The Forrest City times., 1904-07-15

iheht that sne waited Wlth interest tae choice of New York New York re- quested to be passed when called on the roll.
 "Ohio has no candidate" was an- nounced when the Buckeye state wax reached
 Senator F.. w Carmack. of Tennes- see was placed in nomination by Dele gate Hersey of that state.
 H. c. Davis nomination received . second from the District of Columbia delegation.
 MT. D'Autremont. of Minnesota. sec onded the nomination of Mir Turner, of Washington.
 w. J. Hilman. of Florida. an- nounced that Florida desired to second the nomination of Senator Davis. Of West Virginia, and A. l.. Lovey. Of Utah, seconded the nomination of George w. Turner, as did George Mur- phy. of Alaska
 w. C. Rogers, of the Indian terri tory, chief of the Cherokee tribes, | full-blooded Indian. seconded the nom nation of J. P. Williams. of Illinois.
 At this point Senator Culberson. k Texas, moved recess until S:30. The motion was seconded and carried.
 Night Session.
 It was 1:30 o'clock Sunday morning when the nomination for vice-presi- dent was finally made. Ex-Senator Henry G. Davis. of West Virginia, war nominated by exclamation just after the first ballot was finished His op- ponents were Congressman J. R. Will iams of Illinois. George w Turner of Washington and William A. Harris I Kansas.
 The first ballot showed 654 votes for Davis. or 13 less than the necessary two-thirds. Before another ballot could be taken Davis was declared the nominee by exclamation.
 The other candidates received the following votes: Williams, 165; Turner. 100; Harris, 5S.
 The convention adjourned sine die as 1:3O o'clock Sunday morning. after passing the usual vote of thanks to the city of St. Louis. the presiding officers of the convention and others Champ Clark and J, s. Willian3 were made chairmen, respectively, or the commit tees to notify Parker and Davis of theif nominations.
 It was announced that the new na- tional committee would hold it's fra meeting in New York.
 The presidential candidate Is SI old mated at 20.000,0 900, made largely in the coal and oil fields of West Virginia. He Is the fatherin-law of Stephen F. Elkins, his republican successor in ths United States senate, and is a cousin of Senator Arthur P. German, of Mary 1 land.
 Where the Hitch Game In.
 The cause of the hitch in the after noon and evening sessions was the receipt of the following from Judge Park~:
 Hon. w. r. Sheehan, Hotel Jeffer- son. St Louis-I regard the gold stand ard as firmly and irrevocably estab- lished. and shall act accordingly if the action of the convention of to-day shall be ratified by the people As the plat form is silent on the subject, my views | should be made known to the conven- tion, and. if 1t is found to be unsat- isfactory to the majority, I request you to decline the nomination for me at once, so that another may be nominal ed before adjournment (Signed) "A. B. PARKER" 1 The telegram caused great deal of comment, and threatened, for time | to undo the work of the convention It was finally decided 10 send the fol- lowing response to the telegram. though not until considerable opposi- tion, largely from Mlr Bryan and his adherents had been swept aside:
 "The platform adopted by this con- vention is silent on the question of the monetary standard bureau 1t is not re- garded by us as a possible issue in this campaign, and only 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 a man entertaining them from accepting nomination on said platform
 The vote on sending he proposed re- ply to Judge Parker was: Ayes, TIA: noes, 191.