New-York tribune., 1908-07-09
CONVENTION MAKES SMALL PROGRESS In WORK

for the Peerless One for one hour and twenty
eight minutes without break. With "the blind
leading the blind" the applause was led by a
cowboy band with a cowgirl attachment Clad
in leather and sheepskin breeches, the men
marching and footing amid the din. they were
ably assisted by the Alamosa boosters, the Fort
Morgan boosters-nnarchfng organizations-by
Alfalfa Bill Murray of Oklahoma. bronco
busters from Texas. Borough President Coler OF
Brooklyn. and leather Iunged howlers from the
Missouri bottoms That is all the midday
sion amounted tO-noise- 1t began that way
and ended that way Bryan was cheered longer
than Roosevelt at the Republican convention
Let every Democratic patriot remember that
Denver beat Chicago. No good Denverite will
forget that.
The Republicans m the galleries at the Chi
cago convention kept the racket going for forty
seven minutes the second day Of the con-
vention. when Senator Lodge made his memora-
BILE reference to the President The Denver corl--
vention went them several better Think OF
those poor devils in the Independence party In
Chicago On the 9th. They'll have to keep it
going for Hearst for two hours said Martin
W. Litt1eton. as he left the hall
1t was all prearranged. There nothing
to do at the morning session but shout for the
Peerless One" as the credentials committee was
not ready to report Big Ollie James. Of Ken
lucky wanted to adjourn till 8 o'clock in the
evening. and so moved. A Nebraska delegate
made a quick bolt to the platform and got
Chairman Bells ear.
We've got to keep them here until we spring
Bryan on them and beat the Republicans at
Chicago. Keep your eye the clerk. Mr.. Bell.
and don't try to get them quiet until they've
cheered hour" said the Nebraskan-
APPT AT-SF, NOT, I-NANISfOTTS
Mr. Bell caught on" and the shOwmen dill
the rest But despite the herculean efforts of the
Bryan boomers it was not unanimous. The
New York delegation, with the stoicism Of Ind
ians. sat through it all. giving sign os inter-
est and taking not part. 1t necessary for
of Tammany's finest to knock down wildly
excited patriot who sought TO wrest the New
York banner from its place and add it to the
moving column. But that only incident
Nor was the New York delegation the only
one which refused to Join in the demonstration.
The New Jersey representatives were equally
immovable. So was the Georgia crowd. 1t took
a swift punch in the solar plexus to prevent
wild Bryanite from seizins the Georgia emblem.
and the purch was forcefuIly delivered. Min
nesota, Maine Delaware and Connecticut also
refused TO take part
So there the delegations from seven
states which throughout the din and furore re-
rnafned motionless, in silent protest against the
machine made demonstration for the Nebraska
Populist. But how the haIf-breed delegates from
Oklahoma shouted and danced when the Bryan
banner wrecked swinging stuffed eagle. The
standard bearer was marching with the banner
to the speakers platform. on which hung
small black eagle with outstretched wings. The
banner bearing hero didn't see the bird OF free
DOM The spear point tangled up in the wire.
v0OI, "A
down came the eagle. head foremost. "Yow-ow.'
yelIed the braves Old Colonel Martin. the SER
geant at arms, who does strange things when
he is excited grabbed the bird OF freedom by
the feet and whirled it around his head. Then
the hot bird was passed around. glad. no doubt.
that II was dead.
MUCH TO MAKE INTERESTING PICTURE.
. There was everything TO make an interesting
pfcture First Of all. the same old Democratic
peace talk and then a war dance There were
other accessories. The cowboy band in the top
gallery under Grover CIeveland's draped pOr-
trait; the booming bombs outside; sunshine as
bright as polished metal Alfalfa BilP Murray
OF oklahoma; Charles Bryan. brother OF Big
Bill" in the Nebraska delegation: ex-Judge
Parker. looking as lonesome Barren Island
undertaken: Controller Metz. the only remnant
saved out Of the McCarren wreck: Bird s COler
walking about uncertainty. like a cat in the
dewys grass; Richmond Pearson Hobson. with
his japanese war scare temporarily embalmed;
brown men and women from the mountain
camps; beery men from Milwaukee. wearing
Mayor Rose badges: the dazzling interior OF tho
convention hall; the almost inaudible drip. drip.
from the edge OF the snicSersnee. grim reminder
Of the deep damnation OF the taking or of Cuff
fey and McCarren; the announcement called
from the platform that the Jane jefferson Dem
ocratic Club would keep open house for women
visitors AT so and so. the uncertainty OF Chair
man RelI-these were some OF the things which
made il easy for the shouters to break noise