The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-08-18
A GREAT DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
BRYAN NOTIFIED.
The Democratic Candidates Receive
a Grand Ovation i'm New York.

The Democratic Candidates Receiy
"A Grand Ovation i'm New York.
William j. Bryan and Arthur Sewa
were formally notified Wednesda
night that they were the choice of tn
Democratic party for the highest Office
in the gift of the people Of the Unite
States.
Whatever might be the political in
clinations OF any person who attende,
this grand ratification of the Democ
racy at the spacious Mad son Squar
garden, he must have been permeate,
with the blindest prejudice not to hav,
been thrilled by the excitement an,
the enthusiasm which prevailed durin.
the entire time the notification cere
monies lasted. The presence of 8,
stupendOus q crowd of human being
was in itself an eloquent tribute IT, the
Importance attached to the occasion
and such a crowd it was Men ant
women poured into the vast auditorium
through many inlets. They came il
droves, in sections and In orderly
marching step. The opening of the
doors was followed by hurrying, sour
rying rush of feet, and In they came
shouting, jumping, showing, pushing
available to see and hear all that was
to be seen and heard. After q while
the ingress became more orderly and
the entrance of tho audience settled
down into q constant inflow of human
beings.
AT o'clock the doors were thrown
open, and despite the efforts of the DO
lice to restrain them the crowds on
every side made desperate rushes for
the entrances. 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 or
de".
There was little decoration in the
hall. The speakers rostrum was sim
ply covered with the drapcry of an
American standard, while the gallery
spaces, Immediately behind it, were
the same material That was all, with
the exception OF two gigantic portraits
OF William j. Bryan and Arthur Sew
all, one on each side of them. Seats
on the platform Immediately in the
rear of the rostrum had been reserved
for members of the National commit
tee, members of the notification COM
mittee and a few distinguished Demo-
Gratis. In the boxes surrounding the
platform were seated Mrs. Bryan, Ex-
Congressman aud Mrs. Bland, Senator
Blackburn Of Kentucky, Congressman
Sulzer of New York, General Bond of
Maryland, and many others.
Richard p. Bland entered the garden
at 7.40. With him was Mrs. Bland,
but they came in SO quietly and unos-
tentatiously that no one noticed their
entrance. just prior to that time the
An emotional silverite gave vent to his
feelings by calling for three cheers for
Bryan, and they were given with will.
The members of the notification COM
mittee had entered without exciting
any demonstr alton. Then came the
Natlons committee, and with them
Arthur Sewall, the Vice-P Presidential
candidate, who occupied place second
only to the Nebrask in to-night's
proceedings. He was recognized by
only few, and the vast majority of
the audience did not understand the
sporadic cheers in the audience and
the handclapping on the stand.
But 1T was when the young wife of
the young Nebraska 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
and the waving beings who thr0ng-
ed the garden were only two willing to
follow precedent. Cheer after cheer
went up from floor and gallery and
platform, and the dark-skinned little
woman opened her eyes in surprise,
and then went ahead, calmly settling
herself in her scat in the box nearest
and to the right OF the rostrum. But
the cheering continued and men got
upon their chairs and waved hats and
fans in their desire to do honor to the
wife of the Democratic can6 idate. Wo-
men, too, rose and Joined in the shout
ing, and soon it looked as If the whole
audience was on its feet yelling with
might and main. Mrs. Bryan rose to
bow her thanks. The cheering became
more intense. She bowed again and
again, and still they cheered. Through
1T all she looked cool and calm, just as
she appeared on that exciting day at
Chicago when the Bryan whirlwind
swept all before it and brought about
the circumstances that made her so
prominent parsonage. Finally the
cheering ceased, and Mrs. Bryan began
welding a broad palm-leaf and sur
veyed the audience. She was attired
simply in waist of light grey silk,
crossed with black bars, and dark
skirt. A little black jet turban, adorn-
ed With Whito aigrette, was on her
hoad. Mrs. Bryan had entered the hall
on the arm of VIM. =. ST. John. Mrs.
st. John could not attend on account of
illness, and the wife OF Governor Stone
came in her place. In tho box with
Mrs. Bryan we're Mr.. and Mrs. Bland,
Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Macy of New York,
and Clark Howell, editor Of the Allan
ia Constitution.
1t was just o'clock when the prin.
cipal actor of the evening entered
MIR. Bryan had reached the garden in
company with his wife and Mr. ST. John,
but had remained below until they
were seated. They had been conveyed
to the Twenty-seventh street entrance,
from which the police had kept back
the crowd, and the arrival OF the can
didate was not known to the struggling
when he stepped on the stand and was
great cheer went up.
Bryan, Bryan, Bryan" was the
shout Of those who know him, and as
others Of the crowd realized that the
hero of the evening had come the
cheering became louder and louder
and threatened not to stop. But ii
did stop and those who timed it said
that the ovation had lasted six min.
utcs.
AT 8.15 o'clock Senator Jones. of Ar.
kansas, chairman of the National com
mittee, after several attempts to cal
the audience to order, managed to get
enough quiet to announce that he had