The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-11
indianapolis Convention Will
Name National Ticket,
AND BRYAN KEEPS ON TALKING
Silver Candidate Has Reached Ohio-McKlnley
Receives Delegations at His Home Ever
mOnts Republican Majority the Largest for
Years-Cockran Supposed TO be for Mckinley.

! INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 2.-Forty-one
States and three Territories, represent
ed by S24 delegates, met today in Tom
linson Hall as the climax of a six
weeks campaign to repudiate the action
of the Chicago Convention and put
name a Presidential ticket Senator
Palmer, who called the body to order,
termed it the first convention of the
National Democratic party, while 9TH
which held it's last convention in 1892
Admission to the hall was confined
strictly to ticket-holders. AS a result
many people were denied admittance.
Inside, every seat in the space reserved
on the floor for delegates and alter
mates was taken, and the galleries, ex-
cept on the upper balconies in the rear
of the hall, where the band was located,
were comfortably we'll filled. The chairs
in the rear of the platform reserved for
the distinguished guests were nearly all
occupied. The decorations were lavish.
There was a profusion of flags and
bunting, trailing smilaX, Spanish moss
and potted flowers, but the most notice
able feature was the prevalence of gilt,
symbolic of the spirit of the conven-
ton. Gold wreaths were everywhere
in the decorations, and half the dele
gates were sprays of goldenrod in
hnir 10 of 90
an unusually large number of ladies in
the galleries.
The delegates themselves were an
imposing body of men. Among them
prominent in national affairs and the
councils of the Democratic party Not
a few were delegates to the Chicago
convention, including several chairmen
of delegations, who returned here in
the same capacity, except that whereas
they were hissed there for declining
to participate in the proceedings, their
appearance here was the signal for out
bursts of enthusiasm.
There was plenty of enthusiasm, and |
demonstrations were numerous. Every |
reference to Mr.. Cleveland was the sig
nal of a scene, during which men cheer
ed and waved whatever they could get
their hands on. Miniature flags found |
their way out of mysterious recesses
and were waved on every occasion.
The convention held two sessions,
but got no further than effecting the
permanent organization. Ex-Governor
Flower, the temporary chairman, and
Senator Caffery, the permanent chair
man, both delivered addresses, and |
DR.. Everett of Massachusetts and John
P. Irish, the Pacific Coast orator. voic-
ed the spirit of the convention during
in the proceedings. There |
was not jar or hitch anywhere. The |
temper of the delegates was displayed |
in the vigorous fashion with which the |
denunciation of the Chicago platform |
and its candidates were received.
Governor Flower referred to Bryan |
as an ambitious, unsteady and unsafe |
man." and a "demagogue and a word |
JuSSlef, with a revolutionary mob {
behind him. and the rafters rang with |
applause.
Perhaps the most important action |
taken by the convention was the adop-
ion of a recommendation to make the
permanent and to en-
power the National Committee appoint
ed to call future conventions. This
indicates a contest four years from
now over the regularity of the two or
CARNATIONS, and may prove far-reach-
ing in its effects. The platform will |
be adopted and the candidates nomin-
lted tomorrow. Tonight a great mass
meeting was held.
An unusual feature is the entire alb