| Show WINS ON F HA LOT johnson and gray cray have small following their managers moving unanimous nomination of successful candidate denver william jennings bryan if nebraska was chosen by bv the dorn dern deretic national convention as the bartys candidate for the presidency lin the first ballot at 3 40 ri fai I 1 lay flay morning july 10 amid scenes of tumultuous enthusiasm the vast ns as om blage breaking into a frenzied demonstration of intensely dianiatis diania tic to the chosen leader the first and only ballot gave bryan the decisive total of votes or more inore than enough to nominate with ith gray 59 johnson 49 46 the announcement was greeted with nith a perfect pandemonium of sound find motion floor and galleries joining in deafening long continued tu nult tile the decisive ballot was fol owed lowed at the first lull with motions biorn tho the gray and johnson leaders to make the nomination unanimous and py acclamation which was carried with an echoing choins of approval in which every elate joined its voice A small email american flag had been placed 1 laced on oil every delegates chair prior to lo the beginning of the evening ses son this wits was the unmistakable evl evi J jance nee of tho the nominating session sebson of the lie convention and quiche quickened ned tho the in of tile the who early made a rii husli di for tho the gall eiles filling hem to overflowing it was just 7 50 0 clock when chair itan iian cliton clinton began to rip rap for order aich ho secured within tile the minute ollie james of kentucky nio moved ed hat it a conin committee littee of three be appoint fd again to N wait att upon the platform and when it bould lie be ready to pending the report leport of the committee on In inquire thomas P ball or oe acas lexas was invited to address the con antion Pol following lowing the address of oc mi ill ball chairman clayton said in november next wo we will witness it in now new york the Tamil tammany liny tiger drown iiii bic the Ile republican publican elephant I 1 there tore invite to the stand for a speech senator thomasf grady of new york judge AT at wade of iowa ind and champ dark clark of Alls souil addressed the conNen convention tion after which litch depre tentative janies jaines of kentucky an i that tile tho committee on resolutions lut foris would not be toady leady to report beffie bc foie midnight lie he then made a mo me tion that tho the rules be suspended and that the nominating speeches fol foi pres identical Ident lal ial candidates be made with the understanding dundei standing however that no bi bal tot lot should bo be taken until after tho the ie port of tile the committee had been le etca the motion was adopted and the rules were nere decI decilier declai lied ed by the chair to be suspended and nominations to be in oi aider der llie tary will now proceed to call the tell boll of states elates for nominations lor for the office of president of the unit id 13 states shouted chairman clay ton Ala alabama baini called tile tho aclei cleil 1 the chairman of that delegation at abose ose and was recounted Kno knowing Ning that Ne traIt will malc make re c ini mistake stale in nominating the light ician DIR it lie ho sald said alabina Ala bima yields ields to no ne biaca I 1 I J durin dunn of omaha will ill speak for foi the nebraska delegation announced the chairman of thit that state NIll willei lei tile the efi celing which followed the first ita maremont Mat emont aiom mabama lah inia continued As mr air dunn proceeded in a most eloquent and eulogistic aldre address ss in placing tho the name of the man who twice beffie has bren been tho the stand iid bearer baier of the patty before the assembled delegines al liast n cat every allusion lie he made to the character of mr air dryan bryan was inas enthus las tio illy applauded although he had not set mentioned tho the name of the no ne braskas nhen hn mr air durin dunn declared that ills his candidate yas was the chief of tho the mill tant demo democracy criley of the country countr the conNen convention connection tion bifko in with nith wild ild cheers rho rhe ener eer reads readi flags were tossed r loft cloft and a coir of applause swept through the hall intile W hile the was at its height a white dove doe was let loose from the g illera and it new flew across the convention hall while the delegates hailed balled it with greit great e en n thu and cheered as long as it was in mr air dunn brought out the namo name of william jennings braan no an with in tense dramatic forte fore and the cespon o irom from the great was inas electric the delegates sprang up the galler les followed suit stilt and a I 1 demonstration was mas soon under way which indicated the outcome of the ballot only six banners were viere missing f from rom the states in it the through the rales after tile the grouping at the stage had broken bralon irto into a procession these were maryland minnesota new nev V york georgin georgia now new jersey and delaware delav Dela waie I 1 after thy the demonstration hod las lasted ted thirty minutes chairman clayton attempted to restore order and again fifteen minutes later but was undo at 1020 p ro in when the emon stra tiona last cry had died away chairman clayton directed the secretary to continue the call of the roll of states arkansas passed and california yielded to oregon ex senator gearin gearan of that state then was introduced to second tile the nomination of mr bryan arkansas kansas Ax which had passed early in the roll gave way to north carolina and governor Co vernor glenn of that state took the stand to second tho the nomination of brsan brian I 1 the next speaker to rise to second tl e nomination of mr air bryan was governor swanson of virginia the opportunity of the johnson supporters came when tho the roll call r ached reached connecticut and that state gave way to minnesota Alinne sota S hammond of the latter state took tile the stand amid a considerable volume r rf ct f applause to place in nomination governor john A jehnwn of minnesota that all the cheers not killed in the convention was made manifest when dr hammond concluded the loyal sons of the north star state responded with a cheer and a number ef ct delegates from massachusetts and oklahoma joined in A liberal amount of 0 applause came caine down from the galleries but the noise was but a whisper compared with the terrific roar ot of the bryan demonstration order being restored lu in about twenty avo minutes while the johnson heera cheers were slowly dying and the chairman was struggling with the obstreperous gal cries L irving handy of delaware was i as waiting on the rostrum to name as 11 presidential candidate george gray of his state when he wasl wasi given on an opportunity to speak he did so when mi ali handy had spoken ken tor for a lew few minutes he was interrupted interrupt ed by the appearance of the long waited committee on resolutions after the committee had been provided with seats governor 11 handy andy proceeded with ills his speech ile he asked the delegines to give him close attention as an offset to the difficulty of 1 1 a position in being cut snort by the committee s appearance some cheering waa nias heard when mr handy hid concluded but there was waa no attempt at a gray demonstration demor gentlemen of the convention sald eaid chairman Cli airman clayton 1 I now have hane the pleasure lot af presenting to you the chairman of the committee on resolutions lut ions governor haskell of okla homa boma the governor called forth loud ct ch aei beis is from the convention when he announced that there was no division hmong the members of the commit tee te e and that lie he them all 1 iii presenting the report lie he then lead the platform the declaration in favor of the election of senators by direct vote was heartily licar tily applauded as was nas the plank alanl cal and that in favor of the independence of the philippines I 1 he reading of the platform wis con eluded at I 1 ag governor Go vernoi haskell hiving reid read for a few minutes less than one hour and was adopted 11 busly amid much cheering che erins E F limb of indiana reported fiani the committee on resolutions a ri ic commendation that the aunt versa ry of the birth of abaaham Abia hain lin coin be appi opt bitely observed throughout the country after tha iff aies hid had their chairman claaton clavton said that as a son rf erf a confederate erite soldier and slaveholder slaNe holder ho he declined to put the legi i lenitive ogi tive and the vote unan tu ous when the call of the lou of ILI nominations was re rc slimed Ilor florida lda yielded to augustus of missouri who wh o made a seconding speech in iii behalf of 1 mr r lar arvan an senator boone of texas williams ct cf indiana and james of kentucky fiade seconding speeches for arvan an judge 0 W row oia of utah made one of the mot most speeches in fanor of the Nebi Nebia asna sita leader that was nas n ade hen ohio anas cached chairman tames rosa abose ELI ose and protested against the insult and howl ing down of ile he declared dec are I 1 he convention should not be allowed to proceed until the delg athes were vere in older aider if there axe are other nominations said chairmen Cha irmin clayton the secretary call the loll 1011 of states and tho vote note was begun thomas P F smith of tammany hall was vias selected as clerk to read the roll of the stat stats and the voting began alabama the first stat called cast ing 22 votes notes for bry brorn n DI minnesota inne sota cast her 22 votes notes for foi johnson A mighty roar went ment up eben NW york cast her 72 votes for bryan and it asas as a foregone conclusion that william jenning 3 brsan was the noal nee nce of the democratic party for president 0 of tike united states |
