The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-12
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nave adopted i cAdltrtlSc the FOle OF
| the delega ton"
Tn convention was IN an uproar- FIFTH
| ian con 1nued q, cry out his protest. The
chairman rappei and called for order.
Tom Herman Of louisiana mounted 8
chair and attemL ted ~ eau the gentle
man to order. Al last order was re-
stored and the roll Of the delegation was
called II showed Twenty-eight for
Mclean and ten absent, but under the
unit rule the forty-eight votes went 10
| Mclean Tennessee gave her twenty
four votes % Sewall and Virginia went
TO Clarke of North Carolina
Secretary Tom Cogan pleased the gal
lerieS by announcing that a fireworks
concern would give an exhibition at the
Coliseum garden tonight, at which
| tickets TO the convention would be honor
ed. The pictures OF candidates, he
caid, would be displayed
The result OF the fourth ballot (oficiaD
follows:
Mclean, 2ss; SewaIl, PSI; Williams Of
Massachusetts. 8; HarTity. IL; Clarke.
IS; Pattzson, 1; Daniel, 81. Votes cast.
SIS; absent, 252; necessary to choice
453.
FIFTH ROLL CALL
The fourth ballot having been an
ACUllSCu, MI O4I-CH o4Odi1c "a Tie O-1-D
delegation. who had placed Mr.. Nc
Lean IN nomination, read a telegram
from the Ohio man which was as fol-
lows:
ANY vote cast for me for vice pres!-
dent Is against my expressed wish and
without my authority"
He added the comment: That is
for Mclean, not for the Ohio delega-
ton
Shouts for Mclean" mingled with
mo, 10" and "Sewalr' interrupted the
reading Of the dispatch and were con-
tinued for a time. When order was
restored the fifth ballot was taken The
first change came when the Georgia
delegation changed their vote from Nc
Lean to SeWan The chairman of the
Indiana delegat ton announced that since
the reading OF the dispatch Indiana
would transfer fler votes to Sewall.
Iowa and Louisiana also swung into
fine for Sewtall. When North Caro-
lima was called the chairman of the dele
cation announced that North Carolina
was not playing to the east in this fight
and again voted for Clarke. When
Ohio was called, Delegate Sloane mount
ed a chair and said: ''OhEo casts her
votes for Mclean notwithstanding the
telegram"
A Buckeye delegate arose to protest
but was hauled hack into his chair by
the angry men about him
ILLINOIS SETTLES IT.
When the roll call was concluded
there was a hurried consultation Sc
wall had 420 votes, within % votes OF
enough to nominate The Illinois dele
CATION wavered, suddenly Harry Dono-
van mounted "a chair and shouted: "Iili-
nois. which viii cast its vote for the
nominee of this convention, now de-
sires 10 aid in the making of the ticket.
She casts her forty-eight votes for Ar
thur SeweH of Maine"
''HurTah for Sewall' shouted thous-
ends of Vices Kentucky, Ohio, Mary
land and other states all quickly fell in
line A Michigan delegate moved to
make the nomination unanimous. Dele
gates grasped the state colors and
marched about in Indian file. They al
last lined UP On front of the stage,
while several routine announcemen1
were made and then. as the band struck
up the stirring strains of Dixie" the
procession reformed and for several
minutes paraded amout the delegates
enclosure with tn purple staff of Ne
braska and Main in the van
Wild scene of enthusiasm. At last all
the state oolors were brought to the
center Of the pit where the Nebraska dele
CATION was located. They clustered
there, bobbtng about like corks on a
SEA Of sw'aying men, until the chair
man began TO rap for order.
The result of the fifth ballot was as
follows: Sewa1l, 56s; Mclean, go; Har-
Tity, IL; Williams, 9; Clarke, %; Patttson |
!; Daniel, Sc; absent and not voting, |
251.
ADJOURNMENT.
By repeated appeals the chairman |
persuaded the delegates TO go back TO |
their seats for the transaction of the |
routine business remaining Resolutions !
were adopted empowering the national |
committee to fix the time and place for |
holding the next national convention 1
and 10 choose for its chairman and /
members of the executive committee, |
persons not menlb of the committee; |
resolutions thanking the presiding Off |
GERS, Daniel, White and Richardson, |
end thanking The city and people Of |
Chicago for their hospitality, and declar |
ing Chicago '1the great test convention !
city in the world" The last was pro-
posed by Senator blanchard of Lousi-
ana. G X. Ladd of Illinois made an
attempt to secure cOnT'd-
GRAFTON CT a motion u CbrOgate the t7.o-
thirds rule and at 10 minutes 7ft-r ;
o clock CEaiIn--n ".--,e de-lai-c t-.c
convert. a1iOu c6d
WOTkmen were even then up among
the rafters. with characteristic Chicago
haste. tearing down the decorations
and the bands played America" while
the crowds fled out
The following tabulation shows the