The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1904-07-14

10 the platform. He was greeted with
O round of applause and his short
! speech wan well received.
The resolutions committee still be.
ing engaged on platform the conven'
ton recessed till p. m.
Friday Nights Session.
At p. m. Friday the platform
agreed upon by the committees on res.
clutions was reported by Chairman
Daniel. 1t was adopted without debate
| Nominations were Immediately pro-
ceeded with. Alabama yielded to New
York and Judge Parkers name was
the first presented to the convention
After that, Hearst, Gray, Cockrell
Wall, Williams, Olney and Miles were
named in speeches which took nearly
the entire night. In the end all the
claims of the Parker forces were
| proved accurate. Parker had fithin
few votes of enough to nominate and
these were forthcoming. The speeches
which had been cheered so long and
| loudly had neither made nor lost a
vote. The Parker forces, under per-
! feet organization, remained serene.
| The convention was in session from
o'clock Friday night until o'clock
| Saturday morning. In that time eight
names were presented to the conven.
, tion. Nominating and seconding
| speeches innumerable we're made and
as dawn appeared, 1t became neces'
| sary to limit the seconding speeches
to four minutes each. An extension
was made in the case of William j.
Bryan, who in one of the most dra-
matte situations ever witnessed in a
| political gathering addressed the con-
| vention, and concluded by seconding
| the nomination of Senator Francis M.
Cockrell, Tho favorite son" candidate
from Missouri. Mr.. Bryan received
the third great ovation accorded dur
| ing the convention. His speech was an
impassioned appeal to the delegates to
| give the party a candidate who had
voted the Democratic ticket in 1896
| and 1900.
When all the speeches were made
the roll was called for balloting. But
one ballot was necessary. When the
poll of the states had been completed,
1t was shown that the New York
jurist had 678 votes, nine short of the
necessary 667. but before the result
was announced, Idaho, West Virginia
and Washington swung into the Park
er column and the nomination was
clinched
Scenes of wild enthusiasm followed.
Gov. Dockery OF Missouri, was recog-
nized and on his motion the nomina-
tion was made unanimous.
The opposing vote was divided be.
tween Hearst, Cockrell, Mcclellan,
Olney, Gray, Wall, Miles, Williams,
German and Towne.
When the nomination of Parker was
proclaimed the convention adjourned
to 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon to
name candidate for vice president.
Saturdays Session.
st. Louis. July 9.-When the con-
yention reassemb1ed at p. m. Sat
urday to name a candidate for vice
president, the leaders had not yet
reached an agreement on second
choice. Among those considered were
Williams of Illinois, Harmon and Nc
Lean of Ohio. Turner of Washington,
Gray of Delaware and others.
Meanwhile Mr.. Sheehan received a
telegram from Judge Parker, the nom-
inee for president, declaring for the
gold standard and declining the nom
ination if his position on the money
nItpStinn aoffcfanfnru A
cess was taken to $50 p. M, at which
hour candidates for vice president
were placed in nomination. A ballot
was about to be taken, when Senator
Culbertson raised the point that the
candidate for vice president should
not be chosen until the convention
was sure who would be the candidate
for president. The news of Parker's
telegram got abroad and created in
tense excitement. There was talk of
reconvening the committee on resolu-
tions to incorporate a gold plank In
the platform but this was opposed. A
further recess until $3.50 p. m. was
taken.
Senator Hill, Sheehan, Murphy and
McCarren of New York, Governor
Thomas of Colorado, Carmack of Ten.
nessee, Newlands of Nevada, Cannon
of Utah. Poe OF Maryland, Beckham
of Kentucky and others had con-
ference at the Southern hotel to decide
on what course to pursue, and a reply
to Parker's telegram was agreed to-
Following Is Parker's telegram:
81 regard the gold standard as firmly
and irrevocably established. and shall
act accordingly II the action of the
convention today shall be ratified by
the people. AS the platform Is silent
on the subject. my views should be
made known to the convention, and If
1t proved to be unsatisfactory to the
majority, request you to decline the
nomination for me at once, that an
other may be nominated before ad-
journment."
The reply adopted at the conference
is as follows; "The platform adopted
by this convention is silent on the
question of monetary standard, be-
cause 1t Is not regarded by us as o
possible issue In this campaign, and
inly campaign issues were mentioned
In the platform. Therefore, there is
nothing in the views expressed by you
in the telegram Just received which
would preclude man entertaining
them from accepting nomination on
said platform"
1t was 10 p. m. before the conven-
tion resumed. Parker's telegram was
read and the reply was submitted for
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