The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-13
bryan IS NOTIFIED
The Voice Of the Boy Orator
Was Not Found
Wanting.
MADISON SQUARE MEETING
The Silver -Tonsued Candidate Greeted
by ." immense AudienCs-R Richard
Bland Was There and Arthur
SeWall Was Also Allowed to Sit on
the Platform-MrS. Bryan Shares
the HonorS-The Speech Of &C.
captanCe In Full.

L. w lllIu'Il bIydH anu
Arthur Sewall were formally notified
tonight that they were the choice of the
Democratic party for the highest offices
in the gift of the people of the United
States The occasion was one To which
the entire country had been looking for
ward for many weeks and interest had
risen to the boiling point through re-
peated promises and hints that the
speech the young Nebraskan would de-
liver would exceed In eloquence. vigor
and magnetism his great effort before
the Chicago convention. The presence
of so stupendous a crowd of human be-
ings was in itself an eloquent tribute
to the Importance attached to the oc-
casion. And such "a crowd as it was
Men and women poured into the vast
auditorium through many inlets. They
came in droves, in sections, and in or
derby marching step. The opening of
the doors was followed by a hurrying
scurrying rush of feet and in they came.
shouting, jumping. showing. pushing. all
intent on reaching the places best avail
able to see and hear all that was to be
seen and heard. After awhile the in
gress became more orderly and the en-
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to a constant movement inflow of hui
man beings.
At Z O'Clock the doors were thrown
open ana despite the efforts of the police
to restrain them the crowds on every
side made desperate rushes for the en-
frances. In the struggles many women
tainted and had to be carried away.
The police finally began to use their
clubs in an effort to restore order.
SCENES OF DISORDER
A wild scene Of turmoil ensued at the
main entrance. Men, women and po-
licemen We're jumbled together in an
indescriminate mob. Men tore each
other and their own clothes i'm their
frantic endeavors to gain admission
and matters looked serious for some
moments. Shrek after shrek came
from the women in the struggling mass
and two or three of them tainted. Then
the police rallied, and with vigorous
use of their club soon formed line and
thereafter there was a semblance of
order Seats on the platform immed-
lately in the rear of the rostrum had
been reserved for members of the ma
tional committee. members of
the notification committee and
few distinguished Democrats. Sen
ator Jones, of Arkansas, chair
man of the national commit
tee. was an early conner. Senator
Stewart. of Nevada. a pioneer in the
silver cause, was conspicuous by his
white beard and broad brimmed cream
colored hat held in his hand Many Of
his colleagues in the federal senate were
near at hand. There were two Louis
lana senators, Blanchard and Caffrey;
Camden, of West Virginia. Blackburn,
of Kentucky; Tillrnan, of South Caro-
lima whose resolutions at the Chicago
convention condemning President
Cleveland had been withdrawn through
the protest of William J. Bryan: Pas
co, of Florida. and number of con-
gressmen, including McNillin of Ten
nesSee.
In the boxes surrounding the platform
We're seated Mr.. Bryan. ex-Congress-
man and Mrs. Bland. Senator Black
burn. of Kentucky, Congressman Sulzcr
W New York. and Walsh. f New
York; General Bond. of Maryland and
many others
Richard +. Bland, the man who so
nearly captured the prize that fell to
Bryan entered the Garden at 7.4O.
With him was Mrs. Bland. but they
came in so quietly and unostentatiously
that no one noticed their entrance. The
members of the notification committee
had entered without exciting any dem
onstration. Then came the national
committee, and with them Arthur
.Sewall. the presidential candidate.
who occupied Il place second only to the
Nebraskan in tonight's proceedings
He was recognized by only a few and
the vast majority of the audience did
not understand the sporadic cheering In
the audience and the hand -clapping on
the stand.
APPLAUSE FOR MRS. BRYAN.
But 1t was when the young wife of
the young Nebraskan nominee entered
the box reserved for the use of herself
and her friends that the assemblage
let itself loose for the first time. All
men are anxious to do honor to a woman
and the fan-waving beings who throng-
ed the Garden were only too willing to
follow precedent. Cheer after cheer
went up from floor and gallery and plat
form and the dark-skinned little woman
opened her eyes in surprise and then
went ahead calmly settling herself in
her seat in the box nearest to and to the
right of the rostrum. Mrs. Bryan rose
to bow her thanks. The cheering be-
came more intense. She bowed again
and again. and still they cheered.
Through it all she looked cool and calm,
just as she appeared on that exciting
July day at Chicago when the Bryan
whirlwind swept all before 1t and
brought about the circumstances that