The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-06


lated but his voice was drowned in the
fierce outburst of applause. Mr..
Chairman" he tried again TO say and
was drowned out again, sinking laugh
ingly into his seat.
After fifteen minutes, order was re-
stored. Governor Thomas administer
ed a stern warning to the assemblage,
stating that the convention was here
to do business and that il the specta-
tors interrupted the work by unseen
ly order, the officers of the convention
would be directed to clear the galleries.
NAMING COMMITTEEMAN.
The call of states now began, for
naming the members of the various
committees. This was a tedious work,
covering all the causus selections of
the several states and territories.
When the name of Carter Harrison
was called as the Illinois member of
one of the committees it brought out
a round of cheers and calls for Harri-
son, which for a moment, threatened
to be a repetition of the Hill demon
stration. When Augustus VanWyck
was announced as the New York men,
Der of the platform committee there
was storm of mingled Kisses and
cheers, and another demand for Hill
1t took vigorous play with the gavel
to restore order and allow the call to
proceed.
A delegate from Ohio secured the
attention of the chairman by some vio-
lent gesticulations and then mounting
on his chair as he was recognized,
moved that an invitation be extended
to Mr.. Bryan to visit the convention.
A wild cheer of applause went up be-
fore the chairman had been given time
to hear a second to the motion.
While the cheering over the Bryan
motion was at it's height, the booming
of a brass band was heard a t the south
entrance, and down the aisle in front
of the chairman'S desk, came the band,
which came here with Clark of Mon
tana, and behind it in column of twos
or as nearly as they could keep that
formation, the Jacksonian Club, of Ne
braska. The band was playing Dixie
and the old air received the yell of de-
light which greets it always. The
members of the Jacksonian club had
with them large number of ladies and
as there were no seats for them a
dense throng was soon packed in front
Of the chairman's desk. 1t was i'm
possible for Chairman Thomas to hear
a word uttered four feet from his desk,
but some delegate near him made a
motion to adjourn until 4 o'clock
which was also put and carried amid
confusion so great that not one del
egate in twenty knew to what hour
the adjournment had been taken.
AFTERNOON SESSION NOT HELD
Although the afternoon session Of
the convention was to begin at 4
O'Clock there were not over fifty dele
gates in their seats at that time and
the galleries were not more than half
filled. At the moment the convention
should have opened a small messenger
boy was perched in the chairman's
seat inundating himself with copious
draughts from the chairman's private
stock of ice water. By 4:30 o'clock
about half the various delegations were
in their seats and the band was pound
ing out Rag Time to entertain the
crowd which filled every seat and oc-
cupied every square foot of standing
room outside of the space reserved for
the delegates and alternateS. Chair
man Thomas, warm and perSplrlng,
mounted the rostrum at 4:33 o'clock.
The recess gave chance to the Hill
admirers to crowd about him and for
fully twenty minutes they kept him
from leaving the hall shaking his hand
and congratulating him. When the
convention began re-assembling the
principal point of interest seemed to
be the New York delegation and
around it swarmed the delegates from
other states anxious to see Hill, Gro
er, VanWyck and the other celebri-
ties.
Mr.. Daniels, of North Carolina, was
recognized by the chairman for mo-
ton to adjourn until $50 O'Clock to-
night.
Amid considerable confusion Chair
man Thomas at 4:51 declared the mo-
ton carried.
NIGHT SESSIN.
The scene presented at the night
session of the convention was one OF
brilliancy and beauty. The vast audi
torium was splendidly Illuminated by
great arc lights that cleaned from diz-
zy heights about the hall like huge
stars.
At S:33 o'clock Chairman Thomas
raped the convention to order, al
though considerably less than two
There was considerable expectancy
over the arrival of Senator Hill, but
he failed to put in an appearance.
Pounding vigorously with his gavel
and his efforts in this direction being
also supplemented by Sergeant-At-
Arms Martin 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 sue
ceeded in restoring the convention to
such a state of quietude that his voice
could be heard a hundred feet away.
The convention will now be address
ed by Ex-Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, y
SdlQ the cQdlTHldH
This time his voice carried and
the announcement was greeted with
applause.
Just as Governor Altgeld began to
speak, the tall form of Congressman
Sulzer came stalking through the aisle
1t was his first appearance on the floor
and although the recipient of no ap-
plause, he was cordially greeted by
many of the delegates as he passed
them When he reached the Iowa del.
egation, seated directly in the rear OF
New York, Cato Sells rose to shake
hands with him and instantly there
was a group around the tall New
Yorker, all shaking hands with him
| and patting him on the shoulder. From
| the New York delegation, however
Mr.. Sulzer received no recognition, ne
| handshake, no smile. He took ap
parently as little interest in New Yort
| as New York evinced in him, and al.
| though he nodded Familiarity to several
of the delegates, he spent no time
| with them.
During the early portion of Governor
] Altgeld's address the hum Of conver
sation in the galleries and among the
delegates was so loud that not muci
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