The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-06
SESSION IN tue AFTERNOON.
Was Marked by Succession OF
Frantic Demonstrations.


Convention Hall, Kansas City, July s.
Although the time between the adjourn
ment Of the morning session and that set
for the opening of the afternoon was over
two hours, at no time were the galleries of
the great hall more than one-thlrd emp
tied. Thousands Of people sat out the
adjournment, being determined to miss no
part of the excitement
BY $3.50 O'Clock nearly all of the delegates
were ready for business and waiting the
arrival of Chairman Richardson, who was
a tribe slow in making his appearance.
The delegates seemed anxious to get to
work and complete the business of the
convention, and when at 1913 O'Clock, the
chairman made his appearance. there was
a ripple of applause. Many of the dele
gates had come prepared for the nomina
ton of Mr.. Bryan. Dozens of them car
ried small flags and numerous plumes of
bright colored pampas grass were visible
on various parts of the floor
The crowd by $40 o'clock was the great
est that had attended any session of the
convention. The gatekeepers were for
once rather lax in denying admission TO
people, and there were hundreds who had
no tickets of admission who were allowed
TO enter the building. They sWarmed in
upon the floor until it seemed impossible
that there could be room for one more.
AT S;46 o'clock Senator Hill of New York,
who had been absent from the two preced-
Ing sessions, came through the delegates
door by himself. He was not recognized
at first and had nearly reached his seat
when the cry of Hill" Hill! broke
forth. 1t was coupled with considerable
applause, but the demonstration in honor
he tor ner
degrees the warmth shown yesterday at
ternoon and this morning when he was abb
sent.
Jones Presented Platform.
1t was not until o'clock that Chair
man Richardson, tuning from a confer
ence with Gov. Mcmillan and Senator
White. picked UP the gavel and brought
the convention to order. The platform
committee, headed by Senator Jones, ID.
J. campa1 Senator Tillman and Judge
Van Wyck, had just pushed their way
through the dense throng and had taken
seats fianking the platform Mr. Richard
son appealed long and vainly for order
The portly form Of Senator Jones sill
ver-haired and serious. advanced to the
front Of the sage. He held a roll of man
uscript in his hands. But it was useless
to talk against such a tumult, and he
dropped back in his seat until order was
and Mr.. Jones, in a clear voice, announc-
ed:
Il am authorized by the Committee on
Resolutions TO present the platform agreed
upon, and I will yield to the Senator from
South Carolina, Mr.. Tillman, to read the
document
Was Read by T1IIman.
Mr.. Tillman now stepped to the front
ana was greeted with cheer. He read
the platform in fun, round voice, easily
heard throughout the hall.
As he proceeded, each plank was greet
ed with applause. The Senator acoornpan-
led his reading with emphatic gestures,
striding up and down the platform, turn
ing this way and that, after his manner
IN the Senate. There was a howl Of an
proval as he clenehed his fist and hercelv
arraigned the course of the administration
in Cuba.
But it remained for his reading of the
declaration that imperialism is the para
mount issue of this campaign" to evoke a
storm of applause. The delegates sprang
20 thelr feet standing on their chairs
waving hats, handkerchiefs, umbrellas
nags, while the galleries took up the cho
rus and carried it along for manv min
utes- Senator Hill could be seen marshal
ing the hosts to cheer. He held a fan high
above his head and added his voice to tho
shouting. ~"
A second time Senator Tfllrnap raaa
this declarationf and now even greater
demonstration than before carried tho
convention off its feet. Suddenly. bun-
dreds. then thousands, of rniniature
american hags were passed among the
delegates, and the whole floor Of the vast
structure became a sea of flags. An in
slant later the flags swept over the cal
ieses like mass of fame. Bundles NJ
them were tossed upon the seats and die
tributed. The scene was magni6centI,,
inspiring, and the great audience was
worked up TO a fever heat On each FAC
was the device THE Constitution ana
the flag are inseparable now and for
ever The flag of the republic forever. of
an empire never"
Was Great Demonstration.
While the demonstration was at IT'S
hight, the band sent another thrill
through the audience by playing Dixie"
ard medley of patriotic. airs State
standards were again torn from their
sockets. banners were raised and a tri-
umphai procession of the delegates
marched about the hall Now the strains
Of the band turned to My Country IT'S
of Thee" at which the entire audience
as with single voice, Joined in a mighty
and swelling chorus. Amid she billow-
ing flags could be seen tall standard
bearing the inscription. "Forcible annex
alton would be criminal aggression, VIII
liam Mckinley"
II was al this iuncture that the climax
was sprung upon the great assembly A
huge flag had been flung across the roof
between two trusses, end as the signal
was given, the cords were cut and slowly
II unrolled its white and crimson folds as
& fell gracefully and swung over the plat
form slightly 10 the rear and south OF the
Speakers desk. The banner was an enor-
nous affair, being fully nifty feet long and
about one-half as wide. Upon the white
stripes were the printed sentences in large
letters of blue:
constitutional governments derive
their just powers from the consent Of the
governed" 90
THE constitution and the flag. one and
inseparab,e, now and forever"
The flag OF a republic forever Of an
empire, never"
"a republic can have no colonies"
To the vast majority Of those in the
hall the flag was an unexpected incident
and It's appearance was the signal for a
frantic roar which caused everything that
had gone before il 10 sink into insignlf-
canoe. For full TWO minutes the CORDS OF
the hag caught and would not permit II
90 fall TO its full length. IT was caught
up just enough TO prevent the convention
from reading the inscriptions upon the
banner, and until they were released and
the banner swung free, the enthusiasm
Increased every second. When finally
CyelV word was visible there WAS ~