Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-07-21
THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
Henry G. Davis Of West Virginia Nom.
mated bv AccIanation

ing an adjournment was taken until
afternoon, and the great convention
hall was quickly emptied OF its wear.
led delegates and spectators The ter.
rife strain of the night was over and
there was a general movement in the
direction OF the hotels.
II was 5:37 when the afternoon ses-
sion opened. A motion was made and
adopted that speeches nominating can.
didates for the vice presidency be linn
TIED to ten minutes, that five minutes
be allowed for seconding speeches and
that the number be limited to three.
Roll call OF states was then called
for the presentation or candidates for
vice president. Alabama was called
several times with no response, but
finally Mr.. Russell of that state an.
nounced that Alabama would give way
to Illinois. - :, -
Samuel Olschuler of Illinois arose
and announced that Freeman Morris
would speak for that state.
Mr.. Morris took the platform to
name James r. Williams of Illinois.
The roll call of states proceeded and
when Nebraska was reached the re-
Spouse was statement that 1t waited
with interest the choice of New York.
New York requested to be passed
when called on the roll.
Maryland seconded the nomination
of Davis of West Virginia.
At this point in the session there
was uproar over rumors of telegram
that had been received from Judge
Parker, nominee for the presidency.
which Senator Culbertson of Texas
and others thought ought to be con-
sldered before the convention went
any further. The former said; For
reasons which are obvious to all the
delegates here 1t seems to me that
we ought not to proceed at this time
to nominate candidate for vice pres.
ldent"
Adjournment was thereupon taken.
The leaders disappeared and the ses.
sion closed with an atmosphere Of
tense expectancy as to what would oc-
cur when 1t reconvened at g.: 80 p. m.
The convention did not go into ses-
sion promptly at the time appointed.
although the greater number of dele.
gates and alternates were in their
seats, keyed up to high pitch Of ex.
the night.
During the course of the proceed.
ings the following message from Judge
Parker was read:
IL regard the gold standard as firm.
ly and irrevocably established, and
shall act accordingly If the action of
the convention today shall be ratified
by the people. AS the platform is ST.
lent on the subject, my views should
l be made known to the convention, and
: If 1t Is proved to be unsatisfactory to
the majority, request you to decline
the nomination for me at once, SO that
another may be nominated before adj
journment."
A message was proposed to be sent
to Judge Parker as follows:
"The platform adopted by this con-
yention is silent on the question of
monetary standard because 1t Is not
reagrded by us as possible issue in
this campaign, and only campaign is
sues were mentioned in the platform.
Therefore there Is nothing in the
views expressed by you In the tele.
gram just received which would pre-.
clude man entertaining them from
accepting a nomination on said plat
FORM" (Applause)
A great deal of discussion followed,
some favoring sending of the message,
others not.
After some further debate a roll call
was ordered on the question Of the
adoption of the reply to Judge
oarker's message. AS the roll call
proceeded 1t was evident that the
motion to send the message to Judge
Parker would be carried by an over
'whelming majority. The result was
announced to be TIA ayes and 191
noes, and the message was ordered
sent by the convention.
The vote closed the incident. 1t
had been provocative of some feeling
and much anxiety on the part of the
party leaders, but from the first OF
the evening session 1t was evident
that they had the situation well In
hand.
The order Of business now went
back to the point where Governor
vardaman sprung the Parker tele-
gram rumor and recess when the
, roll of states was about to be called
on the vote for the nomination for
candidate for vice president and
the chair directed that the roll should
be called. Announcement of the vote
revealed that Henry G. Davis of West
!, Virginia had received 652 votes, being
80 less then the necessary two-thirds.
He then received the nomination by
reclamation.
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Seized Carrying Contraband.