The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-07-05
THE OPENING SESSION
OF The CONVEN TON
Continued From Second Page.)

calls IOr WHICH, lOI d IHUIuSht,
threatened to be repetition of the Hill
demonstration. The names of Governor
Overmeyer Senator Blackburn, George
Fred Williams, w. ]. Stone, also brought
cheers. When Augustus Van Wyck was
announced as the New York member or
the platform committee there was storm
of mingled Kisses and cheers, and another
demand for Hill. Delegates Grady ana
Mallory of New York led in the applause
for Mr. Van Wyck's name. 1t took vigor-
Gus play with the gayel to restore oroer
and allow the call to proceed
After the name of the last committee
man had been given Chairman Ihomas
announced that a motion had been MADE
extending the thanks of the convention
to the lady who had sung The Star
Spangled Banner"
1t was carried.
A delegate from Ohio secured the at
tention of the Chairman by some violent
gesticulations and then mounting on ms
chair as he was recognized, moved that
an invitation be extended to Mr.. Bryan
to visit the convention. A wild cheer
of applause went up before the Chairman
had been given time to hear second to
the motion.
.DIXIEf SETS THEM YELLING.
While the cheering over the Bryan mo-
ton was at it's height, the booming OF a
| brass band was heard at the south en-
| trance. and down the aisle in 'front.' OF
! the Chairman's desk, came the band,
| which came here with Clark, OF Montana.
| And behind it in column OF twoS or DIS
| nearly as they could keep that forma-
! tion the Jacksonian Club of Nebraska.
| The band was playing Dixie and the
| old air received the yell of delight which
| grcets it always. The members OF the
| Jacksonian Club had with them large
| number of ladies and as there were no
| seats for them a dense throDg was soon
hacked 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 delegate near him made a
motion to adjourn until four o'clock, which
was at once put and carried, amid confu-
sion SO great that not one delegate IN
| twenty knew to what hour the adjourn
mert had been taken.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Although the afternoon session OF the
/ convention was to begin at o'clock there
were not over fifty delegates in their
seats at that time and the galleries were
not more than half filled. the mcnent
| the convention should have opened a small
messenger boy was perched in tho cha r.
| mans seat inundating himself with CO.
| pious draughts from the chairmans prl-
vate stock of ice water. By 4:30 about
| half the various delegations were in their
seats and the band was pounding out
rag time" tunes to entertain the crowd
which filed every seat and occupied every
| spare foot of standing room outside of the
/ space reserved for the delegates and al
| ternates Chairman Thomas, warm and
perspiring, mounted the rostrum at 4:33
The recess gave chance to the Hill adj
mirers to crowd about him and for fully
| twenty minutes they kept him from leav-
| ing the hail. shaking his hand and con-
graduating him. When the convention
began reassemblng the principal point
of interest seemed to be the New YORK
delegation and around it swarmed the
| delegates from other States anxious to see
! Hill. Croker Van Wyck and the other
| celebrities.
Chairman Thomas gavel fell, calling
the convention to order at 4:43 p. M. the
| delay being caused by the nom arrival OF
| delegates and the desire on the part OF
/ the convention leaders to afford the COM
.mittees time to prepare their reports.
Despite the continued rapping for order
by the chairman, the convention was
slow in reaching such state of quietude
| as was needed for transaction of bust
| ness.
/ GREETING FROM TAMMANY HALL
When partial order was finally restored
i Charles s. Hampton, of Petoskey, Mich,
4 advanced to the front of the platform,
| h. Dno 4
assembled in Tammany Hall celebrating
the 124th anniversary of the Declaration
of Independence. The dispatch was
| signed by Thomas L. Feitner, Grand
Sachem of Tammany Hall, and was as
follows
Greeting to the Democrats of the ma
ton. Five thousand, Democrats now cele-
brating the 124th anniversary of the Dec
| laration of independence at Tammany
| Hall enunciated 124 years ago today, by
| the immortal Thomas Jefferson. Cloud
applause).
| (Signed) THOMAS l.. FEITNER,
| Grand Sachem."
The reading of the telegram was re-
ceived with tremendous applause, the
| New York delegation leading in the dem
| onstration. 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
! proceeding at once to the other business
| of the convention Josephus Daniels. OF
! North Carolina, was recognized by the
chairman for a motion to adjourn until
| $50 O'Clock tonight.
Amid considerable confusion Chairman
Thomas at 4:51 declared the motion car
| ried.