The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-09

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At the conclusion of the prayer an
announcement was made, at the or
der of Chairman Clark, that ne was
determined to have order ANA tndl
any person raising row will be taken
out by the police
National Committee Cheered.
A demand was made for the report
OF the Resolutions Committee. AS no
response was forthcoming, it was de-
termined to call the roll Of States
for the purpose Of having the names
OF the next National Committee an
| nounced.
There were cheers at the announce
ment of the name of Robert ID. Sulli-
| van, as committeeman of Illinois, but
| the demonstration assumed larger
proportions at the mention of Thomas
Taggart, of Indiana, which followed.
Many other names were cheered
as the call proceeded. The Pennsyl-
vania delegation arose and saluted
| the announcement of j. M. Guffey, as
their National committeeman.
A call for the committee to meet
at the Jefferson Hotel as soon as the
| convention adjourned sine die was
made.
AS the clerk pronounced the words
"sign or die" the convention took oc-
casion to laugh.
Another call was made for the re-
! port of the Committee on Resolutions.
Representative Ollie James, of Ken
tucky, moved that a committee of
three be appointed by the chair to
wait on the committee and ascertain
when it would be ready to report.
This motion received a second and was
carried without delay. Chairman
Clark named Mr.. James. II. d. Clay
ton, of Alabama. and Il. Fl. Ball, of
Texas, as the committee.
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 had been restored it was stated
that Mr.. Cochran was not in the hall.
A demand for G. a. Towne, the sill.
ver-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 National commit
teemen had not been confirmed and
the oversight was remedied by mo-
ton which was carried by viva Voce
vote and the procedure Strengthened
out.
1.-The clerk will call the roll" said
the chairman. "for the list of hon
orary vice-presidents," and the calling
of the roll designed more for the pur-
pose of keeping the convention quiet
by giving it something to which it
could listen to, proceeded with much
deliberation.
When the roll call was finished,
Chairman Clark, who was displaying
decided ability in keeping up the
interest of the convention during the
tedious wait for word of some Kind
from the Committee on RESOLUTIONS
called on the band to play "Ameri-
4 In11 faS nd en-
tators to sing at the same time. His
wishes were carried out, the entire
convention rising and singing two
stanzas Of the song.
A motion was made 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 del
egation 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 conVen-
ton.
"What President has been brave
enough to enforce the law against the
labor union violator of law? 1t was
Democratic President" he said, and
3,
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 abso-
lutely distinct. A shout from the
Southern delegates greeted the state
ment He declared that Booker l.
Washington would soon outliVe ms
undoubted usefulness if he did not
~ 70 f1Na hi n
fluences of the Republican party and
its chfeftain. 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
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 Re-
publicans name the battlefield and let
US make them call it Waterloo
NeNA'
following him, played 'The Star
Spangled Banner" and then swung
into "Dixie" which received
more than usual tribute because of
the speech of Mr.. Hobson. which had
dealt with conditions in the South.
Nhang! Whang! Snap!
In his efforts to secure order, Chair
man Clark broke his gavel handle
short off.
The committee headed by Represen-
tative Ollie James, which had been
dispatched to the rooms 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 the duty.
The committee informs us that they
Will be unable to report to this conven-
tion until o'clock tonight at which
time they will bring to you a unan-
imous report signed by every member
of the committee"
Great applause and cheers greeted
this last statement and as soon as
Mr.. James could be heard again he
continued:
New York, Nebraska. Virginia and
Wisconsin have all joined hands and