The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-11

ticket IN 4he field, or X they All not active
IN OPPOSE che nominations OF this con-
veptton IN vhe campaign which was 20
follow. they would. pssssvely at least. gfve
Nti and comfort 20 the political enemy
PENNSYLVANIA alone of she gcfd states
continued TO rarsicSrate sn the proceed
ingS~ She cast her e4 votes for Gov Pat
tison 10 thu end Most of the other sold
men wao voted east khesr baliass also
for PAssison. bat there were scattering
votes for Stevenson. 4Esn. Russell and
Campbell.
On the second hanot Alabama sought 20
check the rout that rad alreadv begun
hv changing her vote from Roles 20 Bland.
hus Rryan was overtaking him with giant
strides Sssnd gained ~ while Bryan
advanced g. RoieS WAS rhe principal
loser. Has vote dwlndf@d 10 ST.
on the third ballet Colorado gave np
hope OF Teller, the mention Of whcss
name had heen cheered and Missed by the
galleries. and Oregon gave up rennoyer.
In tho Onto delegation the Bryan forces
hacked but seven votes or n majority. and
there was cpen rebellion IN Illinois and
other states. which wanted TO swing in
line.
On the fourth ballot. Alsnama the nrss
state TO vote, headed the stampede for
BRYAN. Idaho. California and other states
followed. The revolt in the other deiexa-
tions spread. even among those hound by
resolutions az Instructions. Kansas. IL
linoss. Ohio and even Iowa were toiteriag.
On the nth and last ballot Kansas went
over. Illinois and other states came tum-
bling along i'm her wake. When Ohio was
reached Bryan had sss votes OF the 5o4 re-
ouired 20 make a two-thirsis majority OF
those voting. Chairman White had ruled
that two-thirds az those voting consti-
tuted the two-shirfs majority under thu
rule. Ohio hesitated The Bryan men In
the delegation demanded poll OF the
vote. The friends of Mclean saw that tho
end was in sight. and Mclean himself
mounted chair. fie withdrew bis name
"a a candidate and cast the IS votes OF
Ohio for Bryan This gave him 4s2. IL less
than enough 20 nominate. Montana
changed her votes to Bryan. and Okla
homa followed with her 9. To the terri
tory OF Oklahoma. therefore. belongs the
honor of nominating the Democratic can-
dldate for president in 1896. as TO that OF
Arizona belonged the honor four years
ago OF course the other states then
scrambled over each other. Gov. Stone. OF
Missouri withdrew Rland's name. and
senator Turpie. OF Indiana. wffhdrcSv thnr {
OF Matthews. and on his motion the NOM
ination was made unanimous.
There we're frequent Bryan demcnstra-
tsoi.s throughout the day. The most dra-
matte occurred at the conclusion of tho
fourth ballot. when II was apparent that
Bryan would be nominated on the next
ballot The colors OF the states were again
uprooted. and the Coliseum for fourteen
minutes shook with the storm Of cheers.
while frenzsed men marched and sang ana
hvstcrlcal wonvn became frantic. Until
ar-r the nomination a swect-faced. mod
est-iooking woman sat almost unnottcet
in one OF the chairs 10 the rlght OF the
stage. surrounded by few friends. She
retained her composurc amid al the *
element. but her face glowed with pleas
sire as she followed the proceedings which
made her husband famous. IL was MRS.
Rryan. Immediately after the nomination.
when Il became noised about that she was
there. a rush was made to see ard con-
gratulate her. She modestiy Withdrew
and sought her husband.