Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-10
Only a Brief Demonstration
Follows Bryan's Nomination.
TIRES OF MUCH 0RAT0RY
Platform Not Presented Until Mid.
night.
HOURS OF TEDIOUS WAITING
Over an Hours Uproar for Bryan
When His Name Is Mentioned
by His Eulogist, Igna-
thus Dunn.
,nec;s, From q STAFF Correspondent.

Special From STAFF Correspondent
DENVER, Col. July lot was )
o'clock this morning when the last gasp
of the orators was heard and the roll
was called by the democratic convention
One Of the greatest scenes of the night
followed the announcement OF Boss Muir
ply that New York cast - votes under
the unit rule for Bryan. This action had
been discounted, but when Murphy an
nounced It the whole convention and the
galleries arose in a mass and cheered.
Then followed a dramatic incident. A
demand was made to have the delegation
polled. The first name on the list was
the name Of Alton B. Parker. The clerk
called it twice and there was no response
Murphy's name came next and he voted
for Bryan.
AS the call proceeded all the Tammany
men voted for Bryan and all the CON
servatives" maintained silence. State
Chairman Corners voted with Tammany
for Bryan.
The roll call clearly disclosed the d.
vided delegation, but it also placed all
the Tammany men on the regular list
for the next mayoralty campaign.
Pennsylvania also showed a divided
delegation on the poll, Bryan, Gray and
Johnson sharing the vote, 491e, 91s and 3,
| respectively. The six votes from the Dis
trict of Columbia were cast for Bryan,
whose nomination was made unanimous.
Twelve Thousand Flags Wave.
Twelve thousand American flags, wav-
ing in time, keeping unison; thousands Of
voices joining in the grand national an
them, while the silver comets and string
pieces carried the air--these were the
sights and sounds which marked the open
! ing Of the night session Of the democratic
| convention. 1t was a stirring scene, suffi-
cient to move even the most blaze, cynf-
| cal and Unconditional old convention-goer.
| The Auditorium, packed to the utmost
| capacity of standing and sitting room
with an audience whose emotions were
being worked to high pitch by the novelty
| of the thing, by the lights, the music, the
| electrical contact of things, of human be-
| ings, served as fitting setting to the
great political drama staged for the even
! ing-the nomination of a candidate fol
the presidency. Intentionally or not, but
nevertheless effectively. the great crowds
were being played upon as the harpisi
upon the strings, toned and keyed for the
final outburst Of sound when the psyche
logical moment should arrive.
The capacity of this audience, or rather
its greed, for oratory was something
amazing. Why, Oliver Twists hunger fol
porridge was a dainty thing in compari
son.
From the common garden variety Of
talk-fest to the dollhouse product 1t wa!
all acceptable and palatable. So while
the committee on resolutions was SQUAD
| bling and wrangling over planks of thu
platform, the chairman called the silver
tongued orators of the party to the plat
| form to entertain and amuse the crowd
Truth to tell, some of them were surely
of the first-named category, but every
thing went just the same.
Tedious Waiting.
The hands Of the clock moved AROUND
to one hour and half. after the open
ing of the session. The audience swelteret
in the heat, women tainted and wer,
|
tors crowding the aisles, and still the tall
| went on, the auditors drinking in eagerl,
every word and cheering every we'll turn
ed sentence.
A committee was sent after the plat
form and when at $40 it reported tina
the platform would not be ready unit
II o'clock wave Of despair swept over
the galleries. They were cooked an(
primed for the supreme scene Of the con
/ inn na NOT NJ liant
| and they saw the prospect going giim
| mering. but the managers of the conven
| ton had no idea OF imposing such disap.
pointment upon the assembled thousands
/ and a motion was agreed to that the
| nominating speeches should be made anC
| the actual ballotinS postponed until after
the platform should be adopted. The
| cheering which went up from the terrace6
| thousands evidenced the appreciation OF
| this action.
Dunn's Stirring Speech.
! lsnatius Dunn, who placed Mr.. Bryan
! in nomination, is a new man in public
F., life. He has not been known up to this
| time beyond his native town of Omaha,
! where he is assistant city attorney. He
| made good impression from the outset
a tall, wcll-knit. clean-limbed, square
! jawed chap of forty. With a very clear
| and resonant voice, totally devoid of at
fectatiOn .! speech or manner, he pro-
| ceeded win his nominating speech in an
! earnest ana impressive manner. His
+; !lcart was in ...s work, without doubt
| ana in Il iittl: while he had his auditors
in toucn and sympathy with his impas-
| stoned utterances, carrying them aloft
| upon the pinlons of his oratory, sprung
from a soul which vOuched for every
word he uttered, and when the climax
| came, when he mentioned the name which,
| has thrilled democracy for twelve years
there was tense pause, for the fraction
| of an instant, an indrawing of the breath,
and 1900 voices broke out in one great
| acclaim. There were as many notes in
| 1t as in the gamut. From the shrill hys-
| terical scream of the women to the deep
| basso profundo of the lusty-lunged plains
| men and mountaineers, the peals of ap-
prevail poured forth in one continuous
| roar.
Everybody stood up, everybody shouted
and cried. and waved flags and fans and
hats and coats, the while this mighty
volume of sound poured from them. II
was like the roar of a gale of wind in
| the forest. lulling for a moment, only to
break out afresh with increasing power;
1t was like the crash of a mighty surf on
|