The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-11

WIG SldtC' Inc result was tnal ~ uelS-
gates refused to vote. voted for Black
burn, and for Bland. Senator-elect
Money of Mississippi made the point of
order that instructions to delegation
to vote as unit could not stiile the
VIII of any who desired to vote. Cen
eral Bragg climbed on one of the
chairs OF the Ohio delegation to pro-
test, but the maddened Buckeyes or
dered him down. New York and Yer
mont offered him a chair in their dele
cations. General Bragg made his
statement as to the return of the Wis
consin delegation and was replied to
from the platform by Delegate Dock
cry, one of the silver men from Wis
consin. He aroused great enthusiasm
by declaring that if Wisconsin's will
was stifed here, it would be heard for
silver in November. Ex-senator Grady
of New York made a fiery protest
against ruling which, he contended,
would practically abrogate the unit
rule. Senator White, the chairman,
finally ruled that unit-rule instructions
did not contemplate the refusal of dele
cations to vote. He ruled that silent
votes should be considered absentees.
but that every delegate present who
desired to vote had right to have his
votes registered. This ruling was loud
ly cheered, as it blazed the way for
an ultimate ruling that the two-thirds
required to nominate within the mean
ing of the rule were two-thirds of the
votes cast according to the precedent
of 1885,
Teller Nominated.
The name of Henry NJ. Teller was
for the first time spoken as possible
presidential nominee in the convention
when on the call of states Colorado's
eight votes Were recorded for the for
mer republican and were received with
| mingled cheers and Kisses. Eleven of
the Massachusetts delegates voted-3
for Pattison, 4 for Stevenson, 2 for
Bland, l for Hill, and for Bryan.
How Bryan Won.
The result of the fourth ballot had
| only been partly announced when 1t
was interrupted by another dramatic
scene When Bryan's big gain from 2l9
to $50 leading Bland and all the other
candidates was announced, by pre-
| arranged plan, Bryan banners were
raised on the standards of several
states and big shouting was INDUCED
| in with a view of stampeding the con-
vention to his support. Nevada, Nc
| Lean state, Kansas, a Bland state,
| Idaho and other states that had pre-
| viously voted for other candidates, led
the movement. They were quickly fol-
| lowed in the order named by New Mex
| leo. California, Nevada, District of
Columbia, Idaho, Minnesota, Washing
| ton, Virginia and Indian Territory who
raised their standards and joined in the
general shout for Bryan.
| Then a procession was started, the
standards of twenty-five states and
| territories being borne round the hall
| amid perfect tornado of cheering, then
Illinois joined in and Florida followed.
Ohio came in and brief spell of silence
| followed as the rumor passed around
| that q deal was on with Mclean for
second place.
| After fifteen minutes of this hippod-
rome performance the announcement of
| the result was continued and the fourth
| ballot was officially announced as fol-
| lows:
| Bland, 241; Boies, 33; Matthews, &c.;
| Mclean, 46; Bryan, $50; Blackburn, ~;
Pattison, 96; Stevenson, s; HILL l. Abb
sent and not voting, 1872 Total, $50.
The total number of votes cast on the
| fourth ballot, 1853 Necessary for a
choice, 512.
Chairman Whites Ruling
| Immediately following the final an
| nouncement of the result of the fourth
ballot the chairman. Senator White,
said that the proceedings had reached
1 the stage where it was necessary for
| the chair to state his construction OF
| the two-thirds rule. A careful eXamin-
alton of the records of democratic con-
ventions, he said, left but one decision
! open to the chair. The noise and con-
fusion in the hall made the chairman
| pause ooh, gentlemen" he remon-
| strated, do keep quiet" Cries of "sit
down; sit down" The chairman re-
sumed his statement and said that the
| two thirds rule had been acted on with
! out objection ever since it's adoption
| in the Ohio convention of 1852. The
| rule read that 1.-TWO thirds of the whole
| number OF votes given shall be neces-
sary to nomination for president and
| vice president" Therefore in the opin-
! ion of the chair, two thirds Of the votes
| given would nominate the candidates
for president and vice president of the
| United States ((Cheers.)
| "Call of roll" he ordered, and there
with ordered and the fifth ballot was
begun.
4 The Final Ballot.
At 2:45 the fifth roll call was begun,
and it soon became evident that Bryan
was sure of votes sufficient on this bal
lot to nominate him. When Kentucky
which was one of the states which did
not Join in the procession, was reached,
Mr.. Rhea, who had put Senator Black
burn in nomination, rose and said:
while Kentucky loves her great demo-
crat, Joe Blackburn, and would be
glad to see him elected president of the
| United States, yet as he served in the
confederate army they did not seem to
want him (faint hisses), therefore Ken
| lucky takes great pleasure in casting
| her twenty-five votes for the world S
greatest orator,W. ], Bryan" (Cheers)
| Ohio Loyal.
Ohio still stood by Mclean, Illionis
which had asked to be passed, cast her
| forty-eight votes for Bryan. This left
him with 446 votes, sc short of the nee
essary number. Oklahoma changed
her six votes from Bland to Bryan, Their
| Ohio withdrew the name of Mclean
and cast her forty-six votes for Bryan
making his total 500. Before the result
was announced, but when it was known
that Mr.. Bryan had received within q