The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-07-15

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Slave. Virginia abandoned Black
burn 10 turn her twenty four votes to
Bland. Wvomiug changed her six
votes from Blackburn TO Bryan. Jonn
McLeaa lost four in the District Of Co.
lumbia aud Bcyan captured three Of
them.
Then the chairm "a of the Califor
MIA delegation announced that under
Instructions he desired u announce a
change IN the vote OF California.
Fourteen Of the votes were for Bryan,
a change OF ten, the losses by Black
burn and Matthews, and thereupon
the calls for Bryan were renewed.
The result was then announced as
follows: Bland, PSI; Boies, 81; Mat
thews, 81; Mclean, 50; Bryan, 1877;
Blackburn, II; Pattison. 100; Penney
er, 5; Stevenson, 10; Hill, /; Teller, S.
Absent, or not voting. 100.
The third call began and Colorado
brought her eight votes from Teller to
Bryan and Florida gave the Nebras-
kan three more. Kansas developed
dangerous split, eight votes had gone
to Bryan. but twenty votes, under the
unit rule, were still with Bland.
When New York was called there was
storm OF Misses. She declined again
to vote. Oregon deserted Pennoyer
and divided, Bryan capturing Eve OF
her eight votes. Bland got two and
Mclean one. West Virginia, which
had gone solid for Blackburn, broke
away and cast seven votes for Bland,
two for Boies and one for Bryan.
Bryan also gained one IN the District
of Columbia.
The result Of the third ballot was
announced as follows: Bland, 29l;
Bcies, So; Matthews, 81; Mclean, "a;
BRYAN, 219; Black burn, 81; Pattison,
81; Stevenson, 9; Hill, I. Absent or
not voting 162.
Teller had dropped out, and the vote
ct all the other candidates, save Bland
and Bryan had dwindled. Bland had
gained ten and Bryan twenty-five.
Bryan's people went wild at the be-
ginning OF the fourth roll call, when
Alabama changed her twenty-five
votes from Bland to Bryan. The Ne
braska delegates climbed to their chairs
and led cheer. Idaho followed suit
by bringing her six votes from Bland
to Bryan. There had been a commo-
ton visibly in progress in Illinois
ranks which portended change but
she held firm to Bland.
Kansas marched from the Bland to
the Bryan camp with twenty votes,
followed by Nevada which carried SIX
from Mclean to the Nebraska man.
Ohio, although casting her vote under
the unit rule, showed nine Bryan men
in her ranks. Oregon this time gave
her solid vote to Bryan, an increase
from FIVE to eight.
The result of the ballot was an
nounced: Not voting, fG2; Bland,
2l; Boies, SO; Matthews, SO; Mclean,
4G; Bryan, $50.
Bryan had assumed the lead and the
favorite had dropped back into the
ruck. The reading cl' k had got no
further than the an ,uncement OF
Bryan's 2SO votes befo." there was a
repetition Of the scene If yesterday
when the eloquent young orator clos.
ed his speech. The Coliseum swayed
with enthusiasm. Cheer followed
cheer. The States standards were
again uprooted and carried to Nebras
ka. Louder and louder the whirl OF
the sound swelled. Men and woumen
went frantic. Hundreds of newspa'
pers and umbrellas were furiously
whirled through the air. Suddenly
two beautiful young girls, dressed in
pink, appeared on table back of the
alternates' seats in the valley of De-
mocracy. They held IN their hands
large silk flag, on one side OF which
shone the clear.cut features of Bryan.
To and fro it waved, while 10000
throats yelled and screamed. Then
they started in Indian file to parade
the standards about the delegates,
Kansas, Nebraska, Mississippi, Geor-
gia, Nevada, Colorado, South Iakota,
Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, Ore
eon, North Carolina, South Carolina,
District Columbia, Wyoming, Idaho,
Alaska, Minnesota and Michigan were
in the procession. Frenzied men
fought for the standards of the other
delegations. California was first
wrenched away from those who at,
tempted to restrain it and check the
BRYAN stampede. Delegates fought
like men demented for the Illinois
standard, when Governor Altgeld
stood resolute guarding his banner,
but the delegates were intoxicated with
enthusiasm. a hurried vote was
taken. Rryan carried the day, and
the Sucker State joined the parade.
4 fist fight occurred over the posses
sion of the Buckeye standard, but Nc
Leans friends held the fort.
The storm rolled on and on. = big
Bryan flag was brought into the Coils,
cum and milk white banner, on
which was a gold cross with the In
scription: mo crown of thorns, no
cross of gold, (which revived the ring,
ing words Of Bryan's closing sentence
Yesterday, and increased the awful
force of the hurricane.
When an approach to order had
been obtained the clerk took up the
announcement of the vote. The
remaining names were as follows
Blackburn q, Pattison 81, Stevenson
s, Hill 1. The whole number of votes
was 76S.
Chairman White said the proceed.
ings had reached such stage that ii
became necessary to announce his con,
struction of the two-thirds rule. Il
was that two. thirds of the votes given
were necessary to nomination.
The fifth call was begun, and Foote
of California declared: "California
for the first time is solid and casts
eighteen votes for Bryan" Florida
carried eight gvotes to Bryan from
Matthews and Boies. kentucky being
reached, Ollie James loomed up and
shouted: "While kentucky loves her
great Democratic leader, and would
be glad to vote for him, they seem not
+o want hin, herausa he was a COnfeQ