The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-25

lt,*luGhtlai ana Vice presidential candI-
,'',,,I uaWp snuutu ,, po hominnted That the con-
ns"tlo' Woko up Whcn debate wan cut
w, .,ie 'o.e wns Inkeh Wy states on tho
"iu ,noniior u. 'no rntn"rty report recon-
nienu,uE tho nomination or vloh prcsi-
us 80 M'v.o'. ihSsIueht' ahti.SeWhli dele
800 - ,, ''nvu w W lhFor OF the adoption
VI '"o "''"u''.y report
hraiam Let Loose.
The roll call was followed with intense
interest North Coro,t,o ,,,, o, -
ro,.ni,.,,,,', ~ s ', N''n' 90 WIZ"
'o' "'h'o'''S "''u ~ LOT minority.
ALABAMA ana Texas attempted to
challenge the vote OF Tcnncsscc witch
cast hn. - ,,,,, -. ,,a .,t''.N "''N :"
- ,''sS 'o' WV "'"J''I'y report
out 'nc eha'r fuIed this out or order.
by this time It was rumorcd about
that tho minority report had n small
majority In Its favor. Senator Hu,Ier
nnd ConErcTsman Skinner, OF North
Carollnn, held Il hurried consultation OH
the platform. He mounted n chair nnd
said North Carolnas vote had becn On Il
unon the Understanding that the vice
president should go frum the south. He
said: 81 demand TO know rs l am em-
powered to change the vote OF North
Carolina"
Yes. yea" came from various parts
or the hall, but these cries were drowned
by a chorus OF "nocs."
Change your vote" shouted Texas,
while Tom Patterson, OF Colorado called
out; Colorado has made no pledge"
Bcdlam broke loose The band MAY,
ed. Men wrcstlcd with each other and
great excitement prevailed. When or
dor was restored Congressman Skinner
dramatically cast the 95 yotca OF North
Carolina for the majority report. amid
the cheers OF the nntI-Scwau crowd, The
announcement OF the vote was 1856 TO Gl5
In favor OF the minority report and was
the siGnnl for unothCr enthusiastic anti
Bryan demonstration.
The report was then adopted.
a California delegate moved n recess
until O'Clock, but the motion waa yoclr-
elpualy voted down.
General Weaver, chairman OF the COM
mlttee oil resolutions, was then Mt 3:O3 n.
M, recognized 10 read the platform as
agreed to by the committee.
The enuuclattnn OF tho different
planks OF the platform was received
With applause. The income Tux proyls.
lon was also sharply applaudcd, az was
almost every sentence Of tba tropSr,rtn.
tiOn plank. (The platform rs aloptrI
will be found on the sixth n,raN
Al the conclusion of the reading Of tho
minority report, Mr.. Coxev. nF ohio
was recognized and read hIa minority
report, recommending the i4q,nnrn Gf
non-interest bearing honl, fnr the Inv.
provenent Of the roads Of the country
Mr., DonneIly. OF Minnesota cnn,.
piain-d that the land nlnnL v,,a nnt
sufficiently explicit nnd surocsted nm
amendment. -
Mr.. Kirby. OF Texas wac ,har intro
duced to read his minority rennrt He
said that he objected to ths majority re-
port because II was too proIIy and he
cause Il was too akin 10 The Dsr,"crntIc
platform.
Mr.. Vallette. Of Vls,da rsIor1 ,,r,
came forward with n ,hjrd ,ninnrit, raD
port. He prefnccd ito rpahjrr. h.. ,1yIrr
that he could mt SuhSrrIha IN Tho
principles enuncIated by the majority
H'': i',,Sn ',,N.t M"art, nnnouncenent created no
gate suggested thar II ha .Vnts5 n mon
without being read MIR. Vallette's doc
unlent proved 10 be sort OF n new
ions nIanrs u..ro ra%a,., pet,uesce: me var
ter, cat calls nnd rryes ~ orSnr
At 6:3o the convention re.avsanhIna
and Chairman Allen introduced Judra
Pollard: OF Missouri, who read the Mat
form OF the silver convention and n
message about the nomination of Rry-
an and Sewall bv II Thr .rnai,vm,, w,os
repeatedly interrupted bv Delegates In
various parts OF tha hal, wh7 rojsed
the point Of order that The rer,,Iar or
der was the nominations for vice prcs--
ident. Senntor Allan overrr,n1 thcqc
the silver party'g pIatfo-m we're ON
Enthusiastically rare,yn1 h,,t ,yhn, tbo
action OF the silver rnnva,ti,r In nnni-
Mating Brvan and SawnII wne read 1,
was iecred by tho Middle M tho pnoI
contingent. nnl an the n,o,tnr ~ n Tnx.
as delrynto. tn, nrornalinvg ~ tho eli.
YER convention wnro rcfsr-oI r. +bn
committee on resnII,tInns
E,,,Iy c,, na..,. -. ,
,.,,, ~
N'"''Hat'ohs were then called Tor,
but the convention. experienced good
deal OF difficulty in rcttinr undnr rvay
ou,,g to r,,,,,,. -.
~, "''S ''"u' ~ thc e'.A''.
men tne parliamentary situation had
been Strengthened out, Colonel Bow
man, who was taken off the floor nv
the adjournment of the convention this
afternoon. again took the stage and
tInnr,. nf"ru c,.i, H. mo'l1nHtion congressman
skInner's no,nm w,a noi I"so,' ,.orr e,,bu.
suastIcally received.
Congressman Howard, Of Alabama.
placed non. Thomas +. Watson In nom
inatlon IN speech IN which he did
most favorah!G Justice to the ship OF
State9 OF Inc fecple's party and PAID
n high tribute to Mr.. Watson's charac-
ter rs man, journalist and n states
man.
Mr.. D. ASOnry johnson. or California,
a typical westcrner III physique, spoke
for that state. also EecondlnG Watson's
nomination.
Colorado yielded to New York and the