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ment that she waited with interest tha
choice Of New York. New York re-
Quested to be passed when called on
the roll.
Ohio has ne candidate" was an
nouaeed when the Buckeye state was
reached
Senator Z. ". Carmack. Of Tonnes
see was placed in nomination by Dele
gate Hersey Of that state.
H c. Davis. nomination received 4
second from the District Of Columbia
delegation
Mr.. D'Autremont. OF Minnesota, sec
onded the nomination Of Mr.. Turner.
Of Washington.
W J. Hiilman. 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 Muir
ply, Of Alaska.
w. @ Rogers. Of the Indian terri
tory, chief Of the Cherokee tribes q
fuil-pl0oded Indian, seconded the nom
nation Of J. p Williams, Of Illinois.
AT this point Senator Culberson. OF
Texas, moved a recess until $3.50. The
motion was seconded and carried.
Night session.
It was 1870 o'clock Sunday morniAa
when the nomination for vice-presi.
dent was finally made. Ex-senator
Henry G. Davis. Of West Virginia, was
nominated BY = reclamation Just after
the first ballot was finished His on.
ponents We're Congressman J. r. VIII.
Jams Of Illinois, George w. Turner 81
Washington and William A. Harris 81
Kansas.
The first ballot showed e5l votes foa
Davis, or - less than the necessary
two-thirds. Before another ballot
could be taken Davis was declared the
nominee by reclamation.
The other candidates received the
following votesS Williams, 165; Turner.
100; Harris, s..
The convention adjourned sine die az
1880 o'clock Sunday morning, after
passing tne usual vote OF thanks to the
city Of ST. Louis, the presiding oficers
Of the convention and others. Champ
Clark and ], s. Williams were made
chairmen, respectively, OF the commit
tees to notify Parker and Davis Of their
nominations.
II was announced that the new ma
tional committee would hold It's first
meeting in New York.
The vice-presidential candidate Is 81
years old, and has fortune esti-
mated at $4,000. 900. made largely Ia
the coal and oil fields Of West Virginia.
He Is the father-in-law Of Stephen b.
Elkins, his republican successor In the
United States senate, and Is a cousin
Of Senator Arthur r. German, Of Mary
land,
where the Hitch Came In. \
The cause Of the hitch in the after
noon and evening sessions was the
receipt of the following from Judge
Parker:
Hon. w. f. Sheehan, Hotel Jeffer-
son, st. Louis-I regard the gold stand
ard as firmly and irrevocably estab-
lished. and shall act accordingly Ii 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-
ton, and, IL 1t Is s5und to be unsat-
isfactory to the majority. request you
to decline the nomination for me az
once, 50 that another may be nominate
ed before adjournment
(Signed.) Al. 81 PARKER"
The telegram caused great deal Of
comment, and threatened, for Tins
to undo the work OF the convention.
1t was finally decided 10 send the fol-
lowing response To the telegram.
though not until considerable OPPOSE
ton, largely from MIR. Bryan and his
adherents had been swept aside:
"The platform adopted by this COM
vention is silent on the question OF the
monetary standard bureau 1t Is net re-
garded by us as possible issue in this
and only campaign issues
were mentioned in fhe platform.
Therefore there is nothing In the views
expressed BY you In the telegram just
which would preclude man
them from accepting
nomination on said platform
The vote on sending the proposed re-
ply to Judge Parker was: Ayes. 774s
noes, 1911.