Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16

lunged Democracy simply had a carni
val while for five minutes the human
lungs poured out a Niagara of sound
Then the band added to the din. May.
or Dahlman of Omaha took the rOst.
rum and led the uproar White pig
cons were let loose from the galleries
An immense picture of Bryan hidden
behind a shield over the speakers rost-
rum was lowered in sight of the con.
vention. Thousands of flags we1c way,
! ing all over the hall. After ten min
utes of cheering the parade of the
States began.
/ Delegates surged from all parts of
the hall toward the rostrum with the
State standards. Not for one moment
| did the wild clamor cease. One after
| another the band reeled off popular
airs. The convention sung the nation
al songs, while the remainder of the
convention yelled with all it's might.
Little girls were hoisted on the Shout
ders of men and beat time to the mu-
! sic. Women fell into the parade about
the hall by the dozen. New York and
Georgia were beseeched to Join the
riot in vain.
Leather-LunGed Demonstration.
The announcement of the vote was
the signal for a wild demonstration,
equaling in disturbance, if not in dura-
ton, the record-breaking display which
on Wednesday afternoon greeted the
first mention Of Mr.. Bryan's name in
the convention.
The scene within the amphitheater at
the moment the nomination was made
was one Of stirring animation. From
pit to dome the vast building was
packed with 10000 people, thinned out
in the remoter galleries after hours of
waiting and the intense discomforts
of the hot night. 1t was a great spec
tacle-tier on tier and gallery on gal
lery Of agitated forms, the women in
white, the delegates massed below,
many of them coatless, a myriad of
fans fiuttering.
AS the announcement of the Nebras-
kan's actual nomination was made the
whole assemblage rose en- masse, way
ing flags, handkerchiefs, newspapers,
hats and coats, anything and everything
aloft or hurl into the air, while a bed
lam of sound poured out from these
10000 Threats in eXultant yells, cat
calls, Comanche war whOOps, with the
added din of shrieking horns, the roar
of megaphones and the strains of the
band playing an exultant air.
When for a moment order could be
secured out of this tempestuOus chaos
of demonstration State after State
which had at first recorded its vote
for johnson or Gray fell into line with
the overmastering column and the nom
ination was made unanimous by accla-
nation.
Without cessation or lessening vol
ume the roar continued for forty-five
minutes before anybody in the hall re-
sumed his seat. The yelling continued
undated for quarter of an hour
longer and was finally hushed when
the sergeant-at-arms turned out the
lights of the auditorium. The Taft
ovation at Chicago was mild in com
parison to the ovation rendered the
name of Bryan.
The convention adjourned at $50
o'clock Friday morning until l o'clock
in the afternoon, after having been in
session continuously for more than
tators left the hall the echoes of enthu-
siasm continued to reverberate through
out the building, while crowds outside
took up the shout and bore it along the
dark and silent streets, awakening the
city just as the first pale rays of dawn
were breaking in the east, with resound-
ing cheers for Bryan.