Semi-weekly herald., 1908-07-09
CONVENTION HALL
RINGS FOR BRYAN
Demonstration at Mention Of the C0mmoner's
Name Lasts Over an Hour and the Con-
vention Goes Wild for Nebraskan

DENVER, June S.-The second day
OF the convention opened with fine
weather and greater crowd than yes
terday. At o'clock many thousand
people. larger number, the police
said, than had assembled in the con.
vention hall yesterday. packed the
intersecting streets OF Fourteenth,
Curtis and Champa, when the Demo
cratic hosts were preparing for the
second session of the national gather.
Ing. They snow balled each other in
the burning sun; they cheered dele
cations as fast as they arrived; they
quarreled with policemen who insisted
they should keep within the curb line !;
they pleaded for tickets with political
bosses from their native parts of the
country.
The day is hot--in the sun-but the
air is cool withal and dry and re.
freshing. For visitors the snow pos
sessed the greatest attraction. They
had never seen anything like it--at
this season. They plunged their arms
into the white cool piles at the cor
ner of Champa and Curtis streets:
they rolled 1t into balls; they packed
1t In marbles of coolness and sucked
it from their fingers; they put it down
each others necks; they washed each
others faces. And all around were
wearing panamas and white duck suits
and the pretty girls from Colorado and
the rest of the country who had gone
a-conventioning stood by with their
white parasols and their shirt waists
and laughed joyously.
Inside the great hall the session was
at first uneventful since everybody
knows that tomorrow is to be the
great day. The great building was
packed, however, and after Clayton
had been elected permanent chatrman
and good deal of routine business
transacted the day became dull. The
resolutions of the platform committee,
it was announced. would not be ready
for this session and an effort was
4, made to adjourn but the galleries all
yelled Nay" to the vote call and to
satisfy them Senator Gore was
called TO the platform. He came and
was warmly greeted. In a moment
he had the convention on fire He
said; I'm building our constitution
for Oklahoma we did not take the
instructions of Taft, but the advice
of Bryan, and 1t is model" The ef-
feet was electrical. It was the first
time Bryan's name had been mention
ed. The vast audience arose and
cheered. Then 1t beloved and roared.
Again the galleries and floors. the
delegates and the visitors, all broke
out In huzzas. 1t began al exactly
twenty minutes past one and the
cheering is still In progress at ten
minutes to Q. The scene beggars de-
scription. Women are waving ker-
chiefs. men are shouting. bands play
ing. and the excitement is general and
inspiring. 1t promises to surpass the
Roosevelt incident in Chicago. The
various states with their standards are
marching around the platform, ere
dtlng more enthusiasm, and the pic
fure is like a modern bedlam. The
excitement is infectious. 1t affects
everybody. The Republicans present
carried away by the moment of pas
sion and noise. yell with the rest and
1t seems as though the tempest would
never cease. Five. ten, fifteen and
twenty minutes pass and exhaustion
comes, but in a twinkling the roar
begi. =rn7in and the cheering is re-
newed with increased vigor The great
hall is wild with excitement 1t is
western wonder.
CONVENTION HALL, 2:20 p. M
The demonstration has now exceeded
by nearly ten minutes the Roosevelt
demonstration in Chicago which last
ed forty-three minutes. This one can
not keep up much over the hour as the
crowd at this moment is pretty well
worn out.
2:31 2. M.-Bryan's demonstration
has now lasted an hour and ten min
utes and continues unabated. The va
rious standards are still being carried
around the hall and numerous BAN
ners bearing portraits OF Bryan are
iu evidence. A cowboy band is now
on the speakers platform playing pa
triOtic airs. A woman dressed In a
typical cowboy suit is on the platform
and waving an American flag, and is
attr2cs'pg a great deal Of attention.
G46 P. Mater / hour and 10
minutes continual cheering Senator
Gore resumes his speech.
2:47-Senator Gore concludes his
address with these words. Oklahoma
says to her older sister states, this
Go forth and do likewise" and con
xludes. The motion is unanimously
carried and convention adjourns al
I:49 till 8 o'clock tonight.
DENVER, July 8.-Both credentials
committee and resolutions COMMITTEES
which met last evening held all nigh
sessions. and had not completed wheI
they ed1ourned for breakfast. Rsso
autions are not yet ready and VIII no