Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-19
VICE PRESIDENT.
Hobart Nominated on the First BalIot-0ny
Evans Vas Anywhere in Sight-The
Final Scenes.

When the applause which greeted this
announcement had subsidized Mr.. Lodge
moved to proceed to the election of vice
president and that the nominating
speeches be limited to five minutes. Not
withstandng many expressions of dis
sent and cries to adjourn, this motion
was declared carried and at $40 p. m,
the convention having now been in con-
tinuous session nearly eight hours and a
half, the roll of states was called for NOM
nations for vice president.
When Connecticut was reached Mr..
Fessenden took the stand and in brief
speech nominated Mr.. Morgan &. Bnlkely
of Connecticut for vice president. Mr..
Fessenden sketched Mr.. Bullxely's sue
cessful career and said he was now at
the head of one of the largest business
enterprises of the state and had been.
twice elected mayor of the democratic
city of Hartford and had given them a
magnificent administration
Judge John Franklinfort of New Jer-
sey placed in nomination Hon. Garrett
"A. Hobart.
Mr. Humphrey of Illinois briefly sec
onded the nomination of Mr.. MOZART in
the name of Illinois
The roll call of the states was resumed
and New York made no nomination.
When Rhode Island was called Mr.. AL
len came TO the stand and nominated for
vice president Charles Warren Lippet.
When the state of Tennessee was call
ed Mr.. Randolph, delegate from that
state, nominated for vice president Hen
~ Clay Evans of Tennessee.
The nomination of Mr.. Evans was sec
onded by Smith of Kentucky, colored
delegate, who declared that the republi-
can party was 1.-THE grandest organiza
ton this side of eternity" daughter
ard applause) No republican conven-
ton for the last thirty years had failed
to declare for the sanctity of the ballot
but it was necessary to do
Something More Than Words.
The convention had an opportunity to
do for southern republicans that which
IL had done for northern industry by giv4
ing them a candidate for the vice presi-
dency, who should bring to them renew
ed courage and hope. Elect Evans to the
vice presidency, he said, and there would
be a new fence of republican states in
the south.
l. c. Walker of Virginia, colored, put
in nomination his fellow delegate. James
A. Walker. He told the convention that
the financial plank in the platform was
STRONG medicine for the southern states,
but they proposed to take it like little
men,"
A delegate from West Virginia report
ed his state was solid for sound money,
solid for Mckinley and solid for Hobart
of New Jersey for vice-president.
The balloting for vice president then
began. The call had only proceeded as
far as South Dakota when it became evil
dent that Hobart had been nominated
on the first ballot and the delegates and
the crowd in the galleries began to leave
the building.
Resolutions were offered and agreed to
appointing the chairman, Mr.. Thurston,
and the temporary chairman, Mr.. Fair
banks, the chairmen respectively of the
two committees to notify the nominees
for president and vice president.
Winding 1t Up.
Resolutions of thanks We're offered to
the chairman, temporary chairman and
the officers of the convention, and suit
able Acknowledgements were made by
Messrs. Thurston and Fairbanks.
The chair informed the convention that
it would be necessary to appoint the COM
mittees to wait upon the nominees and
notify them of their nomina ton, and he
requested the delegations from the va
rlous states to choose two of its MEM
bers to act on these committees, which
he said would meet tomorrow at the
Southern hotel.
The result of the ballot for vice-presf-
dent was announced by the chair as fol-
lows: Hobart, 1884,; Evans, 2771aj Bulke-
ley, 80; Lippitt, 81 Walker, 24j Reed, 8,
Thurston, 2; Frederick Grant, 2; Depew,
g.; Morton, 1, absent, %.
The chair then formally declared Gar
rett A. Hobart Of Nav Jersey the nomi-