Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-07-16
A STAMPEDE.
Convention Goes Over to Bryan on the
Fifth Ballot.

Ing he had been established as Richard
+. BIand's most formidable competitor.
His nomination came on the fifth ballot.
Convention Opened with Prayer.
At five minutes before II Senator
White of California, the. permanent chair
man. took the chair and made an effort to
establish some degree Of quiet and order
IN the hall. After five minutes devoted to
prayer was offered by Rev. DR.. Green, Of
Grace Episcopal church. Cedar Rapids,
Ia, the same clergyman who officiated tho
last two days.
PattisOn Placed in Nomination.
The chair Immediately recognized Mr..
Harrity, Of Pennsylvania, who, standing
in the main aisle, was greeted with cheers
He said: II desire to say that in obedience
to the instructions given by the democrat
ic state convention the Pennsylvania dele
cation presents the name of Robert E.
Pattison, Of Pennsylvania. as candidate
for the presidency" y
The chair asked if there were any other
nominations.
Mr.. Miller, Of Oregon, on behalf of that
state, nominated ex-Gov. Sylvester PEN
noyer.
No other names being presented the
chair declared the nominations closed and
first invoking order. directed the secre-
tary to call the roll of states.
Result of the First Ballot.
The chair announced the result Of the
first ballot as follows:
First vote: Bland, 22s; Bryan, los; Boies,
Sc; Blackburn. So: Mclean, 81: Matthews,
q: Campbell. 2; Fattison. So; Pennoyer. 10:
Russell. 2; Stevenson. 2: Tillman. II; Teller.
S; Hill, L
Absent and not voting 1S5.
Second Ballot Begun.
The second ballot was begun at 1885. AS
soon as it was started Senator White va
Gated the chair. placing the gavel in the
az No, o~S- No.,
South Carolina swung over from Tillman
10 BRYAN. whose gains had begun early IN
the palloting.
The result Of the second ballot was an
nounced at / rs p. m. as follows.
Second ballot: Bland, PSI; Boies, 81: Mat
thews. "a; Mclean. 50; blackburn, Al; Pat
The Third Ballot.
The third ballot was then begun at / 10
p. m.
New York on the third ballot, as on the
second, remained mute when the name o.
the state was called and the clerk repeated
the call in his loudest tone, but without
result. The result Of the third ballot was
announced at 1:5O p m. as follows:
Third ballot-Bland. 291; Boies. IS: Mat
tnews' q; Nfhean s.: Bryan, 2ls; Black
1: absent or not voting. 162.
The Fourth Vote.
The fourth ballot resulted: Bryan, $50;
Bland, PAL; Boies, 90; Matthews, So; Nc
Lean, &c; not voting, 1872
Tremendous cheering greeted Bryan's
figure. Bryan had gained 81 votes. Bland
lost just SO. The applause continued 80
1n1nent. For five minutes cheering con-
ttnued without slackening. The Bland men
alone sat silent; even the gold democrats
joined in the shouting.
INN ediately following the final outcome
OF the result Of the fourth ballot, the chair
~ Ca!i
that the proceedings had reached the stage
where 1t was necessary for the chair to
state his construction Of the two-third5
rule. A careful examination OF the records
CT democratic conventions left but one de-
cision open to the chair. The noise and
confusion in the hall made the chairman
pause. .'Oh. gentlemen" he demonstrated.
do keep quiet
Fifth Ballot Ordered.
Cries OF "Sit DOWN. Sit down.! The
chairman resumed his statement, and said
that the two-thtrds rule had been acted on,
without objection, ever since its adoption
in the Ohio convention in 1852. The rule
read that "two-thirds Of the whole num-
Der Of votes given shall be necessary to
nominate for president or vice president"
Therefore, in the opinion of the chair,
two-thlrds Of the votes given would nomi-
nate the candidates for president and vice
president of the United States lCheersl.
0sSAA
ballot was taken.
The fifth ballot was begun at 2:45 Cali
forn1a this time gave all her 10 votes to
Bryan. Connecticut, Delaware. Arkansas
and Colorado voted as before. Everybody
waited to see what Illinois did. Illinois
passed and Bryan men began to applaud.
KenIucky's rs votes went for Bryan also
on the fifth ballot casting Senator Black
burn OVERHEARD. The chairman. who an
nounced the vote, said the convention did
not care, evidently, to vote for man who
had been in the confederate army. SEN
timent which was roundly Kissed.
Illinois Swings Into Line.
Illinois. which had asked to be passed.
cast her As votes for Bryan. This left him
with 446 votes, 66 short of the necessary
number. Oklahoma changed her votes
from Bland to Bryan, making 454. Then
Ohio withdrew the name Of Mclean and
cast As votes for Bryan. making his total
500. Before the result was announced, but
when il was known that Mr.. Bryan had
received within few Of the necessary
assembled the platform, and as soon as or
der could be obtained he addressed the
convention in these words:
Note from Bland Read.
gentlemen of the Convention: Two or
three days since I received this note, which
I will now read in your hearing, from
Richard Parks Bland: wish it to be un-
IerStOOd that 90 not OeS1re the nom1na-
ton unless it is the judgment of the free
silver delegates that would be the strong
est candidate. If 1t shall at any time ap-
pear that my candidacy is the least OBJ
struction to the nomination Of any candi-
date who is acceptable to the free coinage
delegates Of the convention, or one more
acceptable to majority Of those dele
gates than myself, wish my name, at
once, Internationally withdrawn from
further consideration. ] am willing to
waive state instructions for me, II need
be, and to let the free silver delegates de-