca, y
and again the audience took up the %
triotlc refrain with, II possible, mon
heartlness than before. After this cam,
"nONE SWEET HOME"
aud now the gathering, exgrtiug lts yolc,
with might and main, coniplctei,
drowned tho music oi the band. III,
soprano notes of
SEVERAL HUNDRED LADIES,
who were scattered about the hail, ran,
out high and clear above the deeprl
tones of the men. A. the mingled voice,
Of the assefnb ase died away In the las
strains Of "Iioms, sweet Home" Gen
erai Breckenridge, of California, re-
quested the baud 10 play
"OLD HUNDRED"
and once more the blended voices o
those present grandly swellcd ~ the mu
slc aud rhythm Of "Pralss God From
Whom Al blessings Flow" The demon
strallon lasted Tot iofty five minutes.
RESOLUTIONS Of thanks 10 Preslden
Villas, Serreant-at.Arms Bright, Press
Chairman Aastin n. IIfown, aud Othcl
officers, were adopted with consldcrabl,
shankfulness, aud at 80 p. M. the Dem
'era,ie Convention OF 1851 adjourned
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