Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-19
VAST CROWDS CHEER
LOUDLY BRYAN'S NAME
Confined from Page One,

| Bfyan-Bryan-Bryan would go
crashing through the great auditorium
to the crowd outside that was unable
/ to get entrance.
| The most temperate, matter-of-fact
| sentence would get its roar of approba-
ton If 1t had a Bryan" included in it.
| Long before the scheduled arrival of
the parade the great hall began to fill.
| Women and men alike were eager to
! get seats. Among the men the number
of first voters was remarkable. They
were earnest faced young fellows, to
whom the right of citizenship was a
serious thing.
BY the time a distant band an
nounced the approach of the parade
there was not an available seat in
the auditorium, save in the tiers of
the orchestra reserved for the march
| ing clubs.
On the stage a number of the ancient
stalwartS and wheel horses of Democ-
racy had taken seats.
As the marcherS swung into the hall
the great gathering rose to it's feet
and cheered wildly for Bryan and
Victory"
While the clubs were being seated the
speakers of the evening filed on the
stage, headed by Anthony Schwamm.
Their appearance was the occasion of
another outburst of enthusiasm.
A moment later the band struck up
Dixie and the great meeting dashed
itself into delirious pandemonium. A
big fellow in the first balcony let out
whoop of the famous Rebel YELL"
and whooped it as though he had
pourned it forth before. Again the
wild cheering broke loose.
Brought finally to silence by a bugle
call the concourse listened to Mrs. Har-
rison sing THE Star Spangled Ban
ner." At the chorus the audience, re-
inforced by the great organ, swelled
the national anthem to magnificent
volume.
Anthony Schwamm then called the
assemblage to order and In a few ap-
propriate words introduced Senator r.
F. Del Vale as the chairman of the
evening.
Senator Del Vale dwelt OH the part
California had played in the nominal
ton of the party's presidential candi-
date, and predicted that it would play
just as prominent a role In his election
as president of the United States. The
senator said in part:
Never has the Democratic party so
plainly put itself on record as standing
for human rights-I mean the rights of
the common people. We are now face
to face with a critical situation. If
Democracy forces the destruction of the
government, as the mouthpieces of the
private interests would tell you, then
our republican government has been q
failure"
Meeting YeIs for Bryan
In Del Wales next sentence the name
OF william ]. Bryan inadvertently
slipped in, and the enthusiasm of the
gathering broke loose for the greatest
demonstration Of the evening. "B-R-Y-
AN BRYANT BRYAN BRYANT
rang from all parts of the hall. The
marching clubs in the foreground
climbed upon the seats and yelled wild
iy' waving their banners and trans
parencles. For a good ten minutes the
Wlld cIamor held sway, and then ended
IN three organized cheers for the great
commoner.
shortly after this outbreak the speak
er paid a high compliment to John w.
Kern, the candidate for vice president.
for whom, as the speaker said, the vice
president of the United States today
stands sponsor
Milton K. Young, one of CALIFORNIA;
delegates to the Denver convention. fol-
lt wed Senator Del Vale and gave a
report OF what took place there, Speak,
er Young said that when the present
gatherings outburst for Bryan had run
awhile he was afraid that another such
demonstration as took place at Denver
was ahead. Bryan enthusiasm, he de-
clared, was catching this year and there
was no putting a stop to 1t.
Inc speaker gave graphic descrip-
ton OF blind Senator Gore standing
slghtless before the convention and de-
livering the great Grafton that led I'M TO
the unprecedented outburst for BRYAN
Oklahoma repudiated Taft for BRYAN
| by 100000" said Gore And then came
the one hour and twenty-seven min
utes of cheering without a break" the
speaker remarked.
In conclusion the speaker pointed to
the fact that Nominee Taft the weelr
before he left the bench sent work
man to Jail without trial by iury he
cause that workman had asked another
70 stop work, in spite of an Injunction
granted by Taft.
Slips Up on Water
| Following Young, Col. Fitzgerald
read poem devoted to trusts and
protection, in which he declared that
the air and water were the only things
not today in the hands of MONOPOLY
A spectator shouted that the poet had
slipped up on the water.
AS a representative of the Democracy
of Orange county, H. c. Hecht prom
ised the gathered Democrats that his
county would be heard from at the
| coming election. 1--WE Orange county
Democrats don't do much shouting. !"
he said, "but we do a heap OF work
| ing"
Hecht brought news of Republican
dissension in his locality.
Milton B. Jones, another California
delegate to the Denver convention, re-
! sponded with a facetious talk, in which
he said that, as the youngest member
of the outfit, he had to exercise a
| fatherly guardianship over some of
the warehouses; of many years. standing.
He was brutal enough to mention a
| few names.
Jones finished with a fine tribute to
John w. Kern, who, he said, was a
man from the sacred circle of the
home.
Judge John E. Raker of Modoc county
was the last speaker of the evening.
He paid high honor to Theodore A.
Bell, who, he said, today occupies a
place in the national public eye second
only to the great commoner, William
Jennings Bryan.
The speaker referred to Bryan as a
citizen of the broad world. He urged
harmony IN the Democratic ranks, and,
above all. a steady front against the
corporate interests that have enslaved
| California He declared that under a