The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-10
Wild Enthusiasn Surpasses
 Record in American History


 The next speaker who rose to second the nomination of Mir. Bryan was Gov ernor Swanson of Virginia.
 Johnson Nominated. The opportunity of Johnson support ] CTS came when the roll call reached Connecticut and that State gave way | to Minnesota. Winfield S. Hammond of the latter State. took the stand amid q considerable volume of applause to place in nomination Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota
 MT. Hammond, although he was speaking to a mass of delegates who had exclusively shown their prefer enee for another candidate. made q l most favorable impression on the com vention for himself and his candidate. The speaker who was a powerful, port iy man with no surplus of hair, easily sent his voice to the farthest corners of the hall and his speech was heard with marked attention.
 The heat in the hall and the thick dust stirred up during the Bryan dem- onstration and the dense clouds of flash powder caused Intense thirst to nearly everybody in the hall and water was in great demand. selling early In the night at s cents per glass At Il o'clock 1t was selling at two small glasses for 25 cents. Several small boys busied themselves in supplying the demand and rsaped harvest of profit. By the time that Governor Johnson had been placed in nor1ina tion, the gall leries crowds had materially dwindled. The aisles no longer were filled and there were many empty chairs. That all the cheer was not yet kill ed in the convention was made mani fest when MT. Hammond concluded. The loyal sons Of the North Star State responded with cheer, and a number of delegates in Massachusetts and Oklahoma joined in liberal amount of applause came from the galleries, but the noise, was as whisper com pared to the terriffic roar of the Bryan demonstration. Some of the Georgia delegates mounted their chairs after q few minutes and added their voices with those of the Minnesota men. PaStiaiify Charged. Chairman Clayton was somewhat less tolerant in dealing with the John- son shouters than he had been with the Bryan followers and commenced to rap for order while Minnesota was still on its ehairs and in the hoodtide of the enthusiasm The band also failed to respond to Johnson's name. and sat silent in their places, much to the wrath of the Minnesota delegation who sent to Chairman Clayton a com plaint of partia1ity in favor of the Ne- braska candidate. The chairman promptly signaled the band; which played tow airs. This seemed to satis. fy the Minnesota delegation, and the demonstration had largely ibsided within twelve minutes after jt began.
 Chairman Clayton who began to call for order after the first ten minutes of cheering and who had failed to secure
 it after the Johnson boomers had maintained their demonstratiofi for more than twenty minutes. sent assis- tant sergeants-at-arff1s to quiet some of the spectators in the galleries.
 Order was finally restored after twenty-five minutes.
 The house electricians who had dim med the lights to help stop the Bryan demonstration, again tried the device on the Johnson outburst amid hissing Chairman Clayton, when his voice could be heard. ''that some of the invited guests Of this convention have abused their privileges and that one lege"
 The delegate to whom reference was made was a Pennsylvania' youth who. cheered for Johnson with much voice and much persistency. The personai attention of a sergeant -arff,s vvas ready to quiet him.
 While the Johnson cheers vera slow " dying and the Chairman was strug- 9iins with the disorderly galleries. U. Irving Handy of Delaware was walt Ing on the rostrum to name as a pres idential candidate George Gray of his State. When he was given an oppor- tunity to speak. he did so
 When Mr. Handy had spoken for a lew minutes, he was interrupted by the appearances of the long-awatted Com mittee aen Resolutions The seats fe- fMx FNar~a A A Form had long before been filled ard there was considerable delay And much eqnfusion before the spectators ! could vacate the chairs and surrenfer them to the committee. Y.
 After the Resolutions Committee ba been provided with seats Mir. Handy proceeded with his speech. He asked the delegates to give him close atten- ton as an offset to the difficuity of DIS position in being cut short by the Committees appearance. The reuuest was greeted with general applause.
 There were calls of time" time" from the galleries and MT. Handy Jumped at the erroneous conclusion that they came from some of the dele ! gates. His Ire was aroused ana in second he changed from oratorieaI to conversational English
 Whats the matter with your" he deTAahded tiereely of the delegates.
 Handy Waxee Angry
 What has become of your anirit as fair play?. I have not spoken ons- quarter as iong as the gentleman from Nebraska nor one-third as long as tbn gentleman from Minnesota. and won call time on me. I am offering van the best proposition you'll get torikht l and want you to listen to it.
 Cheers greeted his remarks and Mir l Handy, with liberal encoura cement | from the delegates he had uniustly | scolded. resumed his speech.
 Why heed the cry of passion when | prudence beckons you on to victory" | demanded Mir Hardy when another l interruption came from the Salleries | Chairman Clayton pounded for order.
 Aurrsh for Bryan" came from a | spectator.
 "oh, shut up in the gallery" shouted I the speaker who then speedily brouRhtti his address to d. close.
 some cheering was heard when MT | Handy had concluded but there was no 1 attempt at a Gray demonstration.
 Gentlemen of the convention" said | the Chairman. T now have the pleas- | ure of presenting to you the Chairman or the Committee on Resolutions. Gov | ernor Haskell of Oklahoma"
 The Governor called forth cheers | from the convention when he au- nounced that there was no division | among the members of the committee | and that he represented them all in presenting the report.
 He then read the platform.
 As the hands of the big clock onno- site the speakers platform reached fhs ~ saa4A AasN -l