The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-05

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volleys of cheers, and, finally part of
New York S delegation arose and joined
the appauding horde. Croker, Murphy,
Van Wyck and the Tammany delegation
kept their seats not joining in it.. For
rully 10 minutes the applause and dis
order continued, the steady rap of the
gavel having no effect. Each time new
state standard was pulled up and waved
the applause began anew. After his first
bow to the audience Hill kept his seat,
but he could not disguise the qualification
that he felt at the reception accorded
him.
Friends urged him to take the platform
but he kept shaking his head negatively.
| On the platform the chairman and the
sergeant-atiar1ns tried in vain to get
order.
Finally Hill himself hoping to stem the
torrents Of applause arose. Then the dele
gates and the crowd howled themselves
hoarse. Chill, - ''platform" they
screamed. "Mr. Chairman" he ejacu-
lated but his voice was drowned in the
fer ce outburst of applause. "NIr. Chair
man. he tried again to say and then
drowned out again sank laughing in his
seat.
just before the demonstration over
Hill began Delegate Joshua W. Miles, a
former Congressman from Maryland adj
vanced toward the platform occupied by
the presiding officer, waving the Mary
land standard. There was so much noise
through the hall that he could not be
heard four feet away from where he
stood. He had risen to move the thanks
of the convention to the young lady who
had SO moved the convention by her
rendition of a song which had been writ
ten by a Maryland patriot. The motion
was announced in Mr.. Miles most ener-
getic manner, but it was not heard by
a single delegate and the presiding officer
found no opportunity to submit 1t.
When after 10 minutes order was re-
stored Gov. Thomas administered stern
warning to the assemblage, stating that
the convention was here to do business
and if the spectators interrupted the work
by unseemly disorder the officers Of the
convention would be directed to clear the
galleries.
The call of states now began for naming
the members Of the various committees.
This was a tedious work covering all the
caucus selections OF the several states and
territories. When the name of Carter
Harrison was called, as the Illinois MEM
Der Of the committees it brought out a
round Of cheers and calls for Harrison,
which for a moment threatened to be a
7ov,otitiovo Of tho II;lI 7o4,,o,,,4,,o +i,, nh
names of GOV. Overmeyer, Senator Black
burn, Geo. Fred Williams, w. j. Stone,
also received cheers.
When Augustus Van Wyck was an
nounced as the New York member of the
platform committee there was a mingled
storm Of Kisses and cheers and another
demand for Hill. Delegates Grady and
Nalloy Of New York led in the applause
for Van Wyck's name 1t took a vigorous
the call proceeded.
After the name of the last committee
man had been given Chairman Thomas
announced that motion had been made
extending the thanks of the convention
to the lady who had sung The Star
Spangled Banner. 1t was carried.
A delegate from Ohio secured the at
tention of the chairman by some vigorous
gesticuIations and then, mounting on his
chair, as he was recognized, moved that
an invitation be extended to Mr.. Bryan
to visit the convention.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Although the afternoon session of the
convention was to begin at O'Clock,
there were not over 80 delegates in their
seats at that time.
At the moment the convention should
have opened a small messenger boy was
perched in the chairman's seat refresh
ing himself with copious draughts from
the chairman's private stock of ice wat
er BY 80 about half of the various dele
cations were in their seats and the band
was pounding out rag-time to en- tertain
the crowd, which filled every seat and
occupied every square foot of standing
room outside of the space reserved for the
delegates and alternates Chairman
Thomas, warm and perspiring, mounted
the rostru1n at 49,
The recess gave a chance to the Hill ad-
ilAI0fS 10 CIOWu LdOOuJ MN ana Tor Iully
20 minutes they kept him from leaving
the hall, shaking his hand and congratu-
lating him on the ovation he had re-
ceiyed. When the convention began re-
assembling, the principal point of inter-
est seemed to be the New York delegation
and around it swarmed the delegates
from other states anxious to see Hill,
Croker, Van WICK and the other ceIebri-
ties
Chairman Thomas's gavel fell, calling
the convention to order at 4.43, the delay
being caused by the non-arrivaI of the
delegates and the desire on the part of
the convention leaders to afford the COM
mittees time to prepare their reports
Despite the continued rapping for order
by the chairman, the convention was