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Show JUST LIKE OTHER PEOPLE. The Prohibitionists Nominate on the First Ballot Bid and Cran Chosen. Cincinnati, July 1. The prohibition followed fol-lowed the season's convention of fashion and made a first ballot nomination for the presidency. General John Bid well, an old California pioneer, a former congressman aud now a wealthy land owner of California, was nominated by an unmistakable majority ma-jority receiving 590 votes out of a total of 97-1, 4S7 vote being necessary to a choice. It was greeted with deafening cheers, whistles and catcalls. The evening session was opened with prayer after with ex-Governor St. John of Kansas, at the request of the California delegation, del-egation, was given the floor to place before the convention General . John Bidwell of C.".Iornia. He assailed the circulation of unsigned dodgers in the couvention attacking attack-ing Bidwell's record because the latter voted for Pacific railroad land grants and against the tax on wine years ago. He said Bidwell would stay in the race till noon. He reviewed Bidwell's career, and said he was a man competent and able to administer adminis-ter the otliee of president if elected. , John Hipp in bel aif of Colorado seconded the nomination and Connecticut and Florida followed suit. When Illinois was called Dr. J. G. F.vans arose and announced the retirements retire-ments from the field of David McCullough and seconded Bidwell's nomination. Iowa and Kentucky also seconded Bidwell, as did Michigan. At last New York was reached and another name was put in nomination. John Flovd Thomas, on behalf of the New York delegation, nominated W. Jennings Demorest. He urged Demorest as a more available man than Bidwell because there would be no charges to meet and no record to explain. C. N. Grandison, a colored college col-lege professor of North Caroliua, seconded Demorest's nomination. L. B. Logan of Ohio earnestly put in nomination Gideon T. Stewart. When the call of states was furnished furn-ished a ballot was taken with the following result: Bidwell 000, Demorest 130, Stewart 170. The cheers which greeted Bidwell's victory vic-tory lasted some time. On motion of Georgia, Bidwell's nomination was made unanimous and another outburst followed, ending with cheers for Bidwell and Demorest. ' John Lloyd Thomas, late secretary of the national committee was presented with a purse of ?200 in appreciation of his services. It was approaching 1 o'clock a. m., when the nominating and seconding speeches for vice-presidential candidates got under way. The following candidates were presented for vice president: Sam Small of Georgia; William Satterlee of Minnesota, Joshua Levering Lev-ering of Maryland, J. B. Granfill of Texas, and Thomas R. Carskadon of West Virginia. Small withdrew before a vote was taken. He tried, as he had previously tried agaicst Bidwell, to break the state by urging Cran-till Cran-till in place of Levering. The first vote for vice-president cave Levering 3S0, Cranfill, 38tf; Saterlee, 25; Carskad, 2. Enough change were made before the figures were announced to give Cranfill of Texas 410 votes nine more than enough to win. Dr. Cranfill was call to the stage and made a stirring address. Before adjournment a bitter discussion sprang up as to the treatment treat-ment of colored delegates at the Cincinnati hotels. The adoption of a resolution censuring cen-suring the hotels was favored and at 2 a. m. the convention adjourned sin die. |