Arizona republican., 1920-07-22
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 LINCOLN, Neb., July Civilian J. Bryan was nominated by acclama tion as the Prohibition party presi- dential nominee at the national con- vention here today. The nomination came after a resolution rendering him the position of standard bearer had brought out the fact in debate that he had teelgraphed friends here that he could not accept.
 In naming MT. Bryan the convention upset precedent as well as it's pro- gram by selecting the candidate on the first day. Nominations were not scheduled until Friday.
 Delegates Stampede For Bryan
 The nomination came after com plete stampede of the delegates, which was started by the resolution of W. c. Calderwood of Minnesota, rendering" MT. Bryan the leadership and asking him to reply promptly to the conven- ton whether he would accept
 Attempts to table this resolution only resulted in an hours recess, during which its opponents, led by Clinton N. Howard of New York. urged Charles public communications he was known to have concerning MT. Bryan's atti- tude on the subject.
 This brought out the fact that a pro- posed stampede, plans for which be- came known yesterday had resulted in MT Howard sending a telegram to Mir Bryan asking if he would accept the nomination and that the Nebraskan had replied saying he would decline. Speakers criticised MT Howard for what they termed his .'recalcitrant at titude' in not making public the cor respondence sooner. when it was gen. erally known this morning that he had heard from MT Bryan.
 The text of the telegram follows: Prohibition Convention. Lincoln. Neb.
 'I appreciate your confidence in me. Please see my brother. C. ". Bryan. 1 He will fully explain why acceptance is impossible"
 Charles Bryan sent a letter to the 1 convention after it reconvened urging 2 that it reject the resolution and saying that Mir. Bryan's friends would oppose him accepting.
 Oppose Secrecy 1 Various speakers then charged that innumerable secret conferences be- tween delegates and Charles Bryan 1 had been held in the past 24 hours with the apparent object of preventing MT. Bryans nomination on the ground that 1 he did not want to be named.
 The fact that these conferences had not been made public seemed to anger many delegates and speech after | speech favoring the Calderwood resolu- tion followed until it was adopted with only six dissenting votes out Of the more than 200 delegates present. This, apparently, was only the spark of the | fire, however, for delegates in all parts | of the house clamored for the floor each urging that Bryan actually be 1 nominated.
 Miss Marie Brehm of California, first woman to be elected permanent chair man of a national political convention, relinquished the chair and placed Mir | Bryan in nomination.
 The delegates immediately went into the usual post-nomination uproar with a parade and general shouting and whooping. After 15 minutes the dele | gates finally realized that they had not yet actually nominated MT. Bryan and proceeded to name him their nom i inee by exclamation. Tired and worn from the hot all-day session and the previous demonstration they gave only
 a few seconds applause when the nomi-
 nation actually was made. MT. Bryan s Continued on page ?