The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-03
DAY OF KEYN0TES
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TWO SESSIONS HELD BY THE Ma
+ TIoNAL DEMOCRATS AT INDI-
ANAPOLIS.
PARTY TO BE PERMANENT.
TANT REACHED IN THE
OPENING DAY.
RINGING ADDRESSES DELIVERED.
Flower as Temporary and Gallery
as Permanent Presiding Officer
..-. Outlined the Issues.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 2
Forty-one states and three territories,
represented by S24 delegates, met to-
day in Tomlinson hall, as the climax
of six weeks campaign to repudiate
the action of the Chicago convention
and put forth a declaration of prin-
bciples, and name presidential ticket.
Senator Palmer, who called the body
Ito order. termed it the first convention
of the National Democratic party
while others referred to it as the Demo-
cracy which held its last convention in
1892.
Admission to the hall was confined
strictly to ticket holders As a. result
many people were denied admHsance.
Inside every seat in the space reserved
on the floor for the delegates and al
ternates was taken, and the galleries,
except on upper balcony in the rear Of
the hall where the band was located,
were comfortably well filled, without
being crowded, while the chairs in the
rear of the platform, reserved for the
distinguished guests, were nearly all
occupied The decorations were bril-
liant and lavish. There was profusion
Spanish moss and potted flowers, but
the most noticeable feature was the
prevalence Of gilt, symbolic Of the
spirit of the convention. Gold wreaths
were everywhere in the decorations,
and half the delegates wore sprays Of
golden rod in the lapels of their coats.
There was an unusually large number
of ladies in the galleries and in the
chairs back of the stage.
Mrs. Mcdonald, daughter of the late
Vice President Hendricks, was espe
cially conspicuous. The delegates
themselves were an imposing body
of men. Among them were
many who have for years been
prominent in national affairs and
the councils of the Democratic party.
Not a few were delegates to the Chr
cago convention, several chairmen of
delegations, who returned here In the
same capacity, except, that. whereas
they were Missed there for declining
to participate in the proceedings, their
appearance here was the signal for
outbursts Of enthusiasm. The big New
York delegation of seventytwo mem
berS, perhaps, attracted the most at
tention. In it were such conspicuous
men as Gov Flower, temporary chair
man of the convention; eX-Secretary
OF the Treasury Fa1rch1ld, ex-M1n1Ster
to Turkey Straus, Gen. Tracy, Of AL
hany; Horatio c. King, Col John r.
Fellows, Perry H. Belmont, John De-
witt Warner and others.
. From the old Bay state there was
DR.. Everett, the son of Edward Ever
EFT, and Godfrey Morse. Maine sent c.
Vey Holman; Connecticut, eX-Con-
gresham Sperry; New Jersey, w. ].
Curtis; Pennsylvania, Gen. Pickett and
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Reynolds; the Old Dominion, ex-Gov.
Cameron and Col. Rives, the world
famous engineer and father of Amelie
Rives, author of The Quick or The
Dead" Kentucky, Gen. Buckner, W.
H. Haldeman, Col. w. C. P. Breckin-
ridge; Ohio, eX-Congressmen Outh-
waite, Seney and Hayes; Illinois, Sen
atOr Palmer, Comptroller Eckels and
ex-Mayor Hopkins; Wisconsin, Gen.
Bragg and Senator Villas; Minnesota,
Daniel w. Lawler; Iowa, Henry Volt
mar; Missouri, Judge Broadhead and
F. w. Lehman; California, John p
Irish; Colorado, Louis R. Ehrich Lou
isiana, j. NJ. Faulkner and ex-Gov
Jones; Georgia, w. S. Thompson;
Washington, Hugh C.. Wallace. There
was