Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-25

fought IA Inst behalf. Listen now 10
| Whst have 10 saw. have been your
standard bearer (aud ! know / was
! unuceerviug) first sixteen yehis ag0,
| ~ 1850 nud twelve years niterwards.
Unsolicited you made mo your slanu-
ard brutuf 90 1892. Il did my boot. |
| hld al / CuulI do with the means nt
my comma d 10 support your pfincl-
| pcs among lnu people. Nov / stand
mere at this )unolufe Of cur parly .
history and L shall proceed 10 deliver
! ny convictions deliberately upon o. G
condition Of Affairs and | ask you will
| pardon me, although nn intUmp0ran-
eous speaker Tor more than forty yesrp,
anu lrrmit me to read from mAnus.
ofiut what have TO say.
CHEERING FOR bryan.
When Gen. Weaver concluded by
naming "thAt splendid young states.
mHu," William J. Bryan, tho oouven.
zion broke loose anu cheer followed
cheer. Delegates jumped to tho chairs
anu nhgf, handkerohieis, hats and
state .uiiona were waved in wild con.
fusion, Through slide entrance four
men carried big yellow cross, four
by eight feet, surmountsd by n crown
" thorns. On 1t wero inscribed the
eloquent words with which Bfyan
closed bis brilliant speech at Chicago.
\ big ctayOu portrait u the Nebraska
s.atotmln was also carried into the
hall. Gross, bauners and siate guldona
were carried irAntlcally about the pit,
aud then, with the cross In tho lead,
.hey were carried to tho stand where,
for nvo minutes they danced In Cin.
fusion while the delegates howlod
delight.
Mr.. Kepler OF Nevada, who bore tho
crots, nnally planted II at the edge Of
the stage. The crowd descended 10 the
PIT ami continued tho denomination
there. Aa the procession passed tho
ToGns delegation free fight almost oc.
CURED. Men struggled aud fought for
passage, but way was finally cleared.
Several men fought like mad men over
the Missouri standard. IL was broken
into bite, but Bryan man carried u
piece In triumph TO the platform, while
the struggling disputants were tepar.
I'd by the police.
Mis-. Minerva Roberts, n beautiful
lady, lod the cheering In the Col9falo
delegation.
While the demonstration was nj lts
heighi,n thOuuand comics Of the "Bfyau
silver March" were flung high ia the
air aud fell Ia a iuus on irsntir dele.
gates. IL concluded with the following
words;
Clmk. tInk, cIlnt.
No crown or tuufus on lalOf'a brow.
tluk, Clmk, ciinK.
No cross Of gold Tor mankind nov.
tlnk, Clink, U'Ink
Wen not TO a tiuglu standard bow.
ihnk, cluk, clink,
BgDLAM CONTINUED.
When quiet was restored after az.
teen minuIos' bedlam, Field OF VI.
ginis, Viewers rnnning mate In 1902,
hob0ied forward on crutuhcs, anu after
n Oriei speech moved TO suspend tue
Jules anu make Bryaps nomination
unanimous. Tho cJnvontl3u almost
On mass roso anu choered, but above
thu chorus came the sharp cIics Of
Texas men. mo, no." they yelled,
Chairman Alien declarel tho mo.
ton carried, tut yielded to ptotrsts
aud decided TO allow call OF states ON
tho motion. Thu Texas men wildly
protested.
Chairman Allen nj last recognized
"stumI" Ashby OF the. Lone Star
state for "peTsonnl explanation
Ashby announced that Texas was
ready ~ endorse Bryan N Bryan
wcuid endorse the platform adopted.
His speech was not VOL received.
George Schiiling Of Wisconsin al
tempted TO secure recess until Bryan
could DO heard from, but was hOwltd
down.
Chairman Allen said that In voting
Tor the motion to suspend tho rules the
delegation may vote Tor any candidate
they pleased.
Alabama aud Arkansas were not
ready. The greatest confusion pre-
vailed. COlotado voted % for the mo.
ton to suspend the rules aud the nom.
inatiOn VI Bryan. Mon stood on chair.
anu howled tor recognition.
C0ngTesBman Howard OF Alabama
demanded TO know whether any other
names could be placed In nomination.
The confusion grew 90 great that II
was impossible 10 proceed. Tho Texas
delegation charged the platform In
mass. Ono shouted, 1--WE will never
DO quiet VI you try to continue that Toll
chll.p
est down! sit down." cried the
seTgeant.at.ATms, while tue assistants
ploughed through the dense crowd
about the platform aud pleaded with
the delegates TO take their seats.
When semblance OF quiet was 10.
stored Congressman Howard from tho
stage protested against "gag law"
Allen said a motion had been made
TO suspend the rules anu 10 nominate
Bryan by reclamation.
"By -, We WON'T stand IT,
yelled u. II. Noles. 'Don't It require
u two.ihiTds vote to carry that motiOL?"
shouted an itate Arkansas delegate.
The chair replied II did not.
A California delegate screamed that
such proceeding was unprecedented.
He thought the delegations should
have chance TO place in nomination
whom they choose. The quintessenoe
Of POpulism, he said, was lair play.
Chs chair hold that whom roll was
called the delegation could vote for
Bryan or any one else.
This ruling provoked another storm
OF protests and confusion. Some one
got on tho platform and road a tele-
gram TO Henry ID. Lloyd Of Chicago,
from Eugene V. Debbs, declining 10
permit the use OF his name. At last
to restore order General Field with.
drew his motion and the call OF states
for nominations was continued.
Calor OF California was tho frat
speaker Of series eeclndinR
Bryau'a nomination. Cslor said he
always stood against fusion but cir.
oumstances at present we peculiar.
Tho P0pulist party was young
party aud could not afford TO hold It's
place In The middle 0f the road While