The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-07-18

III president of the United
states by the Democratic nationaI
convention. 1t was sweeping vic.
tory the vote being:
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The nomination was immediately,
made unanimous, and at $40 A NJ
the convention adjourned until / p
M. today.
The defeat of the allies was moro
than a defeat; it was rout After
all their Boosting of their ability 20
withhold from Bryan more than one.
third OF the vote on the first ballot
ana thus prevent his nomination with.
out struggle, all they could muster
was a beggarly 1864 votes out of a
total of 1905. - a
new York remained silent as to its
intention until the last moment then
cast It's entire rs votes under the unit
rule for Bryan, after poll in which
Parker, Sheehan and Chairman Con.
neTs sullenly refused to respond.
The nomination was the CLOSING
scene OF a night of the most delirioue
excitement ever witnessed even in a
democratic convention. The wait for
the report of the committee on reso.
lutlons was prolonged until midnight
and after an hour of freelance ora.
tory the delegates decided to get the
agony OF nominating speeches over as
soon as possible. They therefore sus.
pended the rules and called for nomi
nations before the platform was re-
ported.
l. L. Dunno, OF Omaha, electrified
the convention with a lurid panegvri,
on the Commoner, and at its conclu
sion every Bryan delegation Joined il
most tumultuous outburst of en-
thusiasm. They tore the state stand
ards from their fastenings anc
marched around the hall. beatins
drums, blowing horns, clashing Gym
balls, bearing down every person wht
came in their way, women included
They massed the standards arounC
the speakers stand. and waved then
so rect<lessly that they tore the dec
orative eagles from their perches.
This din continued to rise and fal
by turns for an hour and IA minute
in a vast building packed so densel
with humanity that it was impossibl
for any person in the galleries t,
move in his seat and with many o
the aisles and doorways jammed s.
that ingress or egress was impossib' {
A lesser demonstration greeted til
| t,1v, % Cnr-arpar T1bneAn q
| Minnesota, by Winfield Scott Ham
mond. On an ordinary occasion thi
demonstration would have been con
sidered very much out of the com
mon. for it continued for IA minute!
and the cheers and yells made up i
earnestness what they lacked in vol
ume.
Judge Gray's name was greete
with a spasmodic outburst of cheerin
from the scattered delegations whic
supported him, but by this time every
BODY was too much exhausted for an
prolonged demonstration.
The adoption of the platform wa
marked by an outbreak of decided il
feeling. A resolution in favor of til
celebration of the centenary of Abrs
ham Lincoln's birth had been declare
carried unanimously, when l. /
Strau, of Maryland, attempted to o.
fer an amendment. His voice wa
drowned by boots, and when later, l
seconding the nomination of Brya
he tried to explain his intention :
move the addition of the name of /
IL. Lee to the resolution. he wa
howled down so furiously that he wa
forced to abandon the attempt
make a speech.