The morning times., 1896-06-19

Morton and nIneksenfps Mckinley. Arkan-
sas and Caitt0rAin cast their solid vQtes
for AcKiniey. coqpecticut cast five votes
| for Reed and seven for Mckinley; Delaware
q solid vote for Mckinley. Florida eight
for AcKinie5; GeorEia, two Reed. two
Quay and two NcKinfey.
Oneof The dBlosed delegates from Florida,
amid angry pfotssts, insisked ON challegstng
the vote, and Senator Thurston, who had
resumed the chair decided that the right TO
/ challenge should be given every delegate.
The deiegation -hei4g poled. 1t was found
that Morton hadtwoy yotesiH Florida and Nc
kinney only six -instead OF eight as au-
nOupcedby the chairman of the delegation.
A chaIlensf 0tsGeofgia followed and re-
suited In conf 9rW1me the vote as previously
announced. A coiOred deleg ate from Ala
| bama here followed with challenge OF the
vote OF that State, which resulted In show
Ing that, instead of casting solid vote
for Mckinley, the vote should have shown
vote for Morton, 2 for Reed and Mckinley
10.
Illinois. vote, announced as 46 Mckinley
and 2 Reed, was challenged, and pol
showed no change,
| INDIANA SOLID FOR MCKINLEY.
Indiana cast Its so votes for Mckinley.
Iowa, amid q slight demonstration of ap-
plause, castits 26 votes for Allison; Kansas,
20 for Mckinley; Kentucky, 26 for Nc
Kinley. Louisiana cast q curious vote.
Half vote Reed; 1-2 vote Quay, 1-2 vote
blank, and IL for Mckinley; no the voting
went on without further incident uatil
Massachusetts gave vote for Mckinley
and the rest for Reed.
The Mckinley column steadily increased.
When Aississippis 19 votes We're cast for
Mckinley, another OF the colored delegates
demanded poll, which showed vote for
Quay and IT for Mckinley. Montana cast
| vote for Mckinley, for Don Cameron of
Pennsylyania, 1 blank, and absentee.
| The chair called the name OF Mr.. Hariman's
! alternate, and he voted blank.
There was q decided sensation whea
the vote of New York was challenged by
Warner Miller. 1t had been announced as
| 81 for Aorfun and II for Mckinley. Joseph
| II. Ne ewins was absent IN the First dis.
trict. and tile name Of his alternate was
| called. Mr.. Gruber raised a laugh by say
ing. Hes Just leaving the room to AVOID
| voting"
| The next alternate was called and voted
| for Mckinley. The delegation voted
soiidiy for Morton till tie BALI votes were
| reached. when the halves divided equally
between Mckinley and Norton. Then came
| quite number of breaks for Mckinley. and
| three abstentees were noted In the Twenty
| ninth district. John F. Parkhurst. and both
| the aiternates. Charles NJ. Woodward and
Charles T. Andrews. The poll resulted in
| show; Dg the vote to he exactly yasannounced:
Morton, 81; Mckinley. IT.
OHIO SETTLED 1T.
| When Ohio was reached the requisite
| number OF votes were given to dominate
Mckinley. and the convention, recognizing
| the fact without announcement, broke into
cheers.
Texas delayed the final announcement ii
little by a challenge from one OF the dis.
satisfied colored brethren. The poll re-
suited in 81 Mckinley, 8 Reed, Allison
aud I absent.
Another coiored delegate challenged the
vote of Yirgipla and again delayed tile
official ANNOUNCEMENT Of the final result,
eliciting remarks OF impauence and dis
satisfac ction from tire convention. Virginia's
vote on a poll stood, Reed. 1; Mckinley, %.
Ali the rest of the roll OF States went
solid for Mckinley, When the Territories
were reached New Ne exicp cast one vote for
Allison and five for Mckinley. and amid
howls of derision i0ne OF the delegates
challenged the vote and poll confirmed
the accuracy or the first announcement.
Aiaska wound up the roll by. castjng
its newly conferred four votes for Nc
K,nley. - t--f -e
The absent Delegates from New York.
Mr.. Parkhurst, hefe appeared, and By
unanimous consent east his vote for Nor
ton making the total vote, Morton, SO;
Mckinley. f7.S11
4 ANN0UNcEp THE VOTE.
All of, the states having been called.
the prestdept stated before the announce
fuent OF The reuit that the application had
been made to him fdr recognition by tile
representatives OF tie defeated candidates
to make a certain motion. He believed
ii would be the farest way To recognize
them in the order in which the Nominations
had been made
He then announced that William Nc
KinIey had received 661 1-2 votes, and
the scene of an hour before was repeated.
Delegates and spectators rose and cheered
and waved flags and banners and the
pampas piumes of California: the band
struck up my Country, 'Tis of Thee"
and cheers and huZzus rent the air.
There was not a single enc OF the fifteen
or sixteen thousand people in the great hall
who did not do his or he r best to swell the
sounds Of jubilee and to toin in the grand
popular demonstration in favor Of the sue
cessfui candidate. The women were as en-
thusiastic as the men, It seemed as II no
one would be seated again and as IL orderly
proce gswouldneyermoreb be attempted.
One young man en- the platform waved on
the point Of the national banner laced
cooked hat. such as the conQueror OF Ma
rengo is represented as wearing. This sym
bol ,f victory added. II possible. to the en-
tn usiasm. and the noise was swelled by the
booming Of artillery outside.
At last the president got chance to
continue his announcement OF the vote
Thomas B. Reed. he said, had received |
"a l-2 votes: Senator Quay. 81 1-2; Levi |
P. Morton. So: Senator Allison, 80 Ia. |
and Don Cameron, I
LODGE MAKES THE MOTION.
Senator Lodge. risingin his delegation and |
standing upon his chair. said: ''Mr. Chair |
man, the friends of Mr.. Reed have followed |
him with the same loyalty which he has al |
and party. That loyalty. they now transfer |
to the soldier, the patriot, the American |
whom you have nominated here today, and |
on behalf of my own State, and believe |
of all the other New England States thatsup
ported Mr Reed, we pledge great ma Jority |
in our own States and our assistancein other |
States and all the help we can render for |
Mt William Mckinley. (Cheers3
sT move you, sir, that the nomination of |
william Mckinley be nude unanimous"
(Cheers.)
Mr. Hastings of Pennsylvania, who had
Senator Quay, seconded the mo-
ton to make Mr.. McKinley's nomination
unanimous. Pennsylvania. he said, with the !
loyalty which has always distinguished her,
would become the champion of the champion
OF protection to American industry-wiliiam
would welcome the issue of
Amencapprotection ,Americnn credit Amer
lean policy. and give to William Mckinley the
largest mnj j6ritg, that she had ever given to
q Republican candidate. (Cheers)
Mr.. Thomas o. Paatt, in behalf of the