The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-14

feeling among the Virginians in favo
OF Charles A. sTowne. when It cam
to serious work.
The Texans in their enthusiasm 10
Judge Gray encountered strong dill
couragement when they met Josial
Marvel the manager for the Delawar,
man. He gathered q number Of then
about him in the aisle in front Of tn,
chairman's rostrum and urged then
to cease Their work in behalf Of Judg,
Gray.
n beg of you, said he, "that 70,
will not make It necessary for me I,
get up in the convention and dec1ar,
that Judge Gray will not take th.
place."
HE will not do 1t, / tell you, posi-
lively that he will not take the nomi
nation II it is offered him and In m,
opinion he will not take the place
II he is elected"
The Texans, however, remained I'M
convinced and refused to discontinue
their efforts to bring about the nomi
nation Of Judge Gray.
It was $40 before Chairman Clay
ton raped for order. Vice presiden.
tial conferences were In progress all
over the hall and It was some little
time before the delegates gave atten.
ton to the chair. Nj. Clayton was
too hoarse to make himself heard and
spoke through a reading clerk to in.
troduce the Rev. Father Martin ].
Corbett OF Whiteheld, who delivered
the invocation.
The priests mention OF the name OF
that God-fearing leader, W. J.. Bry-
an, called out a ripple Of applause
which was renewed when he had con-
cluded.
Mr.. Clayton's h~oarseness soon be
came. SO serious that he handed the
gaver to Representative Ollie James
Of Kentucky.
James In The Chair.
"A member of the Massachusetts
delegation arose and began to protest
against the action Of the delegations
spokesman last night in yielding. the
place on the presidential nomi-
roll to Utah.
He was ruled out OF order and Gov
ernOr Vardaman of Mississippi was
recognized to move the convention
proceed to the nomination OF a vice
presidential candidate. The motion
was carried with applause. Senator
Stone asked for information regarding
the rules for nominating speeches.
He was informed that there was
not any rules and he made a motion
all nominating speeches be limi-
ted to ten minutes and seconding
speeches to not more than two for
each candidate and not longer than
five minutes.
Acting Chairman James in putting
the motion did not state that part Of
the motion limiting the seconding
speeches to two and the motion as
adopted vas in accordance with his
and limited the speeches
in time, but left them unlimited in
number.
Acting Chairman James directed the
call Of states to proceed.
Alabama Yields Again.
alabama"
alabama Yields to Indiana, re-
piled the chairman Of the delegation
from that state and the. followers Of
John w. Kern cheered Justify.
Thomas R. Marshall, democratic
for governor OF Indiana
was sent to the platform to offer MI.
Kern's name as the first on the list.
Mr.. Marshall paid tribute first to
the platform Of the convention; next
to Mr.. Bryan, then to Indiana and
lastly to Mr.. Kern himself. A con-
v%ention which had begun SO well, he
declared, should end we'll. Mr.. Kern,
he asserted, had all the qualifications
that could be desired and would be a
bearer worthy OF a United
New Yorker Named.
Indiana's delegation cheered MI.
Kern for several minutes. They were
however, by only a few dele
gates from Florida. When Colorado
was reached on the roll, Ex-Governor
Charles Stewart OF that state, took the
platform to place in nomination Chas.
A. Towne Of New York. The conven-
ton did not first understand whose
name Governor Thomas was to pre-
sent, but as he presented the events
in the career. Of the man he had come
to name, It was understood that
was the man. The mention Of
Mr.. Towne's name was received yith
IL Al 49, d. - ~ - L. -. "