The record-union., 1896-07-11

did, and instructions were printed on the
commissions of the delegates. A copy
| of these instructions was sent to the
Chair, and was read by one of the Sec
retaries. 1t declares the delegates from
Wisconsin to vote as a unit on all sub
may determine.
| General Bragg, in the course of a
somewhat angry alteration with dele
| gate opposed to his views, declared that
the silver delegation from Virginia
| should not determine the course of the
Democracy of Wisconsin.
| The Chairman instructed the Secre-
| tary to call the names of the Wisconsin
delegates, and in response to this call
General Bragg, Senator Villas and eigh-
| teen others declined to vote, while four
| others voted.
E. j. Dockery, one of the silver dele
gates from Wisconsin mounted the
stand and argued that the instructions
as read did not authorize delegates to
refrain from voting, or authorize ma
jority of them to prevent a minority
from voting.
General Bragg got on the chair of one
| Of the Texas delegates to make a
speech, but was rather rudely repulsed,
whereupon Governor Hogg of Texas
| cOurteouSly offered him a chair, which
| General Bragg courteously took. He
| argued that the instructions required
the vote of Wisconsin to be cast as a
unit. There had been but four votes
cast now by elegates-contrary to the
| will of the majority, and those four
votes he argued, could not bind the
| twenty non-voters nor disgrace the
| State of Wisconsin while the convention
stood under the platform adopted by it.
| (Derisive cheers from the silver men Of
| the convention.)
| The Chair ruled on the point of order
raised by this discussion. He first read
again the instructions of the Wisconsin
| delega ton, and said: THE Chair rules
that these are not instructions to alb
stain from voting. (Cheers.) The Chair
| further rules that when the roll is called
| gentlemen absent shall be recorded as
absent, and that if majority of the del
egates vote their votes shall be indi-
vidually recorded, but minority cannot
| cast the entire vote Of the delegation"
This ruling was received with ap-
plause.
The vote of Wisconsin was then an
nounced: Declining to vote 10, Bland
f. Blackburn /.
The State of Colorado, which had been
| passed by consent, was called, and
| brought Senator Teller's name before
| the convention. 1t was received by faint
misses and slight applause.
| Massachusetts, which had also been
passed, brought in Hills name by cast
| ing one vote for him.
FIRST BALLOT.
The Chair announced the result of the
| first ballot as follows:
| Alabama-Boies %.
| Arkansas-Bland Is.
! California-Boies . Matthews z,
Bryan 4, Blackburn 8, Campbell l.
| Colorado-Teller s.
| Connecticut-Russell 2, not voting TO-
| Delaware-Bryan /, Pattison 3.
Florida-Bland 2, Boies 1, Matthews
| 2, Bryan !, Blackburn l, Pattison l.
Georgia-Bryan 26.
Idaho-Bland 6.
Illinois, Bland, 4S.
Indiana-Matthews 80.
Iowa-Boies 26.
Kansas-Biand 90
entucky-Bla ckburn %.
Louisiana-Bryan 16.
Maine-Bland 2, Bryan 2, Pattison 5,
not voting 3.
| Maryland-Bryan 4, Pattison II, not
voting L.
| assachusetts-Bland 2, Bryan i,
Pattison 3, Hill 1, Stevenson 5, not vot-
| ing IS.
| inh hicroy A =
not voting 10.
MinneSOta-BoeS f. Bryan 3 Black
burn 2, Stevenson 2, not voting 8.
| Mississippi-Boies IS.
| Missouri-Bland 81.
| Northumberland 4, Blackburn 2.
| Nebraska-Bryan 16.
| Nevada-Matthews 3, Mclean 3.
| New Hampshire-Pattison 1, not vot-
| ing (.
| New Jersey-Not voting 20.
| New York-Not voting -
North Carolina-Bryan %
| North Dakota-Boies 8.
Ohio-McLean As.
Oregon-Pennoyer g.
STANDARDIZATION Ga.
! Rhode Standardization 6, not vot-
| ing =.
| South Carolina-Tillman II, not vot-
| ing l.
South Dakota-Bryan 6, not voting 1.
Tennessee-Bland 24
Texas-Bland 80.
Utah-Bland g..
Vermont-Bryan 4. not voting a.
Virginia-Blackburn "a
Washington-Bland Z, Bryan 1.
West Virginia-Blackhurn -
Wisconsin-Bryan 4, Blackburn /,
not voting 10.
| Wyoming Blackburn 6.
| Alaska-Bland g.
AriZona-Bland g.
District of Columbia-Boies /. Nc
| Lean ).
New Mexfco-Bland g.
Oklahoma-Bland 6.
| Indian Territory-Bland g.
Totals-Bland 235. Boies s.. Matthews
81, Mclean 81, Bryan 119. Blackburn
So, Pattison 90, Pennoyer 8. Teller 8
Hill 1, Russell 2, Campbell /. Steven
son {, Tillman II, not voting 17S.
SECOND BALLOT.
The second ballot was begun at 12:35
AS soon as it was started Senator White
vacated the Chair, placing the gavel in
| the hands of Mr.. Richardson of Tennes-
| see.
South Carolina swung over from Till
m n to Bryan. whose gains had begun
early in the balloting.
The District of Columbia manifested
its capacity for lightning changes by
scattering its votes as follows: Three for
Bryan, one for Bland, one for Boies and
one for Mclean.
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