New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-06
OFENLNG THE CONVENTION.
HILL WAS NOT PRFSENT-MAYOR VAN
WTCh'S NAME KISSED AND JEERED
SIGNIFICANT SCENERY

big crowd Of rainbow chasers. nalcontents and
chronic office seekers gathered around the doors
Of the Acaden-v of Music long before the hour
for The convention 10 begin yesterday morning
and watched the delegates file in. The delegates
verS n good spirits -Qr The part. cheer
SuIly obeye6 the pereaprory orders of the police
fall = single line. have your tickets ready
snd throw away your cigars. gents Once in
side the hall where smoking was allowed. and
after The hustle attendant finding seats had
subsded rather melancholy spirit seemed 70
settle over the crowd. and anything like really
wholesouiec applause or cheering moi heard
Until verv close Of me temporary chair
mans speech several references 10 Bryan were
made Even then The cheers that broke out pro-
cseded from the onlooAers in the galleries rather
than from the delegates themselves, and they
had angry note OF defiance about them. as II
the real friends OF Bryan feared tTeachery the
part Of the Tanmany leaders
PERHAPS the tRcI that the scenery AT The back
q tie stage represented ice scene great gIa-
Gers Of ice threatening 70 overwhelm little VII
lage. may nave thrown a chill the
d1ence.
J 7 NORTON ATTACKS ROOSEVELT
John = Norton, Of Troy. the temporary
chairman, ara his opening address mainly
attack Oh Governor Roosevelt for MS alleged sub
se--iency 70 Senator Plat This aroused little en-
4hugiasn M Nor1oa's charge that Governor
Roosevelt had hindered rather than helped the
progress Of Civil Service reform also fell exceed
lngIv fat the delegates evidently wondering why
ANYBODY should De blamed for that But when the
s7esg,zr asked L Hill when Governor had ever
taken breakfast with 6 boss, there was out
burst Of cheers mingled with few Kisses
Hes g Democrat shouted one man
What kind Of q Dernocrau?' yelled another.
= rnouopoiv Democrat howled third
But the cheering quickly overwhelmed all other
sounds
Encouraged ny the applause, Nj Norton went
On We can win the coming state election with
chief danger OF The people Is betrayal by their duly
elected servants.'-
THOUGHT OF THE ICE TRUST
Each man thought OF the Ice Trust and the
Mayor and Mr. Norton looked surprised az The
weak applause which this. the climax Of his
marks on State issues had called out
Re then turned 70 National affairs and declared:
we need q courageous President"
Loud cries Of Bryan Bryan An independent
President" continued the speaker
More shouts Of Bryan Bryan
We have such men IN our party" added M
Norton
only one and that's Bryan yelled free silver
enthusiast and others took up the cry Of Only
one Only one"'
"EHrs take"' rose above the din. clear and
sfriIL --Eryau's the real thing
Hold on appealed the speaker I'm coming
- him Then he wound Up MS remarks by
pressing me hope that the State Convention would
send unanimous delegation 70 the National Con-
vsu-ion positively Instructed for William Jennings
Bran
CRIES FOR CHICAGO PLATFORM
Hardly had the speaker finished when loud cries
II Platform Platform. Give Us the Chicago plat
form" came from al sides Of the house
You cant dodge it, shouted one man the
galle-v. shaking his fist al The officials on the
platform
Wen AXE care Of them = they 90 responded
another f-om The opposite gallery IN a threatening
zone ana confusion reigned for a moment two.
When order was restored the reading Of the roll
began When the names OF the Kings County dele
gates We're reached BIRD 8 Coier came IN for
emphatic applause and when II was noticed that
Augustus Van Wyck was the list
ruce person shouted Where's the iceTnaa2 -
which raised laugh When Robert A Van
Wycks name vas read among the New-York
County delegates some one roared- Put him
See and storm OF Kisses tor the Mayor fol-
lowed The Tamnaanv crowd rose TO the occasion
however. lee by John ?. Carroll and Dock Com
rnissioners Murphy and Meyer and snurred out
ne misses by some vigorous cheering.
APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES.
After the rollcau o. delegates The Committees on
Organization, Resolutions and Contested Sears were
appointed. The one on resolutions vas the most
important. Il would draft the platform. Fred
erick C. scaraub Of Lewis County z Hi man
was made chairman. whereupon the convention
Took recess until O'Clock, the Committee on
1 .- being called % nesting IN exsena
The TaDrnaZy delegates held a preliminary
meeting II The W-gwaEn- The conference lasted
ron shortly after 9 o'clock until i time 10
ac5oIr- = the convention hall Before the arrival
y N t1lI delegates q sandwich disguised as
The Man with the Hoe" paraded I'D and down
s9-rtsei'1h-st- H-ilh banner bearing warning
against Boss Croker and his alleged allegiance
~ NJ BRYAN and The cause Of free silver A
S--ac o. police under Inspector Hawley. stationed
= o1L-c the building, was kept busy explaining 20
me crowd that M BRYAN would not De- present.
10 PICTURE OF BRYAN.
The tacaces Of the Academy and Of Tanmany
t1s-- Were gsyly decorated with bunting In honor
o ne delegates. The Interior OF the Academy Of