Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-08-19

Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
1t was just eight o'clock when Mr..
Bryan entered. He had reached the
garden in company with his wife and
MIR. 81. 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 ar
rival of the candidate was not known
to the struggling masses around the
other doors
But when he stepped on the stand
and was recognized by many in the
audience. great cheer went up.
Bryan, Bryan, Bryan" was the shout
of those who knew him. and as others
IN the crowd realized that the hero of
the evening had come tho cheering be-
came louder. and threatened not tc
stop But II di0 stop at last. aud those
who timed IL said that the ovation
lasted six minutes. II was the first
tribute al the enthusiastic. The crowd
was reserving itself for the event OF the
evening.
AT sis senator Jones, of Arkansas,
chairman of the national committee.
after several attempts to call the audi
encc TO order, managed To get enough
Quiet To announce he And been directed
10y the national committee TO nominate
as chairman of the meeting Hon Elliott
Danforth, OF New York Mr.. Danforth
was cheercd with hearty good will
He told the people that he knew they
did not want speech and he was
not going TO disappoint them. He
a. nv ont n.r A
Stone, of Missouri. chairman of the
committee on notification. There were
more cheers as the tall. spare form of
Missouri's chief executive rose from his
place on the stand and came forward
TO give formal notification to Messrs.
Bryan and Scwali OF their nomination
by the democratic convention
Toward the end of his speech the
audience began to grow impatient and
cried for bryan.
When Gov. Stone concluded with the
notification OF his nomination to Mr..
Bryan, "a man began TO wave n big
American flag over the lattcr's head.
! The crowd went wild with enthusiasm
and rose as man when Chairman
! Danforth stepped forward and intro
| duced MIR. Bryan. Then came dem
onstration that far exceeded those that
| had followed the mention of Mr. Bry-
ans name previously in the evening
The scene presented was strongly rem
iniscent of the tumult that ragged in
the Coliseum at Chicago when BRYAN
finished the effort preceding his nomi-
nation.
This demonstration las ted for several
minutes. When quiet had been partially
restored Mr.. Bryan rose and stepped To
| the front and center of the speakers
| platform. In his hand he had manu-
script copy OF his speech. His face
was pale. but he was cool and calm.
| He began TO speak slowly but was
] obliged To stop, for the demonstration
/ had sporadic spasms before il died His
voice was firm, but showed signs of
! hoarsencss The strain OF the speech
making Journey from Chicago 70 Pitts
| burgh had been too much TO allow duicl,
recovery OF the vocal organs and Bryan
could not make himself heard 50 dis
/ tinctly rs in the Coliseum. But il was
| only in the galleries in the rear OF the
| garden that every thing he said could
not be heard, and after his speech had
! proceeded while many in these points
of disadvantage began leaving. until
they became comparatively empty BE-
fore the effort was concluded
Mr.. Bryan read from manuscript but
occasionally he dropped the sheets OF
paper and spoke earnestly and vehe.
mently without looking at them.
When ne concluded. after speaking
an hour and forty minutes. there was
another demonstration. but it was
brief. The far galleries had perceptibIv
dwindled, and the crowd had shouted
! itself into the same condition of voice
that Mr.. Bryan was. Gov stone.
at the conclusion OF the CHEERING.
turned TO Mr.. Arthur Scwall. the vice
| presidential candidate. and in n few
words formally notified him OF his nom
/ ination. Gov. stones remarks were
not audible even to those who sat near
the platform. The audience had be.
come restless and were in great disor.
der 1t was evident that the people
who had sat out the great speech OF
Mr. Bryan were anxious TO get out i'm
/ the fresh air
The chairman raped many times for
order, but could not quiet the audi
cnce Mr. Scwall was OBLIGED to begin
his speech amid a noise and din that
made il difficult for him 20 be heard
1 ten feet away. The speaker was com.
/ PEELED 20 stop several times while the
chairman urged upon the audience Ia
| restore order People were now NOV.
/ ing out in great numbers and the noise
IN the hall drowned the voice OF the
| speaker