Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-10
BRYAN NOMINATED
EARLY THIS MORNING
Result Comes After a Session
of Tumult.
WILD CHEERING FOLLOWS
Demonstration Equals in Turbulence
That of Wednesday.
NO OPPOSITION TO PLATFORM
Denver Convention Adjourns Until 1
O'Clock This Afternoon, After
Sitting Over Eight u
Hours.

DENVER, July 10-William Jennings
Bryan OF Nebraska was nominated for
the third time for the Office of President
of the United States by the democratic
national convention at $40 o'clock this
morning amid scenes Of frenzied en-
thusiasnn. The result came after All all
night session. which was kept in con-
slant state of turmoil up to the culminat-
ing moment when the Nebraska leader
was proclaimed the choice of the con-
vention as the democratic standard bearer.
The nomination was made on the first
and only ballot. the vote standing:
William Jennings Bryan, S921s.
Gov John \. Johnson, rs.
Judge George Gray. 5az.
Absent or not voting. S.
Total, 1.006.
The announcement of the vote was the
signal for "a wild demonstration. equaling
in turbulence. ii not in duration. the
ecord-breaking display which Wednesday
afternoon greeted the first mention of MI.
Bryan's name in the convention.
The scene within the amphitheater at
the moment the nomination was made
was one of stirring animation. From pit
to dome the vast building was packed with
10000 persons, thinned out in the re-
moter galleries after hours Of waiting and
the intense discomforts Of the hot night.
It was spectacle of grandiose proper
tions-tier on tier and gallery on gallery
Of agitated forms, the women In white.
the delegates msssed below. many of them
coatless, a myriad of fans f1uttering 10
combat the stiflins heat and close atrnos-
=; I4v, ybfr Y1f
multitude ever ready to spring into fever
ish outbreaks OF enthusiasm. and every
where the blaze Of flags. and bunting, and
patriotic devices and the enveloping folds
of Old Glory Twice before the thronS
had been moved into a mad ecstasy. first
by the speech placing the name of Bryan
in nomination and again when that OF
Gov. Johnson of Minnesota was proposed.
but these manifestations paled before the
eliminating oufburst of emotion.
Convention in an Uproar.
As the announcement of the Nebras-
kan's actual nomination was made the
whole assemblage rose en- masse, waving
rIags, handkerchiefs. newspapers mats
and coats. anything and everything when
hands could lay upon TO wave aloft or
hurl into the air, while Dediam oi
sound poured out from these Ten thVu-
sand throats in eXuitant yehs cat-cails;
Comanche waTwhoops' WIN .ne ,a,era.
din of shrieking horns, the roar OF mega
phones and strains of the band playing
an eXultant anthem.
When for a moment order could oe Sc
cured out of this tempestuous chaos .,
demonstration state after state wnlch
had at first recorded its vote for Jonh-
son or Gray fell into line with the over
mastering column, and the nominalloh
was made unanimous ana pS accidi"
ton.
lowed with breathless interest, as state
after state swelled the Bryan strength.
When New York was reached In the can
of states the announcement OF che.
Murphy, "Seventy-eight votes for BRYAN,
brought out a wild outburst or enthusi-
astic approval. which for tme com
pelled the suspension Of the roll can; y
further delay was caused by a demand 1of
a noll from the New York delegation. On
this poll many of the New York delegates.
including Judge Alton e. Parker, the
presidential nominee four years ago. re-
manned silent. but the enllre severn
for Bryan under the unit rule Penn
sylvania was similarly called. after sharP
disagreement within the delegation. ana
the voN of Pennsylvania as finally cast
was divided.
Adjournment to ! 2. N.
The convention adjourned at $3.50 O'Clock
this morning until l pm, after haflnS
heen in session continuously for more
than eight hours. AS the delegates ana
spectators left the hall the echoes OF
enthusiasm continued to reverberate
throughout the building. while crowds
outside took up the shout and bore ii
along the dark and silent streets. awak-
enins the city. just as the first pale RAYS
of dawn We're breaking in the east. with
the resounding chorus of Bryan. Bryan!
Bryan.
Yesterdays weather more than fulfilled
the threat of the morning that II would
he a hot day. 1t was very warm. ana
with the dust stirred up by upward of
20 900 trampling feet the dense atmos-
ohere which with such a crowd no ven
tilating appa ratus could keep clear, ana
the smoke of the practically incessant
hashlieht explosions. the air in the Audi
torium was fairly suffocating, and the
conditions more than suggested those or
the sitting night Of Judge Parkers nomi-
nation four years ago AT st. Louis. The
conditions this morning were similar TO
those of Yesterday. and indications point
to another sweltering afternoon BEFORE
the vice presidential nomination can be
comnleted and the memorable Denver
convention OF 1908 pass TO its place IN
history.
The Clock Stopped.
1t will always be a question whether
Rrvan was nominated, offcially. Friday.
According to the big clock in the con-
vention hall. it was still a few minutes
before midnight Thursday. the 9th Of
July.
1t was a superstitious sergeant alarms