The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-07-17

A.. ,,. NoouJeCtl0n BEING ho.
man. Wy W Inc cha
The convention then on motion :,
Jones. OF Arkansas, adjourned until Tbu, rs
THIRD DAY.
First Session.
CHICAGO, July cit was lO:5 wbsr 9. !.
White, Of California, called the conven, VLa'
order. 'On'euuoa
Kev; Thomas Green, Of Grace Eplscop
church, Cedar Rapids, Ia, offered prav rss''y
Representative Richardson was callsS 80,
cnalr, and Senator Jones. Of Arkansas sh,s
man OF the committee on resolutions a. y.
TOOK the platform and read the report \, 4,
committee on resolutions.
He was followed by Senator Hill 4, ",
York, who presented minority report tai,
issue with the free silver utterances !, Il
platform; indorsing the present admiuIsts
tion, and in other ways endeavoring to moaIt
the radical utterances Of the majority ~,
read by the secretary, and upon the ouestIo
OF the adoption or rejection Of n
minority report, the debate began VhIs
lasted the entire afternoon, participated n
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina: Senas
Hill, of New York; Senator Villas, Of Wiscm
sin; ex-Gov. Russell, Iof Massachusetts, and n
Representative Bryan, of Nebraska, duri.
the progress Of which there were occasIops
scenes Of tumultuous applause particulsrlyf
the case OF Senators Hill and Mr. Bryan.
At the close of the debate all amendment
were voted down by decisive majorities al
the platform, as presented by the committs,
was adopted: Ayes, 62S; nays, SOL; absent
Evening Session.
CHICAGO, July Q. The mass Of spectator
this evenings session was, II possible dens
and the excitement intenser than at any pr
vious meeting OF the convention, becausea
crisis of the nominating speeches and otm
loting for presidential candidates had arrye
1t took the sergeant-at-arms and his assist
ants fully 10 minutes more to allay the upno1
and confusion, and to obtain even toleabl
degree of order, and even that lasted fOroll
q very brief interval, for every moment onm
pretenSe or another the crowds broke Ou
with cheering.
The chairman informed the convention tAi
the roll OF states would now be called 50 ihi
nominations of candidates for the president
should be made By an agreement, eners
into by the friends of the several candidate
the chairman added, the nominating and 50
onding speeches would be confined to " nlH
utes In length, which time might DO use
either when the nominations we're MADE
when the state Of the speaker was called
Senator Vest, of Missouri, was the frstdaA
gate to ascend the PLATFORM even beioTe
call Of states had got further in the alpape'
cal list than the state Of Arkansas
The chairman and the sergeant-at-arms
peared to be utterly unable to cope WIN
situation; and Mr. Vest went on win
speech nominating Mr.. Bland. The Only
of his speech that stirred the crowd was
closing rhyme:
"Give us Silver Dick
And silver quick
And we will make Mckinley SICK
This brought down the house and mas
flags were waved and great uproar madeNu
lasted for some minutes. The bano came
the help of the crowd, striking up "Ine ~
Crv of Freedom" All the silver uess'.
rose to their feet, cheered and lndugea.
the usual manifestations OF popular gum.
asm. so that what at first was iains "s'.
applause grew into tumultuous S'olM
thick Of which a Bland banner was esl
through the hall, with the motto sims .'n,,
the peoples choice" bana VI ~u u.,o,
either end OF the hall added W 'no r..
while the official band struck up amy MIN
applause "The Red White and biue' r.
the rival musicians to silence -
Nv this time there were three nsI. N
bland banners unrolled and earI,oS
with n likeness Of the candidate, an1 Jun y. q.
toes "Free silver, Free People; 0
one Country; one Bland;" "Blanu' 'H'
vincible. irrepressible champion
Meantime several OF the siive. , us,,s ID
into the alsles and jumped errs frau n, iuIt
with the music. This scene Ias'eU
minutes. ros sc,bt
: Tha nomination Of Mr.. Bland was .ss
NJ David Oyermeyer, Of hsnss.
: ,,o,,e ~ him as ian illustrious s'oS 49,
!. ,,asr,ess Gracchus-Silver DICK Dl', NJ,
: pe Soa bland as a man who knew ~
monev Of the constitution was nOr onsh III
that the money which was gooa enO nav "a
800 dehts was good enough 70 Ky s,A
public debt. and that the TOs II
GOOD enough to pay George los rood srS
fight1ug the battles OF liberty "a nv o;hars
ID nav Ickelheimer, Morgan VI
Cheers and laughter'I ,,,.,,s also :
Hon. JR williams, OF nlin speskh1
- ,ha nomination Of Blanu, sF IN,