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And Hendricks Unanimously Chosen ON the
First in Spite Of DeclinatiOn.
Every Body Happy but the Tammany
Crowd, Who Flee for Home.
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cfo >, July 11.-This was the first hot
daJ convention. | am now speaking
of Tia Ier, as usual, for there have been
hotter in tie convention than the pres
ent one. Tine stage Of the proceedings had
been reached when the New Workers could
not jaw at each other, and it had a tendency
to facilitate business.
So many delegates were in doubt as to
whether the convention met at ten or eleven
that the assembling was slow. The motion
of the previous evening was originally made
Tor eleven O'Clock and amended to ten. AS
the chairman put the motion he announced
it eleven and then corrected himself to ten,
but comparatively few heard the correction,
and the consequence was that it was after
eleven before the convention was called to
order to-day
There was the usual opening prayer, this
time by tie Rev. Clinton Lack. Of Grace
Episcopal church. and the usual invitation
was extended to the audience to rise during
its delivery.
The first natter of business was the inevi-
table resolution which came to the front in
the hands of Dr. Nunford, of the Kansas
City Times. He desired to prevent a STAN
pede during the balloting, and offered u res
olutioD prohibiting the change of vote
while the roll Was in progress. The conyen-
ton evidently preferred to have a stampede
rather than stand three or four days Of bal
loting, and promptly voted down the Mum
ford resolution. The next event was the ap-
pearance Of Gen. Cox of Pennsylvania, who,
when he had claimed the attention of the
chair withdrew the name of Randall.
After some pertinent remarks from the
chairman urging the convention to keep
quiet during the balOting-remarks which
chairman always make aud which are always
disrcgarded--the roll call was begun on the
first ballot Of the day and the second ballot Of
the convention. II began rather quietly,
everybody being ready with tally sheets aud
pencils and also with papers giving the ballot
last night, SO that 81 comparison could be
made at the vote preceded Alabama show
cd gain of one for Cleveland, and was ap-
plauded for her efforts
There was no other change until Florida
was reached, when there was a loss of two
for Cleveland, and again two for Bayard,
which called out n little Bayard boom, but
nothing eXhilerating.
Georgia gained two for Cleveland, and the
cheers which went up showed that the Cleve-
land men had their whoopers-up well in
hand.
THE HENDRICKS BOOM
The next and | might say the great sensa-
tion Of the day was when Illinois was called
Last night when Illinois cast one vote for
Heddrcks, Mr. Hendricks Immediately arose
and asked that the delegate from Illinois
who had voted for him withdraw the vote, Us
It placed him in false position toward his
friend Mr. Mcdonald, but the vote was not
withdrawn and the vote stood, "Hendricks
one.n When Coy Palmer arose to announce
the vote of Illinois this morning, there was a
good deal of expectancy among
the initiated. 1t had been whis-
pcrcd about that the vote of Illinois
or very considerable portion Of 1t was given
10 Hendricks, and arrangements had evil
IDENTIFY been perfected to give that change a
great send oil in the convention. This part
OF the programme missed iire,-that is the
securing of q large number of votes for Hen
dricks from that delegation. \ stalwart one,
Ed. Pelican, by name, e,--still stood by Hen
bricks aud the first vote announced by Gov.
Palmer was "Hcndrieks one" Notwith-
standing there was some disappointment
among the managers at the lack OF growth in
the Hendricks vote, the arranged plan for
applause was carried out to the letter and it
WAS admirably done. The galleries and the
sudiencc tool, up the shout and it soou ex-
tended to the convention and a
very large number were on
their feet, in their chairs,
svjnwiuc banners, throwing up hats. swing
Ing haudkerchiets, papers and anything con
veuitut 10 be taken hold of, and screaming
at the top of their voices. e. H. d. Gibson
OF the third Indiana district. after the ap-
plauslhad been continued about five minutes,
seized the banner Of that state flag staff
with a small flag at the top and the name of
the state on printed card fastened thereto,
aud marching up to the presidents rostrum,
mounted il and stood by the presidents
desk. Col, Villas almost grew belligerent at
this intrusion He raised his gavel as though
be were about 10 strike his visitor, but il was
only for the purpose Of using it to wave
him OF the platform. Gibson in his enthu-
siasm WAS too happy over the boom that was
Tn progress over Hendricks to no
tice the swinging Of the gavel,
and Col. Villas accordingly called
one oi the deputy sergeant at arms, and di-
rectcd him to remove the delegate from the
rostrom. The sergeant at arms tapped him
ON the shoulder and notified him that he was
''out OF order upon which he moved slow
ly away. But noticed it took him good
while 90 get Off the platform. and he swung
the standard of Indiana over his head about
ffty times while he was going five or six
feet 20 the edge OF the platform, where he
finally took a plunge down among the dele
gates. The applause continued. and Gibson,
marching back to hts seat mounted a chair and