The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1904-07-14

r'N o'clock in the morning. In that
time oi@hl names were presented to
The convention Nominating and sec
ending speeches innumerable were
made and as dawn approached II be-
came necessary to limit the seconding
speeches to four minutes each An eX-
C.ftiun was made in the case of Viii
liam JENNINGS Bryan, who. in one of
The most dramatic situations ever wit
messed in = political gathering ad-
dressed the convention. and concluded
hy srcondins The nomination of Sen
afor Francis NJ. Cockrell, The favorite
son" candidate from Missouri. Mr..
BRYAN received the third great ovation
accorded during the convention. His
speech was an impassioned appeal 10
the delegates to give the party can
Gid"te who 'aA voted the dcmocratic
ticket in 1896 aud 1900 lie spoke on
behalf of the Nebraska delegation,
which he said had no candidates to
present or favors TO ask. but wanted a
candidate whose nomination would not
prove a triumph for one faction oyer
another He suggested Hearst. If the
convention thought best, then Former
Gov. Pattison. of Pennsylvania, and
finally created a surprise in the con-
Vention by declaring for Senator Cock
rell.
One of the features of the long
H., Il h.
tful tribute paid to Senator Cockrell
when his name was placed in nomi-
nation by Representative Champ Clark.
1t was spontaneous outburst, and for
that reason the more complimentary to
the senator. The delegates already
weary by reason of the tedious and try
ing session. paused in their labors and
in the guise of q nomination for the
presidency which the senator's friends
knew to be beyond his reach. INDUCED
in a demonstration. continuing about
half an hour Nearly every delegate
and spectator in the galleries or on the
floor had been provided with flag and
the scene was far the most impressive
OF all the ovations given during the
session
The thousands of cheering persons
apparently converted MI. Bryan to the
belief that Senator Cockrell's chances
of nomination were greater than other
favorite son candidates. The Nebras-
kan gained recognition soon after the
Cockrell demonstration and In speech
directed. undoubtedly In an effort to
defeat Parker made his electrifying
plea for the anti-Parker forces to rally.
He was given the closest attention
The great conveption. which the po-
lice and sergeant-at-arms were pow
erless to coHtrol, listened as though
every word we're a personal message
to each person, as II hypnotic spell
had been cast over the thronA But
when IL was all over the Parker forces
had not been shaken. The ballot fol
president gave Parker 65S out of the
6e7 needed to nominate, and before the
result could be announced, Idaho, Ne.
yada, Washington and others made
Dockery, of Missouri, moved to make
the nomination unanimous and II car.
ried amidst increasing cheers. The re
suit of the ballot was never officially
announced and probably never will be
The convention took recess Frida,
until s o'clock in the evening for thu
purpose of receiving the report OF tn,
committee on resolutions. The repor
was received and adop>ed by viv'
voce vote. So far as surface indi
cations were concerned there was NJ
more opposition to the platform thai
there has been to that adopted unani
mously by the republican convention
ct Chicago few weeks ago.
Nominations were Immediately pro
ceeded with. Alabama yielded to New