New-York tribune., 1900-07-05

minutes the applause and disorder continued. the
steady rap Of the gavel having effect Each
time a State standard pulled UP and
waved the applause began anew. After his first
bow TO the audience Hill kept his seat, but he
could disguise his qualification the reception
given to him. Friends urged him to take the plat
form. but he kept shaking his head. On the plat
form the chairman and the sergeant-at-arms tried
in vain to get order.
Finally. Hill. hoping to stem the torrents Of ap-
plause. rose. Then the delegates and the crowd
howled themselves hoarse. Hill" Platform" :"
they screamed. Mr.. Chairman" he calculated
but his voice drowned in the outburst OF ap-
plause. Mr.. Chairman he tried again say
and then. drowned again. sank laughing into
his seat.
When order was restored Governor Thomas ad-
minstered stern warning to the assemblage.
saying that the Convention was here TO do bust
ness. that II the spectators interrupted the
work by unseemly disorder the officers would be
directed to clear the galleries.
CHEERS AND KISSES FOR VAN WICK
The call Of States began for naming the
members Of the various committees. This
tedious work. covering all the caucus selections Of
the States and Territories When the of
Carter Harrison was called as the Illinois member
of one Of the committees. 1t brought out round
of cheers and calls for Harrison. which for a mo-
ment threatened to be repetition of the Hill dem
onstraton. The names of Governor Overmeyer,
Senator Blackburn. George Fred Williams and W.
J. Stone also received cheers. When Augustus
Van Wyck was announced the New-York MEM
ber OF the Platform Committee there a storm
of mingled Kisses and cheers and another demand
for Hill. Delegates Grady and Maoy, of New
York. led in the applause for Mr.. Van Wyck's
name. 1t took vigorous work with the gavel 10
restore order and allow the call to proceed.
After the name of the last committeeman had
been given Chairman Thomas announced that
motion had been made extending the thanks of
the Convention TO the woman who sang THE Star
SDanRled Banner" carried.
A delegate from Ohio secured the attention OF
the chairman by some violent gesticulations. and
then, mounting his chair as he was recognized.
moved that invitation be extended 10 Mr.. Bryan
10 visit the Convention. A wild cheer went up be-
fore the chairman had time to hear the motion
seconded. While the cheering the Bryan
motion at it's height the music of brass
band was heard at the south entrance, and down
the aisle In front of the chairmans desk marched
the band which came here with W. A Clark, of
Montana. and behind It in columns of twos. as
nearly as they could keep that formation, the
Jacksonian Club Of Nebraska. The band was
playing Dixie" and the old air received the yell
of delight which greets It always. The members
OF the Jacksonian Club had with them large
number OF women, and as there were no seats for
them a dense throng soon packed in front or
the chairman's desA.
II was impossible for Chairman Thomas to hear
a word uttered four feet from his desk, but some
delegate near him made motion 10 adjourn
until o'clock which at put and carried
amid confusion so great that not one delegate In
twenty knew TO hour the adjournment had
been taken.