Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-06

he read the euplogy on the president
/. by Root, the delegates laughed anc
applauded. Williams spoke in an iron.
ical tone that caught the fancy of the
convention and he was interrupts
time and again by laughter and ap.
! plause.
AT this point the Michigan delega-
! ton entered the hall and there were
several calls for order, Cheering was
evoked by the speakers statement that
Roosevelt had found praise for only
three presidents--George Washington
Abraham Lincoln and himself, and
aheu he asked II the Ieil Ioarilig
Jake Smith order was sample III
the moral sentiment for which repub-
licans stood, lusty cheering broke
forth. A great part of Williams speech
| was delivered under great difficulties
\ for the speaker and those Of his hear
ers who were supposed to be most d.
rectly interested in his remarks. The
aisles leading past the delegates were
] packed by a dense thronX who kept Up
La constant hum of conversation and
smothered Williams voice. Several
times the speaker stopped and asked
that the talking cease in order that he
might make himself better understood.
Bryan Cuts Small Figure.
Passing from the discussion of Root s
speech the speaker took up the republi-
can platform.
Williams drew picture of the coun-
try's condition at the time of Cleve-
lands first Inauguration, declaring that
much distress that came In the early
SOS was due to republican misrule that
had gone before. He scored the atti-
tude of the republican party on the
financial question. declaring it has been
full of Inconsistency and absurdities.
He mentioned the name of Bryan in
discussing the price of wheat during
the first Bryan Mckinley campaign.
The utterance OF the name called forth
some cheers, but second later he
mentioned the name again and the ap-
plause was not repeated.
cleveland's Name cheered.
When Williams declared that 1t was
brazen effrontry for the republican
party to attempt to seize the laurels
of Grover Cleveland, cheer after cheer
rolled thru the hall and the convention
was soon beyond the chairman's con-
troll. The New Hampshire delegates
climbed upon the seats and yelled Wig
orously. One Iowa man stood up and
waved his hat frantically and wild
chorus answered him three cheers for
Grover Cleveland" shouted an Ala
bama delegate They came with gem
uine power and enthusiasm. No cry
came from Nebraska where Bryan and
his friends sat quietly without taking
part in the noise.
Tim Murphy Put Out.
Again the cheers came in dense vol
umes. despite the numerous cries of
order and strenuous pounding of the
chairman's gavel. Then Williams sat
back and watched the scene he had
created AS the cheers and cries FELL
there would be a renewed outbreak and
the demonstration lasted eight min
utes. Tim Murphy who was standing
in the center aisle encouraging the
demonstration was first requested to
take his seat and then elected from the
hall by the sergeant at arms, Martin.
Murphy said he was endeavoring to as
sist in securing quiet. but his efforts
were misunderstood. but despite his ex-
and threats he was final
~ lihcH lIOlIl LIE ny Lie pO-
lice.
For several minutes after the Muir
ply incident the demonstration con-
tinued Finally in desperation Williams
threatened to discontinue his speech
which was effective and the demon
stration that his mention of Cleve-
land had caused slowly died away
When he said that he had heard that
Dewey Schley and Miles were demo-
Gratis. that the republican administra-
ton had snubbed the first tried to
disgrace the second and insulted the
third the convention again broke out
into shouts Of applause. BY this time
Williams voice was failing and he was
heard with difficulty. even by those
near the platform. His flow Of ora-
tory was interrupted for some time,
but applause followed his denunciation
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