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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-07-17
PLArFoRM ApoPrEp.
Has Votes to Spare Over the Required
Two-ThIrds.


Has Votes to Spare Over the Required
Two-ThIrds
Convention Hall, Chicago, July 1o.-At
five minutes before IL o'clock Senator
White, of California, the permanent pres
ident of the convention, called the assem-
bly, to order, and stated that the days
proceedings would be opened with prayer
by Rev. Thomas E. Green. of the Grace
Episcopal church, of Cedar Rapids, Ia, the
same clergyman who offered prayer
Wednesday.
Representative Richardson, of Ten
nessee, was called to the chair. Senator
Jones, of Arkansas, chairman of the com
mittee on resolutions, read the platform as
DnaIly adopted by that committee.
Text of the Platform.
The full text of the platform as adopted
Is as follows:
I'VE, the democrats of the United States,
in national convention assembled, do re-
affirm our allegiance TO those great eS-
upon which our institutions are founded
and which the democratic party has adYo-
Gated from JefferSon's time TO our own
freedom of speech, freedom of the press,
freedom OF conscience, the preservation of
personal rights, the equality of all citizens
before the law, and the faithful OBJ
servance of constitutional limitations.
During all these years the democratic
interests to the Capitalization of govern
mental power, and steadfaStly maintained
the integrity Of the dual scheme Of gov
this republic of republics. Under it's guild
ance and teachings the great principle of
local self-government has found its best
expression in the maintenance of the
rights Of the states and in its assertion Of
the necessity of confining the general gov
ernment to the exercise of the powers
granted by the constitution OF the United
States.
guarantees to every citizen the rights of
civil and religious liberty. The democratic
party has always been the exponent OF
political liberty and religious freedom and
1t renews its obligations and reaffirms its
devotion to these fundamental principles
of the constitution.
Financial Plank.
Recognizing that the money question
is paramount to all others at this time,
we invite attention to the fact that the
federal constitution names silver and gold
together as the money metals of the United
States, and that the first coinage law
passed by congress under the constitution
made the silver dollar the unit of value and
admitted gold to free coinage at the ratio
measured by the silver dollar unit.
eve declare that the act of 1873 demone-
tizing silver without the knowledge or
approval of the American people has re-
suited in the appreciation of gold and
fall in the prices of COM
modities produced by the people; heavy
In the burden Of taxation and of
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SUBSCRIPTION: Sl.OO Per Year.

Russell. 2; Stevenson. ?; TiHman, II; Teller.
S; Hill, l.
Absent and not voting. 1856.
Second Ballot Begun.
The second ballot was begun at 12:sS. AS
soon as 1t was started Senator White va
Gated the chair. placing the gavel In the
hands of Mr.. Richardson. of Tennessee.
South Carolina swung over from Tillman
to Bryan, whose gains had begun early IN
the balloting.
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. So; blackburn, IL; Pat
The Third Ballot.
The third ballot was then begun at 1850
New York on the third ballot as on the
second, remained mute when the name os
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 l: 80 p. m. as follows:
Third ballot-Bland, 291; Boies. Sc; Mat
thews. "a: Mclean, 81; Bryan. 219; Black
burn. q; Pattison, 81; Stevenson, 3; HILL
l: absent or not voting, 162.
The Fourth Vote.
The fourth ballot resulted: Bryan $50:
Bland, 241 Boies, 33s Matthews, So; Nc
Lean, 46; not voting, 162.
Tremendous cheering greeted Bryan's
figure. Bryan had gained 81 votes. Bland
lost just So The applause continued SO
long that another stampede seemed i'm
minent. For five minutes cheering con-
tinued without slackening. The Bland men
alone sat silent; even the gold democrats
Joined in the shouting.
hmm ediately following the final outcome
of the result of the fourth ballot the chair
man, Senator White, of California, said
that the proceedings had reached the stage
where 1t was necessary for the chair to
state his construction of the two-thirds
rule. A careful examination of the records
of 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 downl Sit down!" The
chairman resumed his statement, and said
that the two-thirds rule had been acted on,
without objection, ever since It's 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-thirds of the votes given would nomi-
nate the candidates for president and vice
president of the United States [Cheersl.
Call the roll.'' he ordered. and the fifth
ballot was taken.
The fifth ballot was begun at 2:45. Cali
fornia this time gave all her IS votes to
Bryan. Connecticut, Delaware. Arkansas
and Colorado voted as before. Everybody
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NOMINATED.
Bryan and Sewall Will Run
on the Democratic
Ticket.
Full Account of the Proceed
ings of the Convention
at Chicago.
Text Of the Platform as Adopted
Declares for Free Coinage
Of Silver.
Gold Men Prepare a Substitute for
the Financial Plank-Ballots
for Nominees.

Chicago, July s-At one o'clock p. m.
Tuesday the national democratic conven-
tton was called TO order by Mr.. Harrity, Of
Pennsylvania, chairman of the national
committee. Prayer was offered by Rer
Ernest NJ. Stires, rector of Grace Episco-
PAL church. Chicago.
HI1 Proposed for Chairman.
Then Chairman Harrity, in slow, DELHI
crate tones. said:
Gentlemen OF the convention, by dlrec-
tion of the democratic national commit
tee. desire TO report the following as the
temporary organization of the convention:
New York"
What is the pleasure OF the conver-
ton1' MIR. Harrity asked. ION the report
as made from the democratic national
committee?"
Mr. Clayton Presents Minority Report.
On that, Mr.. Clayton, delegate from
Alabama, arose, advanced to the platform,
and said:
Gentlemen OF the democratic national
convention, on behalf of the % members OF
your national committee, as opposed to q
and, as / believe, I'm accordance with the
wish OF the great majority Of this nation
(Cheers), am authorized to present to this
convention a minority Recommendation,
which / shall move as a substitute for a
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part Of the motion made by the chairman
OF the national committee.
The Minority Report.

part OF the motion made by the chairman
OF the national committee.
The Minority Report.
ITO the democratic national committee:
The undersigned members of the Democrat
&c national committee respectfully recon-
mend that the name Of Hon. John W. Dan
lei, of Virginia. be substituted in the COM
mittee report for that Of Hon. David B.
Hill, OF New York, and that Hon. John
w. Daniel be chosen temporary chairman
OF this convention.
Ballot on the substitution of the name of
John W. Daniel in place of Hill began.
The chair declared that the minority re-
port substituting the name OF John W.
Daniel for temporary chairman was
adopted.
Daniel Takes the Chair.
The chair appointed ]. K. Jones, of Ar
kansas; II. p. Heating, of Nevada, and B.
NJ. White, OF California, a committee to
escort Senator Daniel to the chair.
The Night Session.
Convention Hall, Chicago, July 9.-The
convention assembled at $3.50 D. m. with a
full attendance Of delegates and with.
crowded galleries. Senator Daniels. of Vir-
ginia, was IN the chair as temporary chair
man. There appeared to be no business
ready for presentation and the band had to
oil up the time, which It did to the general
enjoyment and satisfaction.
The Michigan Contest.
At SOS the committee on credentials pre-
sented its complete report. admitting to
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effect OF heightening the enthusiasm ana
was cheered and cheered again.
At 3:45 p. m. the sergeant-at-arms, in be-
half of the chairman, succeeded in getting
a hearing so far as to be able to announce
that the convention stood in recess till
eight p. m.
The Fifth Ballot.
The following table gives the vote on
the fifth ballot az officially announced.
Changes were made thereafter, before the
nomination was made unanimous, giving
Bryan more than the necessary 512 votes:
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Changes were made to Bryan as follows:
Arkansas. from Bland, 16 votes; Indiana.
from Matthews, 30; Iowa, from Boies, 2G:
Montana, from Bland, 6: Missouri, from
Bland, 81; Texas. from Bland. 30; Utah,
from Bland, 8; Alaska, from Bland, s. The
corrected ballot shows the following totals:
Bryan, $780, Bland, %; Patterson, 95; Steven
son. s: Hill, 1; Matthews, 2; not voting, 162.
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and seconding speeches were confined to
minutes in length.
Georgia Nominates Bryan.

Georgia dominates Bryan.
When the state OF Georgia was called,
Mr.. H. T. Lewis, Of that state, came to the
platform and put in nomination Mr.. Will
liam J. Bryan, of Nebraska, saying that IL
public office was a reward for public serv-
Ices. no man meFited such reward more
than he. In the late political contests Mr..
Bryan stood among his peers, like Saul
among the Israelites, head and shoulders
above all the rest. Honor him with the
nomination." he said, "and you will do
credit to the party and earn for yourselves
the plaudits of your constituents and the
thanks of posterity."
Other names put forward for the nomina-
tion for president were Gov. Matthews, OF
Indiana, ex-Goy. Boles, of Iowa, Senator
Joseph s. Blackburn, of Kentucky, and
John r. Mclean. of Ohio.
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seats the contesting delegates from tho
Fourth congressional district of Michigan
--MeSsrs. Chamberlain and Hart-also ad-
mitting the contesting delegates from the
Ninth congressional district of Michigan
Messrs. Hoyt and White-and recognizing
the right to their seats Of all the other dele
gates from Michigan.
After considerable discussion the previ-
Gus question was ordered, and the motion
to substitute the minority for the ma jorfty
report in the Michigan case was lost:
Ayes. 36S: nays, 55S.
Silver Has n rwO-TbIrds Vote.
The chairman put the question on the ma
5or1ty report OF the committee on creden-
tials and declared IL adopted. The result
OF the Michigan contest leaves the major
ity OF the delegation for silver, and the
state vote VIII be cast for silver under the
unit rule. Ex-GOv. Sheehan, of New York,
says the action gives the silver men a two
thirds vote In the convention.
White Elected Perms. Chairman.
The report or the committee on per-
manent organization was then presented
by Mr. Finley, OF Ohio. naming Senator
White. .of California. no permolent pTesl-
dent OF the convention and Thomas ].
CcRnns ct Ohtos aE permanent secretary.
chs PePast NBS adopted
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Senator Daniel. in retiring from the tenn
porary chairmanship, expressed his deep
sense Of the honor which he had enjoyed and
Introduced Mr.. White as ''the distinguished
Senator from California"
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courage and fidelity OF the present demo.
cratic national administration.
The Tillman Resnlnftnn
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that the value of the home market to our
American farmers and artisans is greatly
reduced by vicious monetary system,
which depresses the prices of their prod
ucts below the cost of production and
thus deprives them of the means of pur-
chasing the products of our home manu-
factories, and as labor creates the wealth
Of the country, we demand the passa ge Of
such laws as may be necessary to protect
II In all its rights.
1--WE are in favor of the arbitration OF
differences between employers engaged in
Interstate commerce and their employees.
and recommend such legislation as is nee.
essary to carry out this principle.
Restraint on Railroad Corporations.
THE absorption of wealth by the few.
the consolidation of our leading railroad
systems, and the formation of trusts and
pools require a stricter control by the fed
eraI government Of those arteries of com
merce. We demand the enlargement OF
the powers of the interstate commerce
commission and such restrictions and guar
antees In the control of railroads as will
protect the people from robbery and op-
preston.
Republican Congresses.
I'VE denounce the profigate waste of the
money wrung from the people by oppressive
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Paupsr Labor Plank.

I'VE hold that the most efficient way Of
protecting American labor Is to prevent
The importation Of foreign pauper labor TO
epapete With u u the henle market, and
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Russell. 2; Stevenson. ?; TiElman. II; Teller.
S; Hin, l.
Absent and not voting. 1856
Sacond FRaIIot F4a~uu
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''The minority also feel that the report OF
The ma Jority ls defective In falling to make
courage and fidelity OF the present demo-
cratic administration. and they therefore
orteT the following declaration as an
Rmendment TO the majority report:
we commend the heaaEsYI eEgHeRIys
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I'VE denounce the prohigate waste of the
money wrung from the people by oppressive
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
Approves March so. A. u. 1895.

A Joint resolution proposing to
amend section twenty-four (2D OF ar
ticle five (5) Of the Constitution OF the
State OF Nebraska. relating TO COM
pensatlon OF the officers OF the execu-
tive department.
Be Il resolved and enacted by the Leg
stature Of the State of Nebraska:
Section ]. section twenty-four (2D
OF article fvc Co of the Constitution of the
State OF Nebraska be amended to read as
follows:
Section "a. The officers OF the executive
department OF the state government shall
receive for their services u compensation
to he established by law, which shal bc
neither Increased nor diminished during
the term for which they shall have been
commissioner and they shall not receive
TO their own use any fees, costs, interests,
upon public moneys In their hands or un-
der their control. pcrquisitrs of Office or
other compensation and all fees that may
hereafter be payable by law for services
performed by an officer provided for In
This article shall he paid in advance Into
the state treasury. The legislature shall
ut its frat session after the adoption of
this amendment. thrce-nfths of the mem
bsrs elected to each house Of the icgis-
lature concurring. establish the salaries
OF the officers named In this article. Tine
compensation so established shall not bc
changed oftcner than once in tour years
and In no event unless two-thirdS Of the
members elected to each house OF the leg
lslature concur therein.
Approved March 20. a. d. 1895.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
CRUSHED HIS SKULL.
saloon right At Dunbar which May Re
suit Fatally,

NEBRASKA CITY, Nrh.. Sept. 81.
Word reached this city Saturday that
John Kramer. n young farmer living
near Dunbar. was hit ON the head with
u becr bottle in the saloon at Dunbar.
owned by Joe Snyder. Kramer went
into the saloon intoxicated and Snyder
tried To put him out when trouble en-
sred and Kramer was struck ON the
head with u beer bottle. The SKULL
was badly crushed and it is feared the
mar cannot survive. The matter was
not reported To the county officials.
snyder says what he did was in self.
defense and is not alarmed ut the ont
comc. Kramer is about thirty years Of
age and unmarried. and not Of Il quar-
r-lsomc disposition.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
I'otsoned Ills PAGER.

I~iAsrINGs, Neb., sept. ell. ID.
Mines returned from a flying trip To
Corning. la, where lie went to invc,ti-
gate the poisoning of his pacing colt
Charlie Neal, which died Friday. The
colt and n other horse had been
picked as the winner of the .:30 race
and both horses were doscd with ar
scnic and ~belladonna. presumably
by some n either interested in the
other horses in the race or hired by
those who were. MIR. Mines colt
was AN unusually promising horse and
was developing speed that promised to
put him in the front ranks among the
PAGERS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
SPEECH BY HSKE SMITH.
The Ix-Sccretary Not for Ircc silver
Eui for Bryan Sc,crthcies.

Eut for Bryan Sc,crthcies.
DALToN Ga. Sept. 2l.-ilokc smith.
cN.sccretary Of the interior. spoke
here to-day To- Il large political rally,
held under the auspices Of the state
Democratic executive committee. IN
opening he referred to Il former visi,
to Dalton two years ago. at which he
spoke in behalf Of Sound currcncy.'
and urged that the Democratic nation.
al platform should lot approve tn,
free coinage of silver. lie stated that
he would not bc t<adid did he fail tc
say to-day that his views on the fnan
cial question remained unchanged,
and he regretted that he could not in.
dorsc that part of the platform adopted
al the Chicago convention. He urged
however, hat those who. like himself.
did not approve Of this plank, would
still rcmain loyal to the regular nomi.
nees of the party.
Mr.. Smith claimed that long after
the financial question was settled. the
Democratic party would be found adj
vocating principles dear to the in.
tercsts Of the masses OF the people of
the country. and 1t would toe unwise
To quit the party on account OF oppo.
sition to u single plank in the plat
form. 50 far a. those were concerned
who had taken u part in the fight for
sound money delegates to- the Chi
cago convention, he felt that they
were practically pledged, as he was
actually pledged, 10 vote for the nom.
inee.
Mr.. Smith then briefly discussed
that portion of the Chicago platform
which dealt with the subject OF rails.
ing revenue. He urged the ~jus,ic, OF
u tariff for revenue only, ana con-
trastcd IL with the high protective
tariff for which Mckinley SO pre.emi-
nently stood. lie approved of the in.
come tax and insisted that it was not
class legislation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25

CANTON, Ohio, sept. 2i.-In spite OF
rain and bad weather, with the single
exception of yesterday, when about
'O,OOO people were here, the largest
gathering of h campaign was that
or to-day. The first arrivals were
men from the various railroads enter.
ING Chicago. They came in sections,
each OF the roads having a train or
moro, as was necessary. In al, there
were eleven trains. The first one ar
rived at 9:l5 o'clock, and at intervals
OF fifteen minutes Others camc,it being
noon when tho last train arrived. In
inc meantime trains from other di-
rcctlons came in, with crowds to be
provided with shelter. They were sent
To the various halls about the city.
Aside from the railroad men, the
hcIcga;ions scheduled for the day
were: Republicans OF Hutton, Pa
W train loads from the Carncric
steel Works at Homestead; people
from stations between Jamestown,
=" Y. and Newcastle, Pa, and from
points Gu the Western New York and
IcnnSylvp MIA railroad, all arriving
shortly aftc" noo In tlk afternoon
commercial travellers from Cincinnati,
commercial travellers from pittsburg
and a numScr of trains from Northern
Ohio are scheduled.
AZ !. o'clock the first OF the Penn
tyIvania delegations arrived. II had
been organized at Hutton and brought
1000 citizens Of that locality ana two
bands. Rain was pouring down when
they arrived and the party was taken
TO the Grand Opera house, instead of
TO the Mckinley lawn, as usual. The
good wishes of tho visitors were ex-
tended 10y General A. c. Litchfeld and
DR.. {. NJ. C.. Campbell, both of Oak.
mont Major Mckinley responded.
In his speech Mr.. Mckinley Landed
h protective tariff system and de.
rlarcd his belief that American work
shops and workingmen should be de.
Tended by n tariff system against
foreign competition. Then he con.
tinucd: The first thing we want in
this country is plenty to do and when
we ha 20 that, then we want to be
paid in good money for what we do.
We neither want short work nor short
dollars in tho United States. We
neither want free trade nor free silver
In the United States. We want
an opportunity to work and we
want when we have improved
that opportunity TO be paid in
dollars that arc worth as much the
week after they are received as on the
day Of their receipt. Free trade has
cheated you in your wages, and we
do not propose to permit free silver to
cheat us Ia our pay. ] am glad to
meet my comrades o! the war whose
cause has been so eloqucntly presented
here this morning. We fight our bat
ties now with the ballot. The only
force necded ia this country now is
that Of reason and Intelligence and
patriotism. And with this we are
hound to achieve = victory next No.
vembcr."
When Major Mckinney finished his
address lie introduced Senator Cullom.
who spoke briefly IN favor OF protec-
ton.
During this meeting the delegates
from the Carnegie City mills, 100
strong, and several bands, calne in
and their reception was also held in
the opera houss. l.. y. Brown, super
intcndcnt of tho mills, introducing
The party.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
THE TRADE
sin No DIiinct Improvement in business
Confidence Very Slow.


NEW York, sept. 2l.-R. g. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
There is still no distinct improvement
in business, although conditions favor
it. Confidence slowly rises. s~pecula-
tive buying of materials for future
use continues, imports of gold do not
cease and the Bank of England has
not tried to check them by further adj
vances in rates as the weight Of the
demand now falls upon France. But
an enormous business is held back
until the future is more clear. Names
great majority had no such influence,
as was anticipated from "A verdict less
emphatic.
10 many minds nothing an Eastern
State can do in u contest represented
rs sectional gives sufficient assurance
how the Western and Southern States
may decide.
In cotton, hides, wool and pig iron,
buying, opening speculative in char
acter, marks the current business.
Resumption of work by "A good part
of the Fall River cotton mills and ad-
vnnces in some kinds OF cotton goods
helped to raise the prices OF middling
uplands to sjsc again, though realiz'
ing scnt IL down to 1lIc.
Failures for the past week have
been 81 in the United States against
2l3 last year and 81 in Canada against
o. last year.