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and cheers and another demonstration
for Hill. Delegates Grady and Mailer
of New York led in the applause for
Mr.. Van Wyck's name. It took vigor-
Gus play with the gavel TO restore order
and allow the call 10 proceed.
After the name of the last committee
man had been given, Chairman Thomas
announced the motion that had been
made giving the thanks Of the conven-
ton TO the lady who had sung the Star
Spangled Banner" It was carried.
A delegate from Ohio secured the at
tentiOn of the chairman by gesticula-
ton, and then, mounting on his chair
as he was recognized, moved that an
invitation be extended to Mr. Bryan TO
visit the convention. A wild cheer of
approval went up before the chairman
had been given time to hear a second
TO the motion.
While the cheering over the Bryan
motion was at its height. the boom
ing OF a brass band was heard at the
south entrance and down the aisle
came the band which came here with
Clark of Montana and behind it in col
umn of twOs or as nearly as they could
keep that way the JacksOnian club OF
Nebraska. The band was playing
Dixie and the ole air received the
yell Of delight which greets it always
The members of the Jacksonian club
had with them large number of ladies
and as there were no seats for them q
dense throng was soon packed in front
of the chairman's desk. 1t was impos-
sible for Chairman Thomas TO hear q
word uttered four feet from his desk
but some delegate near him made q
motion to adjourn until o'clock
which was put and carried amid confu-
sion so great that not one delegate in
twenty knew to what hour the adjourn
ment had been taken.
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CONTESTS SOON SETTLED.
Credentials Committee Seats the
Clark Delegation.

Kansas City. July 4-The committee
on credentials made quick work of the
contests. They assembled at the Kan
sas City club. and Edward Gray Of
Texas was made chairman The oniy
hearing was given TO the District Q-
Columbia. and the committee decided 10
admit both delegations with half
vote each
When the Indian Territory case was
reached. Chairman Gray called OUT
Sheriff. bring in the Indian Territory
cOntesting delegation, search them ana
take away their knives and pistols. and
then give them the gloves After
very brief hearing each delegation was
seated with half a vote
! The greatest interest Centered n me
Montana case. and as soon as II "es
called a motion was made 10 ratIE me
action Of the national committee anu
seat the Clark delegation A supS'-
tute TO give each side a hearIns was
| defeated by a vote of SO 10 IS. and me
/ Clark delegation was seated without
/ division.
! The Oklahoma contestants were
/ given half a vote each, although ----7
] was a protest from both factions
| Two New York men, Forest and Ma
honey. representing what they san
were the Bryan Democracy ~ NJ
York" wanted q hearing They lal d
hearing before the New York state gel
| egation yesterday. and the cr-s-h...-S
/ committee decided not to take W. ---
| matter.
The committee adjourned and '-5L
| there was d row. The New YORK -----
and the Oklahoma men began sl-ass-.--7-
The crowd surged in. mounted '--1--
and pushed up around the chairs.
! MahOney made himself chairman .- on
attempted to secure order An l--7.--5
was made to get the dissaJiS--l =,
| ment from all states and terri-a---7 u
/ organize a protest aud submit NM -..
ity report 10 the convention - +,
MahOney got order long ehoo-- ~
make a speech denouncing Hill :. 80
Murphy and Van Wyck and me --
Gratis who supported them soon
was pandeIaonium. and the side --l7-
Z ing terminated
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cleaned from dizzy heights about the
hall like huge stars. The color scheme
presented among the innumerable lights
was of unsurpassed beauty. From
every available point in the immense
steel superstructure festoons of ma
tional colOrs were fiuttering gaily IN
the delightful breeze that swept
through the hall from the south, tenn
pering pleasantly the heat of the night
Banked in the commodious galleries
which rise in tiers from the space re-
served for delegates and alternates
were thousands of spectators, the at
tire of the men making a pretty bat not
sharp contrast with the more brilliant
costumes of the ladies. 1t was notable
that nearly every male spectator was
in his shirt sleeves and the parti-col-
Ored display of outing shirts was
spectacle seldom witnessed anywhere
on a scale so vast.
The incesSant waving of fans, many
of them Of bright colors, gave an OBJ
server the impression of thousands of
butterflies lowering over the audience.
The constant shutting OF feet and con-
tinuous hum of conversation sounded
like the roar of the surf breaking upon
rocky coast.
Nearly an hour before the convention
was called to order the spectators seats
were filled. Hundreds of persons, in
deed, had remained in the hall from
the afternoon session.
As the delegates slowly assembled
the people in the great amphitneateI
! accorded the leaders, one after another
cordial receptions.
Far up III the gallery next to the
roof, the gallery that overhangs the
main auditorium, an elipse OF faces
peered down upon the scene below.
presenting a curious picture
! The audience was thoroughly good
1 natured. 1t was enjoying itself in
way in which perhaps it had never be-
fore enjoyed itself.
At S:33 o'clock Chairman Thomas
raped the convention to order. al
! though considerably less than two
/ thirds of the delegates had arrived
| There was considerable expectancy Ovel
| the arrival of Senator Hill, but hi
failed to put in an appearance
Notwithstanding the small number o.
delegates present, it seemed to reQuir'
for them a wholly disprOpOrtionat'
amount of time to come to CIDER. a!
| compared with the two preceding ses
sions. Pounding vigorously with hi
gavel, and his efforts in this direction
being ably supplemented by Sergeant
! alarms Martin, who raped table 81
hard that he WINGED at every blow a!
| though il had landed upon his own nm
gers. Chairman Thomas at last sue
ceeded in reducing the convention Z
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man upon the platform and lifted hin,
upon chair. The effort was success
full, and New York was eclpsed once
more. KeIlar is no small man to hold
Sloft in a crowd of struggling. puShins
men, and the Tammany crowd was
nearly ready to drop with exhaustion
but a glance at the Georgia banne-
brought new strength into their
wearied arms and new determination
into their hearts, and Mr.. Kell8r went
up still higher, and New York was On
TOP once more.
A SHOUTING MOB.
The convention by this time vas
in a state of frantic excitement Tb4
men from Hawaii. carrying they Iarsa
banner, came down the aisle. followed
by a shouting mob which bore all be
fore il The band struck up The Stars
and Stripes" and to these inspiring
strains the men commenced to march
around the floor. yelling like mod-mer
waving everything that could b. lifted
into the air. Hats, Handkerchief. UNI
bTellaS- state emblems, banners and
the national colors were united in
conglOmerate wave, and beneath in
marched a crowd of men fairly beside
themselves with excitement. With
flushed faces, down which the perSpira-
ton rolled in streams, many without
coats and vests, they went round and
round the hall. shouting, yelling and
screaming at the top Of their voices
Those delegates who did not Join in
the march lent most effective a'd in
increasing the UpTOaT. They could
contribute nothing but their voices and
their hats and handkerchiefS, Eut thew
used the first as though they wera made
- L.
one nights wear only, end the latter
two in a manner fully as energetic. The
/ band did its share, and the tOOtars Of
horns and the heaters Of SheeDSkius
worked away Tor dear life Nobody
knew what they played-nObOdy cared
They We're doing their fun share, and
that was all that was necessary.
After the excitement had continued
fifteen minutes Chairman Richards at
! tempted to bring order out Of the
chaos that ruled upon the floor. Now
and then the patter Of his gavel could
be heard. and every time the sound
reached the ears of a delegate he Shrek
ed the louder. Time after time the
chairman ATTEMPTED to restore quiet.
I but ne was utterly lost and over
Whelmed with each fre$E effort
Precisely twenty minutes after Chair
man Richardson had mentioned the
name of Bryan, which, like the waving
of a magic wand had conjured UP a
| scene of such wonderful enthusiasm as
has seldom been witnessed in a DOlit-
I ical convention, he began to rap for
order: but the delegates were not Yet
! ready to yield the floor, even to the
I chairman of the convention The band
/ in the gallery started a patriotic air.
and. despite the continuous efforts Of
1 Chairman Richardson TO restore order.
| the demonstration continued for nine
and a half minutes longer. its total
| length being 291z minutes
/ Order then was sufficiently restored
/ to enable the chairman to recognize
| Delegate J. CT. Johnson Of Kansas, who
made a motion that the convention ad-
! journ until 1890 a. m, tomorrow
/ At 1890 the chairman declared the
convention adjourned.
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IDAHO SUPPORTS LEWIS.
Will Give the Washington Man a
Complimentary Vote.

Kansas City, July 4.-The Idaho del
egation held its caucus at 10 O'Clock
this morning and decided to place the
name of James Hamilton Lewis before
the convention as a candidate for vice
president Mr.. Lewis viii be placed
in nomination by Mr.. Dunphy Of Wash
ington. When the roll of states is
called Idaho will yield its place to
Washington. and after the speech of
Mr.. Dunphy, J. ". Reid Of Idaho viii
second the nomination of Mr. Lewis
The delegation said that they had no
idea that Mr.. Lewis viii be able to Sc
cure the nomination and after the first
ballot the state vote viii be cast for
the man showing the greatest strength
The silver question was not taken UP.
il being the sense Of the delegation
/ that it would be best TO accept what
/ ever the majority OF the convention de-
sireS.
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HELD BRIEF SESSION.
Committees Were Not Ready and
Convention Adjourned.

Although the afternoon session of the
convention was to have begun at 4
o'clock, there were not over fifty del
egates in their seats at that time. and
the galleries were not more than half
full. At the moment the convention
should have opened a small messenger
boy was perched IN the chairman
seat, inundating with copious draughts
from the chairman's private stock of
ice water. By 4;30 o'clock about half
of the various delegations were in their
seats and the band was pounding out
rag-time airs to entertain 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
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A WISCONSIN GoLDBUG.
Mayor Rose of Milwaukee op2's'
Silver Plank.

Kansas CITY, July 4--The Mi@,'-
delegation. in a caucus held just y
fore the delegates started Tor CONF
ton hail, instructed its memh-r Oh 80
committee on resolutions o. t--z-,
a simple reafirmatiOn OF the ----s5
platform. i resolution was also l----s
instructing the committeeman % Va
for the insertion in the plaJlo--- .-ss-
plank favoring the immecia-r -
sion of Porto Rico and Hawaii as So -
and the annexation Of Cuba " I'D
consent of the people of that '---.-.
Some sharp debate took p-atr L-,--
to the passage of the financial rssot;-
ton. Mayor Rose of NilwauAe.- -
man of the delegation, said taa' .--.
would oppose the platform on l,-g s~s-
Of the convention if it contalnei
cific free silver plank .-.---5
But you can't reaffirm the M
platform without mentioning ip
interrupted State Senator Marsh ~
sThen, for Gods sake. leave u
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EVENING SESSION.
Permanent Organization Effected

Permanent Organizatlon Ehected
and Convention Adjourned.
Kansas City, July 4.-The scene pre-
scented at the evening session of the
convention was one Of brilliancy and
beauty. The vast auditorium was splen-
didIy Illuminated by the arc lights that
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Thomas. warm and perspiring, mount
ed the rostrum at 4:SS.
The recess gave a chance to the Hill
admirers to crowd about him, and for
fully twenty minutes they forbade him
leaving the hall. shaking his hand and
congratulating him on the ovation he
had received.
When the convention began assem-
bling the principal point Of interest
seemed to be the New York delegation,
and around it swarmed the delegates
from other states anxious to see Hill.
Croker, Van Wyck and other celebri-
ties.
At 4:43 Chairman Thomas gavel fell,
calling the convention TO order, the de-
lay being caused by the nOn-arrival OF
the delegates and the desire on the
part of the convention leaders to afford
the committees time to prepare their
reports.
Despite the continued rapping for or
der by the chairman, the convention
was slow in reaching such a state of
quiet as would admit of the transac-
ton of business.
GREETING FROM TAMMANY.
When partial order was finally re
stored, Charles A Hampton of PetoS-
key, Mich, advanced to the front of
the platform and read a telegram from
the Democrats assembled in Tammany
hall celebrating the 124th anniversary
of the Declaration of Independence.
The dispatch was signed by Thomas
Feitner. grand sachem of Tammany
Hall. and was as follows:
Greeting to the Democrats of the
nation. Five thousand Democrats now
celebrating the Path anniversary of
the Declaration Of Independence al
Tammany hall want TO join you in
hoping for a vindicatiOn of the princi-
pies enunciated 124 years ago by the
immortal Thomas Jefferson.
"(Signed.) THOMAS FEITNER.
Grand Sachem, Tammany Hall"
The reading of the telegram was re-
ceived with tremendous applause, the
! New York delegation leading in the
! demonstration
! Chairman Thomas announced thai
| the committee on credentials was no.
! ready TO report Instead of following
| the programme that previously ha(
! been arranged and proceeding at once
to the other business of the convention
| Joseph Daniels of North Carolina wa!
recognized by the chairman for a mo
ton to adjourn until $50 O'Clock to
/ night.
Amid considerable confusion, Chair
/ man Thomas. at 4:51. declared the mo
/ ton carried
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such a state of quietude that his voice
could be heard hundred feet away.
CALLED TO ORDER
'-The convention will now come to
orderl" he shouted, with a violence that
threatened an applectic seizure I'm
til and pending the coming reports of
the committees, the convention will lis
ten 20 an address from Ex-Governor
Altgeld of Illinois"
There was still too much confusion
for the name of the speaker to be in
telligible at any distance, and there
was only mild ripple of applause as
Governor Altgeld mounted the ros-
trum. Again. by the vigorous use of
his gavel. Chairman Thomas gained
largely upon the noise, and then he
again commenced. The convention will
now be addressed by Ex-Governor Alt
geld of Illinois"
This time his voice carried, and the
announcement was greeted with aD-
clause.
Just as Governor Altgeld began to
speak the tall form of Congressman
SulZer came stalking through the aisle.
/ 1t, was his first appearance upon the
( floor, and although the recipient of lit
( tie applause, he was cordially greeted
/ by many Of the delegates as he passed.
/ When he reached the Iowa delegation,
seated directly in the rear of New York,
/ Cato Sells rose to shake hands with
him and instantly there was group
/ around the tall New Yorker, all Shak-
/ ing hands with him and patting him on
/ the shoulder. From the New York del
| egation, 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 familiar
/ Iy to several. of the delegates, he spent
| no time with them.
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ALTGELD's SPEECH.

During the early portion or Governor
Altgeld's address the hum of converse
ton in the galleries and among the del
egates was so loud that not much or
what he said was audible. except to
those close to him The name of Mark
Hanna, uttered in accents which did
not imply approval. was the first thing
the crowd at large caught, and al
though not many knew just what the
missile had been, or whether il had hit
the mark, there was howl OF delight.
The Representation of Democratic
success next fall was the signal for an
other vocal spasm. and when he de-
I clared that If the Democrats OF the
| country had not sufficient confidence IN
their delegates to entrust the cause OF
I Democracy. they would not have been
sent here to nominate a candidate for
the presidency. This, coming from a
man of Mr.. Altgeld's known attitude on
the silver question. was taken by the
/ IS to l advocates as a direct champion
ship of their cause. and they were or
! their feet in an Instant. shouting and
/ waving hats and nandkerchiefs with
1 the greatest enthusiasm So loud was
| the cheering that the speaker was COM
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wELCoMED ~ REED.

The first burst of applause that
greeted the mayors speech of welcome
came when he spoke of the universally
Of the Democratic doctrine which had
penetrated. he said, wherever liberty
was known and loved. He dwelt at
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ORDER OF BUSINESS

The report of the committee on rules
was read and adopted as follows:
Resolved, That the rules of the last
Democratic national convention, in
Guiding the rules of the Fifty-third con-
gress. so far as applicable be the rules
of this convention.
1.-THE order of business shall be:
Report of committee on creden-
tiaIs
''2-Report of committee on perma-
nent organization.
''3-Report of committee on resOlu-
tons.
REPRESENTATION and selection of can
didate for president Of The United
j States
'5-The presentation and selection of
candidate for vice president"
The report of the committee on ere
| dentials seating Mark Cohn and p Z.
| McCabe in the New York delegation
the Clark delegation in Montana, and
| giving half vote to each delegation in
Oklahoma was read, and minority re-
| port dissenting in the decision in the
| Oklahoma case presented. There was
some objection made by Murray Van
| diver from Maryland TO the committee
| taking no action in the District of Co
/ lumbia case
After brief speech in support of his
| contention that the credentials com
mittee had not dealt fairly in the Dis
| trict of Columbia contest. Mr.. Van
! diver moved to recommit that part of
f, the report to the committee. The mo-
| ton was lost amid storm of Noes
The report of the committee was
then adopted as presented, without fur
Their debate.
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renders it impossible to build an American
canal Under the terms and PROVISIONS
of this treaty. which is English and not
American, the canal can never be con-
strllcted We stand for an American
canal owned. constructed, operated ana
fortified by America
They declared in their platform IN
favor of the admission OF the territories
of Arizona. New Mexico and Oklahoma as
states of the Union, Yet, after nearly louI
years of full power, they are sun terri
tories. Under the wicked rule OF law a.
now applied by the Republican party 10
some of our territories, they may al an
early date fad erected between themselves
and the balance OF the Union a tar1I wall
which will serve to pauperize them WhlIe
IL enricheS others
PORTO RICO PERFIDY.
when congress last assembled the
president in his first utterance addressed
to the representatives fresh from the peo-
pie SOlemnly urged upon them Jhdt II
was their plain duty TO give free trace 20
Porto Rico. His party leaders QUICK 10
obey his injunction, made ready 70 com
ply with his recommendations. BuI IN d
night, almost in the twinklng OF an eye,
the mighty magnates of the trusts swept
down upon Washington and interposed
their strong arm, and plain duty vanished
like mist before the rising sun
The president wheeled into line, the
Republican party reversed ITS pohcy' ana
set Up a tariff wall between the island OF
Porto Rico and the remainder OF the
United States. 1t is not at all surprising
that in the recent somewhat lengthy
declarations of principles enunciated oy
the party in convention assembled, while
they enlarged upon almost every polIlcdl
question. they could not md the space 10
point with pride 10 the achievements OF
their party in its dealings with that IN
happy island.
The Democratic party stands for equa!
( taxation. equal rights and opportunities
10 all who come under the folds OF the
I flag Another part of the issue OF the
l campaign this year is the ScandalouS
| dealings of a high cabinet officer with
| private banks of the country These
scandals are notorious and are based
/ upon the earnest and repeated written
l demands of the officers OF some OF these
/ banks that they should be favored by
this administration because of money
/ contributed by them with which 10 buy
/ the presidency in 1896.
/ Correspondence submitted TO Congress
I shows that, in one case at least an ap-
/ peal from an institution in New York
] City TO the secretary of the treasury Tor
/ financial assistance because, as II was
| claimed. the officers of that bank mad
/ contributed literally 10 the election OF
/ the present chief executive. was not made
| in vain and the aSked-fOr assistance in
/ this case from the government was Tree
/ " if not corruDtly given
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IMPERIALISM DENOUNCED.

Continuing. Governor Thomas said:
we believe in that system of eXpan-
sion which. under Democratic rule.
brought half the continent as a galaxy
of commemorative into the Union We
denounce that expansion which, by
conquest, OvercomeS the people of an
other hemisphere under the preteXt
Of giving them liberty which governs
them by force. which denies to them
the rights OF citizens, which subjects
the American workman 10 increased
and deadly competition by confronting
him with h0rdeS of Orientals coming
hither from so-called provinces to take
his place at the forge, in the mine and
the factory"
Governor Thomas closed his address
with an arraignment Of the Republican
Marty for what he declared was its In
sincere course and its change from a
party of freedom 20 one OF monopoly
and militarism. and added;
Against the continuance of this
party in power we enter protest With
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The call of states began for naming
the members of the various commit
tees. This was tedious work, covering
all the caucus selections OF the various
states and territories When the name
of Carter II. Harrison was called as
the Illinois member OF one of the COM
mittees it brought out a round of
cheers and calls for Harrison that for a
moment threatened TO be a repetition
of the Hill demonstration. The names
of Governor overmeyer, Senator Black
burn. George Fred Williams and W. j.
Stone also ELECTED cheers. When Au-
gustus Van Wyck was announced as
the New York member of the platform
committee there was a storm of Kisses
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PEELED to suspend his remarks until the
uproar had subsidized. II came again
in. minute. however, when he de-
clared that any modification of the
Chicago platform would place the Dem
ocratic party in a ridiculous position
before the American people Again his
voice was drowned for a full minute,
while the advocates OF 10 TO 1 voiced
their approval audibly beyond the
walls