The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-11
TIE YOUNGEST MAN
Ever Nominated for prraiicnt--A Critical
Review OF the Situation,

Ever Nominated for prraijcnt-A Critical
Review Of tile Situation.
CHICAGO, July lO.-WilIam jennings
bryan, OF Nebraska, the unclnssIc fent-
hred orator from the plains OF the Platte,
swept tho convention on It's feet to-day
and wns nominated for President On the
'itth ballot. Political history furnishes
no precedent for tO.dly'H proceedings In
the Coliseum, either tis u spectacular
SHOW, or us the result OF the drlibcrn-
lions OF the convention OF great pUllt-
icul party. Dryan ls but Sc years old,
younger by Ten years than any man
ever nominated for the chief maglstrncy
OF the American republic. lie came llRn
a young LOchlnyar out OF the west,
whlcn Inns never before nominated a
presidential candidate, to WOO the bride
FOR whose hand the c0stlIcat chIeftaIns
have been sultOrS Ills name was barely
mentioned In the preliminary sklrmlsh-
eS. Four days ago. when the convention
met, he was not entered In the lists. But
yesterday hc made nm lmpassioned
speech and stirred the convention 10
frenzy by his eloquence. That speech
overthrow the diligently organized work
OF weeks md months for other aspirants
for the honor.
The cause OF silver was uppcrmost In
the minds OF the delegates when they as
scmblcd here. For the cause they delIb-
eratcly plnced the eastern wing of the
party on the nltur. Now when the con-
SentIon Is coldly analysed. It Is seen that
the support OF Bland and Boies as can
didatcS was never solldly founded. II
was only as the representatives OF the
Issue that they rallied delegates to their
III a MI - Al
had attached themselves to the fortunes
OF one or the other OF the candidates,
they appeared mstleRS and IN an In
StinctIve way to be casting about for a
new Moses.
The fnr-seelng. stald and seasoned
leaders OF the silver men. realizing that
THAR new creed would ALLEVIATE the
eastern Democracy believed In an ALL
ance with the silver Republicans, be-
yond the Missouri, through Teller's
nomination, but the rank and file would
have none OF Il. Yesterday when Bryan
made his speech the delegates sudden
~ saw In him the great advocate OF
their cause and they turned to him
with an lmpetuOslty that nothing could
balk. They Wanted tribune Of the
people. They felt that they had found
him In the eloquent young SCbraskan,
who set their lmaginntlons on fire. II
Ire had been placed In nomination then,
the convention would have been SIAM
peded, as 1t was to-day. Some OF the
grey-hu!red leaders saw and feared 1t.
Last night, when he was placed in
nomination those who thought they
had found their candidate were con-
firmcd In their opinion. The idea which
George Fired. Williams, OF MassaChu-
~ Apt
speech that It needed the strength OF
youth to endure the hardships OF
new cause; that young arm should
WELD the Sclmltar OF an indignant peo-
pie, sank home. Here. as Williams said,
was the new Cicero to meet the new
Catalines OF to-day.
This morning when the convention
met to ballot, Bryan showed second
on the first roll call. He had already
overhauled BoieS. Only Blnnd was
ahead and It was struggle for the
farmer Of Missouri to get the 93S votes
which he cast. The stampede began
on the next ballot. On the fourth bal
lot Bryan took the lead and Bland fell
back, lsope!essly beaten. The nominal
tion was made unanimous on the next
ballot. Some have sought to 0nd In the
nomination In 1880 OF Garfield, who was
not candidate, parallel with Bryan's
nomination to-day. But there Is no
parallel Garfield was only nominated
after one Of the hardest and most pro-
tfacted conventions In the annals OF
the country. Grant, Blaine. Edmunds,
Sherman and Washburn were the con-
testing for the mastery and after thirty
ballots the rival leaders and the con-
rehtiuno turned TO Garfield. who had
electrified the delegates by his match
less oratory and commanding pres
ence. To-day the support OF the rtlrar
candidates simply melted away and
Bryan won without struggle.
Therc We're frequent Bryan demon
stratlons through the day. The most
dramatic occurred Mt the conclusion OF
the fourth ballot, when It was apparent
that Bryan would be nominated, ON the
next ballot. The colors OF the states
were again uproOted and the Coliseum
for II minutes shook with the storm OF
cheers. while fren2ied men. marched und
sang and hysterlcal women became fran
tic. Until after the nomination sweet
faced. modest looking woman sat almost
nnnuticrd IN one OF the chairs to the
right 0f the stage. surrounded by Il few
friends She retained her cOmposure
amidst NIL the excitement, hut her face
glowe1 with pleasure as she followed
the proceedings which made her hus-
band famous. 1t was Mrs. Bryan. I'm
medlately Hfter the nomination, when It
became noised about that she was there,
there was rush to see and congratulate
her, but she molestly Withdrew anu
sought her husband