The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-12

and by noon their seats were pretty
well occupied. The first interesting
episode of the day was the appearance
of Water Drinker Marston, Of Louisi-
ana, who burst on the platform to
nominate Mclean, Of Ohio, for vice
president, The chair had ordered the
roll Of states to be called for nomfna-
ton. but O'Sullivan, of Massachusetts
nad been held in check so much by
Gov. Russell that he took no chances
to-day and rushed to the platform to
ire off a candidate before roll call
could begin. This prevented the an
nouncement Of the Massachusetts del
egation If the roll had been called that
Massachusetts, had no candidate. EN-
boldened by O'Sullivan's success.
Marston followed the example and took
the platform amid cries Of water
water" which went UP Justify from
the galleries and newspaper tables.
ne recognized the call for water by
explanation that he had not had any
to-day, but he nominated Mclean Just
the same without the slightest consul
tatlon with, or knowledge Of Ohio. I
don't see why it would not be a good
plan to change the animal typical of
the Democratic party in the cartoons
ana use Marston's picture with a glass
OF water in his hand, instead. 1t
would signify much the same kind of
tnlng as the other picture does,
AS AN OFFSET
to McLean's nomination, Tom Johnson.
OF cleveland, took the platform to
nominate an Illinois man. which
showed hopeless division in the Ohio
ranks. He began his speech in rather
Unique manner, considering the cir
cumstances, by saying: "Mr. Chair
man, ladies and gentlemen, and fellow
democrats. This was kind, for It
made the audience feel that they were
part Of the machine that was running
things. Other impromptu nominations
Followed, ard the roll Of states was
never called at ALL Mr. Powers. Of
Utah. is evidently an illustration Of
Hope Springs eternal in the human
breast" for in nominating John w.
Daniel he said: Men may come and
men may go, but Democracy will live
forever" When Fithian, of Illinois.
nominated Joe Sibley, of Pennsylvania.
he .epologized for Sibley's coarse at
tack on Cleveland while member of
congress, and thought since this con-
vention had voted down the resolution
indorsing Cleve1ard's administration It
would be entirely safe to nominate Sib
ley for vice president To this senti-
ment the galleries responded a "Hur
rah for Cleveland" and that proposi-
ton was greatly applauded. In fact.
there was no gallery applause today
worthy Of note except for Cleveland
and the refusal Of New York to vote.
The little coterie who have been man
aging this convention evidently did not
want Mclean; possibly because they
could not make sure that he would fur
nish anything for campaign expenses.
In addition to the time they gained by
adjourning last night they were a.bIy
seconded by Ohio itself. Allen w.
Thurman, who has gained distinction
because he is the son of his father.
concluded to be a candidate for vice
president even while Mclean was can
dtdate for president, and having two
candidates from one state did not helm
matters in the least Then Tom John
son and one or two others were openly
for some other man for vice president.
so that when the Ohio man took the
platform he said they would vote for
Mclean, but they would not formally
put forward his name, and so his nom
ination rested upon the speech of the
Watery Marston. All through the con-
vention the runpus in the Ohio dele
cation led to the challenging of the
votes, and today was no exception to
the rule, even though man from their
own state was a CONSPICUOUS candidate.
If he had loyal home support, he might
have had the second nomination in
spite of the opposition of the managers.
Alabama had made no nomination but
reserved her sensation for the roll call
for q vote when she with much flourish