The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-10

placed in the hall Of sessions for the use
OF the delegates. Over the great table. be-
hind which the President OF tho conference
sits, there hangs the coat Of arms Of Mexico
surrounded by the flags Of all the nations
represented In the conference.
Portraits OF the great men OF Mexico hang
on the walls. and In the rooms are many
objects Of art, especially interesting be-
cause OF their connection with events In
Mexican history. There Is a table In one
Of the ante-rooms which was In Use In the
times OF the Spanish rule. on which the
lives of many Mexican patriots were signed
away. All this helps 10 give the conference
proper setting.
THE WELL CRowD
The entertainment provided for the
delegates 30 far has been Of the nature
that was to be expected from the gener-
Qusly hospitable people who are the hosts
Of the distinguished assemblage Of diplom-
atists. On the night after the first formal
session was held there was a great recep-
ton for the delegates and their families
In the Presidential apartments in the Ma
tional Palace.
Outside In the plaza there wa a concert
by tho artillery and cavalry bands. with
a great display OF fireworks. The National
Palace and the cathedral with all the pub
lie buildings on the square were tricked
out with rows Of electric lights In red and
green and white, the Mexican oolors.
Around the band stand seats had been
placed for the favored ones and around
these a double row OF soldiers stood pa
tiently until midnight, with never a chance
TO move ron the stiff rigid position. II
. vote could have been taken among them
a. TO the desirability Of holding more Pan
American conferences in the City Of Mexico
there could be no doubt Of its result.
A great crowd OF the hoi polioi filed the
plaza outside the space reserved for those
who are somebody. II was a curiously
interesting crowd to a New Yorker. First
Of all IL was quiet. There was no noise
except the occasional cry Of a vender Of
small wares to delight the multitude.
Between 10000 and 80 1000 persons were
in that crowd and there was much moving
about. Steady streams were flowing back
and forth like the currents OF the oceans,
but there was no trouble for the soldiers
holding the line for the elect.
Behind the martial line there was a space
Of a foot or two always clear 10 that those
who desired could move along the line
at will. A Mexican soldier Is a greater
institution than an American policeman.
even a New York policeman. The soldier
had a gun II Is true, and there w IA a bayonet
fixed at the muzzle, But there was never
any sign that IL was for any other Use than
TO serve as a stan on which the soldier
could lean to rest his tired feet.
Around the outside of the crowd the
peanut lenders had spread their wares.
They had them by the bushel and each man
or woman had put the entire stock down
on a mat on the ground and had separated
the nuts INTO little piles, differing in size
as the price rose from one cent to three or
four cents.
Constantly rushing about. in and out
among the throngs. were scores OF men who
had baskets full Of little cakes OF the sort
that you get in the restaurants under the
general title Of assorted Nobody ever
bought any and the baskets were just
as full at the end Of the long entertainment
a. az the start. but the vendors kept trying
To sell with an energy that was as COM
mendable as il was contrary to the common
account OF the persistence OF Mexican labor.
While the chairman of the American
delegation was declining to take the wife
Of the President Of Mexico TO supper inside
the National Palace the crowd outside
was having a grand time with the fire
works. The display was very fine. There
were great rockets and huge bombs by the
score. and they climbed far into the heavens
and went on with reports like six-pounder
guns. filling the air with more and the
crowd with glee.
II was especially amusing TO the crowd
when the rocket sticks came down among
them and whscked some unob-ervant
fellow on the head The air ~ss full all the
time with beautiful floating fire balls Of
different colors and every once In a While
there was a tremendous whizzing and
putting as a set piece was started and burned
and smoked itself into the resemblance
OF som.thing that the crowd could recog
nize and appreciate.
Al this time the bands kept playing and
everybody was happy, except perhaps
the 60 sneak thieves and ~pickpockets Who
had been gather'si IN by the police and
were Spending a cheap night IN jail.
THE orKSiS0 sKssIoN
The formal opening session - the con
f.r.uoa was remarkable foT only one thing
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ON the pau Of the MEXICAN Government
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