Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-07-16

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which had at first recorded its vote
for Johnson or Gray fell into line
/ with theaovermastering column, and
1 the nomination was made unanimous
| by reclamation.
The convention adjourned at $3.50
O'Clock Friday morning until p. m.,
| after having been in session continu.
| ously for more than eight hours. AS
| the delegates and spectators left the
| hall the echoes of enthusiasm con-
| tinued to reverherate throughout the
| building, while crowds outside took
up the shout and bore it along the
| dark and silent streets, awakening
the city just as the first pale rays
Of dawn were breaking in the East,
| with the resounding chorus Of Bryan,
| Bryan, Bryan"
Hours of oratory.
Prior to the elimination scene in
| the convention hall when the nomina-
| ton Of Bryan was made, the assem-
| blage had listened for hours to the
oratory of nominating speakers, who
moved them frequently to outbursts
| of feverish excitement 1t had been
expected that the platform would be
ready for adoption at Z o'clock in the
| evening, when the night session be-
gan. But at that hour the committee
i on resolutions was still struggling
with the planks relating to the cur
rency, the tariff, the Mormon ques-
ton and other important subjects. A
| committee appointed by the conven-
ton to learn how soon the platform.
would be ready reported that il would
| be midnight before the document was
! ready for the consideration of the
| convention. Thereupon motion of
| Congressman Ollie James of Kentucky
| the regular order of procedure was
suspended, and the convention pro
ceeded to call the roll of states for
nominations for the presidency, with
| the understanding that the nominating
and seconding speeches would be
made without final vote until the
| platform had been adopted
Bryan Is Named.
AT 9 O'Clock the nominating speech
| es began, and delegates and spectaG.
ors were stirred with eager expectancy
as the supreme and long deferred
work OF nominating the presidential
candidate was begun.
| Alabama, the first state on the roll
call, yielded to Nebraska, the home
state of Bryan, whose spokesman. the
youthful orator, lgnatius j. Dunn, Of
Omaha, advanced to the platform. He
spoke in good voice, with great earn
estness, and to sympathetic AUDI
| ence which greeted each utterance of
/ tribute to the Nebraska leader with
! demonstrative evidence of approval,
His concluding passage was a fervid
| tribute to the commoner as the in
trend leader who had borne aloft tn (,
battle scared flag of Democracy
through The campaigns of 1896 and
/ 1900. with the devotion and faith of
the crusaders of old-"America's
1 great commoner, Nebraska's gifted
son. William j. Bryan
Cheering Lasted as Minutes.
This was the signal for long con
tlnued uproar, rivalling in intensity
and duration the demonstration Of
4 Wednesday,, which lasted one hour and
! tWenty-slx minutes. Again, the whole
assemblage was dashed into a fury of
/ excitement. The demonstration last
ed upward Of forty-five minutes
Johnson Is Wildly Cheered.
The nomination of Gov johnson of
Minnesota precipitated another whirI-
wind of excitement, If not SO long sus-
tanned, hardly less enthusiastic than
for Bryan. The delegation from Min
nesota, standing on their chairs and
waving flags, handkerchiefs, hats, and
anything that could be waved, were
the storm center of the demonstration
while groups O.. scattered delegates
4 here and there lent their energies to
! those CT Minnesota The galleries, too,
seemed to contain an ample supply of
i Johnson enthusiasm and on every
4 hand the waves of Johnson demonstra-
q ton swept back and forth from end to
. end through the great building.
When it had lasted considerable
4 uGe, the convention officers sought
TO restore order. The sergeant-at-arms
was ordered to seat the yelling dele
gates and every effort was made to
bring the convention back to state
+ OF Subsection. but in vain. The demon
/ stration went on with unabated fury
until it had spent itself after more
than quarter of an hour of vocifer-
! Gus tumult.
Speeches Are Suspended @
Ihe Gray nomination also received
ltssfull share of enthusiastic approval.
4 It was after midnight when the
nominating speeches were temporarily
suspended to receive the report Of the
committee on credentials Gov. Has
kell Of Oklahoma, chairman of the
committee, made the report, announc-
i ing at the outset that it was presented
as the unanimous view of the commit
tee
The platte rm was adopted by rous.
ing unanimous vote.