The Irish standard., 1896-07-18

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the committee on rules e y always a order
una ii ii becomes necessary a report win
lafje made by that committee abrogating
/ the two thirds rule and providing for a
denomination by q majority only. It is be-
tFlfeved that this latter plan will not be
| necessary. IS
| 5A AZ Ave minutes before Ii Senator White,
OF California, the permanent chairman,
| took the chair and made an effort to esq
EtabIish some degree Of quiet and order In
1.-the hall. After Ave minutes devoted to
that purpose with very little success pray
I er was offered by Rev.spr. Green Of Grace
Episcopal church, Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
I the same clergyman who :oficiateds the
| last two days. ';s Y.
tssAfters prayer the chair Immediately rec-
Iogiized Mr.. Harrity, Of Pennsylvania,
/ Who, standing in the main aise, was greet
led with cheers.
He said: II desire to say that in obedi-
| ehce to the Instructions given by the DEM
ocratic state convention, the Pennsylva-
MIA delegation presents the name Of Rob-
i5ert e. aPattison, of Pennsylvania, as acan-
didate for the presidency.
II The chair asked IL there were any other
nonnina tons.
Mr.. Matttngly, Of the District Of Column
bia. from his place in the rear of the hall,
seconded the nomination Of that peerless
champion of free silver, that true Demo-
ocratlc friend Of labor: John r. Mclean,
Of: Ohio.
= Mr.. Miller, or oregon, on behalf of that
state, nominated ex-Gov. Sylvester Pen
nOyer.
No other names being presented, the
chair declared the nominations closed
and first invoking order, directed the Sec
| rotary to call the roll ct states. But be-
fore this was commenced Mr.. Smith, of
In n ha convention rsf the
| den demise of Hon. Frank Hurd.
The chair asked If any action was de>
sired and Mr.. Smith said not at this time.
| When the first state was called Chair
man Lomax, Of Alabama, rose to say that
John B. Knox. II. B. Foster, S. J. Carpen-
ter, J. H. Minge and D., r. Burgess de-.
sired to vote for ex-Gov. VIM. e. Russell,
but under the unit order rule he cast the
20 votes Of Alabama for Horace Boies.
Several of the chairmen of delegations
injected. little stump speeches into their
announce ments Of the votes OF the dele
cation. Marsden,: the water f1end" Of
Louisiana stood up and, holding silver
dollar in his hand said something which
was drowned with laughter and cheers:
When Massachusetts was called a dele
gate announced that the chairman and
vice-chairnan We're absent and OSulll-
van; of the delegation, said that these
gold gentlemen were purposely absenting
themselves.
The chair took this occasion to ask dele
gates to restrain themselves from making
nents to a statement of votes. The
Michigan delegation was polled and sew
eral of the delegates, when their names
were called responded In loud tones. IT
decline to vote" Other simply said, "Not
voting" \
name before the convention, but not g SOL
!tary cheer greeted 1t.
New Jersey being reached, the chairman
OF the delegation rose and said New Jer-
sey respectfully declined to vote, where
upon the galleries broke into cheers and
misses. :;
The chair requested that such demon
situations cease, and a delegate shouted:
They are all Republicans and should be
put out
The state Of New. York adopted the
same course as the state of New Jersey.
On being called ex-Gov. r. P. Flower rose
and said I'm view Of the platform adopt
ed by this convention, am instructed,
as a delegate from the state Of New York,
to say that the delegates have agreed not
date for president and vice-president, and
therefore they decline to vote"
The chairman Of the North Carolina
delegation, when that state was called,
parodied Mr.. Flowers words, saying: In
view of the platform am requested by
% votes for Bryan" Cheers and laugh
There was some curiosity to hear how
Ohio would vote, and the chairman of the
delegation manifested full desire to
crafty it. Standing on his chair he be-
gan a speech, stating the individual pre-
ferences Of each delegate. mentioning him
by name, but the chairman cut this. per-
Torrance short by asking him to simply
give the totals.
were for Mclean, one for Bryan, one not
voting, one Bland, but under the unit
rule Ohio casts Its vote for the man who
made this convention possible-John r.
Mclean. ).
The purpose of Ohio to get the indivi-
dual votes of it's delegation on record was
not to be thus baked and delegate cllal-
leneed the vote and poll was had Nc
Leans name being reached 1t was stated
that he was absent but his alternate was
here The alternate's name being called,
he voted for Mclean. =.
South Carolina caused surprise when
the chairman announced that under in
structions Of her state South Carolina cast
II votes for her honored son Benjamin
Tillnan.
M. Powers Of Utah rose to a question
of personal privilege and asked the chair
man whether the spectators In the gal
leries should be permitted to express their
delegates. -r
/ The vote Of the state of Tennessee was
challenged and the chairman asked the
delegate who demanded a poll, state
whether he meant to deny the accuracy Of
the statement made by the chairman of
the delegation. (Senator Bate.
Z. The delegate said he did The delega-
ton being polled the announcement Of Sen
ator Bate as to the preference of the dele
gates was fully sustained and the presid-
ing officer requested gentlemen preferring
such charges to bind themselves more ac-
curately In the future.
When the state Of Wisconsin was called
a contention arose among its delegates,
some Of the silver men claiming that the
unit rule did not govern their action and,
the gold men( Especially Gen Bragg and
.Sena tor Vilas)insisting that it did and that
the Instructions were printed on the COM
missions of delegates. A copy OF these in
structions was sent to the chair and was
read by one Of the secretaries.
It directs the delegates from Wisconsin
to vote as unit on all subjects and candi-
dates as the majority may determine.
Y. Gen. Bragg in the course Of somewhat
altercation with q delegate opposed this
view declared that the silver delegation
from Virginia should not determine the
course of the Democracy Of. Wisconsin.
He added that at meeting Of the Wtscon-
sin delegation yesterday 20 declared them
selves in favor Of not voting 5and four OF
them in favor of voting. The chairman In