New-York tribune., 1900-07-07

hork because | represent the Democratic party.
my aspirations both for my country and for NY
because believe that We are in this good wear OF
second ne GTiIls toT taat m party ara here to
VICE niGe-PEe:ideney- I De lApptause2 know perfectly
Of every delegate as name him That thought is
MHII M is not candidate. He stood upon the plat
Now friends he is not seeking the nomination
fgh+ Dac gre dsseu .or u. he prefers IN this
Me~40Tk & 7l asks this nomination for him Cries Of
she viii vote for him from the rst baiet 70 the
end Of the contest (Cheers)
-, Now, about Hiils position. He does not want
this nomination, but a better soldier never walked
beneath IN the Democratic flag. and when We nom
few hisses1 In secoRding the noination Of Nj
Hill am not seconding the nomination Of man
You want him you can take him and he VIII serve.
or that am satisfied Yesterday David B. Hill
stood on this platform and stated 10 Us that the
Democratic platform which had adopted d
stand on "a Voice from the gallery ro6 late!
Too late! You should have said that four years
In 1895 We fought the campaign on the platform of
Oh OF dour years ago We are going 70 nght the cam
pagn or 1870 on the platform OF 1900 and win a
as squarely as you and 1 do Cries OF No! No.
Ny friends, this Is the great battle council. the
war council Of the Democratic party. We are going
out TO fight We are here to choose our captain and
10 take our line of battle We have the greatest
our freSlaen(JlaI cahqI1ale W J. Bryan OF -
6Task9; "a tAPpl3@gse( @ We give you me Eth, name & OF a
as true as the Damascus blade Cries of No! No,
alone or in the south alone or the North alone but
let US fight East, West. North and south and the
on it BTEyaG ard Hin. Of New-York. tApplause and
The convention was becoming very impatient
the long list Of seconding speeches. and there
were frequent calls of Time" before he concluded
Senator White Of California. spoke energetically
| from the platform. declaring that those who did
not desire to hear the nominating speeches could
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| keep quiet.
North Dakota, from the aoor seconded the nomi-
/ nation OF Hill
! Oregon from the floor. seconded the nomination
| of J. Hamilton Lewis OF Washington
W. H Snowden of Pennsylvania, read his speech
! seconding Stevenson from yellow slip Of paper.
Although he spoke clearly and distinctly the crowd
/ in its impatience repeatedly interrupted him by
| calls of Louder Time Vote He read
1 steadily. however, and the tumut increased to
! such an extent that Chairman Richardson was
/ compelled 70 use his gavel.
OLD NORTH STATES FAvORITE SON.
S. NJ Gates. a son Of North Carolina. presented
! the name Of Colonel Julian Carr, from his State.
| He spoke briefly and escaped the usual reminder
! conveyed IN the call Of Time"
Ohio put in nomination the Of A ". Pat
! rick for the Buckeye State. His name was pre-
sented by A. A. Dougherty. who was one OF the
| few speakers whose secOnding speech could be
heard at any distance from the platform
South Carolina from the floor seconded the noni-
| nation OF Stevenson
Tennessee. also from the floor, Charles 7. Case
| making the speech, seconded the nomination Of
| that matchless leader OF the New-York DemOc-
| racy, David 3. HiH.'
This was greeted with howl Of applause. Jona-
than Lane. of Texas promised 10 be brief when
| he took the platform and he kept his word. sec
| ondrg the nomination of Stevenson
Utaa. from the floor. seconded the same nomina-
tton.
! Vermont followed suit, going also for Stevenson.
Washington, when called, yielded back TO Idaho
| the time il had received from IT, and Chairman
| Read Of the Idaho delegation. seconded the non1-
| nation of Lewis.
J W. ST. Clair Of West Virginia appealed TO the
delegates TO vote for the who would bring the
greatest number Of votes to the ticket and that
man. he declared. was Stevenson.
G. c. Cooper. OF Wisconsin, spoke for TOwne- His
| short speech was ably delivered and called forth
much applause.
wyoming from the floor. seconded Stevenson.
Mayor Rose Of Milwaukee sprang upon his seat
! and announced that despite the address Of Mr..
Cooper. Wisconsin would cast It's vote for Steven
/ son.
John H Wise. OF Hawaii. from the floor. sec
| onded the nomination OF Hill
New-Mexfco from the floor, seconded the nOmi-
/ nation Of Stevenson.
J. Hamilton Lewis. of Washington. announced his
| withdrawal from the race.
INCIDENTS OF THE BALLOT.
The roIIcau for the first ballot then began. The
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votes for Hill was received with roar Of ap-
plause
-Four for Hn from Florida" called forth an
ether yell Of applause.
Illinois, shouted the clerk, and back came
the cry. .'FOrty-eight for Stevenson and then
| the Stevenson enthusiasm unbOttled IN good
| earnest and it rose higher still when Iowa and
Kansas cast their full votes for him. Louisiana was
the next TO go for him. her delegation giving him
the entire vote OF sixteen Michigan which had
all along strongly approved Of Towne, gave him
only five votes, the remainder going TO Stevenson
The shout from Missouri one for Hogg. Of
! Texas" called forth loud laughter and applause
NeW-Jersey's twenty votes for Hin called forth
| another ripple OF cheers. and then came New
| York The reply. ''NeN-York casts her entire
seventy-two votes for the Hon. D B. HHl," in
| creased the ripple a wave Of applause
! ''PennsylvanIa's sixty-four votes for Stevenson"
caused the adherents Of the Illinois man TO shout
i until the rafters rang The Hill people cheered
| wildly when Tennessee went solid for the New
| York man and the Stevenson men answered their
cheer when Texas came 70 their man Tennessee
| was up as soon as the vote from Hawaii had been
announced and declared that It changed its vote
to Stevenson The Convention recognized the sig
nihcanCe of the action and cheer after cheer went
| up Stevenson was nominated now without ques-
| ton and all over the hail chairmen Of delegations
| were on their feet shouting and waving their arms
| in the effort TO secure recognition from the Chair
in order to change their votes.
CHANGING TO STEVENSON
Washington was first to secure the privilege. and
the teIler's cry. Washington changes its entire
| vote 70 Stevenson provoked wild enthusiasm The
| cheering became so loud that 1t was almost i'm
possible 20 catch the changes the teller called
them out
After Washington came North Carolina and
! then John L. Shea, Of New-York, managed 10 make
| his voice heard as he called out. "New-York
| changes her entire vote from Hill TO Stevenson"