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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION - : ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1884.—TWELVE PAGES,
IN DISTINCT PSIN1
CLEVELAND-HENDRICKS.
delegation anil a stuffed eagle carried fn the pro- Virginia with that of the key stone state. f£hccra I
•in', .Mr. Stories, of California, withdrew ihujiornF
** Pf AVTW/Z THP* FOOT M I know wire men and great men, competent for house? For how much would you come out |
ILAlUlU intj TUUlj. ; all other stations who are acting a silly and on the most dangerous peak of the Matter- • . . n r
foolish part in regard to the tech n ica lilies of horn and ware your cap? Yob say: “No -V - - -- 1 ™ J ,l K°t
PEOPLE OF TO-DAY AS WELL AS religion. They ask us some questions which . money could induce mo to do It." And yet «u>Kin»it«,i, ^ *n»L. apparently ^ lu response, because
KING DAVID PLAY THE FOOL. t we cannot answer categorically, and so they you stand with oue foot on a crumbling mo- ~ " ' 1
■i,-,- — ■ burst into a broad guffaw, as though it is of ment and the other foot lifted, not knowing - hv .nd• A*?"**?* ^
Ana so changed si. Behavior B.foto THon>. and 'W more interest to us tlisu it ought 10 be to . where you will.put it <low», while the disUncf t rei,i **52! siimit more fnuu ,! [| |u ,i tl ,#“h? hnfl delc ‘ 1 w - ch hl! M'S"* ®“ ted ‘
“* * — % about God's de- ! between you and the bottom of tho depth be- nmtu of thespacu allotted tu tho delegates. The boom,
Feigned Himself Mad in Their Hands, and
Scrabbled on tbe Doors at the Gate, and
Let His 8pittle Fall Down/* Etc.
i them. About tho atonement,
..V •■••o '"' ""“Ill littu lutiuv II-IIIHIIIL-II Iiviurt- UIU CUllVCIUHiJI.
lumped Up nearly reached tho necessary two-• 3Ir Hubbard, of Texan, made a spirited speech
,!*• ’£9»* thirds. At this Juncture, when the success of In favor of giving Hendricks file office out of
lifuco. and a '’’-'••‘'land was certain, some of tho minority dele* . which he had been cheated.
left the hall. Outside the artLUery began to ! Mr. Weed, of New York, «uggc»ted that the roll
• | --j- - - - - ■ --I wiMri.iM, inside, the uproar was tremendous J of states should be called so ns to put on record
..VVi ri. Jt , Brm ! nd Then the Change of California was announced to the unanimous vote for Hendricks;
Dr,
Taberhaele
Samuel xxi. 13: “And he changed his be-1
bnvior before them, and feigned himself mad
in tboir hands, and scrabbled on the doors of
the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his
beard
There is one scene in the life of David that
you may not have pondered. You have seen
him with a harp playing the devil out of Saul;
with a sling smashing the skull of Goliath;
with a sword backing to pieces the Philistines;
with a sceptre, ruling a vast realm; with a
psalm gathering all nations into doxology; but
in my text you have David playing the fool,
He has been annointed king, yet he is in exile
and passing incognits among the Gathites.
They begin to suspect who he is and say: “I
wonder if this is not tho warrior King David?
It looks like him. Is not this tue man about
whom they used to make poetry and about
whom they composed a dance, so that the
maidens of the land, reeling? now on one foot
and now on the other, used to sing: «8iCUl has
slain his thousands, but David has slain bis
tens of thousands.' " Yes, it is very much
like David. It must be David. It is David.
David to escape their hands pretends to be de
mented. He said within himself: “If I act
craxily then of course these people will not in
jure me. Np one would be *0 much of a cow
ard os to assault a madman." So, one day,
while these Gathites are watching David with
increased suspicion, they see him standing by
the door and running his hands meaninglcssly
up and down the panels—scrabbling on tbe
door as though he would claim up, hts mouth
wide open, drolling like an infant. 1 suppose
the boys of tbe streets threw missiles at him,
but the sober people of the town said: “This is
not lair. Do you not seo that he has lost his
reason? Do not touch this madman. Hands
off! Hands off! “So David escaped; but what
nn exhibition he made of himself before all
the ages! Thero was a majesty in King Lear’s
madness after Jlegan and Goncril, his daugh
ters, had persuaded him to banish their sister
question
answer. O you cavailing men 1 O you pro
found men! 0 you learned men 1 Do please
admit something. You have a soul? Yes.
Will it live forever? Yes. Whore? You sny
that Jesus Christ is not a divine Savior. Who
fs He? Where will you go after you leave
your law books and your medical prescriptions
and your clubroom and your newspaper office
—where will you goto? Your body will bo
six feet under ground. Where will your soul
be? The black coat will be off, the shroud ou.
Those spectacles will bo removed from your
vision, for tHe sod Will press vour eyelids.
Have you any idea that nn. earthy almanac
describes the years of your lifetime? Of what
stuff shall I gnther the material for the letters
of that word which, describes your eternal
homo? Shall it be iron chain or ninnnanthino
garlaud? The air that stirs the besweated
locks of your dying pHlow, will it come off a
garden or. a desert? ' v * -
n?T*mm*nvhrt W if r !S^ISS 0 riftwiv®!5Im*^! e S Cleveland 27, Thurman 19. Tennessee changed fug an answer lu the negative from tiie chairman^
a to of thJSfilSSEm w her rote to Cleveland. Iowa transferred her 2ti said: "Then, sir, the state oflndUna casts thirty
nva * the oonltlsion. Kelly * mouth wus w Ido open,but votes solid to rJevelahd. voles for Thomas A Hemiriekx " 7
’» a ” d mS? 1t MJi! r trnt 1 nnm!l* I At this moment sii immense painting of (iover-1 thb scene which enrced.
"* ' K “ »t cm nn uaa drowned in the frightful uproar | nor Cleveland wss carried on the platform, wait* I fibj ‘
ii is, nun [IVT*U«UCU uim w uuuiou men
Cordelia, and all the friendsof the drama lmve
been thrilled with that spectacular. Tho
craziness of Meg Mcrrilies was weird and im-
posing and tho most telling passage in Walter
Scott's Guy Mannaring. There was a fascina
tion about the insanity of Alexander Cruden
who made the best concordance of tbe Bible
that the world ever saw—made it between the
madhouse.'Ssometime ago while I was visiting
the insane asylum on Blackwell's island,
demented woman came up to me and said
most tragic style:
“God moves In a mysterious way,
HI* wonders to perforin:
He plant* His footsteps In the sea,
And rides upon the storm."
But there was nothing grand, nothing
weird, nothing majestic, nothing sublime
about this simulation on the part of David
instead of trusting in the Lord ns he had on
other occasions, ho gathers before him a vast
audiuuce of all generations that were to conic,
and standing on that conspicuous stage of
history in the presence of all the ages ho im
personates the slavering idiot; “and he
changed his behavior before them and feigned
himself mad in their bands and scrabblod at
the door of tbe gate and let his spittle fall
upon his beard."
Taking tho behavior of David as a sugges
tion, I wish to tell how many of the bravo
and tho wise and the regal sometimes play
the fool. And in tbe first place I remark that
those men as badly play the fool as this men
of the text, who in any crisis of life take their
case out of the hand of God. David in this
cose acted as though thero were no God to lift,
him out of the predicament. What a contrast
between his benavior when this brave little
man stood up in front of the giant, ten feet in
height, and looking him into his face said
“Thou corncst to mo with a sword. and with t
spear and with a shield j but I come to thee in
tno name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the
armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This
day will the Lord deliver tho into my hands
and I will smite thoo nml take thine head from
thee, and I will give the carcases of the host of
the Philistines this day unto the fowls of tho
air, and to tho wild beasts of the earth, that all
the earth may know that there is a God in
Israel—between that time and this time, when
he debased himself and bedrnggod his man
hood and affected insanity in order that he
might escape from tho grip of tho
Gathites. In 'the ono case he play
ed the hero. In the other case h<
he played the fool. So does every man who,
in tno great crises of life takes his case out of
the hand of God. Tho life of tbo most inaignifi
cant man is too vast for any human manage
ment. Once, returning from tho west, I very
easily got on the locomotive while passing
over the plains and talked with the engineer;
but coming on toward the Alleghany mountains
I thought I would like to sit on the locomotive
as it i-ome down from the mountains amidst
that most wonderful scenery on this
continent. I , asked the engineer if
I might ride, but ho courteously
denied me, for there tho grade is so
steep and so winding and so perilous that ho
must not have any, one on the locomotive who
may divert his attention when eye and hand
and foot and brain must be concentrated,ready
lor the most sudden emergency. Weil, life is
so steep and so perilous and ao exposed to Mid
den surprises tbatnone but the Lord Almighty
can guide and engineer it, and «>»r *
come from tbe fact that wc wm,» «•» g* .
help the Lord to inauage the train. Keep off
the engine!
Be willing to let God pull you *!•,•;
wants to pull you. You have no right J
instant to surrender your sanity and manhood
as David surrendered his. Put your trust in
God and lie will take you through and over
the mountains. I very much suspect that all
the successful enterprises that were ever car
ried ou, and all the successful lives that have
ever been lived, have been fully surrendered
to Ged. When the girl Victoria waa awaken
ed In the night and .told that the throne of
Great Britain waa hers, she said to the prelate
informing her, “I ask your prayers," and then
and there they knelt clown and prayed. Do
you wonder tnat though since that time all
the thrones of Europe have fallen or been fear-
fhlly shaken, her's stands as firm as tbe day
she ascended it, and in every country under
the sun, whereerer an Englishman hears that
name pronounced, he feels like waving his hat
and crying: “God i»vc the queen !” TS.tni.il,
that woman, who put their lru»t in God, will
10 through in triumph, while thrwe who at
tempt to gather under their ---
«tpw»l*lon
the intricate and elaborate affair, of their life,
are miserably playing the fool. Herbert, the
great thinker, pbiiorophiied about himself,
philosophized about thi. world, philo»phized
about ererything, then m hit dying moment
aaked that only one word might be cut upon
hi. tomb.tone, and that word “Infelicuaimo.
—mo«t unhappy—dewtrirtire of tho »tate, of
the lirea and of the death, of tbo« who take
their ea« out of the hand of God. The only
appropriate inieriplion tor their banquetting
hall and their equippage and their grar. and
the wall of their eternal pruon boo.*—“Infe-
Again: I remark that all tho«i penon. plar
the fool a* eertrinly a. did thb man of the text,
who allow the technicalities of religion to rtop
their Miration. Darid wa» wim .boot a great
many thing., but hi. cutting, up in the taxt
for a little while eelipMd bb character. And 1
o Ob, quit the puszliug
questions and try these mopientous questions.
Quit the small questions hnd try the great
questions. Instead of discussing whether the
serpent in Eden was figurative or literal,
whether the Mediterrenean fish did or did not
swallow the recreant prophet, whether this
and that and the other thing is right or wrong,
come and discuss one question: “How shall I
get rid of my sins and win heaven?". That is
the question for you.
Yea, there have been men who have act
ually lost their souls because they thought
there was a discrepancy between Moses and
Professor Silliman—because they could not
understaud how there could bo light before
the sun rose—the light appearing in the third
verse of Genesis, and tho sun appearing not
until the ICth verse—and because they do not
know how tho moon could stand still without
upsetting thenmiverse, pud because they had
decided upon tho theory of natural - eeleetiotu
A German philosopher In dying had for his
chief sorrow that he had not devoted his
whole life to the study of the dative case. Oh
when your immortality is in peril, why quib
ble? Quit these non-essentials, my dear
brother. In the name of God J aait yon in re
gard to these matters of tho Immortal soul,
that you do not play tho fool; what is that
man doing In Bowling Green, Nc'w York?
Well, ho is going in for a ticket for a transat
lantic voyago. Ho is quarreling with the
clerk about the spots, tho red spots on the
ticket and he is quarreling about the peculiar
signature of the president of the steamship
company, and he is quarreling about tho
munner of tho clerk who hands him the
ticket. How long has he been standing there?
Three weeks. Meanwhile perhaps twenty
steamers have gone out of port, and I hear the
shriek of the steam tug that could tnko him to
tho last vessel that could bear him* to his en
gagement in London. Still he stands in Bow
ling Green discussing tho ticket. What do
you sny in regard to that man? You say lie is
a fool. Well, in that •very way are many
men acting iu regard to tho matters of the
seul. They are cuvilling about the atonement,
the red spots on tho ticket—about the charac
ter of tho minister who hands them tho ticket
—about whether it has a divine or human
signature, and meanwhile all their opportu
nities for heaven are sailing out of the harbor,
and I hear the last tap of the bell announcing
their last chance for heaven. Go aboard 1 Do
not waste any more time in Jugging and carp
ing and criticizing and wondering, and in tno
presence of an astounded heaven, playing the
tool.
I go still fiirthcr and say to you that those
men play the fool who undertake to pay out
eternity for time. How littk* care do we bo-
stow upon the railroad depot where we stop
twenty minutes to dine. Wo dash ih and wo
dash out again. Wc do not examine tho archi
tecture of the building nor the face of the ca
terer. We supply our hunger, wo pay our
dollar and wo put on our hat and take our
place in tho train. What Is that depot ns
compared with tho place for which wo are
bound? Now, my Iriends, this world if only
a stopping place on the way to a momentous
destination, and vet how many of us sit down
as though wo had consummated our journey,
as though we had come to the final depot,
when our stopping here is as compared with
our stopping there, as is twenty minutes to
twelve hours—yea, as tho ono-huudredth part
of a second, compared with ten thousand mil
lion years I Would Spain sell us Cuba for n
bushel of wheat? would England sell us
India for a ton of coal? Would Venice sell
us nil her pictures for an American schoolboy's
sketch? All, thut would be u better barguiu
for England, Spain and Vonico than that man
makes who gives his eternity for time. Yet
how many there are who are saying: “Give
me the world’s dollars and you may liavo tho
eternal rewards. Give mo tno world's applause
and you may have tho garlands of God. Give
me twenty or forty or sixty years of worldly
successes and 1 don't care what becomes of tbo
future. I am going into that world uninsured.
I take the resjiouiiibility. Don't bother me
about your religion. Here I have tbe two
worlds before me—this one and the next, 1
have chosen this. Go away from me, God and
angels, and all thoughts of the future!" Mon
are actually making that choice while there
are others who have done far differently.
When they tried to bribe with money Martin
Luther, some one said: “There’s no use try
ing to do that—that Dutch bcostcarcs nothing
for gold." When they tried by giviug him u
cardinal's hat to bribe Savouarola, he stood up
in his pulpit and cried out: “I will have no
red hat save that of inartyrdoni, colored with
my own b!ood." These men chose Christ
amid great persecutions j but how many there
are in this day, when Christianity §eem» to be
popular, who are ashamed of Christ and not
willing to take tho hardships, the seciuing
hardships of Ills religion. And alas for ibcrn,
for Jong after the crash of this world's demoli
tion they shall find that in all these years they
were turning their backs upon the palaces of
heaven, scrabbling on the aoor of this world’s
treasure house, the saliva of a terrific lunacy
on their lip—horribly and overwhelmingly
playing the fool.
Once more I say to you that those men play
the fool who, while they admit the rightfulne s
of religion, set it down for future attendance.
Ha vim knne Knar minv times the word “now”
Do you know how many times the word “now'
occurs in the Bible? Over two hundred times.
One of the shortest words in tbe Bible and yet
one of the grandest in meaning and ramifica
tions. When does the Bible say it is tbe best
time to repent? Now. Wheu does the Bible
say that God will forgive? Now. When does
God say is the only safe time to attend to the
matters of the eoul? Now. But that word
“now" melts away as easily as a snowtlake.
Where is the now of the dead of last year, the
now of the dead of last month ? The* now of
the dead of last week? The now of tlie dead
of yesterday? Time picked it up in its beak
and flew away with it. Swammerdam and
other naturalist# tell us there are insects wbich
within the space of one minute are born, ful
fil tbeir mission, celebrate their nuptials and
die? but this wonderful now is more short
lived than they. It is a flash, a stroke, a
f iance. Its cradle is its grave. If men catch
t at all, it is with quick clutch. Millions of
men have lost their soul immortal because
they did not understand the momentum and
the ponderosity of that one word. All tbe
strategic power* of hell are exerted in trying
to subtract firtu tbe energy and emphasis of
that ward. They u« it It only • word ol
thr«o letter, while there ii B better word of
eight letter!—“to-morrow." They my i
“Throw away that imall word and take thi.
grand one,” and M men »ay,“flire Hi to-mor.
row and taka away from at now." And be
tween tho« two word. i» the Appien way of
death, and a great multitude throng that road,
joetling and elbowing each other, battening on
.wider and .wider to die. For bow tnneh _
would you walk the edgo of th* roof of your irate te.te.
none,luiiiriKiruiii,im.,
swiftly falling, wildly falling, furever falling,
So it wa. with ono who had been eminent for
his intelligence, Iml who had omitted all
preparation for tho future world, and had
come down to hi. last hour. He said to hia
wife, sealed by tho bedside! *‘0h, don’t talk
to me .bout pain; it is the mind, woman, it it
tho mind. Of all tho veers of my life I never
lived one minute for heaven. It is awfully
dark here," ho whispered, “it is awfully
dark. I seem to stand on the slippery odgo of
n great gulf. I shall fall! 1 nm falling!
And witli a shriek ns when a man tunibli
over a precipice ho expired. Wiso for this
world, about all tlie matters of his immortal
soul ho was bis life long playing the tool. I
will take the ease of some one and ask you
what you think about that case. He has been
all his life amid Bibles and ehurehes so that
lie knows his duty. Christ has offered to do
ail for that man that a divine Savior can offer
to do for n dying soul. Heaven hud been of
fered him, yea, been pushed upon him, ond
yet lie has not accepted it, and ne deliberately
allows his chances for life to go away from
him. What do you sny of that onoT “Hallu
oinoted,” says one; “monoiiianiaeal,”saysa!:
other. “Playing tho fool, “says another.
Oh. how many there are taking just that
position. There is such a thing as pyromanln,
an insanity which disposes one to destroy
buildings by tire; but who would have thought
that there was o pyromania of the immortal
nature, and that any one could ho to struck
through with that insanity aa to liavo a dcsiro
and disposition to consume tho soul. Awake,
man! Awake, woman, from lljis phuntaaia,
real or affected I Tnko Christ. Escape for
eternity. Just soo what lias been douo for
you. Lift tlie thorny cap from tho brow of
Jesus ond soo tile price that was paid for your
liberation: Look at the side and seo where
tho spear went iu and moved round and
round amid broken arteries, tho blood rushing
forth iu awful sacrifice for your sins. Oil
wrap those bare and mutilated feet of tho dy
ing Lord in your womanly lop, for they were
torn in a hard tramp for your soul. Oh, for
tours to weep over this laceration of Christ I
Oh, for a broken henrt to worship Him I Oh
for on omnipotent Impulse strong enough t~
llirow a whole nation down at tho feet of
crucified and risen Jesus. Wc must repent,
Wc must believe. We must bo saved. I can
not consent to lose my own soul: I ennnotcon
sent to lose your souls. Como witli me, and
as we go down to tho bench anil bathe in tlie
waters, so ictus join hands und wailo down
into tho summery sea of God's forgiveness.
Itoll over us, tides of everlasting love, roil
over usl Dear Lord, we knock at tho door
of mercy, not as the demented knock, not
knowing what they want, but knocking at tho
door of moroy because wo .want to come |n,
while others run Uioir meaningless baud* lip
and down tho panels, and scrubblo at the
gates, in tho presence of God and men and
angels and devils, playing the fool.
HARDEN LYNCHED.
Ills
irno
lloinan was
which hsd
talccu possession of
see down an apiudUng'dfsu" r e. lI ‘llut“oh,' :U if ^ierthcrault wilmmmwT
at your feet there should open the chasms of
the lost world, how you would fling yourself
back and cry, “God save me—now! now!
now!”
I greet yon, my brother, in the very gate
eternity. Some of us may live a longer, a
somo of may livo a shorter time: but us tho
longest life is so short that I feel wo ail stand
oil the doorsilt of tho great future. Tho next
step—oil tho angels of God cannot undo tho
ciiusoqucncci. Will your exit from this lifo
be a rising or a falling? Tho righteous go up.
The Ruvior helps them. Ministoriug spirits
meet them. The doors of Paradise open to
receive them. Upt Up! Up! Oh, what a
grand thing it Is to die with a strong faith in
God like that whieli Btonewall Jackson had,
when In his expiring momeyts, he said: “Let
us cross over the river Olid lie down under tho
shade.” But to leave this world unprepared
ly is falling—falling from God, foiling from
hope, falling from peace, falling from hoaven—
Tho Troup County llnvlshor Meets
Doom—A Hellish Crime,.
LaGkaxck, July II.—[Special.]—At an early
houf fhts morning tbe news reached town that
uegro man had entered the house of • Mrs. IJge
Heard, a reSpoctabio widow lady who lives three
miles from town, anil that lie had accomplished
upon her the most atrocious of all crimes—rape,
Marshal John Ware at once loft fur that neighbor
hood, and soon succeeded In arresting Willis liar-
din, a tenant on tho same plantation. Bringing
him More her, shoatonce pronounced him as thu
ravlshcr.. The boy Is now in Jail. A posse of our
’ —a been out to seo tho oqtrogcd
ISHMSMI not tiecn ablo to get out of Usl
during the day. fine still Insists that Hardin I*
the right onebeynud any shallow ol douht. Tl
town Is much excited ami lynching la freely dl
eiievd on the streets. A meeting "I the rills,-ii*
has been called at half-1 ‘ Ms US
at which It will he dee]
taken.
Atthcoltlxsns’ meeting mllel at eight o’elock
this evening, after much discussion, good Judge
ment and sobriety n i*ncd. Alt action in the rape
case is deferred until after the commitment trial,
and until the identity of the party U established
beyond the possibility of a doubt. A strong guard
of young men ha* been appointed to protect tho
prisoner to-night, though it H believed that an
effort will be made to lynch him.
lie Vnye tho Tenuity,
.sAGr.vnok. July 12.—{Special.]—Thero has been
great excitement In town for the past twenty-
four hour* over the horrible crime compiitted up
on the person of MraJIcard. There wa* Indignation
meeting held by the best cJtJxens of the town lost
night, In which they gave suitable expression to
their feelings. While they felt that they bad been
outraged, yet they advised that the law take it*
course. Late night before last a large crowd Of
determined men met at the cemetery to organize
Into a lynch court, but by the efforts of our may*
or, T. J. Harwell, the party waa prr-"~* *~
let the law take Its course.
A THRILLIXO TRIAL.
At ball past two this evening the sheriff pro
ceeded to the Jail with a guard of about fifty men
and took the prisoner from the dungeon. A large
crowd had gathered to accompany tbe ftcud to
Colonel Swanson's plantation, where tlie
preliminary trial wa* to be bad, Mrs, Heard being
ii too critical a condition to come to the mart
house. Not less than a hundred men in buggies.
nouse. («ui im iuui ■ uuuun.-u ww sit uukkuw.
hacks and on horseback followed the doomed
wretch. Arriving at the place* the
trial was had in the very room
where the horrible crime was committed,
and the poor crmhed woman lying on her bed tes
tifying fn the case. Messrs. Arnold and Gaffha
ley,
attorneys, had been appointed as counsel for the
defendant, and they gave all their legal ability in
seeing that a fair trial was had. Mrs. Heard was
.ngly convinced of hts guilt. By the time the evi
dence was all taken at least two hundred and fifty
persons from all parts of the county had fathered
about tho place.
IIAXOXD OK A rwIMMOXTIEK.
— the
aback, drove quickly in the opposite
direction from the Jail to a creek half a mile be
yond, and crossing the bridge, flopped the hack
under a persimmon tree. The prisoner was told
that hts time had come, and if he wished to mane
a confession a short time would be allowed him.
He begged not to.be killed, and confessed to har
ing committed two similar offenses before, but
refuse* J to confess this. He wa* then placed on the
top of the hack, a rope placed around his neck,
and over a limb of tint tree. The horses moved off
and in fifteen rafnnte*, which was about sundown,
the worst crime ever brought to light In Troup
county was avenged, and the perpetrator waa
Any attempt to produce a flavor fn this or
any other country that can aurnaat Dr. Price's
Special Flavoring Extracts will prove a fail-
urc ; for Dr. Trice’s are as fresh and nice at the
fruits from which they are made, end cannot
be improved. Tbeir Superiority coij*:-»U not
only tn their fruity o*lor, but s^o in their del-
. . .0 iinti-ClfVo-
- Delegates In nil I
part* of the space within ths railing sprang upon
their chairs and raised a yell of mi jura Ikied In
tensity. Prominent among tho members of the
body, which assisted in creating thi* bedlam were
the delegations from Indiana, Missouri, Wlsconf
sin, Pennsylvania and the Tammany end of thcJ
New York delegation. In the midst of the tur
moil the band struck up, "Hall to the Chief,"
but the thundering noise of the demonstration!
I Increased in volume until the strains of miiilc
were lost iu the deafening uproar. One enthusl-fl
astic delegate from Indiana, Mr. Gibson, seized the
Indiana marker and bore It to the chairman's desk,
waiving it frantically aa he passed up the; aisle]
and be shouted something at the chairman'll
car, Tho chair, however, refused to listen, but
continued to thump tbo desk with his gave), and
JMr. Gibson retired. In the meantime the
audience and delegate* vied with
each - other ir producing t
splitting noises, which drowned out the volceaH
two or three dozen Cleveland men who were at
tempting to get tho ear of the chair. With all tjj|
turmoil about him. Governor Hendricks presel
• I nn external cam ucib whfcl | -ontmsted skikii
ly with tie frenzy that possessed the vast assemi
blage. He sat as if frozen to his chair, ami resist-
.y danced about on his
elmir violently, waiving newspapers, flags, hand
kerchief*. fans, hats, and evou coats and shntvls
were brought into use by the Hendricks sympa
thizers in the auttoncc. All at once out of the ter
ror Thomas A. Hendricks, the cheers were given
with nn almost venomous good will. General
Mansur forced his way through the crowds in tliei
aisle and climbed up to Chalnunu
Vila's position, with the stite men
that Missouri would cast its vote solid for llcn l
dricks, but tho chair, with a few vigorous thump*
of n!s gavel, which now began to look worn *
frayed at the edge*, iufonned General Motisur
lie was out of order. I
James M. Quarles, of Tennessee, informed the
chair in stentorian voice, that his state desired to
put In nomination Thomas A. Hendrick*. Quark-*
Vilas sternly repudiated all pcrsounll
claims, and continued to be 1 labor his desk and
call for order. Out of tho confusion rose the
chorion voice of the secretary. Thomas Bell, re-i
sting the call for the vote of Hliiioi*, but neither
mi Illinois nor any other commonwealth came
MUy audible response except yells for Hendrick*.
The deafening uproar had now usurped the rights
of all other business for a period I
of JR minutes, Senator Voorhcc* appeared at the
side of the chairman, and tho nuke and excite
ment gradually subsided. Finally Mr. VoorlicesM
voice was heard, calling:
"Mr. ChuftnuAii!"
Tbo cbnir said:
P "Gentlemen of the convention, tako your scats.
The gentleman from Indiana has the floor."
Several delegates attempted to speak, but the
chair stated that he would recognize no ono but
the gentleman from Indiana. i
L Tlir.CIIAKCeoPTlIXCLRVELAKbMRK. I
At length the rest of the vote of Illinois was an
ounced as follows: For Cleveland JW. This wa*
ho opportunity for the friendsof tho New\ork
candidate, and they availed thomselve* of It, the.
delegation from tbe state rising to their feet and
cheering lustily, while they waved fans, hats and I
handkerchiefs. The spectators took part In the
demonstration, butnottothe same extent as in,
tho case of licndrleks. After awhile tho band
Joined In with tho air, “Wo Won't
Go Home till- Morning,’’ which seemed
to stimulate the enthusiasm. This scene lasted
three or four minute*. Illinois continued Bayard
3, McDonald 1. Illinois cast one vote less than ficr
full number. Indiana gave Hendricks 30. lowiri
MM,.... .'ivittiiit delegation asked leave to retire
Ifor consultation. The New \ork delegate* ob
jected. but the chair decided that the Tennsylvaf
lila delegation had the right to retire for consult#!
tion, and It did so amid excitement. When Ken!
tuck* svoh called Mr. MoKenzlo, who had nomll
I im teil Mr. Carlisle, withdrew that nomlnatiouj
and announced the vote of Kentucky ns follows!
Thurman 1, Cleveland a, Iteyard 7, Hendricks
1 {Cheers. J Massachusetts — jlcn dricks |
12U, ‘ Cleveland «, Bayard '' 7/f
Mleiilgan—Ilond ricks IH, Cleveland. 1:1.
Missouri—<Clovolnnd 2. Bayard f>, Hendricks
HlMnun—A-Iuvomuu imjnm iiun-iru:..
MlwMppf—Jluj-iinl It. CluvelBiut % llviulrlekn
•i. MersSB-Hsnitrlnks .t.ThiinnAnl. New Jem-,—
ItisvMnl J, niercliiml \ Hi'ndrlcts 11, (unniiuiioil
ah fur nnu ol the nieft elected end rlicntcd In 1A7H.)
New York imvo Cltrclend W. Mr. Mnoniiig »n-
nouiiixHl tfmt on iMiIlliiK the delegstrs llieru were
,vi Cleveland, a Heutterlinr. Mr. Cocjimn bhIiihI,
In the imino of tbe dhfmnrlilMnl minority ol the
New York dcleimtlnn. to havo that liul sutvinont
entered ill the inlnntc». Ohio save Hendrlek* I,
Tllden Thurman a, Cleveland SI. Ore-con
nave Bayard ‘J, Cleveland 3, llclldrleka ‘J.
roMindvanla waa pawed tor tlio preaenL
South (.'nroUqa-Hajard,H.C'levoIandK,Hendrick*
1. Tcnnewiee—Bayard 10, Thurman 11, Cleveland
a. Flenarlcka 10. Texaaaave Hendrlcka I,Thurman
. Bayard 12. Cleveland 12. Vlrtinta—Cleveland
liL Bayard a, Hendrlcka 2, Thnrinaii I. WUooiihIii
nave flendrlrka 2, Cleveland 20 (aa the candidate
ol tlie yminir democracy.) DUtrlct ol Columbia—
Hendrlcka 2. The roll c ' '— ” ' ~
lylvanln iv«a called and
'ImmIaiwI i'l Till* «ft, p | ■■
Interrupted further an
........ the Tenwnrlvanl* vote
Hendricks ll, Randall 4, Bayard. 2, Thurman
SfNMAKY OFTHK SKCOKP BALLOT.
Alabama
Arkansas
California.,.......*...,.
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware.
Florida
Georgia
Illinois.
I Juliana.....
own
:#nsoa .......
fentucky
s»uisland >.wwitiw“.
Maine
Maryland
Massacnusetta
Michigan
Minnesota.
Mississippi..
Missouri —
Ncbrsska
Nevada.
KewHamjtfhlre.......
New Jena?/.*. .....
New York
N. Carolina
Ohio......
Oregon-..
Pennsylvania—....
Rhode Island .........
jjouth Carolina
Vermont- -
Virginia
Arizona. -
Dakota I
bistrlrt ol Columbia....
Idaho-
Montana
New Mexico
rtah
Washington Territory...
Wyoming. .
fevers! states began * to riiauge their vote* to
Cleveland. North Carolina changed her 21 totea
from Bayard to Cleveland < Great excitement and
cbccriofA Virginia changed her vote to Cleve
land 23, mud ricks I. Georgia changed to Cleve
land 22, BayardZ Atthis time*11the delegate*
! on their feet, and many of them were clam
orimr for recognition. Florida changed to Cleve
land*. West Virginia changed to Cleveland 10,
Maryland changed her 10 votes to Cleveland,
IKK CUXAX Of BSTHrslASK.
|fel
WO*
non need, and still
votes was going
r. Join
nil. making tho re*
,2 * ■ ■’ ■— r—*t ”*■ j**- . • -v ••vH.-iiitriitioii that «nc-
thc work of changing eeeded surpassed In vehemence and enthusiasm
most eon- sny _ rimlhir^ sceno that has token place
fused manner. John Kelly, attended by somo of during
h Is supporter* left tlie hall, confused and disgusted I
at hi* thorough defeat. The votes of tho states in
detail were then, at 1 o'clock announced by the there waved ami
clork for verification. The general result was an- " m ' gg *
non need as follows at 1:10 p. m ;r“
this eventful day.
section occupied by
-* —ld*t the shout* of the largo
Flags and
, nml tho
Indfana delegation, and
McDonald’
Rnudall 4.
Thurman 4.
The questior
tion to make the nomination unniiimoux, and it
was carried triumphantly.
A mammoth oil painting rcprtsetitaHon of
Cleveland’s head and oust was carried in front of ,
the speaker’s stand, and exhibited to tho cuthusl-. (Cheers.]
band, ending with “Auk _ „
of which were sung with feeling, the chorus being
rendered by seventl thousand voices, Then the
band struck up “Old Hundred," and all joined
in the solemn hymn of praise. This wm /^flowed
by music and tho song "America," and that
ugnln by "Home, sweet Home." The a use was
equally grand amt touching.
Filially the chainnau got a rlmncc to make a
formal announcement oftho vote. He m'd that
A. uriuirir.HN iiiui 111:11 .ur. HCIKU'ICK-i WSS, Ul'
tore,the Candida to of the national democratic c~«-
ventlon for vice president of the United States.
astic spectators who greeted it with cheers and) Resolutions of thanks were passed to the tom-
whistling nml waving of everything that could be pomry chairman, the penmmunt chairman and
jut Into requisition for that purpose, while the; the clerks and officers of the convention: also to
man Georgia," “The the repotorrial corps,and to the press of the coun-
-.c—* /.—for their accurate and impartial report* of tho
proceedings.
The chairman on his own boholf.
moved n vote of thanks to Her-
geant-at-arms Bright, of Indiana. Adopted. Votes
of thanks were ulso passed to tno mayor of tho
city (Carter Harrison) and the «*hlef of police, and
to the citizeus of Chicago for their hospitality.
The convention then, at 7:25, adjourned *lno
die.
Tlie Hendricks Jubilee.
A UKMAltKAHI.K TIUni’TK TO TIIP. KWlKhKSTATlVE Of
Til HOLD TICKET.
Ciucauo, July 11.—When the vote of Indiana
Win announced for Huudricks, and itwa* appar
ent that his nomination was unanimous, the dele
gates and the audience rose to the Ir feet, and in
dulge*1 in the usual cxtrnvognut demonstrations,
Tho whole house was a ua of undulating
color, formed by tho waving handkerchief* of cv~
cry hue, lmt*, umbrellas, and everything c!*o
which could be seized on by the excited assemb
lage. The iMind broke in on the unearthly din
with strains of "Hall to tho Chief." A number
of delegates seized the standards, am! bore them
to tho platform where they wore gathered Into a
cluster, about wblrh were congregated “00 or.TOO
delegates, yelling a*If "Cleveland and Hendricks"
were just being i»a**cd Into the presidential offi
ce*. After remaining in front of the platform a few
minutes, the delegates In charge of thu standards
'armed into n procession, ami marehed around
ho hall, while tho lwnd favored the crowd with
The HtttrHpnnglcd Banner." Immediately upon
the cessation of the mn*(c, tho people began again
With tho second chapter of uproar, when the band
mine lu with "Dixie,'' which was saluted with a
delicious scream by the southern uiombere, ably
put Into requisition lor that j-i
hand played "Marching through
Red, White and Blue," and other airs. After order
was restored the chair nnnnunrcd that a motion |
to make the nomination unanimous having been
carried, GroverN'leveland wasdesdared tho nomi
nee of the national democracy for the next presi
dency of the United States, {cheer*, j
Big a democratic victory in October and &
ber.
Convention then at 1.23 took a rocc** until 5
enthusiasm that sounded from
- iition ballot. At the conclusion of the
second lialiot 100 rounds were fired Iu rapid suc
cession.
THE VICB-WUESIDEKCV.
At a conference of the leading Iriends of
Cleveland and other prominent members
of the eouvention. to the number of about fifty,
which tookplnoe during the rcccas this afternoon,
the merits of the various candidates tor rice-
tho Anal decision to Hendricks and ex-Henator
Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia. Mr. Davis was
sent for, but gave «o many reasons why he riiould
not Iks placed upon the ticket, and why Hendricks
should, that thu latter was at last decided upon.
Amoug tho inoro prominent members of tho con
ference were Messrs. Jlnrnum of Connect lent,
Cleveland of New Jersey, Smith M. Weed of New
York, Manning of New York, Wattcrson of Ken
tucky, Coxe of I'eiinsylvnnia, Scott of l’ennsyl-
vnnia, Burke of I*mi*iaua. Human of New York,
Hayot Pennsylvania, Uormnn of Maryland, Con
vene of Ohio, and John Kelly of New York.
Tim Evening Session.
TllOMAH A. 1IRKPRICKS NOMINATE!) POR THE VICK
PRESIDENCY.
CiltCAOO, July 11.—There were great crowds out
side the convention hall to hear the result of the
balloting, nnd heavy cheering followed. It was
half past five before tho evening session waa called
to order, nml tho first business done was the ado|H
tion of a resolution electing Mr. Vilas chairman
of the convention, aa chainnau of the committee
to notify the nominee* of their selection ns candi
dates. A telegram was received from the president
of the New \ ork produce exchange, stating that
thebusluess men of New York were solid for
Cleveland.
A delegate from Louisiana offered a resolution
providing that In case of a vacancy on tho ticket
for the office of president or vice president, the
majority of tlie national committee shall have
power to fill the vacancy. There was so
much opposition made to the resolution that It
os withdrawn.
A delegate from Texas offered a resolution Ge
aring that the democratic party, In convention
iiMembhHl.findonotheMorrJami bill far the re
duction of wnr taxes. There was a storm of op
position to tho resolution, nnd tho chairman
ruled that It roust bo referred to tbo committee
on resolutions.
SkKktSn A VlCK-t’HKSWKST.
Tho convention then proceeded to the call of
jo roll tor tho nomination of a candidate tor
[co-presldcnt.
Mr. Scarlet, of California, came to the plat
form. He said that Caliroriifa was n loving
mother to her children, and they In turn were
dovoted to her on her behalf, ami as tho repre
sentative of tho delcgHtton fro/ii the I'aelflc coast,
he presented for their suffrages a man who had
been eminent among hfs fellow men, who fn thu
f tho nation hail been pre-cmlnunt.
■ led tbeir soldiers to battle, who had
.achieved victories, who hail assisted In
upholding the banner of tho country. Hu
prcMcutcd thu honored name of Genera!
William H. Roaccrins, the hero of Ftono river, a
faithful soldier, a grand old commander wba-u
image was impressed on the hearts of all men
who served under him." (Cheer* for Kosecnttw ]
Mr. Brunch, of Colorado, nominated Joseph
McDonald.
Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, said he was commission
ed by his delegation to present the name of a man
eminent lu wsr, lu ia*ace, thu distinguished com-
maudur of gidhtut soldiers, General J. C. Black, or
Illinois." {Cheer* for Black.]
Judge Black expressed his appreciation of the
..Jgiiand unmerited compliment paid him. It
wss absolutely a surprise, but he bud come here
as thu spokesman snd rep■cseutntlve of another
citizen ol th M republic. He hail put hUhaud lu
thu hand pf Joseph K. McDonald, and while tnat
gentleman's naatu was before the convention hu
Black) could not appear os In any iciiso his rival
or any position. He, therefore, respectfully dc*
ellncd the noin Illation.
Mr. Munn.of Illinois, hoped that tlio declination
ould not DO.recelved. lie paid a high amipli-
mem to General Block, saying that when the sur
geon was operating on biz arm a/ter battle, hv
dec hu i*l that although hu lost an arm, hJs whole
body was Arm nnd true for tho union, and firm
and true for the democracy. Ho was, without ex
ception, the most gallant sou that Illinois |>qn-
A telegram vrn* rani irum wiuncii mini*, town.
stating that tho nomination of Ulcvciand had
iiecn received with the wJhlcst enthusiasm, that
thousands of democrats and hundreds of republi
cans were equally captivated with It, ana that
Council Bluffs would do her part toward carrying
Iowa for thu democracy.
A delegate from Missouri seconded tbe nomina
tion of McDonald. .
Mr. Faulkner, of Mississippi, seconded the nom
ination of General ftosccmua. No other candi
date, he said, could cornu so near bringing to
geiber thu old braves, soldiers who fought on
either sldu lu the Isle war.
An Oregon delegate Mid the united voice of
Oregon was In tarorot ftnreerant.
IIKNPRICKS IWorUMT FORWARD.
. Wallace, of Pennsylvania, said
noted a* a candidate for vice-president.
6>nver*ant with public affairs throughout hb
whole Hie; an honored stab -men, a pure and up
right citizen, the victim of thegrossest fraud ever
perpetrated on the American people—Thus, A.
Hendrick*. (Cheen.1
Mr. Waller, of Connecticut, seconded the
nomination of Hendricks, and said that the
democratic party would. In defiance of fraud and
in aifordaucu with law, place him In the chair of
vine-president.
—dilation of IlandriekWMpHpppH
.jeers, the convention repenting in #!«-)•
degree the scene which took place at the morn
log sees In n In honor of tbe same gentleman.
Mr. Mcnzfes. of Indiana, declared emphatically
that Hendricks was not and could not be a
candidate for vice-president. He had been
authoriz'd by Mr, Hendricks himself to
y so. Hu therefore warned the convention not
do (fiat w)dch ft would have to undo.
Mr. Walsh, of Georgia, a*k«l Mr. Mettzfc* whether
wa* authorized to say that Hendricks would
accept tbe unanimous nomination of the
national democratic convention for tbe office of
V< MTrf{Sn*l2uepe«ted his statement.
Mr. Waller, of Connecticut, said his state had
surely no desire to force upon Indiana a candidate
against Its wlU, but this was not an
Indiana convention. It was a national conven
tion, and the democrats of tbe country had a right
take a fit man from any place on ft. TCheers.J I f
a man said that he knew that Hendricks at this
time waa not patriotic enough to take the nomln*-
lion tendered oponClhese circumstances, he would
withdraw his name, but with humiliation.
Mr. Wallace, of Pennsylvania said that Hen
dricks had been once chosen vice president*
and had been despoiled of thu
office. The democrats of the republic
demanded of him again his name as a candidate.
an> via'v, luo twill Ilf
Of Auld Lang Hyue, from thu band and thousands
of voices thundered the refrain of tbo familiar
song. Whlto tho Audience and the dcl^mtu* were
perpetiMtlng tho discordant sound which follow
ed. “Auld Lang Syn e," tho solemn notcsof"Old
Hundred’’ cumu flouting down from thu gallery,
in wbich thu musio was located, nml lA.ooo voices
J dined In the grand old hymn, "America," and
“Home, sweet homo" wore rendered by tho bond
and the voices by the crowd, nnd tho demouxtru-
tion. after thu contlnunhce of something evur 20
minutes, was at an end.
Cleveland Receives the News.
Aloany, N. Y., July 11.—One hundred guns
were fired here In honor of Cleveland’s nomina
tion ns soon as the news was received. Thu gov
ernor was in tkc executive chamber of thccapitoi
with Adjutant-General Fenriwworth nnd a
few other friends. The booming of tho
cannon was the find roiiinuiirenu *it to Cleveland
ol hi* nomination. (Handing In Id*’ private room
with General Farnsworth on til* right and Colo
nel Lomont.-Ids private secretary, on his left, ho
received tho congratulation*of those present In a
dignified manner.
TUB NOMINEE MAKES A srr.M IL
The young men * democratic dub, and the Jack
son fan* serenaded Governor Cleveland thf* even
ing. A vast coucourso of dtlacns surrounded Ids
resilience. Mr. Jas. Tracy, president of the young
men's democratic dub, briefly congratulated tho
govorunr upon his nomination in tobalf of his os-
*ndatea and the democratic party. Governor
Cleveland rc*|K)iidcd as follows:
"Fellow citizens—Icannot hut feel gratified with
this kindly greeting. I find that I nm fast reach
ing Uio point where I shall court tho people of Al
bany, not merely as fellow citizens, hut as towns
men and neighbors. On this occasion I am. of
course, awaro that you pay no compliment ton
citizen, and present no persona) tribute
but that you have come to demonstrate your loy
alty arid devotion to# cause In which you are
heartily enlisted. Thu American people nreabout
to exercise, In its highest sense, tnnir power and
right of sovereignty. TheysrutocalHn firview be
fore them tbeir public servants and repreienta-
tlve political parties, end demand of them nn ac
count of their stewardship. Parties may bo
so long in power, nnd may become so arrogant
and careless of Uiu interests of the people as to
grow heedless of therf responsibility to their mas
ters, but the time comes as mtainiy as death
t'liuve mu jmhij.ii.- im- mu iccvitiur, n\ mu
* of the party which for nearly iwtMv-fO'jf
has directed aflhlrs, the full benefits
niurO they are entitled of a pure, Just and .
omical rule, and we believe |fr 4 t tho»
ii-cetidAiiey of genuine democratic prlortplcs.
wJJl Insure a lielter government U rvittet •
happluc** and prosperity to all pee^ To reach)
the sober thought of the imMon v a n ,t todlslndgo
an enemy eiitrunelieif iKshiiid spoils and patron
age, involve a struggle wh>1i t |f We underesU*
mate, wu invite defeat* 1 am profoundly im-
pressed with the resno ul n,ii| ty 0 f \\ lt , ,^,| K n-
to me In this congest, My neart, i know, I* In
thu cause, nml f pledge you that no effort of mino
■hall be wautliig Ut secure the victory which
I believe to too within the achievement of tho
oemoernue host lad iu then enter upon ilia
CAtniauh. now fairy opvne«I, each one apprecia
ting well tfio part he (in* to (»erform, ready with a
•olid front to do battle for better government, eon-,
fldently, conra eonsiy, always honorably, uml
with firm rellntice ii|kui the intelligence and pa--
trlothm of thoAtncrimn people."
After tho speech the crowd passed through
— rr -_. JUJ „ , , t „ .. .... Tha ‘ and they would not take no for an answer. If*
Missouri nriegation anno»incad the change of ||a • moved to suspend tbe rules and nomBwto
S votes solid for Cleveland. TbU set off the en* Thomas A. Hendrick* aa a candidate tor vice-
anchor of fbiwen w£*£rK& tothcNtwYnS
U. Met'let Ian, filch ard It. fiubbnrd. Franc i* Ker-
t.’ontlnue'i ou KJghtb I'age.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powdrr never varies. A marvel oflpuril
length and wbntesomeness. More econoudr:
■an the oniinary kind*, and cannot be sold :
xnpetition with the tnuliitude of low-teit,
weight, alum or ph'-*phate powbr*. H<ild oo'y I
*-1 •.' ■ i..'. Ly Uoyntou Bru* , Atlsr.’.i. G.