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Show "i PARKER AND DAVIS ARE . I NAMED DEMOCRATS Storm in Convention Prorolccd by Telegram From : : ' Parker on Gold Standard. sequence waa that, in the resolutions committee, motions -were made to, table and those motions were carried, every resolution On both Bides which tended to bring up as an Issue in this campaign the question of the monetary standard. "Now, my frlenda, Judge Parker expresses ex-presses his opinion for fear somebody might think that you did not know it. There waa not In all thla vast assembly one single, solitary man who did noV already know that Judge Parker waa a gold standard man. I have been one of the most consistent, persistent and perhaps radical silver men In the United States, and I knew that he was a gold standard man, and he never made any attempt to conceal It from anybody. He had supported our candidate can-didate and bad said that, although he did not agree with us upon this plank, he was atUl a Democrat. "My friends, we purposely made a platform, bo far as the monetary standard stand-ard waa concerned, upon which William Wil-liam J. Brian could have stood or Grover Cleveland could have stood, or anybody else who was with u In the pending live campaign issues could have stood." - He then announced that a message In answer to the one from Judge Parker Par-ker had- been prepared and would b submitted to the convention. , Hla declaration that - Parker's views were known to every man in the convention, con-vention, was received with, faint ap- nlnnwv H asked Senator Tillman to Kansas .. . . Kentucky '.:..' 28 .. ' ' .. .. Loulslna ...... .., U ., . M .. Maine ft .. . .. Maryland IS .. .. .. Massachusetts ...... 31 . ..- .. .. Michigan 2S ... Minnesota I) .. .. Mississippi ' .. SO '. Missouri ....... .... ., , .. .. 88 Montana ........ .... ( . .. . .. Nebraska 1$ .. .. New Hampshire .... New Jersey 24 .. ' .. New York 78 .', .. ,. North Carolina ..... 84 .. North Dakota 8 .. .. Ohio ...I., ........... 46 .. .. .. Oregon t . 8 .. .. Pennsylvania ........ eS .. .. .. Rhods Island .. 8 South Carolina .. IS .. South Dakota- 8 ., Tennessee .......... 24 .. .. .. Texas .' SC .. .. .. UUh ..v 8 .. .. Vermont 8 ' ., Virginia ...... 24 - .. .. . Washington , .. .. 10 ., .. West Virginia 14 .. ... .. Wisconsin 28 .. .. Wyoming- 8 .. .. .. Alaska 8 .. .. Arisona 8 Dis't of Columbia ... 8 ., .. , .. Indian Territory .. 8 .. Hawaii f 8 .. .. Oklahoma 2 t I Porto Rico 8 .. -..7 ., The final result of the ballot, unofficially, unof-ficially, was: Williams 165, Turner 100, Davis 854, Harris 68. Iowa did n'otvote. The nomination, of Davis waa made unanimous. It waa resolved that the full report of the proceedings of the convention should be printed. sa:ld, that the entire question should be omitted from the platorm. His declaration that the sending of the telegram to Judge Parker was a declaration for. the gold standard side, and his statement that if the Democracy Democ-racy was to adopt such a view it should be honest and say so frankly, was greeted greet-ed with a shriek of applause from the galleries, and one man with a strong voice yelled, "That's right." After some debate a roll call was ordered or-dered on the question of the. adoption of the Williams reply to Judge Parker's message to Mr. Sheehan. AS the roll call proceeded it waa evident that the motion to send the message to Judge Parker would be carried by an overwhelming over-whelming majority. The result waa announced an-nounced to be 774 ayes, 11 nays, and the message was ordered sent by the convention. The vote in detail follows: Aye. No. Alabama 22 Araansas IS .. California ., 18 4 Colorado 4 8 Connecticut 14 .. Delaware ' 6 .-. Florida 8 4 Georgia IS Idaho 6 Illinois B4 Indiana 30 Iowa .i.. .. ' 26 Kansas 20 Kentucky ,26 Louisiana 18 .-. Maine T 4 Maryland 16 MasoachuMttts 32 .. Michigan 2 Minnesota 9 13 Mississippi 20 Missouri .. 38 Montana 6 Nebraska IS Nevada 4 2 New Hampshire 8 .. New Jersey 24 New Tork 78 North Carolina 24 .. North Dakota . 8 Ohio 21 8 Oregon ... 4 4 ST. LOUIS. July 1L When the convention-reconvened Saturday afternoon the ; startling announcement was whispered around in different circles that a sensation sen-sation waa to be sprung in the conyen- lion at the eleventh hour. It developed that Judge Parker had telegraphed his views upon finance, in which he declared for the gold standard, stand-ard, and suggests that the convention should know this fact, that it might be given an opportunity to select some one else for the party's nominee should his views not be in accordance with those of the delegates. J ' When this surprising information circulated around the convention hall William J. Bryan was absent, being at his hotel, sick. Several Senators im-. im-. mediately importuned Mr. Sheehan not 'to read th telegram before the convention. con-vention. The telegram was a follows: "I regard the gold standard as firmly firm-ly and irreyocably established and I shall act accordingly if the convention today is ratified by the people. As the platform is silent on the subject my views should be made knowo to! the convention, and if they prove unsatisfactory unsatis-factory to the majority I request youto decline the nomination for me at onbe so that another may be nominated, be-. be-. 1 fore adjournment." vnnwicdirA of the dlsuatch soon be st or Tillman with emphasis', and he repeated re-peated the in junction at numerous intervals. in-tervals. John Sharp Williams, Gov. Vardaman and Senator Tillman made, their way to the platform with the mysterious message in .their possession. A- short conference took place among them and the delegates sang "My Old Kentucky Home." v Chairman Clark pounded for order, with John S. Williams standing by bis side. "I wish to announce in advance," said the chairman, "that on this lm-' lm-' portant matter every man (hall have a full and fair hearing. I now introduce John Sharp Williams of Mississippi." , Mr. Williams spoke as follows: "Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the convention:- All cf Usi were very much surprised and excited thla afternoon, to use no stronger words, at what purported pur-ported to be copies of telegrams which had, been sent by our nomine to Mr. Carmack and others In this city. I want to tell you that but one telegram has been, received. Mr. Carmack not only received no telegram today, of the character that ; was published, but never received a telegram from Mr. Parker in all his life. And nobody received re-ceived a telegram' containing the language lan-guage in that infamous volunteer1 productions pro-ductions ... j j.-.. . , ... - . "A- telegram has comr from Mr. Parker to Mr. Sheehan, however, -which read the message, but there was a short delay, . owing - to the difficulty experienced exper-ienced ,by the. Senator in deciphering the handwritlrg of. Mr. .Willlame- The Senator asked for quiet, saying that he had -undergone an operation on his throat and that his voice bad lost "that nightingale quality - that - it - once possessed." pos-sessed." He then proposed to read the telegram," when "Mr. ""Williams interrupted inter-rupted him with, the. remark: "Here is a typewritten copy." "For which I thank Almighty God," retorted the Sen- I shall read -in a' moment, and it is so important that you should know what it is, that, after I have read it, X shall hand it to' my" friend, the Governor of my State, Mr. : Vardaman, .and have him read- it- over again, when you shall have read, it you will note that there is not in It one word about requiring re-quiring or demanding, or asking, or requesting that anything should be placed in the Democratic platform. "You will also note that if there is any error in it- It at all it is an error of judgment proceeding- from a too sensitive spirit of honor. A too sensitive sensi-tive idea not to be misunderstood ,or placed in a false or In a double position. posi-tion. I Phall now ask Gov. Vardaman to read the telegram to you,"- Mr. Williams' vrords were heard In a silence so deep, so intense, notwithstanding notwith-standing his weakened voice bis every word was distinctly audible in all parts of the hall. He then handed the telegram tele-gram to Gov. Vardaman, who, after requesting absolute quiet, read the telegram.- A ringing cheer went around the hall but it was brief, so anxious were the delegates to see what would follow. Mr. Williams continued: "Mr. Chairman. Chair-man. I think you will bear me out in ator. He then read the following message mes-sage to Judge Parker: "The platform adopted by this contention con-tention is silent on the question of the monetary standard because it is not regarded re-garded by us as a possible issue in this campaign, and only campaign issues were mentioned in the platform. Therefore There-fore there is nothing in the views expressed ex-pressed by you in the telegram Just re-" celved which would preclude a man entertaining en-tertaining them from accepting a nomination nom-ination on said platform." As Senator Tillman was endeavoring to answer a question . injected in .the discussion by former Senator Pettlgrew of South Dakota, as to whether Mr. Hill bad stated In committee, that he did not known Judge Parker's views on the financial question Mr. Bryan came into the hall. Instantly there was an uproar. up-roar. Calls of "Bryan! Bryan!" wnt . up and the galleries cheered. Ar. Bryan went to his place in the pit but as the cries of the Nebraska' name, coupled with the words "Platform! Platforml" continued, Mr. Bryan made his way to . the . stage. His face was chalk-white. He .walked rapidly up the side aisle. . His lip were compressed to a thin line, - and his brows drawn straight. He nervously. fanned himself and paid no attention to the hands that Mr. Bryan said he Wanted to present the tacts in the matter and then make a suggestion regarding - the proposed answer to Judge Parker. He told of Pennsylvania ss .. Rhode Island .......... i 2 8 South Carolina ..IS South Dakota 8 Tennessee ..... t 24 '-' ., Texas 36 . Utah 6 Vermont 8 ' Virginia 24 Washington 10 - .. West Vlrgl4ia .v 14 i Wisconsin 26 ,. Wyoming , 3 Alaska 6 Arisona 8 District Columbia 8 Indian Territory , 6 1 Hawaii I New Mexico 6 . .. Oklahoma 2 4 Porto Klco ...... ,., 8 .. Totals (unofficial) -799 192 The. vote closed the incident, which, when born at the afternoon session, promised to be more than sensational. It had been provocative of some feeling and much anxiety on the - part of the party leaders, but from the first of the evening session it was evident that they had the situation well In hand. i The order of business now went back to the ' point wheM Gov. Vardaman sprang the Parker telegram rumor, and a recess w.hen the roll of States Waa about to be called and the vote for the nomination of" a candidate for Vice-President Vice-President and the chair directed that the roll should be called. Alabama, Arkansas Ar-kansas and California went solidly for Davis. Turner scored seven on the Colorado vote and Williams .received three at the same time. In detail, the vote was as follows: 1 Da- Turp- Wll-Har- vls. - er. Hams. lis. Alabama ...... 23 ..' .. .. Arkansas ...... ..... 18 .. - .v California .....20 Colorado 7 8 Connecticut .... .... 14 Delaware ...... .... 8 - 3 . .. ' .. Florida 10 .. .. ' .. Georgia ........ .... 28 , ... . - , Idaho , .. 8 '.. .. Illinois - . 64 Indiana ,. .. -80 .. Iowa, passed ........ .. .. carne general, throughout the hall and nearly created a commotion. It was appreciated that-should an attempt be made to place a gold plank in the plat-" plat-" form a bitter fight on the. floor wuuld be precipitated and prolong the session. . These opposed to a gold plank were . greatly disturbed by the absence of Mr. Bryan, whose vigorous fight before the .committee on resolutions resulted, in Ue elimination of the plank. I Hurried conferences were held land the Parker ' dispatch overshadowed in Interest the nomination of a Vice-President It was believed that the .financial .finan-cial question had been fought to a conclusion con-clusion lh the committee on resolutions and that a satisfactory compromise had been effected and the delegates were wholly unprepared for the Parker dispatch dis-patch and the apprehension that Senator Sena-tor Hill might at Ahla late hour make an attempt to secure the adoption of the gold plank. 1 At 8:10 o'clock ' Chairman Clark ;ourid vigorously with his gavel and naked that,the delegates be seated and The aisles be cleared. He did not formally form-ally call the convention to order, but as ' raoa as soma degree of quiet had been restored Gov. Vardaman cf Mississippi rose, and without formal recognition by the chair, proceeded to addrtee the ' convention on the subject of the mys-' (erlous telegram. "The confusion cf the rabble and the mob has character-lzed character-lzed every hour of the convention since it sUtlng," declared Gov. Vardaman. - "Ltt u find out what this rumor is," he concluded, "that has created all the disorder In this hall. Let the gentleman from New Tork to whom the telegram l addressed read It. Let it be read. Let the truth be known and then let n p rroce1 to business." Loud applause followed this declaration and continued a Cov. Vardaman took his seat ! . The committee reached the hall at 9.Cj and filed slowly along the crowded His'e in the center of the convention fioor. DfcWates thronged about them, ! "-klr?: "What shall we dor "Keep your heads and behave," retorted Sen- i ! ' i 'i what I said. This Is the first time in the history of the United' States that the greatest office on tbe surface of this earth has been- so supersensitive about a matter of personal rectitude and personal per-sonal honor as to send a telegram asking ask-ing a friend to decline a nomination for him if, aa he seems to have been informed, there has been something in the platform which is not In aocord with his opinion. "My friends, we purposely made thla platform silent on the Question of the monetary standard. We made it silent because w all agreed that that was not n issue in this campaign, and we all agreed furthermore that nothing should be placed in the platform which Was not a campaign issue and the con- the oontest.ln the committee jn .resolutions. .reso-lutions. A gold standard plank was recommended by the sub-committee at first ' he said, but this was opposed by him and bis colleagues and was finally rejected ' by a vote of 35 to 15. Mr. Bryan said he , then Introduced-reBolu-tlons reaffirming tbe Kansas City platform, plat-form, then to oppose to recolnlng of i silver dollars into subsidiary coins, and finally against any contraction of the I currency, and .the other Bide was so , largely opposed to. the injection of the money Question in any form Into the campaign that they would not agree to any 'of them. Then it was agreed, he |
