Orland Zenith, Volume 1, Number 22, Orland, Steuben County, 13 July 1900 — Page 6

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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HALL IN KANSAS CITY.

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William Jennings Bryan for a Second Time Chosen to Lead His Party. llte Is Nominated by AccliI mation Amid the Greatest Enthusiasm. Thursday’* Sessions. til was after 11 o'clock when Permalent Chairman Richardson called the invention to order Thursday. Bishop Slenuon of Kansas City offered the openjig prayer. The weather was cooler and to great crowd that packed the hat! ieard the proceedings with more comfort tan on Wednesday, After the prayer iere was so much noise that the chairT

Early ill the day the crowds began to tnru toward Convention Hall and ali the . approaches to the vast edifice were filled with an e“S eT an(i excited throng, surging- toward the many entrances, and seeking to Jain early admission to the building. With them came bands, marching clubs and drum corps, and to the confusion of their crash and hurrah was added the constant crack, boom, sizz of bombs and crackers as the convention enthusiasts and the small boy vied with each other in celebrating the day. Further away there was evidences of the desolation left by the great fire which swept away the convention hall three months ago—here the tall spire of a church with the chancel of mass of ruins, and there the debris of a school house, only the dignified facade remaining. The convention hall itself at first glance looks crude and imperfect, but this was only in its external ornamentation of cornice and column. The substantial elements of the structure were complete, ready to house the delegates and the legion of onlookers in one of the most perfect convention halls ever offered to the gathering of a great party. The stars and stripes floated from a hundred staffs along the gable and at intervals surrounding the entire building. There were hundreds of these flags topping the structure. giving an idea of its vastness, 3-10 feet long and 198 feet wide. Squads of policemen were oh the ground, keeping buck the crowds and maintaining quiet.

JAM«S K. JONES. Chairman of ti e National Democratic Committee.

GREAT CONVENTION HALL, v — Kansas City Auditorium Has Risen Phoenix-L ite from the Ashes. The great an iitorium in which the national Demoi r: tic convention met has risen Phoeni >1 he from the ashes. On April 4 the greet structure of which it is a duplicate was entirely destroyed by fire, entailing a hss; of Firemen

PAK.VW, IS NOISY AND LURID. Marchers AVield Their Pistols and Burn Much Red Pi re.

Tlie national Democratic parade Wednesday night probably was the -noisiest and the most lurid pageant that ever streaked the streets of a city with fire and detonations, vocal, musical and explosive. It was four miles of men, music, fire and brimstone. Probably there never were so many pistol shots fired in so short a time. Every man and boy along the route of the parade seemed to be occupied industriously in loading and firing pistols of all kinds. They didn’t look at the show, but kept their guns hot with | incessant volleys. The men in the procession seemed to be seized with the pistol mania also. The flambeau clubs shot I skyrockets so fast that the faces of the 1 men were black with powder. They ei- | ploded so many canuon crackers that I their trail was like the road up Vesuvius, | With roman candles they shot holes in,! flags and streamers, and the windows of } hotels, crowded with watching fat js, seemed to he a favorite target.

The Colorado hand of Indians, tie Montana Miners’ band, the Cowboy hand from Idaho, the rough riders and cattle punch-rs, the real whooping Indians, rounded out the carnival of thunder am! fire. The' rosaries of electric lights, stretched in illumination across the downtown streets, were shattered and unstrung. The only dissatisfied element in the show was the bands of mush, which

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Kansas City correspondence: The Democratic national convention was called to orler at noon Wednesday by Chairman .T'lies K. Jones of the Natioaut Conjiuirte| amid scenes of great enthusiasm. Th a convention halt was

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packed to the doors and the whole amphitheater was a cheering mass of humanity as the best-known leaders of the party came upon the platform. Cheers for Jones and Bryan greeted the cliair-

■WILLIAM JENNIVOS BRYAN. man had to appeal for order. While waithip for the committee on resolutions to report the convention listened to speeches by several orators, among whom were Gov. Hogg of Texas, Alex. Dockery of Missouri and Mayor Rose of Milwaukee. The resolutions committee being not yet ready to report a recess was taken until 3:30 o’clock. The convention reassembled at 5:80 and the committee on platform submitted its report. It opposed imperialism, militarism and trusts, anti especially declaring for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of ) 10 to 1. i “/Quauaxl hjiainesis uetoijj the conven- ' jam, said the presiding omcJtfyjSAi.e hurination of a candidate for the. presidency of the United States. The secretary will call the roll of states.” “Alabama,” the secretary then shouted, ;l commencing to call the roll.

“The state of Alabama," said the chairman of the delegation of that state, “yields to Nebraska, the privilege of naming the next president of the Un ited States.” Assistant Attorney General Oldham of Nebraska had been selected by Mr. Bryan to place his Dame before the conventions for President should become the order. Willis D. Oldham made a speech at a Democratic conference held in Omaha to decide on matter* of party policy. Oldham had left hla old home in Missouri and established himself in the practice of law at „Kearney. During a W. D. OLDHAM. gpeech . making a young man ascended the ptatorm and began a plea for silver. “Who s he?” asked one gold man or another. "He's young lawyer from out wt Kearney, who has lived all his life Bland own in Missouri, and thinks free silver is one of the Ten Commandments,’* was the espouse. W. D. Oldham expressed his appreciaion of the favor extended by Alabama in nrrendering its time to the state of Mr. Bryan. Throughout his address he received the losest attention of the convention. As he app'oaehed the close of his ad-, ress he raised both hands high over hi* head and spoke slowly and with an ener;y that caused his voice to penetrate into every corner of the hall, “and that man is William Jennings Bryan,” he concluded, bringing his hands lower with each word until the last had been uttered, when he nought them up with a sweep, but quickthan his motion was the answering Jieer that swept across the convention, t was a simultaneous roar from all parts of the hall. Up went the delegates upon heir chairs, over their heads went the lags and above them all roared and rang the cheers for Bryan. His nomination was seconded by a score of others.

• — 7 * OPENING OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN KANSAS CITY.

man as he rosl and it was several minutes before hgcould proceed amid the uproar. Word outlining the policy of the party for he coming campaign were spoken in the ndress’Of Gov. Thomas of Colorado, its temporary chairman, and the gathering f 15,000 people listened to the solemn reJpng of the Declaration of Independence.'After the appointment of the various committees the convention .adjourned until 4 o’clock. At that hour it was found that, the committee on credentials was not yet ready to report and adjournment was taken to 8:30 in the eveningThroughout the night there had been no sleep, f« the sky was lurid and the sound iltafcning from rockets and cannon and every conceivable device of noisy demonstration. And with the daylight th* shock was increased into one long-continued roar in which the patriotism of the day and the enthusiasm of the Mended. The beat was intense.

Inside the convention hall the officials were early on hand to make final preparation. The sergeant-at-arms gave a closing drill to ther 300 ushers under his direction, showing that they performed their duties with precision. The doorkeepers, messengers and pages were likewise drilled in their several duties, and all was made ready for the rush to occur.

were still at work on the smoldering ruins when tie owners of the hall met and decided to rebuild. Next day the clearing away of the rubbish began. Contracts let for the destroyed structure were duplicated, and immediately began the rush of *4*1 structural work, lumber, bnck and holding material to Kansas City. The Tiginal had only been constructed in IK, and was regarded as a model buildut of the kind. On June 24 the finishing touches were put upon this building and lire for the lack of decoration the contention could have met next day. The ' Aridity of the execution of a task so moiumcntal reflects great credit upon Weetcfc energy. The hall Jcupics a space 314 by 200 feet. It is t>o stories high, built of Missouri stone. With cream brick and terra cotta embedments. The first story is of the rensUance style and the second of peristyle with groups and Corinthian columla. 3 — p

blew their horns till they utteil typhoons of wind without making ajy music.

The parade was made up of "n*st everything.” Floats, advertising fagons. politicians, firemen, policemen, Tpnlista, Republicans, Democrats, Odd lellows, societies of women, of childrentjand of boys. Modern Woodmen, TndiaJ cowboys, old Deadwood stage coach*, automobiles, shotguns, fine horses, lonkeys, pistols and more pistols,

Night Session.

At 8:30 Chairman Thomas rapped the convention to order. Pending the reports of the committees the convention was addresser! by ex-Governor Altgeld of Illinois. The organization committee then reported the selection of J. D. Richardson, of Tennessee, as permanent chairman. The announcement was received with cheers, and upon assuming the chair Mr. Richardson addressed the convention. Shortly aftethe had concluded his speech a motion’to adjourn until Thursday morning jras made and carried. j |

As the secretary began to call the roll of states on the ballot for the presidential nomination, the shouts of approval of the unanimity of the vote seemed to increase until the convention fairly palpitated with enthusiasm.

One-half the Nebraska delegation are bankers. 1 ' Plenty of free literature was distributed at the hotels. The New York Journal employed an expert kite-flyer to send up kites during the convention. Senator “Dry Dollar" Sullivan of New York was the herald and high P‘i«st of the Suiter boom.__ . ... [ —

Convention Notes.

The announcement by Chairman Richardson that Mr. Bryan had been nominated for president of the United States, unanimously, was received with great applause. Chairman Richardson then announced that the convention had adjourned until 10:30 Fr"'*®.