The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-25
REVIEW or THE DAY,

Strong Feeling Against the ship Builder
| OF Bath.
ST. Louis. July 2i-The opposition to
lsowall in the popust convention pla"-
ideally .waniIed the Bryan forces at the
days session Of the convention by making
Ia impossible to prevent IA division OF the
lChicago ticket. Leaders were powerlesS
10 check the strong feeGirs against the
fath ship builder and banker They had
carried the day in the committee on reso-
| Inst ons ia framing a comparatively mode!-
Ieir Platform. winch they ai'erwarl sot
1nroi.h the convention with ease. lheIr
| s,ru .eey Was skrliuiiy oispiaytu Az ".'e!
inrnf- Eut the lntersc undercuriSnt ot
| feeling arafrst Sewall Ma iaial 80 tneHi.
| IL was a suuhen diteh nnnarh"h UPON
| TIN, batlle fed. which. clutchlne WIN us
| muddy fingers al In" Whtels OF ms az
! nli.rv boT,. down on Napoleon and his
| cages AT Waterloo. To-day thr diich was
| in open view. From he beginning II has
| eaped Ike a chasin a.hwart N. pay" Oh
| The i,ryan managers, In VAIN they at
| i.uni,.,l 10 hriis. Il Moreover today tor
| the first time the middle OF the roan eie-
| ment displayed eenerasnip wor.hy OF me
/ name Recognizing the fart mat al! nope
! of defeating Brysn's nomination WAS lost,
! thev concentrated all rheii enorts against
I SeNall. They did more. Ihey DEVISED
{ cunning scheme by which the convention
u,rs freed TO nominate the vice pres dent
/ before The presiden,. II was an unprec"
/ denied thing. but II served to mass me
votes IN favor OF the P'pui,s' .ai, ~ lay
| for vic. president and uncover the ia
/ vance. m fear that # Bryan were first
nominated the en'huftasm m;ght preak
doyn the opposition TO Sewali ana STAN
! pede a majority of the VOTES 10 'he Ne
| hrnska running mate.
| Whom The rlpullsts moved 10 change ne
regular order Of terminating, the Eryan
rtsn strained every nerve 10 Prevent H.
INV evon pleaded. Jerry Simpson, on
! behalf Of kansa" went 20 Ia. US 10 INV
n ale that the vote OF the Snhnowsr stale
"" n,es ident II the regular orier was no;
re, frsed When the roll was ea!leo they
ralle9 every we a, in ,n u was n Srn'
..,,, oIiv win the n'ncty-ny votes OF tie
Cld Nor.h state behind Eiin, ana Con
Gro ssmnn skinner, the chairman OF me
n.,t,st III, change when the vote was
Geenred IN. however. and he asceiiained
maj there was a majority OF twfniy-,tA
in favor ~ the proposition. uh1st nus
eN6,bi5on from Mr.. skinner, the vote OF
inc d,'egatl1n was car' for me It-i,osi.ion
Am ,,i,, ' n majority of 40 This mao the
Sefsai OF .srwall and tie nomihii.'oh q,
p.nniist fer vice preH,Nn' c ,,,. n 49,
VIZ, ,lns c,,,,d come 10 noth'ng. ind the silver
,,oorn s .,n prarSpiiy nominated Bryan and
sewail and adjourned zine dis suu, 49,.
l nN minority platform crowded
r,,h hitter dennnration cf the democrat
a"Sd republican parties did not Temp
a, ar cress / after their victory. ~. ma
iorliy report, which s moderate ana con
tains "a for me gradual ssfi,'np'ion by |
nen'n a,n,'ornment II the OWNERSHIP Of raj.
roads and for direct LEGISLATION tnidansh
.,,a ',,s,,atfye and referendum wss ADOPT |
tne m .,h,,,, division and the minority re-
ror. laid IN the table,
p' The aemocraiis m,n ,sss s.w ran' could
net ,o be nomha With by tsiesrsph: they
csx Mr. Bryan coun not ,. dso sna - 70 ~, re
running mate. and Ecra Mn ~. convSn ti"n