Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-19

The delegates, except the boiling delega
tions, rose to their feet en- masse ant
cheered. From the galleries $4,000 throats
sent out their brazen approval. cheer fol
lowed cheer. arms waved frantically. canes
handkerchiefs hats and umbrellas tossed
and swayed like branches in a storm.
The roar grow deeper and deeper until il
was as deafening as Niagara. Delegates
mounted their chairs in their enthusiasm
and waved flags. fans and handkerchief
Practically until from sheer exhaustion
they finally sank back to rise again in their
enthusiasm. Three times the storm swept
over them before the gale subsidized sui.
fciently to allow MIR. Thurston to again re-
sumo.
start for Chicago" shouted one delegate
as the tumult subsidized, just as Mr.. Thurston
was about to speak.
Continued MIR. Thurston: THE chair sug-
gcsts in the interest of the republican party
that whatever can be said within reasonable
limits by those who cannot longer remain
in the party should be listened to with re.
spectful attention and trust to tho action of
the American people at the polls in Novem-
ber." Loud cheers followed this announce
ment.
These words in a resonant, ringing. de-
cisive tone, provoked such a scene as the
history of conventions past have seldom
p6ralelled. Every delegate except those
ftom the silver states were on their chairs.
the air was full of umbrellas. flags. hats.
newspapers. The shout was something
overwhelming, deafening; 1t embraced the
galleries and 1t seemed to shake the dra-
pcries with it's resonance and rattle the
windows.
THE chairman earnestly and respectfully
asks this convention to be in order said
Mr.. Thurston when his gavel could make
an opening for his voice. This Is signed, ="
continued Cannon, "by Henry NJ. Teller Of
Colorado" An uproar of misses greeted
the name, which was first mixed with and
fhnn nuartph.1rrAI hv n prnnt ,1,Ao,
Each name was followed by another storm
of Kisses and the others were not cheered
as Teller's had been. =,
"Goodby, my lover, goodby,' shrieked
a tiippant gallery occupant.
TELLER LEADS HI BOLT.
The names were read, Senator Cannon
folded his document, deliberately turned,
and. reaching across the desk, grasped
Thurston by the hand. Teller did the
same. The two shook hands with Foraker
and turned toward the steps leading down
to the right land center aisle. Mean
time men, women and children from the pit
to the last tiers of the galleries had climbed
upon their chairs. AS Teller and Cannon
into the aisle a dozen silver col
leagues rose and followed them. On each
side of this aisle the delegates were facing
it, all standing on their chairs.
AS the file of stern-faced men marched
along the long pathway to the door a yell
went up, before which every other out
break of the day paled into silence. 1t was
a nondescript yell, a shout. in which adj
miration, defiance, derision and rage were
Joined. The band in the highest gallery
broke into the tumult, but it's brazen clangor
made no impression on the vocal storm
and was; drowned in it.
Finally, when the shout had somewhat
the noise of the band asserted
itself by degrees in the shape of the melody,
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" Twice
and three times the strain vas repeated,
and then a voice took up the words, Three
Cheers for the Red, White and Blue" and
then by degrees the whole assembly took
up the chorus with a magnificent burst and
sang America Forever, Three Cheers for
the Red, White and Blue" Two stanZas
were sung by this chorus of 1000, and the
band, firing of it's work, dropped out of the
song. "A
Meantime the file of silver men had dis
appeared beyond the bust of Grant, before
the mainH entrance. But still the crowd
stood in fheir chairs and sang. The deser-
ton of the band failed to lessen their
ardor, and they sang the verses over with
their spread umbrellas and flags. At length
the band men regained their wind and
joined again, but the chorus, had swelled
to such a tempest that the instruments
were unheard twenty feet away. "The
Army and Navy Forever, Three Cheers for
the Red, White and Blue" were sung again
ana again, perhaps a score of times. for
men had lost the count Of time and were
waving their arms and embracing their
and fighting for something to
swing above their heads as though they
had gone stark crazy. 1t was only pure
physical exhaustion that finally brought the
house by degrees back into the chairs.
RIFT IN H CLOUDS,
While the tumult of applause was at its
and the refrain, "Hurrah for the
Red, White and Blue" was still ochoing, a
man stood upon a chair in
The middle of the little desert of delegate
seats just emptied by the delegates who
mad walked out. The chairman's gayel
banged for order and in a brief lull he said:
This convention still has enough delegates
o do business with" Again the applause
broke forth and still the delegate stood upon
he chair, waiting for a chance to speak.
n a few moments the chair found a lulling
place in the noise to say: "a gentleman
rom Montana who did not go wants to adj
lress you" Again the hats, the flags and
waved, again the chorus of thou
lands of threats sent forth paens and the
delegate with white face waited. He. was
lee Mantle of Montana. When he could
,e heard he said that he, with those who
lad retired, had a personal objection to the
plank, but that, while his people OBJ
ected to it and reserved the right with
heir constituencies to enter a protest, still
10 did net believe that it was necessary to
cave at this juncture. There were other
.reat issues that the republican party
hould carry out and he should stand by 1t
U tid tAltit. nc Mouib Nit Nv
ions platform TO the people of Montana
or a decision.
An attempt was made by Henderson of
owa to interrupt him, but 1t was cried
own by the delegates and spectators, and
e was allowed to speak to the finish.
When he had finished Chairman Thurston
Senator Brown of Utah. Sena-
or Brown said that while he joined his
liver colleagues in their protest against
he reading of silver out of the party, still
@ believed that there were greater issues
even the financial supremacy of the
the tariff, our merchant marine
nd many other things talked about in the
arty. He then moved that the convention
How three alternates from the state of
tab to sit in the convention during the
Of the session in place of the
lree regular delegates who had walked out.
his was carried with a viva voce vote amid ,
Senator Brown was followed by A. +. ,
urleigh of the state of Washington, who
lid that his state fooked upon the issues I
Mckinley and protection as greater ques- {
ons than the simple one of a financial
andard. Il
The regular order of business was then ,
and the chair called for the nam
Ig of state delegation chairmen. 4
The convention quieted down after this i
enc, and the chairman called upon the
ates for the list OF national committeeman !