New-York tribune., 1900-07-05
FIRST DAYS SESSION.
DETAILED PROCEEDINGS OF
AANSAS CITY CONVENTION.
"a GREAT DEMONSTRATION FOR HILL
SPEECH OF GOVERNOR THOMAS AS
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.

al Convention called to order at R02 O'Clock
by Senator Jones' OF Arkansas. chairman OF the Ma
Tional Committee. Sergeant-at-Arms Martin ad-
fvanced the front Of the platform and urged the
crowds take seats. Great disorder prevailed the
taIsles were jammed with Il shifting, noisy crowd
iof subordinate officials and intruders, aud II took
come time 10 secure quiet The first business of
the Convention was the reading Of the formal call
by Secretary Walsh.
The Rev. Dr. s. N. Neel. pastor of the Central
Presbyterian Church, of Kansas City, offered
prayer follows;
Almighty God, God Of our fathers, we aeknowl;
edge Thee to be God. Our Nation founded
protected and guided US in the past Thy goodness
a eaS maqe & US great We & sun 6eSogniz9 % Ihee & as
iPefdent upon Thee We look TO Thee. Our hope is
Into all truth May we never, as Nation. forget
of this Convention Nav they be men who fear
Sod God and work righteousness and be accepted Of
The 6sIo5 f ma is ar Toq V ba art moving aGns mons
ee 70 oI,T ftI,r Ioi3 tf ooIiT Iif 70 q Ct t1ISIs SIS
Eby Thy spirit. that we may have the power Of
I,T-1tslon 10 discern between right and wrong. As
Thou Thou HI hast & guided us in the past we hum6ly ask
from me oIence ol approaching Thee only TO have
our views ratified. May come in all sincerity
der clear our iIdgmentS save rs TOE H tb rT en-
The viii Of God as, expressed in the voice Of ali
counis Nay The principles T Of the hTGeaIGeg Godeg
G9,e prevail may truth Justice equality and lib
'eitSg tg9 pf E9 EllgeG VII, WIN Jealous, care
-ban o5d o% oG Ca AmiGhy IN. make bare Thy arm Be
be done on earth as it Is in beaVa cI5e W ny VII VII
shame Of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Amen
Gentlemen will please be in order" said Chair
man Jones, as the hustle again broke loose after
the prayer We must have quiet on the floor
Gentlemen OF the Convention I have the honor TO
present to You the Democratic Mayor Of Kansas
City, James A. Reed
WELCOMED BY MAYOR REED.
A shout Of applause went up as the slender form
p1 MI Reed came TO the front of the platform. He
SPOKE deliberately and with a clear resonant voice
thai easily penetrated to every corner of the hall
His address follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: To well
come come this his splendid body of patriots is a suffcient
parts Of this. the greatest country on earth: YOU
cone COTE 10 represent the Democracy Of the world-a
That IS the crystalzed protest OF all the ages
first enuncaton Of ssVerS and as as ancant 0c as the
me earliest dreams Of liberty that ever glorihed
the horizon Of the human sou. CApplause) Wher-
ever human hearts have longed for equality wher-
wherever eyes nave swept the skies Of tyranny
5D 4nG looked for star Of hope there has been a
source Of Democracy are lost amid the ruins Of
Through The centuries has been reddened with T6p
blood OF martyrs lighted with the ghastiy fame
OF funeral pyres, and has echoed with the shouts
of patriots contendng for human rights.
flood promising life and liberty and happiness to
al a. mankind lApplauSe) The history Of Democ-
a battle that began when first oppressed his
the IN the rch a Of @Hd oTTy Tya vas s Fhte 99 the we 55
tts records craven on the rocks Of ancient monu-
mentsi in pictured stories of revolts of slaves. We
hear It's voice out Of the night Of time We see
liberty and hope u
STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY.
i has been the dream of poets philosophers
EJatesmen and sages, and in every condition and
yersal man To gain the boon of liberty millions
orms aye oeBd df up {hS f lives IL In d vile the
in prison walls Instruments Of torture have torn
were fouFhf i 6G1 aong g keI T5sS Of A0a6s 6n5Ss
e5s 9e R95seS % of sTtzer9nd la in Frances fertile
frozen peaks above the clouds. this our fathers
the Wilderness temple devoted to human liberty
aIts P6eIes P6 IIer ~ hesGtS 3Iood on this SACRED
Ines ard their honor; the ghastly fields from
their lives until the last vestige Of BRUSH tyranny 3I
nae been driven from shores the stars
And when they had builded this structure, when
people, their children. the generation that is here
t6-daymthey they warned them. if they would preserve
them that great aggregations Of armed men were
when they had emerged from the the smoke m ' of the
great conflict that gave US life and hope. to avoid
these great men, the very colossus amid the giants
Dernoaracy the man who braVed ali TO stand on
-. 0FdzQn OF liberty the one nan whose heart beat
Thomas Jefferson, patron saint of his country.
member that it was Thomas Jefferson who said:
- hope the day is not far distant when merid-
lanai partition VIII be drawn through the ocean
on the hither side Of which foreign gun will ever
(Great applause and cheering) And when we
speak Of this theme, ana remember his expan-
thar this splendid hall rests upon the ground that
leved in an expansion that meant homes for Amer
he gave us Missouri. that raises as good men and
ter quality Of Democrats Than an pace else Rnd
now told that must abandon old princi-
that the coRstuo is osoet and 14h the o1 1eceas geas
1ion Of Independence is outgrown.
LIVING UP TO OLD IDEALS.
am not here to discuss these questions but
we have followed these old IDEAS we have con-
9uersed forest and stream the terra inGognta Of
his cottage or his palace. Let US remember that
stand aside and view the marvel From thpees
millions Of people to eighty millions Of people;
land that to-day is kissed by the waves OF both
oceans and during all this period we have lived up
Ny fellow citizens. my fellow Democrats. let me
IS not satisfied with the achieyements of the past?
Let me say to you If you will bur keep the faith
II VIII prosper. and the last sun that shines
can cities and kiss them until they glow with free
dom and the the last last breeze g 1 that Ike an expiring
Will lovingly caress the banner of country
then. now, the emblem OF human liberty, and
every fold viii be without the blood stains OF op-
preston and wrong
iest the van in the hour of ytcTorv a1d ed bsf bs 30
tood 'I an inseTibie vail q, he onr anu f 1 dfs as
tapplause); to-day you meet Democracy that is
Guard 70 the squares OF Napoleon what Stone
wall Jackson was to the Confederacy (app!ause).
q Democracy that IS driven like a granite wedge
round US and the name of that Democracy in
the name Of all the people Of this splendid state, in
I welcome you TO our hearts and homes.
the absolute certainty that your deliberations %II
be 50 wise and SO prudent that the cheers with
peated on the evening Of Election Day and mingle