Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1900-07-06
Proceedings Of the National
Convention.
THE CLOSING DAY.
Woolley Il Nominated.

After an Intellectual attemrt to
stampede the national prohibition con
vention from John G.. Wool'ey to Si,as
c. Swallow by the Pennsylvania dele
cation. the former was nominated at
Chicago for president on the f.s. bal
lot. The vote stood: Woolley, $50:
Swallow, 800 Hale Johnson. who had
been placed in nomination by George
w. Gere, Illinois, and TO whom were
pledged 2S1b votes of the Illinois dele
cation and the solid vote OF Minneso-
ia, withdrew from the race before the
voting began Immediately following
the announcement OF the result of the
vote on the presidential nominee. A.
A. Stevens. Pennsylvania. moved that
the rules be suspended and that Silas
c. Swallow be declared unanimously
the choice of the convention fo- vice
president. This motion started the
most enthusiastic demonstration of
the convention. An improvised choir
began to sing. but was drowned in the
din from the floor The Pennsylvania
delegation withdrew to the gallery.
where DR.. Swallow told the members
that for reasons which he had not time
then to give he would not be candi
date for second place. When the an
nouncement was made on the floor the
call of states for nominations began.
Henry B. Metcalf Of Rhode Island
Prof. f. l.. Eaton OF Iowa, Thomas
r. Carskadon of West Virginia and
James A. Tate of Tennessee were
plased before the convention. but MI
Tate withdrew before the balloting
hogan. The vote was: Metcalf $40;
Cnrskadon. 1872; Eaton. 113.
Metcalf was thereupon declared the
nominee for vice president.
In placing John G.. Woolley in nom
ination Oliver w. Stewart said in part:
THE republicans have nom mated
the one man who is responsible for the
army saloon and the expansion Of the
liquor traffic in the Philippines and
who has made more votes for the pro-
hibition party this fall than any other
man. The democrats will nominate n
man who claims to be opposed to the
evil combination of capital, but who
does not dare oppose the only thing
which makes their existence possible.
The prohibition party is the most re-
markable minority party the country
has ever seen. 1t is the only minority
party that has kept off the rock Of
fusion
-Four years ago the west accepted
the candidate and platform in good
faith and now it feels that it needs
the candidate We need the greatest
campaigner in the party to go before
the people on the platform adopted.
This will be a campaign year of great
speakers, and oar party should nOmi-
nate man who can hold his own with
any of the speakers of the other par
ties. Such man is John G. WOolley"
Homer Castle of Pittsburg. in pre-
senting Rev. Silas C. Swallow of Penn
sylvania. said in part:
Pennsylvania offers the services OF
a favorite son. Silas G. Swallow has
done more toward the dethroning of
Matthew S. Quay in Pennsylvania than
any other one man. He polled more
votes for a state office on clean,
clear-cut prohibition platform than
any man in any state at any time. He
is more cordially feared and hated by
the politicians of his state than any
other man in it. He has proved him
self incOrruptible. He tramped with
the soldiers in blue to establish the
doctrine that law was greater than
any state or any official in any state
and stands on ground that the repub-
licanS have abandoned-that law may
not be set aside if its enforcement is
obnoxious to the powers that be
The Pennsylvania delegates. armed
with plumes and pampas grass. sprang
to their chairs at the close of Mr.. Cas-
ties speech and led the shouting SO
we'll that for time it seemed Swal-
low stampede had set in The friends
of Woolley had their convention plans
well laid, however and waited for the
Swallow demonstration TO subside
WlluOul uiihiuS any ti1Oll W stem H.
Hale Johnson was placed in nom ma
| ton by George w. Gere of Champaign,
ILL.,, who recOunted his cand dlte'S
personal history and services for his
party.
John G.. Woolley is one OF the own
ers of the Voice. the party paper. ard
lives. with his wife and three sons. at
$685. Cornell avenue. Chicago. He has
been states attorney at Minneapolis,
Mimi. Henry B. Metcalf's home is in
Pawtucket, R. l.. where he Is pre- ii
dent of the Providence County Saw
| ings bank He has been candidate
| for governor of his state on the pro-
| hibition ticket several times and WIS
formerly a republican state senator.
kA has a wife and one son.
THE OPENING DAY.