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Show If - RUNYON PJUBTS I BMMT1 Old Man Works Himself htc Veritable Frenzy as He Nears Close i i) M IK Rl STTOR (Copyright 1920 by I'nlvvrul Service. Ser-vice. EXPOSITION Auditorium, 8n Kranctaco, July 2. Chalrma:i Itibln-in Itibln-in announced he would recognise d mimbr of the committee on platform who wlnhd to present minority report, and Willi un Jennlns Hryan 10 frinA'al from el behind him. i WttM mm with a burnt of ap-. ap-. .ause, but he rai5oi his has I to Quiet It. Hi' hart no time tor applause. He jjS wanted to Ret going. Thin fll but I hi preliminary, snywnj whfp silence was restored, he I'ean by pral.lfir the wur.: of the platform Djjj a? COmnlttee, nml wild he had rme to HI rndonr almont all the platform. "Make it all!" Roared a voice from HB the rn 1 1 r: I "Take o drink of water!" yelled an- H After a few preparatory remark. BBJ Itryan pulled out a puir of nose HB glasses, attached, to a black ribbon, J fixed them n his hawk 'beaked non1. J and read hi proposition". "n favor J ins a natioimi bulf one for" profl J 'erring plnnk, on" o;poed to military J training, and one on the peace treaty. J I First, however, he re-id Hohsun' HH 'dry' plank and then hi own. bull 1 pajwed quickly to the others with the y'liicmm! that in would go back to Bk , the "wet" later. He explained that SSjN he waa submitting all of hi propotd- tiona at onro under the rulea. i.T V x n m K I l I R BJI He took little time on hi first np- RBJ prarancr. and M he withdrew 'mid BBJ krfe it applause, Chairman nobin.on W stepped up, swung his k.i v i nod ac- BBff cldentally knocked over the alas of BBl water from which ltry.m had been Im- BBB Thii raised a hlg laugh, anywuv, BBBj and -JaL Qocksan, of Nee Fori who f iB" " i nn.-io-:? Ht BSked any man In Ihe convention who m.is happy when we had the saloons, sa-loons, but who wiw not Juxt as happy now to stand up, and i lot of New mt Yorkers and Jerseyeltes cot to their : . . grinning sVj Some of them started to heckle , j in, but he had a read BBB them In fact, he was so heady that BBB he anticipated the question and beat , BSSSSsl the n uestlonei- to the punch. The old man worked himself Into a veritable frenzy as he neare.il hi ClOS- BBs ins sentences. Oife of his cuffs had BBfl shot down In low his coat sleeve from BBb the violence of h!. gestures. His face was wet with sweat and his color wu.s BB9 a high purnle. m I IV I 1 1 REM KK ' BBV His peroration biblical in tenor at BBn he had been reaching Into the bible BBw for words and effect all afternoon. BBV not such an astonishing assemblage ssbbbbI of sentences, but the manner of deliv ery "M remarkable, and the effect v. us most extraordinary. Hundreds of the delegates went Into an estascy of enthusiasm. They seised state banners and rushed up toward the platform as yell after yell swept sr I he packed hall. Meantime, Bryan's expression had ' h.in'i .1 ejitln Iv He n ninlneil nn th. platform, but the old smile had retired re-tired from his face. It was a contented con-tented smile- it was almost a smirk. There could be no mistaking the k cause of this outburst. It was a trlh- i ait to Bryani rather than to what he I represented .it the moment, The old I magic of his oratory had conjured i I up anew and love and admiration that! I the people had for hini years before. ' I Al ter the nolSC had Bone about thir- I try minutes. Chairman Robinson, fin- I ally decided that too much of it was I Seoming from tiie galleries, and he I served violent notice that if it was not stopped be would order them cleared. PLANK SHOI ED ASIDE. Bryan's bulletin proposition was brushed out on a viva voce vote. II is profiteering plank was shoved aside in the same manner, lie suiwived the rush of negatives on his compulsory I military training clause, but he well nigh Withered Under the flro of nays bsbbbj against his peace treaty though Bm Lyon's long disabled soldiers' BjBJ amendment was voted down Poheny's BBJ Irish amendment drew a. roll call, Wi after a rising te had been taken I to see If a roll w;ls favored. , iH Tip- final vote was 676 1-2. no. and BjBJ 4 02 BBa The admission of the report of reso- I jBJ lutlons carried with lust a single lifted Bj against 11 Thl was a 7:1( i ad bol- , qn the non i jBj dent was started right awe after BB1 motion to adjourn was shouted down BJi |