Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-08

| arose to their feet and StocH curing the H
voca tiol. There was no trouble in securing
| order, for the long nciay h2u weaflcd the
delegates and they seemed anxious for ac-
ton.
Rabbi Sales Invocation.
Rabbi Sale of the Shaare Emeth Congre-
CATION Gates of Truth) of st. Louis offered
the following invocation:
oh merciful and most gracious Father,
we seek Thy presence in this vast asse5nbly
of Thy people, and humbly We ask Thy
guidance in the councils of the ieadeis G.
Thy people. Thou rulest in the destinies
of nations Thou art enthroned in the
| hearts of Thy worshipers; and we serve
| Thee best whose lives devoted to the
! cause of the just, the right and the !ue
who give ourselves consciously IN 1hs
name to the cause of liberty and justice
! "Oh do Thou inspire those who are gath
cred here that they may deliberate with
each other in the spirit of wisdom and uh-
derstanding. in the spirit of knowledge and
in the spirit of counsel, so that throush n
their councils our people may go from
strength to strength and our land may re-
main what Thou has destined it to be, the
foundation of human right and human Nd
erty Oh, inspire us as Thou dlist the
fathers of our country. with patrf )ts'n
pure and unseltish. and teach us that we
serve Thee in serving the commonwealth
End in safeguarding those liberties when
Thou has spread abroad. Let EoI The
G,c.y Ct this day, our day, be less than
that Of cur neat past. and inspire ever!
oce of Thy children. from the lie tst even
UNI! the c.tatest. with the love and 17al
for the inl,srsha BILE treasures which Thou
hast intrusted to the keeping of our land
for the wellbeing of all mankind.
As ia it's great past this country has
been the refuge and the asylum of all Thy
ch dren without regard to creed, nr cllme.
o. lace or conditions; so do Thou ms, re lis
VII love OF Thy greatest good. religious
l., Il :l,..yty ~ G
hope and r'tuge of mankind. Oh. NAV the
ark CT fIt ed, ms foundation not be held by
the worship of an idol of material things,
to The cetrnrtnt and hurt OF those treas
ures Which a'one can inspire the love OF
thee and CT liberty. and safeguard our
country. Let it sail on that it may reach
q. haven which Thou has destined 1or it
and fer lE.:r Kind. the haven of love "f law
and # liberty And thus. oh God. 10 Thou
guide those who are here gathered IN Thy
service ard in the service of the peop.e.
May Thy leaEty, oh Lord, our God, come
lpon us. Establish Thou the WORK of Gu"
hands upon US. yea, the work of our hands
establish 1lGr today. Amen
AT IT," close Of the prayer an announce
ment made. at the order of Chairman
Clark. that he was Gctermincd to have or
der '.and that any person raising row
will be t. ken out Ivy the police
National Committee Announced.
demand was mace for TIC report of the
Forthcoming, it was determined to Gail the
roll of states for the purpose of having the
names of the next n1'ional committee an
Eounced.
There were cheers at the announcement of
the nam of Robert d. Sullivan, as commi,-
teeman of Illinois, but the demonstration
ASSUME" larger proportions st the mention
of Thomas TagGart OF Indiana, which fol-
lowed. Many other marc; we're cheered as
the call proceeded. The Pennsylvania. dele
cation arose and saiutcd The announcement
o J. VI. Guffey their national commit
teeman.
call for the committee to meet at the
Jefferson Hotel soon the convention
adjourned sine die made.
As the clerk pronounced the words Sign
die" the convention took occasion to
laugh.
Another call was made for the report of
the committee on resolutions. AS the call
did not bring any result. the secretaries of
the convention commenced to work the
telephone vigorously in an effort to put the
chairman of the convention in touch with
the chairman of the committee in order to
find out when he would be ready with his
port.
Delay on the Platform.
Representative Ollie James of Kentucky
moved that a committee of three be ap-
pointed by the chair to wait on the COM
mittee and ascertain when 1t would be
ready to report. This motion received
second and was carried without delay
Chairman Clark named Mr.. James. Fl. d.
Clayton of Alabama and 7. II. Ball of
Texas the committee.
Delegate ]. c. Sheppard of South Carolina
created a wild shout by declaring that the
convention wanted to hear Bourke Cochran
speak. After quiet had been restored 1t
was stated that Mr.. Cochran was not In the
hall
Far he ell
tongued orator" was made, but Mr.. Towne
declined to respond.
In the anxiety to learn when the com
mittee on resolutions would be ready to
report the list of national committeeman
had not been confirmed. and the oversight
was remedied by motion. which was car
ried by a viva voce vote, and the procedure
Strengthened out.
The clerk viii call the roll said the
chairman, for the list of honorary vice
presidents and the calling of tie roll, de-
signed more for the purpose of keeping the
convention quiet by giving it something to
which it could listen, proceeded with much
elaboration
BY II o'clock the torrid tempera ture in
the hall had moderated materially, the re-
suit being due to a heavy rain storm that
passed over the city. The relief. while not
great was sufficient to add decidedly to the
comfort of the crowd that packed the hall.
When the roll call was finished Chairman
Clark. who was displaying decided ability
ton during the tedious wait for word of
some kind from the committee resolu-
uons. called on the band to play America"
and asked the delegates and spectators to
sing at the same time. His wishes were
carried out. the entire convention rising and
singing two stanZas of the song.
Hobson Addresses the Convention.
motion was made and carried that Capt.
Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama be
invited to address the convention. Mr.. Hob
son accepted the invitation, and, in a few
moments, made his way from the Alabama
delegation to the platform. He was greeted
with loud round of applause and the
usual cries of Louder
He complied promptly with the request
and revealed the best and strongest voice
thus far heard in the convention. What
President has been brave enough to en-
force the law against the labor union vio-
lator of law? 1t was a democratic Pres-
dent he said, and applause greeted the
assertion.
He passed on to the color question and
declared that IL when the black yellow
races came into contact with white people,
II that race would not commit suicide it
must remain ubSolutaly d}stipct