Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-07-16

III the present case simply melted away
and Bryan won without a struggle. On
the first ballot Bland got 23S, Bryan
I05, Boies So, Matthews 5S, Mclean "a,
Pattison 96, Blackburn 50, Pennoyer 10,
Tillman II, Stevenson 2, TellerS, Camp
bell 2, Russell and Hill /. There were
lSR gold men who refused to vote. They
defined to participate in the nomination
on the platform which had been adopt
ed, The latter realized that the gold
men would probably place another
ticket in the field, and if they did not
actively oppose the nominees of the con-
ton in the campaign which was TO fol-
low 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
proceedings. She cast her "a votes for
Governor Pattison to the end. Most Of
the other gold men who voted against
their instructions were for Pattison, but
there were scattering votes for Steven
son, Hill, Russell and Campbell.
On the fifth and last ballot Kansas
went over with Illinois and other states
came tunSing along in her wake.
When OHIO was reached Bryan had 44b
of the 504 required to make two thirds
majority. Chairman White had ruled
that two.thirds of those voting consti-
tuted the two-thirds required. The
Bryan men in the delegation demanded
the poll of the vote The friends Of
Mclean saw the end was in sight and
Mr.. Mclean himself mounted chair.
IIn hic mama nc a candidate
and cast the AZ votes Of Ohio for
Bryan. This gave him 492, - less than
enough. Montana changed her votes
to Bryan and Oklahoma followed with
her 8. To the Oklahoma delegation,
therefore, belongs the honor of nomi-
mating the candidate for president in
1885 as to that of Arizona belonged the
| honor four years ago.
After the nomination sweet-faced,
modest looking woman sat almost un-
noticed in one of the chairs to the right
of the stage, surrounded by few
friends. She retained her compOsure
amidst all the excitement but her face
glowed with pleasure as she followed
the proceedings which made her hus-
band famous 1t was Mrs. Bryan. I'm
mediately after the nomination, when
it became noised about that she was
| there, and there was rush to see and
congratulate her, she modestly with
drew and sought her husband.
William Jennings Bryan.
The Democratic standard bearer was born
March 49, 1860, in Salem, Ills He is therefore
over "a years Of age and is old enough to serve
as president under the constitution of the
| United States. He was taught under his
mothers care until he was 10 years old, when
he went to the public school ut Salem At the
age of 10 he went to the Whipple academy uI
! jacksonville, Ills, which is the preparatory
department of the Illinois college, located at
the same place. where he grad ted.
Ge then went to the Union College Of Law
in Chicago, and while in attendance there was
in the office Of the late Lyman Trumbull. He
left the law school June 49, 1888, and went to
Jacksonville to practice law, remaining at
, Jacksonville until October, 1887 when he re-
moved to Lincoln, Neb.
He had taken part in political campaigns
since 1880. He took part in the campaign Of
1888 i'll Nebraska and was nominated to repre-
sent the First district in congress in 1890 He
was elected by the majority of 6,718, although
the district had gone Republican by 3,400 He
supported Springer for speaker n the Fifty
second congress- from whose district in Il
linois he came originally. This led to his
being put on the ways and means committee
in congress, of which Springer was chairman,
and on March 10, 1892, he made tariff speech
that was the sensation Of the day and was lib
orally distributed as campaign literature He
was reelected in 1892.
In the Fifty third congress he helped to
frame the Wilson bill, being member of the
ways and means committee, and took an
especially active part in ting income tax pro
visions. AT the close of the debate on the in
como tax in congress, replying to Bourke
Cochran, Aug. IS, 1893, at the special session,
he delivered three-hours speech against the
repeal of the Sherman law, this speech being
more largely circulated than the tariff speech
had been.
He also spoke in favor of the bill to coin the
seniorage, and spoke against Carlisle's cur
rency policy; was also against Cleveland's
gold contract with the Rothchllds. In Sep
tember, 1894 he became tine editor-in chief OF
the Omaha World Herald.
Mr. Bryan is man Of small means. He
1ras pla-=ic1 Oct. l. tS9.- t. ,-2rv 1-..rd Of