The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-08-04

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Of raptarous demonstration. Foreet-
ting instructions, every Parker flag
was unfurled and such a sea OF color
and glory and enthusiasm as no Amer
lean audience ever saw before surgcd
and resurged and rolled and rolled
again over the floor and through the
galleries Of the famous coliseum.
The gallant old Missourian must he
credited with the finest and most spec
tacular popular demonstration ever
made over an American citizen-even
~ he did steal Parkers thunder to get
The ovation to Parker, following
upon Littleton's nomination, lasted
thirty-one minutes. It had the large
majority Of delegates massed in front
Of the speaker. The scene was superb.
The blending flags. the joined emb-
lens, the marching ranks of delegates,
the thunder Of cheers, were all there.
Georgia, ever at the fore, bore the
banner-the most beautiful OF ALL
far in front Of The procession, and
finally. with southern gallantry, car
ried it to the central box, where sat
Mrs. Charles Hall. of New York and
to whom Chairman Gray gracefully
presented 1t. to be waved by her own
hands at the moment OF her fathers
nomination. Mrs Hall was one to be
loved with delight.
The ovation to William Randolph
Hearst lasted thirty-six minutes-fve
minutes longer than the aemonstra-
tion over Judge Parker, and equal in
every attribute Of intensity and en-
thusiasm. to that event.
1t was one of the wonders Of the
convention. While not nearly so
many of the delegates participated its
strength and pelsistency, even upon
the floor, was remarkable, and the
same marching and waving Of flags
and emblems made 1t memorable. But
anything the great editor may have
lacked upon the floor was more than
compensated by the magnificent dem
onstration upon the part OF the vast
audience about him. Saving Cock
rells local strength, he was easily and
overwhelmingly the favorlte of the
1900 representative Americans for
the presidency. And they sent hack
to his marching and shouting friends
upon the floor a rolling volume Of
thundered enthusiasm which eclipse,i
the Parker roar as the ocean does the
gull 1t was the magnificent tribute
os American democracy to one who
had been the proven friend and cham
pion of the PEOPLE, and it was a Joy
10 his friends to see in this srlendid
and spontaneous demonstration the
vindication of great and useful
Democrat. and the assurance that the
people know and love MIN for what
he IS, and for what he has done.
Yea, and a little later on, with the
field of the primaries against him,
William Randolph Hearst polled the
total Of POI honest votes for the NOM
nation OF the Democratic party for
president of the United States. There
will be none to malign this gallant
Democrat as he unlimbers his eight
great journalistic guns for the battle
Of November.
But all tributes and ali ovations in
that great historic assembly Of dele
gates and people pale into insight
icance beside the continuing popular
idolatry that followed william j..
Bryan. t was not only one time. but
every time not upon special occasion,
but upon all occasions, and upon the
slightest proyocation any suggestion
OF him swept the vast assembly into
a storm. Every mention Of his name
was magical. The sight OF his i'm
pressive figure was a signal for the
widest enthusiasm, and he alone was
potential 10 stnl the storm which his
lightest word let loose. Time and
again when the Democratic chairman
and sereeant-atarms and the officers
and the police were simply as leaves
in the tempest Of popular excitement
one lifted finger of the great Nehras-
kan could almost bring instant still
ness to the turbulent enthusiasm which
all the organized forces Of the Demo
cratic convention could not control.
No man has ever seen Bryan-the
real Bryan--unless he saw him at st.
Louis Those who have seen him else
(, where have seen the great but tranquil
teacher. preaching in patience aud
blding his time. Those who saw him
at ST. LOUIS saw Bryan at his best and
greatest. with all the lion aroused by