The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-07-31

drowning the further announcement
Of the nomination of Sewall for the
vice presidency.
The call Of States for nomination for
Vice President was resumed, Mr..
Baurmann, OF Alabama, appeared as
the spokesman of that delegation, to
nominate for Vice President, Repre-
sentative Skinner, the Populist Con-
gresham from North Carolina.
Representative Howard, Of Alabama.
placed in nomination Hon. Thomas T..
Watson, the late Populist Congressman
from Georgia.
Colorado being called, yielded to Mr..
Latc Pence, now of New York, former
ly Congressman of Colorado, who be-
gan hy saying:
''Mr. President, in order to draw
tho poison quickly and have it out. let
IN. say my purpose is to give some rea-
son or try to give some reason why we
should nominate Mr.. Arthur Sewall, of
Maine, for Vice President" This an
nouncement was received with consid-
! cradle applause, followed by Kisses.
Frank Burkctt, of Mississippi, and
y. l.. Mills, OF Tennessee, were put in
nomination.
Mr.. A. a. Gunby, who spoke for
Louisiana, said neither of the old par
ties had dared since the war to 1ut q
Southern man on the ticket but it was
reservedto this great party to take this
step forward.
Delegate l.. c. Bateman, of Maine,
protested solemnly against the nomina-
tion OF Mr.. Sewall tor Vice President
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Mr.. IL. B. Taylor, of Michigan, spoke
IN fnv0r OF the nomination Of Mr.. Wat
son, of Georgia.
Delegate Walter, of Georgia (col),
was allowed five minutes to second the
nomination OF Mr.. Watson.
Mr.. Iguatius Donnelly seconded tho
nomination of Watson.
At lao n. N. Watson had 541 votes
Mt the end Of the first call. Texas and
Tennessee changed, giving him I'll
votes. Necessary to n choice 600.
Just as Watson was declared nomi-
mated the electric lights went out,
leaving the hall in darkness, while pam
demonium reigned.
A scene Of great confusion ensued,
which delayed the proceedings somc
time. An informal count showed the
vote to be: For the minority report
ioO; for the majority report 1CS.
Before the result was announced Mr..
Skinner changed the voto of North
Carolina, casting the whole 95 votes
for the minority report, which was
thus adopted.
The official total was: For the mi
mority. 7SJ; for the majority Gl5. The
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adopted.
W. j. Bryan, the nominee of the
Chicago Convention, wired Senator
Jones, immediately upon the ngpr,Sijinqqs5 gDr,ii Is
not nominated, have my ramc with
! drawn"
Notwithstanding the receipt of one
or more kilograms from Mr.. w. j.
Bryan, declining TO permit the use OF
his camc on the Populist ticket unless
Mr.. Aathur Scwell, his associate on the
Chicago ticket, was also endorsed, Mr..
Bryan was put in formal nomination as
originally contemplated by General
Weaver, of Iowa, and was seconded by
one or more spokc3men from every
State and Territory with about ten ex-
ccptions and on ballot received ,0i2
votes against 321 for Col. Norton, of
Chicago, who Mt the last moment was
selected as the candidate of the unre-
constructed 4-luuIe of the Road cle-
mcnt. 1t was the intention of this fac
| tion to place +. V. Debs in nomination
and thus to force the labor issue to the
! Jront, but Mr.. Debs telcgraphed de-
Ginning to servo and his telegram was
respected. Strenuous efforts were
made without avail by IgnGtius Don
nelly and others to obtain some kind
OF m assurance that Mr.. Bryan would
accept the nomination and stand upon
the platform. The permanent chair
man, Senator Allnn, of Nebraska, ed
mittcd that be had received some kind
OF q telegram from Mr.. Bryan, but he
said he had paid 10 attention to il.
Before adjourpinG, the convention
adopted resolution clothing the IA
tlonHl committee with plcnary power
to do ANYTHING an c=a:v.L;.z- wLicL
the convention itself might have done
if in session. This, of course, would
authorize it to take down the names OF
Mr.. Bryan or Mr. Watson or both if
necessary and to construct an entirely
new ticket. The national committee
was enlarged so as to consist of three
members from ench State and Ter
ritory. But naturally the power
conferred upon this cur.brous
body will eventually be lodged
III an executive committee of more
manageable size. A noticeable feature
OF the last moments Of the convention,
was the fact that though the result of