The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-11
THE STRENGTH OF
YOUTH

to endure the hardShipS of q new
cause, that q, young arm should WELD
the Scimitar of an indignant people,
sank home. Here, as Williams said,
was the Cicero to meet the Catalines
of today. The leaders who doubted the
wisdom of nominating so young and so
inexperienced a man tried to check the
stampede by adjourning until today.
They hoped a nights reflection would
suffice. At the suggestion of adjourn
ment there was rebellion. The motion
was declared carried against a storm of
opposition from the Bryan enthusiasts,
who wanted to nominate their candi-
date at once. A nights reflection only
made them more determined. This
morning when the convention met to
ballot, Bryan showed second on the
/ first roll call. He had already over
hauled Boies Only Bland was ahead
and it was a struggle for the Missouri
farmer to get the 23S votes which he
cast. The stampede began on the next
ballot.
On the fourth ballot Bryan took the
lead and Bland fell back, hopelessly
beaten The nomination was made
unanimous on the next ballot. Some
have sought to find in the nomina ton
of 1880 Of Garfield, who was not a
candidate. a parallel with Bryan's
nomination today.
BUT THERE IS NO PARALLEL.
Garfield was only nominated after one
Of the hardest and most protracted
convention contests of the century.
Grant, Blaine, Edmunds, Sherman and
Washburne were then contesting for
mastery, and after thirty-f1ve ballots
the rival leaders and the convention
turned to Garfield who had electrified
the delegates by his matchless oratory
and commanding presence.
Today the support of the other can
didates simply melted away. and
Bryan won without struggle. On the
first ballot Bland got 23S; Bryan, 105;
Boies, Sc; Matthews, SIS; Mclean, "a;
Pattison, IS; Blackburn, SO; Pennoyer,
10; Tillman, II: Stevenson, 2; Teller, s;
Campbell 2; Russell, 3 and Hill l.
There were 1856 gold men who refused
to vote. They 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 oppose
the nominal tons of this convention in
the campaign which was to follow,
that they would passively, at least,
give aid and
COMFORT TO THE POLITICAL
ENEMY.
Pennsylvania alone, of the gold states,
continued to participate in the pro-
ceedings. She cast her Ga votes for
Governor Pattison to the end Most
of the other gold men who voted cast
their ballots also for Pattison, but there
were scattering votes for Stevenson,
Hill, Russell and Campbell On the
second ballot, Alabama sought to
check the rout that had already begun
by changing he- vote from Boies to
Bland, but Bryan was overtakng him
with giant strides. Bland gained 49,
while BRYAN advanced 80. Boies was
the principal loser. His vote dwindled
to 81. On the third ballot, Colorado
GAVE UP HOPE OF TELLER,
the mention of whose name had been
cheered and Kissed by the galleries,
and Oregon gave up Pennoyer. In the
Ohio delegation the Bryan forces lacked
/ but seven votes of a majority, and
there was open rebellion in Illinois and
other states which wanted to swing
in Line.
On the fourth ballot, Alabama, the
first state to vote, headed the STAN
pede to Bryan. Idaho, California and
other states followed The revolt in
lHt OIuSI ueiSBdtlOIlS spread, even
among those bound by resolutions of
instructions. Kansas, Illinois, Ohio.
and even Iowa, were tottering. On the
fifth and last ballot, Kansas went over.
Illinois and other states came tum-
bling along in her wake. When Ohio
was reached Bryan had 446 votes of the
504 required to make a two-thirds ma
jority of those voting. Chairman
White had ruled that two-tflirds of