The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-05

the name Of the speaker to be Ineligible
az a distance. and there was only a mild
ripple OF applause as Governor Altgeld
mounted noun the rostruIn., Again. By the Wig
gained largely upon the noise. and then he
again commenced: THE convention will
now be addressed by former Governor Alt
Seid or Illinois" This time his voice car
rled. ana the announcement was greeted
with applause.
Governor AItgeid Speaks.
Just as Governor Altgeld began TO speak
the tall form Of Congressman Sulze- came
staihing through the aisle Il was his first
appearance upon the floor, and. although
lhe recipient OF 70 applause. he was cor
uIaiiy greeted by many OF the delegates as
ne passed them. When he reached the Iowa
aeicsation, seated directly in the rear OF
with him and instantly there was a group
AROUND the tail New Yorker, all shaking
hahds with him and pattins him on the
From the New York delegation. however,
AR. Suizer received no recognition. no
hands make. no smile. He took apparently
evineed In him. and, although he nodded
iamiiiarly to several Of the delegates, he
spent no time with them
During the early portion OF Governor Alt
gelds address the hum of conversation in
the galleries ard among the delegates was
SO i0ud 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
thlng the crowd at large caught. and, al
though not many knew just what the mis-
siie had been, or whether II had hit the
marx. there was howl of delight.
Hls prosnoStication of Democratic sue
cess next fall was the signal for another
vocal spasnl, and when he declared that IL
me democrats OF the country had rot suf-
ncient confidence in their delegates to in
trust the cause uf Democracy to them they
would not have sent them here to nominate
q candidate for the presidency, this. COM
ing from a man of Mr.. Altgeid's known at
utuds upon the situation. was taken by the
10 10 l advocates as direct championship
o. their cause. and they were on their feet
IN an instant. shouting and waving hats
siasm.
So loud vas the cheering that the speak
er was compelled to suspend his remarks IN
III The uprOar had sTbsided. IL came again
In minute. however. when he declared
that any modification OF the Chicago pat
form would place the Democratic party in a
riciculouS position before the American
people Again his voice was drowned for
a fuii minute while the advocates of l6 to
beyond the walls.
The anti-16-to-1 people took their innings
N another minute when he spoke favorably
cries aae Of Fa %o 9! p 20 and there were loud
The speaker unwittingiy touched off a
. .Line ny usihg the expression. in discussing
the silver question. Now, nv friend Hill -
That was as far as he got. for several min
utes The name of Hill again started the
upfoar that had marked the first session %
the convention. =
From all sides Of the hail. and particl-
loud cries of "Hiili Hill." Mingled with
the calls for the New Yorker came Kisses In
the gavel, all senblance of order was lost
anc nothing could be heard save the calls
OF "Hill"' and the disappearing Kisses. The
pand In the gallery struck up a lively air.
but as soon as IL subsidized the uproar was
as great as ever. The California deiega-
ion ion was prominent in calling for Senator
1t was not possible for Governor Altgeld
10 continue Immediately, and. as the Com
port. Governor Altgeld discontinued his ad-
dress and left the platform.
The report OF the Committee on Rules
was read and adopted. 1t is as follows:
Rules and Order of Business.
Resolved. That the rules Of the last
Democratic National Convention, including
the rules OF the House Of Representatives.
plicatie. be the rules OF this convention
The order of business shall be:
Il Report of Committee on Credentials.
Organization.
''3. Report Of Committee on Resolutions
-. Presentation and selection o. candi-
date for President of the United States
candidate for Vice President
Report ON Credentials.
The report Of the Committee on Creden-
tials seating Mark Cohen and p. f. Nc
Cabe in the New York delegation. the
Clark delegation In Montana and giving
one-half vote to each delegation In Okla
homa was read. A minority report dissent
ing from the decision in the Oklahoma case
was presented.
There was some objection made by Muir
ray Vandiver from Maryland. to the COM
mittee taking no action in the, District OF
Columbia case. The chairman Of the COM
mittee. Mr.. Campau. answered that there
was nc cause to act in the District of Co.
lumbia because 1t settled by the Ma
tional Committee. After some desultory
debate the chair put the motion TO adopt
the committees report.
Mr. Vardiver asked that he be allowed TO
present his views. and was given the plat
form After brief speech. Mr.. Nandiver
moved to recomnit that part of the report
of the committee. The motion was lost
The report OF the committee then was
adopted as presented. without further de-
bate
Chairman Thomas then called for the
eanizaticn. When II was announced that
J. D. Richardson of Tennessee had been Sc
lected as permanent chairman, cheers swept
over the great audience.
your Committee on Permanent OrganiZa-
ton respectfully recommends that Honor
able John h. Richardson OF Tennessee be
made permanent chairman Of the conven-
ton.
ut Is further recommended that the tenn
porary secretary. assistant secretaries, ser
geants-at-arms, reading clerks, special If
ficers and medical officers be made the
permanent officers OF this convention. and
In addition that Honorable Lincoln Dixon
of Indiana. Honorable Jefferson Pollard OF
Missouri. Honorable William Cromwell OF
Kentucky and Honorable W. F. a. Ber-
manner OF Illinois be recommended as as
Your committee further recommends to