The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-10

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Msgcd honesty aud u%ndnuntcd coir-
,gc, and to chill tito hearts and hopes
81 those who during all these years
awe waited for this hour Of triumph
To nominate him Is to make our party
again that OF tho people, and TO Insure
Iuccoss.
Tho senator's closing words were tho
l,gnal for another Bland demonstration,
this time long, loud nnd enthusiastic. ~
Jnnncr bearing the well-known nCelot
Silver Dick" was lNlstcd,
The convention roSe en- mnsAc, men
.hcered md waved hats md hnndkCr.
,htcts, The Bland banner was carried
lown to the platform, ClrclinE nsOunu
the delegates. From every quarter or
the hall Bland banners made their np-
pcnrancc, some bearing his piCture,oth-
F. ers "l6 to I" and others vohclng the in
yIncIble and lrrcpresslblG" sentiments
OF tho Missouri candidate. Meanwhile
tho Wild clanlor continued. One ma far
up among the spectators turned an
umbrella inside out and waved II mad
~.
The bearers OF banners and transpar:
encies formed In. twos and fOurs ana
cIrcled the hall. To add to the great
volume OF sound both bands played SIM
UNANIMOUSLY. II wins fourteen minutes
before Chairman Richardson attempted
to check the. demonstration.
Ex-senator Patrick Walsh spoke
/, when Georgia. was called. announcing
that the delegation had selected Colo.
mel II. r. Lewis TO nominate the man
for whom Georgia would vote. No n
knew whom Mr.LewiS Intended 10 name
SO the clements " uncertainty OF un-
certainty cloudinS his puriISc gave
him n close hearing.
"He needs no speech Ia recommend
him to this convention sntd Mr.. Lew
Ia. Then after his eloquent ccomtums,
Lewis said: II refer To the Honorable
William j.. Bryan. Of Nebraska:
When Indiana was called, Senator
TurpIe made his way to the stage AMI
placed In nomination the choice OF tho
Iioosicr state, Governor Claude Mat
thewS.
Great confusion occurred Mt this
point, and the serScant-at-nrms held
a threat over the spectators. He an
bounced that unless the galleries pre-
served order the session tn-morrOw
would b. held behind closed doors and
no one would be ndIrttted. This threat
seemed to bring the thousands OF tick
ct holders To u realizing sense Of the
Fact that they were In the convention
by sufferance.
Delegate Frederick White, Of Iowa.
placed Horace BoieS in nomination. Mr.,
White. who looked like n plain farmer,
proved 70 be 4 forclble speaker. F.
Led by IA Woman.
To n young woman In the south ter
race belonged the honor of forcing n de-
monstration second only to that
which followed the nomination OF Bland.
She was dressed In simple white. She
mounted n chair and began waving Il
small American flag frantlcally To the
crowd. For fully n minute she was I'M
observed. Then some one noticed her.
Eyes begun TO turn In her direction. She
continued to wave the flag with n ryth-
metlc motion crying ~ she dld so:
"Boies. Boies. BOicJ." Once she fell
hack exhausted by her own efforts and
the din was subsidlng. But gathering
her waning strength for u inal effort,
she spranS up again and once more
ScizinE the banner. she moved forward
and and was almost carried down the
slope by the madden-d crowd around
her: Swiftly she went forward to the
platform where the Iowa delegation
came forward to meet her and escorted
her with shouts TO the place OF the 1lele-
cation. For fourteen minutes the de-
monstration led by the girl In white kept
W. Then order was restored. The
young woman who had led 10000 people.
proved to be Miss Minnie Murray. OF
Nashua. Iowa.
John S. Shea, who vas introduced by
Ollie James. kcntucky's young giant, to
nominate The South'5 greatest Demo-
crat. Joe blackburn" proved 10 be q
typical southern orator OF the fiery sort.
The remaining states had no answer
to the roll call, and Paul Jones. Of Ar
kansas, was introduced. TO make anpth-
or plea for Bland. The friends and foes
which never fails to follow any refer
ence OF the governor Of Illinois, vas
renewed when Jones referred TO thu
state which had given to the union the
fearless Altseld. but the cheers out
numbered the Kisses. The speech was
for Silver Dick"
Nebraska being called. her chairman
responded that she passed for the pres
ent. but at the proper time would take
such measure in casting her votes for
the man whom We honor and love.
William Jennings Bryan"
McDcrmott. of New Jersey, brought
down jeers and Kisses upon his head
by his defiant declaration. New Jersey
does not nominate any man on this
PLATFORM"
John Il. Mclean. OF Ohio. publisher.
was spoken for by a. W. Patrick. whose
confident prediction. John Il. Mclean
Will carry Ohio" brought n loud re-
Spouse. The speech n n ringing one.
1t paid tribute 10 McIHan's work for
silver through his newspaper and to his
party record. However the news was
spreading that the programme did not
include 4 ballot Tonight so the people
began 10 pour cut, but Hs nominating
speeches rarely change votes, Il Is prob.
able that Mr.. Mclean lost nothing.
4 new chairman began 20 WELD the
sarel at this point. Congressman Bank
head, OF Alabama, one OF the smoothly
shaver southern men who furnish a
prevalent type TO this convention. Penn
sylvaniH being called. Mr.. HarrIty, the
chairman Of the national committee and
OF the delegation, stated that lie had no
nomination to make at this state, but
when the roll call OF states WAS called
the delegates would express tlIeIy prefer
emo -"
Congressman Jones. at the call of VIr-
glnin, climbed to n chair TO say that the
delegation had decided to cast Its vote
for John W. Daniel. but ut Ills earnest
request refrnined from doing, 20, and
had 10 candidate.
-. Clair In at the Finish.
Yet another chubby. rOund-faced gen.
tleman, ]. ". st. Clair. OF West Virginia,
: was to come. Not that West Virginia
did not love all the candidates, he said,
but that she loved Joe Blackburn b.st,
because he was the mar who youndcl
the tOcsin OF the struggle for silver and
won out In Kentucky. Carlisle and
Cleveland notwithstanding"
Strife cropped out In Wisconsin's camp
for General Bragg who gave Cleveland n
watch word By his famous cpIgram. "l
love him for the enemies he has madc,''
Mng STA nllnn ON a nhnIr nraL r.n..