The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-08-18

with his reference to the bond issues G
the administration. Toward the en-
of his speech the audience began t
grow impatient and the spirit of the as
semblage was shown in cries of Bryan
Bryan" &
AT the outset Governor Stone ex
planned that he was acting as proX,
for Senator White of California, upoi
whom, as chairman Of the committee
would have devolved. the pleasing dut,
of formally notifying the candidates
but unforeseen circumstances had KEEP
Senator White in California. Gov
ernof Stones speech was an arraign
ment as much OF the Cleveland admin
istration as of the Republican part,
and concluded with an eloquent eulo
gium OF the Democratic candidate, ant
O. prophecy by him OF an administra
tfon made illustrious by great achieve
mcnts.
When Governor Stone concluded witr
the notification OF his nomination tc
MIR. Bryan, a man began to wave q big
People jumped to their feet and shout.
ed with vim. Cheer followed cheer
and for minute or two pandemonium
rcigned. The crowd went wild with
enthusiasm, and lung power was drawn
on to an alarming extent. But this
demonstration had its ending in the
desire of the people to hear the speech
| to which they had been looking for
ward so anxiously, and when the man
| with the flag came down TO where Mr.,
Br an was sitting and fastened the
standard in the corner OF the stand,
the cheering ceased, and everybody
watched with interest while Mr.. Bryan
helped the banner-wavcr to fix the
staff in place.
Although the cheering thousands in
the hall were hot of body and hoarse
of throat, they rose as man whom
Chairman Danforth stepped forward
and introduced MIR. Bryan.
Then came o demonstration that far
exceeded those that followed the men
tlon of Bryan's name previously in the
evening. The scene presented was
strongly reminiscent of the tumult
that ragged in the Coliseum at Chicago
when Bryan finished the effort that
established his reputation as great
orator. Mon and women rose to their
feet and cheered. On the platform, in
the boxes, up in the galleries, people
were cheering like mad.
Men waved their coats and their
hats, while women huttered fans and
haL dkerchiefs as only women can.
Nearly every person who joined in this
noisy tribute to the Democratic candi-
date was standing on his chair, waving
and shouting. The bard struck up a
lively air, and added to the din. MIR.
Bryan held up his hand for silence.
1t was like an incentive to yell louder.
The crowd would not be thwarted.
MIR. Bryan made an effort to speak.
His voice was drowned in a wild
howl. Again he held up his hand,
and again the cheering rose in its
might. Somebody began to shake the
hoor by rising and receding quickly on
his toes. Others followed his example,
and that thunderous rumble which
sounds like the approach of an army of
war chariots rose above the cheers of
the multitude. This was too much
Tor the nominee. He saw that his au-
diencc was bound to havo its way, and
he gave up his attempt to check the
enthusiasm. He sat down YEARLY,
but in a second jumped up again with
hand appraised for silence. The shout
ers were getting weary by this time,
but the restraining hand made them
take q last lease in their efforts. Sena-
tor Jones shouted: 81 appeal to this
crowd to be in order.
But he was not listened TO and the
crowd did not cease until it felt like it.
Mr.. Bryan rose and stepped to the
front and centre of the Speakers plat
form. In his hand he had manu-
script copy of his speech. His face
was pale, but he was cool and calm
He began to speak slowly, but was
obliged to stop for the demonstration
had several renewals before it died.
There were Kisses for quiet before
some OF the wildly enthusiastic admir-
ers OF the young candidate could be
subdued. he began again, and man
in the gallery gave another incentive
to enthusiasm by shouting. "Three
cheers for Bryan"
Then he began in earnest His
voice was firm, but it showed signs OF
hoarseness. 1t was plain that the
physician who attended him at Mr.. St.
Johns house had not been able to bring
the wonderful voice to the perfect con-
ditiOn 1t was in when the Chicago
speech was made. The strain of the
speech making journey from Chicago
to Pittsburg had been too great to allow
such quick recovery of the use of the
vocal organs, and Mr.. Bryan could not
make himself heard SO distinctly as in
the Coliseum. But it was only in the
galleries in the rear OF the garden that
everything he said could not be heard,
and after his speech had proceeded q
while, many in these points of disad-
vantage began leaving until they be-
came comparatively empty before the
effort was concluded.
Mr.. Bryan read from manuscript,
but occasionally he dropped the sheets
OF paper and spoke earnestly and We
hemently without looking at them.
During Mr.. Bryan's speech he was
frequently, interrupted by cheers of
approval, loudly cheered, [ was also
his reference to the sale of bonds. The
audience also manifested its approval
at various stages OF his speech Of free
silver argument. When some of the
moro telling points in this discussion
were reached, the audience yelled
with all its might and the speaker was
compelled to wait until order was
restored. When in concluding Mr..
Bryan said he expected the co-opera-
tion OF oil present, voice cried :
You have it," and the audience again
roared in unison. The peroration
was spoken without q glance at the
manuscript, and for that reason it
had greater effect The closing words
approached in eloquent feeling some
of the telling points in the Chicago
speech, but it was obvious that the
| wonderful delivery was gone tempor-
arily and there was an unmistakabie
huskiness in MIR. Bryan's tones.
When he concluded, after speaking
an hour and forty minutes, there was
another demonstration, but it vas
brief. The far galleries had percepti-
bly, dwindled and the crowd had shout