Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-09
TIMING THE APPLAUSE
Parker Cheered for Twenty
Nine Minutes.
THEN CAME HEARST
WHOSE DEMONSTRATION LASTED
THIRTY-sEvEN MINUTES.
A Hungry and Thirsty Crowd in the
Early Morning After the Con-
vention Took a Recess.
pecial Dispatch From a stan Correspondent.

| Special Dispatch From Stan Correspondent.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, July ., 1904.
| In the early dawn, when men and wom-
| eE noddng for sleep and were ex-
| ercising all their powers to overcome the
| exhaustion attending their long vigil Of
the night and the activities of several
| days the democratic convention nom
| mated Chief Justice Parker to be the
standard bearer OF the party during the
coming campaign. So intense was the in
! terest attending the selection of "A candi-
| date for the party that 10000 people sat
| in their places in the great convention
| hall for period of nine hours. From be-
| ginning to end the night session was a
| scene of bewildering excitement The
| nall was crowded that thousands of
ticket holders were barred from attend
ing the meeting. the doors being closed
| for public safety by order of the mayor.
The excited assemblaSe ready to
| cheer and to join in Wild demonstra-
| tion upon the slightest provocation.
| Partisans of candidates felt responsible
| for prolonsing the applause of the name of
their faVorites in order to show 10y the
measure OF the watch the degree of popu-
! larity the candidates enjoyed Parker when
nominated was cheered for 30 minutes. The
| Hearst men timed the demonstra ton. and
when the name of their candidate
| brought before the convention they timed
| their own demonstration to see that il eX-
| ceeded that given Parker. and did not per-
| nit the chairman to proceed with the Dusi-
| ness of the convention until 81 minutes had
| been consumed.
The Most Dramatic Scene.
1t in the early dawn when the most
| dramatic scene of the convention occurred.
| Then Bryan, the idol of the vast thronG
| that was assembled there, during two cam
! paigns, came forward to second the nomi-
nation of Senator Cockrell and to exert the
| magic of his powers of oratory to swing
the convention to the Missouri senator. He
held the crowd with him from the start.
| In the home of the Missouri senator the
convention hall was filled with his friends.
| If witness to the scene enacted at that
| time had not known that the votes of the
delegates were pledged beyond the power
| of oratory to change, ii might have been
supposed that the Missouri senator was to
be proclaimed the nominee without dis
senting voice.
The people in the galleries were con-
stantly thrown into a state of excitement
bordering on hysteria. Time and time
again they were brought to their feet way
ing flags that seemed TO come from no
where, shouting until their voices failed
from fatigue. But the delegates themselves
had been through just such scenes before.
They sat for the most part quietly wonder
ing and fearing a little over the outcome
of the orators efforts. Finally when it
all over and Judge Parker had been chosen
and his nomination made unanimous, the
exhausted crowds made their way to their
stopping places with heavy feet.
A Hungry and Thirsty Crowd
The city had not yet awakened and eat
ing houses and saloons were not open for
business with 10000 famished people de-
manding food and drink.
AS the visitors reached their hotels the
cleaners at work scrubbing floors and those
who had been on watch during the night
were forced to open the bars and secure
food.
crowds assembled and had secured refresh
ment. their spirits were revived and the
mention of the name of Parker was suffi-
cient to send round after round of cheers
through the corridors. For the time all
thought of the further work of nominating
a Vice President was overlooked.
MI. Norris Pleased
Il am exceedingly pleased with the work
of the convention said True l.. Norris.
national committeeman and delegate-at-
large from New Hampshire. today. Par
ker's nomination will unite the party.
Bryan and Hearst will support the ticket
IoyalIy Tammany will support him, and
in the upper portion of New York state he
will receive larger majorities. | think there
are two New England States that are fight
ing ground, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
especially the former After Judge Par
ker's letter of acceptance there Will be no
more talk about the silent candidate. He
will have plenty to say after that l think
Parker will be strong north, south, east
and west.
An Effective Influence for Parker.
..One of the most effective influences that
worked for the nomination of Judge Parker
during the past several days fear
the part of the southern delegates that
their representation would be cut down by
a republican Congress if a weak candidate
should be chosen with attendant influence
on elections for the House of Representa-
tives" said Delegate Elisha May of Ver-
mont. ''I heard an immense amount of talk
to that effect. Many men who might have
held out for Cleveland or German feared
that by doing they would have risked the
nomination of such man as Hearst. and
to avoid such a possibility they closed in
and voted for Parker"
Conferences Being Held.
Conferences are being neld this afternoon
i'll several hotels among delegates who are
anxious to get together on some Vice Presi-
dent There is concerted opinion to
wee presidential timber and everywhere del
egates IN their hopelessness are saying they
fear tie strength of the ticket may be lost
by an injudcious choice While Parker was
n silent man his candidacy Lad SO ionS been
discussed that delegates were prepared to
make up their minds about him. In the
case Of the vice presidential nomination
there has been so little discussion that the
delegates as a body very much at sea
as to what they will do.
Many of the delegates have gone to their
homes leaving the nomination for the vice
I.resideacy as a matter of Minor Importance.
This facc has caused a stir among many of
those who remain here because they fear
that by Indifference the ticket will be weak
ened
They would like to have a strong demo-
crat Of ma tional reputation in q state of the
middle west that could be regarded as fight
ing ground Such a man is hard to find.
The name of John r. Mclean is mentioned.
but 1t calls forth very little support. Hsr-
mon also of Ohio, is rather stronger with
the delegates Kern of Indiana is but slight
Iy talked of, while Wall of Wisconsin IL
looked upon a likely candidate to wage
a fight In his state against the divided re-
publican forces. Strangely enough the
mention of Wallis name has caused the
suggestion that his candidacy might ba
the thing necessary 10 Ipita the r,enlllii.