The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-06

Strtn.s Forever" lien and women ran
about wildly Several women tainted The
shrill eXcla nations Of the women could he
sometimes heard above the holrse voices
Of the men. Every part of the building
seemed 70 be covered with wayn. flags
Then the audience sang 'The'e'lI Be n Hot
Time in the Old Town Tonight" Il was
worth while coming to Kansas City to
hear is@O people sing that song in the
niaGdest frenzy Of their enthusiasm.
Towering above II all was a pole bearing
cleaning black OK horns and under them
th,. words: Texas. %p,0S majority.
For a full half hour the clam"r rose and
fell Ike a storm sweeping an ocean. Then
IL die, away gradually until finally nothing
could b,. heard but the regular beat of the
rarsticSs on the seats. AZ last there was
order again.
Then Mr.. Perkins Il Texas MADE n sec
onding speech. but little Of IL could be
heard.
Ex-senator stephen White Of California
then took the platform and stirred the
crowd deeply 10y a speech s'"Tudiug Mr.
Rryan's nomination 10y the STATE Of Cali
fornia.
HiIr> speech.
Mr.. I'm asc niei the stage. Connecticut
Welding her privilege. Mr.. EiIi Was Lae.
Ills hands trcrnbled. His eyes burned in
his head with excitemont. Il was one OF
the great moments OF his life. and ne knew
il; There was n sudden hush Everybody
was anxious to hear what would he said by
the man who four years as" led th5 hGht
against free silver IN ths Chicago couven-
ton.
Mr.. IIill caught the fancy Of the crowd
when h., sal! that Mr.. Bryan did not he
long 20 Nebraska alone. but to the East
as well as the West. TO the North a. well
as the South. He swung his hands above
his head and raised himself on tip-t"- cry
ing: Nebraska is PROUD OF aim. but New
York is proud of hin also
And when he referred 10 The platform
and rbs united PARTY the whole convention
rose to its feet and swirled It's myri1is of
fiass. He declared that ne had ideas of his
own about the platform, but the conren-
ton had laid down line oil pnhcy and that
he had acQuiesced. The platform was
such that every man who called himself
Democrat could support II.
Those who did not like some things I'm
the platform could talk about other things
IN it.
II want TO say" he said, THAT the nomi-
nee of this convention and its platform Will
reach the approval OF the people OF the
East"
The convention danced and shrieked and
tossed its hands in the air and the band
played and Mr.. Hill had to fight his way
back to his seat. And 80 the roll call went
on. and when Hawaii seconded Mr.. Bryan's
nomination there was J. thunder OF ap-
plause.
The Nomination.
Finally. Chairman Richardson announced
that Mr.. Bryan had Received J3s votes and
was the unanimous nominee Of the Dem
ccratic party for President Once more the
mighty voice Of the convention was raised
and the waving OF flags resumed. but the
crowd had exhausted itself and the sounds
soon died away.
| should say that the calrest person I'm
the whole building was Ruth Bryan. as calm
almost as her father In distant Nebraska
The convention adjourned until to-mOr-
row, when the Vice President will be
chosen
II this convention Is in any way repre-
sentative Of the temper Of the Democratic
masses throughout the country. Mr..
Bryan's election is absolutely certain. All
the money and all the cunning and all the
splendid strategic skill which NJ. Hanna
can bring to bear will be inrntsnt against
such an avalanche OF patriotic emotion.
After the spiritless convention at Philadel-
phia. this days work is a revelation.