The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-12
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land No linated.
CHICAGO, July 1.-THE convention was called
to order at II o'clock, and prayer was offered by
Rev DR.. Clinton Locke, Of Grace Church, Chi
cago. The chairman said he had received. among
other letters and kilograms from all parts of the
country one from Mr. Goodwin, of Massachu-
setts, with the presentation of a gavel made up
from woods and relics from different parts of
the world.
A delegate from Pennsylvania moved that the
convention now proceed to a second ballot, and
it was so ordered
Mr.. Snowden, of Pennsylvania, with thanks
| to those who had voted for S. j.
Randall withdrew that gentlemans name.
| The second ballot commenced at 1l:20,
| When the State of Illinois was reached, General
Palmer arose to announce the vote, and said:
Illinois casts one vote for Thomas A. Hen
bricks" and then paused as if waiting for the
outcome of some preconcerted arrangement
He cast his eye towards the Missouri delegation,
and, apparently in response, General Mansur, of
Missouri, jumped up and emitted terrific yell
This was Immediately taken up by the audience,
and tremendous howl arose from all parts of
the hall south of the space allotted to the dele
gates The excitement and noise swept gradu-
ally around among the audience in the rear of
the delegates, and rolled a tremendous wave
through the vast mass of spectators congregated
in the north wing of the chamber. The
Chair raped splinters off his table
| in an effort to curb the demonstration, but he
might as well have attempted to stop an erup-
ton of Vesuvius with the tap of tack ham
mer So far the excitement had been confined
to the audience, with the exception of a few en-
thusiastic delegates who remaining in their
seats, waved their fans and handkerchiefs At
length little commotion was visible in the New
York delegation and the grim visage of the
grand sachem of Tammany Hall was seen slowly
rising out of the confusion like the light of
Edison dark night. Mr.. Kelly's mouth
was as wide open as the large orifice of a pound
net. but whatever Individual noise was being
emitted by the gentleman was not heard Ia
| the frghtful uproar which had taken
possession of the hall Mr. Kelly's rising ap
peared to be the signal for general demonstra
ton on the part of the anti Cleveland men in the
convention. Delegates in all parts of the space
within the railing sprang upon their chairs and
raised a yell of such proportions that the putty
dropped out of the immense sash which COM
posed the roof Of the convention hall Promi-
nent among the members of the body who as
sisted in creating this section of bedlam were
the delegations from Indiana, Missouri, Wiscon-
sin, Pennsylvania and the Tammany end of the
New York delegation In the midst of the tur-
moil the band struck up Hail to the Chief
amid the laundering noise of the demonstration,
which increased in volume until the strains of
music were lost in the deafening uproar. One
enthusiastic delegate from Indiana, Mr..
Gibson, seized the Indiana marker. and bore it
to the chairman's desk, waving it frantically as
he passed up the aisle. and shouted something
Il ts.x4 H. - THf ~
refused to listen, but continued to rap the desk
| with his gavel. and Mr.. Gibson retired with
half-uttered anathema the internal idiocy of
anybody who would attempt to contradict so
evident an indication of the popularity Of his
| favorite In the meantime the audience and
delegates We'd with each other in the noise,
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. Mr. Hendricks
preserved an external calmness, which
contrasted strikingly with the frenzy which
possessed the vast assembage. He sat AS if
frozen fast to his chair, and resisted the deter
mined efforts of horde of bowling delegates
who tried to drag him to his feet A number of
Tammanyites resumed their seats, but Senator
Grady danced about on his chair, violently
waving newspaper and opening his mouth to
such width that it seemed as if it could of
itself take IN and dispose of every Cleveland
man in the New York delegation. One good
old soul in the east gallery, while engaged in
heul.shing a large ginghan umbrella dropped the
weapon, which 1oated down like parachute and
lighted the bald head of venerable
delegate from Ohio. Flags, handkerchiefs, fans
hats, and even coats and shawls were brought
into use by the Hendricks sympathizers in the
audience. A view of the audience was like that
of an Illinois brush patch tortured by a violent
gale All at once out of the terrific uproar came
a voice like the blast of a fog-horn in agony and
Mr. Beck of Indiana, materialized with call
for three cheers for Thomas A. Hendricks. The
cheers were given with an almost venomous
| goodwill, and were supplemented by good old
Southern yell for Hendricks from General Man
sur, of Missouri. Having given vent to his ex-
huberant feelings Mr.. Mansur forced his way
through the crowds in the aisle and
climbed up to Chairman Vilass posi-
ton with statement that Missouri wished
to cast its vote solid for Thomas A. Hendricks
but the Chair, with a few vigorous thumps of
his gavel which now began to look worn and
frayed at the edges informed the Missourian
that he was out of order.
Hon. James NJ Quarles, of Tennessee in
formed the Chair, in stentorian voice, that his
State desired to put in nomination Thomas A.
Hendricks Mr. Quarles also tried his hand on
the chairman, but with no better success than
that achieved by General Mansur. General
Bragg. of Wisconsin, attempted 10 get in a word
| on the score Of old friendship an@previous ac-
quaintance with the Chair. but Colonel Villas
sternly requdiated all personal claims, and con-
tinued to belabor his desk and call for order.
Oub OF tne CONFUSION rose tne clarlon
voice of Secretary Tom Bell, repeat
ing the call for the vote of Illinois;
but neither from Illinois nor any other Common
wealth came any audiable response, except yells
for Hendricks. The deafening uproar had now
usurped the rights of all other business for a
period Of eighteen minutes, which was going one
minute better than the Blaine demonstration in
the Republican convention, a month ago. The
erect form Of the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash,
Dan Voorhees,, appeared at the side of the chair
man, and the noise and excitement gradually
subsidized and finally Mr.. Voorhees, voice was
heard calling Mr.. Chairman
The Chair said: ''Gentlemen of the conven-
ton, take your seats; the gentleman from Indi-
ana has the floor Several delegates at
tempted to speak, but the Chair stated
that he would recognize no one but the
gentlemen from Indiana Somc of the