The Monticellonian., 1904-07-14
THE FOURTH DAY.
Afternoon Session.

nights pretracted and naras5ing ses= sion was plainly evident when the hour arrived to which the recess mad been taken Chairman Clark was not present. Not over three hundred del- egates were in their seats and the gal leries showed more empty chairs than visitors. The pyrotechnics were over. the red fire dying out, the curtain was about to descend and the general in terest in the proceedings was compara- lively gone.
 For the first time since the conYen- toned opened it was possible to walk the aisles without treading upon the feet of other people and fighting for a passageway. The chairman arrived at fifteen minutes after two o'clock, and that incident, which heretofore has been the signal for applause, was entirely unnotieed.
 The prominent men in the party were conspicuous by their absence. Hill was in conference at the South ern hotel trying to settle upon the nominee for the vice-presidency Col. Guffey. of Pennsylvania; Hopkins of Illinois; Daniel. of Virginia, and nu merous others were absent long after | the hour set for the commencement of the days work.
 Chairman Clark resumed the gayel and, at 2:fS o'clock began his effort to call the convention to order. Be | fore the formal opening of the session. | the band was signaled for tune. as many delegates began to arrive, mak- 1 ing too much confusion for the chair to be heard The rumor of a recess had spread, and everyone was anxious to know the procedure. The delay con tinued, however. waiting for word from the presidential conference at the Southern hotel The band was utilized again for entertainment. and | got a rousing cheer as it struck ID Dixie"
 Rev. John r. NJ. Johnson. pastor of the Delmar Avenue Baptist church. was introduced and pronounced the invocation.
 Gov. Cookery was recognized at the conclusion of the prayer and read q telegram from Senator Cockrell
 MT. Hopkins, of Illinois. secured rec ognition for A Nj. Lawrence, of that state, to read a telegram from the platform. The telegram was from William R. Hearst thanking his friends for their support and indorsing the nominee. The reading was warmly applauded.
 At 3::20 ?. m. a recess was taken un- til 5:20 D. m.
 Evening session.
 The convention was called to order at ,: 37 D. m. for it's seventh session. T. H. Ball, of Texas, moved that nominat- ing speeches for vice-president be lim- | tied to. ten minutes and seeonding | speeches to five minutes, not more than three speeches to be allowed any can didate This was agreed to-
 Alabama being called, Delegate F. L. | Russell yielded the floor to the state of | Illinois F. P. Morris, of that state, placed in nomination Congressman J R. Williams
 Arkansas being next called, Gov. Jeff | Davis responded: Arkansas has no candidate, but she has votes in No vember to deliver to the nominee of this convention.
 When Colorado was reached Delegate r J. O'Donnell announced that his state yielded the floor to the state of Washington The chair thereupon pre- sented to the convention Frederick c. | Robertson, who nominated Senator | George Turner.
 Delegate Spencer, of Indiana. second ed the nomination of Williams
 Delaware yielded to West Virginia and John D. Alderson of the latter state nominated Henry G. Davis say ing, among other things:
 When I went through the state of West Virginia in 1896 and 1900 along with our gallant standard bearer, the matchless Bryan. we found Henry G. Davis. fellow democrats, although he had worked his way up through an honest life to a position of influence among the people. we found him as sisting us, his shoulder to the wheel always. And it is no reflection upon a man, 1 take it. in a democratic conYen- tion to say that he not only never scratched ticket. but he never dreamed of doing SO"
 The states of Florida and Georgia upon being called by he clerk. were passed, and Idaho being called, Senator Fred r Dubois of that state seconded | Turner's nomination.
 The clerk then called the states of Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, without re- ceiving any response Kansas was next called and the chair recognized David Overmeyer, who nominated Senate. William A. Harris. of Kansas For Maryland John Prentice Poe took the platform and seconded the nomination of Mr. Davis of West Vir- ginia.
 Senator William A Clark. of Mon tana. was the next to speak. He first 1 paid high tribute to the west, and