Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1896 — BRYAN IS NOTIFIED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BRYAN IS NOTIFIED.

THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE ACCEPTS. Immense Gathering in Madiaon t'qua re Garden—Candidate Talks for Two Hours-Makea the Effort of Hia Life—Bewail la Likewise Informed. Democratic Candidates Accept. William Jennings Bryan formally acrepted the Democratic presidential nomination St Madison Square Garden, in New York, Wednesday night. Mr. Bryan’s run across country had played havoc with his voice. He had gone to bed the night previous with a well-developed attack of laryngitis and had been confined to his room under the‘doctor's care all of Wednesday. It was at first feared that he would Dot be able to speak at all. Mr. Bryan, for the most part, made no effort to deal in oratory, but confined himself to the reading of a carefully prepared address, from whose text he did not vary, as from his manuscript he only now nnd then lifted his eyes. It was a scene to inspire an orator. Madison Square Garden is a beautiful auditorium with its shallow galleries, its great tiers of boxes at the rounded ends of the hall, its low roof studded with electric lights. Eighteen thousand , people had assembled in the big place at S o’clock. Every one of the 8,500 seats was occupied, and 10,000 persons stood in the open spaces at the ends of the hall. These people had assembled with a huge stock of good nature, and perhaps one in five # of them came with genuine enthusiasm in his heart. All were there to greet one upon \vh6m the mantle of fume had dramatically fallen. Aside from the members of the National Notification Committee, the prominent Democrats who honored the occasion with their presence hailed principally from the West and South. Senators Jones and Stewart occupied conspicuous seats. Senators Roach of North Dakota, Blanchard of Louisiana, Pasco of Florida and Blackburn of Kentucky were in the rear of the platform, as were Representatives Livingston of Georgia and Richardson of Tennessee, ex-Representative George Fred Williams of Massachusetts, A. ,T. Warner of Ohio, Col. Joseph Rickey of St. Louis, Richard F. Bland, Col. Richard Bright, ex-Gov. Hogg of Texas, Banker Creighton of Omaha and Henry Clay. Suizer of New York. - -. The big hall filled early, not without much confusion at the entrances. When the crowd saw-.V’Silver Dick”-Blaud it set tip a shout, which was as nothing to the

cheers which greeted Mrs. Bryan when she came in with Mr. St. John and took a seat near the platform. “She’s all right!” shouted one enthusiast, at which the people laughed aud cheered again. Presently a lusty shout near the main enlrance, which was taken up aud rolled to the far ends of the big hall, announced the arrival of the hero of the hour. After Mr. Bryan had worked to the front of the platform and smiled and bowed to the audience, which cheered hint for fully a minute, Mr. Jones, chairman of the national committee, introduced Elliott Danforth of New York as chairman of the meeting. Mr. Danforth merely welcomed the strangers who were within the gates of New York, and presented Gov. Stone of Missouri, the chairman of the notification committee. He spoke for twenty-five minutes aud at the conclusion turned and placed in Mr. Bryants Lands a big roll of parchment, on which had been engrossed the official notification of the Chicago nomination. Mr. Bryan bowed and smiled, while the audience rose to its feet and cheered. The band played, and an enthusiast excitedly waved an American flag over Mr. Bryun’s head Chairman Danforth’s introduction of Mr. Bryan was followed by an uproarious demonstration, which continued persistently for several minutes. Bryan himself waved his hand deprecatingly, but the enthusiastic ones went on with their shouting. Chairman Danforth rapped with his gavel, but in reply a man in one of the boxes waved a chair out over the heads of the people below and called for three cheers for. Bryan. Chairman Jones appealed for order, and another Tammanyite distinguished himself by calling for three cheers and a tiger. Finally those who wanted to hear what Mr. Bryan had to say hissed the ones who wanted to hear the sound of their own voices, and then order was restored. Mr. Bryan began reading his manuscript. It was painfully evident, however. that the candidate was not himself. Mr. Bi'yan spoke for one hour and fifty minutes, and the hands of the clock pointed to 10:35 when he finished the peroration addressed ,to the citizens of New York. The terrific heat had made the upper galleries almost unendurable, and before Mr. Bryan had finished a majority of their oeapants had defiled through the doors. Candidate .Sewall was very heartily cheered when he stepped forward after he, .with “Silver Diok” Bland and other leaders on the stage, had grasped Mr. Bryan’s hand in congratulation. Mr. Sewall wore a black frock coat buttoned tightly about his breast. Ho was handed the formal notification of his nomination by Senator -Tones, Mr. Sewall makes no pretensions to oratorical ability, and, hlthough hlft voice might fill an ordinary hall, it was hardly equal to Madison Square Garden, with hundreds tramping about the floor. His words were few. and at 10:51 Chairman Danforth declared the meeting adjourned.

MADISON SOUARE GARDEN.