The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-07-14
WINFIELD. LOUISIANA THURSDAY MORNING, JULY Ia 1904


effort to smother their shouts, at once
yelled louder than before.
A man climbed to the chairman's
table and began to wave his arms ur
and down. shouting unintelligibly n
q moment Mr.. Williams caught sight
OF him and grabbing the enthusiast;
trousers. hauled him down.
A wild frenzy Of yells followed the
act Of Nebraska delegate who seized
the Nebraska state sign and waved II
high In the air. Delegates from Ken
tOcky. North Dakota. Iowa. Missouri
and Montana, took the cue and catch
ing up their state signs hastened with
them 70 the ebraska delegation where
they waved them.
Daniel J. Campau. OF Michigan, a
gold Democrat. did his best to lead
the enthusiasm by rushing up the
steps leading TO the chairma7's plat
form and waving his hat wildly.
The Parker men At once sought to
Offset the Bryan demonstration by
cheers on their side. The men Of the
south came to the front In this effort
and the Georgia delegation. who carry
blue silk banner inscribed. "Ceor.
gfa, Parker Delegation" every tine
they march into the hail. at once
waved II high and started toward the
platform.
The Parker men came up swiftly
now. and before the South Carolina
man had lowered his hand the men
from ArkanSas. Alabama and Penn.
syivania were turning over chairs and
pushing through the aisles on their
way to his side. After Pennsylvania
came Mississippi. New Jersey. Ten
nessee. Indiana, Louisiana. Texas,
Connecticut and Virginia. The DEM
onstration had resolved itself into q
Parker outbreak more than q testi-
monial to Bryan. and It 70 remained to
. nnish. which was eighteen minutes
after Mr.. Bryan entered the hall.
In opening his speech. Mr.. Bryan an
nounced that he had noe come to the
convention with the idea Of bringing up
any questions that could or would Gre
ate division. He was greeted BY cheers.
and when he declared that he hoped
and believed that the convention would
select q ticket which could b support.
ed by q united Democracy. the cheers
were redoubled.
In substance. the speaker declared
that In this case the majority % the
Democrats party In Illinois was not all
lowed 20 rule '.The convention was
dominated by = clique OF mea who de-
liberately. purposely. boldly trample6
upon the rights Of the people OF I'LL
nois. Ny friends. the evidence shows
that no band Of train robbers ever plan
ned robbery upon train more delib-
erately OF with less conscience than
they did. (Applause-l
Chairman Head OF the eredentiala
committee. who followed. accuoed Mr..
Bryan OF contributing little to the har-
mpny he was advocating. Mr.. Head
admitted there were things done in iii.
nofs which should not have been done.
but said the committee had weighed
the facts. and Its decision was fair and
unprejudiced. Before he concluded.
conversation had been renewed
throughout the hall. aad the convention
was growing restless.
The result showed el7 against the
adoption Of the minority report. and
for It 2s9 The question then recurred
on the adoption OF the rlaj0rity report
by a viva voce vote There being NO
votes against It. 1t was adopted amid
such confusion that the proceedings
were hardly ineligible
The mention OF the name Of Champ
Clark az permanent chairman was re-
ceived with applause. and the report
was unanimously adopted.
THIRD DAY.
Rol! of states were called to h,ve ma
tional committee ann0u1eed
Rich. ,ond Pearson Hooeon OF Ala
hanna was invited to address the con-
yertion. Mr.. Hobson accepted the M
vitation and in . few moments made
his way from the Alabama delegation
to the platform. He was greeted with
q round Of applause and the usual
cries Of louder when he had uttered
but a few words. He replied to the
request and revealed the strongest
voice thus far heard in the convention
The speaker worked himself into q
high pitch Of excitement - with white
face and ringing voice he drew pic
ture OF the approaching battle between
the parties and concluded with the
words: Let ~ make the Republicans
name the battlefield and let N make
them call it Waterloo"
The resolutions committee announc-
"a that It was not ready to report
Representative Ollie James Of Ken.
tucky moved that committee OF thres
be appointed by the chair t. wait on
the committee and ascertain when II
would Be ready to report. This motion
carried. Chairman Clark named MT.
James. n. d. Clayton OF Alabama and
l. N. Hall Of Texas a. the committee
Chairman Clark broke his gavel.
The committee headed by Represen-
tative James which had been Dispatch
Cd to the room Of the resolutions com.
imittse presented itself and Mr.. James
WAS Introduced amid great applause.
His announcement was: "Your COM
mittes appointed 70 wait on the COM
nittee on resolutions report that they
have discharged that duty. The COM
mittee informs - that thay will BE
unable to report to this convention
until : o'clock tonight ct which time
they win bring to you an unanimous
report signed by everysmember OF the
committed"
Chief Justice of New York Al
Ion 3. PARKER Of the New York state
court Of appeals was Mominated about
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