Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-10

. Friday. and he put his idea into erect
s without consulting any one. Having ac-
complished his purpose. the cheers of the
: democrats assembled proved the unani-
: nous adoption of the sergeants mental
resolution
When the hands of the clock in the
Auditorium last night pointed close to the
hour of twelve the supersttious sergeant
climbed to the top of the railing opposite
the speakers platform and stopped Time
in its fight. The cheers which followed
indicated that the assembly. and visitors
did not want to see important business
transacted Friday.
Mrs. Ruth Bryan-Leavitt. perhaps the
most interested person in the assembIage.
remained during the entire night, wit
Messing first the demonstration when her
father placed I'm nomination, the ex-
citing yelling when his seconds made
their speeches, and the minor cheers re-
ceived by the two rival candidates. John
son and Gray. Not until the votes had
been cast and her father Endorsed by the
convention as it's unanimous choice to
bear the standard of the party did she
leave her seat in her box at the south
end of the auditorium and join the crowd
hurrying homeward. Whenever enthusi-
asm at the mention the great leaders
name broke loose all eyes were turned
toward Mrs. Leavitt. who, smiling and
happy. listened to the ovations accord
: ed her father.
Many of the delegates did not go to
bed at all after the close of the session.
into what soon became broad daylight
walked the streets till breakfast time, or
took early trolley rides through the empty
streets to suburban points. The ro-
tundas of the hotels and the sidewalks
In front of them were almost crowded
In the dim light of dawn, with sleepy
eyed men talking of the exciting scenes
which they had witnessed. and of the
nomination of the Vice President, yet to
be made.
The Platform Delayed.
Prior to the eliminating scene in the
convention hail. when the nomination of
Bryan was made, the assemblage had
listened for hours to the oratory of nomi-
mating speakers. who moved them fire.
1uently to outbursts of feverish excite
ment. 1t had been expected that the
platform would be ready for adoption at
o'clock in the evening. when the night
session began. But at that hour the COM
mittee on resolutions still struggling
with the planks relating to the currency.
the tariff. the Mormon question and
other. important subjects. A committee
appointed by the convention to learn how
soon the platform would be ready, report
ed that 1t would be midnight before the
document was ready for the consi6erat ton
of the convention. Thereupon. ON motion
of Representative Ollie James of Ken
lucky. the regular order of procedure
was suspended. and the convention pro-
ceeded to call the roll of states for nomi-
nations for the presidency with the I'M
Outstanding that the nominating end
seconding speeches would be made with
out final vote until the platform had
been adopted.
At Q o'clock the nominating speeches
began and delegates and spectators were
stirred with eager expectancy as the SUI
preme and ng-deferred work of nomi-
mating the presidential candidate was be-
gun.
Bryan Placed in Nomination.
Alabama. the first state on the roll call.
yielded to Nebraska. the home state of
Bryan, whose spokesman, the youthful
orator. Ignatius ]. Dunn of Omaha, adj
vanced to the platform He spoke in good
voice. with great earnestness and to
sympathetic audience which greeted each
utterance of tribute to the Nebraska
leader with demonstrative evidence of ap-
prevail. His closing passage was fervid
tribute to the cOmnoner the intrepid
leader who had borne aloft the battle
SCARED flag of democracy through the
campaigns of 1895 and 1860 with the de-
Totion and faith of the crusaders of old
Americas great commoner. Nebraska's
Slfted son, William ]. Bryan.
This was the signal for a long-continued
uproar, rivaling in intensity and duration
the demonstration of Wednesday. which
lasted one hour and twenty-six minutes
and again the whole aSsemblage was
dashed into a fury of excitement. The
delegates seized the states standards and
gathered them on the presiding officers
platform. while the galleries broke into
tumuituous clamor. The demonstration
lasted upward of forty-five minutes At
times it assumed such proportions of
madness as the excited througs rushed
through the aisles toward the platform
that there was serious danger of panic
Men and women were bowled over in the
mad onrush of f1ag-bearng enthusiasts
One woman tainted and was carried from
the hall.
Enthusiasm for johnson.
The nomination of Gov. Johnson OF
Minnesot by W. S. Hammond precipi-
tated another whirlwind of excitement if
not so long sustained hardly less en-
thusiastic than for Bryan. The delegation
from Minnesota. standing on the chairs
and waving flags. handkerchiefs. hats
and anything that could be waved. was
the storm center of the demonstration,
while groups of scattered delegates here
and there lent their energies to those of
Minnesota. The galleries, too. seemed
20 contain an ample supply of Johnson
enthusiasm, and on every hand the waves
of Johnson demonstration swept back and
forth from end to end through the great
building. When it had lasted a consid-
cradle time the convention officers sought
70 restore order. The sergeant-at-arms
vas ordered to seat the yelling delegates.
and every effort was made to bring the
invention back to state of subsection,
ut in vain. The demonstration went on
III undated fury until it had spent
elf after more than a quarter of an
of vociferous tumult.
The Gray nomination also received it's
Ill share of enthusiastic approval, al
though the nominating speech of Irving
l.. Handy OF Delaware was frequently in
corrupted by the impatient crowd. and
finally by the arrival of the committee
on resolutions bearing the completed plat
form.
The Platform Adopted.
1t was after midnight when the nomi-
mating speeches were temporarily sus-
perAed 10 receive the report of the COM
mittee. Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma. chair
man of the committee, made the report,
announcing at the outset that it was
presented as the unanimous view of the
committee, the entire membership of
which ranged themselves on the platform
thanking Gov. Haskell as an evidence of
their united attitude. The enunciation of
party principles was received with close
attention and with frequent demonstra-
lions of assent. The provision concern
ing intunctions was punctuated by ap-
plause and at its close ringing cheer
went up from delegates and spectators
The provisions concerning the trusts rail-
road regulation. income tax and various
other provisions awakened lively appro-
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