Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-07-10
THE FIRST BALLOT,
The first ballot on presidential nomi-
nee resnltad "a folIows.

When Massachusetts was reached OF
the roll call, Delegate Hamilton aske,
that Massachusetts, be passed as the chair
man and yice-chairman of the delegation
were absent.
O'Sulivan, one of the silver men in th
delegation, shouted that the gold mel
did not intend to participate in the fur
ther proceedings of the convention.
| THAT'S not true" shouted several golt
men in the delegation.
Chairman White appealed to the dele
gates not to attempt to inject debat,
into the roll call and Massachusetts was
passed.
| Delegate Stevenson, Don M. Dickin
sons law partner, caused considerable de
lay by challenging the vots of Michigan.
Later he moved from gold delegation to
gold delegation, counseling them to re
fuse to vote.
1t remained for New Jersey to stir the
first really sensational passage. McDer
mott shouted "The state of New jersey
respectfully declines to vote.' Kisses.
The gold adherents in the galleries at
tempted to drown the disapproval with
cheers, but we're unable to do so.
Several of of the New York delegation
| went down town to see Hill. Meantime
the New York delegation sat disgruntled
and without leader.
Gen. Charles Tracy, of the Albany dis
trict, quit the convention. He said: 81
do not think that out of the seventy-two
New York delegates many will support
the Democratic platform and ticket.
There are only three or four Tammany
delegates and two or three from outside
who are for it,
The New York delegation have refused
to vote and New York's adherents in the
galleries sent up storm of approval, and
cries we're heard of "put em out, put 'em
out"
ED BRAGG's BLUsTFR.
Gen. Bragg announced that he was in
structed by majority of the Wisconsin
delegates to cast no votes.
One of the silver delegates insisted on
a call Of the roll for the state. The result
was that nineteen delegates refused to
vote.
Senator Money made the point of order
that instructions to a delegation to vote
as unit could not stife the will of any
who desired to vote.
Gen. Bragg climbed on one of the
chairs of the Ohio delegation to protest,
but the maddened Buckeyes ordered him
down.
New York and Vermont offered him
chair in their delegations.
Gen. Bragg made his statement as to
the Wisconsin delegation, and was re-
Mi yol kn hu hnIn TO ,pk
aroused great enthusiasm by declaring
that, if Wisconsin was stihed here, it
would be heard for silver in November.
The silver-tongued Tammany orator,
ex-senator Grady, made fierce protest
against ruling, which he contended
would practically abrogate the unit rule.
The chairman said that whoever de-
sired to vote had right to have it reg
istered. This ruling was loudly cheered
as it blazed the way for the ultimate rul-
ing that the two-thlrds required to nemi-
nate within the meaning of the rules were
two-thirds of the votes cast according to
the precedent of 1916.
The second ballot was begun with SEN
satlon, for Alabama shifted her twenty
two votes from Blind to Bryan.
ooutn OdrollHh RdVo up ner seHdJoT
and put her votes in the Bryan column
amid much enthusiasm, Tillman charac-
terizing Bryan as the "emancipator of
white slaves"
Virginia abandoned Blackburn and cast
her vote for Bland. Wyoming also
changed from Blackburn to Bryan.
Wyoming changed from Blackburn to
Bryan. Meantime many voices in the
galleries called "hurrah for Bryan"
One shouter, who called, "What Is the
matter with Bryant" was answered by
many voices, "He's all Right"
The chairman of the California delega-
tion announced that, under instructions,
he desired to announce the fourteen votes
of that state for Bryan, change of ten.
SECOND BALDOT.