Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-07-22
Convention Does Not
Accept Refusal to Run,
rendering Nomination
by Unanimous Vote.
Selections for Standard
Bearers Set for Friday
Advanced to First Days S
Meeting.

Lincoln, Neb., July 2i.-Wiliiam
Jennings Bryan was nominated by
accIamation as the prohibition par
ty's presidential nominee at the ma
tional convention here Wednesday.
The nomination came after a resoiu-
ton rendering" him the position of
standard bearer had brought out the
fact in debate that he had tele-
graphed friends that he "couId NOT
accept"
Miss Marie Bream rehnquished the
chair and placed Bryan in actual NOM
ination, declaring che must not be mere
ly rendered the nomination. but actually
given it."
A parade led by the Missouri delega-
tion was started Immediately. South
Dakota joined and then all the delega-
tions fell in line. Some one started
playing the Star Spangled Banner ON
an old piano and the delegates whooped
ard yelled at the top of their voices.
The piano continued with MY Country,
'TIs of Thee and then swung into "a
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"
In namng Mr.. Bryan the convention
upset precedent as well as its program
by selecting the candidate on the first
day. Nominations were not scheduled
until Friday.
The nomination came after complete
stampede of the delegates which was
started by the resolution of W. G. Cal
derwood of Minnesota, rendering Mr..
Bryan the leadership and asking him to
reply promptly TO the convention wheth-
er he would accept"
Attempts to tlble this resolution only
resulted in an hours recess during which
its opponents. led by Clinton y. How
ard of New York. urged Charles BRYAN,
brother of the nominee. TO make pubnc
communications he was known to nave
concerning Mr.. Bryan's attitude on the
subject
This was brought ont by the fact that
a proposed stampede. plans for which
became known Tuesday. had resulted IN
Mr.. Howard sending a telegram to Mr..
BRYAN asking if he would accept the
nomination and that the Nebraskan had
replied. saving he would decline. speak
ers criticised Mr.. Howard for what they
termed his "recalcitrant attitude" in not
making public the correspondence sooner
when it was generally known this morn
ing that he had heard from Mr.. Bryan.
Charles Bryan sent letter to the
convention after it reconyened urging
that il reject the resolution and saying
that Mr.. Bryan's friends would oppose
him accepting.
Various speakers then charged that
innumerablp secret conferences between
delegates and Charles Bryan had been
held in the past II hours with the
apparent object of preventing MIR.
Bryan's nomination on the ground that
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 Cslderwood resolution fol-
lowed until it was adopted with only
six dissenting votes out of the more
than 200 delegates present.
This. apparently, was the only spark
Of the fire. however. for delegates in all
parts of the house elamored for the
floor. each urging that Bryan actually
be nominated.
The delegates heard several speakers
lambasting the Republicans and Demo-
Gratis and tell of what they termed ''tha
wonderful success of the prohibition
party"
Thursday the delegates except to elect
the new national committee. possibly
name vice presidential candidate. listen
to few more of the a6 speeches sched-
uled for the convention and possibly ad-
journ by night.