The Butler weekly times., 1892-07-27

In til midst Cf all tue roar Of
screeching iHen there ca4-- u greater
uproar; q gusty windstorn, creeping
up unnoticed, had burst over the
capitol.
The crazel men andthe storm did
battle to sec which could raise the
most noise. The wind tore in "a. the
open windows making the heavy
curtains pop and crack like little
muskets. 1t tore away flags and
bunting and set them sailing about
the hall.
STONE CYCLONE.
"a Stone cyclone, yelled the de.
. lighted followers of the Nevada man
and they shouted Justify. The din
was almost unbearable When
things had grown bit quiet, Boone
county scampered into the Stone
ranks; Carroll followed; county after
county followed in the route Every
where cliairmen OF delegations were
splitting tneir throats to give notice
OF their change to Stone. Ed Har-
Der who had seconded Stone, moved
to make the nomination unanimous.
There was mighty outburst but
the chairman declared the motion
out Of order
In all this frenzy the faithful 81
from Jackson county sat silent and
looking quite sick. Pretty soon
Judge Gibson appeared in the hall
for the first time since the coaven-
tion began. He whispered smiling
ly to his disconsolate supporters
The next moment he was seen stand
ing on the speakers desk. Ia an
instant Major Dalton was beside
him. The convention had subsided
into momentary quiet; when it be
held these two men /. went crazy
again.
Judge Gibson seized the Stone
banner which had been carried tC
the desk AID waved it to aud fro
Dalton had appraised the Stone por
trait lashed to the Sign pole Of the
fifteenth district, which the Stone
men had torn from its place. Judge
Gibson swung his heavy banner tt
and fro; his voice rang out aboyt
the randimonium. Three cheer.
for Stone" he shouted The dele
gates responded with a booming
mighty shout, three cheers blended
into one. Then they shouted: Glib
son, Gibson. Gibson"
THREE CHEERS FOR GIBSON
Gradually they died away into 81
lence after ten minutes continua
shouting and Gibson, his voice wei
nigh gone from his vigorous ch, er
lug for his conquerer. made as manly
II speech as ever defeated man ut
tered:
Il desire to return to my friend.
my sincere thanks for the gallan
fight they have made for me.
Three cheers for Gibson shout
ed a lusty voice from the rear of The
hail and the crowd went wild again
For four months continued
Judge Gibson, Il have been trying
to convince the people Of Missour
thlt was the man for their mex,
governor. l have failed and now
let every man remember that he has
=. bu, one duty t. perform and that is
to make just as big a majority fol
Bill Stone as they would have fol
me | tell You now. nobody will dc
N ore than the gallant democracy ot
jackson county; they viii 10 by hin
as they would have done by me
Now one word of advice. when YOU
go home organize your Stone clubs
and so to work. thank you"
l There were three more rousius
deers for Gibson when he had done
Then the crowd set up might,
shouts for Dalton. aud the portl,
major was boosted up on the chair
mans desk. He had plenty of time
to catch his breath while the shout
ing was dying away. Major Dicl
l made an ont and out strong Stone
speech, too.
Il feel that the just and appropri
ate thing for me to do said Farme,
Dick, though I am not a membe,
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