Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-08

kins element and the bitter reply Of
the Hopkins spokesman kept the con
vention In a tumult. Bryan asserted
that the Hopkins policy was like to
that of Ordinary train robbers" He
held the attention of the convention
for the fifteen minutes allotted to him
and as he finished speaking received
the greatest demonstration that has oc-
CURED since the first gathering Of dele
gates here.
Pitted against Bryan was Menzies of
Indiana, who spoke in behalf of the
majority report. He declared that Mr..
Bryan was absent from the committee
meeting when the Illinois case was
heard. Mr.. Menzies was Missed vigor-
ously several times, and so was
Frank Quinn, who had been chairman
of the Illinois convention, when he
arose to defend himself against Bry-
ans attack. AT the conclusion of the
allotted time, in response to a general
demand, the chair granted MI. Bryan
ten minutes additional in which to am
swer. There were several rows in
the gallery and some ~tusseling on the
convention floor during Mr.. Quinn's
attack On Bryan.
On u viva o vote Bryan seemed to
have won. Chairman Champ Clark
thereupon ordered a roll call.
Alabama and Kentucky caused great
surprise by voting for the Bryan mi
nority report.
The majority report was adopted by
a vote Of 647 to 200.
This is a fair test of Parker's
strength.
Judge Parker did not get his actual
strength on this test vote. Delaware,
for instance, divided its vote evenly
between the radicals and conservatives.
Kentucky is pledged to Parker. Maine
will go solidly for Parker. Ohio,
which gave Bryan twenty-one votes,
will cast a solid block Of forty-six for
Parker. South Carolina will be on the
Parker band wagon. Illinois did not
vote, and her ffty-four votes will be
cast for Hearst under instructions, but
II there is q second ballot they will be
recorded for Parker.
The checking Of the Bryan demon
~stration was due to the leadership of
william #. Sheehan. MI. Sheehan is
the real master of the situation. He
is a general commanding In the field.
August Belmont and David r. Hill are
only his ~lieutenants. After the Bryan
hubbub had gone on for a quarter of
an hour Mr.. Sheehan had the stand
ards of q dozen states that are sup
porting Judge Parker marshaled on the
stage. This began a counterdemon-
stration. The cheers for Bryan had
come from the spectators. The cheers
for Parker came from the delegates.
The Nebraskan was given an ova-
ton when he entered the hall just
prior to the opening of the afternoon
session Of the convention. There came
Il terrific yell from a group of dele
gates in the rear of the hall, and in
stantly 1t was caught up by the crowd,
and the cheers rolled up in a roar.
Mr.. 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 in
the crowds standing up in their chairs
and waving hats and handkerchiefs
frantically. The band struck up, and
the friends of Mr.. Bryan, believing this
to be an effort to smother their shouts.
at once yelled louder than before.
A man climbed to the chaillnan's ia
Bile and began to wave his arms up and
down, shouting unintelligibly. In a
moment Mr.. Williams caught sight Of
him and, grabbing the enthusiasts
trousers, hauled him down.
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