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Show BRYAN AND STEVENSON SELECTED- j Both Arc Unanimously Nominated by the Democratic Con-' j vention at Kansas City, j I ! Will Stand Upon a Plj'form Which Declares Imperialism to be the Paramo;: iisut. Opposes Militarism and Trusts and Specilica"y Declares for Free Coimg st the Ratio of 16 to 1 - Sena'or Hill Seconds Bryan's N'omina'ion. I cr. tbs part of the delegates from other states, but I feel that it is my d uty to rise here and now say to you that, for personal reasons, and pood and valid reasons, I canDot accept this nomination. I have not been a candidate, candi-date, I do not desire to be a candidate and I must not be nominated by this convention." j James Hamilton Lewis of Washing- J ton was then placed iu nomination by W. H. Dunphy. Lewis withdrew be- ; fore the vote. Governor John Walter .Smith of Mary- J land was nominated by A. Leo Knott. Colonel Julian Carr, of North Caro- j liua, and A. W. Patrick of Ohio, were , also nominated. j The first ballot resulted: Stevenson,! 5.VJ.U'; Hill, 200: Towne, 89' scatter-I scatter-I ing: Ohio, Patrick, 40, Montana, Carr, j 1; North Carolina, Maryland, Smith. 10; Missouri, Hogg. 1; Missouri, Dan forth, 1. Before the result of the ballot was announced, state after state changed their vote to Stevenson and in the end i the nomination was made unanimous. ! The usual formal resolutions of thanks to Kansas City aud to the officers offi-cers of the convention were adopted, amid the greatest confusion, and then at 3:21, on motion of Chairman Jones, the national Democratic convention of l'JOO adjourned. U'ilKaii! Jennings I'.ryan of Nebraska was ti )i a :i i :nt ju My placed in limn i n at ion as the Ifeiu'M-rat ic candidate fur prrM-drnt prrM-drnt of tin- 1 nitrd Stales on a platform plat-form ipsiti iinpi-rialisiu. militarism and trulls, and speci lira 1 ly declaring fur the free coinage of silver at the ratio of Hi to 1. When tin- cail uf states bt.-gan for the purpose of placing candidates in nomination, Alabama yielded its place at the head of the list to Nebraska, and Oldham of that state made his way to the. platform for the initial speech placing .Mr. lii-yan in nomination for the presidency. The orator was strong voiced and entertaining, yet to thu waiting delegates anil spectators there speakers beiug ex-Oovernor Mgg, of Texas; Hon. A. M. Dockery, e" Mil- j sonri; Mayor 1). S. Hose, of Milwaukee; ' J. K. MeCullough, of Indianapolis; I ( ougressiuau James Nelson, of Illinois; Governor Beckwith of Kentucky, and lion J. W. Miles, of Maryland. At the afternon session, which was called to order at 4 o'clock, the platform plat-form was presented, Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, being selected to read the same, after which the platform was unanimously adopted. After the adoption of the platform, and as soon as order could ho restored, , the nomination of Mr. Iiryau was made ' and the convention adjourned till tho I following day. c it im WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. was but one point to his speech, and that was the stirring- peroration which closed with the name of William Jennings Jen-nings Bryan. This was the signal for the demonstration of the day, and the great concourse joined in a tribute of enthusiastic devotion to the party leader. All of the intensity of former demonstrations and much more was added to this final tribute to the leader. When the demonstration had spent itself the speeches seconding the nomination nomi-nation of Mr. Bryan were in order. Senator White spoke for California, giving- the tribute of the Pacific coast to the Nebraska candidate. When Colorado was reached that state yielded to (Senator LUH of New York. Senator U ill was accorded a splendid ovation, the entire audience rising and cheering wildly. Mr. Hill was in good voice, and his tribute to the XebrasUan touched a sympathetic chord in the hearts of the audience. The eloquent Daniel of Virginia, added ad-ded his glowing tribute to the candidate, candi-date, while former Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania spoke for his state and for the east; Governor MeMillin of Tennessee voiced the wishes of the state which had '-furnished three presidents:" pres-idents:" Hawaii, through its native delegate, del-egate, John H. Wise, made its first seconding speech iu a Democratic national na-tional couveution, aud finally Mrs. Cohen of Utah seconded the nomination nomina-tion of Mr. i3ry;m in behalf of the state of Utah. j Then came the voting. State after : State recorded its vote in behalf of the ! Nebraska candidate, aud giving him I the unanimous vote of all the States aud Territories. The convention man-' man-' agers had already agreed that this was I su'.'ieicnt. work for the day, and the ! Vice-Presidential nomination was al- lowed to go over until Friday. i The morning 'on of the second i dav of the National Democratic con-' con-' vention was devoted to speech-making ! bv leaders of the party, among tht STEVENSON NOMINATED. Receives the Unnnlmona Endorsement of the Convention. The Democratic national ticket was completed at the third day's session by the nomination of Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois for the vice-presidency. The nomination was made on the first ballot, state after state joining iu the wild scramble to record their support of the winning candidate. The closing session convened at 10:45, and Immediately following praj'er, the call of states began for the purpose of making nominations for the vice-presidency. I representative James Wilson of Illi-j Illi-j nois presented the name of Adlai E. ; Stevenson, which was received with warm applause. A. A. Roesing- of i Minnesote theu took the platform and nominated Charles A. Towne. i The sensation of the day came, how-; how-; ever, when Delegate Grady of New I York, oue of the leaders of Tammany Kali, stepped to the front and de- j I clared: "On behalf of the Democracy ! of New York I present to this conven- tiou, for the nomination for vice-presi- dent, the name of David Lennet Hill," I His words set the con ven tion i n afren-J afren-J zy of enthusiasm. The seene which ! followed was far the most tempestuous ' of the session, and the name of Hill echoed and re-echoed through the hall, j Meantime Senator Hill worked bis way to tie pl.-.ti'orm and asked Grady I to yield that he might make a state-! state-! meat, but Grady refused. While Senator Sen-ator Hill, on the platform, waited for j quiet and for Senator Grady to finish ' his speech, he kept repeating '-I will ' ; not take it." To Senator Grady he ' said: -'This is absolutely unfair. You : should not do it. " j After Grady had finished Senator ; Hill secured recognition, and said in j parr: ''While I greatly appreciate the I action of the delegation from New j Y'crlc. it is proper for me to say that it j is without ray approval. I appreciate : j also the manifestations of friendliness |