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but they kept pouring in all the tim
| while the band discoursed popular airs
In the meantime the galleries wer
being filled up, and when at last Mr.
Fairbanks called the convention tt
order there were few seats untenantet
either in the galleries or in the section
assigned TO delegates and alternates.
Since Yesterdays adjournment th'
arrangement of The floor had under
gone a change-the positions of sever
al States having been shifted and in /.
way that is not very satisfactory to tn
reporters becaue insteasd of having
Senators Teller, of Colorado; Lodge
of Massachusetts,; Chauncey M. De
Pew and Thomas @. Plat. OF New
York. in close proximity TO each 9th
er and to the reporters. they have beer
removed to remote quarters in thu
back of the hall where they can Meth
er be seen nor heard from the plat
from seats.
The convention was called to order
at 0:45, three quarters of an hour De
hind time, when prayer was offered
by the Rev. DIR. w. G.. Williams. =.
THE Senator from Massachusetts,
said tho chairman, and Mr.. Lodge rose
amid applause and said: 81 desire to
saw. in behalf of the committee on
resolutions that the sub committee has
completed draft of a platform and
that it is now under consideration by
the full committee. The committee is
unable to report this morning and ask
leave of the convention to sit during
this mornings session, hoping to be
able to report a platform of principles
to the afternoon session. and, in be-
half of the committee, I ask that leave
of the convention. Leave was imme
diately granted.
The committee on credentials were
called upon for their report but were
not ready. Neither was the commit
tee on permanent organization.
Mr.. Wellington, of Maryland, asked
unanimous consent that the committee
on rules te allowed to report at this
time.
This was refused. A motion for re-
cess until 9 o'clock this afternoon was
made by Mr.. Wellington and voted
down, TO the satisfaction of the CALLER
les, as indicated by cheers.
A motion that the report OF the com
mittee on permanent organization be
accepted was made by Senator Sewell,
of New Jersey, and was agreed to
amid applause.
Mr.. Little6eld, of Maine. made the
point of order that the first business in
order was the report of the committee
on credentials, but the chairman over
ruled it on the ground that that COM
mittee had been called and had not
been ready to report. The report OF
the committee on permanent organiza
ton was then presented and read. 1t
pamed Senator J. M. Thurston, OF
Nebraska. as chairman, made the ST c,
retaries, sergeant at arms and other
temporary officers permanent officers
of the convention, and gave a list OF
vice presidents, one from each State,
as agreed on by the delegation. The
reading of the list of vice presidents
was interrupted by applause as popu
lar names were reached.
Mr.. Mudd, of Mary ryland. made the
point of order that although the con-
vention might receive the report of the
committee on permanent organization
it could not act upon 1t until the re-
port of the committee Oh credentials
had been acted upon. There was no
convention here now, he said. The
chairman overruled the point of order
and promptly put the question on the
adoption of the report Of committee on
permanent organization. While rls,
ing vote was being taken, Mr.. Mudd
made another point of order that the
roll of States must be called according
to tht rules" -,
"There is no convention now," he
said, until we have made a perma'
nent organization" Disregarding the
point. the chairman said:
"Those opposed will rise" and de-
clared that the report OF the commit
tee on permanent organization was
adopted.
The chair appointed 81 nator Sewell,
of New Jersey, and Representative
Serene Payne, of New York, to con.
duct Senator Thurston to the chair.
Senator Thurston took the chair
amid tumultuous applause and ad'
dressed the convention.
The secretary read letter from the
chairman of the committee on creden-
tials, saving they were engaged in
the consideration of the Texas Case and
had not been able to complete it.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
On motion of Governor Bushell, OF
Ohio, the convention then adjourne d
until Up. m. There was the usual de-
lay in calling the convention to or.
der for the afternoon session, but the
waiting time was pleasantly whiled
away by strains of sweet music. There
was great pressure in all parts OF the
immense hall; the galleries were pack
ed, and there, as we'll as on the floor,
palm leaf fans were in ceaseless agita-
ton. The heat was very oppressive.
1t was 2:45 when Chairman Thurs.
tons hammer knocked for order and
he announced that the afternoon ses-
sion would be opened by Bishop Ar
nett, of Wilborforce College, O. The
bishop invoked blessings on the con-
vention and on the country and gave
thanks for an assemblage representing
the culture, the wealth and the refine
ment of more than forty centuries.
He prayed that the victory to be gain:
ed in the future through the work OF
the convention might rebound to the
blessing of every section, and that
protection and liberty and civil and
political rights may be secured by ev-
cry man man, woman and child from
tba loLes of tho North ~ the onlf nj