Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-15
BIG BLAND BOOM.
WAS ALMOST NOMINATED
ON THIRD BALLOT.
HIS Name Withdrawn by Governor
Stone-After That the Contest Mar
rowed Down to Mclean and
Sewall-Five Ballots Taken
New National Com
InIttee.

For President-W. J. BRYAN of Nebraska.
For Vice President-MR. SEWALL of Maine
CHICAGO, July The Democratic
national convention completed it's
work this afternoon by nominating
on the fifth ballot Mr.. Sewall Of
Maine as the running mate for w. J.
Bryan, the "boy orator" of Nebraska,
who was nominated with such great
hurrah yesterday afternoon.
The result was accomplished only
with considerable difficulty and In
dehance of Mr.. McLean;s wishes, pos
ltlvely expressed this morning. At
tempts were made to stampede the
convention to Richard P. Bland of
Missouri, but these failed, though he
was once within fifty votes of a ma
jority. Joseph c. Sibley of Pennsyl-
vania was also distinctly in the race
for time. but was dropped at his
wish expressed by telegraph. On the
fourth ballot John Il. Mel can of Ohio
seemed an almost sure winner, but at
It's close it was positively announced
that he was not candidate for the
position, and Mr.. Sewall of Maine
won.
THE LAST DAYS CROWD SMALL.
Although 10 o'clock was the hour
fixed for reassem bling this morning,
at twenty minutes after that hour not
more than 100 delegates were in the
pit, and the galleries were not half
filed. The delegates had been worn
out by the struggles of the past four
days, and public interest seemed to
have eliminated yesterday in the nom-
lnation of Presidential candidate.
The news that John r. Mclean of
Ohio. who was the most formidab BILE
candidate last night, had finally a
positively decided not to allow his
name to be presented for the Vice
Presidential nomination, left an open
field for the second honor. The silver
leaders stood about with their heads
together discussing the avalla bility of
the various candidates. EX- Congress
man Ben Shively of Indiana, recently
nominated for governor of thai State,
was strongly talked of by the leaders,
despite the declaration of the Indiana
delegation that his nomination would
confuse the situation In that State.
George Fred Williams of Massachu-
setts, Mr.. Sewall of Maine and several
Illinois men, as we'll as Mr.. Bland and
Boies, were also mentioned 1t was
said that it was Mr.. Bryan's wish that
man of wealth should not be placed
on the ticket with him.
AS the hands of the clock pointed
to II o'clock, Chairman White called
the convention to order. There were
only about 5000 people in the hall.
More than half of the gold delegates
were absent Contrary to the usual
custom, the proceedings were not
opened with prayer. A few routine
announcements were made before the
names of the vice presidential candi-
dates were presented. Chairman Har.
rity of the national committee an
nounced the last meeting of the old
| national committee, and w. Finley of
Ohio, moved the ratification of the
| delegations.
GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS FIRST.
Nominations for the vice presidency
were then called for, after motion
| offered by Senator Jones of Arkansas.
had been adopted limiting the nomi-
mating speeches to five minutes each.
| J. Z. O'Sullivan of Massachusetts.
| who had often attracted the eve of
| the convention by his outbreaks Of
! enthusiasm, walked to the platform to
| place in nomination George Fred
| Williams of his own state. Although
he is not graceful orator, his SEN
tences were ringing and had the close
attention of the convention. He re-
ferred to the sullen delegation from
New York and urged the cav ,ntion
to prove that it had turned down New
York's leader-referring to HilI-not
because he came from the East, but
because he was for gold. He told how
| Williams had fought the corporations
in Massachusetts, and therefore had
been antagonized, the speaker said,
'by Henry Whitney, Standard Oil
magnate and brother of the Whitney
who sat silent yonder." pointing to
| the New York Standard Oil man.
O'Sullivan urged the convention to
| choose a man from the Atlantic coast,
that East and West might join hands
on the ticket, and ended: ''We do
| not want a man with a barrel to in
augurate this peaceful revolution.
WATER" MARsToN NAMES M'LEAN.
| Cries of water, water" were
shouted in chorus when Mr.. Marston
of Louisiana. the planter who had so
often appeared before the convention,
came to the front. He was in his
usual humorous mood and said: ~
assure you, gentlemen, that l have
not tasted a drop of water to-day. +"
He wanted to place in nomination
John r Mclean of Ohio, and he said
that he did so on his own authority
He assured the convention that. al
though his state delegation had reru-
dated him (Marston) the day before,
he represented the people of Louis
lana, and in conclusion he paid we'll