The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-07-13

any which had preceded it, aud brought
many of the delegates to their feet.
cheering and waving handkerchiefs.
The Ballot Begun.
The voting began amid the usual con.
fusion, and it was developed at once
that there was to be big field of can.
didates. The first ballot resulted: i
Sewall 100, Sibley 1853, Williams OF
Massachusetts rs, Fithian /, Mclean
III, Williams of Illinois 22, Bland Gl.
Clark 90, Lewis IL. Boies 20, Ha- .ity
2l, Blackburn 20, Teller /, Daniel II,
White /, Pattison 2. Whole number,
672.
The second ballot followed imme.
| diately after the announcement of the
result of the first and was as follows:
Sibley ll3. Sewall 81, Mclean 1853.
Bland 294. Clark %, Harrity 81, Will
Jams of Massachusetts. l6: Williams of
Illinois, l3; Pattison /. Total SO
Necessary to choice. $50.
The third ballot resulted: Bland 255,
Mclean 2IO. Sibley 80, Sewall 81, Will
Jams, Mass, l5, Harrity 10. Clarke 20,
Pattison /, Daniel 6. Not voting 900.
After the announcement Congressman
Amos Cummings of New York was in
troduced and read telegram dated
Meadville, Pa. which was as follows:
please do not permit my name to be
presented so instructed my friends
yesterday.
[Signedl JOSEPH SIBLEY
| After the announcement of the third
ballot, Governor Stone stepped for.
ward He thanked the convention for
the honor it had shown his state Then
he continued:
II am in receipt of telegram from
Mr.. Bland. He says substantially that
he would deem it unwise and un-
polite to nominate both candidates
from west of the Mississippi river. He
desired to say that the nomination of
Mr.. Bryan has his warm and hearty ap-
proval and thinks the nomination for
vice president, accordingly he desires
his name withdrawn.
A telegram from Mclean positively
withdrew his name also.
| uC Aou1Nil OoAlOt W as tACh tahChs AC-
sulting:
Mclean 29S, Sewall 26l, Harrity IL,
Williams of Massachusetts. 8; Clark 46.
Pattison /, Daniel o. Total 903.
An Air of Expectation.
At the beginning of the fifth ballot
there was general expectation that
something would happen, and the pre-
diction was made in various quarters
that Sewall would be the nominee
The first change came when the Georgia
delegation changed their vote from Nc
Lean to Sewall: The chairman of the
Indiana delegation announced that
since the kilograms read Indiana would
transfer her 80 votes to Mclean. Louis.
lana also swung into line for Sewall.
When North Carolina was called the
chairman of the delegation announced
that North Carolina was not playing to
the East in this fight and again voted
for Clark. When Ohio was called dele.
gate Sloane mounted chair and said
"Ohio," he shouted. least her votes
for Mclean notwithstanding those tele
grams
A Buckeye delegate arose to speak but
was howled back into his chair by the
, angry men about him. When the roll
call was concluded there was a hurried
consultation Sewall had $40, within
25 votes of enough to nominate. The
3 Illinois delegation wavered. Suddenly
? Harvey Donovan mounted chair anC
I shouted:
: illinois which will cast its vote fol
the nominees Of this convention now
desires to aid in the making
4 of the ticket She casts he
= 4S votes for Arthur Sewall Of Maine"
THAT nominates, hurrah for Sewall,
4 shouted thousands of voices. Ken
|. tucky, Ohio, Maryland and other state
q all fell in line. A Michigan delegat
0 moved to make the nomination unani
d NOUS. Delegates grasped the stat
colors and marched about in Indial
= file. They at last lined up il
d front of the stage while severa
/. routine announcements were made an,
then as the band struck up the stirrin
d strains of Dixie" the procession re
g formed and for several minutes parade,
! about the delegates enclosure with tn
Il purple stats of Nebraska and Maine il
l. the van
n The result of the fifth ballot was
n Sewall 56S, Mclean 80, Harrity II
!, Williams 8, Clarke 22, Pattison
q Daniels So. Absent and not voting 25l
1t was 3 Ill p. m. when the conven
e ton passed into history.
"A WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.