Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-09

convention adjourned until 2 this af
ternoon, when a vice president will be
nominated
st. Louis, July AT s o'clock last
evening there was not a vacant seat
in the vast auditorium. Outside the
crowd was even greater than within
the coliseum. The streets on
the four sides OF the coliseum were
impossible.
4 series of energetic thumps
on the presiding officers ia
bic were given by Chairman
Clark at S:O3 in an cndeavor to call
the convention to order. AS Clark
stood at the desk Senator Daniel of
Virginia. chairman of the resolutions
committee, made his way To- his side
with a copy of the platform in his
hand.
4 demonstration started and the
confusion continued throughout the
reading of the platform. When he had
finished Daniels moved the previous
question on the adoption of the plat
form. 1t was adopted by a viva voce
vote. Chairman Clark then put the
motion to- adopt the report and another
viva voce vote carried il.
Lead by Temporary Chairman Viii
Iiams the crowd roared applause again
and again while the band played Hail
Columbia
Calls for Nominations.
Clark announced the call for the
nomination of candidates for presi-
dent Alabama yielded to New York.
Martin w Littlcton, of New York,
took the stand to make the speech
that was to- put Parker in nomination.
He began speaking at exactly 9 O'Clock.
He spoke in good voice, with clear
Cnunciation, and succeeded in forcing
his speech into the greater part of the
hall. As he progressed the noise died
out. and as he became easily audible
attention became tense.
LittletOn is a rotund. smoOth-Shaven
man of 45. and wears his hair after
the Henry Ward Beecher style. His
introductory remarks, in which he re-
ferred facetiously TO President ROose-
welt. were received with laughter and
cheers. When he said The man of
national peace is a hero a hundred
a hero once" the crowd cheered. When
he said We meet tonight TO act to-
Eether for the welfare of the party" a
visitor back of the stand let out shrill
Wow" that started a laugh which in
terrupted the speaker temporarily.
Continuing. he said:
somehow of late the atmosphere of
our national life is filled with a spray
of blood: somehow the march of prog
ress sounds of hammered steel: some
how. although the sunlight of peace is
still all about us. there is now and
then the CLEAN of bayonets in its ra-
diant fire and a flash of swords as in
its silver beams: somehow. at times.
there runs n sort of shock right down
TO the foundations of this republic
which makes the structure tremble."
Meet A. Reasoning Men.
He then referred To the present con
vcntion where. he said. the democrats
met in the clear and rational calm of
common sense to reason together for
the well being OF the country and the
party He said that no factiOnal fight
should divide the party in presenting
Il battlefront 10 the enemy. He saia
that there was no principle which did
not rest upon a condition, and there
could be no condition which might not
change. No platform could last for
ever unless ii be made of abstract
things incapable of demonstration. II
would be better TO give up some doc
trine and occasionally succeed than TO
hold them all faithfully and always
fail. for. he said. IF we would become
masters of a few things we might be
come ruler over many"
Continuing. he said that New York,
hardening to the call OF the country.
comes to the convention united upon
one who would bring peace into the
council of the party. II answered with
n man who learned the simple lessons
of the democratic faith in the furrow-
ed field and who took them with in
creasing strength 10 the bar and f.
nally honored them by his exalted sta
tion on the bench-"a man who.
throughout his career from poverty to
power, never in fair weather or foul