Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-13
KNOWS IT NOW.
The Boy Orator Formally Mott.
fled of His Nomination.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, N. 2,
Ing to Greet Mr.. Bryan and to Listen to
His Speech of fAcceptance-aIrs. Bryan
Receives a Great -Presi-
DENTAL Nominee Sewall Also Notified
synopsis of Mr.. Bryan's Speech-Fusion-
ists of Iowa.

ists of Iowa.
NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-That the inter-
est OF the whole city of New York was TO-
cusscd yesterday upon Madison Square
garden, where William J. Bryan, of Ne
brasSa, and Arthur Scwall, of Maine,
We're TO be formally notified OF their NOM
inatlon by the Democratic party for the
Offices of president and vice president OF
the United states, was proved by the
groups of sovereign electors which as early
as the middle of the afternoon began to
come under the trees in Madison square,
which by > o'clock had been reinforced by
hundreds, at O'Clock We're multiplied to
expectant thousands and before swelled
to straining. clamoring army. New
York had discussed for weeks the master
stroke Of oratorv by which the Nebraskan
inspired the tidal wave of enthusiasm that
swept him into the highest place in the
giit of his party, ana curiosity was rife
whether the candidate was equal TO sec
ond speech that might aid in winning for
him the foremost Office in the gift of his
country.
Lager to See the "Boy Orator"
The garden had been the stage for other
events Of the same character; political
meetings had been held in its walls with
ont number; eight years ago Cleveland had
been there notified of his selection to lead
n second time the campaign of the Democ-
racy, but the speculation attached to these
events had been but shadows comparcti
with the fierce light of curiosity which
La..t Il;
land had been Il parsonage familiar to
New York, but the young leader who had
come out from the west to plant his stan
dard in the field Of the enemy, rs he called
II. ana there to open the battle of his cam
NaiEn was only II name in this city
Therefore the assembly waited eagerly to
discover what manner OF man he was of
whom they had read 50 much. and what
manner %! speech was his which ilad such
power over great party convention. On
TINS siiitry night the wide oval of the gar
den was II furnace in which .D.0O0 We're to
suffer Il fiery torture for their cnthu siasm's
sake.
description of the Interior of the Garden.
ne glass had been removed from the
acre OF sSylights in the roof and sheets of
canvass hung below. Radiatinc- from this
ceiling were strips Of electric lights ont
lining the sweep of the rafters which rose
over solid acres of heads. The platform
was small affair erected at the north
side of the hall in the center of one of the
broad ares of the oval. hardly more than
twelve feet square and draped simply with
American flags. The decorations We're
simple and not elaborate. but in good
taste. consisting entirely of the national
tricolor festooned on the galleries above
the stand. with a mammoth crayon port
rait of the presidential nominee at the
right of the platform, and one of his col
league on the ticket as II companion piece
on the left. In the center of the pit the
great floor space was furnished with sew
eral hundred chairs for the leaders of the
local Democracy, and the boxes. rising in
triple tiers at both ends of the chairs
Were reserved for the Iammany chiefs
The most distinguished Democrats men,
hers of the national committee and of the
notification committee with their friends
were assigned to the section of the lower
balcony rising from the flag-coverei plat
form.
Came Like a Mighty Flood.
The hands of the clock marked when
the main doors down at the west of the
garden swung inward and announced
their opening by the thrush of ycll-like
war cry. Then with Il roar came the pco-
pie pouring through the entrance and
spreading over the iloor like the unchain-
ing of a flood of water. Men and women,
they swept down To the center OF the hall.
climbing over chairs and obstTuctions like
an infantry charge, until the bluecoats
swoupeG down upon them and dispersed
the crowd with adnieabio skill down the
various uislcs to which the tickets directed.
This first contingent were the holders Of
reserved seats and they scattered them
selves through the aisles on the floor and
swarmed up through the boxes. The gal
lc:ies, rising tier on tier TO roof from the
oval arena. gave the hall the likeness of
an ancient coliseum, wonderfully bright
with lght-hued dresses and cleaning