The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-07-02

/ Cleveland its electoral vote, and he had
! bccn olectcd---thc first Democrat to
roach the presidential ofilco since tho
war Hill had gained such control of
the Democratic party In the state OF
! New Yorh--or at least of that branch
! of the Democratic party which is in tho
majority, and therefore recognized as
the Democracy of the statc~-that he
know he could havo the indorsomont Of
| the delegates TO tho state convention,
aud, having that, he expected to go be-
forc tho convention of 1899, rs Clevo-
land had gono before the convention Of
1884, M tho candidate Of tho state of
New York. In ordor to clinch his hold
on tho convention, however, he had IL
called nt an carly dnto, and because IL
WINS called NO early his enemies said he
was trying TO take SNAP" Judgment,
and bitterly opposed tho act Then they
mudo the fact that tho convention was
called so early an excuse for calling an
| other convention, known Ms the antisnnp
convention, which mot nc Syracuse in
the fall Of 1901. Thus New York had
two full sets of delegates ut Chicago
ono tho delegates Of the regular Democ-
racy and the other the delegates OF the
"antisnappcrs, rs they were known.
Tho az delegates Of the regular Democ-
racy woro instructed 20 vote ns unit
for David B. Hill. Tho other delegates
wcrc instructed 20 vote for Grover
| Cleveland.
william q. whitney.
William G. Whitney Of New York,
| who hnd been Mr. Cleveland q secretary
| OF the navy, was the manager of Mr.,
! Clcvoland's campaign He was well
adapted for the difficult work before him
because while In sympathy with the
object Of tho "sntisnappers" he was n
member of the regular Democracy and
Of Tammany Hall, its representative in
the city of New York BY the advice
Of Mr. Whitney, tho "antisnappers"
! gavc up II contest for the New York seats
in the convontion---a contest which Mr..
Clcvoland's personal followers ia the
convention might have decided in their
favor, but which would have been 40
mmifes.ly unfair that it would have
split the Democracy of New York hope
lcssly
Before the convention met, the most
earnest efforts were made to unto tho
delegates opposed to Mr.. Cleveland on
some other candidate, The Hill men
worc prepared TO abandon their candi-
| datc-with his own consent-if they
could find any one ON whom they could
|
unite enough votes 10 noin iuato him. At
one time the Hill delegates believed
they had found u co;uprnniis, candidate
In Arthur L. Goriuan II Maryland and
in fact they claimed aftcrw-ari ;ha; they
had had Mr., CiCrinan's NN,sant a. The
use ~ his name az 0ae time and that Re
had withdrawn fNNu the Contest SD
denly in fear " defeat, WAssevez tae
facts an, as ~ Mr.. Go--nan, the New
York delegation went into the coGsvs1s-
tioa hall IN the afteTssooa q June IS 81
5 O'Clock knowing that Unless they h&&
time 70 make a CON Sinatso- u sazas
Kind before morning they ws-e hesten
and NJ Cleveland v-oS.lG Ne Nominated
livery mention q ClevelAnd' s name was
the signal for Tremendous display d
enthusiasm. When Nj. Eill was raea-
toned there were cheers from the pA-ts-
sans IL the New York nan, bat there
was silence in the galleries
David n Hnl-
As midnight approached the nonai-
mating specoaSs were being made There
had been an attempt 70 adjourn earlier,
hut il had been shouted down by the
galleries and voted down by the dele
gates The haSinnins ot the nominating
sNoNches had been greeted with franzaea
enthusiasm by the galleries The people
ts5ns showed 10 iTaQAilence when the
sDeaoAss IN behalf ot Nj, Cleveland
were hang maaa- They listened with
patience which gave way to enthusiasm
Whenever the name of their candidate
V-ss mentioned Rut when hits name
was plscea heSdre the convention the
galleries showed themselves I-DpsTlani
~ the delay There were o,3es cIt 'Note =
au6 cheers ana Kisses and such uprna,
ss zosde speaking we'll nigh impossible,
Stall the Cleveland Tnan stnck steaall Y
t. thesT pu1Dase and every p-onosinor
70 aSro1In met with vigorous Negative,
The fnsl speech far NJ. Elll-n,
rather against NJ. Clevaland-was I;
NJ made by Congressman Bo1I-ke Cock.
ran, one ot the salest men IN congress
known ss fine speaker and one whI
met ususlls with encouragement from
his audiences Rut the galleries were II
no mood 20 listen 70 elaquanca JOIN
v Daniel, senator from Virginia ani
one az Nj. Elll's ps-Tissns, had heeI
hcwled down II 6isrrsnetIl ountnsidn
while the placid chairman, M. Wilson
az West Virginia, heat s mild PROTEST N
the desk with his eavel Nr Cociral
made futile appesl % the onuvenrinl
20 adjourn Uil the n0xt morning II
was not well tlS was hOarsa, ht sala
and the tones az his vnioe ana ms whnlt
hearing cnnfil-me6 what he said Bu
the physical odn6lndn AZ one man a
the comfort az hundred was nothing
u the pas1lS;sns ot Nj. Cleveland whel
il intorfgre6 with their programme, Re
SIDES, w'hlle NJ COCHRAN was evident