Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-07-08
CHEERED BUT DEFEATED
BRYAN TURNED DOWN BY THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Second Days Proceedings at St. Louis
Bryan Gets ovation-John Sharp
Williams Scores Republican Party
in TuesdaY's Speech.

The feature Of the second days
proceedings of the democratic ma
tional convention at ST, Louis yester-
day was the ovation given William j.
Bryan when he entered the hall in
the afternoon. \ terrific yell from a
group of delegates was caught up by
the crowd, the galleries Joined in the
cheering, and hundreds stood up I'm
their chairs waving hands and hand
kerchiefs The band struck up a
Nebraska delegate seized the Ne
braska state sign and waved 1t high
In the air Delegates from Kentucky
North Dakota, Iowa, Missouri and
Montana caught up their state signs
and FASTENED with them to the Ne
braska delegation, where they placed
them IN a circle around the Nebraska
sign, The Parker men rallied TO offset
the Bryan demonstration and gath
cred IN great number about an enthu-
siastic South Carolina man who had
caught the sign of his state from its
staff, tore up the strips and after
/ brandishing the red and white disk
wildly shook il al the Bryan and
I Hearst men and then placed 1t fiat
against the blue banner as though he
were mailing the flag of his country to
mast head.
II was a dramatic scene and one that
suggested pre-arrangement on both
sides
Mr. Bryan presented a minority re-
port TO that of the committee on res
olutions, credentials and permanent
organization. of which he is member
by proxy, and i'm a speech tried to
overthrow the majority report, which
declared in favor of seating all the
Illinois delegates on the temporary
roll call with the exception of Alfred
Orendorff, substituted for Duncan C.
Best in the 2lst district of Illinois.
Mr.. Bryan then read the minority
report and spoke in its favor. but the
controversy was ended by the rejee
tion of the minority report by vote
of 6i7 to 299.
Though Mr.. Bryan's speech and
his appearance on the floor of the !
convention were cheered far beyond |
any previous demonstration, the fact |
made few votes. The alignment of |
delegates proved the correctness of |
previous estimates of the division be- /
tween those who favor the radicals |
and those who are supporting the /
element, which Is now in
control.
The morning session was without
interest, except for the dis
part of the report from the committee i
on rules which provides for the seat
ing of delegates sent by insular pos
The report was adopted
finally as a result of a ruling by the
chairman which has the
effect of refusing representation to
the delegates who came from the
At six o'clock the committee ON per-
manent organization reported Champ
Clark for permanent chairman and {
he report was unanimously adopted. !
Mr.. Clark made an address, discussing (!
he republican platform and claims
md was listened TO attentively. /
The democratic national convention {
net at St. Louis Wednesday, July 6, S
Chairman j. X. Jones of the national f
calling the convention to /
rider exactly at noon. The secretary a
cad the call Rev. John f. Cannon of a
i. Louis offered prayer and the chair v
nan announced the appointment of g
ohm Sharp Williams as temporary j
hartman. c. A. Walsh as temporary
ecretary and John /. Martin as tenn
orary ergeant-at-arms j
The entire convention broke into
heers as Mr.. Williams ascended the
latform. Mr.. Williams delivered his
ddress calmly and without gestures.
t. Louis was an appropriate place, he l.
aid, for a democratic convention, be- II
lg the chief city of the most popuIous C
tate carved out of the Louisiana ter io
tory acquired by the father of demo-
racy Mr.. Williams reviewed the 9
and speeches of the recent
publican national convention. COM NJ
airing claims made there for the par ..
in power of the expression through m
of the moral sentiment of the AM IN
'ican people with some of its recent
cords mentioning the full sway of >,
le bosses in the postofffce department n
Id public lands bureau: the pitiable ~
legrams enquiring just when the pa u "
lotto and unassisted revolution of y,
or 100 men" was slated to come W.
f Unexpectedly in Panama: the cell a.
rated order of Hell roaring Jake"
NTH prescribing 10 as the age above
lich children We're to be killed in
e of the islands of the Philippines, de
d the refusal of a republican house Ell
representatives. to make culpfits ella
ee even so much as a congressional en-
After various compar ne
ms of this order. Mr. Williams su,
ought up the charge of the republi- eff
a platform that that party found the its
lntry in evil plight after Grover
.velands second administration. He 81
raphrased that utterance by saying
It the democratic party found the a,re
lntry in evil plight when Grover cor
,veland succeeded Mr.. Harrison in 1
presidency In this period of PAN Ode,
and lack of confidence in the coun- anf
s money ii was the democratic adj me
1istration that demanded and Sc tio,
ed the passage of the act repeating va,
purchasing clause of the Sherman ,ba
thereby for the first time practi- ,rh.
" establishing the gold standard in p
United States. This was done,
by the republican party, but by -
dogged persistency and indomit- /
: will of Grover Cleveland. At this the
ltion of Grover Cleveland the first nel'
ne of the session occurred. A storm AUG
applause burst in the great colise- nee nee
Hats, handkerchiefs, fans and DaN
IS were waved delegates and spec- Sup
RS stood on their chairs and the II.
semblance of order was turned in nav.
onfusion which the convention Of men
Is were nowerless to subdue. AZ F.
Tin, Murpbv Of ST Tonis who was This
)uraging the demonstration. had NOM
i elected from the hall by the SER
lt-at-arms, Mr.. Williams in des- =
tion restored order by threatening sleel
discontinue his speech. The con- trail
ion broke out again into shouts Frid
applause when he said in contin- NerT
his riddling of republican boasts: and
heir platform adds these words: Rive
fought quick. victorious war tach
Spain Bad history again. AM Brat
ms fought it. It would be invid- there
to state the politics of heroes. haul
il seems to me that have heard 81 $
Dewey was a democrat. that Rive
sy was a democrat. that Miles was publ
Y11nfraf and II saaulS 70 me foo hV II