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tol. henry y. Kent. for New Hampshire
spoke up for Stevenson. Representative
DAILY. of New Jersey. would not take MI
Hill. of New York. at his word. and sec
onded Hills nomination amid roars of ap-
piause. l.
Yields to Delaware.
When New York State was reached
Chairman Murphy, of the delegation, an
nounced that the State yielded tc Della
ware, and l.. Irving Handy seconded the
! nomination of Mr.. Hill. AS be id his q
great many of the delegates began tc
shouts 'Croker!" Croker 'Croker!'
Several of the New York men asked Mr.
Croker to go to the platform and make 6
speech for Hill. The Tammany chieftair
shook his head Another OutbTrst for Hill
followed
By this time Mr.. Hill had resumed his
seat with the Albany delegation. North
Carolina, through S. y. Gattis. presented
as its candidate for Vice President Gen
Julian S. Carr. Ohio, through NJ. A
Dougherty. made a long speech in present,
+ ing the name of Abraham W. Patrick fol
Vice President The audience became 1est-
less. and SO exasperated ex-senator White
OF California, who was sitting beside Per-
manent Chairman Richardson, that he go.
right up on his feet and gave the audience
very good lecture. Oregon seconded the
nomination of Lewis from the floor. When
Pennsylvania was reached James NJ Guffey
announced that eX-Representative William
II. Sowden would second the nomination OF
Stevenson. Mr.. Sowden's speech was a
good one, and he delivered il in fine style
He was congratulated by the Pennsylva-
mia delegation and by the Illinois delega-
ton.
By this time there were roars in the hall
pf nf Notn C,;l ftn lar f.Y-
der of business had to be carried out.
South Carolina and Rhode Island sec
onded Stevenson's nomination. Tennessee.
through Charles G. Gates. wanted Hill. DIR.
Gates spoke of Mr.. Hill as that matchless
leader of New York Democracy, David B.
Hill." and the audience yelled again.
Texas. through Jonathan Lane. demanded
Stevenson. Utah and Vermont, from the
floor. seconded Stevenson. The State OF
Washington was for Lewis.
Declared for Stevenson.
When West Virginia was reached that
fine old warhorse. Gen John W. st. Clair.
was received upon the platform. He spoke
of his great admiration for Hill. and he
said few kind words for Towne. But he
declared that high policy demanded the
nomination OF Stevenson, and so West Vir-
through ]. H. Cooper. spoke for Towne,
but when quiet was restored Mayor Rose.
of Milwaukee, stood upon his chair and
shouted: Cooper represents only his own
vote and one other in the delegation.
twenty-five are for Stevenson. Wisconsin
is for Stevenson"
There was great cheering at this. The
District of Columbia and the Territories.
with the exception Of Hawaii. then sec
onded Steyenson'b nomination. Wise, OF
Hawaii Island. was for David B. Hill. and
he started the shouting again. For the
fifteen minutes preceding this ex-Repre-
sentative Lewis had been comforting with
Chairman Richardson and then Richard
son put him forward. Lewis began by
thanking the delegates from his own State
and from the numerous States in the far
West who had intended to vote for him, no
less than the delegates from the many
Southern States who had honored him by
expressing a desire for his nomination.
He concluded by withdrawing his name.
This ended the speechmaking, but there
was lots OF confusion. 1T was not possible
for the rollcall to begin. Again Senator
White. of California, Jumped to the fore
ard threatened the galleries with expul-
sion n they did not shut up. When suf-
ficient quiet was restored, the calling OF
the roll was begun by one clerk who had
a fog horn voice, and on either side oil the
platform stood other clerks who were ready
to announce the vote of each State in
voices which be heard by everybody. Ala
barna started off with nineteen votes for
Hill and three for Stevenson, and there
were shouts all over the hall OF Hill!
Hill, Hill" Arkansas said FIVE for Towne
and eleven for Stevenson. The entire roll
call resulted as follows:
y.so B., nat,II
Alabama, 3 for Stevenson, 10 for Hill;
Arkansas. Towne .. Stevenson IL; Cali
fornia. Stevenson 10. Towne 3; Colorado,
Stevenson s; Connecticut. Stevenson .,
Towne 3: Delaware. Stevenson 4, Hill 2;
Florida. Stevenson 4. Hill 4; Georgia.
Stevenson 20; Idaho. Hill 3. Towne 3; Him
ois. Stevenson IS; Indiana, Stevenson Is.
Towne .: Iowa. Stevenson. 20; Kansas.
Stevenson 20; Kentucky, Stevenson 26'
Louisiana, Hill 16; Maine, Towne 2. Stew
enson 10; Maryland. J. Walter Smith 10;
Massachusetts. Hill l3. Towne IL, Stew
enson 6; Michigan, Towne .. Stevenson %;
Minnesota. Towne IS; Mississippi. Steven
son 1s: Missouri. Stevenson %, Hill 6,
Towne 9. Danforth /, Hogg /; Montana.
Carr 1. Hill 3, Stevenson 2. Nebraska,
Towne 10. Stevenson 6; Nevada. Towne 2.
Jersey. Hill 20; New York, Hill ~; North
Carolina, Carr 90; North Dakota. Hill s.
Ohio. Patrick 46; Oregon, Stevenson ..
Hill ., Towne L: Pennsylvania. stevenson
Ga. Rhode Island, Stevenson S; South Car
olina. Stevenson IS; South Dakota, Towne
6. Stevenson 2; Tennessee. Hill "a: Texas.
Stevenson 80; Utah. Stevenson 6; Vermont.
Stevenson S: Virginia. Stevenson "a;
Washington. Towne s; West Virginia. Stew
enson l2; Wisconsin, Stevenson u. TOwne
3; Wyoming, Stevenson 9; Alaska. Steven
son 6; Arizona Stevenson >. Towne 1;
District of Columbia. Stevenson 6; New
Mexico, Stevenson >, Towne l. Oklahoma.
Stevenson 31-2. Towne . 10; Indian Ter
ritory. Stevenson 6: Hawaii. Hill 6.
A two-thirds vote was necessary. and at
the completion of the call Stevenson was
few votes shy of enough to nominate him
Instantly the chairman of the Tennessee
delegation was on his feet. and he changed
the vote OF his State from Hill TO Steven
son. That WAS sufficient to give Stevens on
the necessary two-thirds.
A Stampede to Stevenson.
The Convention was in an upToar. and in
every delegation that, had cast vo.e for
ANYBODY else than Stevenson there was a
man shouting to get the attention of the
chairman, so that Inc vote OF MS State
could be changed to Stevenson. Senator
TilIman shouted above the uproar: Mr..
President, move that the nomination OF
Adlai e. Stevenson ,be made unanimous"
Chairman Richardson would not permit
this. and said that the roll would be called
and that II any delegations wanted to
change their votes they could do it. On
the second roll call e26 votes We're cast, and
Permanent Chairman Richardson an
nounced that they had all been cast for
Stevenson.
After this there was no semblance of or
der maintained. but there We're resolutions