The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-07-17
LEGATIONS SAFE bryan AND STEVENSON.
THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEES.
Bryan Nominated by Acclamation-
Stevenson on First Ballot-Silver Re
publicans Endorse the Ticket.

KANSAS CITY, July bryan and
Stevenson will be the Democratic stan
dard bearers. Both were nominated on
the first ballot. The ticket is regarded
as the strongest which the party could
( have placed before the public. The re-
suit of the adoption of the platform
was complete victory for Bryan on
the silver issue. He demanded that the
ratio of 16 to 1 be made the keynote of
the currency plank. While this plank
was accepted without the slightest op-
position by the convention as n whole,
it was a subject of much dispute among
the members of the committee on IesC-
lutions, and to Hawaii is due the credit
for having carried Mr.. Bryan's point.
Under the leadership of David Il. Hill
of New York, the acknowledged sympa-
| thizers with the gold standard were
striving their utmost to defeat dec
laration for this ratio and seeking a SIM
pie reattirmation of the Chicago plat
form. Previous to the meeting of the
committee on resolutions it was freely
said that the plank so earnestly desired
by Mr.. Bryan would be repudiated The
| opponents of the 16 to l measure went
so far as to predict that if defeated I'm
the committee. the gold people would
continue the fight on the floor of the
! convention. Such, however, proved to
be wrong. There was an earnest fight
made by ex-senator Hill and others,
and on Wednesday night July 4, the
committee had a majority against an
explicit declaration for the 16 to / ratio
and favoring a simple reaffirmatiOn of
| the Chicago platform upon this issue.
/ When Bryan was acquainted with the
| situation of affairs he renewed his de-
/ mands that the ratio should be named
/ beyond a shadow of q doubt. As the re-
suit of this positive stand by the leader
/ the committee swung into line and by a
/ vote of 26 to "a inserted the plank as
! required.
! It was on Thursday, July 5. that the
scenes of the widest description oc-
CURED. The occasion was the nOmlnU-
! tion on the first ballot of William Jen-
nings Bryan w. d. Oldham, deputy
attorney general of Nebraska placed
Bryan in nomination in an eloquent
| speech.
| Bryan received the unanimous vote
! of the convention for President.
| ON the 9Th Adlai f. Stevenson, who
| was Vice President under Cleveland
was nominated for the Vice Presidency
as Bryan's running mate. Hill and
! 'IUEne ran against him The HaWai
! delegation voted for Hill. Soon after
! HaWaii's vote was announced, Tennes-
see asked to change its vote from Hill
to Stevenson. This started a landslide
! for the former Vice President.
There was considerable discord over
! the nominations for Vice President on
/ Friday, July 6. David b. Hill, G. a,
/ Towne, j. II. Lewis of Washington
| John Walter Smith of Maryland, and
Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, were
placed in nomination. The latter was
chosen on the first ballot. Stevenson
was Vice President during President
/ Cleveland's second term.
The aftermath of the convention was
that the Silver Republicans held {
meeting and decided to join the Demo
Gratis. The Populists also eDdored the
/ ticket. Chairman Jones has already
begun work in the vigorous prosecution
! of the campaign
KANSAS CITY, July 5.-Prince Davit
Kawananakoa is on the committee tC
notify Bryan of his nomination anc
John II. Wise on the committee to no
tify Stevenson of his nomination. w
II. Cornwell is the national commit
teeman from the territory. John II
Wise was on the committee on reso
I utiOnS.