The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-10-04
HILL Is THE CANDIDATE.
HE MU4T LEAVE THE SENATE
10 SAVE HIS STATE.
Never Was Such al Ovation owen i
Man by State Convention -- Inc
Nomination Was Forced Upon
Him Over Protest.

Democratic COHNohtl'"i
today. over Witnessed before ana
which IL without parallel In the MS
tory Of conventions except perhaps
that IN 1876 when Seymour ""H
nominated by aCClamatlon against
wleheg Of the majority Of the dele
gatos, took place In the Casino RINK
to-day when all mentioned candidates
were forgotten and tho advent o'
David Is. Hil's namo caused STAN
pede In his favor. Fifteen hundred
people stood upon their feet yeillhR
ihe,nselves hOarse, tWO bands oi music
cried to down tho tumult and senator
Illll pounded violently hut iheiIec'u
ally with his RaVel III hh
nttempt to restore order II was
scene Of disorder ana ~
snthusIasm that will probnbly not DO
vlttesgcd IN II decade. IL was inc
atrango situation 1T IA presiding oillcer
az IA convention, evidently against MS
oXpressod desires, being forced 10 nc
cent unanimous nomination When
other candidates had boon presented
aud apparently accepted by inc uoio'
gates. ,,otio
while this sC0no was IA romarkabio
one Il was not altogether mn uheX'
uocied one. Tho Associated ireHH
dispatches Ut tho past iew days nave
indicated that There was every prop
ability that the convention wouiu no
for David Is. ilIll. .u
Ey.AsaGmblyman I'M OF Albany
had hnIshed his speech nominating
John Boyd Thatcher and hHd booh
received with enthusiastic cheers.
Delegates looked ~ one another ana
expected that tho nomination would
he made by reclamation, Even soma
tor nm himself, with Ravol In mana,
had ordered the roll called and
bronthed u eign Of roller, evidently
climbing the crisls had Passod.
HUT u slight built man from AIle-
gheny county, who had noVor neeh
known In the councils ot tho party,
threw lrohrHnd which croated
aenaatiOn almost beyond belief
Whom the county wRs reached boio'
gate Reynolds arose, ana amidst
ailen,e said: "rho united delegation
from Allegheny county desire To plHce
In nomination for governor lhelr llrst
aud only ohOiCo-DaVld Is, nun
Then occurred ono Oi the wlluesl
scenes that could ho imagined. Dole
gates Jumped upon the chairs, sPetlA'
tors crowded into tho Risles, hats were
thrown heavenward, canes win iln-
bDna waved wildly an men yelltu |
themselyas hOarse In their cheer AFTER |
cheer that almost rent tho irhll hullu' |
mg IN twain. senator TN grew ph'e
with emotion but In Nh almost lalht
none that no would ho able To slem
tho tide, pounded vigorously with the
gAvel and cried for order Ihe setre~ !
farles lett their desks and jumped up |
an chairs aud chaered with the multi |
ude. Rourke Cochran, John Il. Eel |
lava Mayor Gl,roy, Thomas t. Grady |
aud other leaders Jumped ny ON the
pross tables and urged on inc hp. |
plause, The only persons In tho hali
who were seated were those few NOM
hers Ut the press who during the ohHos
were eudeaVoriug ~ complete lheir
atnrtes
Emally, from sheer exhaustion, the
VRst audience stopped applause long
enough to allow senator ll,lIs voice
to be heard, aud ina kindly Noich no
said. 81 am grateful to the Democracy
nt tho Empire state tuc their courtesy
and kindness and support In the past
INT must gay to YOU that | cannot be
your candidate again tor governor ~
Vhera we're cries ot mo, no, and
4,Non're tho only man, from the dele
gates and the applause was renewed
Hut In the Intervals Senator HiIl
MANAGED 81 insist that the roll should
ne called senator Mcmahon SAID;
~ ria, To the point NJ order that the
roll call may Oe dispensed with 10y
Ut tho delegates.
senator H,ll said; IL have had SOME
sUkht parliamentary experience my
self ana the roll cali cauuNl he dis
poussd with ouY by unanimous cons
sent The clerk therefore began the
roll call Several county leaders rose
sud auuouy ced their delegations tNr
Senator Hul New Work was reached
aud Senator Guy jumped % hts toet.
There were vr,ss ut "Rlattorm,' nut
he stood on a chair aud the delegates
listened brea hIeS,ly To what he hau
% say,
II had hoped Mr. Chairman, that
some one older aud better known
IN the councils Ut our party
than myself would perform the
duty which | feel called upon
to perform now, Ii is tucum'
beut upon us 10 select the man who III
the largest measure represents the
hopes, the expectations, the principles
ot the Democratic party and who Gan
best meet the needs " the hour,
loud cheers and cries tor David Benz
net HUI Epere Is one man IN the
state of New York, MIR ChSirmAu,
whose uSme j. on the lips ot every
Demotra; VI hts state, hts name Is
not ouly upon their lips huI suShriued
ia their hearts The very mention ot
his name reV,vgs hope IN every Oemo
cratic breast Sud strikes terror O. the
hearts ut our enemies Renewed
cheers hS has never tailed the
namo'rScv nut iu lbs hour NJ need he
csuuar tail lt NOW. he bs, l.N us So
countless victories ul0er stVtr.y cir
cumStsl,css in gne pas. Sud he Will,
ne must lead uNW, In the councils W
the nation Ga ha, al tet lus.re 60 tine
uSma % fha kup'r. s.yre, ava 'N thS
battle for Nvu1trS Is principles
which he waget side ~ side without
Democratic president ne GSs Won
thousands and thousands ~ trisots
ana,nst Fbn4R u, hN A ara Y,rmarlN hn :