The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-05
Convention wa. Rowdy.

just DeIOre the demonstration over MT.
Hill began, Delegate Joshua w. Miles,
former congressman from Maryland, ad-
vanced toward the platform occupied by
the presiding officer, waving the Mary
land standard. There was SO much noise
throughout the hall that he could noe be
heard four feet away from where he
Stood He said he had risen to move the
thanks of the convention to the young
lady who had so moved the convention
by her rendition of a song, which had
been written by a Maryland patriot The
motion was announced in Mr. Miles most
energetic manner but ii was not heard by
a single delegate and the presiding officer
found no opportunity 10 submit IL. When,
after fifteen minutes. order was restored,
Gov. Thomas administered stern warn
ing to the assemblage, stating that the
convention was here TO do business and
that if the spectators interrupted the
work by unseemly disorder, the officers
of the convention would be directed to
clear the galleries.
The call of states now began. for NAM
ing the members Of the various commit
tees. This was a tedious work. covering
all the caucus selections of the several
states and territories. When the name of
Garter Harrison was called the Illinois
member of one of he committe the con-
vention broke out in round of cheers
aud calls for Harrison which for mo-
ment threatened to be a repetition of the
Hill demonstration. The names of Gov.
Overmeyer, Senator Blackburn, George
Fred Williams. and w. j. Stone also
brought cheers. When Augustus Van
Wyek was announced as the New York
member of the Platform Committee It
was amid storm of mingled Kisses and
cheers. and another demand for Hill Del
egates Grady and Mallory of New York
lea in the applause for Van Wyck's rame.
1t took vigorous play with the gavel TO
restore order and allow the call to pro-
coed.
After the name of the last committee
man had been given, Chairman Thomas
announced that a molten had been made
extending the thanks of the convention
to the lady who had sung the Star SPAN
gled Banner" 1t was carried.
A delegate from Ohio secured the at
tentiou of the chairman by some violent
gesticulations, and then mounting on his
chair as he was recognized. moved that
an invitation be extended to Mr.. Bryan to
visit the convention wild cheer of APP
plause went up before the chairman had
been given time to hear second to the
motion.
While the cheering over the Bryan mo-
ton was at its hight, the booming OF a
| brass band was heard at the south en-
trance, and down the aisle in front of the
chairmans desk came the band, which
came here with Clark of Montana. And
behind it in columns of twos, or as nearly
as they could keep that formation, march
ed the JaCksonian Club of Nebraska. The
band was playing "Dixie," and the cd
air received the yell OF delight which al
ways sreets it. The members of the
Jacksonian Club had with them large
number of ladies'. and as there were no
seats for them, dense throng was soon
packed in front of the chairman's desk.
1t was impossible for Chairman Thomas
to hear a word uttered four feet from his
desk, but some delegates near him made
motion to adjourn until o'clock, which
was a. once put and carried amid confu-
sion so great that not one delegate In
twenty knew to what hour the adjourn
ment had been taken.
Drank the Chairman's Water.
Although the afternoon session of the
convention was to begin a o'clock. there
were not over fifty delegates In their seats
at that time, and the galleries were not
more than half filled. At the moment the
convention should have opened a small
messenger boy was perched in the chair
mans seat inundating himself with CO.
pious draughts from the chairman's pri-
Vate stock of water.
BY 4:30 o'clock about half the various
{ ueleSdilOhS were III tHGD seats, ana the
band was pounding out rag-time to enter
tain the crowd, which filed every seat and
| occupied every square foot of standing
room outside of the space reserved for the
delegates and alternates. Chairman
Thomas, warm aud perspiring mounted
the rostrum at ABS o'clock. The recess
gave a chance to the Hill admirers to
crowd about him. and for fully twenty
minutes they kept him from leaving the
ha1l =hak f1ar &c han TIM,
him. When the convention began reas-
sembling the principal point of interest
seemed 10 be the New York delegation, and
around it swarmed the delegates from
other states, anxious to see Hill, Croker,
VanWyck and the other celebrities.
Called to Order Late.
Chairman Thomas gaveI fell. calling
the convention TO order at 443 o'clock.
the delay being caused by the non-arri-
| val of delegates and the desire on the
! part of the convention leaders 10 afford
| the committee time to prepare their re-
| ports. Despite the continued rapping for
| order by the chairman, the convention
was slow in reaching such state of
quietude as was needed for the trans
| action of business.
When partial order was finally re-
stored, Charles S. Hampton of Petoskey,
Mich, advanced 40 the front of the plat
| form and read a telegram from the
! Democrats assembled in Tammany Hall
celebrating the 1Ath anniversary of the
/ Declaration of independence. The dis
patch was signed by Thomas l.. Feitner,
grand sachem of Tammany Hall, and
was a follows:
Greeting TO the Democrats of the ma
ton: Five thousand Democrats now cele-
| brating the one hundred and twenty
fourth anniversary of the Declaration Of
independence az Tammany Hall want to
join you in hoping for a vindication of
the principles enunciated 124 years ago
to-day by the immoratl Thomas Jeffer-
son. Thomas L. Feitner,
Grand Sachem."
The reading of the telegram was receiy-
ed with tremendous applause, the New
York delegation leading in the demons ra-
ton Chairman Thomas announced that
the Committee on Credentials was not
ready yet to report.
Instead of following the programme that
previously had been arranged and pro-
ceeding at once to the other business of
the convention. Josephus DAM Is of North
Carolina was recognized by the chairman
for motion to adjourn until $50 O'Clock
tonight.
Amid considerable confusion, Chairman
Thomas. at 4:51 o'clock declared the mo-
ton carried.
THE NIGHT SESSION.
Chairman Had Great Difficulty in