The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-07
VAST CROWD OF SPECTATORS

CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, July
7, 1S96.-The Democratic National Con-
vention began long after the scheduled
hour today amid scenes of confusion aptly
tJpsfying the party's internal condition
The trouble began before the doors of
the Coliseum opened and it is only too
likely TO last until final adjournment
At eleven A. NJ. the crowds from the
city were assembled in constantly in
ereasing numbers at the front of the
Coliseum, but all the doors were closed
The newspaper men stroye in vain to
raise the blockade so far as they were
concerned. The orders of the sergeant
alarms. stupidity conceived and as stu
pidly executed, kept them out, until, at
last. few of them managed TO effect an
entrance and to make the way clear for
many of their associates. But in the
meantime without any imaginable good
reason for it, delegates and alternates
and persons holding tickets of admission
were kept out in the broifing sunshine
victims of the Incompetent tsclothed with
"a little brief authority" One might
have supposed that the best and easiest
way was to admit everybody entitled to
admission as they presented their cards
or badges. But instead Of that they were
detained for hours untM it suited the
caprice of the sergeant-at-arms to order
the doors to be opened Then at half
past eleven, there was a sweeping of
the human waves through the vestibule
OF the hah tthe portion cut off from
the rest of the buildine) and the seats
began to fill UP to the music of brass
band playing popular airs
AS the hour ofs noon d,.o-, -
sections assigned to the daia,.+as, -.
gradually OCCUPIED OccasIona1l,t ,asl.s
delegation entered tha t,o1, r-ft. - p
and aage and - 1''i,leis
music The ToT-. t7aiosae,a - ooiius -
q sil,s fac ,.,s,o ~ aio1is
beneyoe,,+ 1os,,s,,a- tiie
date I5orooo T55ie. - . u its c@iiol-
Ano+,,e, ss.,oeaass
snlenfid ba,d 49,, s.s asseiueu py
tl,e .Red v,,i.a ,s - - succession
T,byo,,eh fraa.s..o., Fllso l,iue' plarchlng
Marvls,,d ;, ssI .sT,,--,.,, '-al ylaiia, My
st,as,,r os "aien ehe hrst
: ,,,,,so.,ss eie Aearu' tne whole
tiaa,,r. -, 1p anu Siies1eo ehthnslas-
s,s.ss.s @siu - enae moment as by pre-
.Ys'iaeoi oaAiei OF virginia
spleatsu ana LOOK seat on the plat
4o.ll
oe.'a'gis Sest OF Missouri Lindsay of
ana ate"art OF Nevada. with
representative MeMillin OF Tennessee,
pau' at tnat time, also taken seats on the
platform
Mr. w c. Whitney appeared as a
proxy fquite unexpectedly and took his
seat among the New York delegates
without any demonstration. So did ex-
Postmaster General Bisseil
Governor William E. Russell of Massa-
chusetts also took his seat as a proxy
among the delegates from his State.
Senator Jones of Arkansas was for a
long time the only prominent silver man
on the floor. Senator Coclxrell Of AJsSso,I1.;
ssiga, 1,sl,s 49, 4 :,
80 sls"u pottle WASHER came IN
at the mead OF the State delegation, but
attracted no attention. The hail was in a
,nr,no;i dalxEyo4as ~, ,,t,.s,,o,.
s 7sssN7 80 10y spapsf men
eryifs 70 ma tneir places and the ushers
seeming totally incompetent to help them
At noon rhe Neyv York dataos+son 49,
ra+ ~ 4, 81, .sS :. p -
Pr W - -A apps. eaAss' put -deSsachu-
setts was on hand and Pennsylvania S
cohorts came trooping in with scarlet
Pa+fison hadaas fshsir,rar r4a,.rt+
-, = = = 10y 4n@ee
way - tAe platlorna promptly Wacre
he entered into conversation with Ma
fjonal Committeeman trnomas s;arsto,
s,,a r,afa,a
- ~ 0eseI = a 3 oeisS : lton afEiNto
sew minutes after twelve, and then the
New Workers came s straggiinz ia in twoe
and ff,rees. David r F1lIi c5ua IN Win
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