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The Nebraska Candidate Nomi-__
' nated For President.

VOTE ON THE FINAL BALLOT.

A Gradual Gain Until Victory Perched
on His Banner.

NEW vonxsas REFUSED rro vors.

Several Other States Also Pursued a
Policy of Silence.

.‘l‘he Most Exciting Day of the National
Democratic Convention —— Fix-Congress-
man Bryan’s Suddenly Developed
Strength Due Principally to His Ille-
markable Speech of the Day Before.
Preconvening Scenes and the Claims,
Contentions and Admissions - of the
Friends of the Various Candidates.
South Carolina Gave? Its Fiery Senator
Its Vote on the First Ballot and Then
Went to Bryan—Details of the Voting.
Position of the Gold Men.

CHICAGO, July 11,—The decks were
cleared early for the balloting which be-
gan when the Democratic national con-
vention reassembled. The real struggle
opened with the delegates wrought to an
intense pitch over the sensational develop.—
ments of yesterday, when the Bryan wave
swept through the convention and threat-
ened for a time to stampede it then and
there. It disturbed all calculations and
threw the ranks of other candidates into
confusion. The day opened with a con-
tinuance of that deliciously cool weather
which has attended the convention from
the‘start. The wind came off the prairies
t5Ward the lake, yet it was as balmy as
that of early spring or late fall. Thersiwas
a haze in the air like that of Indian sum-
mer. Light, fieecy clouds kept off the glare
of the sun from the great crowds which
Were early on the march toward the con-
vention hall.
and last night had been contagious both
within and without the convention hall,
and the public at large was eager to see its
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tion opened today. Chairman White and
other executive officers conferred early in
the day as to the desirability of closing the
doors against the unruly crowd in case
of the repetition of the disorder and dis-
courtesy of last night, when Senator Tur-
pie, Senator Vest and others who made
nominating speeches battled in vain
against the confused murmur of hurrahs
and oatcalls. While there was no disposi-
tion to check the expression of exuberant
,feeling at proper moments, yet there was
a determination not to permit it to take
.absolute control of the convention and
prevent the transaction of business. The
rush at the doors was greater than it has
been at any previous session.
7 Two Possible Conditions.

As the balloting was abOut to begin it
was felt that one of two conditions would
.be shown—either that the enthusiastic
element Would dominate and would swing
delegations into line with one accord, or
else that a condition would be shown
which would make a protracted deadlock
inevitable. The Bryan for‘ces are making
the most of the phenomenal rise of the
young orator from Nebraska yesterday.
The adjournment at midnight has given
the leaders of other candidacies an oppor-
tunity to rally their forces, and it served

, also to give a few hours in which cool
counsel could prevail against the wave of
sentiment which was at high tide last
night. But the convention hall continued
to be full of Bryan rumors. The Nebraska
man had given by his presence on the
platform that magnetic touch which had
thus far been lacking. His personality is '
an engaging one to those who came here
fired with the sentiment that silver is the
watchword of the plain people. One of
the craters had referred to him as Tiberius
Gracchus, the tribune of the people; an-
other had styled him the Cicero fit to meet
the Catilines of today; another had seen
in him the American Cromwell ready to
grapple with the royal power of wealth.
Mr. Bryan had remained away from the
convention hall after concluding his
speech. He had received bulletins detail-
ing the progress of the movement in his
behalf. He conferred last night and early
today with the leaders in charge of his in-
terests and advised them on the steps to
be taken. It had been his judgment that
his name should not be formally presented
through a nominating speech, but should
await such developments as the balloting
might bring. I

The Bland managers, while admitting
the danger of the impetuous Bryan move-
ment, declared that it was the result of
adroit generalship and that it had failed
in its purpose to carry the convention 03
its feet. They still held their strongholds
of Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois and Texas
and were smilingly confident that the ac-
tual figures would take from the Bryan
movement, its element of popular enth usi-
asm.

Counted on West and South.

The Bland men still counted on the
west and were hopeful of winning acces-
sions from the south after the first ballot.
The Boies and Matthews forces were sat-
isfied that no nomination could be made
on the early ballots and that Bland and
Bryan would disappear after their 'full
strength had been registered and had been

, found insufficient to nominate. The lesser

candidates were playing a waiting game.

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The sensation of yesterday .

 

believing that the time would come when

the convention Would in desperation turn

from its first favorites and seek others on

whom strength could be concentrated.
Great interest centered at the opening

in the course of the New York and other,

gold delegations.‘ Their conferences had
failed to bring about a determination to
bolt, except in a few individual instances,
but the purpose on the part of New York
to refrain from taking part in the ballot
had an ominous suggestiveness. With this
was coupled the reports from many eastern
localities that Democratic newspapers had
declared against the silver platform adopt-

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ed yesterday. The silver leaders did not
seek to belittle the importance of this atti-
tude by the eastern men and their press.
but labored to develop a spirit of concilia-
tion before the convention closed.

The leaders came in quietly. Mr. Whit-
ney walked in with a group of the New
York delegation, but it was announced
that Senator Hill, like Achilles, sulked in
his tent. The New England delegations
generally were thin. The battle had gone
against them, and they appeared only. to
hesitate as to whether they should remain
silent and mute when they were asked to
participate in the nomination of a candi
date on a platform to which they could
not be reconciled or to physically with-
draw from the convention.

Called to Order.

At 10:57 Chairman White of California,
Who had recovered the use of his voice,
stepped to the front of. the stage.
ning his eye for a couple of seconds over
the acres of people, he glanced down to
the battered delegations in the pit and
with a heavy whack of the gavel called
the convention to order. With shufl‘iing
feet the vast audience arose and listened
to Rev. Dr. Green, the chaplain, petition
for righteousness and peace. Chairman
White then announced that the convention
was still on the call of states for nomina-
tions. _ Thereupon Mr. Harrity of Penn-
sylvania, chairman of the national com~
mittee, mounted'his chair and placed in
nomination ex-Governor Robert E. Patti-
son. This evidence that Pennsylvania
would stand by the platform and partici-
pate in the nomination drew a cry of de-
light from the silver men, and Pattison’s
name gota swinging round of applause
from the galleries. Mr. Mattingly of the
District of Columbia seconded the nomi-

‘ nation of that “peerless champion of free

silver, that firm friend of the farmer and
laborer, John R. McLean of’Ohio.”

Delegate Miller of Orégon added to the
list of nominations the name of Sylvester
Pennoyer of Oregon. The names of Bland,
Bryan, Boies, Blackburn, Matthews, Mc-
Lean, Pattison and Pennoyer were now
before the convention.

There were no other nominations, and
Chairman White announced that the roll
call of states for the nomination of a pres-
ident. would proceed. A. rustle of excite-
ment swept over the hall, succeeded by an
intently eager quiet. The first test was to
be made. Before the roll call was begun
Delegate Smith of Ohio rose to announce
on behalf of the Democrats of Ohio ‘ the
death of “that eloquent and fearless Dem-
ocrat, Frank Hurd,” and said, “We sor-
row for the loss of our associate.”

Then Alabama was called, and the chair-
man said that five of her delegates, being
gold standard men, desired to vote for
"that splendid type of New England De-
mocracy, William E. Russell of Massachu-
setts.” But under the unit rule she cast

~ her 22 votes for Horace Boies.

This announcement brought two big
banners emblazoned with the likeness of
her governor from the Iowa section and a
cheer from the Boies adherents.

California’s vote was much scattered—9
for Blackburn, 2 Boies, 1 Campbell, 2
Bryan and 2 Matthews—and Blackburn’s
name was given a cheer while the others
failed of recognition. The name of Con-
necticut was followed by silence and the
clerk passed on to Florida. After its scat-
tering vote had been announced ex-Gov-
ernor Waller arose and shouted that 2 and
2 only of Connecticut’s vote would be cast
and those for ex-Governor William E.
Russell. John F. Saulsbury of Delaware
voted for Bryan and three others from the
state for Pattison. Bryan’s first cheer
was given at the announcement of Geor-
gia’s solid vote for him. The 48 votes of
Illinois for Bland were loudly cheered.

Indiana and Iowa in succession cast their '

solid votes for their favorite sons, Mat-
thews and Boies respectively. Err-Senator
Martin of Kansas cast the solid vote of the
Sunflower State for “ Missouri’s great com-
moner, Richard Parks Bland.”
, James of the Kentucky delegation an-
nounced that the Blue Grass State cast her
vote for ”the south’s greatest Democrat,
Joe Blackburn of Kentucky."
Sputterings of applause greeted each of
these announcements. Louisiana voted
for Bryan. Maine gave 5 votes for Bryan
and 11 for Fattison. Delegate Hamilton
of Massachusetts asked that Massachusetts
be passed as the chairman and vice chair-
man ofthe delegation were absent. Dele-
gate O’Sullivan, one of the silver men in

‘the delegation, shouted that the gold men

of the delegation were away because they
did not intend to participate in the future
proceedings of the convention. “That’s
not true.” shouted some of the gold men
in the delegation. Chairman White ap-
pealed to delegates not toattempt to inject
debate into the roll call and Massachusetts
was passed. Ten gold men in the Michi-
gan delegat'on refused to vote. The silver
votes divided as follows: Bryan 7, Boies 5
and Bland 4. Delegate Stevenson, Don
M. Dickinson’s law partner, caused con-
siderable delay by challenging the vote of
the state and then with nine colleagues
declining to vote. Later he moved from
gold delegation to delegation counseling
them to refuse to vote. Mississippi’s vote
for Bryan and Missouri’s for Bland were
cheered. Nebraska’s announcement of 16
votes for “The Silver Knight of the West.
William J. Bryan,” created great enthusi-
asm. New Hampshire’s reply was that
Delegate Doyle voted for Pattison and the
other seven'delegates declined to vote, and
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It remained for New Jersey, to stir the .
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first really sensational passage. MoDer~
mott from his chair shouted in stentorian
tones, "The state of New Jersey respect-
fully declines to vote. ” .
The gold adherents in the galleries at-
tempted to drown the disapproval with
their cheers, but were~unable to do so.
New York Retirees to Vote.
Governor Flower made this statement
when New York was called: "In view of
the flatter-m adopted by this convention

and oi its actions and proceedings, I am‘

instructed by the New Ycflt delegation to
say that we will not participate in the se-
lection of a candidate for president or vice
president and therefore decline to vote.”

: The great body of New York‘s adherents
in the galleries sent up a storm of ap-
proval, but other cries were heard of “Put
’em out, put ‘em out!” ‘

Ohio cast 46 votes under the: unit rule

for John R. McLean. Delegate Holding
of Cleveland challenged the vote, and the
old row in the Ohio delegation, which has
been the feature of so many, national con-
ventions, was found lurking behind the
announcement. When the roll of delegates
was called, old convention press men mar-
veled to hear Allen W. Thurman, a son
of the “Old Roman,” cast his vote for Mc-
Lean, who, during the life of his father,
had been one of his bitter opponents. The
call showed 40 of Ohio votes forMoLea‘n,
2 for Bland, 1 for Bryan, 2 for ,Pattison.
There was 1 absentee. Under the unit
rule the 46 votes of the state were counted
for McLean. ' .

Oregon cast her 8 votes for Pennoyer,
Pennsylvania her 64 votes for ,Pattison
amid the cheers of the galleries, South
Carolina 17 other votes for Tillman. The
crowds hissed. A big row occurred when
Wisconsin was called. General Bragg an-
nounced that he was instructed by the ma-
jority of the Wisconsin delegation to cast
no vote. One of the silver delegates chal-
lenged this and insisted on a call of the
roll of the state. The result was that 19
delegates refused to vote, 1 voted for
Blackburn and 4 for Bland. Senator Elect
Money of Nfississippi made the point of or-
der that instructions to a delegation to
veto as a unit could not stifle the will of
any who desired to vote. General Bragg
climbed on one of the chairs of the Ohio
delegation to protest, but the maddened
Buckeyes ordered him down. New York
and Vermont offered him a chair in their
delegations. General Bragg made his
statement as to the return of the Wiscon-
sin delegation and was replied to from the
platform by Delegate Dockery, one of the
silver men from Wisconsin. He aroused
great enthusiasm by declaring that if Wis-
consin’s will was stifled here it would be
heard for silver in November. The silver
tongued Tammany orator, ex-Senator
Grady, made a fiery protest against a rul-
ing which he contended would practical--
ly abrogate the unit rule. The delegates
grew still as Senator White, the chairman,
finally ruled that unit rule instructions

did not contemplate the refusal of delega- '

tions to vote. He ruled that silent votes
should be considered absentees, but that
every delegate present who desired to vote
had a right to have his vote registered.
This ruling was loudly cheered as it blazed
the way for an ultimate ruling that the
two-thirds required to nominate within
the meaning of the rule were two-thirds of
the votes cast according to the precedent
of 1846. p ’
The name of Henry M. Teller~ was for
the first 1: :ie spoken as 'a p‘ossibieprcsi-
dential n. ninee‘ in the convention when
on the cal of states passed Colorado-’5 8
votes Were recorded for the former Repub-
lican and were received with mingled
cheers and biases. Eleven of the Massa-
chusetts delegates voted—3 for Pattison,
4 Stevenson, 2 Bland, 1 Hill, 1 Bryan.
The clerk consumed several minutes in
computing the results of the first ballot,
during which the crowd buzzed excitedly.
The First Ballot.

Senator White’s voice had been . failing
him and Richardson of Tennessee again
took the gavel during this intermission.
The result was announced by the reading
clerk as follows: .

 

Bland ................. ' ..................... . . . 233
Bryan ......................................... 105.
Boies ...... . ................................. 86
Matthews.. ...... 27
McLean. . . . ...................... . 94
Pattison ........................ 95
Pennoyer ............... 10
Blackburn ........................... . . . 83
Campbell ..................................... 29
Tillman............ 17
Russell ....................................... 2
Stevenson .................................... 29
Hill ............................................ 1
Teller ......................................... 8
Absent and not voting ....................... 185

The request of the chairman that parti-
sans refraln from cheering the announce-
ment was complied with and strangely
enough there was no demonstration at the

 

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