The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 11, 1896, Page 2

(& k) <1 = @ ] SECOND BALLOT. “uznq oV *+ aafouus g E & ) **u0sUIANS| ~ SMAUN UL BUTLTE S FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1896. THE BALLOTING FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE IN THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1896. FIFTH BALLOT. North Caroiina. . North Dakota. ngon.. West Virginis. 235| 85| [ 8| | 37| 64l110] 83 95| 8 8| 1| 3 * Changed from McLean to Bryan. * Changed from Bland to Bryan. of candidates for President and Vice- President, and therefore they decline to vote.” The chzirman of the North Carolina delegation, when that State was called, parodied Mr. Flower’s words, saying: **In wiew of the platform adopted by this con- vention, I am requested by the delegates | from North Carolina to cast 22 votes for Bryan.” [Cheers and laughter.] | There was some curiosity to hear how Onio would vote and the chairman of the delegation manifested a full desire to graufy it. Standing on his chair, he be- gan a speech, stating the individual pref- erences of each delegate, mentioning him by name, but the chairman cut this per- formance short by asking him to simply give the totals. The Ohioan then stated that 41 delegates were for McLean, 1 for Bryan, 1 nothing, 1 Bland, but under the unit rule Ohio casts 1ts vote for the man who made this convention possible, John R. McLean. The purpose of Ohio to get the individual votes of its delegation on record was not to be thus balked, and & delegate challenged the vote and a poll was had. McLean’s name being reached it was stated that he was absent, but his alternate was here. The alternate’s name being called, he voted for McLean. South Caroiina caused a surprise when the chairmen announced that under in- structions of her State South Carolina cast seventeen votes for her “honored son,” Benjamin Tillman, one not voting. [Hisses and cheers.] Mr. Powers of Utah rose to a question of personal privilege and asked the chairman whether the spectators in the galleries should be permitted to express their ap- proval of disapproval of the course of dele- gates. “A very pertinent question,” the chair- man admitted, and then he added: *‘Pre- ceed with the rollcalL.” The vote of the State of Tennessee was challenged and the chairman asked the delegate who demanded a poll whether he gation (Senator Bate). The delegate said he did, The delegation being polled the announcement of Senator Bate as to the preferences of the delegates was fully sustained and the presiding officer re- quested gentlemen preferring such charges to bind themselves more accurately in the fature. [Applause.] When the State of Wisconsin was called a contention arose among the delegates, some of the silver men claiming that the unit rule did rot govern their action and the gold men (especially General Bragg and Senator Vilas) insisting that it did and that the instructions were printed on the commissions of delegates. A copy of these instructions was sent to the chair and was read by one of the secretaries. It declares the delegates from Wisconsin are to vote as a unit on all subjects and candi- dates as the majority may determine. General Bragg, in the course of a some- what angry altercation with a delegate op- posed to his views, declared that the silver delegation from Virginia should not de- termine the course of the Democracy of ‘Wisconsin. ¢ He added that at a meeting of the Wis-. consin delegation yesterday twenty de- clared themselves in favor of not voting in the convention ana four of them in favor of voting. The chairman instructed the secretary to call the names of the Wisconsin dele- gates, and in response to this call General Bragg, Senator Vilas and eighteen others declined to vote, while four others voted. E. J. Dockery, one of thesilver delegates from Wisconsin, mounted the stand and argued that the instructions as read did not anthorize delegates to refrain from' voting.or authorize a majority of them to prevent a minority from voting. General Bragg got on the chair of one of the Texas delegates to make a speech, | but was rather rudely repulsed, where- upon Governor Hogg of Texas courteously offered his chair, which General Bragg courteously took. He argued that the in- structions required the vote of Wisconsin meant to deny the accuracy.of the state- ment made by the chairman of the dele- to becast as a unit. There had been but four votes cast now by delegates—contraty to the will of the majority—and those four votes, .he argued, could not bind the twenty non-voters nor disgrace the State of Wisconsin while the coavention stood under the piatform adopted by it. [De- risive cheers from the silver men of the convention.] The chair ruled on the point of order raised by this discussion. He first read again the instructions of the Wisconsin delegation and said: “The chair rolesthat these are not instructions to abstain from voting. [Cheers.] The chair further rules that when the roll is called gentlemen ab- sent shall be recorded s absent, and ‘that ifa majority of the delegates vote their votes shall be individually recorded, but a minority cannot cast the entire vote of the delegation.” This ruling was received with appiause. The vote of Wisconsin was then an- nounced: Declining to vote 19, Bland 4, Blackburn 1. The State of Colorado, which had been passed by consent, was called and brought Senator Teller's name before the conven- and very slicht applause. Massachusetts, which had also been passed, brought in Hill’s name by casting one vote for him. The chair announced the result of the first ballot as follows:] Bland 223, Bryan 105, Boies 86, Blackburn 83, McLean 54, Matthews 37, Campbell 2, Pat- tison 85, Pennoyer 10, Russell 2, Stevenson 2, Tillman 17, Teller 8, Hill 1, absent and not voting 185. The second ballot was begun at 12:35, As soon as it was started Senator White vacated the chair, placing the gavel in the hands of Mr. Richardson of Tennessee. | Soutn Carolina swung over from Tillman to Bryan, whose gain had begun early in the balloting. The District of Columbia manifested its capacity for lightning changes by scatier- | ing its votes as follows: Three for Bryan, 1 for Bland, 1 for Boies and 1 for McLean. Beiore the vote was announced and while it was being footed up, California nounced a change of her vote, as follows: This Picture of Hon. R. P. Bland, Leaning Against the Fence of His Rural Home in Missouri, Was Reproduced by d. Kahler of “The Calls” Art Staff From a Photograph Taken Ten Days Ago by Harry Tod, Formerly of “The Call.” » i and would announce that the gentleman tion. It was received with faint hisses | 4 El g S & § F3 8 : - H “FUNOA 10N *~acsIIANS i | 46/280] 8 1181l hes 8| 8 Bryan 14, Bland 2, Matthews 1, Boies 1, & gain of 7 for Bryan. The result of the second bullot was an- nounced at 1:18 p. ., as follows: Second ballot—Bland 281, Boies 37, Matthews 34, McLean 53, Blackburn 41, Pattison 100, Bryan 197, Pennoyer 8, Stevenson 10, Hill 1, Teller 8, not voting 160. Mr. Marsden of Louisiana, the hero of the water scene the first day of the con- vention, raised another small scene. He Tose to address the chair, and several glasses of water were tendered him, some of which he drank and one he threw away. He afterward mounted the platform, amid considerable confusion, said: I move that it is the sense of this conven- tion that the majority should rule, and the precedent established by Democratic conventions hervtofore under the two- thirds rule is a cowardly subterfuge.” [Hisses and uproar.] The presiding officer remarked that while he did not think the gentleman had made any motion, he would reconsider {from Louisiana moved that the two-thirds rule be abrogated. Senator Blanchard said he was author- ized by the Lonisiana delegation to say that the motion of the delegate (Mr. Marsden) was not made at its suggestion, and he moved to lay that motion on the table. Atthesame time a point of crder was made that the motion 10 abrogate the two-thirds rule must be first considered by the coromittee on rules, and the point of order was sustained by the chair. There- upon, Mr. Marsden, smiling but discom- fited, retired fropy the platform, saying to the chairman as be left the stand, “You will hear from me later.” The third ballot was then begun at 1:30] P. M. New York on the third ballot, as on the second, remained mute when the name of that State was called, and the clerk re- peated the call in his loudest tone, bat withoat result. The result of the fhird ballot wasan- nounced at 1:50 p. ., as follows: Bland 291, Boies 36, McLean 54, Bryan 219, Black- burn 27, Pattison 97, Stevenson 9, Hill 1; absent or not voting, 162 A fourth rollcall was immediately or- dered and Senator White resumed the chair. The result of the fourth ballot had only been partially announced when it was interrupted by another intensely dra- matic scene. When Bryan’s gain from 219 to 280, heading Bland and all the other candidates, was announced, by a pre- arranged plan Bryan banners were raised on the standards of several States and much shouting was ind in, with s view to stampeding the convention to bis support. Nevada, a McLean State; Kansas, a Bland State; Idaho and otber States that had previously voted for'other candidates, led the movement. They were quickly followed in the order named by New Mex- ico, California, Nevada, District of Colum- bia, Idako, Minnesota, Washington, Vir- ginia, Indian Territory, who all raised their standards and joined in the general shout for Bryan. Then a procession was started, ths stand- ards of twenty-two States and Territories being borne round the hall amid a perfect | tornado of cheering. Then [llinois joined in and Florida followed. Ohio came in, and a brief spell of silence followed as the rumor passed around thata deal was on with McLesn for second place. After fifteen minutes of this perform- ance the announcemant of the result was continued and the fourth ballot was ot~ ficially announced as follows: Bland 241, Boies 33, Matthews 36, McLean 46, Bryan 280, Blackburn 27, Pattison 96, Stevenson 8, Hill 1, absent or not voting 162. Total, 980. Total number of votes cast on fourth ballot, 768. Necessary to a choice, 512. Immediately following the final out- come of the fourth ballot the chairman, Senator Whilte of California, said that the proceedings had reached the stage where it was necessary for the chair to state his construction of the two-thirds rule. A careful examination of the records of Democratic conventions left but ore de- cision open to the chair. The noise and confusion in the hall made the chairman pause, *‘Oh, gentlemen,"” he remonstrated, “do keep quiet.”” [Cries of “Bit down, =t down.”] The chairman resumed his statement and said that the two-thirds rule had been acted on without objection ever since its adoption in the Ohio coavention in 1872. The rule read that “two-thirds of the whoie number of votes given shall be necessary to a nomination for President or Vice-President, Therefore, in the opinion of the chair, vwo-thirds of the votes given would nominate the candidates for Presi- dent and Vice-President of the United States.” [Cheers.] *‘Call the roll,” ke ordered, and the fifth ballot was n. . At 2:45 o'clock the fifth rollcall was be- gun and it soon became evident that Bryan wo uld secure yotes enough in this nominate him by the necessary majority, When Kentucky, which was one of the States which did not join in the proces- sion, was reached, Mr. Rhea, who had put Sun“d tor Blackpurn in, nomination, rose said: ““While Kentucky loves her great Dem- ocrat, lo-pl:.mm and would be v ballot to | glad to see him elected President of the United States, yet as he served in the Con- federate army they don’t seem to want him, [Faint hisses.] Therefore Kentucky takes pleasure in casting her twentv-six votes for the world’s greatest orator, W.J. Bryan.” [Cheers.] Iilinois, which had asked to be passed, cast her 48 votes for Bryan. This left him with 446 votes, 66 short of the necessary number. Oklahoma changed her 6 votes from Bland to Bryan, making 454. Then Ohio withdrew the name of McLean and cast 46 votes for Bryan, making his total 500. Before the result was announced, but when it was known that Mr. Bryan had received within a few of the neces- sary number of votes, Governor Stone of Missouri ascended the platform and as soon as order could be obtained he ad- dressed the convention in these words: “‘Gentlemen of the convention: Two or three days since I received this note, which I will read in your hearing from Richard Parks Bland: ‘I wish it to be understood that I do not desire the nomi- nation unless it is the judgment of the free silver delegates that I would be the strongest candidate. If it shall at any timeappear that my candidacy is the least obstruction to the nomination of any can- ite who is acceptable to the free coinage tes of the tonvention, or one more aceeptable fo a majority of those delegates than myself, I wish my name, at once, un- conditionally withdrawn from further con- sideration, Iam willing to waive State instructions for me, if need be, and to let the free silver delegates decide the whole matter. . The cause must be put above the man.’ [Applause] | *I came to this great city,” continued Governor Stone, “as one of the delegates from Missouri, voicing the sentiment of the Democracy of that State to present for your deliberate consideration the name of that illustrious commoner for whom many of you have expressed a preference by your votesin this convention. To those who have been our friends in thisstruggle I de- sire now to return my grateful thanks, but, following the direction of Mr. Bland himself, that whenever a majority of sil- ver delegates expressed their preference for another, he desired nhis name with- drawn, now, it the name of Missouri, I lower the standard under which we have fought throughout this convention, and in itsplace I lift thatof the gifted and glorious son of Nebraska. [Loud and long continued cheering. | “We have chosen a splendid leader, beautiful as Apollo, intellectual beyond comparison, a great orator, a great scholar, but, above all, there is beating in his breast a heart that throbs in constant sym- pathy with the great masses of the peuple and instinet with the highest sentiments of patriotism. We will not only nominate him, but I believe with as much con- fidence as I can believe anything in the futare, we wiil elect him by a very large majority in November. And, gentlemen of the convention, we will inaugurate not only a Democratic administration at Washington, but one that will be set down asamong the purest and ablest and the most illustrious of American history. “So now, gentlemen, 1 withdraw the name of Richard Parks Biand and cast the thirty-four votes of the State of Missouri for William J. Bryan.” Governor Stone was listened to with a silesi€e such as no other orator had been honored with, except Mr. Bryan himself, and at theclose of his effective little speech he was loudly cheered. Judge Van Wagenen of Iowa was next recognized. He said the Iowa delegation bore to Chicago with them from Governor Boies a message saying that he had only the success of the party at heart; tbat he would not be disappointed if he was not nominated, but he would be disap- pointed if success did not come in Novem- ber. Incase the delegation found when they arrived at Chicago that some other candidate had more voies than he then his name was to be withdrawn. Acting under these instructions, he formally with- drew the name of Horace Boies from the convention and- cast the twenty-six votes of Iowa for W. J. Bryan. Senator Jones stood on his chair to an- nounge that Kansas changed her vote of sixteen from Bland to Bryan. Montana changed their six votes from Bland to the winner, the chairman de- claring that it was vhe intention of his State to stick to Bland from first to last, and they had done their duty. Benator Turpie of Indiana mounted the platform and said, amid great noise and confusion, that the delegates from Indiana had stood from first 1o last for the distin- guished chlef magistrate of Indiana, but in view of the wave which had just swept over the convention he was now author- ized to withdraw the name of Guvernor Matthews and to cast the vote of 1ndiana for William J. Bryan of Nebraska. [Cheers.] “In view of the upity which shou'd pre« vail in the convention I move that the nomination of W. J. Bryan be made unan- imous.” [Cheers.] After the vote of T-xas had been shifted to Mr. Bryan the chairman put the ques- | tion on Benator Turpie's motion to make the nomination unanimous, and declared | it carried, only a few votes in the negative coming from the Pennsylvania delegation. ‘When the announcement was made all order was cast to the winds. The dele- gates and the audience began to cheer and wave hats, Hags and banners, while the | march around the sections was again taken up, all the State emblems being this | time carried in the procession. | A band of music entered the hall from the vestibule and marched at the head of | the procegsion playing “Marching Through Georgia” and other popular airs, in the chorus of which many of those present joined. '“Dixie,” which the band alsh played, bad the usual effect of heightening the enthusiasm and was cheered and cheered again, At 3:45 P. M. the sergeant-at-arms, in be- half of the chairman, succeeded in getting & hearing so far as 1o be abie to announce that the convention stdod in recess until 8r x il T GRAND EVENING CIRCUS. Bitter Words Exchanged and a De- sire Shown to Cut Loose From Boss Altgeld. CHICAGO, Iryr, July 10.—The proceed- ings of the evening were opened a few minutes before 9 ». M., when Senator White of California, the chairman, called the convention to order. At that time ex- Governor Flower and a fair proportion of the New York delegates were occupying seats in their section, Senator Hill and Mr. Whitney having left the city in the afternoon. Most of the New Jersey dele- gates were also present. The fact that both these State delegations had declined to participate in the balloting for the Presidential candidate made their pres- ence to-night a matter of remark. The chairman announced that after the nomination for Vice-President should be made (whenever that might be) the com- mittee on notification would at once meet in the rooms of “the committee on resolu« tions” to the right of the chair. He then stated that General Bragg of Wisconsin desired to raake some remarks, and he ac- NEW TO-DAY. “APENTA” THE BEST NATURAL APERIENT WATER, Bottled at the [JJ HUNYADI Springs, Buda Post, Hmgary. Considering the nature of the Hungarian Bitter Water Springs, it must obviously be desirable for the medical profession and the tatively that the working of these Springs is carried on in a scientific manner, and mot merely on commercial lines, and with this view the Uj Hunyadi Springs, from which “Apenta” Water is public to be assured authori- drawn, are placed under the absolute control of the Royal Hungarian Chemical Institute (Ministry of Agriculture), Buda Pest. Prices: 15 Cents and 25 Cents per bottle. ° OF ALL DRUGGISTS AND MINERAL WATER DEALERS. 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I make this statement, not in order to cast a reflection 2 | on anybody, but simply to place the State which I represent as its chairman right, 80 that the record will show that we trailed not the Wiscousin ‘badger’ bebmq the votes of a majority of this convention.” [Cheers.| Mr, Dockery attempted to take the stand to answer General Bragg's remarks, and as the two Wisconsin antagronists confronted each other, General Bragg shook his finger in Mr. Dockery’s face, and sald: *If you make any personal remarks abont me you will suffer for it.”’ The chairman remarked that whatever asperity mignt exist between the gentle- men from Wisconsin ought not to enter into a National convention. He was satis- fied that the gentlemen in the end would be fonnd supporting the ticket, and he re- fused to recognize Mr. Dockeryqfor the purpose of addressing the convention. Mr. Dockery then left the stand and this terminated the incident. Governor Btone of Missouri was next recognized to move an adjournment. He said the work thus far done had been, in his judgment, well done, but they had yet to hame an associate for their great leader on the ticket. He believed this was an important work, which should not be hastily or inconsiderately performed. It should, on the contrary, be perfermed in the most mature and deliberate manner possible, and to the end that the delega- tions might have the opportunity to con- for with each other and arrive at a con- clasion which in the end would strengthen the ticket, and, in order that no mistake might be made, he moved that the con- vention do now adjourn until 12 o’clock to-morrow. The galleries, which were densely packed, and which to a greater extent before than last night undertook to take charge of the proceedings, here in- terposed a lond chorus of noes. Henry of Mississippi moved to make the hour 10 o’clock. Governor Stone ac- cepted the amendment. Rbea of Kentucky made the point of order that the motion had not been seconded, but the chair, disregarding the point, ordered the secretary to call the roll. The first open revolt in the convention against the domination of Governor John P. Altgeld manifested itself when the Governor, in bis capacity as chairman of the Illinois delegation, announced the forty-eight votes of the State for adjourn- ment. Harry Donovan of Chicago, who has been a Boies man from the start, jumped up to chalienge the accuracy of the count. His note of defiance was re- coived with applause from the Chicago crowds in the gallery, who understood the situation, and cheers followed each negae tive vote. Metropolitan and country delegates who had been lukewarm in their obedience of the Governor’s will and rest- less en numerous occasions voted against adjournment. The vote was: 24 ayes, 11 nays, 13 absent. 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