The Prescott daily news., 1908-07-11
NIGHT SESSION NOISY.
At Times It Was Impossible to
 Maintain Order.
PLATFORM IS ADOPTED.
Pending the Presentation of Document It Was Decided to Have Speeches Placing In Nomination Presidential Candidates Delivered.

Placing In Nomination Presidential
 Candidates Delivered.
 Denver, July 11.-By 7:15 o'clock Thursday night the galleries were com. pletely filled and the majority of the delegates were in their seats.
 On motion of Ollie James of Ken. lucky, who stated the resolutions com. mittee would be unable to report un. til midnight the rules were suspended and nominating speeches of presiden. tial candidates called for with the promise that no ballot would be taken until after the adoption of the plat. form
 Roll was called for nominations. Alabama" called the clerk.
 The chairman of that delegation rose and was recognized.
 Knowing that Nebraska will make no mistake in nominating the right man" he said, Alabama yields to Ne. braska"
 T. J. Dunn of Omaha will speak for the Nebraska delegation" announced the chairman of that state. while the cheering which followed the first state. ment from Alabama continued unabat ed.
 MT. Dunn, who was to make the speech of the convention, in which the greatest interest was manifested by the delegates and the spectators. is scarcely of middle age His clean-cut. determined looking clean shaven face Is surmounted by dark brown hair which, owing to the emphatic manner In which he executed his speech with his head, was soon touching the center of his forehead. He then spoke clear ly and with pleasing manner of de- livery.
 As MT Dunn proceeded almost every allusion he made to the character of MT. Bryan was enthusiastically ap. plauded, although he had not yet men. toned the name of the Nebraska can. didate.
 When MT. Dunn declared that this candidate was the choice of the mil. lions of Democracy of the country the convention broke in with wild
 
 tossed alOft and roar of applause swept through the hall While the cheering was at its height white dove was let loose from -the, gallery and flew across the convention hall, while the delegates. hailed tt with great en- thusiasm and cheeredssas long as 1t was in sight. W MT. Dunn then brought out the name of William Jennings Bryan" with in. tense dramatic force, and the response from the great throng was electric The delegates sprang up; the galleries followed suit and the demonstration was under way in a manner that prom. ised to rival Wednesdays exhibition of enthusiasm.
 A few moments after the cheering began an immense oil painting of MT. Bryan was lowered from behind a monster American shield which had reposed over the chairman's desk ever since the convention began. The ap- pearance of the picture raised the pitch of the Outburst to a veritable pandemonium. It was not long then before the scenes of Wednesdays pro. longed demonstration were renewed. The delgates crowded from the con. vention floor onto the crowded stage. James Dahlman of Omaha, a Bryan leader jumped to the secretary's desk and urged the throng forward. The state standards were grouped about the platform. Galleries and delegates were on their feet waving the thou. sands of flags and cheering themselves hoarse. Many of the New York dele .fn nd 4hA CTS, but the majority remained seated.
 Only six banners were missing from the states in the parade through the aisles after the grouping at the stage had broken into procession. They were Maryland, Minnesota, New York. Georgia, New Jersey and Delaware.
 The band in the balcony lent its share to the celebration of the Bryan followers and the blare of horns. the beat of drums and crash of cymbals could be heard above the din of the shouting hundreds on the floor and thousands in the gallery.
 The cheering swept the vast audi torium in great noise waves which echoed back and forth in a volume that increased and diminished alternately. More doves were turned loose. The was finally stopped by the lights being extinguished.
 Roll call was proceeded with. Ar. kansas was passed and California yielded to Oregon. Ex-Senator Gearin of that state seconded Bryan's nomi- nation. as did also Governor Glenn of North Carolina. He was followed by Governor Swanson of Virginia and Hon. B. F. Looney of Texas.
 The opportunity of the Johnson sup. porters came when the roll call reach.