The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-11

had more decency and not only in
vited Bragg to aTexas chair, but aided
In lifting him thereon. Bragg then ex-
planned that they were expected to vote
as unit and sent up the rule adopted
by the state convention to thesplatform
to- be read. This roll was read by the
reading secretary and it clearly stated
that on all questions ef,tnomination
they were to vote as aunt. Dockery,
delegate from Ashland, took the plat
form and very vigorously argued that
Il those. instructions did not apply to
sitting the minority when no vote at
all was cast. The chair ruled IN favor
of DockerE stating that while they
/ were compelled to vote as unit, there
was nothing in the. instructions which
required them to remain silent, and
consequently four votes were
RECORDED! FOR BRYAN
and one for Blackburn.
To those not Thoroughly posted the
first ballot was disappointing, as Bryan
only had 10 to 238 for Bland. but the
Bryan men we'll understood that many
of them had made promises which
compelled them to cast their first vote
for other candidates, and possessed
their souls in patience. The refusal of
Gov. Pattison to release the Pennsyl-
vania delegation rather disconnected
the gold forces, as they had hoped to
present a solid Silent front, but this
destroyed that plan, and consequently
| a number of gold states scattered their
votes and only a. little more than half
Of their number refrained from voting
entirely. After the second ballot,
Marston, of Louisiana, who was the
clown Of the show, Undertook to speak
and some one sent over a glass Of
| water to the Louisiana delegation so
that he could take a. drink, which he
did, amidst tuniGltods applause He
| then took the platform evidently hop
ing to make a speechp but the galleries
howled him down unfit he was glad to
be sufficiently heard to make a motion
to abolish the two-tf1irds rule. The
chair promptly ruled him out of order
and Marston subsidized, permanently, it
is to be hoped.
When the fourth ballot had been
taken, the chair read from the rules
of the house of representatives, which
were made applicable to this convent
ion, and decided that two-thirds of all
votes cast was what were necessary to
nominate, and as 768 had been polled,
512 would nominate. Bryan's gain on
fourth ballot which placed him in lead
of Bland. showed that the contest was
practically settled. Still many of the
Bland state stuck to their leader, but
80 many were swept into the stampede
that the official record was never an
ncunced. During the stampede, Gov
Stone took the platform and gracefully
but sorrowfully withdrew BANDS
name, and the fight was over,
OF course everything else was merely
routine, and the states came tumbling
into the band wagon until the matter
was unanimous. There had been a
fifteen minute demonstration, in the
way Of applause when the reading
clerk announced 280 for Bryan, on the
fourth ballot. Delegates had seized the
standards of thexvarious states and
marched in procession up and down
the aisles, screaming like madmerl
while the bands played on. Every state
was in the procession, save New York
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the New
England states and Ohio. Even the