The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-24

continuous prolonged shout from thou
sands of throats. So mighty was !.
volume Of sound that nothing d. t.e
in the way of a ticulate So A was
distinguished. ,o
At this point the br Nstruck up.
It's stran however aSse only faint
Iy d scernible In the Eighty din. Then
Chat man Cannon took hand Under
tattered silk flag, he advanced to the
extreme edge Of the platform and be-
gan to wave It.
The flag IS the property Of the Lir-
and it made Its fret appearance at a
Republican national convention in
1860. when Lincoln was nominated. 1t
was then cared by the Missouri dee
cation and was waved over the plat
form on that occasion as on this. 1t
was fuel 10 TIE flame OF enthu~iasm
aad the volume Of sound increased.
The front of the platform was next
occupied by an inmensc c~ayon por-
trait of P~e~ident Roosevelt This
gave fresh impetus to the continuous
shouting.
The front of the sta~e was next
gwen over to young man with
'se@anhone srd flag. AZ he swung
the banner from eide to side re
shouted the name Roosevelt At each
swing OF the flag the name was re-
heated. 1t was soon taken up by the
delegates in front. sp ead to tho@e In
the rear and In a twintlire the whole
aesamblage was shouting Roosevelt :"
Roosevelt" In a measured union.
The Young man who started the cry
was ]. Henry Smythe. j.. of Ph'la-
delphia. who IS prominently identified
with amateur snorts.
The Indiana delegation sprung opeo
I'M b~ellas Of red white and blne bear-
ing PORTRAITS of Roosevelt end Fai--
banks. the Alaskan totem poles were
held aloft and thourands OF Tags wav-
I'd in a wild sweep of coio-s.
The New York dele@at'on. occupy
ing a place Immediately in front
started out on marching tour OF TIE
ha'l. Meanwhile. the denonst alton
~howed no signs OF spending itself:
Eve. six xand seven minutes It contin-
ned. There was not the slighte7t d.
munition In the volume of sound.
When the APPLAUSE had continuef
almost seven minutes II was giver
who walked once more to the front
carrying his large banner. A little
girl clad IN white was lifted on tire
rhoulders OF some of the California
delegates and the first sound of ne
childish treble was the signal for an
other outburst.
A delegate requested Chat man Can
non to loan him the Large flag he had
carried. and with smile the chair
man handed 1t down.
Around the hall II went. followed
by long Inc of shouting delegates.
California. with '.s great banner of
white and gold. came marching down
the center aisle. and followed by SEN
ato $. members of Cong ess and 9TH
e~s prominent in the life of the ma
laughing and cheering. The New York
delegation catching sight of Hency c.
Payne on the platform. paid him a
b ief and especial tribute ard then
returne once more to the cheering OF
the cand date shouting Roosevelt"
"Roorevelt" Roosevelt. New
Yo k" over and over again. A small
colored boy James Blaine Calum of
Georgia. with long curling hair. was
hoisted upon the platform, and he
waved In frantic fashion a small ma
tional flag. Louise Roberts. the
young girl who had created the en-
thusiasm In he California delegation.
was next car led up and borne high
on the shoulders OF a stalwart dele
gate ( ON Indiana. She created a new
furore OF enthusiasm as she tossed her
Gag to and fro. Little Nanaio DaFoe
OF Alpena Mich. followed for a b TT
period and when she had waved her
Gag but few minutes Chairman Can
non pushed to the front. and saying:
please let IRE in. my dea~.' he raped
at this tire had continued almost ex-
aetly twenty three minutes. 1t re-
quired fully five minutes and several
mo raps by the chairman and the
strenuous work of numerous policc
and sergeant-atarrs' to get the dele
gates once more into their seats.
When Chairman Cannon had finally
secured o der tre secretary read his
tory Of the flag which Mr.. Cannon
had been waving. Grasping the flag
and waving II over his head, Mr..
Cannon said:
1T prophesied victory In 1850: ~
life has been bapt'sed on many bat
tlefelds since. and 1t is safe In the
hands Of President Roosevelt"
Cheers followed and We're Increased
when Mr.. Cannon recoenized Senator
Beveridge of Indiana. whom he intro