The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-11
BRYAN ON THE FIFTH
BALLOT FOR PRES'N INT
(Cont'~-.ued from first page)
THE FOURTH BALLOT.

| the Deg iIttll@ va
ION call. When Alabama chang
ad her % votes from Bland
! 81, Rryan. the Nebraska delegates
| climbed to their chairs and led cheer
| Idaho followed suit by bringing her o
votes from Bland to Bryan. There had
| been a c1mmotiOn v;sibly in progress
| i'm the Illinois ranks, which portended
| change. burt she held hrm 10 Bland.
Kansas marched from the Bland to
| the Bryan camp with % votes, followed
| bv Nevada, which carried from Me
| Lean to the Nebraska man. Ohio, all
though casting her vote under the unit
rule. showed Bryan men in her ranks.
| Oregon this time gave her solid vote
| to BRYAN. an increase from to 8.
The result of ale ballot was an
nounced: Bland, 24l; Boies, 33; Mat
thews, SO; Mclean, 46; Bryan, ESQ;
| Absent and not voting, 1872.
Bryan had assumed the lead, The
reading clerk had got no further than
| the announcement of Bryan's $50 votes
| before there was a repetition of the
| scene of Yesterday when The eloquent
Young orator closed his speech. The
| Coliseum swayed with enthusiasm.
| Cheer followed cheer. The State
standards were again uprooted and
| carried to Nebraska. Noisier and
| louder the whiTa of sound swelled.
| Men and women went frantic. Hun
dreds of newspapers and umbrellas
were furiously whirled through the
| air.
Suddenly two beautiful girls dressed
| in pink appeared on table back OF the
alternates' seats i'm the valley of DEM
ocracy. They held in their hands a
| large silk flag, on one side of which
| shone the clear-cut features of Bryan
| To and fro it waved while 10000
| threats yelled and screamed. Then
they started i'm Indian file to pa
| rade the standards about the delegates.
| Kansas, Nebraska, Mississippi, Georgia,
Nevada, Colorado, South Dakota, Arl-
IONA. New Mexico, Louisiana, Oregon,
| North Carolina, South Carolina, Dis
trict of Columbia, Wyoming, Idaho,
| Alaska. Minnesota and Michigan were
| in the procession. Frenzied men fought
| for the standards of the other delega-
| tions. California was first wrenched
away from those who attempted to re-
strain it and check the Bryan STAN
pede.
Delegates fought like men demented
| for the Illinois standard, while Gov
| ernor Altgeld stood black and resolute
| guarding his banner, but the delegates
| were intoxicated with enthusiasm. y
| hurried vote was taken. Bryan car
ried the day, and the Illinois banner
| joined the parade.
A fist fight occurred over the posses
| sion of the Buckeye standard, but Nc
| Leans friends held the fort. The
storm rolled On and on. \ big Bryan
| flag was brought into the Coliseum,
and a mild white banner, on which
was the inscription, mo crown of
| thorns, no cross of gold" revived the
ringing words of Bryan's closing sem
| tcnce yesterday, and increased the aw-
| full force of the hurricane. 1t was eX-
| actly fourteen minutes before the de-
| monstration subsidized
Throughout it all Mrs. Bryan sat to
| the right of the platform. Although
a bright hook of pleasure lighted her
| features, she did not appear at all
excited by this wonderful demonstra-
| ton in honor of her distinguished hus-
| band. She is n rather small, sweet
faced woman, with soft brown eyes
and hair. She was dressed simply in
a gown Of dark material The only bit
of color about was a bunch of flowers
i'm her hat No one in the vicinity
seemed to recognize in this little calm
faced woman, the help-meet of the
hero of the hour.
When an approach TO order had been
obtained, the clerk took up the an
nouncement of the vote. The remain
ing names were as follows Blackburn,
21; Pattison, 90; Stevenson, s.; Hill, I.
The whole number of votes was 768,
and the clerk announced SIP to be nee
essary to a choice.
Chairman White said the proceed
ings had reached such a stage that it
became necessary to announce his
construction of the two-thirds rule. 1t
was that two-thirds of the votes given
were necessary to a nomination.
THE LAST BALLOT.
The fifth call was begun and Foote,
of California, declared; California,
for the first time, is solid and casts
IS votes for Bryan"
Florida carried votes to Bryan
from Matthews and Boies. Kentucky
being reached, Delegate James doomed
UP and Shouted while Kentucky
loves her great Democrat and would
| Uc Sldu 10 AOtt lOL JliIlls uiAN oCCAA1
not to want him, because he was a
Confederate soldier Then Kentucky
casts her % votes for the worlds
greatest orator, VIM. j. Bryan"
At this point the Illinois delegation
| filed into the hall, their appearance
stirring a connection.
North Carolina casts % votes for
the sure nominee of this convention,
VIM, J. BRYAN" was the announcement
of that State.
The Ohio men marched back and
were again recorded for Mclean, their
conference having produced no change.
The "a votes of Tennessee stepped
| into Bryan's camp and almost imme-
diately Virginia followed her with the
same number, both of them deserving
Silver Dollar" Bland. Three Terri
| tories-Arizona, New Mexico and In
| dian Territory marched after them
from the Bland standard to Bryan,
| each one six strong.
| The enthusiasm was aroused again
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