The Irish standard., 1896-07-18

csandi dates simply melted away, and
Bryan won without a struggle. On the
first ballot Bland got 23S, Bryan los,
Boies as, Matthews So, Mclean 54. Pat
stison 9, Blackburn 3d. Remover 10,
Tillman II, Stevenson 2. Teller 5; Camp
( bell 2, Russell and Hill 4. IL.
There were 1856 gold men who refused
to vote. They declined TO participate in
the nomination on the pla form which
had been adopted. The silver men real
lied that the gold men would probably
place another ticket in the field, or, if
they did not actively oppose the nomi-
nees Of this convention in the campaign
which was to follow, they would pas
sively at least give aid and comfort to
the political enemy. ., 5
Pennsylvania alone of the gold states
continued to participate in the proceed
ings. She cast her 81 votes for Gov.
Pattison5to the end. y Most Of the other
gold men who voted cast their ballots
also for Rattison, but there were scat
tering votes for Stevenson, sHill, Russell
and Campbell. On the second ballot,
Alabama sought to check the. .rout that
had already begun by changing her vote
from Boies to Bland, but Bryan was
overtaking him with giant strides. Bland
gained 4s while Bryan advanced 81.
Boies was the principal loser. His vote
dwindled to e. = -.
On the third ballot Colorado. gave up
hope OF Teller, the mention Of whose
name had been cheered and Missed by the
galleries, and Oregon gave up Pennoyer.
In the Ohio delegation the. Bryan forces
lacked but seven votes of d majority and
there was open rebellion In Illinois and
other states, which wanted to swing into
line. -
On the fourth ballot Alabama, the first
state to vote, headed the Stampede to
Bryan Iowa, Nebraska and other states
followed. The revolt in the. other dele
cations spread, even among those bound
by resolutions of instruction. Kansas,
Illinois, Ohio and even Iowa were tot
tering. ~.t
on the fifth and last ballot Kansas
came tumbling along in her wake, When
Ohio was reached Bryan had 446 votes
Of the 504 required to make two
thirds majority of those voting. Chair
man White had ruled that two-thirds Of
those voting constituted the two-thirds
majority under the rule. ]. Ohio hesi-
tated. The Bryan men in the delegation
demanded poll Of the vote. The
friends of Mclean saw that: the end
was In sight, and Mr.. Mclean mounted
chair. He withdrew his name as q
candidate and cast the IS votes of Ohio
for Bryan. !. = ::
This gave him 492, u less thanendngh
to nominate. Montana charged her
six votes to Bryan, and Oklahoma fol-
lowed with her six. - 81 .
To the territory of Oklahoma, there
fore, belongs the honor OF nominating
the Democratic candidate for president
in 1896, as to that of Arizona belonged
the honor four years ago.
OF course the other states then scram-
BLEED over each other. Gov. Stone Of
Missouri withdrew BANDS name, and
Senator Turpie of Indiana Withdrew
that Of the Ohio governor and on his
motion the nomination was made unani-
nous. 81 . u :. -. .... : !.
There were frequent Bryan demon
STATIONS throughout the day. The
most demonstrative occurred at theScon-
clusion of the fourth ballot, when 1T was
apparent that Bryan would be nomi-
mated on the next ballot. The colors OF
the states were uprooted and the Coli
scum for As minutes, shook with the
storm of cheers, while frenzied men
marched and sang Historically and went
frantic -.
After the nomination modest-lookin
woman sat almost unnoticed in one of
the chairs to the right Of the stage, sur
rounded by few friends. She retained
her composure amidst all the excite
ment, but her face glowed with pleasure
as she followed the proceedings which
made her husband famous. 1t was Mrs.
Bryan. Immediately after the nomina-
ton, when it became noised about that
she was there, and there was a rush
estly withdrew and sought her husband.
adjourned almost Immediately after
converting, the leaders deciding that it
was not advisable to go ahead with the
nomination for vice-president last night.
Until the representatives of the gold
element take action, the probability of
putting third ticket in the field cannot
be definitely determined. The sentiment
Of the Populistic leaders here is favora-
BILE to indorsing Bryan. .~-,,,a.. .....
Mr.. Bryan made an open-air speech
1Ou .L10 Ud1CC1y VI Iue O11lCOI I1Ol1S3
which filled Monroe street from State
street to Wabash avenue. The Bland
club of Missouri, headed by the Bland
silver band, marched to . the Clifton
House and serenaded the new Demo-
cratic nominee. The loud cries for
Bryan and demands for speech brought
Mr.. Bryan to the balcony, where he was
cheered again and again. He, was fol-
lowed by two men bearing an enormous
American flag. AS the crowd shouted
end the band played, the big. flag was
thrown to the breeze, and finally: thrown
about the shoulders OF the candidate
He .smilingly acknowledged the tplaudits
from below, and pushing back the flag
from his shoulders, addressed the crowd
below. s..S.t7%
There shall be no signs of keep off
the grass when you come around,'s he
began good-naturedly to the. jostling
( thousands in the street. sss 4y...,
4$ Then he asked, "Is this the Bland
club? - A yell in the Affirmative an
sWered his inquiry. q. .,~
Then want to say to the friends of
E Bland that if the convention had, oh osen
u him as their nominee, the man whose
name is inscribed on your banners, he
would have no more loyal supporters
than l. The fact that he was not chosen
4pon nnf ha ta1ynn ho c1;1 -,