The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-12
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N-- -.s-----oVrfug- '.Plttsburgs Jllg u
rst- Amos Cummings: fleaso -
emit ny name 20 oo ,,5tster5ay. Sign
t---lctei my Irisn.s
=. Joseph c. slDles- ,,.s Gov Stone
..r-nder instructions OF lnc ~
s7---s ~ delegation Missouri easls nj
~ % r,~ bland" This was cheeIe-'
8 second attempt 10 turn me 49,
-l- ~ r,-sr 10 Bland did not MAKE N 80
y----- Drogress, Arthur seWa4i Iuiliiills
hs e-9sSS svr York again declined 10 vote
--7is in the galleries, led Dy a ma
. ~ back Of the PLATFORM ollSS Sfi-,,s-
-..= n veil. and a delegate rom - -
aid the convention nad Ds en - y.
sue III rhe morning in this way anu nc
---F ak the ergeant-at-aFihs u -.
-a5 10 employ sufncient IOIee " Mp
..-ss Internal mob quiet ...-.o,,,nea
- CHAIRMAN repeated his stereo.yPe
Ls- hi clearing the galleries, ana t I-sI's
-or1narative quiet until hici.ts ~
e---vad her twenty-eight votes - a. -.
s--sr 10 Mclean, Wheh theLe
og-5lr-t ., nj az The third ballot, officially
L-'.-,Teed at 2:1O o'clock. was as follo"s;
Patti=0n ...-...---....'-''''-''-''
T,s-faI ...........-..s..-... 1900
1Ierf ........-.-....-.-.-...... 30
1f-Lean ........-....-'''.'''"-'' o.
sotU ..............--...... -.---'.'''''''-''- 10
Harri-y -.......-..'.-'-''''--. "a
stL-5- ................-.-... ...-.......'... "
yy-inia-ns Of Massachusetts ....-..'.'..'. 10 10
clark ....-.....--.......--.-.. '''''---'''''' -
! T. being eng EVIDENT by this time that, the
---tf0n could not be Stampeded 70
TTI.r5 when the fourth ballot was start
= GOV stone of Missouri addressed the
/ 1rvantion He said: Il desire on pc
S,if NJ the Missouri delegation and as
~ friend OF Mr.. Bland, to express 70 you
.-.- yrafafll appreciation Of your kindness.
I'm In receipt of a telegram from MT.
p-snd IN which he says substantially Ihat
h. would deem It unwise ana impolluc
T., nominate both candidates from the
as- side of the Missouri river. (Cheers.)
SHe desires me to say that the nomi-
ra.ion of Mr. Bryan has his warm ana
hearty approval and he thinks that tns
romination of the Vice President should
he with one object alone in view-that Is,
the strengthening of the ticket. Accord
inglv he desires me to say that ne wishes
his name to be withdrawn from the con-
sieratiOn OF this convention Ior tIis PO-
sjtlon." (Cheers)
The fourth ballot was then begun. In the
.o,,-sA OF the vote Mr.. Fithian Of Illinois
declared out Of order and amid great con-
fusion that the convention could not al
ford TO nominate a man for the vice
presidency who had declared that he could
not support one principle of the national
piatform-that in favor Of imposing an in
The chair refused to allow any debate
during the vote and directed Mr.. Fithian
y The '15'i result Of the fourth ballot was an
nounced as follows:
Williams of Massachusetts, ............. 9
Clark ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80
Harrity .-......'..'..s....ss.'s'' II
Patt1sOn .....ss..sssss..s'ssss.ss \
Daniel ...-....s.s.sss''.s... %
SeWau 1o1
Mclean ........................s..s
Whole number OF votes cast ..........678
Absent, or not voting ...................zoS
Necessary TO choice .....4oz
Before the fifth ballot was entered upon,
the chairman of the Ohio delegation CMr.
Ulrich SlOan), made the following state
ment: The Ohio delegation has received
two kilograms from Mr.. Mclean. They
state substantially what ! said this morn
ing but that you may have the exact
words will read what Mr.. Mclean says.
He speaks for himself, not for the Ohio
delegation: Any votes cast for me for
Vice President is against my express
wish and against my authority. Please
announce this to the convention. (Signed)
J. R. Mclean
That is Mr. McLean's, not the Ohio
delegation added Mr.. Sloan.
Nevertheless the effect OF the telegram
was felt in the next ballot, Louisiana and
other states which had voted for Mclean
changing to Sewall, and when Wisconsin's
vote was reached, sufficient votes had been
cast for Sewall to nominate him.
Illinois promptly changed her As votes
from mclean TO SeWall. kentucky IOllOW-
ed suit. Ohio Clipped in and q procession
Of state standards was started round the
hall in honor of the nominee. But there
was no cheering.
The convention having now made its
choice, Nebraska voted for the first time,
and the state of Mr.. Bryan cast its vote for
Mr.. Sewall of Maine.
Michigan moved to make the nomination
unanimous Ohio moved that the rules be
suspended, and the nomination be made by
acclamatlon Meantime other states were
changing to Sewal
The chair put the motion to make the
nomination unanimous. On the shouted
demand of delegates the band struck up
Dixie and there was to a small extent
ne usual cheering which accompanies
that popular air.
The fifth ballot, which resulted in the
nomination OF Sewall, was as follows: