The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-27

there seems to be a general DISPOSE
tion to sing. Why not let us sing to-
gether. Let us sing Praise God From
Whom All Blessings Flow
A wave of laughter swept through
the hall, and then all caught up the
strain and the hymn was sung, amid
surroundings that made it sound weird
and uncanny, not indicative Of peace
and good will as its mission.
Music Would Not Soothe.
But sacred music never had less
soothing influence.
1t gave way to the old chorus of dis
order, and another attempt to start
the roll call was howled down.
At this juncture a delegate rushed
toward the stage. Immediately in front
of the chairman stood a line of blue
coats. The excited delegate began to
denounce the police, the chairman ana
things generally. An officer laid his
hands on the disturbers shoulder. The
convention arose as one man and a
dangerous movement to the front of
the house began. Every delegate was
on his feet and wildly excited. This
gesticulating noisy mass surged for
ward, pushing back the police and
crowding them against the stage. Four
of the delegates, with presence of mind.
hustled him out of the way.
The police who had been stoically lis
tening to all sorts of denunciation for
hours, evidently took the matter SER
louSly. One of them, Captain Maher,
pulled his revolver. His intention prob
ably was to protect Chairman Red
wine, who had made his way to the
rear of the stage. At any rate, the
crowd did not catch sight of the
weapon or the convention might have
developed what has been momentarily
feared for nearly a week-a general
fight. The cause of the disturbance re-
moved, comparative silence that was
not deathlike was restored. One dele
gate shouted:
Mr.. Chairman, I move the conven-
ton to meet at some future day in
Manchester, Clay county, kentucky"
An uproar ensued, and when it had
spent itself, Hardin leader in front of
the stage asked the chairman if, he
would call the roll on the appeal.
No, sir" came the determined an
swer.
Try Patriotic Airs.
MY Country, 'Tis of Thee" began the
crowd, and for five minutes the con-
vention took part in an admirable rem
dition of the national anthem. Patri-
otic music had even less quieting influ-
ence than religious.
My Old Kentucky Home" followed,
and the gathering became personal
Hang Redwine on a sour apple tree"
they chanted.
Meanwhile the chairman reclined in
his easy chair, his elbow on the table,
with his head resting in his hand, fam
ming himself complacently.
The dinner hour was long past, the
chorus was showing signs of fatigue,
and oratory was waning, when a long
headed gentleman of color, with a big
tray of sandwiches came on the scene
The white men assumed the burden
with eagerness. This infused enough
life into the assemblage to cause a re-
newal of the farce. To allow vocal
chords to rest a round of whistling was
started, with "A Hot Time as the
theme.
Chairman Redwine here showed the
first signs of impatience. Rapping the
table sharply, he said, imploringly:
Gentlemen. how long is this thing
going to last?"
Until we get a vote" came the
response like a Kansas cyclone ana
the crowd stru'A- up I'VE Won't Go
Home Till Morning.
AT 3:45 a delegate came forward with
a proposition to adjourn yohn B.
Thompson and John S. Rhea, Stone
managers and Willard Mitchell. repre-
senting Hardin. had for five hours
been standing together on chairs i'm
mediately in front of the chairman, di-
recting the filibustering.
Chairman Eats Chicken.
They took up the plan with readi-
ness that was full of meaning, for the
strain was telling upon them Just as
an agreement was about reached.
n ai1dl
out, fresh from a conference with his
chief
we object to an adjournment" said
he. This thing must be fought out
here and now"
The filibusters pulled themselves to-
gether for a test of endurance, for
Chairman Redwine had a big package
in front of him from which he had just
drawn piece of fried chicken, re-
fusing to entertain d motion to lay
it on the table,
The disorder continued without in
terruption until after o'clock when
the Goebel men hit upon the plan to
have county chairmen come to the
stage and cast the votes of their dele
gates. This set their frenzied opponents
beside themselves with anger, but the
roll call proceeded, the awful din in
creasing all the while
County chairmen came to the stage
and the clerk had to lean over to very
close range to catch a word that was
said. The Hardin men and MANY
Stone delegates did not vote. After
half an hour of the hardest kind of
work, the ballot was finished and an
nounced as follows: Goebel. 3521a;
Stone, 2611a: Hardin, 81 The chair
ordered another ballot, whereupon
Ollie James, a big-lunged Stone leader
cried:
''All Hardin and Stone men refuse to
vote"
They won't do it, the Goebelites
defiantly, and sure enough
they did not and predictions that has
been made that the weakness of Hardin
and Stone would show itself in the lack
of control over their delegates were
verified. The last ballot. the thirteenth.
resulted: Goebel 32012; Stone, 275;
Hardin. So
BY agreement between the candidates
the convention then adjourned until 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
PAYNE AS CHAIRMAN.