The times dispatch. [volume], July 09, 1908, Page 6, Image 4

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ind Senator's Mention of Nebraskan's Name Causes Wild Uproar
Yclling
For Hour and 27 Minutes
Convention Enthusiasm
Runs Riot; Delegates
Until Al?
most Prostrated*.-*
I.NVIOlt. COL.. July S.?Wlth tho
atssuranci ot .unother perXecl
dny. rviid the , prom(:??.? '>f an
Interesting fisht over the re?
port of tlie cptnrnittco on cre?
dentlals, whlch CplonoJ Guffey. and hls
Pennsylvanla friends were gjenerally
expected to. coniOBt. .the crawd corn.
mcncffi early to rhoyo toward tho con?
vention hall. All progress in that dl
rection, however, wns Impeded by n
great paradc of Tmnniany mon front
New York. who. headed by a band nnd
n number of gaudlly attirpd indlans.l
wound tholr way nroltnd'th"6 ousine'.s.l
rsectlon <>f the clty. Aboutfl.OOO nnm I
wero ln lino, among them,.Chief Charles j
F. Murphy and othor blg leader* of
Tammany. Tt v.as' hy fnr tlio largest
para.de thnt ha.-- occurred so far dur?
lng tho convention.
ttcorgln t.'nnlilr to Declile.
Tammany out of the way, tlio crowd
waa rl.le onco moro lo start for thc
convention hall. nnd by 11:30 o'clock.
it half hour prevlops lo ,Uie rln-.o ?.
for the openlng bf ihe proceedlngSi ?'!
the stdcvrnll.s were choked -ind the
pollco wero struggling with tho eager
crowd; which was pres?lng toward t'.'e
entrance.
Thouph tho day outslde wns very
warm, tho empty convontion hall. whop.
the doors were opened. wa*. found to i
be 15 or "0 dogrees cooler than tlie
slr?ct trmporat'.iro,
The Brynn men came tramping Into
the audltorlum wlth checrful fnco.-, J
and i:i_c!i laughter, Tlie ' ovents of |
Ihe nis.Jjt nnd onrly mornlng ln the
committ'-,o on credenUuls vrere- much j
lo their Hklng, and thoy wara moro
conBdciit 'han ever of thn ultlmate suc
eess of tholr candidate. The. Georgla .
delegate.. suixlous stli. in tho face off
.?".pparontly Qverwhelnilng odds, were I
late In awiy.lng. as ihey had held an- |
othor oa.tctis early to-day for tlie pur- j
r*oso i>f estahlishlng a rallying polnt !
for the ttSht against Bryan. When thejl
delcgatfon arrlved it became known j
tl.at Gporgla was unahle to reach a|t
conclusion regardlng the Democratic! |
c!*ridld__te for Presldent. Af constl- <,
tuted tlie delegation stands twenty-!,
three ngalnst Bryan nnd three for!,
him.
Mr. .Jone/t I.ndly Wanfcd.
. The Ponnsylvanla seats wore al?o
BpaiFTly _in.d. Cblonol Guffey mid his
tolXfm-txra bolng locked up at tlie Adams ,'
House conslderlng their best line ot 1'
actlon l'.i the faco of the adverse rd
port-'.whtch the committee. on credeii*
tialr. was preparlng to bring agalnst
Ihein.
Four tir/jes beforo thc convention
was called to order, a gray-haired
rcading clo-k. with stentorian voice.
demamled to know from tho platform!
if Samuel G-ompers. .loiin Mitchell or!
Mr. Dunoan wns ln the houae.
"Thoy nre ret-uested to como for-l
ward.*' !:.- HaW al first, but there was I
nn response.
? Next time ilio clerk announced that!
the trlo of labor leaders wore watatodl
by ih. committeo on resolutions. and
lastly he asked that they report lm
medlatoly at room 231, jjrown Palace
EJate**.
The rending clerk eaused nomo merrl
tnent by announctng ir. al] serious
ricas, tha,t lf ??;,_.. j0nc-s ls in the houso,
Iio.is^.ro-_u_slpU to call up phono .Main
Temporary C-jairman Bell reached
the rostriim just before noon, whlle
tne band v.as playing "Tlio Red, Whlte
and Blue," and thoro wero coniblnod
cheers for thc patrlotiu se.ectlon and
?tpr thc flrst of/iepr of the conyon
"Dixic" i-unie next from tlio band
and drew out thc usual hurst from
the Southern delegates.
Clayton ln IIlue Guggjes.
Among tho early arrlvals were Ron
resentatlvo Henry D. Clavton. of Ala?
bama, permanent chalrman of the con?
vention. Ho ecqupied a scal ln ihe
last row of chalrs' reserved for thc
members of tho nntlonal commlttee
Hls eyes^w-ro covered by heavy blue
Sk'sses. an.1. h?*' was somewhat loss
fashlormbly attired than was tempo?
rary Chalrman Bell. who spoko yes?
terday. Mr. Clayton wus the const'ant
centro of a group of ineu, who eall'ad
to pay- their-respects to tho offlcer
who is to wleld tlie gavel tliro_i_.li
nn tlie stormy scenes, and all tho
perlods of calm that I!0 beforo the
convontion.
-Colonel Guffey walkod down the
centro alsle to his placo'ih the Penn?
sylvania delogatipn nt 12:08>o'clock,and
got a choer from n number of 1)10
dc-legatos in hi_ vicinity. Ho was also
surrounded for some little tlmo bv' __
?31 ?f ,f,iends' who "PPawntiy
had boen declded upon by the Ponn
Eylvania delegation.
Bell Begins tu Pound.
- Durlng .the utnc, thr, delegates were
findlng.,thelr seats the band kept ,,?
a eonstant stronm of muslc. V wlde
variety of seloctionn were offered; aud
whenever the leader had a doubt __
turned 011 a now supply of "DiNU "
Iho Star-3pangled Bannen." oft-ro
SsainTSS honr with "-: ^
,At 13:20 o*olock, when the bonveitfon
l.!.^1. ?..y<,'1 ]','"''n L'aUed t0 "caer, it was
mar-*hlnK clubs
announced that
would be pc-rinitted to "go <:
hall as soon as ihe openinS"p'r'aver!
had been.'delivered. Arrangements fo '
tht- entrance nnd e.vit ,,f tho paraders
were hastliy carrled out undc-i
roctlon of thr
tlu
eant-at-arm.
was just 12:26 P. M. when Chalrman
Bell began vigorous)y to rap tor order
arid to direct that the congeated alalea
be cleared ?
"The convention will come to order"
he shouted tlme and tlme agaln, whli
th'ii hum of volces eontlnu.Tl.
??Centlemen. l;e seated," called the
chairman. "Ger.tlo.neii, Dleastj \?.
' t eated," he repealed, nnd ut last, 'Olll
cfcr.. of the oonvi ntion will see thut th
Bontleinen take their seats and olea
tfjo alsles." The gavel tonUnued ii.
poundlng. Impromptti conferences
peemed to bo ln protrrpss in all part
of tho dc-K's-ates' sectlon, aud lt wa,
eom'e tlme before the pnrticlpants hee<_
et\ the frantie appeals ot tjie ehair
IhUtl.
Roll Slill Pouudlu...
Anei' puimding. wllh hl.s gavel rev
ton tnlputcs, Chqirman Ut-ii doih'.or-t)
k short address, doinandlng ihnt ordet
pievail in vlm co.tiveatl.or) hall, repeat
Ing for iho fiftleth time;
"Gentiemon, talco your seats."
Whili- he wns speaking ttllllOSl abse
luti _llC-lK-t> 111-eva.iled. tuid ? hls tlu-.si
,f ".N'o buslness will bo tiMnsn.te.
linltsii nuiot Ss re.itorcd" was nittde t<
tbe praple who were making nu uo_
ol nny kind,
The chalrman flnlshed what ho ha<
to aay, liovyevcr. und promptly .clzlu
Breaks All Records.
Followlng nre rocords of longth
nf doindhstratlons nt polltical con?
ventions:
Your. ?';?"' Mln.
1888 .Inmes G. Blalnr, Mlnno
apolls. 40
1R32 Orover Cvievclnnd, Chlcngo. 2fi
1898 Wllllam McKlnley. St.
I.Ollls . .12
1B9G Wllllam .1. Brynn Chlcngo. 40
189G Mnrk Ilnnna, St. Louls.f.. 24
11)00 John Sharp WIHInms, Kan?
sas Clty. 22
1D00 Senator B. ll. Tlllnuin.
Kansas City. 24
1900 Theodore Roosevelt, Phll
ndolphln . .19
1904 Theodore Roosevelt. Chie?
ago. 49
1905 TheodO.ro Rposovclt, Chlc?
ngo. 32 .
1908 Wllllam J.. Bryan, Donver. .87
hl.. opportunity, ho lntroduced tho. Rev.
Chrlstlnn F. Relsnor, of Donver, tho
clmplaln of thp (lay. who dellvered the
Invocatlon. Rev. Mr. Relsnev spoke In
n .strong. deep volec, and as ho con
cluded was greoteo* wlth nn outburst
of applause. partlcularly from tho In
dlana nnd New York ilelegntions, al?
though it was general throughout tha
convention.
(JIiiIik Mrtri-h Through.
' "The Mihyatlkeo und otlier, mocclllns.
clubs will pass through tho hall," ar
npunced the chalrman. and ns tho lai^t
words left hls llps the strains of
"Plxie" floated Into tho audltorlum.
nnd a ehcer broko from thc crowd ns
the first -Brynn banner ln llno was
swung through tho tloor. Tho con?
vention band raught up tho dying
'?tralns of "Pixlc" ns tho marching bnnd
passed out of a door opposite the ono
by whlch it entered. Tho pnrnde wrs
not long, nnd tho convention soon re
turned to business. As the last of th
marchers passed out, Chalrman Bell
"again ordered that tho nlslos bo eloared
and whon thls was done he said:
"Tho chair . recognlzes Senator
Thomas F. Grady, of Now York.' chalr?
man- of tho conimlttoo on rules."
IU-pnrt Is Adopted.
Senator Grady, mounting the plat
rorm. announced' In a few words that
ho presenred the report, tho adoption
nf whlch he moved. It provldes that
the convention shall be, governed hy
the rules ot the Democratic convention
jI 1904. The report was adopted unani?
mously by a viva voce vote.
"Now. gontlomen,'* said Mr. Bell, "It
?(ppears that tho committees are not
ready to reporl at this time. so the
convention will dispose of some mlnor
buslness. Thc chair rocognizes Mr. XV.
II. Martin, of Arkansas."
Mr. Martin presented on behalf ot
Ready for Emergencies
tho national commlttee a resolutlon of
vegrct and trlbute to the late James K.
Jones, farmer chairman of tho cprn
mittee. After the resolutlon had, been
road, Mi*. M_irtin spokq brlefly of. Sen?
ator Jones"s capabilltjc-s and eminont
service to the Democratic party. By a.
rjsjng vote thu resolution was unani?
mously adopted,
MlchlgtU- l.oxe.s Its Text.
A storm of laughter went through
tho convention when Chairman Bell
said with a smile: "John S. Whelan,
secretary of the State of New York,
is wanted at tho long dlstance tele?
phone hy Governor Hughes, of Now
Vork." When tho laughter had sub
.'-.lded tlio chalrman said:
"This is uu li-.ugh.ln_. matter. Thls
businoss concerns the affalrs of state
and lt is an Indlcation that Democrats
?ai,- ulready beginnlng to get. together'.'
"Tlie Mlchlgan delegatlon has lost
lts Uible," announced Chalrman, Bell,
amid another outburst of laughter.
"AihI they would bo very much gratl
fied," ho added, ""if it is returned."
Ollie James, of Kentueky, was recog
nlzcd to move that a recess bo taken
until S V. M. There were crles of
j "No" frorn all ovr-.r the hall, J thc gal
, leries jolnlng iii the call of many of
! ihe delegates.
AVlien the motlon was put, thero
wero loud und almost trjual uhoruses,
first of "ave" and then ot; "no."
"The chair is In doubt," sald Mr.
I Bell, "but it l_.:....i_j opinlon vtliat the
I delegate^ voted ? 'ityt* aud Ihe ga!-,
lerle? 'no.' 1 will put ihe motlon.
agaln." . \
I \<I1m for "nob*? Taylor.
! This, i{mc thb .gal-ltiries, Voted. ynanl-.
mously, and t_hc *.H.6.u't' of "no" over
I whelmed- "ayes."
"Gentlomen," sald tho chalrman,
; biandishlng hl.. gnvol, "gentlemcn,
I come to order. Tho chalr ls con
' vlnced that enough delegates havo
voted 'no' to retaln the convention ln,
its sents for a fow inomentH longtr."
A eheer of approval eamo down.
from tho gallorte... atui Us feeble eeho
roso, fr.uii tlie CQiivoaUon itlaor. Great!
eonfuslon followed; hundred-. of ybjcea
eulliiig tor variuuH speakora. tlu. namo,
of Seimlor "Uob" Taylor, of T<m
iii sse, being ahout.-.l repoatedly. Tlio
oonvontlon then _eitl.d down lo awali,
tho noxt event, but thero wan none,
for soni.. minittes. Tho bitnrt rit
temptyd to play, but was praJ.Uci.llyi
sniothorod iu u?, uproar. Tho chalr-.
mnn kept up hia uutotnmic ..c-riUmco:
"aon.lemeii, como to ord.i," nnd kept
lt up uft.r tho i-oiivouUim had uulet
i.c( (lowII.
Crlei foj (.ore.
k The chalr will now rocognUc Mr..1
vnxJLi&^.^sss^oT' ?__^D?"rrtcv____r_^^p_>^^___. 1 r'li'i-o'-wu^ac'N^c,^^
Hefner, ot Washlngton," said Chair?
man Bell, wheii a semblanco' ot order
liad been restored.
"I move thnt wc hear a fow re
marks from Senalor 'Bob' Taylor of
Tennessee," somebody yelled.
Mlngled crles of "Taylor" and "N'o,
no." came from th? floor. Tho chalr
appolnted Mr. Hefner as a commlttee
of ono tQ escort Senator Taylor to
the chair. Then camo cries of "Gore.
Gore," begun by tho constitucnts of
tho Oklahoma Senator aud caught up
all over the hall.
Mr. Hall announced that Senator.
Taylor had left thc hall.
"Gore, Gore." called the delogatos.
"In a moment," shouted the chalr?
man, who then announced that the
convention would flrst hear from
Charles A. Towne and then from Sen?
ator Gore.
Mr. Towno was now here to bo found.
"We will hear from Senator Gore."
finally announced Mr. Bell. amid great
cheering.
Oklnlionin Goch Wlld.
When the chairman announced that
Senator Gore would address the con-,
vention, the Oklahoma delegates went
into a spasm of delight. The whoop
ped and yelled as the blind Senator
from the newest State in tho Unlon
wns led to the plntform. Hls flrst
utterance*. wore happy, and ho'caught
the convention immediately. Loud
cheers nnd applause greoted his de?
claratlon that Oklahoma Is the most
Democratic Stato in the Union,
Tho cheers wero repeatod later when
he said: "The Presldent of tho "Unit?
ed States has sald that hls opinlon of
our constitution Is unflt for publica.
tion. That Is true of many of the
oplnions of tlie Presldent of the Unit?
ed- States."
"Fellow-Democrats, tho great Secre?
tary of War came to, Oklahoma nnd
waged war agalnst our Constitution,"
contlnued the Senator. "He asked us
to glvo up our right of liberty and
snlf-govcrnment. But hy a vote of
thousands upon thousands, wo rejeeted
tho advice. of Taft and accepted the
advlqq of Bryan."
I.cinoiislriition Dcglnx.
The mention of the name brought
the convention to its feet in the llrst
real Bryan demonstration. Delesates
from nearly every State jumped to
thelr chalrs and yolled. Majiy mem?
bers of- tho Ne*w York dolegation joln?
ed In tho cheering. but a majorlty ro
mained aeated. Mlnnesota and Dela?
ware wero the conspicuous exceptions
tp the general celebratlon.
A Brynn banner, which hnd beon
lurklng In the rear of the hall, was
rushed to the- stage and waved above
tho heads of tho chalrman and the
speaker. The polnt of the flagstaff
caught ono of Iho suspended eagle-i.
over thc chalrman's desk and brought
It erashlng to the floor. It was quick?
ly caught up, however, and, held above
Senator Goro's head.
Tho band jolned ln the demonstra?
tion with llvely muslc. The applause
was rolaxing somewhat when the band
potired on the tlro by- strl.klng up
"Dlxlo" agaln. .
Senator Gore, who had eaused the.
terrific outburst, walted for a tlme
for the noise to Qease, and then q.uietly.'
turned and seated himself agalnst the
t-alling of tbo platform, walting for
the upi;oan to subsldc.
Georgla 1m Silent.
Georgla's delegatlon ln the mldst of
the oheering orowd maintalned abso
Ittto sllence.
When the demonstration, .haa t>ro
qooded foi- about* fifteen mlniites a
delegatlon from lowa, cnjig"*, t up tho
standard of that State a-na led; a.. ma/ch,
to tlio stage, whoro th,ove was, a, group
ing of the Statq**. It was a wlld and
confused ?.ush to the platfoni). DoIq
gatlons other than thosi. carrying the
heavy standards. jolned |n the surging
crowd, '-?*?
The only State sta-naards that flnal?
ly wero . l.of.t ln tholr places wore
Qeorgla, New York, Delaware, Mlnne?
sota, Connectlcut, Maryland and New
Jorsey,
When the onthuslaam wns at lts
helght tho group of State standards
.around and upoiV the platform Inoludud
Khodo island, Porto.Rloo, Ala .ka.South
Dakota, West Vlrglnlu. lowu,; Oregon,
Kansas, Vlrglnlu, M,oj]tana, Texas,
Pennsylvanla, Illlnols, Oklahoma, Ar?
kansas, south Carolina',". Wushliigt.il.
New Hampshlre, North Dako't,a> X.ot, lal-,
unu, North Carollna, Florlda, Wiscon
sin aml CalKo.-iila, ... . , *' \
l'aruile Around llnll, ;
Aftor ton mlnutos of yolllnjr, tho,
perspirlng, Hcramhling delesate*.. wlth
thelr Stulo standards, loft Ui.. plntform,
nnd sturtcd on a parude ure-uud the
hall.
Back and [orlh ln thp alales tho ex
cltcid, HUoimug Uryuit men ourrlcd tludr
jsiiuHiiirriH, but the -lio.ra woro by thln
jtliito beginnlng to Uooreftso ln volume,
"-?ailfofnlu'a Bryan bannoi', _jiii.v_y wlth!
I gold tussels and f rlnge. was rushed to
I the stage, whlle thc'cheering contln?
ued unabatod, and crles ot "whoop 'ei
I up" came from the delegates ln th?
|liont row. Maryland at last dcserted*
from the "stay-ilt-homes." and its ban
I nor was taken into the mldst of the
parado.
Many of the standard bearors form?
ed a circlo about the, Now York dele?
gation and cltoered their lustlest. 'A
wlldly enthuslastlc delegato from Okla?
homa elambored upon tho platform.
Tho States of Idaho. Ohlo and Massa?
chusetts soon. jolnod hlm. whilo tlie
band played "Hall, Hall, the Gang's All
Hcrc."
Fatac Teeth Flevr- Ont.
The band then struck up "My Old
Kontucky Home," while the delegates
and spectators joined in the cheers.
The processlon starteil to leave the
stand. but a halt was causod by a dolo
gatewho yelled so wlldly that his fnlse
teeth flew out. ~They rolled undor the
press stand. Down he went on hls
hands and knees to. recover his eatlng
machlnery, whlle the parado behlnd:
hlm halted utjtil, he. had recovered.tho
teeth, clapped them Into place and was
ready to yell again for his polltical ;
falth.
ln the mldst of tho rlot of noise anrt'
the confuslon of marchlng delegates, i
the constant boom of flashllght explo- j
sions from thr. photographers added
to the pandemonlum.
Tho standard bearors flnally lnvaded
the gallerles, Malnc and Alabama lead?
lng tho cllmb to the second tlor.
The band kept up a eontlnual flow
How Bell Got Back
^lorK_?45. __*__*.. THE.yAY^ .TW****!/
of muslc, whlch flnally started all tha
delegates to slnging. Tho muslclan.,
workod wlthout coasatlpn, and v/henJ
ever thoy struck, up anything whic!\j
the choriis-crowd was 'able tp follow.
they yelled tho words of thp alr with
wlld enthusiasm. Delegates danced
up and down in the alsles to tho ineas'i
iires of """A Hot Tlme," and shputed,
the chorus of ''Marchlng Through
Georgla."
A-.MUUU ou Gt-orgia Stoortunl.
Whlle the lattei* a,ir. wai* rlngln**'
thi-pugh tho hall] a dotbrmlned assaul
was made by the. frenzied. Bryan shout
ors upon tbe Geoigl* at,a_n.da.rd. whlch,
up to thls time. had, been; ltjept flrmlj*.
rooteil ln lts placo, T,hp., d,eJ,egatlon
showpd, 1? quick fqshlon that t.t waa|
as dangevous. to. . "mft*;9,. thro.tigUj
Georgia" as over lt Vad t?'6"- ln *_:
days of tho war. They valHetl pj-ovii}*.
tholr- littlQ yellow flagpolo, hetvvlni.*
?the namo of .thelr Sla...?n whito,
agaln.*. t a baekgi'ound, Qf; W>*, *?1
stuok stuunohly tp ^-i..?ffl?i^?M
It was tho only Southern s?ta,ii.dai*(.T> tno*{,
remainod unroatcd. and. W'.\oro ?.V wa!.
plonted U Staypd. ? *<? ??.,,*
Tho Colorado sta*\d.<M*d. was ,carr!e_j
agaln to tho stago after the dpmon
strat.lan had boen ln progfoss for threo
quartors of nn hoiir. "
Thls tlmo It was. ln. the hands .of a,
WOiiianT-Mrs. Mury O. 0. Bvad?0.vd. ot
Dor.vor. one ot the Stato** delegates
and hei* appoaranoo called put i*0i\awed..
choerlng. Mrs. Bradford, who ha <\\
dolegates-at-largo. was lntpnd.ed to la
a parallel to'the famous "Woman. li*,
Whlte." who played RVjoh an, Importan
part ln Htainpedlng foi* Bryan the gal
lerles dunhB the ChMpa CP^vontip*,
of 1890. She was soou Jolned , l.*? ftlj
other wpm'un, also ln. wlvlte. who styug
eioa tlesporatoly to hold up tho heavy*,
bnivnoi* of Californla b.osiao the speak
er's desk. Hor stronglh, -however,w****
qt.t etiuul .0 tho .ask, ftn4; *?ho wai*
J I___. _ '
.-_.T^.r__,>^S^ml
ITNDilT HOT DS"
DEMVE,__ -
compelled to surrender It to stronger
hands.
Hand Got hont.
The band at last left lts placo in
the gallery and Jolned tho parade
through the nlslcs. playlng "Marchlns
Through Georgla." Tho man wlth
thc blg brass horn had troubles thnt
wore equal to those of ihe bass drum
m.r In getting through the orowds.
Pennsylvanla's standard was the f|r;t
returned to lts place, but thc oxampla
apparently had little effect upon tho
other States.
Tho band flnally got separated In the
surglng crowds, and its members In
dulgod tholr Indivldual tastcs In rogal
Ing those about them wlth muslc.
Krom tlme to tlme bcarers 'of the
Stato standards would break away
from the cisles and rush to the clialr
man's desk.
Senator Gore. wlth placld cptinte,
r.ance and unseelng eyes, sat unpi-r
turbed, waiting for the tumult to end
hetoro resuming tho speech that had
started. thu demonstration. He chatled
irom time to tlme wlth Chairman Bell.
Araltylng polnt for tho hand was es?
tablished on tho stugo at last, and the
scattered muslcians hurried there to
joln in "The Red. Whito and Blue"
A patriotlc selectlon mado way for
still another edltlon of "A Hot Tlme'*
v. hen thb'muslcians'had assemblcd 111
lull strength.
Whooped It Vn'.
After tho uproar had contlnued flfty
minutes Maino jolnod in tho parado,
which was constantly swinglng up and
down the alslos. Kentupky and Penn?
sylvania, howover, had returned to
their placos. and tho demonstration
seemod for tho tlme to be dying down.
Tho band woke Uhe oohoes wlth "A
Hot Tlme," and tho ocean of cheers
was again in Cloo'd-tido. Sergeants
at-arms, carrled away by tho frertzy
pf the eccaslon, -left th^li* posts and
jolned ln yelllng wlth 'the ' e.xultant
throng. Men cannot scream forover,
and the slgns of a let down wero un
mistakablc nnd more -\frequcnt. It
was only waning when another cheer
opened the enthusiasm again. Men
tramped through the alsles, thelr col
lars torn wldo open, tlielr^jnenktles re?
duced to shreds or entirely gpnc, thelr
faces streaming -wlth perspiration, and
tossing hats and ha'ndkerchiefs '. as
high as their weary, arms would al?
low, 'shputlng hoarsely at the.sapje
tnno with all the power of thelr torn
and tired throats.
Tho crowd flnally gatholred ln front
of tho ?j-peakcr's stand. and packed Into
a compact mass,' burst forth anew in
choors for Bryan, for themselves and
each other. A fat, bald-headed_ man
from Ohlo cllmbed upon a press tablo,
and, acting asfeheer master, called for
yells from evory delegate of overy
Stato that hls .eyes could llght upon,
Tumult ._3iHlM.nl Lnst. , ^_
Durlng all this tlme, -whlle one of
the greatest outbursts pf pp'll'tical en?
thusiasm ever wltnessed in, any po?
lltical convention was hpginn,ing swell
Ing and dying down, the bllrid rn?n who
started It was on the speakor's stand,
seelng. nothing of what his valce had
created.
At 2:36 o'clock, after the damonstrn
tion had been ln progress for one hour
ond seventeen mlnutes, Ohalrman Bell
made hls flrst efforts to stop tho tu?
mult, poundlng wlth somo vlgor on the
aesk wlth a blg gavel.
Crles of "sit down" and. some hlss'es
were heard, but there:was a dis'tlnp't
faiiing off In the volume of sound, and
scnie progress toward, .restere.d prder
wns mado after five" mi.nutes 'pf cor\-,
tinupus poundlng.
At 2:17 P/M.. ono hour and twenty
seyon mlnutes aftor Senator G-oro had
mentioned tho name of Mr. Bryan.
majorlty of tho State standards-wore in
tlielr proper places and the demon?
stration was practically ended, al?
though scattered cheers wero stlll i'ls
ing, from* all parts of the hall. Il|ss'eH,
ctimo wlth thom, and this had aoi-ru)
sheet ln quloting tho demonstration,
At 2:50 P. M. Senatpr Cipre resumed hls
speeoh.
"My countrymon," ho sald, "to tho
greater and older States'".of (hls great
republlc, Oklahoma has *only this to
say.! *Qp thpii and do* likewlso.'".
Cheers and applause greptod Senator
Uoro as he mado hls way fvptti' tho
platform. Tlio chalr again recpgiilacd
Alr,. Jamos, of .Kentunky, who agaln
movod that a veeess until 8 P, M. bo
takon.
Alr. Boll put tho motlon, and, wlth?
out walting tor a nogatlvo voto, do
cinrod lt carrled, und tho session was
ended.
KiHYAN, DI2_.Pi.Y TOUCIIEI);
I_Xl'lll0SSI3*s AlUMlECI.yi'ION
iwMivtrcw, wN-cpiiiv. JSisn., Juiy
8.??VTlie ?Oemoeral*, Imvo . be*. ? very
Kooil to me, aud { cnn ?nil mo wortliJ
io tfxyrvuH Mtj* tXvvu __j.uV_.eli.llo_. uf the
cunflilencc nml good wltl whlcli ihe de
iuiiintritil.nl iuUienlrx,"
It ivas wlth these words that W. J.
Bryan thls afternoon, speaking, to a
number ot newspaper men. ricftnowl
odged tho remarkable trlbuto to hlm
from delegates to the national con?
vention.
lir. nii tru.-li AfTrctecl.
That Mr. Bryan was iteeply nffeclcd
by thc outburst was apparent ln the
grayity wlth wliich ho uttcred the sen
tlmont quoted. Tho delirious homoge
of ono hour and twnnty-six mlnutes.
was plctured ln crlsp telegranies re?
celved at Falrview, and the thrlll of
lt showed ln (lnshes In tho eyos of tho
iran to whom lt was paid. When the
dtmonstratlon began wlth Mr. Bryan
were a dozen newspaper men. Robert
P". Rose, Mr. Bryan's secretary. nnd the
telegraphor on the btillctln wlre. occu
pled the sunroom. as tlie glass In?
closed porch ls callod.
Flve mlnutes, leh mlnutes passed
With the wiro cllcking off dctalls of
the scene. Tho candidate, ln |n al
paca otlice coat atSd vestless. smlled
ot tlie news. hut left comments to hls
visitors. To a questlon Mr. Bryan sald:
"You credit'me wlth too much influence
wlth tho convontion."
"Vou wouldn't thlnk so if you wero
there," cxclalmed Arthur 'English, a
West Virginia friend of the Nebrask?
an, who had Just returned from Dcn.
ve-r. In hls qfflce ln another part of
the house a second wlre, removed from
publlc gasce, transactcd. such buslness
as Mr. Bryan had wlth the delegates.
Thls wlre occupied much of hlt. atten?
tion, anil duving most of the period of
the demonstration lie spent hls tlme
thero wlth Mrs. Bryan and his daugh?
ter, Grace, hoth of whom followed the
rapldly arrlvlng bulietins wlth keen
interest and quick sympathy.
Blg AVntcriuclon Eatcu. .
It was Secretary Kose's tnjsjv day,
for he was constantly ocupled ln car?
rying the'"telegrams to hls chlef.
An hour passed and Mr. Bryan roap
pearea in tho sun room. Iri'hlp most
solemn tones he started as lf to make
an Important announcement, but con?
eluded with an Invitatlon for the en?
tlre party to adjourn to the shady sldo
of tlie houso and Indulge ln the de?
structlon of the mighty watermelon
which reached hlm yesterday, a glft
from San Antonio, Texas.
"I cannot speak In all thls noise."
he said, sweeplng his arm ln the gen?
eral dlrectlon of thc turbulonce at
D
elaware s
Marvel
Donver, "let us n,aw partloipato ln
Avatormpjon.'.'
Mr.- Bryan* ofllclatad in cllssoctlng tho
Toxas prodlgy, anil for a tlmo pollt,tcs
was forgot ln favor ot refreshments.
lt was as the roporters wore about
to loavo that Alr. Bryan formally. and
voluntarlly commonted on tho clemon
stra.Upiv ftt P?UV"_l\ , .^1,10 lftst, s.Uco of
waterniolon had just been oonsumed
by Judgo Charles Guy, ,of Now York,
a late arrlval, whon a tolographlc. bul
letln antiouiiolng that tho doinonstra
tlpiv had subslded, was recelved.
That Us trotnemlous foroo und re*
mavitablo duvntlon had Htirrod tho vet
eraii cundldatu lu overy. rtbro was np
paront as ho epoko, Ho thouglit deep.
Demonstration Promptly
Whooped-up Again as ,
' Soon as It Showed
Signs as Dying
Down.
ly for a moment - af tor flnlsh Ing tho
statement already' quotod, apparontly
on tho vcrgo of saying moro, but turn?
ed and on tered tho houso wlthout fur?
ther words. -
I'roinliient VlHllor.i.
rrctlerick A. Plko, of St. Paul, ?ec
rctary of tho Bryan voluntoers of
Mlnnesota, and Olto Doedcrleln, presl?
dent of tho Gorinan-Ameiican Bi-yan
...ciigui), of Iilliioln, called on Mr.
Bryan to-day. After tlio vislt Docder
lolli. who was president of th. Donio
cratlc German Press Bureau ln i_u._,
sald thut ho expected to bg _ojiiit_._tf.l
wlth the bureau again thls _.anip_ign,
nnd tliat Its houdfiuurter;. should ho
ln Chieago, as was the caso eight years
ago.
"Governor Jtilmson's candldacy fpr
1'rosldont hns put hJni in thc positlon
of jolnlng |n a movement for (lie d*<
feiit of ono imin whom Democruts re?
gard ua thc typleai rcpresentative ..f
thelr' euuso." declared Mr. T'ike, after
un Inlorvlow wllh Mr. Bt.nn lasting
twenty inlnim.n.
"The Oovernor's coursc wlli cer
inlnly Weakori hls Inllueiwn and usV
luliips., nmong Douiocriits. There
iiftvor was nnyohanc-ft for hlm to be
notnliiated. Thls hns been generally
recognlzed, even In Mlnnesota, nnd tho
Inct that the State conventlon instruct?
cd for Johnson does not furnlflh any
Index to the real feellngs of the Deni
ocrats ln my State. Tho InstrtictlonH
wero secured (hrough tho effrtrts of
Governor Johnson's personal f.'endu,
many of thom Stato offloeliolders. and
Hls own appolnteeo, wlth tho asaist
nnce of a large number of Republlcan
votes eaat at the primary caucuses hi
some of the largor and controlllng
counties. B
."tllini.-j.oin for Ur.vnn,. ,
"Thc irroiruiaritles wero so flagrant
lliat tlio sendlng of a contesting dele?
gatlon to Denver was serlously pro
ppseti.
??However, Bryan's friends tn Minno
fjnta fclt assured of his nomlnatlon,
nnd tp prevont bitternesn t|ioy declde.l
pot to make a contest. Tlie news nf
Bryan, a nomlnatlon r/lli bo liollcd wlth
the greatest gratlflcatlon by 03 per
cent. of thc Democrats in Minnesotn.
A more enthtisjiastlc llght wlh bo
put u? to rnrry the State for hlm that.
ln any former campalgn. Governor
Johnson nnd. his friends will btickio
down and work for the tlcket r am
sure There will be good feolingln
nll branehes of lhe party unle.i* lt |?
somo of tho unreconclled rernnant.-. of
tho holters of 18_e.*:
.hP,!CC fVi8<'^te<, that thrce-fourths ol
tho La I-ollotto Republlcans In Mlnne?
sota. composlng a large scrtion of tho
that he had "got it hnrder." Taft h_
.. clared. wns not the kind of a candl
date to suit that type.
.WnC.E fiFlAV STIM, Ql'i_TI,Y
ATTBTVPS TO Hls Hl SIXESJ
WII.MINOTON*. DEU. .luly 8.?un.
moved by the efforts or Ma fricnds ni
Denvor to havo hlm nomlnnted for
Iresldent or by the movement among
Mr. .Bryan's friends to hnve hlm nom?
lnated for VIee-Prosld.nt, Judg.
George Gray ln quietly ntt*>nillng tc
ofTlclal btiflness at his offlco ln the
Fc-dcral building to-dny. The prcpara
tlon of Judlcial oplnlons ln severai
pendlng cases engaged hls attention,
nnd he wns busy all nfternoon.
?Tudge Gray |s not ln communlcatlor,
wlth Denver. He is recelvlng no tele
grains from thnt clty. nor Is ho send?
lng any. Ho has mado no publlc
declarntlon elnce hls message to tlji
Assoclnted press last v.-eek In relatlon
to the vlce-presldency. |n whlch h<_
said that he "would under nd clrcum
stances accept such a nomlnatlon lf lt'
should bo made."
-*V-?-?
UAimETT tS i)EN*V____.SICK,
BUT NOT SEIII0*L*S1..
DENVER, COl... July 8.?John Bhi*
rott, of Washlngton, dlrector of the
Bureau pf South Amerlcan Republics,
ls ill at the home of John W. Sprlnger,
In this clty. It was rumored yester?
day that he was threatened with ty
phpjd. Thls report was deuled, and lt
was stated that he would be out wlthln
a few days. as he was merely suffering.
from a cold. Mr. Barrett came to Don?
ver to attend the Democratic Na?
tional Convention.
Do Y<m Oiien Your Blouth
Llko a young hird and gulp down what
everfood or medicine may bo offered you?
Or, do yqt| *,vant to know something of the
composltion and character of that whlch
you tako In.o yourstomach whether &?
food or caedlcliie?
Most intellig.rit aud sonslblo pcopU
no\V-a-da>*8 inslst on knowlng what thoy
employ whother as food or as mcdiclno,
Dr. Plerce* belleves they have a perfocl
right to inslvt upon s. i , h knowledc.).. So h<
puWlshes,**b_a_jcast and on each bottlo
Wfajmer, *^{j-alJT^tm)d_cine8 aro made oi
andv&_*jtfesjj*2***?r^ Thls .lie feeli
h?_canj|^4___nord_to_dp bicause __S Tnprj.
ti*Ve_lngredTpnts_of wliich hls medicine,
ar'elnadoare'St-.dlc'tl nnd unaerstooa Cltj
moro will thelr superlor curative v.fEuel
bTpE__S3B?j__; '
For the . ure of woman's peeullarweak'
aessea, irregu.arlties and dorangements,
glvlng rlse to frequent hendaches, back^
a,che, dr(tgging-down pain or dUtress fn
lower abtlpmipal or polvlc reglon, aceom
panled. bfttlmos, with a debllltatlrig,
pelvlc, catarrhal ttrain and kindred symp
tom. of .weakness, Dr. Plerco's Favoritt
Preacri p'tlon is a most cfflclent remedy,
It is oqually olToctivo in ouring palnfu.
porlods, In glvlng strength to nurslne
mothers and In proparing tlio system ol
the expectant mother for baby's comlng
thus rcndorlng childblrth safe ond com
paratlvoly palnloss. The "Favorite Pre
scrlptlon'Vls a mostpoient, strengthenlng
tonic VO the. general system and to th<
organs dlstlrictyly. femlnlno ln partlcular
It is also a soothing and invlgorutlnt.
nervlne and cures nervous exhiuistlon,
riorvoiis prbstration, neuralgla, hysterlu,
fjpasms, choroa or bt. Vitus's dance, ana.
othor dlstresslng nervous symptoma at
tendant upon functlonal and orgnnlc dl8?
oases of tho dlstlnctly fomlnlne organs.
A host of medlcal authorlties of all thc
soveral schools of-. nraotleo, recommon.
oach of tho sevoral lugredleuts of -whlcV,
"Favorite Prcscrlptlon " Is made for tli*
cureof tho dlsehsos for whlch it Isclalmc*),
to be a cure. You mny rond what thej
say for yo'uraelf by sencllng a postal cara
request for a free booklet of extractv
from the leadlng anthorftlos, to Dr. l\, Y,
Plorco, Invallds? Hotal and Su.glcal In.
stituto, Buffalo, N. Y? andit wlircooi t? '
jr ou by return post.