The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-07
F0REW0RD FOR
DEMOCRACY SPOKEN.
oontinued From Pase One.

name vas mentioned. It meant whoops
upon whoope Of applause.
Chairman Jones received his share Of the
piaudita Ihen. after the formal reading
& the "a. for bss sS' and
mel = M 0uney OF Pennsylvania and M.
=. TrpZ Of California were appointed to
nTMoNsrn ssS1Tt NJ; WilliSms MnM & tS the ehaar;
The voice o6 Mr.. Williams. though per
fectly adequate for the Hall Of Repre-
sentatfyes. 70 not Of the foshom variety
BEST suited to z convention hall. Still. he
those present BIS every sentence Of Inn
portance was punctuated by the clapping
and the shouts Of the auditors. Hats, UNI
brelias. fans were waved by the hundred
n time and again the convention rose up
to indor!e a telling Democratic sentiment.
The climax OF demonstrations followed
publican party. having followed the
Democratic party which hrst legislated the
gold standard into being. was now at
tempting to steal the thunder of Grover
Cleveaand's administration. 1t may have
been psychological moment. for Cleve-
iand's name, caught UP by Tammany's
host, was seized upon in the galleries, and
actly four and one-haif minutes. One
outburst would die down to a murmur and
then, rising as the hum of the wind in a
storm will gradually become a roar, II
would mount into another torrent of
sound. 2.
"A stampede for CleveIandr- yelled
somebody. But the thing started with
in distant seats hardly knew new what at the the
row was about. So the fact probably was
that, IL psychological at all, the moment
vas ssIs: psycholosie.ily Or logically that for
tin. the sergeant-at-arms, undertook to
discipline a fellow who seemed to be help
ing the disturbance scuffie ensued,
which was another psychological moment
The din subsided finally. Mr.. Williams
proceeded and reached his conclusion aft
John L Martin leaped to his feet. threw
both arms high In air. jerked them down
again, threw them up again and so on.
What In thunder do you suppose has
happenedT excitedly asked one corre-
epondent who had caught this jumping
jack movement
Nothing had happened 1t was the John
promptly and soon the strains Of "Ameri-
ca" filled the hall 1t was from the ridicu-
lous to the sublime this time. Everybody
understood 1t and paid their sober ac-
Acknowledgement to the national air.
The sergeant-at-arms went through fur
tner motions and the band played Dixie"
They do this out In the summer gardens
something. and then revert to Dixie"
shout their approval. But Dixie" is mot not
cratic convention. The Solid South gen.
orally gets little out OF a convention ex-
cept chairnanships and cheers But IL is
jealous for the latter. and give II "Dixie'
and the Solid South leaps upon chairs and
whoops and yells and yells and whoops.
and then does II again.
Yesterday was no exception to the rule.
oh. yes. the South u just as solid as ever
only more 10.
After the committeeman from the yarf-
Gus delegations had been announced, ad-
1ournment was taken pntf 10 O'Clock this
morning. 30. on Che whole. the first ses-
SION had nothing In II fraught with real
convention b asseenbled. California-when
California takes hold Of anything. even
the Hearst boom. II does 80 with will
son Of great Californian. The delegates
wigwagged their tongues and their flags
energetfcally. They had some outside sup
port but not to an extent which would
have been Significant. And no outspoken
or other candidates name was mentioned
except that Of Grover C!ereiand.