Show I SECOND SESSION I J Committees Not Heady to Report No Business Transacted 1 Although tho afternoon session of tho convention was to have begun at 1 oclock there v > oie not over fifty delegates dele-gates In ther seats at that time and tho naileries verc not more than half i full By 430 ocrock about half ot the various delegations were In their scats and the band was pounding out ragtime rag-time airs to entetlaiir the crowd which filled even seat and occupied every Square foot of standing room outside of tho space reserved for the delegates and alternates Chairman Thomas warm and perspiring mounted the rostrum at 433 HILLS ADMIRERS The recess gave a chance to the Hill admirers to crowd about him and for fully twenty minutes they forbade him leaving the hall shaking his hand and congratulating him on the ovation he had received 3 When the convention began assembling assem-bling tho principal point of interest seemed to be tho New York delegation and around It swarmed the delegates from other States anxious to see Hill Croker Van Wyck and other celebrities celebri-ties AGAIN IN ORDER At 113 Chairman Thomass gavel fell calling the convention to order tho delay being caused by l the nonarrival of the delegates and the desire on tho part of the convention leaders to afford Iho committees time to prepare their reports Despite the continued rapping for order by the chairman the convention conven-tion was slow In reaching such a state of quiet as would admit of the transaction transac-tion business MESSAGE FROM TAMMANY When partial order was finally restored re-stored Charles A Hampton of Peto skey Mich advanced to the front of the platform and read a telegram from tho Democrats assembled In Tammany hal celebrating the one hundred and twentyfourth anniversary of the Declaration De-claration of Independence The dispatch dis-patch was signed by Thomas Feiger grand sachem of Tammany Hall and was as follows Greeting to the Democrats of the Nation Five thousand Democrats now celebrating the one hundred and twen tyfourth anniversary of the Declaration Declara-tion of Independence at IndenenceJ1C Tammany hal want to join you In hoping for a vindication vindi-cation of tho principles enunciated one hundred and twentyfour years ago by the immortal Thomas Jefferson THOMAS FEIGER Grand Sachem Tammany Hall The reading of the telegram was received re-ceived with tremendous applause lie New York delegation leading In tho demonstration SECOND ADJOURNMENT TAKEN Chairman Thomas announced that the committee on credentials was not I yet ready to report Instead of following follow-ing the programme that previously had been arranged and proceeding at once to the oilier business of the convention conven-tion Joseph Daniels of North Carolina was recognized by the chairman for n motion to adjourn until SrlO oclock tonight to-night Amid considerable confusion I Chairman Thomas at I51 1 declared the 1 molion carried molen I |