The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-07-17

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That finished Parker" was the com
ment.
Mr.. Dunn presented the resolutions
prepared at a conference of the friends
OF Mr.. Bryan. More than score OF
the members of the convention com.
mlttee on resolutions approved the
tribute as framed. Charles Bryan. q
brother of the candidate, was mem.
Der Of the conference.
The Tribute to Cleveland.
The resolution was as follows:
AS 1t 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 It
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 world 8
craftsmanship, who possessed to an ex-
traordinary degree the elements OF lead
ershlp and by his able, conscientious and
forcefui 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 tho eonyen-
tion and copy be forwarded to Mrs.
Cleveland; and.
Resolved. AS a further mark of respect
to his memory. the convention do now ad-
Journ until II o'clock tomorrow.
Francis Tribute to Cleveland.
The chair recognized Ex-Governor
David r. 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 endeayored 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 p Hobson be-
fore the committee on resolutions, In
which he accused Japan of wanting
war.
The events Of the second day of the
overshadowed by the unrivaled DEM
onstration over Bryan. The conven-
ton was dragging along, with little
to do, when Senator Gore was led to
the platform to entertain the dele
gates. 1t was at the close OF the fol-
lowing passage in his speech that pam
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.
Fellow Democrats, the great secre-
tary Of war came to Oklahoma and
waged war against our constitution.
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 ac-
cepted 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 their
chairs and 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 mp
'Dixie." and instantly the verbal fame
was burning fiercely and brighter than
before.
When the demonstration had pro-
ceeded for some fifteen minutes dele
gate from Iowa caught up the stand
ard Of that state and led a march to
the stage, where there was q grouping
of the states. 1t was wild rush to
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, scrambling del
eeates with their state standards left
the platform and started on q parade
around the hall. In the midst of the
riot of noise and the confusion Of
marching delegates the constant boom
Of fashlight explosions from the pho
tographers added to the terrific vol
ume Of noise.
Gore siehtless and Silent.
During all this time, while one Of
the greatest outbursts Of political en-
thusiasm ever witnessed In any politi-
cal gathering was beginning. swelling
and diving down. the blind man who
started it was standing against the
railing Of the speakers stand. seeing
nothing his voice had created. He was
for the time forgotten.
When at the end Of eighty eight min
utes duiet was restored the chair rec
ognized Congressman Ollie James of
Kentucky, who moved recess until s
d. H.. which was adopted.
At the night session the report Of the
committee on credentials was received
and accepted amid spirited debate
over the unseating of the Guffey dele
gates. The chief arguments OF the
Guffeyites against being unseated were
MS follows:
First. That there was no evidence ad-
duted by the contestants before the COM
mittee to support their claim to said
seats
Second That the contestants produced