The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-10

! and bound to make a noise? If you
have, then you have seer the counter
part of the Democratic national con-
vention at the Coliseum in Chicago to-
night, where their lives are written.
Every seat of the eighteen thousand in
this vast building was occupied and
standing room was lot only at pre-
MUM, but could not be had at any
| price.
Ever since Bryan's speech this after
noon, friends of the other candidates
have felt it in their bones that some
thing was coming. Bland had been ir.
the lead, but low conditions were so
changed that they did not dare to wait
until Missouri was reached in the al
phabetica1 roll call Of states. Alabama
heads the roll, and 1t was accordingly
arranged that Alabama should call on
Missouri. In that way Senator Vest, Of
Missouri, launched the Bland boom be-
fore any other. There is always con-
fusion in the beginning Of a session of
a great convention and tonight it was
confusion worse confounded and the
Bland men had to prick up their ears
to know where the applause came in
There was big outburst of applause
when Senator Vest named Bland, but
nothing of a startling or inspiriting
character
The first sensation Of the evening
was when Georgia was reached and
Judge H. T. Lewis placed w. J. Bryan,
of Nebraska, in nomination. Lewis did
not make a long speech and named
his man after two or three sentences.
Then the convention and audience went
wild. I say convention for so many
delegates were on their feet that it
looked like a whole body. The audience
which Is the most immense ever gath
cred in convention Joined in, and for
ten minutes the scene was uproar-
ious. The Bryan banner bearing his
portrait was carried up and down the
aisles with the same state standard
and increased the volume Of applause
until you could not hear thunder if 1t
had been fired off. The scene was sig
niflcant Of the coming event and made
Bland and
BOIES MEN WEARY.
AS an antidote big portrait of
Bland was brought into the center of
the delegate seats, but 1t did not create
a ripple Of excitement or applause
This was still significant of BANDS
waning fortunes The presentation of
Gov. Matthews name by Senator Tur-
pie, OF Indiana, was especially unfor-
tunate and even more distressing than
jays presentation Of Blaine In 1880 at
the Republican convention. Turpie is
an old man and might have been a
good man in his day, but that was
some other day. Then the Matthews.
delegates could not hear when Turpie
reached the name to start the applause.
Judging from the Eoise and applause
two speeches seemed to be being de-
livered at distant parts of the galleries
while Turpie was talking. The confu-
sion grew so great that there was talk
Of adjourning until tomorrow. Dele
gate after delegate arose to protest
against the disturbance until SO MANY
delegates were on their feet that there
was nearly as much confusion in the
convention as In the audience. The
sergeant-at-arms made his thirty-sey-
enth announcement that he would clear
the galleries II order was lot main
tanned. Finally Chairman Richardson
was able to make an appeal to the
galleries, coupled with a notice that
unless quiet was maintained no one
but delegates and alternates would be