The San Francisco call., 1908-07-09
'es Democratic Victory Would Soon Lead to
ENTHUSIASM AND
STRIFE OF LEADERS
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they would be very much gratified." he
added. ''if it is returned.
Ollie James of Kentucky was recog-
nized to move that a recess be taken
| until o'clock.
When the motion was put there were
loud and almost equal choruses, first of
Aye and then of mo"
The chair is in doubt" said Bell,
put 1t is his opinion tnat the delegates
voted aye and the galleries no. l will
put the motion again"
This time the galleries voted unani-
mously and the shout OF mo" over
whelmed the ayes.
Gentlemen" said the chairman,
brandishing his gavel, Gentlemen,
come to order. The chair is convinced
that enough delegates have voted no to
retain the convention in its seats for a
few moments longer"
cheer Of approval came down from
! the galleries and its feeble echo rose
from the convention floor. Great con-
fusion followed, hundreds of voices
calling for various speakers.
The chair will now recognize Mr..
Heifner of Washington" said Chairman
Bell, when semblance of order had
been restored.
Heifner said:
from Senator Bob Taylor of Tennessee" !"
Amid mingled cries of Taylor" and
NO, no. the chair appointed Heifner
as committee of one to escort Lena
tor Taylor to the chair, but he had
left the hall.
Gore. Gore" called the delegates.
Tn moment" shouted the (, III d.
man, who then announced that the
convention first would hear from
Charles A. Towne and then from Sena-
tor Gore, but Towne was not to be
found.
GORE CAUSES OUTBURST
I'VE will hear from Senator Core"
| finally announced Bell. amid great
cheering and the delegates from Okla
homa whooped and yelled in delight
as the blind senator from the newest
state in the union was led to the plat
form. His first utterances were hap
py, and loud cheers greeted his decla-
ration that Oklahoma was the most
democratic state in the union.
The cheers were repeated later : len
he said:
The president of the United States
has said that his opinion of our con-
stitution is unfit for publication. That
is true of many of the opinions Of the
president of the United States"
Fellow democrats, the great secrc
tary of war came to Oklahoma and
waged war against our constitution,
continued Senator Gore. He asked
us to give up our right of liberty and
self government. But by a vote of
thousands upon thousands we rejected
the advice of Taft and accepted the
advice of Bryan"
The mention Of the name brought the
convention to it's feet in the first real
Bryan demonstration. Delegates from
nearly every state jumped to their
chairs and yelled. Many members of
! the New York delegation joined in the
cheers, but majority remained in
their seats. Minnesota and Delaware
were the conspicuous exceptions.
Bryan banner, which had been
lurking in the rear of the hall, was
rushed to the stage and waved above
the heads of the chairman and speaker.
The applause was relaxing some
what when the band poured oil on the
fire by striking up Dixie and in
stantly the flame was burning fercely,
and brighter than before.
Georgias delegation, in the midst of
the cheering crowd, was conspicuous
for its absolute silence
When the demonstration had pro-
ceeded for some Is minutes, a delegate
from Iowa caught up the standard of
that state and led march to the stage,
where there was a grouping OF the
states.
1t was a wild rush to the platform
in which there was great confusion.
Delegates other than those carrying
the heavy standards Joined in the surg
ing crowd, invading the space set aside
for working newspaper men and seri-
ously interfering with their labors.
The only state standards that finally
were left in their places were Georgia,
New York. Delaware Minnesota, Con-
necticut, Maryland and New Jersey.
PARADE AROUND HALL
After 10 minutes of yelling the per-
spring, scrambling delegates, with
their state standards, left the platform
and started on a parade around the
hall.
California's Bryan banner, heavy
with gold tassels and fringe, was car
ried to the stage, while the cheering
continued unabated
Maryland at last deserted from the
stay at homes" and its banner was
taken into the midst of the parade.
The standard bearers finally invaded
the galleries, Maine and Alabama lead
ing the climb to the second tier.
Delegates danced up and down the
aisles to the measure of "A Hot Time"
and shouted the chorus of Marching
Through Georgia"
throughout the hall a determined as
sault was made by the frenzied Bryan
shouters upon the Georgia standard,
which, up to this time, had been kept
firmly rooted in it's place. The dele
gates rallied around their little yell
low fiagpole bearing the name of their
| state and stuck stanchly to their
guardianship. 1t was the only southern
state standard that remained unrooted,
and where it was planted it stayed.
The Colorado standard was carried
again to the stage after the demonstra-
tion had been in progress for three
| quarters of an hour. This time It was
in the hands of Mrs. Mary c. c. Brad
ford of Denver, one of the states dele
gates, and her appearance called out
| renewed cheers. Mrs. Bradford who is
a delegate at large, was intended to be
a parallel to the famous woman in
white" who played such an important
part in stampeding for Bryan the gall
leries during the Chicago convention of
1896.
She was soon Joined by another
woman, also in white who struggled
desperately to hold up the heavy BAN
ner of California beside the speakers
desk Her strength. however, was not
equal to the test and she was COM
PEELED to surrender it to stronger hands.