The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-07-12
ALL NIGHT SESSION
PARKER NOMINATED.

As the clerk read the words Sign
or die" the convention took occasion
to laugh.
Another call was made for the re-
| port of the committee on resolutions
Representative Ollie James. of Ken
| lucky, moved that a committee OF
three be appointed by the chair to
wait on the committee and ascertain
when IL would be ready to report.
This motion received a second, and
was carried without delay.
Chairman Clark named Mr.. James.
H. D. Clayton. of Alabama. and T.. II.
Ball. of Texas, the committee
Calls for Cochran and Towne.
Delegate J. c. Sheppard Of South
Carolina created a wild shout by de-
claring that the convention wanted TO
hear Bourke Cochran speak. After
quiet a been restored it was stated
that Mr.. Cochran was not in the hall.
A demand for G. A. Towne, the
silver-tongued orator" was made. but
Mr.. Towne declined to respond.
In the anxiety to learn when the
committee On resolutions would &. be
ready to report, the list of national
committeeman had not been confirm
ed. and the oversight was remedied
by a motion. which was carried by a
viva voce vote. and the procedure
Strengthened out.
Richmond Pearson HobSOn Accepts
Invitation to Speak.
"A motion was mad and carried
that Richmond Pearson Hobson, of
Alabama, be invited to address the
convention. Mr.. Hobson accepted the
invitation, and in a few moments made
his way from the Alabama delegation
to the platform. He was greeted with
a loud round of applause, and the
usual cries Of Louder" He COM
piled promptly with the request, and
revealed he best and strongest voice
thus far heard in the convention.
What President has been brave
enough to enforce the law against the
labor union violator of law?"- 1t was
a Democratic President, he said, and
applause greeted the assertion.
He passed on to the color question,
and declared that if, when the black
or yellow races came into contact with
white people, If that race would not
commit suicide, it must remain abb
solutely disintegrated. A shout from
the Southern delegates greeted the
statement. He declared that Booker
T. Washington would Don outlive his
undoubted usefulness, if he did not
cease to yield to the teachings and
influence of the Republican party and
its chieftain. He urged the men of
the West and North to- refrain from
depressing the South by advocating
anything that tended to obliterate the
racial lines. He deprecated the fact
that in the Republican convention not
one man had risen to speak against
the plank in that party's platform,
which urged reduction of Southern
representation in Congress. because of
alleged Acknowledgement of voters in
the South.
The speaker worked himself into a
high pitch of excitement, as, with
White face and ringing voice, he drew
a picture of the approaching battle
between the parties, and concluded
with the words: Let us make the
Republicans name the battlefield, and
let us make them call it Waterloo !"
"Dixie'' Causes Unusual Ovation.
The speaker finished, and the band,
following him close up. played The
Star-Spangled Banner and then
swung into Dixie" which received
more than the usual tribute, because
of the speech of Mr.. Hobson, which had
dwelt with conditions in the South. In
his efforts to secure order, Chairman
Clark broke his gavel handle short off.
Platform Still Not Ready.
The committee, headed by Repre-
sentative Ollie James, which had been
dispatched to the Dom of the reso-
lutions committee, presented itself.
and Mr.. James was introduced amid
great applause. His announcement
was: Your committee appointed to
wait on the committee On resolutions
report that they have discharged that
duty. The committee informs us that
they will be unable to report to this
convention until s o'clock tonight, at
unanimous report signed by every
member of the committee"
Great applause and cheers greeted
this las statement. and as soon as
Mr.. James could be heard again he
continued:
New York. Nebraska, Virginia and
Wisconsin have all joined hands, and
will bring in a platform that will carry
us to a glorious victory in November"
Again the convention voiced its
pleasure at the news. and a mighty
shout went up.
Mr.. James followed his last an
nouncement at once with a motion to
adjourn until 8 o'clock tonight. A
second was at once heard, and the mo-
ton carried, the session closing at
HISS a.. m
The Night Session.
The crush of visitors around the
doors and inside the convention hall
at 8 o'clock, the time set for the OPEN
ing of the convention, was greater
h at n previous session. It was
something rarely paralleled at any
national convention. Extras had
spread the news owe the town that
a nomination was to be expected to-
night, and the crowd was greater han
at any previous session. At two or
three entrances the pressure On the
doorkeepers and policemen was so
great that the lines We're broker and
many persons without tickets forced
their way into the hall.
Reception to Hill.
The first genuine reception of the
| evening was given to Senator Hill, OF
New York. who made his first ap-
pearance in the hall. Gen. Nelson A
Miles was also present for the frs
time.
AT s o'clock there was not a vacant
seat in h a auditorium. From
platform to topmost gallery it was
| packed with delegates, alternates an6
spectators The neat was intense
| The streets on the four sides of the
\ coliseum were impossible. By the
II time tho chairman pal1ad tho ennvan