Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-16

nouncements of the votes Of their delegations.
Marsden, 1.-The water hend." of Louisiana.
stood up and holding a silver dollar In his
hand said something which was drowned in
Minnesota brought Adlai Stevenson's name
before the convention, but not solitary cheer
greeted it.
When New Jersey was reached the chairman
Of the delegation rose and said: New Jersey
respectfully declines to vote, whereupon there
were cheers and Kisses
The state of New York adopted the same
course as the state of New Jersey
There was some curiosity to see how Ohio
would vote. and the chairman of the delegation
manifested full desire to crafty it. Stand
ing on his chair, he began speech, stating the
individual preferences of each delegate, men
tioning him by name. but the chairman cut
this performance short by asking him to
simply give the total votes The Ohioian then
stated that II were for Mclean, IL for Bryan;
not voting, l. but under the unit rule Ohio
casts its vote for the man who made this con-
vention possible John R. Mclean
South Carolina caused surprise when the
chairman announced that under instructions
of his state South Carolina cast IL votes for
her honored SON." Ben J. Tillman, one not
voting (Hfsses and cheers)
The vote of Tennessee challenged and
the chairman asked the delegate who demand
ed a call whether he meant to deny the &C
curacy OF the statement made by the chair
man of the delegation (Mr. Bate The
delegate said he did. The delegation
being polIed the announcement of Sem
ator Bate to the preferences of the
delegates was fully sustained, and the presid-
ing off1cer requested gentlemen preferring such
charges to bind themselves more accurately in
the future Applause
When the state OF Wisconsin was called
contention arose among its delegates-some of
the silver men claiming that the unit rule did
not govern their action, and the gold men
Especially Gen Bragg and Senator Vilas) in
siSting that 1t did, and that the instructions
were printed on the commissions of delegates.
A copy of these instructions was sent to the
chair and was read by one of the secretaries.
It directs the delegates from Wisconsin to
| ''vote unit on all subjects and candidates
as the majority may determine"
The chair ruled the point of order raised
by this discussion. He first read again the in
structions of the Wisconsin delegation, and
said the chair rules that these not instruc-
tionS to abstain from voting lCheerS-l The
chair further rules that when the roll is called
gentlemen absent shall be recorded as absent.
and that if a majority of the delegation vote,
a minority can not cast the entire vote Of the
delegation. This ruling was received with ap-
plauSe.
The vote of Wisconsin was announced: De-
clinIng to vote, 10; Bland, 4; Blackburn, l.
The state of Colorado. which had been passed
by consent, was called. and brought Senator
Teller's name before the convention 1t was
received with faint Kisses and very slight APP
plauSe.
Massachusetts, which had also been passed,
brought in Hills name by casting vote for
him.
The chair announced the result of the first
| ballot as follows: First vote-Band, 223;
Bryan, 105; Boies. SO: Blackburn. 90: Mclean
| 81: Matthews, 81; Campbell, 2; Pattison, 95;
Pennoyer, l.: Russell. 2; Stevenson, 2; Till