The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-07-17
STORY OF MIR. BRYANS NOMINATION
The Nominee For Vice Pres
ident, John ". Kern. IT,.

caught the eye Of Chairman Bell be.
fore Judge Parker. The New Yorker
subsidized.
'sThat finished Parker" was the COM
rent. ~~
Mr.. Dunn presented the resolutions
prepared at conference of the friends
Of Mr.. Bryan. More than score of
the members of the convention COM
mittee on resolutions approved the
tribute as framed. Charles Bryan, a
brother Of the candidate, was a mem.
Der OF the conference.
The Tribute to Cleveland.
The resolution was as follows: .
AS II has pleased the Ruler OF the uni
verse to remove from our midst Grover
Cleveland, late president Of the United
states, who was three times the candi-
date Of the Democratic party, be II
Resolved, That we, the delegates OF the
party In national convention assembled
recognize In him one of the strongest and
ablest characters known to the worlds
craftsmanship. who possessed to an ex-
traordinary degree the elements of lead
ership and by his able conscientious and
forceful administration OF public affairs
reflected honor upon his country and his
party; and, ~
Resolved. That we hereby express our
deep sorrow at his death and extend our
warmest sympathy and coincidence to his
family, and that these resolutions be
spread upon the records of the conven-
tion and copy be forwarded to Mrs
Cleveland: and.
Resolved. As further mark of respect
10 his memory. the convention do now ad-
iourn until II o'clock tomorrow.
Francis Tribute to Cleveland.
The chair recognized Ex-Governor
David Il. Francis Of Missouri, who was
a leader of the Cleveland Democrats.
He spoke briefly In eulogy Of Mr..
Cleveland In seconding the Dunn reso-
luton. Then Mr. Parker was recog.
nized, and he read the Cleveland reso-
luton which he had endeavored to
place before the convention.
Adjournment came after a spirited
parliamentary war over the. disposal
Of the Guffey delegates from Penn
sylvania.
An important happening in commit.
tee work on this day was the speech
Of Captain Richmond T.. HObson be-
fore the committee on resolutions, in
which he accused Japan Of wanting
war.
The events Of the second day Of the
convention. Wednesday, July s. were
oyershadowed by the unrivaled dem.
onstratlon over Bryan. The cOnven.
ton was dragging along. with little
TO do. when Senator Gore was led &c
the platform TO entertain the dele
gates. II was at the close Of the fol.
lowing passage In his speech that pan.
demOnium broke loose:
"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.
"FeilOw Democrats. the great secre
tary If war came tn oklahoma and
waged war against our constitution
He asked us t" give up our right Of
liberty and self government. But by
vote of thousands upon thousands
we rejected the advice Of Taft and &C.
copied the advice Of Bryan"
Convention Goes Mad.
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 theiI
chairs aud yelled. Many members OF
the New York delegation joined In the
cheering. but majority remained IN
their seats. Minnesota and Delaware
were conspicuous exceptions to the
general celebration. The applause was
relaxing somewhat when the band
poured oil on the fire by striking ~
Dixie" and instantly the verbal flame
was burning ficrcely and brighter than
before.
When the demonstration had pro
cee,ied for some fifteen minutes dele.
gate from Iowa caught up the stand
ard uf that state and led march tC
the stage. where there was q grouping
Of the states. II was wild rush Il
the platform, IN which there was con.
fusion. The only state standards that
finally were left In their places were
Georgia. New York. Delaware. Mime.
sofa. Connecticut. Maryland and New
Jersey. After ten minutes more Of
yelling the perspiring. scramhllng del
egates with their state standards left
the platform and started on parade
around the hail. In the midst Of the
riot Of noise and the confusion Of
marching delegates the constant boom
Of iiashlight explosions from the pho.
tographers added TO the terrific vol.
ume Of noise.
Gore sishtIsss and Silent.
During all this time, while one Of
the greatest outbursts Of political en-.
thusiasm ever witnessed In any pollti.
cal gathering was beginning. swelling
and dying down, the blind man who
started II was standing against the
railing of the speakers stand, seeing
nothing his voice had created. lie was
for the time forgotten.
when nj the end Of eighty. eight min.
utes quiet was restored. the chair rec.
ognlzed Congressman Ollie james Of
Kentucky, who moved recess until 3
u. M. which was adopted.
At the night session the report Of the
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