The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-08

linois delegations to repeat all an- lnouncements.
 MT. Williams created great laughter when he said:
 50 dreadful are the acoustic proper- ties of this remarkable meeting place that my friend. Ollie James of Ken lucky, who has a voice like the bull of IBasham, and in whose deferenceN that bull retired from business, confded in me that he could not be heard in this place.
 The next thing in the order of bus mess" said the Chairman, 'is the re- port of the Committee on Credentials Will the chairmen of the delegations pass along"
 T suggest" said John Cadwallader of Pennsylvania. that the megaphone be adopted"
 Well. will you get the megaphone?" retorted the Chairman.
 The clerk made second announce ment of the call for the credentials re- port. That committee at once an nounced that it would not be prepared to report until 2 o'clock.
 Recess fs Taken.
 The chair then recognized William. F. Sheehan of New York who moved that recess be taken until 3 o'clock The convention was instantlyin an up- roar of confusion and the delegates and visitors rose to leave. The motion to take recess was agreed to by . viva voce vote and the morning session came to close at 11:04.
 | With the promise of a contest of giant orators over the adoption of the report of the Committee on Creden- tials, the Convention hall filled early Tor the afternoon session. Long be- fore the delegates began to arrive the galleries filled. The band gave a con cert which was appreciatively applaud ed and every number was encored.
 Women again predominated among the spectators. The Convention off, cials had managed to organize for more effective work and maintained excei- lent order. Crowding of the platform and visiting between the State dele gations had been prohibited. Dele gates came in slowly and took their places without causing demonstrations of any character The attendance was larger than at either of the previous sessions.
 As he was going into the hall. Champ Clark said to the Associated Press:
 Clark True to CockrelI
 T have received q cordial telegram from Senator CockrelI. saying he would be glad for me to act as per- manent Chairman. If we dop't get blocked. see no reason why wei should not dispose of the nomination fos Pres ident some time tonight. I shall call the vice-chairman to the chair while Mssouri's name Is called and will nominate Cockrell. was determined no one should say that I had done any, thing to endanger his chances"
 William J. Bryan was given an ova- tion when he entered the hall just prior to the opening of the afternoon session of the convention. He was half way I F. ognized. There came a terrific yell from a group of delegates in the rear of the hall and instantly it was caught up by the crowd and the cheers rolled up in a roar.
 Ovation to Bryan.
 | MT. Bryan passed slowly down the aisle picking his way through the dele gates who were massed in the aisles. He paid no attention at first to the demonstration but quietly sought his seat.
 The galleries joined in the cheering with terrific enthusiasm, hundreds of the crowd standing up in their chairs and waving handkerchiefs frantically. The band struck up and the friends of MT. Bryan believing this to be an ef- fort to smother their shouts, at once yelled louder than before.
 A man climbed to the chairman's ta-
 
 and down. shouting unintelligibly In a moment MT. Williams caught sight Iof him and grabbing the enthusiasts trousers hauled him down.
 Nebraska Standard Waved.
 A wild frenzy of yells followed the act of a Nebraska delegate who seized the Nebraska State sign and waved it high in the air. Delegates from Ken lucky. North Dakota. Iowa, Missouri . and Montana took the cue and catch ing their State signs hastened with them to the Nebraska delegation, where they waved them in a circle around the Nebraska sign. | Daniel J. Campau, of Michigan, a gold Democrat, did his best to lead the enthusiasm by rushing up the steps leading to the chairman's platform and waving his hat wildly. The Parker men at once sought to offset the Bryan demonstration by cheers on their side. The men of the South came to the front in this effort, and the Georgia deIega- tion, who carry a blue silk banner in | scribed, Georgia Parker delegation" every time they march into the hall, at once waved 1t high and started toward the platform. An enthusiastic delegate from South Carolina caught the sign of his State from It's staff. tore up the steps and, after brandishing the red and white disk wildly. shook it at the Bryan and Hearst men aud then placed it flat against the blue banner as though he was mailing the flag of his country to a masthead.
 Parker Men to the Fore.
 The Parker men came up swiftly now and before the South Carolina man had lowered his hand the men from Arkansas. Alabama and Pennsylvania, were turning over chairs and pushinR through the aisles on their way to his side. After Pennsylvania came Mississippi. New Jersey, Tennessee In- diana. Louisiana, Texas. Connecticut and Virginia The demonstration had resolved itself into Parker outbreak more than testimonial to Bryan, and 1t so remained to the finish, which was eighteen minutes after Mir. Bryan entered the hall.
 The Parker men claimed that they lhad information before entering the hall that the Bryan demonstration had been arranged between the Hearst men and Tammany and they were prepared to meet 1t by a Parker counter out burst of their own. As the noise be- gan to subside Chairman Williams | seized a huge megaphone and endeav- ored to announce that the recess had ended and 1t was time for the Con- vention to come to order. There was still so much confusion as the huge gathering was trying to compose Itself. that the chairman's | voice. even through the megaphone | was hardly audible. It was finally as- |