West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-07-12

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of Illinois. He insisted that 10 to
should be specifically mentioned
in the platform and thar simple
reafiirmation of the Chicago plat.
form was not enough and would not
carry in the West. His address
wasyery well received and frequently
interrupted by applause from the
Western Delegates and spectators,
but the Eastern and Southern peo-
pie did not show much enthusiasm
over it.
There was constant calls for Hill
and sometimes for two or three
minutes the band would have to be
turned on to shut off the enthusiastic
followers of the New Yorker. Every
effort has been made to stampede
the Convention to him but it will
fail for Bryan owns the whole show.
After Altgeld had finished, the
Hon. ID. Richardson, of Tenn.
was introduced and made an elo.
quent speech. He is permanent
Chairman of the Convention and is
an excellent presiding officer. Dur
ing his address he spoke once of
Bryan, this being the first time his
name was used during the Convention
and everybody went wild. The
chair tried in every way for a
minutes to restore order but failed.
The bands all played at once, but
the shouts of the thousands of
delegates and spectators drowned
the bass drums. So the Convention
was adjourned to 1890 to- day.
This morning | was late in getting
to the hall and found it impossible
to get in on the floor where nv
ticket calls for and the galleries
were so crowded that no standing
room was left. So the only thing
left was to take pot luck on the
roof garden. Here | could see very
well but could not hear anything
except the bands playing when they
were trying to shut off the cries for
Hill.
More than 1900 people were in
Convention Hall this morning and
the sight is one beyond description.
The Hall is so arranged that from
any point in 1t you can see every
person present, and at night when
1t is brilliantly lighted and filed
with people, it is the grandest scene
l ever Witnessed
The morning session was taken
up by short speeches from Mayor
Rose, of Milwaukee, A. M. Dockery.
of Mo-, and other speakers until
I p. M, when the Convention ad-
journed till $500 p. m.
The Knights of Pythias have a
big tent on vacant lot near the
Hall, where they have a reception
committee to receive all visiting
members of the order, furnish all
kinds of refreshments free and what
is best of all, plenty of chairs and
fans. They have a big tub of
lemonade on the lawn under the
trees, where they have all the latest
papers with plenty of writing ma
terials, etc. They surely do know
how to make fellow feel at home
out here and l am beginning to
think, with the natives, that Kansas
City is really the greatest thing that
ever happened.
The New York Journal sent 2s
High School boys to the Conven-
ton. They have a private box and
take great delight in giving their
college yell every time the cheering
begins.
Some Of the Western Delegates
are wearing buckskin suits trimmed
with fringes and all manner of
gewgaws, equal to the cowboys in
Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show.
met Tom Burlington, the big
Cherokee Indian chief who is one
of the contesting delegates from
Indian Territory yesterday at the
Coates House. He is 6 feet 6
inches tall and looks down on every
one he meets with a benign and
innocent smile, for like most big
men he is good natured. He dresses
and talks like a white man and il
you did not know him TO be an
Indian you would never guess it.
G. W. WoLFE.