Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-22
IN THE CONVENTION.
Il Was Half an Hour Late In Being Called
to Order. =

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The fact tbat NAV Of the t;cls.. A. IN. hall
had NOT beer nresented vssterdav RAJ hecoms
eenerellv known and the nronosition Of M
Collier 81 Tennessee 10 admit uniformed climbs
to the vacant nlaces started a renort that At The
session today the hall roioht he t6rown omen 10
the public. The crowd along Michigan avenue
therefore began IN assume large nronortions even
before the clnmsv doors of the building we're
thrown omen and at no O'Clock there we're thou-
sands congrepated in the ROADWAY and along the
sidewalks
The nolice with Difficulty Kent a nassaoe clear
for the holders NJ tickets Tbe uncerts;ntv Of
their POSITION made the nnelect cnrions and the
badge wearers ma thew appeared were stopped
and questioned anxiously about the prospects
of admission There was a storv in c{rcnlation
that arraneements had been made with the
Tammany leaders TO admit the uniformed
.sbravesS with or without tictets Snch stories
invariably follow the distribution of tickets to
great gathering where the arbitrary disposition
of all these fayors is in the hands of a small
BODY of men.
The same story went out at Minneapolis.
But the claaue in the galleries did not control
them and the leaders knew that shouting is not
Is much i'll feeling, however, over the
assignment of tickets. When the convention
hour approached it was evident that while the
hall might not be filled the vacant seats Of YES
terday would not be duplicated TODAY. Yester-
day the work of the committee was cut and
dried. The only attraction was the oratory of a
doubtful temporary chairman who proved to be
alittle below the Kentucky standard Today there
were rumors in the air OF a possible contest be-
tween the Cleveland and anti-Cleveland forces,
ana an !. was sala py some OF the friends OF Mr..
nr,;nat;r ,i s,IooSos ,,1I, pUs'iDo LIN. tno
ballot taken before night. The audience was
much more lively, therefore, this morning, and
the seats in the big barn began to fill rapidly
an hour before the convention time.
At IL ais not one-ffth of the delegates were
in their seats. but there was a good deal
Of private ''chinning" going on in the
passage ways. Gov. Francis Of Missouri,
though not a delegate, was earnestly talking
with those who were.
Permanent chairman that is to be William
L. Wilson OF West Virginia, his intellectual
face beaming with pleasure Of the anticipated
fray. held quite little informal levee. At 11:17
the New York delegation, Gov. Flower and
Chairman Murphy hand in hand and closely
followed by Boss Croker and others
made their way to the platform and
from that conspicuous point, where the
galleries could plainly see them, filed
back to their seats on the left of the main AISLE
accompanied by cheers. Cleveland Manager
Whitney came in soon afterward and Joined the
anti-snappers amid applause.
In the long wait the band was the only source
"a Ie,iei ior lne laPa,ien. ealie,les ana tney
annroraI vastsrdav prices 81 oood sedts heJ
dropped from $40 to S.. and at the latter fieure
numbers Of industrious curbstone brokers
offered them without takers.
CALLED TO ORDER.
prec;selv NJ 1,.ao Tamno-.rv cho;-,r.r
o"ens raPpeo 'ne convention 70 oroer ana
called upon Rev. Alfred Henry Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of Chicago to offer prayer
He asked that the convention be Guided
TO choose representative of modern
progressive democracy and PRAYED that the
party might proceed to victory not for the
spoiis of Office Just as the PRAYER concluded
the Iowa phalanx entered the hail. 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 inappropriately struck ND MARY
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