Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-05
THE NIGHT SESSION.
SUFFER- APPEARS = ALTGEI,D
MAKES AN ADDRESS-COM-
MITTEE ON RULES RE-
PORTS


Kansas City. July 1.-The scene pre-
scented at the night session OF the CON
Vention was one of brlliancy and
beauty. The vast auditorium was
splendidly illuminated by great arc
lights that cleaned from dizzy heights
about the hall like huge stars. The
color scheme presented among the in
Vulnerable lights was of unsurpassed
beauty. From every available point
i'll the immense steel superstructure
festoons of the national colors We're
fiuttering gaily in the delightful breeze
that swept through the hall from the
south, tempering pleasantly the heat
of the night.
Banked in the conimodious galleries
which rise in tiers from the space re-
served for delegates and alternates
were thousands of spectators. the cool
attire of the men making n pretty but
not sharp contrast with the more bril-
liant costumes of the ladies. 1t was
notable that nearly every man spccta-
tor was in his shirt sleeves, and the
parti-colored display of shirts was a
spectacle seldom witnessed anywhere
on n scale so vast.
Nearly an hour before the convention
was called to order, the spectators
seats were filled. Hundreds of persons
indeed, had remained IN he hall from
the afternoon session.
AS the delegates slowly assembled
the people in the great amphtheatre
accorded the leaders one after an
other cordial receptions.
CALLED TO ORDER AT $3.50 p. NJ.
At S:33 Chairman Thomas raped the
convention to order, although conSid-
crably less than two-thirds of the del
cgates had arrived. There was consid-
erable expectancy over the arrival of
Senator Ill., but he failed to put in
an appearance.
Pounding vigorously with his gavel
~ off in To-,
ably supplemented by Sergeant-at-
NTmS Martin, who raped n table so
hard that he Winchcd at every blow
as though it had landed upon his own
fingers, Chairman Thomas at last sue
ceeded in restoring the convention TO
such a state of Quietude that his voice
could be heard a hundred feet away.
The convention will now come to
order" he shouted with violence
that threatened an apopletic seizure,
"and pending the coming reports OF
the committee the convention Will lis
ten to an address from Ex-Governor
Altged, of Illinois,
There was still too much confusion
for the name OF the speaker to be in
tclligiblc at any distance. and there was
only mild ripple of applause as Gov
ernor Altgeld mounted the rostrum.
Again by the vigorous use of his gavel,
Chairman Thomas gained largely up
on the noise and then ne again COM
menced:
THE convention will now be adj
dressed by Ex-Governor Altgeld, of I'LL
nois."
This time his voice carried and the
announcement was greeted with ap-
plauSe.
sULZER APPEARS.
Just as Governor Altgeld began to
speak the tall form OF Congressman
Suzcr came stalking through the
nieio 1t WINS. biS fret IN
the floor, and although the recipient of
no applause, he was cordially greeted
by many of the delegates as he pass
ed them. When he reached the Iowa
delegation. seatee directly In the rear
/ of New York. Cato Sells rose to shake
/ hands with him. and instantly there
was Il group around the tall New
Yorker, all shaking hands with him
| and patting him on the shoulder.
! From the New York delegation, now
/ ever, Mr. Sulzer received no recogni-
| ton, no handshake, no smile. He
| took apparently as little interest in
| New York as New York evinced in
| him. ana although he nodded familiar
~ To several of the delegates. he spent
no time with them.
| During the early portion OF Governor
| AltgcldS address the hum of CONVEX
| station in the galleries and among the
| delegates was so loud that not much
! OF what nc said was auuipie, except 10
| those close TO him. The name Of Mark
! Hanna. uttered In accents which did
not imply approval. was the first thing
the crowd at large caught. and al
| though not many knew just what the
missile had been, or whether it had hit
the mark. there was howl of de-
light.
His representations of Democratic
success next fall were the signal Tor
another vocal spasm, and when he de-
clared that u 49, Democrats of the