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no"'l / appreciate also the manfesta
| tions of friendliness on the part of the
delegates from other states, but | fee
that it is my duty to rise here now anC
say TO You that, for personal reasons, and
good and valid reasons, / cannot accept
this nomination. Great applause ant
cries of mo, nor' and "You have got tt
take itn'1
II have not been candidate. do moi
desire to be candidate, and | must moi
be nominated by this convention. Re
ncwed applause and cheering and cries
of you must! You must"l
"There are gentlemen here whose
names have been, or will be, presented
to this convention and one of whose
names is stronger than my own. Cries
Of "No, nor There is no difficulty what
ever in making satisfactory choice, anc
| must not, in justice to them, permit
my name to be used a single moment
further, and this convention should pro-
coed to nominate candidate from some
of those who have been named. In
Justice to me, in justice to them, in
justice to the party, in justice to the or
binary procedure of this convention, it
is unfair to me to place me in this posi-
tion without my consent
He was frequently interrupted by pro-
tests as he insisted that lie could not ac-
cept.
From New York came cries of Eyes,
you cam"
When he said, clearly and firmly, II
did not come into this convention as Il
candidate, did not expect to be a candi-
date and cannot accept the honor" again
came the cries Of "Yes. you can't in
greater volume than before, but they
had not the slightest effect
He left She platform cheered to the
echo and surrounded by his friends, who
pressed forward to grasp his hand,
When Georgia was called Mr.. Hutch
inson of that state, svho spoke briefly and
| clearly. delivered a short speech III see
onding the nomination of Stevenson of
Ellinois.
James Kennedy of Connecticut had
yielded TO Illinois in the roll call and re-
ceiNed a like favor from that state when
its name was called and he, as chair
man of the state delegation, made
short seconding speech for Stevenson of
Illinois.
Lewis In Nomination.
| When Idaho was called. she gave way
to Washington, and w. III. Dnnphy
pidNth III tut Huillt VI JuiI1bS
| Hamilton Lewis of Washington. The
name of Mr.. Lewis was received with
but few cheers, and they lasted only a
few moments.
Indiana gave way to Virginia, and
Congressman William A. Jones of the
lattsk state seconded the nomination of
Stevenson.
Iowa seconded the nomination of Ste
venson from the floor, Chairman Sells of
that delegation contenting himself with
the simple announcement. Kansas did
not respond, and at the call Of Kentucky
there were cries of Blackburn but the
senator did not respond, and Ex-Governor
McCreary of Kentucky came forward
and seconded the nomination of Steven
son of Illinois, whom he claimed as a son
of Kentucky, he having been born in that
state.
Delegate u. III. McCaleb of Louisiana
when that state was called announced
from his seat that the delegation from
Louisiana unanimously seconded the
nomination of that 'gifted leader and
statesman, David B. Hill of New York"
Again the name of Hill aroused the
convention to cheering and applause.
Governor Smith Named.
Delegate A. Leo Knott of Maryland,
formerly an assistant postmaster general,
presented in brief speech the name of
Governor John Walter Smith Of Mary
land.
When the state of Massachusetts was
called, Hon. George Fred Williams as
cendcd the platform amid considerable
applause. In the course of his address,
which was delivered in clarion tones, he
said the state of New York was unitedly
in favor Of the platform. For this rea-
son no state III the Union was entitled to
greater consideration than New York.
This was greeted with shout of ap-
prevail the belief becoming in some man
ner prevalent that Williams was about
to second Hills nomination.
"I'he name which seems most desirable
in the interests of the party" Mr.. Will
liams declared, sin connection with the
vice presidential nomination is that OF a
man who intellectually and morally is the
peer of any of the candidates for the
first place, Charles A. Towne of Mime
sota."
Cordial applause was given Mr..
Towne's name, but it was tempered by
such remarks from among the delegates
as eve want Democrat .'This is
not a Populist convention!" and other ex-
preSSloHS that TdlSeu III question MT.
Towne's Democracy. In response to
these cries Mr.. Williams insisted that
Mr.. Towne was as much of Democrat
as any man in the convention.
At the conclusion of the speech both
Williams and Towne were heartily
cheered.
Cummings Seconds Towne.
Minnesota when called yielded the
floor to Mr.. Cummings of Connecticut,
wha briefly seconded the nomination nf
"