The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-05

antly the heat of the night.
Banked I'm the commodious galleries
which rise in tiers from the space reserved
for delegates and alternates were thous-
ands of spectators the cool attire of the
men making d pretty, but not sharp. CON
| trast with the more brilliant costumes of
| the ladies, IT was notable that nearly
| every man spectator was in his shirt
sleeves and the parti-colored display of
| outing shirts was a spectacle seldom wit
Eessed anywhere on scale so vast.
Nearly an hour before The convention
was called to order. the spectators seats
were filled. Hundred of persons indeed
| had reman, in the hall from the after
noon session AS the delegates slowly as
| sembled, the people in the great amphithe-
alter accorded the leaders, one after an
other, cordial receptions
| At 1888 o'clock Chairman Thomas rape
| the convention to order, although cons d
erably less than two-thirds of the dele
| gates had arrived. There was considerable
expectancy over the arrival of Senator
| Hill, but he failed to put in an appear
| ance.
Tie Pounded vigorously.
Pounding vigorously with his gavel and
| his efforts in this direction being ably
supplemented by Serseant-at- arms Mar
! tin, who raped a table so hard that he
WINGED at every blow as though 1T had
landed upon his own fingers, Chairman
| Thomas at last succeeded in restor ng the
! convention 10 such q state of quietude
that his voice could be heard hundred
| feet away
THE convention will now come to or
| DER" he shouted with violence that
threatened an apoplectic seizure, land
pending the coming reports of the com
mittees, the convention will listen to an
| address from ex-Gov. Altgeld of Illinois -
/ IL
| tie name Of the speaker to be Ineligible
at any distance and there was only a mild
ripple of applause as Gov. Altgeld mount
| ed the rostrum. Again, by the vigorous
use of his gaVel, Chairman Thomas gain
| ed largely upon the noise and then he
! again commenced: THE convention will
| now be addressed by eX-iov. Altgeld of
| Illinois" This time his voice carried and
! the announcS ment was gre ted with ap-
| Ilause.
Just as Gov. Altgeld began to sps ak the
| tall form of Rep esentative Sulzer came
stalking through the aisle. 1t was his first
! appear anee upon the floor, and although
| the IT cipient of no applause, he was cor
| daily greeted by many of the delegates
| as he passed them. When ho reached the
Iowa delegation. lated directly in the
roar of New York, Cato Sells rose to sake
| hands with him, and instantly there was
! a group around the tall New Yorker.
From the New YORK del cation, however,
| Mr.. Sulzer received no recognition, no
| handshake. no smile He took apparently
as little interest in New York as New
York evinced in him, and although he
nodded Familiarity to several Of the dele
| gates, he spent 70 time with them
Then AItgeId spoke.
During the early portion of Gov. Alt
geld's address the hum of conversation
in the galleries and among the delegates
was so loud that not much of what be
said was audible, except to those close 10
him. The name of Mark Hanna, uttered
in accents which did not Imply approval,
was the first thing the crowd at large
caught. and although not many knew just
| what the missile had been, or whether II
| had hit the mark, there was a howl OF
deligt.
His prediction OF Democratic success
next fall was the signal for another vocal
spasm, and when he declared that If the
Democrats of the country had not suffi-
cient confidence in their delegates to en-
trust the cause of Democracy to them,
they would not have sent them
here to nominate candidate
for the presidency the crowd went wild.
| This coming from man of Gov Altgeld' $
known attitude upon the silver question
was taken by the 16 to advocates as a
direct championship of their cause, and
they were on their feet in an instant,
shouting and waving hats and handker-
| chiefs with the greatest enthusiasm. SO
loud was the cheering that the speaker
was compelled to suspend his remarks un-
til the uproar had subsidized 1t came
| again in a minute, however, when he de-
clared that any modification of the Chi
cago platform would place the Democratic
party in a ridiculous position before the
| In rF1fa
drowned for few minutes while the adj
violates of 16 to l voiced their approval
| in cheers audible beyond the walls
The anti-l6-to-1 people took their in
nings In another minute when he spoke
favorably of the ratio of 16 TO l and there
were loud cries of mo, No"
| Again Cries of Hill"
The speaker unwittingy touched Off A
mine by using the expression in discussing
| the attitude of certain Democrats toward
! the silver question Now, my friend Hill. .
This name Hin again started the uproar
that had marked the first session of the
convention.
/ From all sides OF the hall. and partieH
| larly from the Southern delegates, came
loud cries of "Hinw HIP Mingled
with the calls for the New Yorker came
Kisses In plenty, and despite the vigorous
use of the gavel, all semblance of order
wes lost, and nothing could be heard save
the calls OF "1ili," and the disappearing
Kisses. The band in the gallery struck
| Up a lively air, but as soon as it subsidized
| the uproar was as great as ever, the Cat
| ifornia delegation being prominent in
calling for Senator Hill 1t was not pos
sible for Gov. Abgeld to continue imme-
diately, and as the Committee OH Rules
declared itself ready 10 report, Gov, Att
\ geld discontinued his address and left
the platform.
Rules Adopted.
The report of the Committee on Rules
was read and adopted. II was as follows:
Resolved, That the rules of the last
Democratic National Convention, includ-
ing the rules of the House of Representa-,
tives of the Ffty-third Congress. so far
as applicable be the rules OF this con
| Vention.
1.-The order Of business shall be:
a. Report of Committee on Credentials
- Report of Committee on Permanent
| Organization.
80. Report OF Committee on Resolutions.
"a. Presentation and selection of a can
didate for President OF the United States.
20. The presentation and selection OF q
candidate for Vice President"
The report of tho committee on creden-
t!als seating Mark COIN and r. u. Nc
Cabe In the New York delegation, the
Clark delegation In Montana and giving