The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-10
Great Demonstration Is Trans-
 miHed Over Telephone
MANY VISITORS ARR|vs;
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Nebraskan Is Kept Busy at Ills. * Receiving and Answering Tele- grams and Receiving
 Visitors.

I | Bryan, in the midst of his family and one or two close friends, tonight listened by l telephone to the wild demonstration | which interrupted the speech of I. J. Dunn nominating him as the democratic
 candidate for president. He heard the
 voice of Sergeant-at-arms Martin, the music of bands and voices raised in song. 1 By the magic of electricity and refined 1 acoustics, he was part of the conven- | ton.
 l Today, which probably will see William | Jennings Bryan for the third time the nominee of the democratic party as its | presidential standard bearer, was quiet one at Fairview, and the candidate had his first siesta in weeks.
 l The day was hot. A sultry southern | breeze swept over the rolling prairie, gathering oppressive qualities as it trav- eled, and depositing them in the neigh
 borhood of the Bryan home. MT. Bryan and his secretary, Robert F. Rose, pres ently found reasons for leaving the tele- | graph operator alone, and adjourned to
 the shaded portion of the lawn near the
 kennel back of the house.
 l Before the peace and quiet of the hour were broken by visitors, the telegrapher, | L. M. Semper, read the private messages ] through an open window, and MT. Bryan 1 without. lying on the grass, dictated the | answers.
 Bryan Is Wakeful.
 1 MT. Bryan did not sleep, but he talked l but little to his companions If the great
 ness of the impending moment, when del 1 egates in convention assembled shall I name a leader, affected him. he did not show 1t. Such moments however, are 1 not unfamiliar to Mir Bryan. His nerves are steady. It is related of him that aft
 CT the adverse returns were in in 1886 and
 weeping and unstrung friends, racked
 with disappointment, surrounded him, the defeated candidate alone was calm, and | when McKinley's election, at about 10 | o'clock In the evening, was absolutely l confirmed. he retired and slept the sleep | of a child the night through It was | long after that his friends who had hoped | with him and battled with him nad | calmed down sufficiently even to thlnk | of sleep. | If was the afternoon adjournment Of | the convention until o'clock in the even | inc that gave MT. Bryan today's oppor- | tunitv for repose When matters pertain | ing to contesting delegations, rules or | oanizations and platform were pelng con ] sidered at Denver MT. Bryan was Kept | close to his confidential wire ana mas | been working "A hours day, put tooay. 1 with a satisfactory platform about to pe .5oa+ad and nothing but his own nomina- l t;o, i'm nrospect. the responsibilities or HIS nosition dropped from him and he lay'
 ry,tb nartlv closed eyes, gazing steadlast-
 ,', at the green alfalfa fields and the red
 and white farm houses in the distance.
 Visit of Farmers.
 T. uhs a half dozen farmers from 1 ..i.r Ssotions. who in passing through
 called to nay their respects and dls-
 t,rhed his reyerie. But they did not
 iura him from his couch on the grassy | soa All sat down in a row, and MT.
 Rrvan leaning on his elbow, talked with them on many things pesioes politics. . L.
 long time" he said as he regre'luhy arose and entered the housf.
 After dinner and before tfhe teleg-
 rapher and again taken up the bur
 den of the convention report, the can | didate walked about his farm With
 Mrs. Bryan, their daughter Grace and | MT. Rose. He noted that portion of
 his hay crop had been safely slowed away, that the summers brood or l Plymouth Rocks were approaching l edible proportions; that the two calves were doing well and that few years
 more would bring his apple trees 70 maturity. He picked a few cherries | and ate them and to all appearances forgot that here was such thing s convention or a White House. Of any of those who visited Fairview he wtS
 the least concerned. He works hard 1 those who know him intimately, say. I but once with his family strollflg 1 about, he throws off absolutely his | burden of political responsibility.
 Night Scene.
 Eight o'clock, however, brought an l end to the rustic scenes. The swift clicking of the telegraph instrument | told of the beginning of the night ses- , sion of the convention. The seeon
 which it was believed would again sec him given the highest honor his party l corld bestow. The belief that the hour of the nomination would be late, caused 1 the nostponement of the local celebra tion which had been planned by Lin coin citizens, including those at the
 capitol. to visit Fairvew upon receipt of news of the nomination. The visit | was postponed until tomorrow.
 Probably hundred people, nearly all
 women who had not heard Of the de- lay called early in the evening. lew | automobiles. laden with MT. Bryan s fellow townsmen, also swept up tho driveway at frequent intervals, but l their visits were brief. All were | greeted cordially and bidden to the i formal reception tomorrow. A quar- l tet of Mrs. BrSan's women friends in
 the forepart tof the evening, chatted