The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-10
State. nomipated ex-Governor sylvester

State. nominated Ex-Governor Sylvester
Pennoyer.
No other names being presented the
Chair declared the nominations closed
and, first invoking order. directed the
secretary to cali the roll Of the States.
But before this was commenced. Mr.
Smith of Ohio informed the conventioh
of the sudden demise this morning of
Mr.. Frank H. Hurd The Chair asked
if any action was desired and Mr.. Smith
said not at this time.
The call of the roll then commenced
When the first State was called. Chair
man Lomax, of Alabama, rose to say that
John B. Knox. H. B. Foster, S. j. Car
penter. J. S. Minge and d. r. Burgess
desired to vote for Ex-Governor William
E. Russell, of Massachusetts, but under
the unit rule he cast the % votes of
Alabama for Horace Boies. Several Of
the chairmen of the delegations injected
little stump speeches into their announce
ments of the votes of the delegation.
Maraden. the water fiend. of Louisiana,
stood up, and holding a silver dollar in
his hand, said something which was
drowned in laughter and cheers.
When Massachusetts was called a dele
gate announced that the chairman and
yice-ehairman were absent, and Mr..
OSullivan, of the delegation, said that
these gold men were purposely absenting
themselves.
The Chair took this occasion TO ask
delegates to restrain themselves from
making speeches and to confine them
selves in their announcements to state
ment of the votes.
The Michigan delegation was polied and
several of the delegates when their names
were called responded in loud tones, 'I
decline to vote
Other simply said, mot voting"
Minnesota brought Adlai Stevenson's $
name before the convention but not a
solitary cheer greeted it. New Jersey be-
ing reached. the chairman of the delega-
ton, Allan L. McDermott, rose and said
New Jersey declines TO vote" whereupon
the galleries broke into cheers and
Kisses. The Chair requested that such
demonstrations cease and a delegate
shouted, .Tlhey are all Republicans and
ought to be put out"
The State of New York adopted the
same course as the State of New Jersey.
On its being called. Ex-Governor Flower
rose and said:-.In view of the platform
adopted by this convention | am instructed
as chairman Of the delegation from the
State of New York to say that the dele
gates have agreed not to participate in
the selection of candidates for President
and Vice-President, and therefore they
decline to vote"
The chairman of the North Carolina
delegation, when that State was called,
parodied Mr. Flowers words. saying
In view of the platform adopted by this
convention, / am requested by the dele
gates from the State of North Carolina
to cast % votes for Bryan" (Cheers and
laughter)
There was some curiosity to hear how
Ohio would vote, and the chairman mani
on his chair he began a. speech, stating
the Individual preferences of each dele
gate, mentioning him by name. but the
chairman cut this performance short by
asking him to simply give the totals
The 0fioan them stated that Il dele
gates were for Mclean, one for Bryan,
one not voting, one Band but under the
unit rule. he said, Ohio casts its 46 votes
'sfor the man who made this convention
possible-John r. Mclean" The purpose
of Ohio to get the individual votes of
its delegation on record was not to be
thus balked and a delegate challenged
the vote and a poll was had. McLean's 5
name being reached it was stated thai
he was absent, but his alternate was
here The alternate's name being called
he voted for Mclean.
South Carolina caused surprise when
the chairman announced that under in
structions of her State Convention South
Carolina cast II votes for 'her honored
SOM Benjamin R. Tillman, one not vot-
ing. Qiisses and cheers.
Mr.. Powers of Utah rose to a question
of personal privilege and asked the chair
man whether the spectators in the gall
leries should be permitted to express
their approval or disapproval of the
course of delegates.
"A very pertinent question'-the chair
man admitted, and then he added: PRO
ceed with the roll CALI
The vote of the State of Tennessee was
challenged and the chairman asked the
delegate who demanded a poll whether
he meant to deny the accuracy of the
statement made by the chairman of the
delegation (Senator Bate.
The delegate said he did. The deiega-
ton being polled, the announcement of
Senator Bate as to the preferences of the
delegates was fully ascertained and the
presiding officer requested gentlemen
preferring such charges to bind them
selves more accurately in the future. Gap
plause.)
When the State of Wisconsin was cali
ed a contention arose among its dele
gates, some of the silver men claiming
that the unit rule did not govern their
action and the gold men Especially Gem
eral Bragg and Senator Vilas) insisting
that it did and that the instructions
were printed on the commissions of dele
gates.
A copy of these instructions was sent
to the Chair and was read by one of the
secretaries 1t directs the delegates from
Wisconsin to vote as unit on all SUBJ
jects and candidates as the majority may
determine
General Bragg. in the course of a
somewhat angry alteration with dele
gate opposed to his views, declared that
the silver delegation from Virginia
should not determine the course of the
Democracy Of Wisconsin. He added that
at a meeting Of the Wisconsin delegation
yesterday 20 declared themselves in favor
of not voting III the convention and four
of them in favot of voting
The cfafry,1ar, instructed fhe eenrat !, -,