The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-07-11

yells, ycils became screams isvery
chair in the valley of the Coliseum,
and every chair in the vast wilderness
on the hillsides became "A rock on
which frantic men and women were
wildly waving handkerchiefs, canes,
hats and mbrellas-anything nova
bic. Some, like men demcnted, di-
vested themselves OF their coats and
! flung them high in the air
A Texas Delegate uprooted the pur-
| pie standard Of hls state and bore IL
frantically to the place where rose
| the standard Of Nebraska la
twinkling others followed the ex-
ample. Two-thirds Of the state stats
were torn from their sockets and ear
| ried as trophies to Nebraska where
| they dangled in mid-alr A dozen
/ delegates rushed upon the stage and
/ shouldcred the halfdazed orator and
! bore him IN triumph down the aisle.
] Louder and louder shrieiSed the thous-
ands, until the volume of sound broke
| like gigantic wave, and fell, only 80
rise and break again For almost fif-
teen minutes this maddeued tumult
continued, while the delegates with
the state standards paraded the en-
closure. Old political generals were
| stupefied.
II the ballot for the nomination had
been taken then, 1t would have been
a stampede
When it was all over, the votes
were taken. hrst ON the minority sub
stitute for the platform, offered by
Senator Hill which was defeated
go 20 3O3 Then on the resolution TO
indorse the administration, which
was beaten-355 10 56i; and, lastly, on
the adoption OF the platform, which
was carried-G2o TO 3Ol Senator 1ill-
man, after the rejection of the resolu-
tion 10 indorsc the administration,
withdrew hls resolution TO censure
the administration.
The administration stands con-
demned by that vote, was his com
meut "a brave man never strikes a
fallen foe. %
The Nominating Speeches
At the night session, in the presence
Of fully 90, 600 people, the nominating
speeches were made, and there was a
repetition of the exciting scenes of
the afternoon. The Bryan enthusiasm
continued The galleries went fran
tic with every mention of mis- name,
and the wild demonstration of the
afternoon was duplicated when he
was placed in nomination by II. n.
Lewis of Georgia, and seconded by
w. c. Klutz of North Carolina, George
i. Williams of Massachusetts, and
Thomas j. Herman of Louisiana.
Although the demonstration was
confined largely to the galleries it
looked as if the favorite, Bland, had
fallen back into the ruck, hopelessly
beaten.
Senator Vest placed the Missourian
in nomination aud David Overmyer
of Kansas, seconded the nomination.
The name of Governor Claude
Matthews of Indiana, was presented
by Senator Turpie of Indiana. and
seconded by Delegate Trlppett.
Fred White of Iowa placed Boies i'm
nomination, and the Waterloo states
man owed a magnificent ovation TO
the enthusiasm OF Miss Minnie MUIR
ray, young woman from Nashua,
Iowa, who led the Boies demonstra-
tion, as Mrs Carson Lake did the
Blaine demonstration al Minneapolis
four years ago
senator Blackburn OF Kentucky,
was placed in nomination by John ).
Rhea, "a brilliant Kentucky orator,
and seconded by General 81. Clair Of
| " est y AIA lulhs W. W Il AobAt Oh AhlA-
fornia, and Mclean of Ohio, by Dele
gate Patrick of the Buckeye state.
Action of the Gold states
The leaders who are opposed TO the
nomination of Bland, or who feared
the convention might be stampeded to
Bryan, decided after the nominating
speeches TO draw of anu wait until
this morning before taking ballot
The action OF the gold delegates, most
of whom decided not 70 participate in
the nomination of "a candidate ON the
platform, rendered BANDS strength
formidable. as il was lihely that the
chairman, taking he precedent of
lSi6 into consideration lwfen New
ork i'm an attempt 20 defeat the
chairman ruled that two-thirds Of
them voting constituted the tWo-thirds
required by the rulel would make a
similar ruling. II all the gold dele
gates declined 70 vote, tl6 would con-
stitute the necessary :wo-thirds. aud
the best estimate gave Bland ia6
The Penusy delegation, how
ever. decided 10 vote for pattison,
after communicating with him by tel
egraph The Wisconsin delegation
decided not 90 vote, as did New Jer-
sey. Maryland aud Connecticut di-
Vided, and - ~ tue 80 Massachusetts,
votes will be silent
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