Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-07-16

hVDWeuly ~ meant no III VIII toward
Hill. Thc vote was Daniel $50, Hin
$40. This ended the first days session
and left the gold and silver men further
apart than ever.
Wednesday.
The second day Was fun Of Interest
Some contrasting silver delegates from
Michigan were seated and thus was
the whole Michigan delegation, under
the unit rule, changed from gold to
silver. There were two sessions Wed
neHday in the forenoon and
afternoon. The first was simply de-
voted to speeches to III IN the time til
the credentials committee was ready to
report Senator Blackburn Of Ken
lucky made u hit with his cloqucnrc
Loud calls for Bryan were heard but
h" was not in the hall GOV Altgcld
aud Ex-Governor Ovcrmcycr Of
Kansas were called for and spoke.
Senator i'm was shouted for, but he
was with the resolutions committees.
After IN intcrIudc by the band New
England had her inaing when George
Fred Williams, the RtNIwart, fashion.
ably attircd, scholarly looking young
tx congressman from Massachusetts,
whose conversion to FREQ silver was
recently announced, was called to the
platform and made u speech pleading
for FREQ silver on behalf of New Eng
land
Mr.. Atwood of Kansas then presented
partial report Of ;ho committee ON
credentials, favuring 4 delegates from
each territory and. second, after Il
careful and painstakinG comparison of
the official credentials with the list Of
delegates and altcrnlics us prepared
by the secretary. your committee beg
leave to report that il finds It's roster
or roll OF names correct. with tho cX-
Coption Of those names appearing there
on as delegates md altcrnatCs from the
states Of Nebraska and Michigan.
Wrcnt applause and chocriuE) Hela.
tive to the contests from Nebraska
your committee bogs leave to report
that after careful examination of the
testimony presented TO your committee.
AID after n full hearing from the re
spcctivc parties and careful consider
alton of their several arguments, your
committee finds and hcgs leave to re
port that the delegates and nltcrnAtcS
headed by the Hon William J, Bryan
of Nebraska Great arplauscl ar" en-
titled to seats in this convention rs
delegates and altcrnltcs." The report
Was adopted, and thus liryan obtained
II scat in the convention, In the after
noon the Michigan contest came mp,
with majority (guln report for II
and minority (silNcrl report in opp0
sitiun. Tx Congressman Crosby Of
Massachusetts. ! t. Salisbury Of Della
ware elliot G. stevenson of Michigan
Senator T. IT, Grady Of New York, and
CX-G0v r. i. Flower Of New York,
spoke for the minority report Steven
son Is m administration man and It
was he who was credited with mnnip-
ulnting the Detroit convention Ivy the
aid Of office holders and thus defeating
the silver element The majority re
port was Championcd by Coy. Altgeld
of Illinois, IT, NJ. Taylor of Arkansas.
and G. $. Thomas and Delegate OCon.
nell Of Colorado. rhcu Il motion to
substitute the minority for the ma iority
report prevailed 55S to Sos and the
silver men were in control Of the Mich
igan delegation Tremendous applause
marked the decision WisCousin's ~
wCro cast solidly with the gold Gle
mcut; Minnesota voted 10 for gold.
for silver; lowas 20 were for silver
The report of the committee on per
manent organization was called for
and Delegate Finley OF Ohio, its chair
man, read u list of the permanent ot
iicCrs selected. which was headed Ivy
Senator White OF California for chair.
man White spoke briefly anG then adj.
iournment was taken till the next
morning.
Thursday.
The net result OF the long daylight
sessions of the third day was the reiee
fipn pf thp cold Mint form offered hV tht