Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11

one for Bland, "but under the unit rule" he said, "Ohio casts it's 46 votes for the man who made this convention possible John R. Mclean"
 The purpose of Ohio to get the individ- ual votes of its delegation on record was not to be thus baked, and delegate challenged the vote and a call was had. MeLean's name being reached, it was stated that he was absent but his alter nate was here. The alternate's name be- ing called, he voted for Mclean.
 South Carolina Votes for Tillman.
 South Carolina caused a surprise when tine chairman announced that under in- structions of her state convention South Carolina cast IF votes for "her honored son, Benjamin R. Tillman-one not vot- ing" (Hisses and cheers)
 MT. Powers of Utah rose to a question of personal privilege and asked the chairman whether the spectators in the galleries should be permitted to express their approval or disapproval of the course of delegates.
 "A very pertinent question:" the chair man admitted. and then he added: "Pro- ceed with tine roll call.''
 The vote of the state of Tennessee was challenged and the chairman asked the delegate who, demanded the poll whether he meant to deny the accuracy of the statement made by the chairman of the delegation (Senator Bate). The delegate said he did. The delegation being boiled, the announcement of Senator Bate as to the preferences of the delegates was full ly sustained and the presiding officer re- quested gentlemen preferring such charges to bind themselves more accu- rately in the future. (Applause.)
 A Knotty Point.
 When the state of Wisconsin was called contention arose among it's dele gates, some of the silver men claiming that the unit rule did not govern their. ho fa1l eral Bragg and Senator Vilas) insisting that it did, and that the instructions were printed on the commissions of delegates. A copy of these instructions was sent to the chair and was read by one of the secretaries. It directs the delegates from Wisconsin to vote as a unit on all sub- jects and candidates as the majority may determine" se.- a
 General Bragg, in the course of some what angry altercation with a delegate opposed to his views, declared that the silver delegation from Virginia should not determine the course of the democ- racy of Wisconsin. He added that at a meeting of the Wisconsin delegation yes- terday twenty declared themselves for not voting in the convention and four of them in favor of voting. The chairman instructed the secretary to call the names of the Wisconsin single delegates, and in response to this call General Bragg, Senator Villas and eighteen others de- clined to vote, while four others voted
 MT. E. J. Cookery, one of the silver delegates from Wisconsin, mounted the stand and said that the. instructions as read did not authorize delegates to re- frain from voting or authorize a ajor- ity of;them to prevent a minority of them from voting,
 General Bragg got on the chair of one of the Texas delegates to make a speech, but was rather rudely repulsed, where
  1y offered his chair, which General Bragg as courteously took. He argued that the instructions required the vote of Wiscon- sin to be cast as a unit. There had been but four votes cast now by delegates. contrary to the will of the majority-and those four votes, he argued. could not dis grace the twenty non-voters nor the state of Wisconsin while the convention stood under the platform adopted by it. Derisive cheers from the silver men of the convention followed
 The Chair Is Cheered.
 The chair ruled on the point of order raised by the discussion. He first read again the instructions of the Wisconsin delegation and said: "The chair rules that these are not instructions to abstain from voting. (Cheers). The chair further rules that when the roll is called gentle men absent shall be recorded as absent, and that if, majority of the delegation vote their votes shall be individually re- corded, but aaminority cannot cast the entire vote of the delegation"
 This ruling was received with applause. The vote of Wisconsin was then an Declining to vote, 19; Bland, 4; Blackburn 1.
 The state of Colorado, which had been passed by consent, was called and brought Senator Teller's name before the 1t was received with faint bisses and very slight applause.
 Massachusetts, which had also been passed, brought in Hilps name by casting one vote for him.
 The chair announced the result of the