Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-12

WINGED from his words and manner |
that he was sincerely DESTROYS of hav-
ing his name withheld
1t was soon apparent that with Hill |
out, Stevenson was in strong favor. |
State after state seconded his nomi-
nation. Some devoted friends Of Hill
still maintained their allegiance
to him, and the DELEGATIONS
of New Jersey, Louisiana and some
others seconded the nomination. A
number of favorite sons were also
placed in nomination. The vote was
followed with intense interest, and it
was soon evident that Stevenson had a
strong lead At the close Of the call
he had 5591a votes, which however.
was not enough to nominate. Hill had
received 200 votes, Towne, S915. But
before the announcement Tennessee
changed the tide irresistibly toward
Stevenson. From every quarter of the
hall came demands for recognition.
In the end the nomination was made
unanimous and its announcement was
greeted with enthusiastic approval
At 10:45 Chairman Richardson called
| the convention to order and after
prayer by Rabbi Mayer the roll was
| called for vice presidential nomi-
nations. James Williams of Illinois
presented the name of Stevenson and
| l.. A. Rosing of Minnesota that of
| Charles A. Towne. A strong effort was
| made by the New York delegation to
have Hill named but the latter pleaded
against it and finally went before the
| convention and urged that body not to
| nominate him.
| Col. Gates Of North Carolina present
! ed the name of Col. Julian Carr of his
| state. The name Of A. W. Patrick OF
! Ohio was presented by NJ. A. Daugh-
erty. Oregon from the floor seconded
| The nomination of J. Hamilton Lewis
! Of Washington. W. H. SnOw0vn Of
| Pennsylvania read a speech secOndiug
! Stevenson and South Carolina, Tennes-
| see, Texas, Utah and Vermont also,
| from the floor, seconded the nomlua-
| ton of Stevenson. Washington yield
ed to Idaho, and Chairman Read of the
| Idaho delegation seconded the nomin-
alton of Lewis. J. w. St Clair of West
i Virginia appealed to the delegates to
vote for the man who would bring the
| greatest number of votes to the ticket
and that man, he declared, was Steven
son. G. c. Cooper for Wisconsin
spoke for Towne. Wyoming, from tie
floor, seconded Stevenson. Mayor
Rose Of Milwaukee announced that,
| Il ~ Of Y
| sin would cast its vote for Stevens IN.
| John H. Wise Of Hawaii from the floor
| seconded the nomination Of Hill. J.
| Hamilton Lewis of Washington, whose
name had already been presented, was
| next recognized. He expressed thanks
| to the states Of Washington and Idaho
| which had champiCned his cause, and
announced his withdrawal from The
race. The roll call for the first ballot
| then began.
The announcement of AIabama's -
votes for Hill was received with a roar
of applause. -Four for Hill from
Florida" called forth another yell o.
| applause. illinois, shouted the
clerk, and back came the cry, '48 for
| Stevenson" and then Stevenson en-
thusiasm was unbottled in good earn
est and it rose higher still when Iowa
and Kansas cast their full votes for
him. Louisiana was the next to go fer
| Hill, her delegation giving him her on
tire vote, Is. Michigan, which had all
along strongly approved Towne, gave
| him but five votes, the remainder going
| to Stevenson. New jerseys 20 votes
| for Hill called forth another ripple of
cheers, and then came New York
| The reply, New York casts her entire
Y votes for D. B. HILL increased the
ripple to wave of applause. "Pena-
| sylvania's "a votes for Stevenson"
caused the adherents Of the
Illinois man to shout until the raft
| ers rang. The Hill people cheerei
! wildly when Tennessee went solidly
for the New York man and the Ste
Venson people answered the cheer
| when Texas came to their man. Ten
nessee, as soon as the vote from Ha-
wall had been announced, declared it
had changed it's vote to Stevenson.
The convention recognized the signif
icance of the action and cheer after
cheer went up.
Stevenson was nominated now with
out question and all over the hall the
chairmen of the delegations were on
their feet, shouting and waving arms
in an effort to secure recognition from
the chair il order to change their
votes. The cheering became so loud
that it wa almost impossible to catch
the changes as the teller called them
out. John l. Shea of New York man
aged to make his voice heard, and as
he called out, New York changes her |
entire vote from Hill to Stevenson"
this simply pulled out the plug, and |
broke in both ends and all the slaves |
was deafening. The Stevenson men |
danced around in delight. Then, il |
rapid succession the other states fol- |
lowed. A procession formed to march |
around the hall, but the long session
that preceded the nomination and the |
exciting scenes had worn the dele
gates out, and the parade was short in
length. While the changes in the
various states were being made pande-
monium reigned in the hall Delegates
and alternates stood on chairs, and
throughout all the galleries people
were standing and cheering. Prac-
tically the entire delegation from New
York, headed by Croker, left the hall.