Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-09
BREAKS NOISE RECORDS
Roosevelt Demonstration Beaten by
Three Quarters of an Hour.
WOMEN JOIN IN THE TUMULT
Senator Gore Starts the Uproar by
Uttering the Name of Democ-
racy's Favorite Son.

tor Gore of Oklahoma in the conven-
ton Yesterday All records for length
were broken. The cheering lasted an
hour and twenty-seven minutes, as
against forty-nine minutes for Roose-
welt at Chicago, the record up to that
time. The delegates. not the spectators
started it, and the enthusiasm was wild
and uncomfortable. OF course, 1t was
fed and nursed along. as such cheering al
ways is.
The cheering was practically all there
was to the days session. The commit
tee on credentials was not ready to re-
port when the convention met at noon'
and after some unimportant business
Ollie NJ. James of Kentucky moved 10
take a recess until o'clock. This mo-
ton was obviously carried but the gal
leries manifested so much disappointment
over being deprived of show they had
come TO see that Chairman Bep declared
il lost and called for oratory.
This is where Charles A. Towne lost
his chance to make a serious proposition
of his vice presidential boom. Anybody
who had climbed the platform and men
toned Bryan's name could have pro-
voked the same demonstration that Sena-
tor Gore did If Towne had done it-and
the chance was his-he would have boost
ed his boom to the point OF making II a
thing to be reckOned with.
The crowd yened for Senator Bob Tay-
lor of Tennessee and for Gov. Folk of
Missouri. Neither was in the hall. Chair
man Bell called for Towne. but Towne
was at the Brown Palace Hotel, taxing
luncheon with Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis ]. Abbott and others.
Finally Bell called on the blind senator
from Oklahoma, at the instance of Dele
gate Heffner of Washington
Bedlam Breaks Loose.
Gore. who knows exactly how to capti-
tDld To
had tried to get the new state to forego
her right to statehood and how ''the
greatest living exponent of American
freedom had given contrary advice.
Oklahoma said the senator, re
jected the advice of Taft and accepted
the advice of Bryan.
That was all. And then it was bed
lam. Mysteries started to reign at 1:19
o'clock and gave place to sobriety at GAG.
At first il was SIMPLY long yell, with
no cheers. That wild yell lasted five min
utes, and then hurrahs and shouts began
to mingle with it.
Hats were thrown in the air. Men
crumpled up newspapers and hurled them
at one another. Seeming maniacs with
red faces and staring eyes. men destitute
of coats waistcoats or collars. leaped upon
chairs and shrieked incoherently. Above
the platform an effigy of the American
eagle with flags in it's claws was sent
whirlng madly around.
"A
form by the Nebraska delegation. and
that raised the situation from mere de-
mentia to acute mania At the moment
the picture reached the platform one OF
the American eagles that hung above it
fell to the floor. Sergeant-at-Arms John
l. Martin. quick to recognize this seeming
evil omen, seized the eagle and waved 1t
Justify in the air.
1t was noticeable that TINS cheer Qll-
fered from the record-breaker in Chicago
in that the promoters OF II were all oeie-
gates. In Chicago you couldn't get dele
gate to take any interest In Roosevelt un-
less he came from Oklahoma or Texas.
Here il took the galleries at least fifteen
minutes to catch fire.
After the yell had lasted nine minutes
Jerry Watson caught up the Massachu-
sets standard and started for the plat
form. The other state standards fell into
line and began the march. but halt was
caused by a delegate who yelled SO wildly
that his false teeth flew out. They rolled
under the press standard. Down he went
on his hands and knees to recover his
eating machinery, while the parade be
hind him halted until he had recovered
the teeth, clapped them into place and
was ready to yell again fer his political
faith.
New Workers Don't Enthuse.
Leading the marchers. Watson rushed
around the hall, yelling wildly. and over
turned two women and banged two news
paper men on the head with his standard,
leaving both of them half unconscious
and with welts on their foreheads. Again
and again the procession of standards
went around the hall, with the band help
ing out with such blood-tingling melo-
dies as Dixie.
All the time Minnesota, New York, Della
ware and Georgia sat silently In their
places The standards were set like rocks
in the heavfhg sea of insanity. John l.
Martin ordered the band to play Tam
many in the hope that he could get the
New Workers going. They sat with fold
ed arms and set faces One enthusiast
tried to kidnap the New York standard.
and Charley White, the ex-prize fighter.
sent him to the floor with a swing on the
jaw.
eia delegation grabbed his standard and
got three more of the huskiest men in
Georgia to hold on to it with him. III
anybody gets the Georgia standard away
IL will be over four dead Georgians," said
Medrin and nobody took it,
Martin got the band to alternate Tam
many with AUD Lang Syne" and play
both at two-minute intervals, but Tam
many refused to stir muscle.
Mrs Bradford of Colorado, the only
woman delegate, carried the Colorado
standard to the platform. where Chairman
Bell hoisted her upon a chair. At that all
the pandemonium that had reigned be-
fore was quadrupled. and the yell became
shrek. Flushed and excited, Mrs.
Bradford stood there In ner Wnlte OreSS,
waving the standard until the exertion
became too much for her. That supplied
Martin with an idea, and he brought to
the platform his two nieceS. Fannie and
Evelyn Hayward. Fanny took the Mas
sachusetts standard and Evelyn the Kan
sas one. Fanny had to give 1t up-the
standard was too heavy-but Evelyn. a
pretty girl in a brown and-white checked
gown and fetching little toque stuck on
the back of her head, stayed on the job
until II was all over.
Women Rave Also.
BY this time the air all over the hall
was thick with stuffed eagles and red,
white and blue umbrellas. Miss MAY
Grady. a pretty Illinois girl. climbed up
on the platform and took the Nebraska
standard. Then she carried it down into
the hall and the standard bearers of the
other states fell in line behind her. She
was a comedy brunette. dressed in blue
Around the hall danced the standards.
with the Illinois girl leading the process
sion. ''Tammany" was started again. and
men from other delegations rushed wildly
over TO New York, begging the delegation
to get in line. Murphy shook his head.
Tim Sullivan glared at the Bryan men.
They faded away
Cow punchers in sombreros with red
bandannas thrown over their shoulders
started marching around the hall, and
with them girls dressed in cowgirl fash