The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-17


{ kxceptiont Crnis, sent many more ny 4 ~
ibc required tiiimbcr VT elegates 5i II e.
tafea the interest md enthusiasm which
Il Animate TIC Democrats OF the die trict.
Estate Chairman lSllyson, who received
q WI ovation when ne responded to calls
Il XIII addressnd tho 3cohv tion9 declared Z
& ha could take tito men before him ana
M directlohs III d thelrl enthusiastic ardor
ior Bruce defeat Colonel " cait,p ? bell sel
+ Slernp. IN ~ 81 VII 5.95Sa AZ * II /, :. {. N
svTho "a c]eEate les left thei ~ homes deter 81
Mined to nominate FORMER y Y or11 i
cral Ayers bit every one OF them f ~ =
i,.s mind ndde up 70 no,illt =. 3ruce
7 N, case Mr.. Ayers should refuse to allow
II Ma Al ma 10 10 used. Az Mr.. Ayers, III q
\ rnrd published yesterday morning, de-
y dared that llo could not accept the NOM
nation. One did not have to fngngle Win
the delegates twenty minutes to discover e. !
4 rat Mr.. Bruce wns the choice a
Y D He said he could not afford to Under.
I take tho campaign, owing to the pressure
b e business 8b,it his friends worked
Il On him. ana when midnight came last
night everybody went to bed certain that
Bruce would be the nominee. for he had
consented to take the nomination. But
nc changed his mind fter a nights sleep.
and announced this morning that he could
e not be the candidate He was firm, ana
then Ex-Governor Tyler Was conn1nnl-
Il Gated with Mt his home in Dnst Radio 'i
Z II was announced that Ma jor3 4 Eyer would would
B accept the nomination.. provided y was was
made by atclamatior, but that no was
IN no sense seeking It. That seemed to
&i settle 1t, and Tyler was thought to DO
au8good rs nominated but the friends Of
Mr. Bruce wero working and shortly be-
fore the convention assen1b led at noon.
q 4. was announced that no had consented
sito accept unanimous nomination.
The Proceedings. n,
III II Tho first sessfon@of the convention held
in{the Hnrmei.ng Opera House was allied
"a to order by ex- Represen tatiye Wili1a 10.
Y n. Rheat who ncted for Peyton st. Clair,
IL chairman OF the District Committee. Mr..
KYLE Morrison Of Bristol, made III
sa good speech In taking the chair, and was!
made temporary chairman; Frank Wysor,
!of PULASKI, was elected temporary secro-
tary. Committees were appointed and
Il the convention adj ourned to o'clock,
Il and the delegates rushed to their hotels
to stand In line for mn hour or more at
y the doors Of the hotel dining-rootrls walt
ing for a chance to occupy a seat at ne
III crowded tables. rs
Upon reassembling the cries for Judge
q Rhea were SO long he had to respond
il and he made n capital speech, working
up "the boys to such q pitch Of en-
u thusiasm that after he took his seat
& the delegates remained standing clappng
Il their hands and stamping the floor.
Al Bruce and Bryan.
Mr.. 4 F,llyson had been recognized be-
4 fore the applause subsidized and he was
b called out Bruce and Bryan sound good
81 to me-. was Mr. Ellyson's s. opening SEN
tence, and It sent the crowd infoS3ns
N roar OF enthusiasm He declared lin the
8 course OF a speech which kept Hthe8dele-:
\ gates clapping their hands to- the finish
THAT this was by far the most enthus-5
81 iastic convention he had attended In the.
Ninth District In years. x Nj sis ~ S
Mr.. Walter Addison, editor! of the,
h, Lynchburg News, and an old restdent&ofs
the Ninth District, was called upon, and
I his response, which was brief, Ey had
4 crowded intosEit n great deal Of n hard
sense relative to the value OF organiza-,
f5tion9 and hard work. ISL Al 3l,.s$ l VI
by this time the committee on perma-2
nent organization was ready to report.
lt@recommendedf that e. Ii Lee Trinkle, Of
gWythe, be made permanent chairman, and
4 J. Frank Wysor, of Pulaski, permanent
1 secretary and the delegates adopted tho
4 report with q whoop. Mr.. Trlnkle Is an
Il orator. many Of ibis sentence are sufil-
If ciently epigrarnniatlcjto be remembered,
q Which cannot be said Of the majority of
orators. MI \ NJ 5is;s 4 e
5i Bryan Enthusiasm.
AT one point he alluded to our Jeffer-
\ sonian creed modernized and strength
ened by our almost superhumnnS thinker
and leader William Jennings Bryan.
Practically every delegate sprung to his
feet and manifested his enthusiasm for
Il a minute. AZ E5i
Il 8Sg Then the familiar figure Of Judge Sam
4 Williams, Of Wythe, appeared, He had
form. The platform ratifies the action
of the Democratic committee in calling
N tho convention to make the nomination,
and declares in favor of having tho next
a State convention SO modify the primary
plan rs to provide that all congressional
nominations be made In convention. The
reading Of this section caused great ap-
+ plause. Y 4, !. Il it
The platform re-afflrms the st. Louis
. platform Of 1904. and declares that all
g beneficial leglslAHan epacted by the Re-
publican panty sat. the last session Of
Congress was but.tha carrying out A Of
L Democratic principles, endorses, the adj
\ minstration Of Governor Swanson, calls
upon the business and laboring men to
4 aid In the complete development Of the
u resources OF the Ninth District, and r.
nally endorses William j. Bryan, de-
clanng: I'VE unite In pledging to him
our unqualified support for the Demo
Il cratic nomination to the presidency In
1905 N
Bryan Endorsed.
There was prolonged applause at the
Z mention Of the name Of Mr.. Bryan, in
n the midst OF which II. l.. G. Richmond,
Of Scott, came forward. and when quiet
was res ored. proceeded to say he wished
\ TO offer alsubstitute for the resolution
endorsing Mr. Bryan, declaring. how
ever. that he felt like Joining in the
applause which had marked tho reading
4 Of the majority report. Hc said he doubt
ed tho wisdom OF endorsing a man two
years ahead OF HIS nomination. Lets
4 sec II the resolution which I have pre-
pared isn't the best" he said. M
got to be n mighty good one
then.' called a shIrt-sleeved delegate
from Giles, and the remark set the con-
vention into such an uproar OF applause
that It took the chairman's most earn
at pleas to restore order and allow the