Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-08

| perfection OF the permanent organiza-
! ton have intensified interest IN the con-
| yention and have been sufficient to Gre
ate a tremendous demand for tickets.
Again the day opened with a hazy
sky, the weather gradually warming
up.
Dense crowds Of slght-seers surround
| ed the building on all sides half an hour
| before the time set for the opening.
The heat was sitting even before any
| body had entered the hall.
SLOW IN OPENING.
The convention proper was trlne
slow In opening, and a long haired in
divldual In one Of the galleries felt him
self called upon 10 start things himself.
lie mounted a chair and addressed all
those within hearing Of his voice on the
virtues Of William j. Bryan, and the
moral obliquity OF those who are POI
litlcally opposed to that gentleman, a
crowd gathered quickly about him, and
finally the band was called upon to
drown him out.
After struggling against the humping
or the bass drum and two dozen snort
Ing brass horns, the laxative gentle
man sat down and kept quiet.
THE MORNING SESSION.
ST. Louis, July S.--The Democratic
national convention spent the morning
hours today In waiting for the report OF
the committee on resolutions. A COM
mittee was appointed by Chairman
Clark to call on the resolutions COM
mittee and learn when the platform
would be submitted to the convention.
Just before the noon hour the con-
Ventlon emlssaries announced that the
resolutions committee would require
until o'clock tonight to prepare it's re-
port, but that the action of the commit
tee would be unanimous and platform
submitted, which he declared would
bring the party a GLORIOUS victory"
The convention then took a recess
until 8 o'clock. Chairman Clark had
the convention in hand from the mo-
ment proceedings opened. He an
nounced, through strong voiced as
slstant that the first person raising a
row would be thrown out by the po-
lice After the committee had been
dispatched to await the pleasure OF the
resolutions committee the band gave
concert Of patriotic selections. Bourke
Cochran was called on to address the
convention, but he was not present.
Former Senator Charles A. Towne was
next invited to take the platform but
declined Capt Richmond Pearson
Hobson was the next choice and he was
enthusiastically cheered. He spoke
principally In relation to the dlsfran-
chisement plank OF the Republican
platform and made an appeal to the
North and the West to support the
South in the position the Democratic
party OF that section has assumed be-
tween whites and blacks.
After the decision Of the platform
committee had been announced, the
program for the remainder Of the day
was decided upon The convention will
assemble AZ o'clock the platform will
be read and It Is believed adopted
without debate, and then the nomlna-
ton Of n president taken up. II de-
cislve vote Is arrived az the convention
win adjourn until Saturday morning,
when the nomination OF a vice presl-
dent will be made.
Senator Hill was urged today by some
superstitIous Parker men to put over
the nomination until tomorrow but re-
Iterated what Ne said last night. that
be did not consider Friday an unlucky
day.