The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-05
HOOKING UP THE "DEM. DONKEY"
of Minneapolis Journal

small man to hold aloft in q crowd of ,strue
Cling, pushing men, and the Tammany crow
was nearly ready to drop.
THERE WE'RE THOUSANDS.
Convention hall was again besieged toda,
by eager and excited Thousands, and lon
before the time set for opening the secon
days proceedings of the convention all q
the streets approaching the building wer
soi1dly massed with humanity. moving for
| ward to the many entrances. Expectanc
was at high pitch. as 1t was UNIVERSAL,
felt that the day had in store the grea
! events OF the convention.
BY 10 o'clock, 80 minutes before the tim
! set for the opening Of the convention, near
| " every seat In the gallery was occupied
| The delegates were much more deliberate
| and came in slowly.
The word had gotten abroad that ther,
would be fight on the floor over the adop
| tion OF the platform, and anticipating
session which would be long and hard aftel
1t had once begun, they preferred to com,
| only at the last minute. that their stay IL
! the crowded hall might be made no Longer
| than necessary.
Hill, and on two occasions when a bald
headed man came through the door leading
| to the delegates seats, they set up the cry
i OF "Hill, which had proved 80 sensational
| feature at both sessions yesterday.
The senator, however, was one of the last
The police arrangements of the hall were
decided improvement over those that
| characterized the opening of the convention
| yesterday. During the sessions on Wednes-
day dense crowds of spectators were allow
| ed to congregate In front of the speaker
stand In front of the press seats, and up
and down the aisles.
These at times were SO densely packed
that 1t was impossible to pass through them
at all. These people were also largely re-
sponsible for the confusion that made 1t
utterly impossible during the greater part
of the sessions yesterday for the voice OF
any man to be heard ten feet from the
rostrum.
LOCAL POLICE ASSERT.
Today a swarm of the local police was on
hand and they started in well by promptly
hustling down the passageways all persons
who were not decorated with the proper
credentials In the shape Of badges.
When the delegates began to put in an ap-
pearsnce they came In streams, and the
space reserved for them filled up with great
rapidity. At 1890, the time set for the
opening Of the convention. two-thirds Of
them were seated and the remainder were
in the hall or crowding through the doors.
The number of handsomely gewned women
around the speakers stand was even greater
than yesterday. and, with their bright col
ored dresses, ribbons and futtering fans,
they formed q charming background for the
high of1cials Of the party, who occupied
!, seats directly in front Of them.
The old familiar tunes, played by the
bands in the galleries, brought forth the
old familiar yells from the crowd. Az usual.
Dixie and "A Hot Time" were played re-
peatedly and cheered enthusiastically
The arrival Of Richard Croker called forth
a few cheers from the galleries, and, a.
usual, when . Tammany man shows up,
there was the cry Of ''Hill,' just to remind
him that there are Others"
The audience began to manifest signs OF
impatience as the time went by for calling
the convention to order, and the officials
made no motion to proceed. The hum of
the multitudes increased to q dull roar
The aisles were jammed and the area In
= shuming mass Of delegates, ofacials and
subordinates.
Many OF the well-known leaders went to
the platform to confer on the status Of
the conventions business; White, Of Cali
fornia; slayden. of Texas; Cable, Of Illi-.
nois: McCreary. Of xentucky. The band
labored incessantly 20 elfset the confus-
ion. and the medley Of patriotic airs served
to keep the crowd In good humor, and
maintain the patriotic fervor
When the Texans raised to the top Of
their standard the huge horns Of Texas
steer. surmounted by the legend, Texas
gives 100000 majority" there was q roof
to Texas Democracy.
CHEERS FOR GOV. BECKHAM.
Gov. Beckham, Of Kentucky. was given
an enthusiastic reception as he came in,
large number Of delegates crowding around
At n o'clock the slender figure of
Chairman Richardson doomed up above the
platform asDemblago. He svung tho eayel
Justify o1d oooyo tho 0in fAintly eou1d -