Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-07-18

ones: II decline to vote" Others sim
ply said: Not voting"
Minnesota brought Adlai Stevenson
name before the convention, but not {
solitary cheer greeted 1t.
New Jersey being reached, the chair
nan of the delegation rose and said
New Jersey respectfully declines t.
VOTE w%hereupon the galleries broke
into cheers and Kisses.
The chair requested that such demon
STATIONS cease, and n delegate shouted
They are all republicans and ought tc
be put out
The state Of New York adopted the
same course as the state OF New Jer'
sey. On being called, Ex-Governor RIOS
we'll p. Flower rose and said: "1n view
of the platform adopted by this conven'
tion am instructed as a delegate from
the state OF New York to say that the
delegates have agreed not to participate
In the selection OF candidates for presl-
dent and vice president. and therefore
they decline to vote"
The chairman of the North Carolina
delegation, when that state was called,
~parodied Mr.. Flowers words. saying,
I'm view OF the platform adopted by
this convention / am requested by the
delegates from North Carolina to cast 90
votes for Bryan" Cheers and laugh
teri
South Carolina caused a surprise when
the chairman announced h a under In
structions of his state, South Carolina
cast II votes for her honored son, q"
Benjamin Tillman-one not voting.
(Hisses and cheers.)
Mr.. Powers OF Utah rose to a question
of personal privilege and asked the
chairman whether the spectators In the
galleries should be permitted to ex-
press their approval or disapproval of
the course of delegates. "A very per-
tinent questionable chairman admitted
and then he added: Proceed with the
roll call"
A Wisconsin Row.
When the state of Wisconsin was
called a contention arose among it's del
eRates-some Of the silver men claim
ing that the unit rule did not govern
their action. and the gold men especial
ly General Bragg and Senator Vilas) in
sisting that II did and tina the instruc-
ions were printed on the commission
VI Nri'6aN'S' ~ 'pBS vi iiiSii w
tions were sent to the chair and was
read by n of the secretaries. 1t directs
the delegates from Wisconsin to Vote
as a unit on all subjects and candidates
as the majority may determine" Gen
eral Bragg in the course of a somewhat
angry alteration with a delegate OPP
posed to his views. declared that the
silver delegation from Virginia should
not determine the course Of the democ-
racy of Wisconsin. He added that, at
a meeting of the Wisconsin delega-
ton yesterday. twenty declared them
selves I'm favor of not voting in the con
vention and four of them in favor of
voting.
The chairman instructed the secretary
81 call the anne of the Wisconsin del
oraI Bragg p response % this call, Gen
others declined IN Eilas and eighteen
others voted. u 4ou'
t. j. Dockery. one Of the silver dele
gates from Wisconsin. mounted the
stand and argued hat the instructions
as read did not authorize delegates 10
refrain from voting, OF authorize a ma
jorlty OF them 10 prevent a minority
from voting. General Bragg argued
that the instructions required the vote
Of Wisconsin to be cast as a unit. There
have been but four votes cast by dele
gates contrary to the will of the major
lty-those o Il votes, he argued, could
bind the twenty n~on-voters nor dis
grace the state of Wisconsin while the
stood under the platform
adopted by il. Decisive cheers from the
silver men Of the convention.) The chair
'uled on the point of order raised by
bis discussion. He first read again the
Of the Wisconsin delega-
and said: The chair rules that