The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-10-04

of Indianapolis tonight presented scene
Of democratic festivity. From the various
buildings in the business portion of the
town American flags and streamers of
bunting were flung to the breeze, while
prominently among the decorations por-
traits, framed in electric bulbs OF dis
tinguished leaders of the democratic par
ty, were displayed. At s o'clock a parade
of all the democratic clubs and delegates
marched through the streets, while thous-
ands of people lined the sidewalks and
cheered. The display of democratic en-
by hundreds of Greek fire candles burned
along the city thoroughfares. In addition to
sky rockets and other fireworks in pro-
fusion. The city was entirely in the hands
OF the democrats. The multiplicity of
transparenc.es in the parade and the va
rious colored uniforms of the different
democratic clubs added greatly to tho
spectacular splendor of the occasion.
The programme for the opening session
OF the convention. as officially announced,
was changed just PRIOR 20 the hour Of meet
ing President W. r. Hearst OF Chicago
was expected to be present to preside, but
tolegraphed that he was i'll and unable 10
attend The convention was therefore
called to order by Senator James X. Jones,
chairman OF the democratic National COM
mttee. Mayor Tagglrt was introduced and
made an address OF welcome, which was
briefly responded to by j. r. Rice of Can
ton, Ohio. Senator Jones, in opening the
convention, said:
I'm the absence of President Hearst, who
mas been unsvoidably detained from this
meeting, ! have been requested to cali
this convention to order, and do SO now.
During the last two or three weeks
clubs have been organized and have been
reported to headquarters at the ra Of
over 500 day, until there are now by
actual count 1873 democratic clubs, wi h
an average membership OF more than 0
tapplause) already organized in all the
States of this Union. With an organ "a
fion OF this kind, cons, sting Of more than
two millions of members thoroughly or
ganzed and thoroughly awake TO the
necessities of the situation. at work IA
their localities everywhere there can be
no reasonable doubt of the result next
November.
Organization was then effected by elect
ing Thomas Taggart temporary chairman
+. H. Ihmsen, New York, secretary; W. j
Pollard, ST. Louis reading clerk, and
Myron d. King indianapolis, sergeant at
arms
At this juncture Adlai f. Stevenson was
escorted into the hall by band and his
appearance sent the convention into a
pandemonium of applause. The demon
siration continued for some time after Mr.
Stevenson had taken his seat on the ros-
trum, and while he had not intended TO
speak, he finally yielded to the clamor and
said
MY fellow democrats: thank you for
this cordial greeting. | would not under
take now to address you, but at a later
time, in accordance with the programme. /
will have the pleasure to address some re-
marks to my fellow democrats of the
United States. l can only say to you now
that | bring you words OF good cheer from
the great democratic State Of Illinois,
(Applause.)
The next speaker was Mayor Samuel NJ
Jones of Toledo. At the conclusion OF
Mayor Jones address, James Hamilton
Lewis of the State OF Washington was in
troduced and spoke in part as follows.
There are no patriots If democrats be
not. No seryile suppllcants for official
favors are we. No dictator sways his
detestible rule over us, No corporate in
fiuenee commands domination of wealth
direct. We know no masters but the peo-
pie; we worship no king but Cod
In referring to Senator Hanna, ne said (:
"No bloated gorgeon, swollen with party
dictatorship sits in sacred place, blinking
his splenic eyes at us as signals for our
every movement. Our ideas are our prop
erty; our manhood is our honor. All the
people are our children and the free Ma
ton our sacred care. We abandon these
10 no man and we defy the insolence OF
masters or the arrogance OF office to take
one Tot Of our independence from u.s."
With reference to President Mckinley
he said: ''Nor have we to put forth can
didates for high offices. the chief Of whom
never advocated a policy which ne would
not Immediately denounee for party adj
vantage; nor denounce a people which he
would espouse fer the emoluments of Of
Ace. A silver man when a silver lining
was necessary TO bis cloud OF political de-
spair: a gold man In return for the golden
promise OF presidential nomination. III
the morning Of the first day free trade
with the Porto RicanE was plain duty !;
In the evening OF the same day ne was
only playing with ithe Porto Ricans and
thew must pay the duty. The tobacco
trust had smoked his convictions out and
the sugar trust had sweetened his sense OF
dutv abandoned by promise OF liberal
campaign contributions In the hour OF
humanity forcible annexation was 'crim-
inal aggression when not popular with
the party. nov crininsily aggressive for
forclbls annexation. when profitable to
favored syndicates-a gentleman who in
the commercial sense greets his party's
eyer-changing policies by becoming its ac-
commodating inicrser
According % the programme Governor
McMIIlin o. Tennessee was to have been
the concluding speaker, but while he was
present. a heavy cold rendered him out OF
voice and he did not attempt to speak
The convention at o'clock took recess
until after the parade az night.
The parade ended at $3.50 o'clock and