Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-07-05

a momentary pause in the proceed
ings the name of "Hill' was sounded.
It was quickly caught up, first among
the delegates and then from gallery
to gallery among the spectators, until
the whole multitude had joined in a
noisy demand for the former senator
from New York For fully ten min
utes the enthusiastic demonstration
proceeded, the chairman battling vain
ly against it. Delegates stood on
chairs and Joined in the demand, and
the senator was surrounded by a
shouting crowd of insistent men. He
smiled and shook his head throughout
the demonstration Many of the New
Workers joined in the tribute, but 1t
was noticeable that the immediate fol-
lowing of Mr.. Croker, and the Tam
many leader himself, held their seats
and maintained a stolid composure
throughout the remarkable tribute to
their associate.
THE DEMONSTRATION FOR HILL.
New York's Ex-senator VaiDly En-
denvOred to Suppress 1t.
At last, when the demonstration had
run on for Is minutes, Hill could be
seen rising from his obscure place in
the body of the New York delegation.
He bowed and smiled, and his lips
moved to address the chairman. But
as well might he have addressed Nj
agara, for the waves of tumultuous
sound drowned everything, and he
dropped back in his seat When the
delegates had time to think they be-
gan to ask each other if Hill was to be
the hero of this convention, for an
other such demonstration, at an OPP
perfume time. might carry the conven-
tion off its feet and place him on the
ticket with Bryan, in spite of all con-
trary calculations.
The routine proceedings were quick
ly disposed Of But even in this there
was opportunity to give further tri-
butte to the New Yorker, and when
Judge Van Wyck's name was called
as the New York member of the plat
form committee a tremendous call for
Hill, mingled with Kisses from those
who opposed him, greeted the an
nouncement With the committees APP
pointed there was nothing to do but
await their reports, and the conven-
ton took a recess at 2:30 o'clock until
4. AS the delegates filed out of the hall
they passed around Senator Hill, who
for half an hour was the center of en-
thusiastic personal greeting from indi-
vidual delegates. At o'clock the
committees were not yet ready to re-
port ard another adjournment was
taken until $3.50.
It remained for the night session to
bring the most remarkable demonstra-
ton of the entire day Again the great
structure was invaded by thousands,
and the moving picture took on new
glories of color and animation under
the glare of countless electric lights.
For the first hour the proceedings We're
formal and proftless, but when at the
close of the speech of the permanent
chairman, Richardson, he paid glow
ing tribute to William J. Bryan pande-
monium broke loose and the historic
scene of Bryan's nomination in Chica-
go was repeated, even exceeded, in a
frenzied demonstration lasting fully an
hour. The state standards were wrench
ed from their sockets and, borne aloft,
a battle of supremacy was waged be-
tween standard bearers, urged on by
the deafening applause of the entire
SUOulluSg BeSCiCuldtiHS uulituue-
Outside of the formal proceedings of
the day, interest was centered in the
action of the platform committee. AS
the afternoon became advanced it be-
came known that determined strug-
gle was In progress, involving not only
the question of Incorporating a specific
16 to 1 declaration in the party plat
form, but to some extent involving the
desires of the prospective nominee as
to the terms of the platform. The out
come is awaited with absorbing inter-
est as the chief development of today.