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Show KEYED TO HIGH PITCH. Delegates and Spectators Wrought Up to High State of Excitement Excite-ment Over Telegram. ST LOUIS,- July 0. The convention did not go. Into resslon promptly at the time appointed although a greater number num-ber of delegates and alternates were In their seats, keyed up to a high pitch of excitement over the possible events .of the session. The news that there would In all probability be all sorts of political fireworks fire-works had spread rapidly through the city, and the people commenced to pour Into the building. Mysterious Telegram. At 0:10 o'clock Chnlrman Clark pounded vigorously with his gavel and asked that the delegates be seated and the aisles be cleared- He did not formally form-ally call the convention to order, but as toon as some degree of quiet had been rostored Gov. Vardaman of Mississippi rose, and without formal recognition by the chair, proceeded to nddrew the convention on the wibject of the mysterious, mys-terious, telegram. "The confusion of tho rabble and the mob has characterized character-ized every hour of the convention since lti Pitting," declared Gov. Vardaman. "Lot ii find out what this rumor la," he concluded, "that has created all tho disorder In this hall. Let the gentlemen from New York to whom the teltgram Is addressed read It. Let It Vie read. Let the truth be known and then let us proceed to business." Loud applause followed thl'p declaration and continued aa Gov. Vardaman took hlo seat. Want to Hear Message. Chairman Clark replied: "It Is moved that the New York delegation or the member of thut delegation who has the telegram that has been rumored about this city be read. If he has such a ono, let him produce it and read it to this convention." George Raines of New York asked that the motion be deferred until the chairman of his delegation should be heard from. Gov, Vardaman acquiesced. The band played "Dixie," and was rewarded re-warded with the Ufual yells. Suddenly the clerk's voice arose with the announcement that there "Is a telegram tele-gram at the desk for George Fred Williams." Wil-liams." A ripple of laughter began In the Massachusetts delegation and spread -over the hall. Committee Reaches HalL . The committee reached the hall at 9:35 and filed slowly along the crowded aisle in the center of the convention floor. Delegates thronged about them, asking: "What shall we dor' "Keep your, heads and behave," retorted Senator Sen-ator Tillman with emphasis, and he repeated re-peated the Injunction at numerous Intervals. In-tervals. John Sharp Williams, Gov. Vardaman and Senator Tillman made their way to the platform with the mysterious message In their poi-scsslon. A short conference took place among them and sang "My Old Kentucky Home." Williama Is Introduced, Chairman Clark pounded for order, with John S. Williams standing by his side. "I wish to announco In advance," said the chairman, "that on this Important Im-portant matter every man shall have a full and fair hearing. I now introduce John Sharp Williams of Mississippi." Mr. Williams spoke as follows: "Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the convention: con-vention: All of us were very much surprised and excited this afternoon, to use no stronger words, at what purported pur-ported to be copies of telegrams which hod teen sent by our nominee to Mr. Carmack and others In this city. I want to tell you that but one telegram has Leon received. Mr. Carmack not only received nc telegram today, of tho character that was published, but never received a telegram from Mr. Parker In all his life. And nobody received re-ceived a telegram containing the language lan-guage In that Infamous volunteer production. pro-duction. What Was Received. "A telegram has come from Mr. Parker to Mr. Shcehan, however, which I shall read In a moment, and It Is so Important that you should know what it is. that, after I have read it, I shall hand it to my friend, the Governor of my State, Mr. Vardaman, and have him read it over again. When you shall have read It you will note that there is not in It one word about requiring re-quiring or demanding, or asking, or requesting that anything should be placed In the Democratic platform. "You will also note that If there Is any error in it It at all It Is an error of Judgment proceeding from a too sensitive spirit of honor. A too sensitive sensi-tive Idea not to be misunderstood or placed In a false or in a double position. posi-tion. I shall now ask Gov. Vardaman to read the telegram to you." Great Audience Quiot. Mr. Williams' words wero heard In a silence so deep, so intense, notwithstanding notwith-standing his weakened voice his every word was distinctly audible In all parts of the hall. He then handed the telegram tele-gram to Gov. Vardaman, who. after requesting absolute quiet, read the telegram, tel-egram, A ringing cheer went around the haJl but It was brief, so anxious were the delegates to see what would follow. Mr, Williams continued: "Mr. Chairman. Chair-man. I think you will bear me out In what I said. This Is the first time In the history of the 'United States that the greatest office on the surface of this , earth has been so supersensitive about a matter of personal rectitude and personal per-sonal honor as to send a telegram as-k-Inc: a friend to decline a nomination for him if, as ho stems to have been informed, there has been something in the platform which is not in accord with his opinion. Purposely Loft Out. "My friends, we purposely made this platform silent on the question of the monetary standard. We made It silent because we all hkTeed that that was not an Ihsuo In this campaign, and we all agreed furthermore that nothing should bo placed In the platform which was not a campaign Issue and the con-, sequence was thut. In the resolutions committee, motions were made to table and those motions were carried, every' resolution on both sides which tended to bring up as an Issue in this campaign the question of the monetary standard. Always Supported Ticket. "Now, my friends. Judge Parker expresses ex-presses his opinion for fear somebody might think that you did not know It. There was notTn all this vast assembly one single, solitary man who did not already know that Judge Parker wan a gold standard man. I have been one of the most consistent, persistent and perhaps radical silver men. In the United States, and I knew that he was a gold standard man, and he never made any attempt to conceal It from anybody. He had supported our candidate can-didate and had said that, although he did not agree with us upon this plank, he was still a Democrat. . "My friends, we purposely made a platform, so far as the monetary standard stand-ard was concerned, upon which William Wil-liam J. Bryan could have stood or Grovcr Cleveland could have stood, or anybody else who was with us in the pending live campaign Issues could have stood." He then announced that n message In answer to the one from Judge Parker Par-ker had been prepared and would be submitted to the convention. Has Message Redd. His declaration that Parker's views were known to every man In the convention, con-vention, was received with faint applause. ap-plause. He asked Senator Tillman to read tho mos?age. but there was a short delay, owing to the dlfllculty experienced exper-ienced by the Senator in deciphering the handwriting of Mr. Williams. The Senator asked for quiet, saying that he had undergone an operation on his throat and that his voice had lost "that nightingale quality that It once possessed." pos-sessed." He then proposed to read the telegram, when Mr. Wllllanu' Interrupted Inter-rupted him with the remark: "Here Is a typewritten copy." "For which I thank Almighty God," retorted the Senator. Sen-ator. He then read tho following message mes-sage to Judge Parker: Messago to Parker. "The platform adopted by this convention con-vention is silent on the question of the monetary standard because it Is not regarded re-garded by us as a possible lssme In this campaign, and only campaign Issues were mentioned In the platform. Therefore There-fore there Is nothing in the views expressed ex-pressed by you in the telegram Just received re-ceived which would preclude a man entertaining en-tertaining them from accepting a nomination nom-ination on said platform." A1' Mr. Tillman concluded the reading of the message Representative Richardson Richard-son of Alabama aroso to dispassionate ly discuss the message to bo sent Judgo Parker. Tillman Is Recognized. Chairman Clark eald that he had recognized Senator Tillman, Avho desired de-sired to discuss Uie matter. Mr. Richardson Rich-ardson bowed and retired at once and Mr. Tillman proceeded. While Mr. Tillman was speaking Representative John Sharp Williams proceeded from the platform to the seat of Mr. Richardson and the two engaged In earnest conversation. Mr. Tillman's remarks were followed closely by the whole audience. His vehement declaration, declar-ation, "I swore by Almighty God that I would not endure to be trifled with." brought forth-applause and cheers. Bryan Appears in Hall. As Senator Tillman was endeavoring to answer a question Injected in the discussion by former Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota, as to whether Mr. Hill had stated In committee that he did not known Judge Parker's views on the financial question Mr. Bryan camo Into the'holl. Instantly there was an uproar. up-roar. Calls of "Bryan! Bryan!"- went up and (he galleries cheered. Mr. Bryan went to his place in the pit, but as the cries of the Nebraskan's name, coupled with the words "Platform! Platform!" continued, Mr. Bryan made his way to the stage. His face was chalk-white. Ho walked rapidly up the side aisle. His lips were compressed to a thin line, and his brows drawn straight. He nervously fanned himself and paid no attention to the hand that were held out to him"" as he- passed. Senator Newlands of Nevada also went to the speaker's stand. Noise Ceases. After a threat on the chairman's part to clear the galleries, where most of the disturbance came from, tho noise ceased. Senator Tillman continued by saying that If he understood the present temper of the delegates the threats of the chair, with reference to the galleries, gal-leries, would be carried out. "Look out," shouted a voice. "You look out or you will be put out," retorted Mr. Tillman, and Instantly the police seized the offending spectator and ejected him. As the Senator concluded there was a short-lived burst of applause, but It was evident the delegates wero In no mood to waste time In demonstrations. Bryan Is Heard. Mr. Bryan then arose and came to the front of the rostrum. His face was pale and drawn with Illness. His voire was weak and hoarse. He spoko with great effort, but quietly and with self-control. self-control. As the sepaker went on his voice grew stronger and clearer, and. uw nc narraicu me story oi jus euoris to secure the Insertion in the platform of a financial plank, the flush of excitement excite-ment covered his face and his gestures becamo more freauent and more emphatic. em-phatic. Wanted to Present Facts. Mr. Bryan said he wanted to present the facts In the rnatter and then make a -suggestion regarding the proposed answer to Judge Parker. He told of the contest in the committee on resolutions. reso-lutions. A gold standard plank was recommended by the sub-committee at first, he said, but this was opposed by him and his colleagues and was finally rejected by a vote of 35 to 16. " Mr. Bryan said he then Introduced resolutions resolu-tions reaffirming the Kansas City platform, plat-form, then to oppose to recolnlng of silver dollars into subsidiary coins, and' finally against any contraction of the currency, and the other side was so largely opposed to the Injection of the money Question In any form into the campaign that they would not agree to any of them. Then It was agreed, he said, that tho entire question should be omitted from the platform. Asks Party to Be Honest. "Now, my friends" said- Mr. Bryan, "If you send this telegram and say that this question Is no longer an Issue you simply say It Is settled on the gold standard side, and I Insist If you are going to declare for the gold standard you should be honest and manly and say so in the platform. "Senator Tillman has said that we all know where Mr. Parker stands. That we all knew In the committee. How did we know? Only by his silence. That was the only way. Judging by his silence si-lence I believed he was for the cold standard and I have insisted for months that ho ought to state his position; posi-tion; that the American people could sit In Judgment upon It, and not come blindfolded Into a convention on this subject. Appeals for the Impossible. "Now, my friends, If this convention .will adopt a plank declaring that the gold standard has been adopted, I shall offer no objection except to vote against It. But I appeal to you to be candid with the voters of the country. I appeal to you to take them Into your confidence. If there Is any objection to our saying this plainly, why should we say It by Inference, and If you say that you are willing to say this In regard to the gold standard because It Is settled, then I Insist that, having entered upon the money question, you shall tell us in your platform whether the party favors fa-vors the melting up of the silver dollars, dol-lars, the asset currency, the branch bank and the' National bank currency or not, and If the convention does not want to do this. If it wants simply to send this telegram, then I Insist that If we are going to tell Mr. Parker that his views are unimportant on this question ques-tion because It Is not an Issue, will you not tell him that his views are Important Impor-tant on these other phases of the financial finan-cial question which ore before the country?" would. Mean uelct btandaru. His declaration that the sending of the telegram to Judge Parker was a declaration for the gold standard side, and his statement that If the Democracy Democ-racy was to adopt such a view It should be honest and aay o frankly, was greeted greet-ed with a shriek of applause from the galleries, and one man with a strong voice yelled, "That's right." Ex-Senator Pettigrew interrupted to know If the Parker telegram did not declnre that the gold standard was firmly and Irrevocably fixed, and was Informed that he was correct. Proposed to Amend Message. Loud applause greeted Mr. Bryan's remark that It was a manly thing In Judge Parker to express his opinions before the convention adjourned, but his statement that It would have been a manlier thing had he spoken before the convention was again cheered. He announced an-nounced that he would propose an amendment to the message and took his reat, amid loud cries of "Vote, vote, Hill." Anxious to Close Incident. Senator John Daniel, chairman of the commlttoc on resolutions, was then recognized. It was then 11 o'clock and there wero signs that th trouble would i pass. Mr. Bryan's speech and that of Senator Tillman had been listened to attentively. When applause was given there was no disposition to prolong It. The delegates were evidently In a business-like frame of mind and determined to adjust and close the lncldtnt that had been so dramatically injected Into tho situation. Senator Daniel Recognized. Senator Daniel was ri 'Ov,nl- J, bat had spoken only a f c v vo:d wuen a delegate from Arkansas announcod that he could hear nothing because of noise among delegates and after mow conversation between him and the chairman tho latter directed that If delegates mado any trouble the police should "take two or three of them out and It will do them good." Senator Daniel concluded at 11:17. His speech was. received with hearty applause from the pit where tho delegates were seated. Weaver Goes for Parker. J. B. Weaver of Iowa, who twelvo years ago was the presidential nominee of the Populist party, next spoke, being recognized amid calls for "Vote, vote," .from all over the hall. It was, he said, an optical Illusion to suppose Parker to be a foot higher than on yesterday. The Illusion was caused by the convention being three feet lower. To send tho telegram was equivalent to saying "All right, Judge, anything you want we will accede tc." Mr. Weaver punned the name of the place from where Judge Parker sent his telegram. It Is spelled "Esopus," he said, "but I think It ought to be read "B-soap-us." (Vociferous (Vo-ciferous cries of "Question, question, vote," followed). Tired of Oratory. The chair recognized Charles S. Hamlin of Massachusetts, who urged the sending of the telegram to Judge Parker. As Mr. Hamlin finished it was evident that the delegates were heartily sick of listening to speeches and were rapidly losing temper over the constant succession of fepeakeru who mounted the platform, and they clamored ilercely for a vote, but Chairman Clark, true to his promise that every man should have a fair show, recognized Senator Carmack of Tennessee. The speaker declared that Mr. Bryan said that the nomination of Judge Parker would bo a declaration enough on the money plank. Corrected by Bryan. "Mr. Chairman," said Mr. Bryan rising ris-ing hastily, "I beg the gentleman's pardon, but I never said that." John S. Williams supported Mr. Bryan Bry-an fh his statement and Senator Carmack Car-mack accepted the correction. The Senator took occasion to deny that ho had ever received a message from Judgo Parker and the chair recognized Mr. Bryan, who presented an amend-V ment to tho reply to Judgo Parker as follows: Bryan's Amendment. "But as you will, If elected, bo called upon to act upon certain phasey of the money question, wo would llko to know whether you favor reducing the volume vol-ume of sliver dollars, whether you favor fa-vor an nsset currency and branch national na-tional banks, whether you prefer national na-tional bank currency to United States notes." Answers Statements. Mr. Bryan then proceeded to answer some of the statements made by those who had followed his first address. Great applause followed his assertion that lack of harmony in the party could not be laid at his door. Beads His Amendment. Mr. Bryan read his proposed amendment amend-ment to the telegram as follows: "But aa you will, If elected, be called upon to act on certain phases of the money question, we would like to know whether wheth-er you favor reducing tho volume of silver dollars, whether you favor an asset as-set currency, a branch national bank, or whether you prefer national bank currency to United States notes." He then went on to show the efforts he had made to preserve harmony. Ho eald: "And my objection now Is that after we have done our part, after we" have given up our contentions for harmony, har-mony, that they would now forco upon us something even worse than the original contention." Verifies His Position. Regarding the statement that ho had said that Judge Parker- would not need a platform, Mr. Bryan said he bcllcvod he had made that remark regarding Mr. Cleveland, whose record was so well known that a platform would not be neceeaary if he were tho nominee. I He added: "But, my friends, I think ! that my recollection on tho subject Is carried out by the fact of my quoetion i to Senator Hill and his answer that he did not know the opinion of Judgo Parker Par-ker on the silver question. I think that verifies my position, for If Senator Hill did not know his opinion I would hardly hard-ly say he should be accepted as the platform himself." Answers Daniel. Ar.'fuirlr g the arguirent cf Senator Daniel itat tho party having been de feated twice on the silver question, It should acqulesco In the will of the majority, ma-jority, this argument could, he said, as well bo applied to the tariff question. Ho went on: "It Is said that Judge Parker did not discuss this question, that nobody knows his opinion, but this question was so settled In New York that nobody ever thought of mentioning mention-ing It. Well, if that Is true, then how did anybody discover that It was not In the platform. If It Is so well settled that they never think of It, that they never ask about It, then why are they so quick to discover an omission In the platform?" Mr. Bryan said his greatest anxiety in regard to this Injection of the question ques-tion Into the campaign was that It would Jeopardize the party's success. Senator Carmack undertook to correct cor-rect a statement mode by Mr. Bryan as to the proceedings In the committee on resolutions and a short debate followed fol-lowed between the gentlemen with the result that neither satisfied the other as to who possessed tho better memory. Two Ways Out of Difficulty. The speaker woke the galleries to enthusiasm en-thusiasm when he declared that he had expressed a willingness to support a gold standard man to build up harmony har-mony In the party and again when ho declared that he believed the adoption of the gold standard would defeat the party In the Impending campaign. There were only two ways out of the dllllculty Into which the action of Judge Parker had plunged the party. One was to amend the message In the manner man-ner ho had suggested and the other wus to amend the platform by the Insertion of a gold plank. Leaning far over the rail in front of the platform he shook his hand at the New York delegation and said: "I will agree to adopt Senator Sen-ator Carmack's plank. Will that satisfy sat-isfy the friends of Judge Parker?" Williams Scores Nebraskon. It was ten minutes after midnight when Mr. Bryan concluded and Representative Rep-resentative John Sharp Williams arose. He plunged without preface Into a scathlnpr arraignment of Mr. Bryan, turning from time to time he faced Mr. Bryan, who sat with lmmavable countenance coun-tenance and fanned himself. His voice trembling, Mr. Williams declared that Mr. Bryan had presented the spectacle of a man pleading for harmony when In all this great convention his hau been the only voice of discord. "Lot of Foolish. Questions.' uie .uii.'uuiiii;nis iu uie x'urjter telegram tele-gram ho characterized as a "lot of foolish questions." He spoke satirically, satiri-cally, with biting humor and great earnestness. In explaining that the telegram tel-egram from Judge Parker wan simply an expression of the Judge's own Individual Indi-vidual opinion, Mr. Williams suddenly wheeled and facing- those on the platform plat-form asked: "Suppose had nominated nomi-nated Mr. Bryan on this platform." "God forbid," ejaculated Richmond P. Hobaon. In explaining his own nttltude on the absence of a financial plank In the platform, plat-form, ho remarked of the money question: ques-tion: "If It Is In a trance It will awake, but If It Is dead I do not want the corpse In my parlor." Beads Prom the Bcply. Taking up the question of the reply to Parker. Mr. Williams read the first sentence: "The platform adopted by this convention Is silent on the money question." ques-tion." "Does anyono deny that even Mr. Bryan?" asked Mr. Williams. "Then lake the next sentence," he said: "Because it Is not regarded by us a political lsue." "Does anyone In the hall deny that? If there Is anyone on the floor of this convention who believes be-lieves that the money question Is not an Issue In this campaign, let him arise In .his place." Not a delegate arose. Uebraakan Keeps His Seat. "Now let anyone on tho platform who believes the money question an Issue arise." As he said this Mr. Williams turned to Mr. Bryan. But Mr. Bryan kept his seat. Cries of "Question, question!" came so fast that confusion reigned for some minutes. In the confusion an effort was made to make an adjournment motion. mo-tion. This was ruled out of order. Bryan for Harmony. Mr. Bryan sprang to his feet and declared de-clared that his delegation wan going to support the candidate that New York wanted for VIce-Prosldent. and if It would conduce to harmony he would withdraw his amendments to the reply. "I am going to withdraw this amendment," amend-ment," Bald Mr. Bryan. "Our delegation delega-tion will vote for tho candidate for Vice-President that New York nants, Wo aro not going to do ore thing to ' mar tho harmony of tho concntlon." J A roar of applause followed the an-nouncement. an-nouncement. Roll Call Ordered. After some debate a roll call was or- pj dered on the question, of the adoption f of tho Williams reply to Judge Parker's tSf. messuge to Mr. Sheehan. As tho roll i f& call proceeded It was evident that the ' motion to send the message to Judgo a- Parker would be carried by an over- 5 whelming majority. The result was an- je nounced to be 771 ayes, 191 nays, and i 2 the messago was ordered sent by tho ftp convention. The vote in detail follows: Sj Aje. No. 'is Alabama 22 . . Ar Kansas is .. X California 1C I . : Colorado 4 o : y; Connecticut 11 Delaware 0 .. ;i Florida 0 4 : Georgia 16 .. Idaho G & Illinois' M .. ,5! Indiana SO .. , : 5 Iowa , 1; ; 5 Kansas J) : Kentucky 36 . ' i Louisiana 1$ . i ih Maine , 7 4 . ? Jj Maryland , 16 , -jz Masuachusettts 32 , i .g Michigan , 2$ ! a Minnesota 0 13 Wi s Mississippi ...20 . WfJ Missouri 20 Iw Montana U mm Nebraska K 'Mi Nevada 4 2 m ij. New Hampshlro 8 m. 2f New Jersey 21 ,. 9 New York , 78 .. Mt 't North Carolina 21 , . North Dakota .Jt. 8 mwx Ohio 31 i j1 Oregon 4 4 M' Pennsylvania CS Jtnode Tsland 2 ij Six South Carolina IS . fc South Dakota s M:c Tennessee 24 .. Texas 30 .. WL g Utah 6 .. W ft Vermont S .. h Virginia 2 .. Washington v io ., ' Woat Virginia U .. Wisconsin 20 .. , Wyoming 3 3 c Alaska o .. 3 Arizona , .. c !? District Columbia 6 .. ; I Indian Territory , G 1 I Hawaii , 2 2 fi New Mexico ,, c ., . !W Oklahoma ; 3 1 ' I Porto Rico ..v C .. ' il Totals (unofficial) TW 1W 2 Incident Is Closed. The vote closed the Incident, which, i I when horn at the afternoon session, I r555! more than sensational. !iwn Provocative of some feel ng tt?l I4dKM anxiety on the part of the m nUC,J1 c hut from the first of the fc i $T SoS It 5 evident that F 8 &the situation well In hand. If j gJuTi Order la Bcsumcd. 1 ft -Hcr of business now went back W ii Mint where Gov. Vnrdaman t l the Parker telegram rumor, and lift iJ when the roll of States was 21 Ibc called and the vote for the m iW1 'Vn of a candidate for A ice-tll ice-tll Urt0 and the chair directed that m PJftouW be called. Alabama, Ar-Hi Ar-Hi nnd California went solidly for 5 &f Turner rcored osvun on the WlPm vote and Williams received th fVame time. In detail, the llfSa as follows: M Ballot for Vice-President. Da- Turn- Wll-Hnr-i' vis. er. Hams. ris. 8iito?f""-.""' " daw? ; c0 llra1,a .. 7 3.. ft (Sut'.:: ....31 :: H ) Prt " 2 ... ... I " '. " ' &t ' 'v U . vjuna . fit . Passcd ;; iy- 20 Ml ni"a " 0 , - g!gSSSu. , Ml h!Ean 13 ; M S Hampshire .... S .v .. iiT Jersey -1 ;'.'. " WfA f York . ' " isjprlh Carolina .. JtfUh Dakota ....... 3 ... .. U .lo - S Stewnia a .. . :: :: Wand 8 JJfT Carolina , IS Tf V'li D1013- f ' " t ! Tiincsseo . . vr ; iia 3" -j , H i itfh o - ( TwtMrplnla 14 .. ' .. 1 I ijifka i ' kA I lirfrnna . u a ,;i Itft of Columbia .. C ..... ... M , Isilan Territory- .. C ..' ' Bt all M , Olihoron 2 - 2 2 4 4j ! jwo Rico G .. .. ... ThP flnttl result of the ballot, unof-i unof-i fclallj". was: Williams 1C5, Turner 100, 5 I juvls 651, Harris &S. Iowa did not vote. lh. i rbe nomination of Davis was made 1 ffanlmous It was resolved that the I full report of Uie proceedings of the toaventlon should be printed. M-1i iniinsr Committee- Vacancies. ldoptk i ?a-rktt'j )i Djlegato John Iainb of Indiana the ro3 i, coved that the Democratic National oat tb ' toromlttee be authorized to fill any va-) va-) Juiji ancles that mlpht occur on the Natlon-n Natlon-n 0Tt;.J il ticket- Tho motion was made in the ivajai.a' foi of a resolution which was adopt-W, adopt-W, uii1 without opposition. A resolution i) u'$ Mining and thanklnpr the olllcers of the 'oIoti:'3 toaventlon was also adopted; also e..X(L'J Jmps K Jones and the outgoing Na- tional committee. ? , 3 The people of St. Louis and the Bus-1' Bus-1' br's Men's league of the city were I Jj Lhanked for entertainment provided. . .". Clark and Williams Nnmed. ; i 5V , Chairman Champ Clark and Tempo-j Tempo-j 'tilnry Chairman John Sharp Williams Ircre made respectively chairmen of the '.""'l !commlttee3 to notify Judge Parker and 'si i-Senalor Davis of their nomination. i jit was "also announce'd that the new i v7"' , (National committee would meet in . V7 ;Xev. York on a date to be fixed by the '"-St ;chilrmaa ''.-'' ' Frederick B. Holman was named as iy National committeeman for Oregon, i&x?-.' Thanks to the management, president 'fsfciV1 olllcers of the Louisiana Purchase -'f fjsjflErposltlon company were expressed in Vjalri resolution, which was agreed to. ';f r' Taggart a Committcoman. jj The convention ratified, by agreeing M i to a motion, the selection, as a member i!cf the National, committee, of Thomas If fTa5FJrt of Indiana. Mr. Taggart's se-'m se-'m kctlon was announced too late to be Ik 'I rordcd in the regular way. Jffl II Senalor ilcCreary of Kentucky pre- -1 ei 'n the closing moments of the 'V m convention. ' J 1 resolution of thanks to Senator $i j1 Bailey of Texas for the admirable man-5r man-5r In which he presided over the con-,fventIon con-,fventIon wsis agreed to. Adjourned Without Day. f.o At 1:31 o'clock Senator McCreary ad-( ad-( Journed the convention sine die, the f tend playing "Auld Lang Syne." |
