The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-11

the "SIlver Knight OF the West. William
J. Bryan" created great enthusiasm.
New Hampshlre's reply was that Dele
gate Boyle voted for PattIlon and thu
other seven delegates declined 10 vote,
and the intelligence fell on 4 silent
house.
1t remained for New JerIcy IN stir the
first really Sensational passage. Nc
| Dermott from his chair shouted In stem
torIan tones: THE state Of New Jersey
declines TO vote" OlIsseS.)
The gold ndhcrents In the galleries at
tempted TO drown the dlSapproval with
their cheers but were unable to do so.
New York was listened for as the cru
cial point of gold OF whose action the
Democracy OF the east was depending
for Its keynote. Ex-Governor Flower
| said:
'In view OF the platform adopted by
this convention anG OF Its actions and
proceedings, am instructed by the New
York delegation 10 say that we will not
participate In the selection OF a candl-
date. for President or vice president and
therefore decline to vote
The great body OF New York's adhcr-
| ents In the galleries sent up n storm nt
approval, but other cries were heard OF
Put 'em out: put EN- out"
Ohio cast 4G votes under the unit rule
for John K. Mclean Delegate Hold
Ing. of Cleveland, challenged the vote
and the old row In the Ohio delegation
which has been the feature nf so many
national conventions. was found lurking
behind the announcement. When the
roll Of delegates was called old convnn-
ton press men marvrlled TO hear Allen
nf . npp
cast his vote for Mclean, who. during
the life of his father had been one OF his
bltterest opponents. Tile call showed 10
OF OhlO's votes for Mclean. . for Bland,
! for Bryan and . for PattlsOn. There was
one absentee. Under the unit rule the
4G votes OF the state were cast for Nc
Lean.
oregon cast her votes for Pennoyer;
Pennsylvania her IL rotes for PattiSon,
amid the cheers OF the galleries: South
Carolina NJ OF her votes for Tlllmnn,
while the crowd hiSsed. \ big row &C.
CURED when Wisconsin was called. Gem
ernl Bragg announced that he was In
structed by majority Of the Wisconsin
delegation to cast no vote. One of the
silver delegates challenged this and in-
sisted on n call OF the roll OF the state.
The result was that - delegates refused
10 vote: j voted for Blackburn and for
Bland. Senutor-elect Money, OF Missis-
sippi made the point OF order that In
structlonS TO delegation to vote aS Il
unit could not stltie the will OF any who
desired 10 vote. General liragg climbed
on one OF the chairs OF the delegation To
protest, but the maddened Buckeyes
pulled him down. New York offered
him chair In their delegation. General
bragg made his statement us to the re-
turn OF the Wisconsin delegation and
was replied 10 from the platform by Del
egatc Dockery, one OF the silver Hot.
spurs from Wisconsin. He aroused
great enthusiasm by declaring that II
Wisconsin'S Will was Stiiipd here II would
be heard for silver In November.
The silvcr-tOnEued orator, ex-senator
Grady, made n fierce protest against IL
ruling which he contendeh would practl-
cally abrogate the unit rule. The dele
gates grew still ns senator White, the
chairman, finally ruled that unit rule in>
structi0n did not contemplate the rerusal
OF delegations to vote. He ruled that all
silent votes should he considered MS alb
sentees, but that every delegate present
who desired To vote had right to have
his vote registered This ruling WAS
loudly cheered. as 1t blaZrd the way fu'
nm ultimate ruling that the two.ihirds
required to nominate within the mean
Ing OF the rule was two thirds OF the
votes cast, according TO the precedent Ot
1876.
The name OF Henry NJ. Teller was for
the first time spoken Of as u possible
presidential nominee In the convention
when on tho call Of states passed CulO>
radios eight votes were recorded for the
former Republican and were received
with mingled cheers aud Kisses. Eleven
OF tho Massachusetts delegates vuted--3
for PattlSon, for Stevenson, for
Bland, one each for I'm and Bryan.
- The clerk consumed several minutes In
computing the results VI the first ballo;,
during which the crowd blzzpd excited
ly. Senator Whites voIC' has been fall
Ing him and Richardson, OF Tennessee.
again took the guvel during the Inter,
mission. The result was announced by
the reading clerk NJ follows: