Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
GREAT BRYAN
DEMONSTRATION
LASTS AN HOUR
Early Hours of Today's Session
Are Given Up to the
Marching Clubs.
CROWD is A LIVELY ONE

Chairman Bell Has Great Diff
Guilty in Maintaining Any
Kind of Order.
Convention Hall, Denver, Colo,
July 8.-In a wave of frenzied en-
thusiasm for the peerless leader,
a great Bryan demonstration is
sweeping the whole convention
hall.
It was started at 1::21 o'clock
by Thomas P. Gore, blind senator
from Oklahoma, who paid an elo-
quent tribute to the Nebraskan.
Delegates are parading, bands
are playing, Bryan banners are
flying. The noise is deafening.
At 2:10 o'clock (mountain
time) the demonstration had been
in progress so minutes and showed
no signs of diminishing.
Early Scenes.
With the assurance of another perfect
day and the promise of an interesting
fight over the report of the committee
on credentials the convention crowd
commenced early today to move toward
the convention hall.
All progress toward the auditorium.
however. was impeded by great pa
rade of 1000 Tammany men, who head
n 1nyy ,.J .I,..,,
attired Indians wound their way around
the business section of the city. 1t was
by far the largest parade which has so
far occurred during the convention.
Half an hour previous to the time
set for the opening of the proceedings
all the sidewalks We're choked. The po-
lice We're struggling with an eager
crowd, which was pressing toward the
entrances. While the day outside was
very warm. the empty convention hall,
When the doors We're opened was found
to be Is to 90 degrees cooler than the
street temperature.
Bryan Men Happy.
The Bryan men came tramping into
the auditorium with cheerful faces and
much laughter. The events of the night
before and carly morning in the COM
mittee on credentials We're much to
their liking; they are more confident of
the ultimate success of their candi-
date
Georgia men. anxious still in the face
of apparently Overwhelming Odds We're
late in arriving as they had held am
other caucus early today for the pur-
pose Of establishing rallying point
for the fight against Bryan. When
Georgia arrived it became known
the delegation was unable to reach a
conclusion regarding the candidate
they will support Another caucus
will be held tonight. AS constituted
the delegation stands 90 against Bryan
and three for him.
Call to Order.
1t was 1926 when Chairman Bell
sapped for order in the second days
session of the convention.
1t was announced that marching
clubs would be permitted to march
through the hall as soon as the open
ing prayer had been delivered. AR
rangements for the entrance and exit
of the paraders We're hastily carried
out under the direction of the SER
.geant at arms.
Inpromptu conferences seemed to be
in progress in all parts of the delegates
section and it was some time before
the participants needed the frantic APP
peal of the chairman for order. When
quiet finally prevailed Rev. Christian
i. Reisner, of Denver, delivered the
Invocation.
AT 12:43 the marching clubs entered
lQG NAN, lile DuuQ DldSlIlS lClSlt
amid great cheering. The parade was
not long one. The convention soon
returned to business.
Senator Thomas +. Grady. of New
York, chairman of the committee on
rules, presented the report of that
committee. 1t provided the convention
should be governed by the rules of the
democratic convention of 1904. The re-
port was adopted unanimously.
Honor Jones' Memory.
Resolutions of coincidence anent the
recent death of Senator James X.
Jones, former chairman of the national
democratic committee, were adopted.
A storm of laughter went through
the convention hall when Chairman
Bell said, with smile:
John S. Whean, secretary of the
New York delegation. is wanted at the
long distance telephone by Governor
Hughes, of New York"
When the laughter had subsided the
chairman said:
This is no laughing matter. This
business concerns the affairs of state
and it is an indication the democrats
are already beginning to get to-
gether."
BihIe is Lost.
."The Michigan delegation has lost
its bible" announced Chairman Bell,
amid another outbreak of laughter
.sThey would be very much gratified, :,
he added IF it is returned.
Vote Not to Adjourn.
Ollie James, of kentucky, was rec
ognized and moved that recess be
taken until s p. M. There We're cries OF
mot" from all over the hall.
When the motion was put the dele
gates evidently voted to adjourn but
the galleries shouted no" After a
second trial, the chairman was forced
20 ask the bard TO play TO restore or
der. When the convention became
quiet calls for Senator Gore. of okla
homa, came from every point of the
hall.
on his responding he frs sreat dem
onstration occurred. When the senator
mentioned the name of Bryan it was
like a spari. to powde.'.
Bryan Demonstration.
The demonstration was confined
largely to the delegates. A Bryan ban.
ner carried to the platform gave f:r.sl
impetus to the cheering. The New
York delegates as rule sat still. Witt
the band playing "rhere'll Be Hot
Time Tonight the delegations carry.
ing their state banners to the rostrun
surrounded Senator Gore.
The cheering now has lasted 13 min
utes.