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Of the delegation, Lewis Nixon, was

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There were a number of alb entees in
the delegation. but a continuous chorus
of Bryan came in response to the
calls of the clerk.
G. Hyde Clark broke the solid Bryan
vote by declaring for Johnson, and
Judge O'Connor. of Utica, also voted
for the Minnesota man.
The result was strongly in favor of
Bryan. The absentees were many, nut
the result was not announced in mum
bers. 1t was declared by the chairman.
however. that the vote MS announced
by Mr.. Murphy was correct, and the
vote would be counted as seVenty-eight
for Bryan.
Oklnhomn's Maiden vote.
Each and every man in the Ohio
delegation is for Bryan" announced
the chairman of h delegation, and
it requires no unit rule for us to cas-.
our forty-six votes for Bryan
When Oklahoma was called the
chairman announced: Oklahoma casts
her eighteen maiden votes for William
Jennings Bryan
Pennsylvania demanded that a poll
of the delegation be taken. The vote
went largely for Bryan, but the count
proceeded slowly. because of confusion
Of names arising from the ouSting of
the Gufey delegates. The state was
not under the init rule, and the result
was announced to be Bryan, 491a; Gray,
91a. johnson, 3; not voting. 6.
When Pennsylvania was reached
Bryan needed only 4s votes to make
his nomination sure. n Pennsylvania
giving him 49R' made him the party
nominee.
Rhode Island cast 5 for Bryan and 3
70. johnson. Solid delegations cast
their votes for Bryan from South Caro-
Ina, South Dakota. Tennessee, Texas
! and Utah. Vermont east ! for Bryan,
one not voting.
Virginia and Wisconsin cast their full
votes for Bryan, as did also Alaska and
all the remaining delegations, neither
johnson nor Gray receiving another
vote.
Unanimous for Bryan.
Before the vote was announced Mr..
Hammond, who had placed Mr.. john
son in nomination, moved to make
unanimous the nomination of Mr..
Bryan, saying Minnesota knew how to
lose well as it did how to fight we'll.
A great cheer broke from the throng.
For Judge Gray, Murray Vandiver, of
Maryland, and a delegate from Della
ware. seconded the motion of Mr.. Ham,
mond. There came cries of Georgia
Get Georgia in" That State, after a
short pause. declared that it also sec
onded the motion, which. upon being
put by the chairman. was carried with
a roar. II. II. Elders, of Georgia. alone
voted In the negative.
II now declare William ]. Bryan to
be the nominee of the Democratic party
for President of the United States
said Chairman Clayton, and the dele
gates gave one wild cheer and began
to move toward the doors. A motion to
adjourn until l p. m. Friday then was
carried with a whoop, and at 3:42 a. m.
the convention adjourned. The big
clock in the balcony. however, still
marked the hour of Thursday mid
night.
For nearly sixty hours the commit
tee OIL resolutions as a whole or III
subcommittee, were in practically
continuous session st work upon the
PLATFORM, and up to a very short time
before midnight, when the document
was finally presented to the conVen-
ton, its members wrestled with the
momentous subjects concerning which
they were charged will the framing or
the official u~tterances of the party.
Whole planks were referred back to
the subcommittee for redrafting. and
even after what was Intended to be
the final draft was In the hands of the
press associations to be telegraphed to
the ewspapers of the country from
Cape Cod TO the Golden Gate, changes
OF phraseology were made, sentences
We're turned about for more forceful
expression; word by word and plank by
plank in the platform was minutely
scrutinized in the effort for c%learness
n perfection of expression.
When Chairman Haskell finally took
II under his arm and jumped into an
automobile for his flying trip to the
waiting multitude in the convention
hall, the document that he bore was
the unanimous expression of the COM
mittee: there was no smallest sugges-
ton of a minority report.
Dodging "Unlucky Friday.s
The plank on the trust question WA
the last to be adopted by the committee
and 1t had been the subject OF n long
debate. Judge Parker. of New York;
ex-United States Senator Smith. of New
Jersey, and Senator Newlands. OF Me-
vada, had been united in opposition to
any expression on the subject. Senator
Smith provoked a long debate by an
amendment to the tariff plank suggest
ing the necessity OF recognizing the cost
of labor In revising the tariff schedules,
but II was strongly opposed by his COL
leagues on the committee. n was
finally withdrawn. az II was said. upon
receipt of a request by telegraph from
Mr.. Bryan himself.
Ex-senator Dubois. of Idaho, proposed
an anti-polygamy plank, which was
finally defeated by a tie vote OF 20 to 20.
In this connection n telegram from MI.
Bryan To his brother here in response
to an inquiry OF the subject was read.
as follows:
I have not taken any part or ex-
pressed any opinion on the subject re-
ferred 10 in your telegram. There are
several States especially interested In
that subject. and l think they should
all be permitted to present their views
and tina the committee on resolutions
should he decide the question accord
ing to it's Judgment. IL Will not be IN
fueneed one way or the other by me-
II will always be a question whether
Bryan was nominated. officially, on
Friday. According TO the big clock In