Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-18

% hat II a majority Of the delegation vote
their votes shall be individually record.
ed. But a minority cannot cast the en-.
tire vote for the delegation" This rul
ing was received with applause.
The Second Ballot.
The second ballot was begun at IL :35,
Az soon as ii was started Senator White
vacated the chair, placing the gavel
in the hands Of Mr.. Richardson of Ten
nessee.
South Carolina swung over from Till
man to Bryan, whose gains had begun
early In the balloting.
The District of Columbia manifested
its capacity for lightning changes by
| scattering it's votes as follows: Three
for Bryan, / for Bland, | for Boies and
| for Mclean.
Before the second ballot was an
nounced and while il was being footed
up. California announced a change o;
her vote as follows: Bryan IA, Bland 2
Matthews l., Boies l. a gain Of Z fol
Bryan.
Result of second Ballot.
The result of the second ballot was an
nounced as follows:
Bland 2S1. Boies 81. Matthews 80, Nc.
Lean "a, Bryan 1870, Blackburn 46, Patti,
son 100, Stevenson 10, Pennoyer s, Hill l
not voting 100.
Marsden Again.
When the result OF the first ballot wa
announced Marsden of Louisiana moved
that the two-thirds rule be abrogated
but the motion was not entertained by
~ zI... 5000 Ill all .ra, go
dered.
Mr.. Marsden of Louisiana, the here
Of the water scene the first day of the
convention. raised mother small scene
He rose to address the chair and severa
glasses of water were rendered him,
some of which he drank and one he
threw away. He afterwards mounted
the platform and amid considerable con-
fusion said: II move that it is the sense
of this convention that the majority
should rule and that the precedent es-
tablished by democratic conventions
heretofore under the two-thirds rule
Is a cowardly subterfuge. (Hisses and
uproar.)
The presiding officer remarked that
while he did not think the gentleman
had made any motion, he would so con
slider Ii, and would announce hat the
gentleman from Louisiana moved thai
the two-thirds rule be abrogated.
Senator Blanchard said hat he was
authorized by the Louisiana delegation
to say that the motion of the delegate
tMr. Marsden) be not made at it's sug.
g%estion. and to move to lay the motion
on the table. At the same time a poin
of order was made that the motion tc
abrogate the two-thirds rule must be
first considered by the committee on
rules. and the point Of order was sus
tained by he chair. ThereuDon Mr.
Marsden, discounted, retired from the
platform. saying TO the chairman as he
left the stand: you will near from me
later"
The third ballot was then begun al
1880 p. IN.
The Third Ballot.
New York, on the third ballot, as or
the second, remained mute when the
name Of the state was called and the
clerk repeated his call In his ioudest
tone but without result. The result
Of the third ballot was announced al
80 p. m. as follows:
Official total third ba.;Jt: Bland, POI
Eo.es, 20; Matthews, "a; Mclean. "a
Bryan. 2l9; Blackburn, q; Pattlson. o.
Stevenson, o; Hill. /; no voting, 1872
Total, $50.
The Fourth Ballot.
A fourth roll call was Immediately or.
dered and Senator White resumed the
chair.
Oficlal fourth ballot: Not voting, 49,
| Bland, 241; Bo.cs. 80: Matthews. 36. Nc
Lean. 46; Bryan. ESQ; Blackburn. ~
2at1ison. S6; Stevenson. s; Hill. /. To
,al, $50. Necessary to choice, 531.
A Dramatic Scene.
The result Of the fourth ballot had
MI been partially announced when u
al Interrupted by another l~ntensel'
: dram. &c scene. When BTyan's biz