The Monticellonian., 1904-07-14

Nebraska's response was d state- ment that she waited with interest the 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 was reached
 Senator E. w. Carmaek of Tennes- see was placed in nomination by Dele gate Hersey of that state.
 H. G. Davis nomination received a second from the District of Columbia delegation.
 MT. D'Autremont. of Minnesota. sec cnded the nomination of Mr Turner, of Washington
 N J. Hllman, of Florida, an nounced that Florida desired to second the nomination of Senator Days. of West Virginia, and A L. Loyey, of Utah. seconded the nomination of George w. Turner. as did George Mur- phy. of Alaska
 M. c. Rogers, of the Indian terri tory chief of the Cherokee tribes. a fall-blooded Indian. seconded the nom nation of J. P Williams, of Illinois
 Al this point Senator Gnlherson, of 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 Yiee=presi- dent was finally made Ex-Senator Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia. was nominated by a exclamation just after the first ballot was finished. His op- ponents were Congressman ]. R. Will iams of Illinois, George W Turner of Washington and William A Harris of Kansas
 The first ballot showed 654 votes for Davis. or l3 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. loo; Harris 5S
 The convention adjourned sine die at l:30 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 Williams were made chairmen, respectively. of the commit tees to notify Parker and Davis of their nominations
 + was announced that the new na- tional committee would hold it's first meeting in New York. The presidential candidate is S1 years old, and has a fortune esti- mated at s2O,OOO,0 900. made largely in 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 cousin ef Senator Arthur P German. of Nary land.
 Where the Hitch Came In.
 Tie cause of the hitch in the after noon and evening sessions was the receipt of the following from Judge Park0:
 Hon. w. F Sheehan, Hotel Jeffer- son. St. Louis-I regard the gold stand ard as firmly and irreVoeably estab- iished. and shall act accordingly if the | action of the convention of to-day shall be ratified by the peenle As the plat form is silent on the subject, my views should be made known to the conven- ticn, and, if it is found to be unsat- isfactory to the majority. l request you 10 decline the nomination for me at once. so that another may be nominat- ed before adjournment (Signed.) A. B. PARKER"
 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 Mr Bryan and his adherents had been swept aside:
 The platform adopted by this con yention is silent on the question of the monetary standard bureau it 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 man entertaining them from accepting a nomination on said platform
 The vote on sending he proposed re- ply to Judge Parker was: Ayes. TIA; noes, 191.