The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-07-18
st. Clair of West Virginia seconded
R1ack bur.1,se nomination

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Blackburn nomination.
Harrity announced that Pennsylvania
had no candidate.
Rawlins, Utah, seconded Bland's
nomination.
| Dockery of Wisconsin, seconded the
noml1ation of Bryan.
The convention then adjourned until
10 O'Clock tomorrow.
CHICAGO, July f0--At 10:57 Chair
man White called the convention to or.
der. Rev. DIR. Greene delivered the
| prayer.
Mr.. Harrity of Pennsylvania put ex-
Governor Pattison in nomination.
Mattingly, District of Columbia, sec.
onded McLean's nomination.
Miller. Oregon. nominated ex-Gov.
amer Pennoyer.
Ohio, announced the death of ex-Con.
gresham Hurd at Toledo.
The balloting for president COM
menced
Connecticut refused to vote, except
two delegates.
Massachusetts did not vote, owing to
the absence of the chairman and vice
chairman.
Ten gold men in Michigan refused to
vote.
Only one delegate voted from New
Hampshire.
New Jersey also declined TO vote.
Ex-Governor Flower also announced
New York's refusal to ballot.
Ohio cast 40 votes for Mclean, and
Pennsylvania cast 81 for Pattison.
West Virginia voted for Blackburn.
Nineteen delegates would not vote
from Wisconsin.
Trouble came up here ON the unit
rule.
Senator White, the chairman, finally
ruled that unit rule instructions did
not contemplate the refusal of delega-
tions. to vote. He ruled that all silent
votes should be considered absentees.
but that every delegate present who
desired to vote had right to have their
votes registered
The first ballot resulted:
Bland. 223; Bryan, 1916; Boies, SO
Matthews, 81; Mclean, 81; Pattison,
90; Pennoyer, 10; Blackburn, SO; Camp
bell, 2; Tillman. III Russell, 90
Stevenson, II Hill, / /; Teller, s absent
and not voting, 1856
Changes then began to be made in tbs
vote, Bryan's number increasing.
Ahlilic1Oti tntil EtluStu TO vote.
The result of the second ballot was
Bland, 2Sl /; Boies, 81 ; Matthews, 34t
Mclean, 90; Bryan, 1877; Blackburn.
II Pattison, 100 Pennoyer, s; Steven.
son, 10; HILL Il Teller, /. Absent or
not voting, 100.
A motion was made to abrogate the
two-thirds rule. Finally a point of
order that the question could be con-.
sidered only by the committee ON rules
was sustained.
Delegations continued to desert to
Bryan and the third ballot resulted
Bland, 291 Boies, So: Matthews, 81
Mclean, %; Bryan, 219; Blackburn,
~ Pattison, 81 Stevenson, O.; Hill, /.
Absent or not voting, 1872.
Delegations, on the fourth ballot, be-
gan to stampede to Bryan, delegates
Selling the banners and going to the
Nebraska delegation. Altgeld had to
fight hard to hold Illinois in line, but,
the delegation finally went to Bryan.
A fist fight occurred over the posses
sion of the Buckeye standard, but Mr..
Leans friends, though battered and
shaken, held the fort A big Bryan
demonstration followed, lasting Ii min
utes.
The whole number of votes was 76s.
and the clerk announced 5l2 to be n
cessary to choice,
Chairman White said that the pro.
ceedings had reached such a stage that |
it became necessary to announce his |
of the two-thirds rule. 1t |
was that two-thirds Of the votes given.
were necessary to a nomination.
The fifth ballot then commenced.
Mclean got up and withdrew his ow II. |
81 -, q
Bryan.
Bryan had 492 votes. Montana. with |
g. and Oklahoma, with the same |
number, swelled it to 504, two
thirds of all the votes cast. Governor |
Stone of Missouri then read note from |
Bland, releasing his state delegation |
and Missouri voted "a for Bryan.
People crowded around Mrs. BRYAN |
her Il
Then Iowa withdrew Boies and |
changed to Bryan. Arkansas ais
changed to Bryan. n
Senator Turpie withdrew Matthews |
md moved that Bryan's nomination be
made unanimous, which carried The
then adjourned at 3 80 I'M
il o'clock.
The convention reconvened at |
o'clock and Immediately adiourned,
Until 10 O'Clock this morning.
CHICAGO, July 11.-Arthur Sewall of
Maine, Democratic cand date for wee
PRESIDENT, lives at Bath and is former
PRESIDENT of a railroad, president of
,ank, as well as owner of shipyard
md is very wealthy.
Sibley of Pennsylvania and Mclean
# Ohio were nominated, but withdrew
a cfa Cd 10 |
Bland, but he withdrew
Boies of Iowa was named, but he also
O'Sullivan, Massachusetts, named
George Fred Williams of Mas sachusetts.
Louisiana, nominal ii John RI
IcLean.
Congressman Tom johnson, Chic,
amed Fithian of Illinois, a nout cling
hat, while not free silver man, he
Johnson) was with them heart and
oul.
Miller, Oregon, wanted Gov. Pen
oyer, Oregon,
Burke, California, named cwali.
faine.
Showalter, Missouri, named SibIey.
North Carolina put forth Judge Clarke
f that state.
Powers, Utah. nominated Daniel, Vir-,
,inia, but the latter refused to run.
Morris, Illinois, seconded Sibley.
Werve Jones, Ohio. seconded Mclean.
The first ballot resulted as follows
'ibley, 1853; Sewall, 100; Mclean, Ill ?
Williams Mass. re; Boies, 20; Bland,
2 Clark, 80 Lewis, IL Williams Qll),,
?; Harrity, 80; Fithian, / /; Blackburn,
0; Daniel, IL Pattison, 2; Teller, /;
White. 1. Absent OF not voting, 260.
Second ballot-Sibley, 113; Sewall,
Z Mclean, 1854 Williams, Massachu-
etts, IS; Bland, 2SS; Clark, %; Har- j
ity. 81; Pattison, L; Williams, Hi i
OILS, 13. Not voting or absent. 255.
Third ballot-Bland, 255; Mclean,
10; Sibley, so; Sewall, 81; Williams,
Massachusetts,, 10 Harrity, 10; Clark, I
? /; Pattison, Daniel, 6. Absent or not i
citing, 255.
Fourth ballot-McLean, 2o9; Sewall, :
s /; Harrity, II; Williams, Massachu-
stts, 10; Clark, 46 Pattison, Daniel, !
4. Absent or not voting, $50.
Fifth ballot-Sewall, 56S; Mclean, 7
q Harrity, IL; Williams, Massachu-
stts, o; Clark, 20 Pattison, 1 /; Daniel, :
g. Absent or not voting, 251.
HON. c. T. CALDWELL, I