The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-11

| ment of the democracy of that state,
| to present for your deliberate consid-
Grafton the name of that illustrious
commoner for whom many of you have
expressed preference by your votes
in this convention. To those who have
been our friends in this struggle | de-
sire now to return my grateful thanks,
but following the direction of Mr..
Bland to myself that whenever ma
jority of the silver delegates expressed
their preference for another, he desired
is name withdrawn.
/ Now in the name of Missouri, 1
lower the standard under which we
have fought throughout this convention
and in It's place lift that of the gifted
and glorious son of Nebraska cloud
and long continued cheering) We
have chosen a splendid leader, beauti-
| full as Apollo, intellectual beyond COM
parison, great orator, great scholar,
but above all, there is beating in his
breast a heart that throbs in instant
sympathy with the great masses of the
people and instinct, with the highest
sentiments of patriotism.
I'VE will not only nominate him, but
I believe with as much confidence as l
can believe anything in the future,
that we will elect him by a very large
majority in November. And gentlemen
of the convention, we will inaugurate
not only q democratic administration
at Washington, but one that will be set
down as among the purest and ablest
and the most illustrious of American
history So now. gentlemen, / with
| In No Of tah Dor p1o nd
and cast the "a votes of the state Of
Missouri for William J. Bryan"
Governor Stone was listened to with
a silence such as no other orator had
been honored with except Mr.. Bryan
himself and at the close of his effective
little speech he was loudly applauded.
Boies' Message.
| Judge Van Wagenen of Iowa was
next recognized. He said the Iowa del
egation bore to Chicago with them a
message from Governor Boies saying
that he had only the success of the par
ty at heart; that he would not be dis
| appointed If he was not nominated, but
he would be disappointed il success did
not come in November. In case the
delegation found when they arrived at
| Chicago that some other candidate had
| more votes than he, then his name was
| to be withdrawn. Acting under these
| instructions, he formally withdrew the
name of Horace Boies from the con-
vention and cast the twenty-six votes
of Iowa for W. j. Bryan Senator
Jones announced that Arkansas chang
ed her vote of sixteen from Bland to
| Bryan.
Convention Stampeded.
Montana changed her six votes from
Bland to the winner, the chairman de-
claring that it was the intention of his
state to stick 70 Bland from first to
last and they had done their duty. SEN
ator Turpie of Indiana said, amid great
noise and confusion, that the delegates
from Indiana had stood from first to
last for the distinguished chief magis-
| trate of Indiana but, In view of the
wave which had Just swept over the
| convention, he was now authorized TO
withdraw the name of Governor Mat
thews and to cast the vote of Indiana
for William j. Bryan. (Cheers.)
In view of the unity which should
/ prevail in the convention" said Mr..
Turpie, Il move that the nomination
| Of w. J. Bryan be made unanimous"
| (Cheers.)
Nomination Made Unanimous.
After the vote of Texas had been
shifted to Bryan the chair put the ques-
ton on Senator Turpie's motion TO
make the nomination unanimous, and
declared it carried, only a few votes In
the negative coming from the Pennsyl-
| vania delegation.
| Pandemonium Reigns.
When the announcement was made
all order was cast to the winds. The
delegates and the audience began to
cheer and to wave hats and flags and
banners, while the march around the
sections was again taken up, all the
state emblems being this time carried
in the procession. A band entered the
hall from the vestibule and marched
at the head of the procession, playing
Marching Through Georgia" and 9TH
er popular airs, in the chorus of which
many of those present Joined. Dixie,
which the band also played. had the
usual effect of heightening the enthusi-
assn and was cheered again and again.
Recess Ordered
At 3;45 the sergeant-at-arms, in be-
half of the chairman, succeeded In get
ting a hearing so far as to be able to
announce that the convention stood in
recess until 8 p. m.