San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-11
SEWELL OF MAINE
NOMINATED AS VICE-PREsIDEN-
TIAL CANDIDATE.
Must Not be Rich Man, Nor South
ern Man - Jones, Of Arkansas,
the Possible National Chair.
man and Manager.


the democratic national ticket
and a close Of the national conven-
ton today. The program for the
day includes the nominating
speeches and balloting for the vice
president, naming of the commit
tee of notification on president and
vice president, the assembling Of
the national committee and pos
sibly the election OF chairman Of
the national committee to con.
duct the campaign.
The main interest today centers
in the vice.presidential nomina-
ton. Until last night, Mclean
held the commanding lead, but
now there is said to be some fric-
tion within Ohio's ranks and the
southern leaders are holding hur-
ried counsels to determine what
shall be done. The south hoped to
have one OF its sons on the ticket
and yet the southern men were the
first to concede that the memories
of the war were still too potent to
warrant southern nominee. The
candidates include Mclean, Of
Ohio; Sibley, of Pennsylvania (;
Williams, of Massachusetts, Forth
ington, of Michigan, and Williams,
of Illinois. Governor Matthews,
of Indiana, is also enjoying boom
for the second place.
Mr.. Bryan Is carefully refrain
ing from all active participation
in the choice of his associate on the
ticket. His quarters at the Cliff
ton hotel rivals the conven-
ton hall as a center OF attraction
for the great throngs. The nomi-
nee is proving himself truly demo.
cratic. He shows himself fire.
quently, has his doors open not
only to the leaders, but to the
crowd in general and talks without
any Of the restraint which politi-
cal candidates usually impose.
The selection of national chair
man to conduct the campaign
will depend much on the wishes Of
Mr.. Bryan. While the name of
Bland Is foremost in the contest,
Senator Jones, Of Arkansas, is re.
garded as a most likely candidate
for the craftsmanship. His gener-
slship was shown when he directed
the tariff con test in the senate on
the passage of the Wilson German
tariff bill, and more recently In d.
recting the silver campaign lead
ing up to this convention.
Indiana delegation has been con-
ferring with Gov. Matthews over a
long distance telephone and finds
him very positive against taking
second place on the ticket. This
has developed q movement for ex-
Congressman Shively, Of Indiana,
the present candidate for governor,
and a young man who won his
spurs in congress along with
Bryan.
Nobody doubts that the cause Of
the nomination Of Bryan was the
stampede inaugurated in his favor
at the close Of his great speech of
Thursday.
He had scarcely left the plat
form, when amid the applause of
the multitude, Judge Gstewood,
OF the Texas delegation, an origi-
nal Bryan man, grabbed the
standard Of Texas, and bearing it
high over the great audience, bore
it in triumph over to the Nebraska
delegation and placed it upon the
standard OF the state OF Nebraska.
Qnick as flash this was followed
by Georgia, Louisiana, Utah and
other states, until full two-thirds
of the standards of all the states
clustered around those Of
Nebraska. The convention went
wild with excitement and en-
thuiasm snd from that moment
the nomination Of Bryan was as
sured.
After q conference between the
gold democrats, OF Illinois, and
committee sent from Texas to rep
resent the anti-silver sentiment OF
that state, the following signed
card was Issued: "The under
signed, elected by the democratic
convention of Texas to attend the
convention at Chicago, to cooper
ate with the democrats there met
together for the preservation OF the
integrity of the democratic party
and the perpetuation OF its prin-
ciples, hereby heartily endorse the
action of the Illinois democracy In
calling for a democratic national
convention to nominate candi-