The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-05

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Chairman Thomas gavel fell, calling
I the convention to order at 4:43, the de-
lay being caused by the non-arrival of
! the delegates and the desire on the part
| OF the convention leaders to afford the
committees time to prepare their reports.
| despite the continued rapping for order
| by the chairman, the convention was
| SLOW In reaching such a state of quietude
as would admit of the transaction of
| business
When party order was finally restored,
CHARLES 5. Hampton, of Petosky, Mich,
advanced to the front of the platform
ana read telegram from the Demo-
Gratis assembled in Tammany Hall, cele-
brating the 124th anniversary of the
Declaration of independence.
Inc reading of the telegram was re-
| ceived with tremendous applause, the
| New York delegates leading in the demon
! stration
Chairman Thomas announced that the
committee On credentials was not yet
ready to report. Instead of following
the programme that previously had been
arranged, and proceeding at once to the
other business of the convention. joseph
Daniels, of North Carolina, was lecog-
nized by the chairman for action to adj
Journ until $3.50 o'clock tonight.
NIGHT SCENE.
The scene presented at the night ses-
sion Of the convention was one of bril-
hancy 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 innumera-
bic lights was Of unsurpassed beauty
From every available part of the super
structure festoonS of the national colors
were fiuttering gaily in the delightful
breeze that swept through the hall from
the south tempering pleasantly the heat
of the night
Banked in the commodious 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 a pretty, but not sharp
contrast with the more brilliant costumes
of the ladies.
1t was notable that nearly every male
spectator was in his shirt sleeves and
the parti-color display of outing shirts
was a spectacle seldom witnessed any
where on a scale so vast.
The incessant waving of FANS many
of them of bright colors. gave an OBJ
server the impression Of thousands of
butterflies lowering over the audience.
The constant shuffling of feet and con-
tinuous hum of conversation sounded
like the roar of surf breaking upon a
rocky coast.
Nearly an hour before the convention
was called to order the spectators seats
were filled. Hundreds of persons indeed
had remained in the hall from the after
noon session. AS the delegates slowly
assembled the people in the great ampi-
theater accorded the leaders one after
another cordial receptions.
Far up in the gallery next the roof
the gallery that overhangs the main au-
ID 1raIfs
upon the scene below presenting a curl
Gus picture. The audience was thorough
ly good-natured. 1t was enjoying itself
in a way perhaps it never before had en-
joyed itself.
CALLED TO ORDER.
At S:33 Chairman Thomas raped the
convention to order although consider
ably less than two-thirds of the dele
gates had arrived. There was consid-
cradle expectancy over the arrival of
Senator Hilf but he failed to put in an
appearance.
Notwithstanding the small number of
delegates present 1t seemed to require
for them a wholly disproportionate
amount of time to come to order as COM
pared with the two preceding sessions.
Pounding vigorously with his gavel, and ?
his efforts in this direction being ably
supplemented by Sergeant-at-Arms Mar
tin, who raped a table so hard that he
WINGED at every blow, as though it had
landed upon his own fingers, Chairman
Thomas at last succeeded in reducing the
convention to such a state of quietude
that his voice could be heard a hundred
feet away.
1.-The convention will now come to or
DER he shouted, with a violence that
threatened an apopletic seizure, land
pending the coming report of the COM
INIT ha will ictpD 70 in
address from eX-Gov. Altgeld, of nli-
nois."
There was too much confusion for the
name of the speaker to be ineligible at
any distance, and there was only mild
ripple of applause as Gov. Altgeld
mounted the rostrum. Again, by the
vigorous use of his gavel, Chairman
Thomas gained largely upon the noise,
and then he again commenced:
1.-The convention will now be addressed
by eX-Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois,
This time his voice carried, and the
announcement was greeted with ap-
plauSe.
MR.. SULZER ENTERS
Just as Gov Altgeld began to speak the
tall form of Congressman Sulzer came
stalking through the aisle. 1t was his
first appearance upon the floor, and al
though the recipient of no applause he
was cordially greeted by many of the
delegates as he passed them. When he
reached the Iowa delegation, seated di-
rectly In the rear of New York, Cato
Sells rose to shake hands with him, and
instantly there was group around the
tall New Yorker, all shaking hands with
him and patting him on the shoulders.
From the New York delegation, however,
Mr.. Sulzer received no recognition, no
handshake, no smile. He took apparent
ly as little interest in New York as New
York evinced in him, and although he
nodded Familiarity to several of the dele
gates he spent no time with them.
During the early portion Of Gov. Alt
geld's address the hum of conversation
in the galleries and among the delegates
was so loud that not much of what he
said was audible except to 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 although not many knew
just what the missile had been, or wheth-
er it had hit the mark, there was a howl
of delight
His representations of Democratic
success next fall were the signal for an
other vocal spasm, and he de-
clared that If the Democrats of the coun-
try had not sufficient confidence in their
delegates to entruSt the cause of Democ-
racy to them, they would not have sent
them here to nominate a candidate for
the presidency.
This, coming from man of Mr.. Alt
geld's known attitude upon the silver
question, was taken by the Is to / advo-
Gates as a direct championship of their
cause, and they were on their feet In an
instant, shouting and waving hats and
pra