The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-07-06

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THOMAS r. MARSHALL.
Cd to North Dakota and former Sem
ator Purcell placed Governor Burke
Of North Dakota In nomination.
Kansas seconded the nomination Of
Burke and Louisiana seconded that Of
Governor Marshall.
Alonzo L. Miles of Maryland placed
Mayor James Preston of Baltimore in
nomination.
Burke Placed In Nomination.
Mr.. Purcell characterized Governor
Burke as progressive Of progress.
sives." He asserted that Governor
Burke would draw many progressive
Republican votes to the Democratic
ticket.
Idaho seconded the nomination Of
Burke. Samuel Alschuler of Illinois
took the platform and nominated El-
more w. Hurst Of Rock Island, Ill.
A motion to limit nominating
speeches to Ave minutes and second
ing speeches to three minutes went
through by reclamation.
r. G. Menzies of Indiana then took
the platform and nominated Governor
Thomas r. Marshall for the vice pres
Aency.
Henry volmer of Iowa nominated
Martin J. Wade. He urged: Wilson
and Wade" as an alliterative ticket
that would sweep the country.
After Miles concluded A. Mitchell
Palmer, Wilson manager, asked unan-
imous consent that the consideration
Of the vice presidential nomination be
suspended and the report of the COM
mittee on resolutions received and
acted upon. Unanimous consent was
obtained and Chairman Kern, chair
man Of the resolutions committee,
read the platform.
Platform is Adopted.
The reading Of the report Of the
committee on resolutions consumed
nearly an hour. It was listened to
with careful attention by the dele
gates and the few spectators who re-
NAMED in the hall. When the read
ing concluded Senator Kern moved
the adoption Of the report, which was
done by viva voce vote.
Governor Brewer of Mississippi Of
fered the formal resolution giving
thanks of the convention to National
tional Secretary Urey Woodson. It
was passed without debate. The 9TH
or customary resolutions approving
the convention committees also were
adopted.
A series Of resolutions praising Bal
timore, Mayor Preston, the police and
IRE departments. the hotels and prac-
tically everything else In Baltimore
were put through.
When the District of Columbia was
reached one of the delegates rose and
proposed William J. Bryan as a vice
presidential candidate. A roar swept
the hall as the name was mentioned.
Bryan, sitting quiet In his seat in
the Nebraska section, was Immediate
ly surrounded by q group Of support
ers urging him to speak. For time
he refused, sitting unmoved in the
midst of the storm Of disorder. But
the uproar increased and finally Bry.
an climbed upon his chair.
stake the platform. Take the plat
form shouted the delegates"
surrounded by a small group Bryan
made his way to the stage to deliver
his valedictory.
Az Bryan concluded the roll call on
the vice presidential nomination was
ordered.
Vote Scattered on First Ballot.
The ballot showed q widely scat.
tered vote and 1t was apparent early
In the roll call that there would be
no nomination on the first ballot. Gen.
orally the antiBryan delegates were
inclined to support Marshall, but the
lines were not sharply drawn.
The Indianan took the lead, how
ever, from the start and many Of the
Wilson-Bryan states cast their votes
for him.
The straight Wilson vote generally
went to Burke or Chamberlain.
The first ballot on the vice presi-
Dental nomination gave Marshall $50,
Burke 3o5s, Chamberlain 1877. The
remainder Of the vote was scattered
among native sons.
The result of the second ballot was
announced: Marshall 646h. Burke
SS7h, Chamberlain 12k.
Representative Hughes of New Jer-
sey moved that Marshall be nominal
ed by reclamation but a chorus Of dis
sent followed.
Chairman James ordered the roll
called. Before the roll call could be
begun the North Dakota delegation
withdrew the name of Governor Burke
and moved THAI the nomination OF