Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-12
COLONEL 4. s. RUFORD,

COLONEL 4. S. BUFORD,
,,leff was more favorable to his nomi-
r.e than 10 any OF the candidates
trat had been named before. He was I'M
,ole 10 proceed with his speech. owing TO
fhe uproar and cries OF Time" But
s. soon us he could mako himself heard
he stated. with much vigOr. that he was
,n tho house Of his fathers, and he pro-
oose8 20 talk as long as he pleased.
The name Of Or. Austin Brockenbrough
NOS uresentcd by Mr. Thomas Il. Robert
son OF Northampton.
The sec0uding speeches were numerous,
br.cf pointed. and feryid in their elo-
Tbe great body was growing i'm
ratlent. but the speakers. whose voices
could De heard distinctly. were. as rule,
given respectful attention.
sECONDING SPEECHES.
secondlng speeches were made as fol-
lows. Hon. Edward Echols-By Messrs.
pln Trirg. OF Washington; II. NJ. smith,
OF Richmond: II. d. Flood. Of Appomat-
fox. and Colonel Williams. Of Augusta
Captain C0cke-By Hon. William y. Pet
III Of Fluvanna; Mr.. Roberts. OF Camp
lau. and Judge Martin Williams. Of
Giles. Mr. Cooke-By Hon. r. G. Mar
shal. OF Portsmouth. Colonel Buford-
py Judge II. w F!ournoy OF Richmond,
ana Mr.. BrockenbrOugh, by W. Bullet
Fltzhugh.
3lr Henry O'Bannon, Of Rappahan-
mock in a few words. seconded the nomi-
nation Of Hon. j. Taylor Ellyson for Sc
C0ud place on the ticket but this gentle
man promptly came before the body and
stated that he was not a candidate for
Il Z. Qf.,rr 10.
nomination Of Major Tyler, that he placed
himself at tho service and in the hands
Of the convention, but he had no idea Of
being called upon for double duty the
first night lie felt that he would do
some of his friends an injustice if he
suffered his name to be used in oppose
ton to these gentlemen. lie e. D not
therefore. be considered a car. De-
spite this statement. a numb the
counties insisted upon casting their vote
for him.
SOME DISORDER.
Tho tremendous applause that greeted
the speech of ex-senator Petit of Flu
wanna. who paid a high compliment TO
the personal character of Captain Cooke,
and commended the patriotism Of his
party I'm putting principles above men,
was a surprise to that element in the
convention that thought the Populst
nominee would not develop any strength.
AS Mr. Petit concluded his very impas-
stoned speech which was one Of the best
of the night. and aroused great cnthusi-
assn among the advocates of fusion. Judge
Leonidas Yarroll, OF Grecnesville with
great difficulty secured recognition, and
asked Mr.. Petit #, I'm the event Of Cap
tain Cookies failure TO secure the nomi-
nation. he (COck0 would support the
full ticket nominated by this convention.
This provoked great disorder, which con-
tinued for q fun half hour. Mr.. Petit
said ne had never spoken with Captain
Cooke on the subject. but he had no idea
that he would do anything that would
not become him as man. This answer
was not satisfactory, and i'm minute
there were fifty men on their feet seek
Ing recognition. but Chairman Saunders
soon brought the body TO comparative
order. and Hons j. c. Parker, Of
southampton; j. Thompson Brown, Of
Bedford. and Judge Yarren made ear
nest appeals TO the body not 10 put on
the ticket a man nominated on Popu-
list platform. and who was under no
obligation 10 support tho full Democratic
ticket should he fail of nomination.
calls for the vote cut off further
speeches. A number Of counties, like the
city Of Richmond. divided their vote up
so that nearly an the candidates received
some. The ballot resulted as follows;
Iuyson, lG2; Cooke. Dos; Buford. 1CO 4-5;
Cation. 1872: Echols. 3991-2 applause);
Cooke. 237 30; peterborough 81 IL.
As soon as the result of this ballot had
been announced. Nj Ellyson again adj
dressed the convention, asking his friends
not TO vote for him. as he was not
l.. sf.stt
strength Of Captain Cooke had been fully
spent i'm the first ballot. and as the Sc
cond roll-cal progressed IT looked more
and more like the nomination of Echols.
though Cooke developed strength steadily
as the vote neared the end. The fuulity
Of keeping the names OF the other Two
candidates before the convention became
apparent. and there was a landslide to-
wards Echols, impeded occasionally by
blocks of votes for Cooke
RAPID CHANGES.
City after city and county after coun-
ty CHANGED their votes and each an
uouucoment was greeted with loud and
prolonged cheers. The only difficulty was
that every one wanted 10 change his vote
first and the consequent uproar caused
no little delay. As a means OF arriving
quickly 40 some satisfactory CONCLUSION
30 was decided that the roll should again
De called. so as 10 give all who wished
20 Go 80 chance 70 change their vote.
When this was done Echols stood within
tel votes OF the necessary number lot
his nomination. il was practically third
ballot. All names except Echols ana
Cooke were dropped though Cooke re-
Ce.yed thirteen votes. ana the votes were
Recorded amidst intense excitement
When the third rOll-call had been fin
isaoG the result was shown 10 be:
Eehols S2. Cooke CO: Cooke, so; Bu-