Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-06
CONVENTION DETAILS.
thursdays Features We're Adoption Of Platform,
and Nomination Of Bryan.

Kansas City. Mo. July 5-Thc CON
vention hall was again beseged. today
by eager and excited thousands. ana
long before the time set for opening the
second days proceedings Of the Demo
cratic convention, all of the great
streets approaching the building were
solidly masscd with humanity moving
forward to the many entrances. En-
pcctancy was at high pitch. as it was
universally felt that the day has in
store the great events Of the conycn-
ton.
by 10 o'clock, 80 minutes before the
time set for the opening of the convcn-
ton, nearly every seat III the galleries
was oCcunicd.
The delegates Were much more DELHI
crate and came in slowly The word
had gotten abroad that there would be
a fight on the floor over the adoption
Of the platform and anticipating a scs-
sion which would be long ana hard
after it had once begun they preferred
to come only at the last minute that
their stay in the crowded hall might be
made no longer than necessary. The
crowd was anxious to see Senator Hill
and on two occasions when a bald
headed man came through the door
leading to the delegates seats. they set
up the cry Of Hill" which had proved
SO sensational at all sessions. ycst"r-
day. The senator. however. was one
of the last of. the New York delegates
to arrive.
The police arrangements Of the hall
We're a decided Improvement over those
| that characterized the opening Of the
convention. yesterday. During the ses-
sions on Wednesday, dense crowds Of
spectators We're allowed to cOngrpgatc
in front of the speakers stand in front
| of the press seats and up and down the
aisleS. These We're at times 50 dcnseIy
! packed that it was Impossible t. pass
| through them all. The people were also
| largely responsible for the confusion
| that made it utterly impossible. during
| the greater part of the sessions yes
| tcrday. for the voice of any man to be
heard 10 feet away from the rostrum.
| Today. a swarm Of local police was on
| hand and they started in well. by
promptly hustling down the passage
ways all persons who had no badge
once the delegates began to put in an
| appearance they came in streams and
the space reserved for them filled IN
with great rapidity.
At 1890, the time set for opening Of
the convention. two-thirds of those
were seated and the remainder were in
the hall or crowding through the doors
The number of handsomely gowned
women around the speakers stand was
even greater than yesterday. The old
familiar tunes. played by the bands in
| the trg1lpripS hr,rUbt h, Il g..
miiar yell from the crowd. AS usual
! Dixie" and "A Hot Time" were played
repeatedly and cheered enthusiastically
The arrival of Richard Croker called
for the few cheers from the galleries
and. as usual. when Tammany man
showed up. there was the cry of Hill .
just to remind him that there are
| others
| The audience began to manifest signs
of impotence as the time went by for
calling the convention to order. and the
| officials made no motion to proceed
The hum of the multitude increased
| with n dull roar The aisles were
damned and the area in front of the
platform was choked with q shutting
mass of people. Many of the we'll
| known leaders went to the platform TO
confer on the status of the convention :
business. White of California. Sladon
of Texas. Gable of Illinois, McCreary of
Kentucky.
The band labored necessarily to offset
the confuson and the medley Of patri-
Otto airs served to keen the crowd in
good humor and maintain patriotic fer
vor. When the Texans reached the
convention hall the top of their stan
dard bore the huge horns of Il Texae
steer surmounted by the legend 'Texa-
gives POO 600 majority" there was Roof
cracking shout and an enthusiastic
| tribute to Texas Democracy.
' Gov Beckham of Kentucky. was