Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-30

tHclr cunuludte TOT l-resiucHt Ol tue Ouit-
ed States.
Only two other candidates were nomi.
mated TO contest the fled against Bryan.
One was Seymour Il. Norton. n lawyer
from Chicago, and the other was Gen.
Coxcy. Tie generals name was with
drawn before the bal,oting was begun.
Eugene V. Dcbs would have been can
didate had be not sent a message 10 the
convention declining to accept the nomi.
nation. The voting was all one way, and
when the result was announced bedlam
broke loose and pandemonium reigned for
fifteen or twenty minutes. The Texas,
Arkansas and Maine middle-0f-the-road
men, with their guidons together, took no
part in the demonstration.
At the first session Friday the anti
Sewall people moved to change the rules
and make the nomination of candidate for
Vice President the first order of business.
preceding the nomination for President.
1t was generally understood this was n
test vote on the Sewal, proposition. and
Oh it the anti-Sewa.l people were victori-
Gus by 100 majority.
The convention met for its evening ses-
sion ut $3.50 o'clock and speeches nomi-
mating candidates for Nice-President
were declared TO be IL order. Half Il doZ-
en- candidates were put up. Thomas Il.
Watson OF Georgia had the greatest num-
Der Of friends. No fewer than two dozen
speeches were made in his behalf. The
other candidates named were Sewall.
Skinner Of North Carolina. BurRitt OF
Mississippi, Mimms of Tennessee and
Even lage of Virginia. All the candi-
dates save Sewall were from the South.
there being tacit understanding that
straight-out Populst from that section
should be placed upon the ticket.
When the roll was called Arkansas
started off with twenty-five votes for Wat
son. Mr.. Patterson of Colorado cast the
forty-iive votes of his State for Sewall
amid round of applause from the Bryan
men. Indiana gave her thirty votes to
Watson. Kansas gave Sewall eighty-two
of her ninety-fve votes. Louisiana gave
the bulk of her vote to Watson. Mary
land divided her vote between Sewa!l and
Watson. North Carolina cast her ninety
five votes for Skinner. Tennessee voted
for Mimms and Texas for Burkitt. This
split mp the large delegations. Before the
roll call was completed. however. Texas
changed her vote To Watson and there
were other changes in favor of the
Georgian. Col. Burkitt of Mississippi
went to the stand and withdrew his name.
Then Mmms withdrew in Watson's ia
vor. Tha Georgian already had votes
enough to nominate. but the vote of Ten
nessee was finally transferred to his coli
umn. Some one made the motion to make
the nomination unanimous and it was
carried with whoOp.
Senator Alien called the convention TO
order at 9:35 o'clock Saturday morning.
After the Invocation the chairman an
nounccd that the first thing in order was
the selection OF members of the national
committee and the committees to notify
the candidates for President and Vice
President Several resolutions were pre-
sentcd and referred without reading or
debate.
Weaver Names Bryan.
The chairman then called for the nomi-
nations of President and Nice-Presdent,
and Judge Green OF Nebraska took the
stage to place Mr.. Bryan in nomination.
A Texas delegate interrupted with point
OF order that the States must he called
in alphabetical order for nominations
Judge Green was driven off the stage by
the Texans point of order When Ala
bama was called Gov. Kolb yielded 10
Gen. Weaver OF Iowa. but Col. Gather
of Alabama got to the platform first and
interjected speech about joining the
cotton fields OF the South with the wheat
fields of the West. At the conclusion
OF his remarks Gen. Weaver came for
ward and formally placed Mr. Bryan in
nomination.
Gen. Weaver in his opening remarks
asked the convention not to applaud. and
the delegates listened TO him without
much demonstration. But when he con-
Guided by naming that splendid young
statesman, William j. Bryan" the con-
vcntion broke loose. Cheer followed
cheer. The delegates jumped to their
chairs. and flags. handkerchefs. coats.
hats and State guidons were waved in
wild confusion. The enthusiasm that fol-
lowed Gen. Viewers speech was some
thing TERRIFIC. Miss Minerva Roberts led
the cheering in the Colorado delegation.
While the demonstration was Mt its
height thousands of copies of the Bryan
Silver March were flung high in air and
fell in clouds on the frantic delegates.
When quiet was restored Gen. Field OF
Virginia. who was Gen. Viewers run.
ming mate i'm 1872. hobbed forward on
his crutch. and. after brief speech. NOV
ed to suspend the rules and make Bryan's
nomination unanimous. The convention
rose almost en- masse and chcered. but
above the chorus of cheers came the sharp
cries OF the Texas men. no" mo,
they yelled. Chairman Allen declared
the motion carried. but. yielding TO the
protest, decided to allow call OF States
on the motion. The Texas men wildly
protested. The \ebraskan having assert
ell that he positively would not accept the
nomination il Sewall was rejected, Rob
ert Schilling Of Wisconsin attempted II
secure recess until Bryan could be
heard from. but he was howled down.
The greatest confusion prevailed. and
Bryan's nomination was seconded by
orators from nearly every State, md at
last. after six hours of speech-making.
the roll call on me ballot was reached.
When Alabama. the first State. was call
ell she divided her vote between Bryan
and Norton. Arkansas gave her twenty
five votes for Bryan: Colorado, Connect
cut and Delaware voted so,idly for Bryan.
Georgia gave five OF her slxty-one votes
for Norton Of Illinois. As the roll call
proceeded Il became apparent that Bryan
would be nominated before II was COM
pleted. At its conclusion the tally clerks
had figured the totals, and without further
delay Chairman Allen announced the Of
fetal vote as: Bryan. 1,042; Norton, n;
Donncl.y. 1. 1t was then Az. Someone
made n motion to adjourn. The chair
man put the motion and declared the con-
vention adjourned sine die.