The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

for the future.
ts Formal Session.
The day vas devoted chiefly to the
formalities and the committees APP
pointed are now at work perrect1ng
the permanent organizat1onSto be pre-
scented tomorrow. Meantime the con
vention hosts chafe ove the two days
delay which must intervene before
their great purpose is accomplished
the nomination Of a presidential can
didate.
The tide Of Bryan sentiment sweeps
on, gathering force as it proceeds and
tonight the chorus Of Bryan, Bryan"
is we'll night universal. With it is a
steadily swinging undercurrent for the
nomination OF George Gray. Of Della
ware, as vice president and this
movement, at first Intangible, has now
assumed a det1nlteness which prom
ises to merge it 0 with the seem
ingly overwhelming current moving
toward Bryan. Tonight the opponents
OF Bryan are still seeking to unite
their strength against him, with the
hope Of ultimately accomplishing his
defeat.
Amphetheater Crowded.
It was a stirring spread before
Chairman Taggart at noon today,
when with uplifted gavel, he sought
to bring order out OF the confused
babel sound and motion. The splen.
did amphitheater, bedecked with fagss
and bunting, was packed to It's utter
most limits with a dense and seething
mass Of humanity. Below, in the cen.
trail arena, sat the delegates, just two
more than an even thousand, and back
of them the one thousand alternates
these two thousand, with the des-
tiny Of the party In their hands.
Thanking them and sweeping around
the hall were the long lines Of eager,
expectant onlookers. rising tier on
tier and gallery on gallery, In solid
masses, the brightness Of the women
in their gay costumes vieing with the
%splendors Of old glory, which hung
at every hand.
Personnel Of Convention.
Here and there amid this bewilder.
ing throng stood out the notable
groups of leaders. Immediately in
front and under the presiding officers
eye were ranged the Nebraskan dele.
cation, bronzed sons of the west,
headed by the cowboy mayor, Dahl.
man, the personal spokesman Of Bry-
an. Well in front were the New
York cohorts, with Chief Murphy, cold
and impenetrable and Judge Parker.
rather serious faced. Further back
Colonel Gufty was the smiling center
OF his Pennsylvania adherents, anu
near him, James Kerr, who Is strug.
Cling to displace Guffy and take up the
leadership. Illinois was to the left
center, with the rotund Roger Sulll-
van to the fore. Further back Tom
Johnson, the lighting mayor Of Cleve-
land, moved among his adherents un-
til the gavel sent him to his place
among the distinguished guests upon
the platform. Near him there sat !
notable group-the venerable Senator
Daniel Of Virginia, a tppe Of the old
presidential candidate ana orator. an
the tan. blonde. was Ooagreeeaea
sulDsf. q nv Yoek
With the Virginians could be seen
Governor Swanson and with Goyesrno,
Dlckerson OF Nevada and with Ken.
lucky with Senator McCreary: with
Missouri Senator Stone ana occasion.
ally Ex-Governor Dockery and the re
doubtable Champ Clark; with Idaho
former Senator'S Dubois and Heitfeldt
Minnesota. With 7. johnson neuten
ants, was poorly placed In the rear
while Delaware. with the Gray force,
was better on In the right foreground
Daughters 81 the Great Men.
on to the left, the presidents daugh
ter. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth
IN fetching gown and Lady Gay shank
or hat With lowering plume. smiled
from \ Of the boxes and from an