The herald., 1896-07-11
OPPOSITION MELTS AWAY
Uncer the Influence Of the Burnisg
Words He Spoke
Silver Advocates Recognized the Great Leader
They Had Sought
Strength and Courage Needed to WELD the
Seirnltsr Of an Indignant People.
The People Believe the
Man Il Pound

Associated Press Special Wire.
CHICAGO. July 1o.-Wnliam Jennings
Bryan Of Nebraska, the young, classic
featured orator from the plains of the
Platte, swept tho convention off its feet
today and was nominated for president
on tM nth ballot. Political history
furnishes no precedent for todays pro-
cesdings in the Coliseum. either as .
great spectaoular: show or - the result
Of tho deliberations Of q convention Of .
great party.
Bryan 10 but % years old. younger by
ten years than any man ever nominated
for the chief ma gistraoy Of the American
republic. He came. like . young Looh-
invar, out Of the great West. which has
never before nominated . presidential
candidate, to WOO the bride for whose
n.na tho oountry's greatest chieftains
have been suitors.
III. mama WAS hAraix mentioned In the
when tho convention met. he was not
entered In the lists. but yesterday he
made an impassioned speech ana stirred
the convention to frensy by his elo-
qusnos. That speech overthrow the dill
igentiy organised work Of weeks and
months BY other aspirants for the honor.
The cause Of silver was uppermost
In the minds Of the delegates when they
assembled here. For the cause they de-
liberately placed the eastern wing Of the
party on the altar. Now, when tho oon-
vention IL coldly analysed. It IL seen that
the support Of Bland and Boies as candi-
dates was never solidly grounded. It
was only as the representatives Of the
issue that they rallied delegates to their
standards. and even after many Of them
had attached themselves to the fortunes
of one or the other candidate they ap-
peared restless and in an instructive way
to be casting for new Moses.
The far-seeing, staid and seasoned
leaders Of the silver men, realizing that
their new creed would ALLEVIATE the east
ern Democracy, believed in an alliance
with the silver Republicans beyond the
Missouri, through Teller's nomination.
But the rank and file would have none
Of 1t. Yesterday when Bryan made his
speech the delegates suddenly saw in
him the great advocate of their cause,
and they turned to him with an impet-
uosity that nothing could balk. They
wanted a tribune of the people. They
felt that they had him in the eloquent
young Nebraskan who set their imagin-
alton on fire. II he had been placed in
nomination then tho convention would
have been stampeded as 1t was today.
Some of the gray-haired leaders saw
and feared it.
Last night. when he was placed in NOM
ination. those who thought they had
found their candidate, were confirmed
In their opinion. The idea which George
Fred Williams of Massa chusetts con- |
veyeo In his seconding speech, that II |
neeoed the strength of youth to endure |
the nardships of a new cause, that a |
young man should WELD the scimiter |
OF en- indignant people. sank home. Here.
as Williams said. was the Cicero to
meet the Catalines of today. The lead
ers who doubted the wisdom of nomi-
mating so young and so inexperienced
man, tried to check the stampede bv 3D.
journing until today. They honed
nights reflection would suffice. A. tha
Of adjournment there was ro-
oellion. The motion was decIarea
against a storm of opposition from, tba
Bryan enthusiasts who wanted tn now,
nate their candidate at once. A n,pht.s
efection only made them more deter
mined.
This morning when the convention mot
o ballot, Bryan showed second on tha
lrst roll call. He had already over
Boies. Only Bland was ahead
nd it was a struggle for the Missouri
armer to get the 2SS votes cast for him
'he stampede began on the next ballot
IN the fourth ballot Bryan took the lead
nd Bland fell back, hopelessly beaten. /
he nomination was made unanimous /
n the next ballot.
Some have sought to find in the nomi- | {