The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-07-17

ated - the third time for the Of
flee OF president of the United State;
by the Democratic National Con.
yention amid scenes OF freazied en-,
thusiasm. The result came after al
all-night session which was Kept in
constant state of turmoil up to the
Eliminating moment when the NJ.
braskA leader was proclaimed the
choice Of the convention as the
Democratic standard bearer.
The nomination was made on The
first and only ballot, the vote stand
ing: William Jennings Bryan S92- l.:
Gov. John A, Johnson 46, Judge
Gray 5s-l-2 ...,.
The announcement for the vote was
the signal for wild demonstrate,
eQualling in turbulence, il not n
duration. the record breaking dis
play which on Wednesday afternoon
greeting the first mention of Mr..
Bryan's name in the convention.
The scene within the amphitheater
ar the moment the nomination was
made was one of stirring ambition.
From pit to dome the vast building
was packed with 10000 people. 1t
was a spectacle OF grandiose proper
tions-tier on tier and gallery on gal
lery of agitated forms, the women in
white, the delegates masses below,
many of them coatless, myriad of
fans fluttering to combat the Sitting
heat and close atmosphere of this
long pent-up exuberant multitude,
ever ready to spring into feyerish out
breaks of enthusiasm, and every
where the blaze Of flame, bunting and
patriotic devices and the enyeloping
folds of Old Glory. ...
Twice before the throng had been
moved into a mad ecstacy, first by
the speech placing the name of Bryan
in nomination, and again when that
of Governor Johnson of Minnesota,
was proposed: but these manifesto
tions paled before the eliminating out
burst of emotion. Before the Nebras-
kan's actual nomination was made tn
whole assembly rose en- masse, way
ing flags, handkerchiefs, newspapers,
hats and coats, anything and every
thing which hands could lay upon to
wave aloft or hurl into the air, while
a bedlam of sound poured out from
those 10000 Threats in exultant yells,
cat-calls, Comanche war-hoops, with
the added din of shrieking horns, the
roar of megaphones, and the strains
of the band playing an exultant
anthem.
When for moment order could BE-
secured out of this tempestuous chaos
of demonstration, State after State
which had at first recorded its vote
for Johnson or Gray fell into line with
the overmastering column, and the
was made unanimous and
by reclamation.
The taking of the vote had been
followed with braathless interest. as
state after state swelled the Bryan
strength, When New York was reach.
ed in the call of states the announce
ment of Chief Murphy Seventy I
eight votes for Bryan" brought out
a wild ogtburst Of enthusiastic ap-
provail which for a time compelled
Dbe suspension Of the roll cali. - J
Alabama, the first state on the roll
CALL yielded to Nebraska, the home
state of Mr.. Bryan, whose spokes-
man, the youthful orator, Ignatius J.
Dunn, of Omaha, advanced to the
platform. He spoke in good voice .
and with great earnestness to a sym
pathetic audience, which greeted each
utterance Of tribate to the Nebraska
leader with demonstrative evidence
Of approval. His concluding passage
was a feryid tribute to the commoner,
as the intrepid leader who had borne
aloft the battle SCARED flag of DEM
Dcracy through the campaigns of 1896
and 1900, with the devotion and faith
Of the crusaders of old days, "Ameri-
cas- great commoner, Nebraska's gift
ed son, william ]. Bryan"
This was the signal for a long con-
tinued uproar, revealing in intensity
and duration the demonstration of
Wednesday, which lasted hour and
D6 minutes, Again the whole assem-
blage was dashed into fury of ex-
The delegates seized the
states standards and gathered them
On the presiding officers platform,
while the galleries broke into tumu-
Ituous clamor. The demonstration
ssted upward Of AZ minutes. At
lines It assumed such proportions
i madness as the excited throngs
rushed through the aisles toward the
platform that there was serious dam