Evening star., 1896-07-22

Details OF the Proceedings of the
Opening Session.

Opening Session.
ST. LOUIS, July 2L-The hall in which
the poDuIists met WAS The same in which
the national republican convention was
he'd last month There We're the same ar
engagements as TO seats. The state delega-
tions were located in the pit, each marked
By a g-lidon. The galleries reared them
selves above tie pit all siies- the plat
foIm in front was fanked by the press
benches The decorations Were not elabor-
ate.
They were practically the same as t?cse
of the republican convention The buntn Z
that swaIhed the front Of the galleries hau
been taken down, and some of the hags
which few from the roof were faded AKA
vcatheT-bedJen- There was not a picture
in the hall
The faces of the populistic idols graced
It's walls The only counterfeit presentation
within the building was j large bust of
Gen Grant, which faced the platform
across the heads of the delegates. They
held the same positions in the republican
The speakers stand had not been placed
on the platform an hour before the hour
for co1vening- The delegates began 10
straSgle in before 10 O'Clock but the spec
1ators were slov in arriving. When the
pit was half filled there were not 2lD per-
sons in the galleries. In this respect the
usual order of things at conventions of the
old parties vas reversed. AInons, the frs
10 arrive were the Kansas delegation with
long yellow ribbons on their hats anc
many OF them with sunfiowers in their
1apeis-
ISna,ius DonneIIy of MINES ,ta. short
and round. with his small blue eyes q
t1-inking and his good-humored face
beaIaiEs. came in early and talked while
with serseant-at-Arms Mcdowell, who
stood on the platform with silver baton
In hand surveying the final arrangements
Congressman Howard of Alabama was
striking figure in his delegation. He is
tan, powerfully built. with a swarthy com
p!eNio1 and long, straight black hair that
gives him almost the appearance OF an
Indian "BTfalo" Jones of Oklahoma sa.
with his delegation stolidiy reading a news
paper Here and there was a dark face
There was one coiored delegate each from
Colorado and Georgia.
CoNcy and Browne There.
General CoAey Of the famous common
veal army and his son-in-law. Carl
Browne, came in together with their re-
spectiYe wives Mrs. Coxey bore in her
arms her young son. whom General Coxev
christened Legal Tender" as a perpetual
reminder of his march across the noun
fdfn5 In 1880.
As the air in the hall grew oppressive
lAe deleYates did not hesitate to shed their
coats Some OF them came to the hall with
their coats on tfeir arms. Others removed
eoat ana vest and hung them on the back
OF their chairs Many of the deleearas
wore neglige shirts and quite a nun1har
Wore neither collar nor cravat
AIthoush some Of the delegates had been
,r ssry NOISY during the preliminary skirmish-
ing before the convention. they were vsrv
quiet while assembling. The band station
60 ABOVE the speakers stand kept IN a
CONTINUOUS fusillade Of popular airs. But
frcm the delegates p''" "'o
Inc hrst thing to wake them from, their
Iethargy was the action of IN assisrant
.. nt,a'-arms when he hung portrait
The delegates applauded ana sn-,a 80 80
shouted Tor three cheers, which were eivsn
Inc Ice being thus broken thew heo., -
pe more deinonstratiye ani cheared the
Ocean" VI 'ie
ihere were several women delegates ON
the moor. among thern Mrs. j. o. a. Bush
of Prescott Arlz: Mrs Iennia n So
hoid and Mrs Hes Of Colorado
Senator Allen received the first nerso,,,
ofabot. Ihe Texas delegation grew dem
oHstratlvc- on A woman posed with middle
ond or ,nI TO aoaa streamer pinned to her gown,
ana they eheered wildly. She waved her
handkerchief frantically I'm response and
the enthusiastic Texans crowded about 70
snake her hand. She proved 10 be a Mrs
jones OF Chicago. 1o'
Then a lone star delegate mount.
chair and read a number Of kilograms fro,,,
Iexas popu!ists. admonishinS then, ro Le.n
In the middle of the road and bolt II nee
essary. - ee
Stuart Aspnypy, one of the de,.s..o.
also made speech, ard 1t looked 40 ~
Texas intended to hold a little convention
all by he r5eif. "i'
General Weaver, the last populist candf
date for President, and Senator PETER c,,,a
together. Paul Sancevoort of Nebraska. the
most prominent candidate OF the .'r,id,fic
of-the road men for President took ono
OF the seats on the platform reserved fer
distinguished guests. On his coat he wore
the badge Of his faction. Shortly before ~
o'clock the chairman's table, a pitcher of
ice water and an oak gavel were carried to
the platform. The Mississippi delegation
marched down the aisle with banners bear
Ing the slogan mo compromise"
There was an answering yell Of Joy from
the Texas delegation as they recognized
their allies.
Peter Cooper Not Recognized.
About this time some one naiIod q DOT.