The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-18

ih0 pune ttIOn of almost every
sentence a his address was a Deriod
OF yeIIs, rounded off with a fringe of
manual n. applause and stamping Mr..
Ihurston IS slender dark faced,
olack moustached spectacled, schol-
arIy looking man but he wieIds a voice
Keyed for the stump that sent every
word ringing to the farthest corner
OF the galleries.
NO point of his speech was lost upon
the assembly, but that which provoked
the most enthusiasm was the state
ment that he had presided over the
convention which nominated the last
Republican President and was now adj
dressing that which was to name the
next Republican President.
The delegates rose and waved their
hats, flags and handkerchiefs with
prolonged cheer when Mr.. Thurs
ton finished
The other permanent officers elected
were:
Secretary, Col. Chas w johnson, of
Minnesota.
Assistant Secretaries: w. e. Riley.
of Kentucky; II. Fl. Smith, of Michi-
gan; A. B. Humphrey, of New York;
Official Stenographer, Frances Il.
Burke, of Pittsburg
ergeant-at-Arms, Timothy Z.
Byrnes, of Minnesota.
Assistants to the sengeant-at-arms
Geo. w. Wisewell, of Wisconsin; w. w.
Johnson, of Maryland; w. p. Huxford,
of Washington; Chas. Z. Stone, of Illi-
nois; G. d. Smith, of Oklahoma.
Reading Clerks: j. II. Stone, of Mich
igan; +. IT. Wilson, of Missouri; Jno.
r. Malloy, of Ohio; r. S. Hatch, of In
diana; j. r. Bean, of New Jersey; also
one yice-president from each State.
Among the the Nice-Presidents of
the convention were the following:
John Anker. of Virginia; Robert
South Carolina; j. B. Fortune,
of North Carolina.
As the demonstration ceased, by di-
rection of permanent chairman Thurs
ton letter was read from j. Henry
Fort, chairman of the committee on
credentials. announcing that the COM
mittee would be unable to report until
afternoon.
Thereupon Gov. Bushnell, of Ohio,
moved that the convention take re-
cess until o'clock.
The motion was carried with a roar
and at 11:23 Chairman Thurston declar-
ed the convention in recess. The band
plaved yankee Doodle" as the crowds
made their way out of the hall.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Long before the hour for the con-
vention to convene for the afternoon
session the galleries began to fill up
but the delegates and alternates were
slow in arriving.
BY o'clock the galleries were solid
walls OF people, and delegates were
again crowding their way TO the floor.
The Sergeant-at-AFms' assistants buz-
2ed like bees in MI directions looking
after the comfort of the vast audience.
The heat was somewhat oppressive this
afternoon, and all the delegates had
armed themselves with broad palm leaf
fans. The spectators were almost sim-
ilarlv armed, and the convention hall
with the waving fans, resembled Moth
ing so much as waving field of grain,
dotted everywhere with light and color.
! Trough the hall rolled the dull, hoarse
roar that hangs over great convention
of people, as it does over a great hust-
ling city.
At 2:30 o'clock there were not one
hundred unoccupied seats in the gal
leries, and the people still swar1ned
through the entrances. The calling TO
order of the convention was delayed
by the momentary anticipation of the
appearance of the committee on resolu-
tions Some of the spectators mani
tested their impatience by shrill shouts
and cat calls.
1t was exactly 2:40 when Mr.. Thurs
ton again called the convention to or
der. Quiet came with the first crack
OF the gavel Chairman Thurston
called upon Bishop Arnett, president
Of Wilberforce College, Ohio, to come
to the platform. The name of this
eminent divine evoked a round of APP
plause. He was escorted to the plat
form by delegate Hill, colored, OF Mis-
sissippi.
As he look his place the audience
arose to its fet He is a fine figure.
and a magnificent specimen of the race.
The bishop gave thanks for the bless
ing of liberty gained by our fathers,
in the days gone by, for the blessings
of liberty given TO the race under
American institutions, spoke of the
wealth and culture" composing the
gave thanks for Abraham
Lincoln, who broke the fetters of the
slave, and for the reorganization
which had opened the avenue of adj
yancement to a race long oppressed.
He asked that probation and civil lib
erty be given to every man.
At the conclusion of the prayer, there
were several gayel calls
Mr.. Thurston recognized delegate
Madden, of Illinois, for a one minute
speech, presenting the chairman with
a gavel made of wood taken from
house once owned by Abraham Lincoln
The gavel, he said, would be presented
the nominee of the convention.
Before the cheering ceased, Mr.. Den
ny, of Kentucky, another gavel bearer,
mounted the platform to present, on
behalf of the young mems Henry Clay
Club, of Lexington, gavel cut from Il
tree on the homestead of the great
commoner of the ashland District.
the Father of Protection.
Chairman Thurston then called for
the report of the committee on Creden-
tials.