The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-05
ROANOKE. VA. TUESDAY MORNING. JULY s. 1892


OF candidates for President and vice.
President, the roll of States shall be
called alphabetica Nominating
speeches shall be limited to fifteen
minutes and remarks on all questions
in debate shall be limited to five min
utes
In ballOtting the secretary shall call
roll of the States and the chairman of
each State shall announce the vote of
his State as called. Each State delega-
ton shall appoint its own tellers and
collectors and count its own ballots, and
Its chairman shall announce the result
to the convention. In case no nominee
shall receive majority on the first bal.
lot second shall be at once taken
wherein each delegate must write on
his ballot the name of his first choice
and his second choice, placing tho
names in order OF his choice. First
choice, first; second choice, second, first
choice being counted as one vote and
second choice as half q vote. The two
receiving the largest number Of votes
shall be voted for on the third ballot,
votes for other persons not being counted.
All resolutions offered before this con-
vention shall be read and referred to
the committee on resolutions without
debate. Each State and Territory shall
DO allowed number of votes equal to
the number oil delegates reported by the
committee on credentials.
Following shall be the order O; bust
ness: The announcement Of the names
OF the national committee; report of
the committee on platform and resolu-
tions; nomination of candidate for
President; balloting for candidate for
PRESIDENT; nomination of candidate for
Vice President; balloting for candidate
for Vice President.
Vociferous signs of disapproval greet
ed the reading of The paragraph gov
erning the proposed new system of bal
loting. 1t was moved that the report OF
tho committee be received, and that it's
recommendations be adopted. II object
TO that" said Samual Williams, of In
diana, land l move to strike out of the
report of that part which relates to Sec
ond choice for President"
las l understand that recommends
ton" said Brown, OF Massachusetts,
you will limit this nomination to two
candidates and put yourself in position
where at no subsequent time you are at
liberty TO retro both of them in favor
OF some new candidate"
"We understand that" shouted several
delegates.
Very we'll" said Brown.
vote was then taken on the adop-
ton of this RECOMMENDATION and it was
declared carried by reclamation. Mr..
Dee, of Oregon, desired to limit the
nomination speeches to five minutes
instead of fifteen, but the convention
just at that moment was more vitality
interested in the serious question of
how to conduct the balloting.
AT this juncture the question of
amending the rules committee's report
to strike out tho provision regarding
the second choice was sprung in an
other form. Vandervoort, of Nebraska.
opposed the provision for the retire
ment OF candidates with only a small
following. I'VE believe" said he, THAT
any who has choice should he permitte
to exercise that chosce without being
muZzled and that a man can stay in and
be voted on even il no has only one
vote, until the crack of DOOM"
He then proposed an amendme mt
striking out the clause of the rules pro-
riding that after the second ballot all
candidates except the two leaders shall
be retired and inserting a provision that
when balloing begins candidates shall
be voted for until there was choice.
Ihls amendment prevailed by a large
majority SO that the rules as to ballot
ing are in accordance with the custo.
iu'to III utIlOuul COnVeQ lions on
this matter.
recess of twenty minutes was then
taken to witness the Fourth of july
parade. There was scme protest from
The delegates who wished to rush bust
ness, but the motion for recess was car
ried when 1t was stated that courtesy
due to the citizens Of Omaha required it.
There was good deal of disorder in
the bling of the convention after
the parade intermission, and the twenty
minutes recess proved nearly an hour
long, part of the time being taken up
with one OF the numerous songs born
out of the growth of the new party. The
convention finally go. to work and the
roll OF States was called for.
storm was precipitated by Chair.
man Branch, of the resolutions commit.
tee, offering resolution calling atten-
ton to the fact that probably through
some oversight the ticket agents on the
line of the Union Pacific railway did
not receive instructions to allow dele
gates to the convention the usal reduc
ton In fares" and appointing commit.
tee OF three to communicate with the
railroad officials and have the report
rectiiied. A delegate moved that the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
roads be included in the resolution In
stantly Marion Cannon. of California,
arose to protest against the resolution
as txhloiting a want of independent
spirit in the convention.
His vehement denunciation of the
roads brought the audience to it's feet