The Irish standard., 1896-07-18

ed brought IN Etlllss name spy castln6 - ~
The Chairman anonunced the result off
first ballot as follow s.: Bland 222ss: Eryala
los; Boiess So sBhckburn 81; Mclean s. !; ];
Matthews 3f: sCampbjeiL q; Pattison, So !;
Pennoyer i0!nRdssefff, p 2; Stevenson, Till-
man S. 2 Teller 8, Till =; absent and not not
The second ballot was begun at 1886:
vacated the chair, placing the gavel In. the
hands Of Mr. Richardson, Of Tennessee.
South Carolina swung over from TILE
man to Bryan.s whose gains had begun
early IA the bsiluting, "a. ~ :. \
The District OF Columbia manifested its
capacity for lightning changes, by seat.
tering its votes as follws: for Bryan; 1
for Bland; I for Boies and one for Nc
Lean. Y
Before .the13vote was announced and
while it was being footed up California an
nouneed a changssof her vote as follows:
Br ryan 4 81 E|af EivSa Matthews, : Bofes
non ns sfa + H. sseS'f fe1 lows N
Second ot-Bland, 2s1; Boies, 81;
Matthews, "a; Mclean, So; Blackburn, Al;
Pattison, 1907 Bryan, 1877; Pennoyer, g;
Stevenson, TO-; Hill, !; Teller, 8. Not vot-
ing, 100. sl6s
the water scene the first day of the con-
vention raised another small scene. He
rose to address the chair and several
glasses Of water were rendered him, some
Of which he drank and one he threw away.
He afterwards mounted the platform and
amid considerable confusion said: II move
that 1t is the sense of this convention that
the majority should rule and that the prec-
edent established by Democratic conven-
lions heretofore under the two-thirds rule
lis cowardly subterfuge. Kisses and up
roar.
The presiding officer then remarked that
while he did not think the gentleman had
made any motion he would so consider 1t
and would announce that the gentleman
from Louisiana moved that the two-thirds
rule be abrogated.
Senator Blanchard said that he was au
thorized by the Louisiana delegation to
say that the motion Of the delegate Mr..
Marsden was not made at its suggestion,
and to move to lay that motion on the
table.
At the same time point of order was
made that the motion to abrogate the
two-thirds rule must be first considered
by the committee on rules and the point
Of order was sustained by the chair. There
upon MIR. Marsden, smiling but dlscom-
flied retired from the platform saying to
the chairman as he left the stand: "You
will hear from me later" The third bal
lot was then begun at 1:30 p. m. ~
The result of the fourth ballot had only
been partially announced when it was In
terrupted by another intensely dramatic
scene. When Bryan's big gain from 219
to 280, leading Bland and all the other
candidates, was announced by prear-
ranged plan, banners were raised on the
standards Of several states and big shout
ing was INDUCED in with view of stam-'
pedtng the convention to his support. Ne
vada, a Mclean state, Kansas, Bland
80, In THeio0 nd to that had
previously voted for other candidates, led
the movement. They were quickly follow
ed In The order named by New Mexico
California, Nevada, District Of Columbia,
idaho, Minnesota, Washington, Virginia
and Indian Territory, who all raised their
for Bryan. Then q procession was start
ed, the standards Of % states and terri
tories being borne around the hall amid;
perfect tornado Of cheering. a:s
Chicago, July 11.-Will.am Jennings
Bryan, of Nebraska, the young orator
from the plains of the Platte, swept the
convention off its feet yesterday and was
nominated for president on the fifth ballot.
Political history furnishes no precedent
for the days proceedings, either as great
spectacular show, or as the result of the
USllUGIdLiOuS u lu0 CUuNSuC1Ou VI q SlCdk
political party.
Bryan is but 36 year sold, younger by 10
years than any man ever nominated for
lie. Fz4...- ~. .<.a.-
He came like "a voting Lochsnvar out Of
the West, witch has never before nomin-
atede, presidential candidate, to WOO the
bride for whose hand the country's great
oat ehfoPtaina have hapn a,1ifOrs a..
His name was barely mentioned in the
preliminary skirmishing. When the con-
vent.on met he was not entered in the
lists. But Thursday he made an impas-
stoned speech and stirred the convention to
frenzy for his eloquence. That speech
overthrow the diligently organized work Of
weeks and months for other aspirants for
the honor.
The cause Of silver was uppermost- in the
minds of delegates who assembled here.
For this cause they deliberately placed the
eastern wing of the party on the altar.@Now
that the convention is coldly analysed, it is
seen that the support of Bland and Boies
as candidates was never solidly grounded.
1t was only as the representatives Of
the issue that they rallied delegates to
their standards, and even after many OF
them had attached themselves to the for
tunes of one or the other of the candidates
they appeared restless and IN an instinct
i've way to be casting about for. new
Moses. .s4 x (
The far-seeing, staid and seasoned lead
ers of the silver men, realizing that their
new creed would ALLEVIATE the eastern de-
mocracy, believed in an alliance with the
silver Republicans beyond the Missouri,
through Tel.er,s nomination, but the rank
and file would have none of it.
When Bryan made his speech, the dele
gates suddenly saw in him the great ad-
vocate Of their cause and they turned to
him with an impetuosity that nothing could
balk. They wanted tribune of the peo-
Pile. They felt that they had him in the
eloquent young Nebraskan who set the
imaginations on fire.
If he had been placed IN nomination then
the convention would have been stampeded.
Some Of the grayhaired leaders saw and
feared It. When he was placed in nomina-
ton, those who thought they had found
their candidate were confirmed In their
opinion. The idea which George Williams,
Of Massachusetts, conveyed in his second
ing speech that 1t needed the strength of
youth to endure the hardships Of a new
cause, that young arm should WELD the
scimitar of an indignant people, sank
home. Here, as Williams said, was the
new Cicero to meet the Catalines OF to-,
day. 3..
The leaders who doubted the wisdom Of
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