The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-17

y presented an external CAIN, WDlc
he cpntrasted strangely with the frenz
= which possessed the vast assembling,
ia He sat as if frozen fast to his chai
I'd and resisted the determined efforts @
the bowling delegations who tried tt
eu drag him to his feet.
a number of the Tammany me-
4 resumed their seats, but Grady dance
10 about on his chair, violentl
IN waving newspapers and opening hi
u mouth to such a width that it seemed
= 1t could of its own accord, dispose Of
every Cleveland man in the New
u York delegation.
u ONE GOOD OLD SOUL.
i In the east gallery, while engaged
e in il)urisning a large gingham um.
= brel!a, dropped the weapon, which
+ fell like a perashute and lighted on
! the bald head of a venerable senator
:. from Ohio. Flags, handkerchiefs,
5 fans, hats and even coats and shawls
were brought into use by the
Hendricks sympathizers in the audi
! ence, and a vlew OF the audience was
like that of an Illinois brush patch torn
by violent gale. All at once, out of
the terrific uproar, came voice like
the blast of.
A FOG HORN IN AGONY,
and Mr.. Brek of Indiana, moved call
tor three cheers for Thos. A. Hend-
Ticks. The cheers were given with an
almost venomous good will and were
supplemented by good old southern
yeti for Hendricks, from Gen. Man.
suer of Missouri. Having given vent
to his exuberant feeling, Gen. Man.
suer forced his way through the
crowds in the aisle and climbed up to
chairman Villas position with a state
ment that Missouri wished TO cast its
vote solid for Hendricks, but the
chair, with vigorous thump of his
gavel, which began to look worn and
frail around the edges, informed the
Mlssourian that he was out of order.
The Hon. James M. Quarles, OF
Tennessee, informed the chair. in a
stentorian voice, that his state wished
TO put in nomination Thos. A. Hen
bricks. Mr.. Quarles also tried his
hand on the chairman with no better
success than that achieved by Gen.
Manseur. Gen. Bragg attempted to
get in word on the score of old
friendship. and previous acquaintance
with the chair, but Col. Villas sternly
repudiated all personal claims and
continued to belabor his desk and call
for order. Out of the confusion rose
the clarion voice of Secretary Nick
Bell, repeating the call for the
vote of Illinois; but neither
from Illinois nor any other common
wealth came any audible responses,
except yells for Hendricks. The
deafenlng uproar had now usurped
tire rights of all other business for a
period of eighteen minutes, which was
| -. Co. l,n.~ L.
Blaine demonstration in the republic
can convention a month ago. The
erect form of the tall Sycamore of the
Wabash, Daniel Voorhees,, appeared
at the side of the chairman, and the
and, finally, Mr.. Voorhees, voice was
| heard calling" Mr.. Chairman |"
The chair said, "(Gentlemen of the
convention take your seats, |
| the gentleman from Indiana |
has the foor.") Several delegates
tempted to speak, but the chair sta |
{, d that che would recognize none but |
| the gentleman from Indiana" Some |
| of the longer winded enthusiasts in |
the south gallery made violent at
| tempt to renew the general tumult, |
but their force was overcome by the |
Kisses of the more sober and better re- |
served portion of the audience.
DAN VOORHEES, HAS THE FLOOR.
Mr.. Voorhees, then spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the conventional
understand there is roll call of the
states in progress at this time. am
reminded by the chairman that nomi-
nations are now in order. l stand be-
fore you, however, at the unanimous
Of 70 1n1nnofinr Of which II
am member, to withdraw the name of
Joseph E. Mcdonald (here a wild
burst of applause interrupted the
speaker) for the purpose, at the proper
time. of casting the vote of Indiana
for Thomas A. Hendricks. Renewed
and tremendous applause.
Mr.. Menzie, of Indiana, asked that
the state of Indiana be excused from
voting. Loud shouts of mo, no.
He (MenZie) then asked if there
was any name but Mr.. Hendricks be-
fore the convention, and on receiving
an answer in the negative from the
chairman, said: "Then the state of
Indiana casts 30 votes for Thomas A.
Hendricks.
This was at the close of the call
making the result an unanimous
vote.
A DEMoNsTRATIoN.
The demonstration that succeeded
exceeded in vehemence and enthusi-
asm any similar scene that had taken
place during this eventful day. All
the flags and banners were gathered ;
around the section occupied by the In )
diana delegation, and there waived
amid the shouts of the large audi
ence and the strains of patriotic
music from the band ending with {
"Auld Lang Syne' the words of
which were sang with feeling, the
chorus being joined IN by several
thousand voices. Then the band {
struck up "Old Hundred" and all join I
ed in the solemn hymn of praise" ;
This was followed by the music and
song of america" and that again by
alone Sweet Home" The scene
was equally grand and touching.
Finally the chairman got change
to make the formal announce
ment of the vote; he said there
had been 816 votes cast all
for Thos. A. Hendricks and that
Mr.. Hendricks was therefore the can
didate of the national convention for
vice president of the United States.
RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS.
Resolutions of thanks were passed
to the temporary chairman, the per-
manent chairman and the clerks and
officers of the convention; also, to the
reportorial corps and press of the
country for their accurate and impair
tial reports of the proceedings.
The chairman, on his own behalf,
moved a vote of thanks to the
sergeant-at -arms-Mr Bright of In
diana, which was adopted.
Votes of thanks were also passed to
the mayor of the city, Garter Harri-
SOM and the chief of police, and to the
citizensof Chicago for their hospitality.
The convention then at 7:25 p. m. adj
journed sine die.
TAKING THEIR DEPARTURE.
The outward trains for the east |
were leaving loaded this afternoon,
nearly all the eastern organizations |
| taking their departure. The Ameri-
Gus and Randall club of Philadelphia |
paraded the streets before taking |
their leave, bearing in addition to
their club banners, one inscribed with
the name of Cleveland. The Tam
many braves, six hundred strong,
took a special at 5 o'clock. Some of
the members took the outcome jocu-
larly, but in the main the crowd