Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-24

the Illinois delegation standing up.
shouting and waving their hats. The
attempt, however, was failure.
North Carolina Immediately trailed in
with twenty-five votes for Stevenson.
and the yelling was renewed.
PENNSYLVANIA FOR GRAY.
The Gray men, who had been little
frightened, took fresh courage when
Pennsylvania was called and Hensel,
after announcing that the individual
preferences were four for Mitchell, six
for Morse and seventeen for Stevenson,
but under the unit rule the sixty-four
votes OF the state would be cast for Gray.
This brought the Gray men to their feet
and they had time.
AS the ballot proceeded it was evident
that the stongest candidates were Gray
and stevenson, and the adherents Of
each alternated with yells as their favor
ite candidate showed up with the high
est number of votes from the state dele
cations.
STAMPEDE TO STEVENSON.
Shields OF Iowa caused great COM
motion by announcing that at the re-
quest OF Colonel Watterson Iowa
changed its vote to Stevenson. Then
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Ore
gon, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee
hastened to do the same thing. By this
time the convention was in an awful
uproar, which was intensified when
Texas cast thirty votes solid for the
Illinois man. The chair refused to
recognize anyone else until the confusion
had in some measure subsided. Then
Minnesota changed to Stevenson and
another wild scene followed.
STEVENSON DECLARED THE NOMINEE.
Finally Delegate Cole of Ohio at
tracssd the attention OF the chairman
and moved that Stevenson g nomination
be made by acclamation. Hensel of
Pennsylvania seconded the motion, and
1t was unanimously adopted amid great
cheering.
After the usual enthusiastic outburst.
the business of the convention was re-
| sumed and number of miscellaneous
| resolutions referring to the affairs of the
! national committee and rendering
thanks to the various officers of the Chi
cago reception committee, etc., were
| disposed of.
PAT COLLINS sTIRs THINGS UP.
Then Hon. Patrick Collins of Massa-
chusetts stirred things up with speech ,
declaring that he felt free to say that
the time had come when the Democratic
convention should be a deliberatiye
body, and not be governed by outside
| influences. IF we could" /" said he. 'be
on exhibition in view OF $4,000 600 of
people and 100000 OF Democrats who
| will vote the ticket, well and good; but
what is the sense in having Is, ,000e peo-
| pie who cannot hear and can hardly see.
| proloDging the proceedings OF the DEM
ocratic convention and preventing it
from being deliberative? 1t is not the
inconvenience nor the discomfort. but
the danger OF wrecking the good work OF
the convention thatw we are face to face
With today, and feel that we have
reaehed the climax Of absurdity.o
MIR. Collins then offered resolution
that the national committee be instruct
ed to provide Accommodation in the
next convention for the deleRater, al
ternatcs, the national committee, mem
bersof the press and none elee. r'se-
Agreat howl OF protests went up from
the galleries, whereupon Mr.. Collins in
formed the audience that was here
solely by the courtesy Of the conven-
tion.
ALMOST A CATASTROPHE.
| While confusion reigned throughout
the hall there was crash and the arc
lights, which had furnished the illnm-
nation. were seen descending upon the
heads OF the delegates. Something had
given away above, and it appeared as if
i the numerous interruptions which had
go ominously occurred at the hands Of
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by one great catastrophe, which would
wipe out the whole national convention.
Three lights Immediately over the New
York delegation came crashing down
upon the Hill men. The globes were
broken and streams of electricity flashed
from the carbon points.
In a moment every man in the build
ing was'on his feet and nearly everyone
was making tracks for the exits. The
delegates tumbled wildly over one an
other, and frantic yells Of fear were
heard. 1t seemed for some time as il
there was no possible way out of a
panic. which must have resulted in the
loss OF hundreds of lives.
Fortunately, however, a number OF
cool heads among the delegates in the
I audience asserted themselves, and, aided
by the police and music by the band,
contrived to get the frightened people
down.
When quiet was restored, on motion
OF Hensel of Pennsylvania, Collins's
resolution was referred to the next ma
tionai committee with an affirmative
recommendation and power to act.
| After some further routine business,
on motion OF Russell of Missouri, the
convention, at 5:17 pm, adjourned
sine die, amid great cheering.