Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-07-14


this Saturday morning.
St Louis, July THE democratic
national convention met yesterday,
listened TO an extended speech from
Representative john Sharp Williams,
its temporary chairman, appointed the
committees necessary to perfect a
permanent organization and ad
journed.
In a session lasting two hours and
fifty minutes one striking incident
overshadowed all other proceedings.
That was the enthusiastic and pro
longed cheering which greeted the
name of Grover Cleveland While the
outburst which greeted the name of
the former democratic president was
noteworthy in itself, it was magnitied
by contrast with the greetings ac-
corded men VINO stood for all that has
been opposed to Mr.. Cleveland within
the party during the last eight years.
James *. Jones, of Arkansas,
chairman of the national committee,
went onto the platform and took his
seat unnoticed. Practically no greet
ing was given him when he faced the
convention with gaVel in hand.
There were other staiwaTt lieutcn-
tenants of the Nebraskan who entered
the hall unacclaimed and lastly Mr.
Bryan himself, whom for the first time
during two national campaigns was
greeted with silence. Eight minutes
after the gavel fell the twice named
candidate OF his party passed in the
maiI entrance and sough. his seat un-
heralded and unheeded a few mo-
ments later he arose and pushed his
way to seat nearer the aisle, where.
standing a moment to give greetings
to friends, he was caught sight of and
applauded.
The great Coliseum where the con
vention is held is admirably adapted
to accommodate the crowds which
pressed for admission as soon as the
doors were opened. Before II o'clock
the spectators seats began to fill. al
though the space on the floor allotted
TO delegates and their alternates re
NAMED barren until noon. when the
session was called to order.
That the duty of decorating the i'm
mense hall was entrusted to skilled
hands was apparent from the first
glimpse of the interior. The general
effect is mammoth arched canopy of
buff, ribbed and fringed with white.
with walls formed of alternate strips
of red. white and blue.
The balconies were dressed in
white bunting, gracefully caught up
every few yards. Medallions bearing
the coats of arms of the states
are placed about the balconies at
regular intervals
The committee on resolutions met
Immediately after the adjournment,
and, effecting an organization and
transactipg considerable preliminary
work, adjourned to meet at : o'clock.
The meeting was called to order by
ex-senator Hill, of New York, and on
his motion Senator Daniel, of Vir-
ginia, was elected chairman of the
committee and given authority to ap-
point secretary and sub committee
OF ii to consider the various drafts of
platforms and report.
The committee on resolutions re
convened at I o'clock and Senator
Daniel announced the appointment of
committee, as follows: Messrs.
Daniel, Virginia; Hill, New York;
Bryan, Nebraska; Williams, Missis-
sippi; Pattison, Pennsylvania Dubois,
Idaho; Hamin, Massachusetts; Gable,
Illinois; Poe, Maryland; Shively, In
diana, and Davis, West Virginia.
Senator Newlands made plea for a
fuller representation of the irrigation
interests, and his name was added to
the sub committee list.
The credentials committee met at
the Southern hotel. James NJ. Head.
OF Tennessee was nominated by