The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-08

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Gentlemen come to order" and kept
1t up after the convention had uuieted
down. THE chair will now recognize
Mr.. Heifner, of Washington" said
Chairman Bell, when a semblance of
order had been restored.
Il move that we hear a few remarks
from Senator Bob Taylor of Tennes-
see."
Mingled cries of Taylor" and of no.
no." came from the floor. The chair
appointed Mr.. Heifner as a committee
of one to escort Senator Taylor to the
platform.
Then there came cries of Gore"
Gore" begun by the constituents of
the Oklahoma senator and was caught
up all over the hall.
Mr.. Bell pounded for order and an
nounced that Senator Taylor had left
the hall.
Gore" Gore" called the delegates
I'm a moment" shouted the chair
man who announced that the conven-
ton first would hear from Charles A.
Towne and then from Senator Gore.
Mr.. Towne was no where to be found,
however, and the chance of hearing
speech from one of the vice presiden.
tial candidates was lost
I'VE will hear from Senator Gore"
finally announced Mr.. Bell amid great
cheering.
The Oklahoma Yell.
When the chairman announced that
Senator OGRE. of Oklahoma, would adj
dress the convention the delegates of
that state went into spasm of delight.
they whooped and yelled in delight as
the blind senator from the newest
state in the union was led to the plat
form. Ills first utterances were happy
and he caught the convention imme-
diately. Loud cheers and applause
greeted his declaration that Oklaho-
ma is the most Democratic state in the
| union.
The cheers were repeated later
when he said:
1.-THE president of the United States
has said that it is his opinion that our
constitution is unfit for publication.
| That is true of many OF the opinions
| of the president of the United States"
Fellow Democrats the great secre-
| tary of war came to Oklahoma and
| waged war against our constitution"
continued Senator Gore. He asked
US to give up our right and liberty and
self government. But by vote of
| thousands upon thousands we re-
| jected the advice of Taft and accepted
| the advice of Bryan
The mention of the name brought the
convention to it's feet in it's first real
Bryan demonstration. Delegates from
nearly every state jumped to their
chairs and yelled. Many members of
the New York delegation Joined in the
| cheering but a majority remained in
| their seats. Minnesota and Delaware
were the conspicuous exceptions to the
general celebration. A Bryan banner
| which has been lurking in the rear of
| the hall was rushed to the stage and
| waved above the heads of the chair
man and speaker The point of the
| flagstaff caught one of the suspended
eagles over the chairmans desk and
| brought it crashing to the floor. 1t
| was quickly caught up. however, and
held above Senator Cores head.
Band Joins In.
The band joined in the demonstra-
| ton with lively music. Sergeant-at-
Arms Martin after he had thoroughly
mussed the senator's hair with the
| eagles tail waved the great stuffed
bird so close to- the senator's nose
that he must have started back had he
| been able to see what was going on
two inches from his face.
| The applause was relaxing somewhat
when the band poured oil on the fire
| by striking up Dixie and Instantly
| the flame was burning fiercely and
brighter than before. The young man
with the Bryan banner, held his place
| on the speakers stand by the side of
| fro, careful, however, to tear no more
| eagles from their perches-
! Senator Gore who had caused the
| terrific outburst waited for time for
/ the noise to cease and then quietly
turned and seated himself against the
railing of the platform, waiting for
the uproar to subside.
| Georgia's delegation in the midst of
! the cheering was also conspicuous for
! it's absolute silence.
] When the demonstration had pro-
! ceeded for some 10 minutes a delegate
| from Iowa caught up the standard OF
| that state and led a march to the
stage where there was a grouping OF
| the states. 1t was a wild rush to the
platform in which there was confusion
| Delegates from other states than those
carrying the heavy standards Joined in
| the surging crowd, invading the space
| set aside for working newspaper men
and seriously interfering with their la
| bors.
The only state standards that finally
were left in their places were Georgia,
| New York, Delaware, Minnesota, Con-
necticut, Maryland and New Jersey.
When the enthusiasm was at its
height the group of state standards
around and upon the platform includ-
| ed Rhode Island, Porto Rico, Alaska,
South Dakota. West Virginia. Iowa,
Oregon, Kansas, Virginia. Montana,
Texas. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Oklaho-
ma, Arkansas, South Carolina. WASH
ington, New Hampshire. North Da-
kota, louisiana. North Carolina. Flor
| ida, Wisconsin, California.
| After 10 minutes of yelling the
| perspiring, scrambling delegates with
their state standards left the platform
and started on a parade around the
| hall.
Back and forth in the aisle in front
| of the press seats, the excited shouting
Bryan men carried their standards,
\ but the cheers were by this time be-
ginning to decrease in volume and a
| few of the blue markers were returned
to their places on the floor of the hall.
California's Bryan banner, heavy
with gold tassels and fringe, was car
ried to the stage which the cheering
continued undated and cries of
| "whoop-er-up" came from the dele
gates in the front row.
Maryland at last deserted from the