Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-07-17

at the moment the nomination was
made was one of stirring animation
From pit to dome the vast building
was packed with ten thousand people,
thinned out In the remotest galleries
after hours of waiting and the intense
disoomforts of the hot night.
eliminating outburst.
Il was a spectacle Of grandiose pro-
portions-tier after tier and gallery on
gallery of agitated forms, the women
in white, the delegates massed below,
many of them coatless, myriad Oh
fans futteringJto combat the sitting
heat and close atmosphere Of this long
pent.up exurberant multitude, ever
ready to spring into feverish outbreaks
of enthusiasm, and everywhere the
blaze of flags, bunting and patriot
ic devices and the enveloping 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 manifestations
paled before the eliminating outburst
Of emotion
5edlam of Sound,
As the announcement Of the Ne
braskan's actual nomination was
made, the whole assemblage rose en-
masse, waving flags, handkerchiefs,
newspapers, hats and coats, anything
and everything which hands could lay
upon to wave aloft or hurl into the
air, while a bedlam Of sound poured
out from these ten thousand Threats
in exultant yells, cat calls, Comanche
warwhoops, with the added din OF
shrieking horns, the roar of mega
phones and the strains of the band
playing an exultant anthem.
Nomination Unanimous.
When for a 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 nomination was made unanimous
and by reclamation.
The taking of the vote had been |
followed with breath1ess 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-eight |
votes for Bryan brought out a wild |
outburst of enthusiastic approval |
which for a time compelled the sus
pension Of the roll call
A Long Session.
The convention adjourned at $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 reverberate 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 cheers Of Bryan, Bryan,
Bryan"
Nominating Speeches.
Prior to the eliminating 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.
Alabama, the first state on the roll |
call, yielded to Nebraska, the home
state Of Mr.. Bryan, whose spokesman.
the youthful orator, Ignatius J. Dunn,
OF Omaha, advanced to Che platform.
He spoke in good voice, with great
earnestness. and to sympathetic au-
dience 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 intrep.
Id leader who had borne aloft the bat
tle-scarred flag Of democracy through
the campaigns of 1896 and 1900, with
the devotion and faith of the crusaders
of old days, Americas great com.
moner, Nebraska's gifted son, William
j. Bryan"
Platform Presented.
II was after midnight when the nom.
mating speeches were temporarily sus.
pended to receive the report of the
platfOrm committee Gounrnnr IInn