The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-16

in nomination then the convention would
day. Some of the gray-haired leaders
saw and feared it. Last night when he
was placed in nomination those who
thought they had found their candidate
were confirmed in their opinion. The
idea which George f. Williams of Mas
sachusetts conveyed in his seconding
speech, that it needed the strength of
youth to endure the hardships of a new
cause, that a young man should WELD
the scimitar of an indignant people, sank
home. He, as Williams said, was the
new Cicero to meet the new Catalina of
today. The leaders who doubted the
wisdom of nominating so young and in
experienced a man tried to check the
stampede by adjourning until today.
They hoped a nights reflection would
suffice. At the suggestion of an adjourn
ment there was rebellion The motion
was declared adopted amid opposition
from the Bryan enthusiasts, who wanted
to nominate their candidate at once.
A nights rest only made them more de-
termined. This morning when the con-
vention met Bryan showed second on the
roll call. He had overhauled Boes.
Only Bland was ahead, and it was a
struggle for the Missourian to get the 23S
votes which were cast for him. The
stampede began ON the next ballot. On
the fourth ballot Bryan took the lead and
Bland fell back hopelessly beaten. The
was made unanimous on the
next ballot. E%Ss4.
Some have sought to find in the nominal
ton of 1880 of Garfield, who was not
a parallel with Bryan's nomi-
nation today, but there was no parallel.
Garfield was only nominated after one of
the hardest and most protracted conven-
ton contests of the century. Grant,
Blaine, Edmunds, Sherman and Wash
burn were contesting for mastery, and
after three ballots the rival leaders and
the convention turned to Garfield, who
had electrified the delegates by his match
less oratory and commanding presence.
Today the support of the other candidates
sunk away and Bryan won without
struggle, only Bland leading on the first
ballot on q scattering vote. There were
1876 gold men who refused to vote. Eight
declined to participate in the nomination
on the platform which had been adopted.
The latter realized that the gold men
would probably place another ticket in
the field, or if they did not actively OPP
pose the nominee of the convention in the
that they would passively at
least give aid and comfort to the enemy.
alone of the gold states
continued to participate in the proceed
ings. She cast her vote for Ex-Governor
Pattison.
On the second ballot Alabama sought
to check the rout that had already be-
gun by changing her vote from Boes to
Bland, but Bryan was overtaking him
with giant strides. Bland lost As,
while Bryan advanced %. Boies was the
principal loser.
On the third ballot Colorado gave up
hopes of Teller, the melton of whose
name had been cheered and Kissed by
the galleries, and Oregon gave up Pen
noyer. On this ballot the Bryan forces
lacked but seven votes of a majority
and there was open rebellion in Illinois
and other states, which wanted to swing
into line. On the fourth ballot Alabama
the first state to vote, headed the STAN
)ede to Bryan. Idaho, California and
others followed. The result in the other
delegations spread even among those
pound by resolutions of instructions.
Kansas, Illinois, Ohio and even Iowa
we're tottering. On the fifth and last
ballot Kansas went over. Illinois and
other states came tumbling along in her
wake. When Ohio was reached Bryan
lad 446 votes of the 504 required to
make a two-thirds majority.
Chairman White had ruled that two
birds of those voting constituted the
majority under the rule. The
Bryan men in the delegation demanded
| poll of the votes. The friends of Nc
Lean saw that the end was in sight and
Mclean himself mounted chair. He
withdrew his name as a candidate and
cast the forty-six votes of Ohio for
Bryan. This gave him 492-twelve less
han enough to nominated. Montana
changed ner six votes to Bryan and Okla
IONA followed with her six. To the
erritOry of Oklahoma belongs the honor
# nominating the Democratic candidate
or president in 1896 OF course the
'ther states then scrambled for each
'ther. Governor Stone of Missouri with
rev BANDS name and Senator Turpie