The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-09

seemed to bring the thousands of ticket
holders to Il realizing sense of the fact
that they were in convention on suffer
ance. few more indignant protests
from ex-senator Martin of Kansas and
others and final word of admonition
from Chairman Richardson sufliced to
effectively silence the crowd
There was comparative silence when
Oscar A. Trippett of California arose to
second the nomination of Governor Mat.
thews.
AS he began to speak Boes banner
was held aloft by the Iowa delegation
lie produced laugh when he said there
would be no sensational performances in
the political trapeze while Horace Boies
was in the White House.
White was given an attentive hearing.
The Boies delegations arose and cheered
but the galleries appeared cold. To a
woman in the south tier belonged the
honor of forcing demonstration, Sec
ond only to that which followed the NOM
nation of Bland. She was dressed in
simple white. She mounted Il chair and
began waving a small flag to and fro.
E0r fully moment she was unobseryed.
Then someone noticed her. Eyes began
to turn in her direction. She continued
TO wave the flag, crying as she did so,
"Boies. Boies." The delegates got on
Their. chairs, the galleries began to cheer
and in another minute the coliseum was
III a whirl. The demonstration grew and
az eyes turned on the young woman.
Inc Boles banner was carried up the
terrace to where the striking figure stood
IKE a second Joan of Arc. The staff
or the banner was placed in her hands
and she swung it to and fro while the
galleries yelled. Once she sank back ex-
hausted by her efforts and the din was
subsiding. But she gathered her waning
strength and sprang up again and once
more Selling the banner she moved for
ward and was almost carried down the
slope by the maddened crowd about her.
Swiftly she went forward to the plat
form. where the Iowa delegation came
forward to meet her and escorted her
with shouts to the place of the delega-
ton. For fourteen minutes the demon
stratlon led by her was kept up. Then
order was restored. The young woman
who had led 10000 people proved to be
Miss Minnie Murray of Nashua. Iowa.
This incident reminded old convention
goers of the great Blaine demonstration
at Minneapolis four years, which was led
by Miss Carson Lake of New York.
Mere Oratory was very tame amuse-
ment after what the convention had been
witnessing. Still A. ID. Smith of Mime
sofa, who seconded the nomination, was
given hearing.
BLACKBURN NOMINATED.
John Rhea, who was introduced by
Ollie James. Kentucky's young giant. to
nominate ''the south's greatest Demo-
craft Joe Blackburn, proved to DO n
typical southern orator of the fiery sort
for his ringing sentences brought quiet
to the coliseum.
MIR. Rhea came under the wire a win
ner ana the band played while the Ken
tuckians were shouting for them to play
My, Old Kentucky Home"
After the music an Alabama delegate
LED three cheers for Blackburn. The
Kentucky nomination was seconded by
W. W. Foote. the chairman of the Cali
f0rnla delegation, who raised a laugh at
the beginning by hit at the Boies fire.
works to the effect that Blackburn was
Il candidate on principle. whose cause
was not being led by any Joan of Arc.
Several states failed to respond to the
call but when Massachusetts was reach
ed her chairman rose and said:
by the unanimous vote of their con-
vention the Massachusetts delegation
was instructed to place in nomination
Governor Russell, but by his direction
and because of the platform we decline
to make n nomination.
lie added: "This is the sentiment of
Massachusetts. not of proxies, but of
its delegation" - -
The remaining states made no answer
to the roll call and Paul Jones of Ar
kansas was introduced to make another
plea for Bland. The strife of riends
and foes which never fails to follow any
reference to the governor of Illinois was
renewed when Jones referred to the
state which had given to the Union the
fearless Altgeld." but the cheers out
the Kisses. The speech was
n demand for Silver Dick.
Nebraska being called responds that
she passes for the present, but at the
proper time would take pleasure in cast
ing her vote for the man ''whom we
honor and love. William j. Bryan"
McDermott of New Jersey brought
down Jeers and Kisses upon his head by
his detant declaration, "New Jersey
does not desire to nominate any man on
this PLATFORM"
M'LEAN NOMINATED.
John X. Mclean, the Ohio publisher.
was spoken for by A. w. Patrick. an
elderly gentleman with tawny beard and
gold-rimmed spectacles, whose confident
prediction, John X. Mclean will carry
Ohio, brought a loud response. The
speech was a ringing one. 1t paid
tribute to McLean's work for silver
through his paper and to his party record.
However, the news was spreading that
the program did not include ballot to-