The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-29
H|sGEN- GRAVES Is
INDEPENDENCE
TICKET
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT
UNANIMOUS ON THIRD BALLOT
RIOT WHEN MAN NAMES
BRYAN FOR OFFICE.

pie Graves, OF Georgia, were nomln-
ated for president and vice president
by the Independence party. last night.
In Orchestra hall. amid the greatest
enthusiasm.
Mr.. Higsen was nominated on the
third ballot The vote was: Higsen
S3l: Graves IT; Howard 49, Hearst 2.
Mr.. Hisgen's nomination was made
unanimous on motion OF Georgia.
1t looked like Hisgen from the time
the first state to break to Hisgen. the
Lallot he received 1916 votes. Under
the two-thirds rule GIG was necessary.
New York on the second ballot was
the first state to break to Hisgen, the
"a votes given To Reuben ROBBIE Lyon
being transferred to the Massachu'
sets man..
Upon the third roll call state after
state changed its vote TO Hisgen.
Michigan Changes Vote.
The Massachusetts delegates began
10 cheer when Hisgen's nomination
was assured Michigan asked permits
sion TO change it's vote to Hisgen.
and Florida. Missouri. Georgia and
North Carolina quickly followed. Ala
bama then swung into line. and states
that had supported favorite sons join
ed.
The motion to make the nomination
unanimous came from Georgia and
was adopted with a shout that shook
the building. Instantly delegate
from Massachusetts, seized the banner
OF that state and followed by other
members OF the delegation. started to
parade around the hall. State after
state joined the procession until
every delegate was on his feet. march
ing and cheering.
The vote for president on the first
ballot stod: Hisgen $50; Graves 2l3;
Howard 200; Lyon II; Hearst 49. On
the second ballot Hisgen received $50
votes: Graves dropped to 1870. and
Howard to l09. Hearst held his AZ,
and Lyon was eliminated.
Notification Committee.
When order had been partly re
stored a committee, consisting or
John Temple Graves, OF Georgia; Mil.
fcrd w. Howard. of Alabama. and
Reuben X. Lyon, of New York, was
appointed to notify Mr.. Hisgen OF his
nomination and escort him to the
platform.
Pending the return of the commit
Tee, CLARENCE u. oHedTu, VI Now icih,
was recognized by the chair and
placed John Temple Graves in nom
ination for the vice presidency.
w. G.. Ballard. of Indiana, placed
Chas. f. Neal. of that state In nomin-
atom Stephen Charters, of Ansonia.
was placed In nomination by John
Kelly, OF Connecticut: C.. A. Wendell
Of Illinois, named DIR. Howard Tay-
Izr ~ nr
his name Connecticut withdrew the
name OF Charters and moved TO sus.
pend the rules and make Graves NOM
ination unanimuos This was done by
reclamation and the convention ad-
journed sine die.
Riot over Bryan's Name.
An attempt by John |. Shepard. n
delegate from Kansas. to stampede the
convention for Mr.. Bryan provoked a
riot in the convention hall and the
arrest of half dozen Bryan shouters.
The convention was In an uproar for
nearly an hour. Then police reserves
were summoned and discouraged any
further efforts at stampeding.
MIR. Shepard was plotted from the
platform under escort by the Hearst
leaders, led by Clarence J. Shearn.
to prevent a threatened assault on
| him by delegates from New York and
| California.
Shepard had attempted. in defiance
| of the platform, to present the name
| of Mr.. Bryan as candidate for the
| presidency. After he had left the hall
| he was expelled from the nationa!
committee of the independence party
and his nam struck from the roll OF
| delegates.
THOMAS l.. HISGEN, although a
citizen OF Massachusetts. was
born In Petersburg, Ind, and is 80
years old When he was 16 his fam
| lily moved TO New York state. near
Albany, and he and his brothers work
ed in a clothing store. A few years
later they started the business which
has since developed until the Hisgen
brothers are the most successful riv-
ais Of the Standard Oil Co. in New
England.
For years Mr. Hisgen has fought the
oil trust. He won the respect and
support of consumers In Western
Massachusetts and has waged war
successfully against the great corpora
ton.
MIR. Hisgen was nominated by the
Independence league in Massachusetts
last year as its candidate for govern
or He made a personal canvass OF
the state, and polled $4,000 votes. s.
900 more than the regular Democratic
candidate. Tie is a splendid type OF
the successful business man, forcefu,
speaker. and Is known to all New Eng
land as Honest Tom" Hisgen. He Is
married and has three children.
John TEMPLE GRAVES is a
" u southerner, having been born at
Wellington church. Abbeville county.
South Carolina on Nov. 9. 1856. His
father was Gen. James Porterheld
Graves and his mother Katherine Cal
houn. n niece OF John c. Calhoun.
Mr.. Graves was graduated from the
University of Georgia in 1875 and
went into journalism
He was presidential elector from
Florida In 1884 and from Georgia In
1883. In 1905 he was candidate for
United states senator from Georgia.
but withdrew
Mr. Graves was for years one of the