The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-19

Scene without Probationary fhous-
and People at Madison Square Garden,
New York-The Decorations Were Not
Elaborate bur In Good Taste
New York, August l2.-That the
interest of the whole city Of New York
was focused today upon Madison
SQUARE Garden where Wm. }. Bryan
of Nebraska aDd Arthur Sewall Of
Maine were to De formally notified OF
their nomination by the Democratic
party of the offices of President and
Vice President OF the United States,
was proven by the groups of sovereign
electors which early as the middle of
the afternoon began to come under
the trees in Madison Square which by
S o'clock had been reinforced by hum
dreds, and at O'Clock was multiplied
10 expectant thousands and before Z
sRelled to q Straining clamoring
army.
The Garden had been the stage for
other events of the same character,
political meetings had been held In It's
walls without number. Eight years
400 Cleveland had been there notified
of his selection TO lead a second time
the campaign of the Democrav, bat
the gpecuiation attached to all these
events had been but shadows compared
with the fierce light of curiosity which
beat upon this night. President Cleye-
land he'd been personage familiar TO
New York but the younger leader
who hsd come out from the West to
plant his standard In the field CT the
enemy. IS he called it, and there to
open the battle of-his campaign, was
only name in this city. Therefore
theasse,nbly awaited eagerly to dis.
cover what manner of man he was OF
whom they had read so much and
what manner of speecR was his which
had such power over great party con-
yention.
On this sultry night the wide oval
of the Garden was a furaance IN which
twenty thousand were to suffer fiery
torture for enthusiasm's sake. The
glass had been removed from the acre
of ssylights in the roof and sheets OF
canvas hung below. The platform
was small affair erected at the North
side of the hall in the centre OF one of
the broad arcs of the oval, hardly
more than twelve feet square and
draped simply with American flags.
The decorations were simple and not
elaborate but In good taste, consisting
entirely of the national tricolor.
The hands of the clock marked z
when the main doors down at the West
OF the Garden swung inward and an,
noancsd their opening by the thrush
of 4 yelling war cry. Then with a
soar came people pouring through
the entrance and spreading over the
Soos like the unchaining OF s flood OF
water. Men and women swept down
to the centre of the hall, climbing over
chairs and distractions like an infan-
try charge. :,
PRO or thrses-tiaesi as the crowd
rushed In some enthusiast rose IN the
proposed three cheers for
BryAn which exhortatien brought the
.xpected shouts. But the hrst real de-
saonstratioa ofGhe night was given TO
s.,!e Wifeof the Presidential candidate.
twas s o'clock when Mrs. Bryan was
seen climbing the steps thst led to the
first box raiied off at the platform s
right. She was on the arm Of Hon.
William p. st. John, Treasurer OF the
Democratic National Committee. As
Mrs. Bryan swept her eyes across the
hall they had q weary look and her
face seemed very pale. 1t lighted with
8 bright smile at the roar which swept
across the floor and onward through
The galleries and which grew into a
swelling cheer and rose and fell IN
half 8 dozen waves. Twice Mrs. Bry-
an bowed to the right and left and
then she was seated.
The cheer for Mrs Bryan had not
ended when the foremost personage OF
the hour, the Democratic candidate
ior President, in the midst of s. small
:.roup of his chief supports rs, appeared
,sn6 pushed through the same door
,ay. The first glimpse was Of a black
osfed, broad>shouldered man, with a
ron OF manuscript held at his side,
sepping with quick light stride up the
aort fight of stairs. At has side and
covering over him was The strong fg-
lre, clad in gray, of Senator Jones OF
arkansas, the chairman of the Demo,
cratic committee.
AS the smooth shayen, strong-faced
young statesman from the West
stood at the front of the platform a
hap was raised and waved just above
MIN in the gallery so that its folds
swept down as q background Tor his
form and made him the one figure OF
she whole assemblage.
The cheer that bioke forth was OF
tremendous force. Certainly It's re-
cipient had never heard its like but
once before and that other was the
cheer which followed the close of ms
aow famous speech before The chicago
convention.
The cry was Bryan Bryan" re-
peated until the great crowd wearied.
It was only when he had sat down AZ
the right of the stand that the people
took notice of the men who accom-.
panied PIN. Foremost among them
was Arthur SewaQ, candidate for
Vice President. There was Cover
nor Stone of MISSOURI, and the presid-
ing officer. Hon. Elliott Danforth, ex
Treasurer of the State of New York.
There were no vacant chairs IN the
hall when the nominees mounted the
platform and all standing space was
Glled. Among the prominent Demo
Gratis arrayed back Of the platform
were Senators Blanchard of L Louisiana,
German OF Maryland, Roach OF North
Dakota, Tillman of South Carolina,
Consressmen Richardson and McMil-
lin Of Tennessee, Livingston of Geor-
gia, Rusk Of Maryland, Governor
Hogg of Texas and many others who
had borne parts tn the convention
which nominated Mr.. Bryan.
1t was twenty minutes after s O'Clock
when Senator Jones stepped to the