The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-07-12
PARKER AND DAVIS
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
PARKER NOMINATED ON
FIRST BALLOT.
Davis Halls From West Virginia,
Being Former Senator From
That State-The Convention.

Alton Brooks | iEk:T. ~ .\EN ~ n.
for president. and Henry G. Davis. OF
Yves; Virginia. Tor vice-prcsident.
was the ticket put out by the
national democratic convention in
session in St. Louis last week.
The convention. which was one OF
the most remarkable. and i'll some re-
Spects one OF the most sensational in
the history of national conventions.
reached adjournment at l:3o o'clock
on Sunday morning. after being in
session "Wednesday. Thursday. Fri
day. all Friday night. Saturday. and
good portion OF Saturday night.
Wednesdays session was taken up
with the temporary organization and
THURSDAYS session with the perma-
ncnt organization. These sessions
were reported in full in the last is
sue OF The Herald and News. On
Friday practically nothing was done
by the convention proper. which was
waiting for the report OF the commit
tee on resolutions cmb"dying the
platform. The convention listened
to an address by Richmond Pearson
Hobson. the hero OF the Merrimac,
and adjourned until $50 Friday night.
when the platform was Submitted and
adopted and the nominations gone
into. Parker'S nomination coming at
few minutes before six o'clock on
Saturday morning.
The Platform.
The platform as adopted by the
convention appears elsewhere in this
issue in iull. There is no money
plank in the document. This was the
result ri 4 compromise between d.
3. Hill and ". J. Bryan. The fight
in committee over this was long and
bitter. There was bitter night over
striking out the plank that the mon
ctarv system was no longer under dis
cuSsion and Senator John w. Dan
iclS. OF Virginia. bitterly arraigned
Mr.. Bryan. saying he doubted the
prnprictv OF the man VIII" twice led
the party to defeat debating the issue
upon which this contest was TO be
waged. The compromise was finally
effected, however. ari there is moth
ing in the platform i'll regard to the
money question: Parker is gold
standard man and so wired the con-
vention before he would agree to ac-
ccpt the nomination.
The Presidential Nomination.
Convention Hall. ST. Louis. July 9,
Judge :Alton Brooks Parker. OF
New York. was nominated for presl-
dent OF the United States by the dem
ocratic national convention at $40
this morning.
Judge Parkcr's nomination came af-
;,r session OF the convention last
ING almost ten hours. Parker lacked
lust Q votes when the roll call end
ed. but before the vote was announced
Idaho charged six votes to the New
York man and Nevada followed with
two. Parker now lacked but one vote.
and West Virginia gave him thir-
teen and Washington ten. making a
total OF six hundred and eighty-nine.
Before this could be announced.
however. Governor Dock"ry. OF Mis-
souri,. Withdrew the name OF Francis
NJ. Cnckcrcll. of Missouri. who had
been nominated by the Hon. Champ
Clark. and moved that Judge Parker'S
nomination b" made unanimous. This
was done with a yell. and the demon
S,ratinn started Everybody was too
tired. however. to effcrvescc very
much. and motion to ad djourn was
greeted by howl ni affirmation. as
eleven thousand spectators and
thousand delegates made 4 break for
the exits
All Night Battle Ragged.
All night long thousands sat i'm
natirnrly and watched the waginc