The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-17

York delezation 70 say that we will not paritc-
ipate II the selection Of candidate for presi-
dent or vice president. and therefore decline
70 vote The great body OF New York's ad-
hereuCs II the galleries sent up storm Of zp-
prOvaL but other cries were heard OF Put
them OUT. Put them out
A big ROW occurred when Wisconsin vas
calei- Gen BraCE announced shat he was in
struc1ed bv tue majority 81 1he Wisconsin
de .eCation 10 cast ~ vote One Of the silver
Celeg stes challenged tbs. All insisted on q
cal % tie roll Ct the state The re~u-t vas
THAT = delegates refused % vote. Senator
Money made the point % order that instr1'-
tio1s TO a delegation 10 vote q a unit could DOt
sJife the VIII CT any wao desired &c vote
Gen. Bragg climbed on one % Jhe chairs q
the Ohio delegation 70 protest. cut the MAD
dened Buckeyes ordered him down %eT York
and Vermont offered him chair in Il IT &c e
cations Gen. Bragg made his statement as 70
the viii o. she Wisconsin delegation and was
replied 70 from tie Platform by Delegate
DOcSery- one o. the silver meH from Wisconsin
he aroused great enthusiasm bv declaring
that Il WisconSin'E viii vas Stir.eG here II
would Be heard for silver il November
TIE Tamnany orator. ex-senator Grady.
made a fiery protest against ruling which he
coutended would practically abr0gaJe the unit
rule
The delegates grew still as Senator White
the chairman. finally ruled that the init
rue 4LSLElGEA0lS lNL GNAAt-l44 ii4aN- TIC &c
fuSal cf delegations 20 vote He ruled that
al silent votes should be considered abSea-
tees. but that every delegate present who
desired 10 vote had right TO have bis vote
registered This ruling was loudly cheered- as
il blazed the Eay FOR al ultimate ruling that
the two-thirds required TO nominate within
the meaning OF tie rule. were TEo-thirds Of the
votes cast, according 70 the precedent Of 1876
The name OF Henry NJ Teller vas for the
first tine spoken o. as a presidential nominee
when. OF the call Of states passed. Colorsdo's
eight votes we're recorded for the former re-
publican and we're received with mingled
cheers and Kisses. The clerk consumed sew
eral minutes in eomputinE the results OF the
first ballot during which the crowd buzzed ex-
ci.e6ly.
senator Whites voice had been falling him.
and Richardson OF Tennessee. again took the
cavel during his internisSton- The result
was announced BY the reading clerk as fol-
lows: Bland. * Bryan rs. Bcies- - Nat
theEs- - Mclean. -; PsttiSon- o. Pennoyer.
10. Blackburn. $. Campbell >. TIllmsn- Il;
Russell =. stevenson Hill. l: Teller. s
The osicial vote OF the second ballot was:
Not voting. TO Bland. ~: Boies, 81; Mat
tnews a. Mclean. 5. Blackburn Il Pattison-
loo: Bryan Is7: Pennoyer- :. Stevenson 20.
Hill I: Teller.
ne oncisl vote OF the third ballot was Not
voting. Is2. Bland 81; Boies. - Matthews,
81 Mclean. -: Bran. -1s; Blackburn 2;
PaJtiso1- 81: Stevenson ?: Hill l.
The fourth ballot was as follows Bland 2il;
Boies. g Bryan. 30: Matthews, 81 PattlSoa
g. Blackburn =. Mclean - Stevenson, :;
Hi. I not voting. Isl
When the secretary announced NJ Bryan's
vote tie Nebraska delegation mounted their
chairs and set up q yell that drew around them
al the other Bran states with their respective
standards As each Of the standards arranged
itself II the bouquet fresh yell went up from
TIE galleries After FIVE O. six minutes OF up
roar the procession Of standards about the hail
began with Nebraska Al the head and the tai
end vas brought up OF Kansas Fourteen
minutes we're consumed II this demonstration.
which gradually Subsi1ed- AID The convention
zas able 70 proceed WIKI business
- this 5unctU-e- considering the fact that
mn Der Of delegates frC1D the gold states cid
not vote Chairman White ruled that two
thirds vote q the total number cast would
nominate : candidate Tor president aid vice
president
The announcement Of the Chairman was re-
eeived With great confusion Order having ~