The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-26
END OF THE RIOT
THE POPULIsT NATIONAL CONvEN-
TION REACHES AN ADJOURN
MENT.
TEXAS DELEGATES BOLT.
A CUT-AND-DRIED OUTRURST
AFTER WEAVER FINISHES
HIS SPEECH.
QUEER THINGS of THE DAY,
QUEER THINGS of THE DAY.
California Protests Against the
Crucfhxion of POpulism on the
Cross of Democracy.

ST. LOUIS, July 25.-The riot is OVER
| Summary: Bryan saved by a mob:
| handicapped by Tom Watson: damned
by Texas. Bryan's managers under
took to stampede the convention for
him this morning, in spite of his tele-
| gram In the morning papers, forbidding
| the use of his name If SeWall was re-
jected. The stampede failed. but the
general result was secured Evidently.
Weaver thought, after his speech advo-
eating Bryan in spite Of his declination.
| that the thing could be done by accla-
nation, but he forgot the amount of
oratory Populist convention gener-
ates. Allen took an unfair advantage
of the grangers, when, on being un-
bic to decide Field motion to nominate
Bryan by acclamation viva yoce. he
ordered a roll call Of states on the vote
for the nomination. Weaver had been
allowed to respond for Alabama, and
no other state had an opportunity to
make nomination This was rushing
things with vengeance, and, led by
Texas, the whole convention was on
| It's feet at once, protesting. Those who
did not oppose Bryan wanted a chance
to make speech, so that the protest
| was unanimous and the chair had to
| surrender and resume the call of the
roll of states for nominations instead
of a vote. Six long hours of oratory
followed. mostly for Bryan, and it was
| just 4:22 p. m. when the nomination
was announced. The riot began a little
before 10 a. M. and nothing but
speeches were heard during the day.
An exciting scene of the day was when
prearranged outburst of applause
| or,c,
vas crayon drawing of Bryan, a yell
/ low wooden cross, surmounted by a
crown on which mo crown of thorns;
no cross Of gold'' was painted and
other emblems, were brought on, and
AMID LOUD YELLS
a procession of states was formed en-
bracing nearly all. A few state stand
ards were missing, among them that of
the Texas steer, who kept his place sill
| ent and sullen Finally yells for Texas
/ to join were so voluminous that the
steer issued defiance. Texas had next
/ to its state a standard banner brought
in yesterday, inscribed "Middle-of- the
4 Road Straight Popuist Ticket Instead
Of joining in the jubilant procession.
Texas raised this banner high in the
air and, while the whole delegation sur
rounded the standard as body guard.
The Arkansas and Maine standards
were taken to Texas, and when the
marching procession reached Texas, the
space was blocked and it looked like
| war. The police prevented an absolute
! outbreak and raised its blockade. Mean
| time, two actual fights were in pro-
| greSS for state standards in Missouri
and California. The Missouri standard
was broken into small splinters and
the California into two sections, and a
| splinter from Missouri and a section of
10 6Qfi nj
| Texas. The jubilee lasted twenty min
! utes, but there was no further fighting.
/ The day was full of amusing episodes.
| Harvey Call, a boy orator from New
York, nominated Norton, of Chicago,
amid yells of "sit down, Hannar while
a New York delegate announced that
! Call had only been a Populist two weeks
! and had never attended but one Popu-
list meeting. When Nebraska was sec
onding Bryan, Texas asked rs he Pop
1 Ulist?' and the speaker replied II know
him personally and he is as good a
Populist as you are" A California dele
gate interrupted one speaker with the
shout: II protest against the crucifltion
of Populism upon
CROSS OF DEMOCRACY"
Valette, of Rhode Island, was the
crank with the new declaration of in
dependence, who was elected by the
police yesterday. Today, from his dele
! l.,
| into the proceedings. The chair or
dered him to take his seat, but he re-
/ fused, exclaiming at the top of his
voice. IT will be heard AS he uttered
these words, a sergeant-at-arms yanked
| him off his chair and literally threw
! him into the arms of two policemen,
and these were his last words. Liberty
was crushed again. Donnelly in second
! ing Bryan said they ought not to ask
Bryan to accept or indorse the plat
! form Minnesota gave Tom Watson Al
| votes last night with the understand
ing that Texas would indorse Bryan
| today, but Texas did not. Just before
| the vote was announced, Donnelly told
the chair he understood Bryan had
wired a direct refusal. The chair
squelched Donnelly by saying they had
been expecting such a report all day.
! To the direct question Of Ashby of
Texas, a little later the chair denied
that he had such a telegram. I am
assured such a telegram was in the
convention, giving at some length
Bryan's reasons for declining, but 1t
was suppressed. A special resolution
was passed giving the national COM
mittee the full power which the con-
vention might have to fill a vacancy.
When the convention adjourned Texas
called a mass meeting of bolters The
band had only been secured for three
days, and the fourth day of the riot
| had no music to soothe the savage
breast, and Texas is still loose in the
corn field. H p. Hall.
SOUND MONEY MEN