The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-10

to order and directed the delegates to
take their seats. Representative John
Sharp Williams of Mississippi was rec
Ognlzed and moved that nominating
speeches should be limited to fifteen
minutes, and Seconding speeches to
hVe minutes. but that no more than
four seCOnding speeches be allowed for
any one nomination. Ball of Texas
offered q Substitute limiting the nOm-,
mating speeches TO ten minutes. leav-
ing the time for the seconding speech
es at five minutes, and limiting the
number TO three. Mr.. Williams at once
withdrew his motion in favor Of the
substitute, and ii was adopted without
dissension-
Roll call of states was then called
for the presentation of candidates for
vice president. Even at this time the
galleries were less than half filled and
great rows of vacant seats were Wis
ible. Alabama was called several
times, with no response, but finally
Mr.. Russell OF that state announced
that Alabama would give way to Il
Hn0is.
Samuel Alschuler of Illinois arose
and announced that Freeman 3. Nor
ris wOJId speak for that state
Mr.. Morris took the platform TO name
James R Williams of Illinois
Thanks TO the few people present
he was able to do what no speaker
before him had been able to do, and
that was to make his voice audible 70
every person in the auditorium from
his first word.
Cheers greeted the mention Of Mr.
Williams name. but they did not come
in a great measure from the delegates.
Turner Nominated
Colorado yielded to Washington and
IL
c. Robertson Of that state, who spoke
for ex-senator George Turner.
There was considerable confusion in
the aisles by this time, and Mr.. Robert
son was not able TO begin his address
for about two minutes.-He spoke as
follows:
My friends. you have builded a poT-
ton Of the ticket. You have gone TO
the east for your president. Now. come
10 the west You men who listen TO the
tickers at Wall street, come across the
continent TO the great Pacific slope and
to the state of Washington.
The Pacific coast will be the battle
ground in the next campaign. Rally
around your matchless leader. You
men in the south have the memories
Of the past to cement YOU to the Dem
OCraUc party. You men in the east
have the historic origin of our leaders.
We men in the west are building the
temple Of Democracy. and in the state
of Washington we produce the key
stone of the arcn and ali of the west
states viii say il is a perfect creation.
From across this great continent ex-
tend the hand of friendship to US and
place upon the ticket as a running mate
of the peerless. matchless citizen Of
New YDrk. our own splendid friend
afr he raT4T oT ho
state of Washington, ex-senator Geo.
a Turner (AppIaUse)
Connecticut yielded TO Indiana. and
Delegate Spencer of Indiana seconded
the nomination o. Williams.
Sensation Growing.
BY this time tbe report that q teIe-
gram had been received from Judge
Parker declaring his position on the
financial question had become general.
A crowd of delegates hurriedly gath
cred around Shaehan of New York and
Tiliman Of South Carolina.
Little conferences began to occur,
and the orators did not receive much
attention except from the galleries and
the small fry who did not know that a
probable sensation was ripening all
about them.
Delaware gave her place in the call
med John y. Anderson of that state
wEo placed in nomination Henry G.
Davis OF West Virginia 4 vigorous
round Of applause came from the dele
E5teS wefl Mr.. Davis name was men
toned, bJt little from the galleries
Speech Of Dubois.
Senator Dubois of Idaho was the next
speaker and he rose u second the
nomination of Mr.. Turner Of Wash
ington.
Ar Chairman and Gentlemen Of tie
Convention We can carry more cleo
tOral votes in the northwest than we
can in Illinois OF in Indiana. We are
not for the postOhiceS. We can do
nothing for affirmative legislation
without congressman and senators.
If it is an Offense that oar cand.-
date stopped William Jennings Bryan
twice I cannot help u We offer no
apology. Nobody has 10 explain. The
entire part Of the country where your
electoral votes VIII come from. If you
win. and where your senators now are
and VIII be. united in presenting to
this convention George Turner OF
Washington.
David Overmeyer of Kansas placed
ex-senator William A Harris Of that
state in nomination in a brief speech
from the floor
Exciting Scenes TO Come.
As the unexciting routine of the
nominating and seCOnding speeches
proceeded the storm that seemed in
evitable was gathering. Leaders hur-
Red TO and fro with anxious faces.
and the news from Esopus spread rap
idly. The floor filed with delegates
and in the Parker sections men sat
close together in whispered cOnsulta-
ton.
At o'clock there were signs to the
initiated that the session was going 10
be dramatic in the extreme but the
delegates smiled and listened to the
flow of "favOrite SON oratory- all un-
conscious Of the great things that were
moving IN the party's heart.
The Tnii call OF states proceeded un-g
I'll Maryland WAS reached. Without a
response for Maryland John Prentice
Poe took the platform and seconded the
nomination OF Mr.. Davis of West Vir-
gina. Applause punctuated his
speech.
Senator Ey-sg1s,r,- f~s,-s-