The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-07-16

SecuTeu OUT VI tHlS lSlhptStuouo 'h""o
Of demonstration, state after state
which had at first recorded it's vote
for Johnson or Gray, fell into line
with the overmastering column, and
! the nomination was made unanimous
by reclamation.
The convention adjourned at $3.50
o'clock Friday morning until / p. M,
after having been in session continu.
ously for more than eight hours. AS
the delegates and spectators left the
hall, the echoes OF enthusiasm con
| tinued 10 re%yerberate throughout the
building, while crowds outside took
up the shout and bore ii along the
dark and silent streets, awakening
the city just as the first pale rays
of dawn were breaking in the East,
with the r~esounding chorus of Bryan,
Bryan, Bryan"
Hours OF Oratory.
Prior to the elimination scene in
the convention hall when the nomina-
tion Of Bryan was made, the assem-
blage had listened for hours to the
oratory of nominating speakers, who
moved them frequently to outbursts
of ~feyerish excitement. II had beer
expected that the platform would be
ready for adoption at Z o'clock In the
evening, when the night session be-
gan. But at that hour the committee
on resolutions was still struggling
with the planks relating to the cur
rency the tariff, the Mormon ques-
ton and other important subjects. A
committee appointed by the conyen.
ton to learn how soon the platform
would be ready reported that it would
be midnight before the document was
ready for the consideration of the.
convention. Thereupon a motion of
| Congressman Ollie James OF Kentucky
the regular order of procedure was
suspended, and the convention pro
ceeded to call the roll of states for
nominations for the presidency, with
the understanding that the nominating
and seconding speeches would be
made without a final vote until the
platform had been adopted.
Bryan Is Named.
At 9 o'clock the nominating speech
es began, and delegates and special
ors were stirred with eager expectancy
as the supreme and long deferred
work of nominating the presidential
candidate was begun.
Alabama, the first State on the roll
call, yielded to Nebraska, the home
state of Bryan, whose spokesman, the
youthful orator, lgnatlus j. Dunn, Of
Omaha, advanced to the platform. He
spoke in good voice, with great earn.
estness, and to a sympathetic audi
ence which greeted each utterance of
tribute to the Nebraska leader with
demonstrative evidence of approval
His concluding passage was q fervid
tribute to the commoner as the in
trepid leader who had borne aloft thg
battle-scared flag of Democracy
through the camLRigns of 1896 and
1900, with the DEVOTION and faith of
the crusaders If old-"Anerica's
great commoner, iNebraskaJ gifted
son William ]. BRYAN"
Cheering Lasted as Minutes.
THIS was the sigpl for a Ieng con-
tinued uproar. riyaling in intensity
and duration the demonstration of
Wednesday, which lasted one hour and
twenty-six minutes. Again, the whole
assemblage was dashed into a fury of
excitement. The demonstration last-
ed upward of forty-fve minutes.
Johnson Is Wildly Cheered.
The nomination of Gov. Johnson q
Minnesota precipitated another whirl
wind of excitement, ii not so long susl
tanned, hardly less enthusiastic than
for Bryan. The delegation from Min
nesota, standing on their chairs andl
waving flags, handkerchiefs, hats. and
anything that could be waved. were
the storm center of the demonstration,
while groups of scattered Delegates
here and there lent their. energies TO
those CT Minnesota. The galleries. too,
seemed to contain an ample supply of
johnson enthusiasm and on every
hand the a W of Johnson demonstra-
ton swept b elk and forth from end to
end through the great building.
When it had lasted a considerable
tine, the convention officers sought
to restore order, The sergeant-at-arms
was ordered to seat the yelling dele
gates and every effort was made to
bring the convention back to a state
OF S biection, but in vain. The demon
strat.on went on with undated fury
until it had spent itself after more
than a quarter of an hour of vocifer-
GUS tumult.
Speeches Are Suspended.
The Gray nomination also received
its full share of enthusiastic approval.
1t was after midnight when the
nominating speeches were temporarily
suspended to receive the report of the
CON M ,ttee on credentials. Gov. Has
kell of Oklahoma, chairman of the
committee, made the report, announc-
ing at the outset that ii was presented
as the unanimous view OF the commit
tee.
The nlatfCr m uoc adonfad Inv a rNuc-