The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-14


lots progressed there was considerable
excitement noticed among the com
mittee, the outcome being rather unex-
pected. When the Secretary rose and
| shouted the five-hundred mark near
| ly the necessary number, the dele
gates and spectators did not wait for
the completion of the announcement,
but burst into applause, which lasted
a good quarter hour. Mr.. Blaine, how
ever, received the Sal votes neces-
sary, and General Logan was solidly
backed for Vice President by all the
| states except New York.
The Democratic Convention of that
year nominated Cleveland and Hen
bricks on the second ballot. This was
the first convention at which dele.
gates of the territories and the Dis.
trict of Columbia were permitted to
vote.
In 1888 the Democrats nominated
Mr.. Cleveland by reclamation. The
Republicans again encountered scat
tering votes until the sixth ballot
when Mr. Blaine sent his dispatch
from Edinburg, Scotland, dated June
have a right to ask my friends to re
spect my wishes and refrain from
voting for me. Please make this
public" Nearly the solid body that
persisted in voting for Mr. Blaine
shifted to Benjamin Harrison on the
eighth ballot and effected his nomina
ton.
In 1892 the conventions of both
parties nominated their candidates or
the first ballot.
Gold and Silver Questions.
The 1896 conventions of both par
ties will go down in history as takins
a decided stand on the gold and sill
yer questions. Some of the Western
States objected to the anti-silvel
plank in the Republican platform
and three of the delegates from Utai
became so wrought up as to leave tn,
convention. The late Senator Arthur
Brown, leader of the delegation, a
once announced that Utah had no
bolted; three alternates, he said, hat
J been put in their places.
In the Democratic convention Their
was a fierce conflict before the silve
: plank was finally adopted. The con
test began when two delegations
gold and silver. from the states of tn
| middle and Western sections asked I
be seated. The silver delegates fror
most of those states were seated
among them being the Nebraska dele
cation headed by William J. Bryan.
The discussion of the silver que:
ton became a heated one during tn
Z progress of the convention, but afte
, Mr.. Bryan's notable free silver speec
q which generated and started an owe
whelming wave of enthusiasm, tn
platform of 16 to l was adopted. Z.
| Governor Roswell P. Flower. chair
man of the New York delegation, ros
| at the call of the first ballot, and said
In view of the platform adopted b
| this cOnvent ton, and of its procee,
| ings and actions. | am instructed b
the delegates from the state OF Ne
York to say that We decline turtle
to participate in the selection =,
candidates for President and Vic
| President, and therefore We decline
| vote"
Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. SewaIl were fl
ally nominated on the fifth ballot.
With Little Opposition.
Mr.. Bryan was nominated wit
scarcely any opposition in the DEM
cratic convention of 1900. In TIL
convention there was a reafirmatio
of the silver question and Is to l b
a close vote. the minority being i
favor of a more conservative EXPIRE:
sion for the silver standard.
The attempt TO place the name c
David B. Hill, of New York. in nom
nation for Vice President was tn
only exciting episode in this CONVEX
ton. A stampede led by the New Yor
delegation caused the great crowd t
shout wildly for Hill, but Mr. Hill n
piled in a rather strong speech wit
the announcement that he could nc
accept the nomination. In spite c
this Messrs. Murphy. Croker and Grs
dy, of the New York delegation, su
gested TO Mr.. Hill that his name woul
materially strengthen the party in tn
East, but their arguments were witt
out avail.