Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-07

spcakets voice sounded loud and clear
apnNe tho tumuit as he cried "Bl Phelps e
"Mec,s snd applause c..
no .' one ani .bo,ia MADE es b9in, OF Srder ,ha,
Chairman Peers stated thai the point was
Vel taken delegate with Gxio lungs
howied; There should be- no objection
TO- TO ,ho truth being told In a Democratic
Up jumped the jourdan men and for a
moment ,m9nsn, Il looked Ike a stampede to tho
sons forth from ,Se roycrSep PS @faer o,i9S haa
hh,o,Mever, ,ha, no one but Biii Phelps can.
iiiiI'g wiii o., t,bbS" . was on the slate and the
oonklln proceeded In his scathing dsnun-
,,a''oan OF corporate innuenccs at work ON
'".SS hnoQr some hisses were heard.
hou might as well hear it now as later"
Judge Crow the victor.
Wren the ballot was thrce.uunrtcrs fin
ishtd Bond withdrew his name. leaving tho
II"G, Inn. between Jonrdan and Grow. When 81.
inat Irow was nominated. Before Tho
,.,s,n .o,n was announced. Mort Jourlan wa,
zen st3hiins ON chair. mir. Chairman
ne said, II have borrowed n deiepnfa,e
I,ndge from a friend Ia order to move tha,
1ugsc cf9ws nomination he made unari.
H. ,u lhls was carried The vote on
necessary to choice. 26s, ''''''' -'''
strength. for he said to the the Ioumfna, Urn @otre. sn
Gronlsht before the balotinE began;
Iio W ,,iywlli VII boat Jourdan by loo votes"
ii' missed II by but one vote
,a,,,, IN ~" motion OF Henry Julian, the con-
'SWy5b,om adjourned until $3.50 o'clock
afternoon. and when less than sIxfy vsrc
IN the hali. J. w, Farrls. OF Lacicdc, Mt
,MSmlted to push through a resolution au.
uYfi1lng me stat" committee to fuse with
IN" resolution: "' -
Resolved. That the Democratic state
committee be Invested with full power md
huthofity to ~! any and all vacancies that
may occur on the state and electoral titk-
ct and that !; is the sense of this CON
rentlon that there should be hui one eIeci.
oral Ticket in this state, representing the
GGnnaiiacy OF William j. Bryan Tor prcsi-
Betorc hu, few realized what was going
on on, the motion was put and carried. < few
y iiiotm'h'S later a delegate from the First
ulstrlct insisted upon reconsideration Of
me notion and was supported by the del.
.sitcs. who were almost all In tho hall bv
,i, ,his Time. Tine. II was decided to take up tho
ing boom was started for Judge Brace
I,,r ,,,o.hfan; OF 81. Joseph. nominated
iNaFS ~ sSr hrnry ,in NJ h9mey Of his own .coun:
Is ansis city. nominated Judge Theodore
named Daniel p. stratton. OF Vernon. j.
Braces nomination. Captain Marshall Of
Iuds% 'i,: mrS also o,o sGGondSd The nomination Of
seconded Judge Stratton's nomination
The Slate Brnkcn.
Tho slate was about to be broken. Think
Of 1t! All Of Stephens money and Phelps
passes ,,, could not head on, this time. tho
'ntetn stampede. County after county fell
nto line. When old Jackson was reached
'he, with the exception OF two or three
votes, got into the Brace wagon
All during the roll call the convention
Was IN nm uproar. The Brace people, |
'hcored and checrcd again each vote that
vent to their candidate. Delegates had pro-
'tird themselves with large American
Lays. which added color to tho hundreds of
Tutoring handkerchiefs waved by beauti-
~ Missouri women. all helping along tho
Brace stampede.
When the excitement was at its height.
Tort Jourdan, who had gone down before
ne Stcphcns-Stonc-B Bill Phelps combine
nmp"i upon a press table. at which wcr.
'orkinS over u dozen correspondents. In
ne hand he held carpenters brace, and
= tho other new slate. As II by magic |
he bowling. yelling, crazy delegates ceased
%. a moment, Holding the slate in hs
at hand and the brace In his right he
fied, in voice that was thrilling in its |
The slate has been broken" |
mash! went the tool through the slate. ,
its bits over the heads OF news ,
aper men and delegates. The empty frame
as picked up and sent to Judge Brace as
souvenir of the time his own personal /
cord ovcrroie tho combine.
1t took NJ least ten minutes before sufli- d
ent quiet could be had to allow Judge
amcy to ask that Judge Braces nomina-
on be made by acclamaton. This was I
,ne. The vote on the ballot stood: Brace
6ia; isamey lGjis: Stratton. 81 Necessary t
a choice. 262. I