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.legates challenged this, and insisted on

delegates challenged this, and insisted on a
call Of the roll of the state. The result was
that 10 delegates refused to vote Senator
Money made the point OF order that instruc-
lions to delegation to vote as q unit could not
stifle the will Of any who desired to vote.
Gen. Bragg climbed on one of the chairs OF
the Ohio delegation to protest, but the mad
dened Buckeyes ordered him down. New York
and Vermont offered him Q chair in their dele
cations. Gen. Bragg made his statement as to
the will Of the Wisconsin delegation and was
replied to from the platform by Delegate
Dockery, one OF the silver men from Wisconsin.
He aroused great enthusiasm by declaring
that II Wisconsin's will was stifed here IL
would be heard for silver in November.
The Tammany orator, ex-senator Grady,
made a fiery protest against q ruling which he
contended would practically sbrogate the unit
rule.
The delegates grew still as Senator White,
the chairman, finally ruled that the unit
rule instructions did not contemplate the re-
fusal Of delegations to vote. He ruled that
all silent votes should be considered absen-
tees, but that every delegate present who
desired to vote had right to have his vote
registered. This ruling was loudly cheered, as
it blazed the way for an ultimate ruling that
the two-thirds required to nominate, within
she meaning of the rule, were two-thirds Of the
votes cast. according to the precedent OF 1916
The name of Henry NJ. Teller was for the
first time spoken of as Q presidential nominee
when, on the call Of states passed, Colorado'S
eight votes were recorded for the former re-
publican and were received with mingled
cheers and Kisses. The clerk consumed sew
eral minutes in computing the results of the
first ballot during which the crowd buzzed ex-
citedly.
Senator Whites voice had been failing him,
and Richardson, Of Tennessee, again took the
gavel during this intermission. The result
was announced by the reading clerk as fol-
lows: Bland. 233; Bryan, los; Boies, Sc; Mat
boz ATnT
TO- Blackburn. 50; Campbell, 2: Tillman, II;
Russell, 2: Stevenson, =: Hill. 1; Teller,s
The Official vote Of the second ballot was
Not voting, l60. Bland. PSI: Boies 81; Mat
thews, 81: Mclean. So: Blackburn IL: Pattison
100: Bryan. 1877 Pennoyer, s. Stevenson, 10;
Hill, 1: Teller, g
The oficial vote Of the third ballot was: Not
voting, 1872; Bland, pol: Boies, SO: Matthews.
"a: Mclean, 81; Bryan. 2l9: Blackburn, a.
Patsison. 81: Stevenson, o: Hill,
The fourth ballot was as follows Bland, 2i1:
Boies, 80; Bryan. go: Matthews, 30: Pattison
e6; Blackburn. a. Mclean. 49, Stevenson, O.;
Hill, l. not voting, 161.
When the secretary announced Mr.. Bryan s
vote the Nebraska delegation mounted their
chairs and set up yell that drew around them
all the other Bryan states with their respective
standards. AS each Of the standards arranged
| itself in the bouquet a fresh yell went up from
the galleries After five or six minutes of up
roar the procession Of standards about the hall
oeSdu, with NeOraSk3 at the neaQ, ana the Tall
| end was brought up by Kansas. Fourteen
minutes were consumed in this demonstration
which gradually subsidized, and the convention
was able to proceed with business.
At this juncture, considering the fact that &
number OF delegates from the gold states did
| not vote. Chairman White ruled that two.
thirds vote Of the total number cast woult
nominate candidate for president and vice
president o
| The announcement Of the chairman was re-
ceived With great confusion Order having a,
length been restored upon the floor, the chail
| directed the secretary to call the roll of the
states for the nth ballot The roll call pro-
coed without incident until the state OF Yves,
| Virginia was reached, when that state re.
| Quested to be passed. The 10 votes from Wis
| eonsin that had been withheld from the FRS
still declined to vote The state OF Illinois
was also passed. as the delegation from Ohit
marched to their committee room for consulta
ton The roll call having been completed IL
regular course. the secretary returned 70 cal
the names of the states which had been passed
Upon the second call, the state Of West Vir
ginia wos still not ready to vote. Illinois
however, upon the second call. cast 4s vote.
ior Bryan, amid the greatest enthusiasm.
The Bryan men were now confident At thi.
time John R Mclean. Of Ohio, mounted hi.
chair The confusion still being very great, b,
had some difnculty in securing recognition. bu
finally snesasded He said: Ohio withdraw