The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-24
WEDNESDAY.
How the Day Was Put in in That Gigan-
tic Sweatbox.


cloudless sky.
1t promised hot day in the wigwam,
but even heat was preferred to the I'M
certainty of wind and rain in the big
shanty by the lake. More than one del
egate bought an accident insurance
ticket Tuesday to provide for his family
if the threatening wind should take the
top off the convention hall and scatter
its walls along the lake front. More
rain fell Tuesday night and even the
brightness of the morning did not free
the convention hall from the rheumatic
dampness which permeated it Tuesday.
It frightened the interior of the build
ing though, and made it much more
cheerful place.
The fact that many of the tickets to
the hall had not been presented Tuesday
had become generally known and the
proposition of Mr.. Collier, of Tennessee,
to admit uniformed clubs to the vacant
places started a report that at the session
Wednesday the hall might be thrown
open to the public. The crowd along
Michigan avenue began to assume large
PROPORTIONS. The police with difficulty
kent a passage clear for the holders of
tickets The uncertainty of their posi-
ton made unelect curious. and the badge
wearers as they appeared were stopped
and questioned anXiously about the
There was a story in circulation that
arrangements had been made with the
Tammany leaders to admit the uni
formed ''braves" with or without tickets.
Such stories invariably follow the dis
tribution of tickets to a great gathering
where the arbitrary distribution of all
these favors is in the hands of a small
body of men. The same story went out
at Minneapolis. But the clique in the
galleries there did not control the nOni-
nation and the leaders know that shout
ing is not going to change the result in
Chicago.
There is the customary ill-feeling,
however, over the assignment of tickets.
When the convention hour approached
it was evident that while the hall might
not be filled, the vacancies of Tuesday
would not be duplicated. Tuesday the
work of the convention was cut and
dried. The only attraction was the
oratory of a doubtful temporary chair
man. who proved to be little below
the Kentucky standard. Wednesday
there were rumOrs i'll the air of posi-
BILE contest between the Cleveland and
anti Cleveland forces, and it was said
on the authority of the friends of Mr..
Cleveland, that it was even possible
that nominating speeches would he
made and ballot taken before night.
thereafter, and the seats i'll the big barn
began to fill rapidly an hour before the
convention time.
AT ILLS not One-fOurth of the dele
gates We're il their seats, but there was
a good deal of private Ginning.
Governor Francis, of Missouri,
though not Il delegate, was earnestly
talking with those who were.
Permanent Chairman that is to be,
VIZ I 1E.lr, - Na.t IT11sl
his intellectual face beaming with the
pleasure of the anticipated fray, had
quite little informal levee.
At 11:17 the New York delegation,
Governor Flower and Chairman Muir
phy. hand-in- hand, and closely followed
BIZ Boss & Qker and the rest of the
New York delegation, made their way
to the platform, and from that cOnsplc-
uOus point, where the galleries could
plainly see them. filed back to their seats
on the left of the main aisle, accom-
panied by cheers.
Cleveland Manager Whitney came in
soon Afterwards alld joined The fFanti-
snappers amid applause.
Called to Order.
At 80 Temporary Chairman Owens
raped the convention to order and
called upon the Rev. Alfred Henry, of
the Methodist Episcopal church of Chi
cago, to offe- prayer.
Just as the prayer concluded the Iowa
phalanx entered the hall, the big blue
banner, with the picture of Horace
! Boies, borne in front of them. There
were cheers from all parts of the hall
and the band very inapprOpriately
struck up "Faryland, My Maryland"
When the music ceased the temporary
chairman brought his gavel down and
announced that the first business of the
convention would be the report of Il ,
committee on credentials. He asked if
that committee was ready to report.
Before any one could reply Mr.. Win
ston, of Minnesota, got the floor and in
a brief speech moved that the cOurtesies
of the platform be extended to ex-Sena-
tors James R. DOolittle and Lyman
Trumbull. The chair declared the mo
ton carried without putting it.
The chairman again asked If the COM
mittee ON credentials were ready to re-
| port.
Mr.. Shaw, of Maryland, from the ex-
IRENE rear of the hall, replied that they
| were not.
The chair-At what time did the COM
mittee state that they will be ready!
Mr.. Shaw-NOt before o'clock.
This announcement was received with
a subdued murmur of disappointment.
The chairman inquired what was the
| next pleasure of the convention, the
committees not being ready to report.
Mr.. Delaney, of Alaska, got the floor
and presented a memorial, which was
referred to the committee on resolu-
lions.
Then Mr. Bronson, of Kentucky, gOt
! the floor and moved that the chair asD-
point a committee of two to wait on the
! committee on credentials and ask whi Il
they would be ready to report. The
motion was agreed to and Mr.. Bronson,
of Kentucky, and Mr.. Pollard, of In.
diana, were appointed.
Calls for Mills.
The chair again asked the convention
its pleasure. Just then some one in the
galleries caught sight of Senator Mills,
of Texas, and started a cry for him
which was taken up on the floor, and
soon spread until the delegates were all
on chairs md in the aisles crying the
distinguished Texans name. MIR. Mills,
being i'll, left the hall rather than speak.
Then IT, lie We're cries of Carlisle and
then for I 7lner, and Mr.. DeYOung, OF
| Michigan, got ON his chair, and moved
that Mr.. Palmer be invited to address
he convention. The motion was car
tieG, and Mr.. DeYoung and Mr.. Jack
sOn, of Iowa, were appointed a commit
tee of escort.
Speech IEOIl
This committee was more successful
than the others, and Mr.. Palmer was
soon addressing the convention. The
governor after a few preliminary re-
marks, began TO appeal for harmony.
When he closed the credentials com
mittee report was adopted, then the re-
port on permanent organization, and
after selection by the band, Hon. w.
l.. Wilson, of West Virginia, was in
troduced. He responded in neat
speech.
Mr.. Wilson said, among other things,
that the most important of all questions
was that of taxation and tariff reform,
and they could only be rightfully regu-
lated by the Democratic party.
When Mr.. Wilson concluded his
speech the delegates, rising to their feet,
waved their hats as they cheered again
and again.
Martin L. Clardy, of Nilsson ri, was
recognized to present a resolution thank
ing the temporary chairman. 1t was
adopted.
Mr. English of Indiana, chairman of
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