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O’NEILL, NEBRASKA.
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OYEB THE STATE.
Beatrice’s annual tax levy is 33
billa
The saloons of Hastings are now
tightly closed on Sundays.
The school census of Lincoln figures
about the same at last year.
Jessie Smith of Syracuse last week
celebrated his 80th birthday.
The assessed valuation of Beatrice
the present year is 5940,000.
Even the hills of Nebraska will
yield a good crop of hay this year.
The harvest is under way and the
hum of the reaper is heard in all direc
tion a
M& Poland, father-in-law of Sen
ator Thurston, died in Omaha last
week.
Grand Island school authorities are
making an effort to keep down ex
penses.
“The Girls of Elmwood” was the
subject of a sermon in that town re
cently.
Senator Allen was in Omaha last
week as the guest of the populist or
ganization.
Kobert Vocacek of South Omaha
was killed by taking hold of a live
electric wire.
Albert Joyce, formerly of Syracuse
in this state, has struck a rich vein of
gold in Colorado
The Twenty-second infantry has ar
rived at the new military fort ten
miles south of Omaha.
Joseph Chilcoat of Howells market
ed three hogs the other day that aver
aged SOS pounds each.
It la predicted, in view of the big
grain crop in Nebraska, that there will
be a shortage of binding twine.
David H. Mercer has been renomi
nated for eongseas from the Second
district His nomination was unani
mous.
Buy home made goods and build up
home industries, is a good policy. Far
rell's Fire Extinguisher, made by Far
rell A ca, Omaha.
South Omaha has a movement under
way to secure a three cent fare on
street car lines. It is considered
enough in these hard timea
The people of Cambridge view with
apprehension the appearance of peculiar
looking clouds ana keep within easy
reach of their cyclone cavea
Joseph Boblkr of Carlisle, Pa., has
faith in Nebraska. He lately placed
130,000 farm loans in Nance county at
straight 8 per cent interest.
The Orleans hotel at Bloomfield was
entirely destroyed by fir a. W. A Cole
owned the building, valued at 8”,000,
and H. Banks the contents, valued at
•500.
A MOVEMENT is on foot in Beatrice to
issue city bonds with which to pur
chase the Nebraska National bank
building and convert it into a city
building.
Robert Stevens of Grafton, while
exploding fireworks, was struck in the
right eye by particles from a giant
cracker. His injuries are of a painful
character.
The saloon of Stuart A Dowd at
Bushville was broken into last week
and $13 in silver, two gold watches and
a large quantity of cigars and liquors
were stolen.
Grand Island authorities are after a
man and his wife who leave their twin
children, 4 years old, locked in a room
all day while the parents are absent in
the beet fields
The board of agriculture is keeping
a watchful eye on all the interests of
the coming State fair. There is a de
termination to make it the best ever
held in Nebraska
Thr state board of purchase and
supplies held its regular monthly meet
ing last week to award contracts for
supplies for the state institutes for the
next three montha
Miss Nellie Wainwbicht, youngest
daughter of Rev. a W. Wain right of
-Blair, returned home last week from
Japar, where she had been a mission
ary for a little over nine years
The recent heavy rains have done
great damage to the bridges through
out Gage county, and when the com
missioners meet they will scarcely
kuuw wuere w ueg\n repairs nrsL
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Dr. G. F. Kkifkh, recently appointed
•nperintendent of the Norfolk Hos
pital for the Insane, vice Dr. Msekay,
resigned, last week filed his official
bond for 910,000 with the secretary of
state.
Following is the mortgage record
for the month of June for Platte
county: Beal estate mortgages, filed.
$40,047.SS: released, 9J1.0S4.13; chattel
mortgages, filed, 918,461.30; released,
91.369.SO.
An aged farmer living near Sun
flower, named William McCormick,
was struck by lightning and killed.
Ills young son, who was riding in a
wagon with him, was badly injured,
but will recover.
A Uoboaxthaur, an Omaha young
man, pnt out 9300 worth of forged
paper against his employer, and then
attempted to leave town.' He was ar
. rested and bids fair to do a term at the
state penitentiary.
Tkb enrollment at the Scotts Biufll
county summer Normal,' which opened
at Gering last week for a sis weeks’
session, is very gratifying. Prof E.
P. Cromer and Prof. L. B. Fenner are
in charge as instructors
Ths Volunteers of America are pre
, paring for - an active campaign in
Omaha. It is their intention to make
that eity the headquarters- for tnis
division,, whieh comprises Nebraska,
South Dakota and Iowa
Tbs Elmwood Leader says an at
tempt was evidently made to blow up
the Club room. A piece of gas pipe
•boot eight inches long and a quarter
is diameter was found under one corn
er of the building. The pipe was filled
with powder and a partly burnt fuse
•tuck in one end.
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Chawman Jobx T. Mallaliku of the
republican state central committee has
soiled the dew committee which was
selected at the late convention to as
semble at republican headquarters at
the Lindell hotel in Lincoln on July 13
at 8 p. m. The committee at ‘this
meeting will select a chairman and
nseiitary.
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Dodge county’s teachers’ institute
opened with about 100 in attendance.
Carl J. Forney, cashier of the First
National bank of Aurora, who was
charged with setting tire to the court
house in January, 1803, was discharged
in the district court, on account of en
tire lack of evidence to convict him..
William Tiiomi*sox, who was caught
at Grand Island in an attempt to puss
a forged check for $27, has waived pre
liminary examination and was bound
over to the district court in the sum of
8300. He could not furnish bond and
is in jail.
John A. Clark, a prominent Omaha
merchant, was arrested in Denver and
thrown into jail for a time, being mis
taken for a confidence man for whom
the authorities of Denver wero looking.
Clark proposes to have financial con
sideration for the mistake.
Saturday night Mr. McDonald, who
lives in Saunders county, missed a
mule and cart, a watch and shotgun
from his premisea A farm hand who
did not bear the best of a reputation
disappeared at the same time. The
property was traced into Dodge county
where McDonald recovered the mule
and gun.
A large barn belonging to a Mr.
Sobatka, residing about five miles
south of Weston, was burned and his
5-year-old boy, who was playing in the
burn at the time the lire broke out,
was also almost wholly consumed. Ue
was seen in the flames and his piteous
cries were heard, but no help could
reach him.
1Iarhy Hotchkiss, once secretary of
the Lincoln Commercial -club, is dead.
He died at Cartegena, Month America,
IVednesduy afternoon, June 24, at 2:2S,
and was buried on the following morn
ing at 8 o'clock, Mr. Hotchkiss was
one of a party of five who went to
South America several months ago in
search of gold.
Among the novel and distinguishing
features of new Fort Crook, of which
Omaha and Nebraska is so proud, is a
forty-five-star flag, the first to float
over Uncle Sam's garrison. The ad
ditional star represents the new stato
of Utah, whose people have shown
a kindly interest in affairs in this state
on several occasions.
The school census enumerators of
Omaha have brought in their report to
the board of education. The report
shows 28,600 persons of school age in
the city; 6,520 of ages belonging to
primury grades, 10,016 between the
ages of 10 and 14 when education is
compulsory; and in actual attendance
17,431 at public and 1,020 at private
schools
The Omaha Bee says that the oity
treasurer continues to report heavy
collection of taxes, there being every
evidence of a greater volume of the
circulating medium in the city. This
can be accounted for in some measure
by a willingness of those who have
money to spend a little of it, discount
ing the chance of a most prosperous
year for ten years
Mrs. Anna R. Srott of Cumberland,
O., died last week on Burlington train
No. 2, near Exeter. She and her three
children, accompanied by her brother
in-law, W. J. Johnson of Caldwell, O.,
had left Superior that morning. Mrs.
Scott insisted on starting back to Ohio
in her enfeebled condition even if she
got no farther than the depot. She
died of consumption.
Governor Hoi.co.mb has received a
letter from Major William McKinley in
which the latter acknowledged the re
ceipt of an invitation to attend the
state reunion of the Grand Army of the
Republic of Nebraska and regretted
that he would be unable to accept.
The local committee has sent invita
tions to a large number of distinguish
ed soldiers throughout the state.
The county commissioners of Lan
caster county have doubts sb to the
constitutionality of the law passed by
the last legislature permitting pupils
who have passed the eighth grade in
districts not having a high school to be
admitted to high schools out of the
district, the county of the pupils' resi
dence raising by taxation the money
necessary to pay the tuition which is
fixed by the law.
General Solicitor Kelly of the
'Union Pacific has recently returned
from a trip to Washington. He went
to urge the government officials to dis
miss the land grunt suttB which it had
instituted against the purchasers of
lands along the Union Pacific route
from that company. Judge Kelly
feels confident that an order formally
dismissing these suits will be issued
within the next week or ten dars.
Thk program for the Long Pine
Chautauqua has been issued. It is a
particularly strong one and will draw
well. This will be the tenth annual
meeting, and lasts ten days, July 17 to
26. The superintendent of the grounds,
t'. A. Whilteinan, has just returned
from a trip over the state, advertising
the chautuuqua, and reports that a
large number of people from different,
towns are arranging to come early and
camp.
Thk Nebraska State Sunday School
convention will be held in the First M.
E. church, Omaha, July 28-30, 1800.
Every Sunday School in the stale is
entitled to three delegates including
its superintendent and pastor. Enter
tainment will be provided for all dele
gates presenting proper credentiala
Reduced rates of one and one-third
fare have been granted by all railroads
in Nebraska. Prominent Sunday
School workers of other states are ex
pected to be in attendance.
Mbs. Jennie Coleman and husband
called at the office of Commissioner
RubscII the other day and demanded
that Pearlie May lshmael, the 8-year
old daughter of the former, be releuaed
from the (1 iris' Reform Bchool at
Ueneva. The mother declared that
while she Was in Cherry county visit
ing a relative, the child being with
her, the sheriff of that county took the
little one away without a warrant,
and, without any hearing being grant
ed, she was sent to the reform school.
Tun Nebraska State Fair Farmers'
Institute will be held on the State Fair
grounds at Omaha in connection with
the State Fair on September 1st. 2d
and 3d. But one session of the insti
tute will be held each day. At each
session two or three papers'on agricul
tural topics will be read by eminent
specialists in the subject taken up;
these papers to be afterward discussed
by the assembly. This will be supple
mented bv a popular address each day
by a prominent man. The design is to
All an hour and a half institute session
so full of live, up to date agriculture
that it will be the best spent hour a
farmer can put in at the State Fair.
BRYAN OF NEBRASKA.
NATIONAL STANDARD BEARER
FOR THE DEMOCRACY. ,
Nominated for President on the Fifth
Ballot—Favorite Sons of Other States
Beaten in Every Ballot—Scenes of the
Wildest Excitement In the Convention
Hall—The Stampede Begins on the
Fifth Ballot—A Great Wave of En
thusiasm.
XV. J. Bryan for President.
Chicago, I1L, July 11.—All of the
speechi-* presenting' the names of as
pirants for the Democratic nomina
tion for President had been made
when the convention adjourned last
night and balloting was fixed for the
first thing this morning. In conse
quence, the hosts which gathered in
the Coliseum filled every inch of space
long b ‘ore 10 o'clock, and by that
hour pe^p’e were being turned away
by the doorkeepers. The delegates
were slow in gathering and the hour
passed with few in their places.
The managers for the various can
didates were early in consultation,
partly to devise means to prevent a
repetition of the stampede of ex-Con
VT. 3. T> TITAN. i
gressmau W. J. liryan of Nebraska
and partly to consider plans to ad
vance the interests of their respective
candidates.
BI.AND MEN AND THE BRYAN BOOM.
The Bland managers, while admit
ting the danger of the impetuons Bry
an movement, declared that it was
the result of adroit generalship and
that it had failed in its pnrpose to
Curry the convention off its feet.
They still held the strongholds of Mis
souri, Arkansas. Illinois and Texas,
and were confident that the actual
figures of the ballot would take from
the Bryan movement its element of
popular enthusiasm. The Bland men
were hopeful of winning accessions
from the South after the first ballot.
The Boies and Matthews forces
were satisfied that no nomination
could be made on the early ballots,
and that Bland and Bryan would dis
appear after their full strength had
been registered and had been found
insufficient to nominate.
fattison’s name presented.
At 10:50 Chairman White of Califor
nia, who had recovered the use of his
voice, stepped to the front of the
ttuge. Running his eye for a couple
of seconds over the crowd, he glanced
down at the pit and with a blow of
the gavel called the convention to
order. With shuffling feet the vast
audience arose and listened when the
Rev. Dr. Orecn, the chaplain, prayed
for righteousness and peace.
Chairman White then announced
that the convention was still on the •
call of states for nominations, and
Mr. Harnty of Pennsylvania, chair
man of the national committee,
mounted his chair and placed in nom
ination ex-Uovernui' Robert R. Patti
son. This evidence that Pennsylva
nia would stand by the platform and
participate in the nomination, drew a
cry of delight from the silver men,
and Pattison's name got a swinging
round of applause from the galleries.
Mr. Mattingly of the District of
Columbia seconded the nornin. tion of
"that peerless champion of free sil
ver, that firm friend of the farmer and
laborer, John R. McLean of Ohia”
Delegate Miller of Oregon udded to
the list of nominations the name of
Sylvester Pennoyer of Oregon.
Thus the names of Bland, Bryan,
Boies, Blackburn, Matthews, McLean,
Pattisou and Pennoyer were before
the convention.
FIRST BALLOT.
OLAND.933
IIRYAN,.. 108
HOIKS. ....,.86
BLACKBURN... 83
MATTHEWS*. ,. 87
PATTISON. 03
CAMPBELL.,.. 3
STEVENSON.... 3
RUSSELL. a
M LF.AN. 84
PENNOYEB...... lO
TILLMAN. 17
HILL. 1
TELLER.... 18
NOT VOTING............188
SECOND BALLOT.
BLAND. 981
BRIAN ... ....107
BOIES. 37
BLACKBURN.. 41
MATTHEWS............... 34
PATTISON...10O
STEVENSON.......... lO
BPLEAN. 83
PENNOYRR. 8
BILL..... 1
NOT VOTING.........140
THIRD BALLOT.
BLAND.901
BRYAN.....310
UOIKK.1.V. 86
BLACKBURN. 37
MATTHEWS. 34
PATTISON..... 07
STEVENSON. 8
M’LBAN ...
a ILL .. 1
NOT VOTING..'.163
FOUblB BALLOT.
BLAND.. 841
BRYAN. .. S80
BOIES. 89
BLACKBURN.. 87
MATTHEWS.. 36
PATTISON. 66
STEVENSON.. 8
McLean. «o
BILL. 1
NOT VOTING ..161
The roll call of the fifth ballot re*
stilted as follows:
Alabama—Bryan 22.
Arkansas—Bland 16.
California—Bryan 18.
Colorado—Bryan 8.
Connecticut—Pattison 2, not voting
10.
Delaware—Pattison 2, Bryan 1, not
voting 8.
Florida—Bryan 7, Matthews L
Georgia—Bryan 8C.
Idaho—Bryan 6.
Illinois—Bryan 48.
Indiana—Matthews 20.
Iowa—Boies 26.
Kansas—Bryan 20.
Kentucky—Bryan 26.
Louisiana—Bryan 16.
Maine—Pattison 4, Bryan 4, not vot
ing 4.
Maryland—Bryan 5, Pattison 1, not
voting 1.
Massachusetts — Bryan 6, Hill 1,
Stevenson 3, Pattison "3, not voting 18.
Mic'nigun—Bryan 28.
Illinois has decided, 23 to 23, to go
to Bryan.
Minnesota—Bryan 11, Stevenson 2,
not voting 5.
Mississippi—Bryan 18. *
Missouri—Bland 34
Nebraska—Bryan lft.
Nevada—Bryan 0.
New Hampshire—Pattison 1, not
voting 7.
New Jersey—Pattison 2, not vot
ing IS.
New York—Not voting..
North Carolina—Bryan 22.
North Dakota—Bryan 4, Steven
son 2.
Ohio—McLean 46.
Oregon—Bryan 6.
Pennsylvania—Pattison 64.
Rhode Island—Pattison 6, not vot>
ing 2.
South Carolina—Bryan 18.
South Dakota—Bryan 8.
Tennessee—Bryan 24.
Texas—Bland 30.
Utah—Bryan 3, Bland 3.
Vermont—Bryan t, not voting 4.
Virginia—Bryan 24.
IVaoHngton—Bryan 4, Bland 4.
Wt Virginia—Passed.
Wisconsin—Bryan S, not voting 19
Wyoming—Bryan 6.
Alaska—Bland 6.
Ariz na—Bryan 6.
District of Columbia—Bryan 6.
New Mexico—Bryan 6.
Oklahoma—Bland 6.
Indian Territory—Bland 6;
McLean casts Ohio’s forty-six votes
for Bryan and thus his nomination
was. assured.
Bryan was nominated on the change
in Oklahoma's vote
Chicago, July 11. — William Jen
nings Bryan of Nebraska was nomi
nated for President of the United
States by the Democratic national
convention on the fifth ballot.
As soon as the fourth ballot was
announced, cheers were raised for
Bryan and an attempt was made to
stampede the convention to him, while
Illinois and Pennsylvania asked leave
to retire for caucuses.
Then the standards of nineteen
states were taken to the Nebraska
delegation, while tiie convention
cheered wildly. The scene of Bryan’s
demonstration of yesterday was re
peated, the entire convention standing
on chairs waving hats, fans and news
papers containing pictures of Bryan.
There was a procession of state stand
ards about the hall.
Tremendous cheering arose as
Illinois joined the nrocession, and it
was announced that Illinois in caucus
had voted to go for Bryan.
There were no portraits of Bryan to
be found in the city large enough for
convention purposes. A morning
newspaper which had printed a full
page picture of the convention star
orator was much in demand. Copies
of it were stuck up on canes in the
galleries and a Mississippi man hung
one sheet to the staudard of that
Next came the report that Ohio was
to chunge te Bryan.
A banner marked “No crown of
thorns, no cross of gold,’’ was carried
in the procession. Then the conven
tion went wild as the Ohio standard
was carried to the Nebraska delega
tion, and the convention wns appar
ently stampeded to Bryan.
Chairman While announced that
two-lbirds of the Voles cast would
nominHtp.
Suddenly two girls dressed In pink
appeared on a tabl back of the alter
nates' seats. They held in their
hands a large silk flag, on one side of
which shone the clear cut features of
lirran. To and fro it waved, while
m 0 throats veiled and screamed.
The bah'd played, but it could not be
heard.
The dance of the purple state guid
on-about the Nebraska gnidon con
tinued for five minutes. Then they
started in Indian file to parade the
standards about the delegates. Kan
sas, Nebraska, Mississippi, Georgia,
Nevada. Colorado, South Dakota, Ari
zona, New Mexico, Louisiana, Oregon,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Dis
trict of Columbia, Wyoming, Idaho,
Alaska, Minnesota and Michigan were
in the procession.
Frenzied men fought for the stand
ards of the other delegations. Cali
fornia was first wrenched away from
those who attempted to restrain it
and check the liryan stampede. Del
egates fought like men demented for
the Illinois standard, while Governor
A11 gel cl stood black and resolute
guard inh his banner, but the delegates
were intoxicated with enthusiasm. A
hurried vote was taken. Bryan car
ried the day and the Sucker state’s
banner joined the parade.
FOB WALBRIDGE.
lias the Solid 8t> 1-ants Delegation for
Governor—Frost tor Fit ley.
St. Louis, Mo., July II.—Yesterday’s
Republican primaries were a Wal
bridge win and a Filler frost. The
mayor will carry the conrenlion on
Saturday and go to the state conven
tion at Springfield July 23 with a solid
delegation of 108 from his own city to
“root” for him for governor
A. SEWALL
OF MAINE, VICE-PHESI
DENTIAL NOMINEE.
BIG
BLAND BOOM.
WAS ALMOST NOMINATED
ON THIRD BALLOT.
HI* Kama Withdrawn by Governor
Stone—After That the Conteat Nar
rowed Down to McLean and
Sewall—Five Ballot* Taken
—New National Com*
mitteo.
For President—W. J. BRYAN of Nebraska.
For Vise President—MR. SEWALL of Maino
Chicago, July 1 .—The Democratic
national convention completed its
work this afternoon by nominating
on the fifth ballot Mr. bewail of
Maine as the running mate for W. J.
Bryan, the “boy orator” of Nebraska,
who was nominated with such great
hurrah yesterday ufternoon.
The result was accomplished only
With considerable difficulty and in
defiance of Mr. McLean's wishes, pos
itively expressed this morning. At
tempts were made to stampede the
convention to Richard P. Bland of
Missouri, but these failed, though he
was once within fifty votes of a ma
jority. Joseph C. Sibley of Pennsyl
vania was also distinctly in the race
for a time, but was dropped at his
wish expressed by telegraph. On the
fourth ballot John R. McLean of Ohio
6eemed an almost sure winner, but at
its close it was positively announced
that he was not a candidate for the
position, and Mr. Sewall of Maine
won.
THE LAST DAY’S CROWD SMALL
Although 10 o’clock was the hour
fixed for reassembling this morning,
at twenty minutes after that hour not
more than 100 delegates were in the
pit, and the galleries were not half
filled. The delegates had been worn
out by the struggles of the past four
days, and public interest seemed to
have culminated yesterday in the nom
ination of a Presidential candidate.
The news that John R. McLean of
Ohio, who was the most formidable
candidate last night, bad finally and
positively decided not to allow his
name to be presented for the Vice
Presidential nomination, left an open
field for the second honor. The silver
leaders stood about with their heads
together discussing the availability of
the various candidates. Ex-Congress
man Ben Shively of Indiana, recently
nominated for governor of that State,
was strongly talked of by the leaders,
despite the declaration of the Indiana
delegation that his nomination would
confuse the situation m that State.
George Fred Williams of Massachu
setts. Mr. Sewall of Maine ami several
lllinoi.- men, as well as Mr. Bland and
Boies, were also mentioned. It was
said that it was Mr. Bryan's wish that
a man of wealth should not be placed
on tne ticket with him.
As the hands of the clock pointed
to 11 o'clock, Chairman White called
the convention to order. There were
only about 6,000 people in the hall.
More than half of the gold delegates
were absent. Contrary to the usual
custom, the proceedings were not
opened with prayer. A few routine
announcements were made before the
names of the vice presidential candi
dates were presented. Chairman liar
rity of the national committee an
nouncer) the last meeting of he old
national committee, and W. Finley of
Ohio, moved the ratification of 'the
delegations.
GEORGE FRED WUXI A MS FIRST.
Nominations for the vice presidency
were then called for, after a motion
offered by Senator Jones of Arkansas,
had be"- adopted limiting1 th* nomi
nating speeches to five minutes each,
J. T. O’Sullivan of Massachusetts,
who had often attracted the eye of
the convention by his outbreaks of
enthusiasm, walked to the platform to
place in nomination George Fred
Williams of his own state. Although
he is not a graceful orator, his sen
tences w -re ringing and hud the close
attention of the convention. He re
ferred to the sullen delegation from
New York and urged the convention
to prove that it had turned down New
York’s leader—referring to Hill—not
because he came from the East, but
because he was for gold. He told how
Williams had fought the corporations
in Massachusetts and therefore1 “had
been antagonized,” the speaker said,
“by Henry Whitney, a Standard Oil
magnate and brother of the Whitney
who sat silent yonder.” pointing to
the «New York Standard Oil man.
O'Sullivan urged the convention to
choose a man from the Atlantic coast,
that East and West might join hands
on the ticket, and ended: "We do
not want a man with a barrel to in
augurate this peaceful revolution. ”
“water” marston names m’lean.
Cries of “Water, water,” were
shouted in chorus when Mr. Marston
of Louisiana, the planter who had so
often appeared before the convention,
came' to the front. He was in his
usual humorous mood and said: “1
assure you, gentlemen, that I have
not tasted a drop of water to-day."
He wanted to place in nomination
John R. McLean of Ohio, and he said
that he did 60 on his own authority
He assured the convention that, al
though his state delegation had repu
diated him (Marston) the day before,
he represented the people of Louis
I iana, and in conclusion he paid a well
worded tribute to tbe Cincinnati
editor.
Delegate Maloney of Washington,
without making a nominating speech,
named James Hamilton Lewis of
Washington.
J. C. Curry of North Carolina con
gratulated the convention upon the
fact that it had been subjected to a
baptism of patriotism, and upon the
fact that the banner of silver in the
states had not been trailed in the dust..
Not a standard, he said, had been
lowered or placed in jeopardy. There
were cries of “Name your candidate”'
from several parts of the hall. He
concluded by placing in nomination
"The man honored by all the people*
that just judge and high minded
| Democrat, Judge Walter Clark of the
supreme court of North Carolina.”
The North Carolina state delegation
gave great applause.
TOM JOHNSON LAUDS FITHIAN.
Ex-Congressman Tom L. Johnson,
the free trade millionaire of Cleve
land, appeared next and there was a
cordial demonstration which was re
peated when Congressman Richardson
of Tennessee, in introducing him, je
j ferred to their services in the House
I together and to the fact that Mr.
[ Johnson, though a steel rail manufac
turer, advocated placing rails on the
free list.
Mr. Johnson nominated ex-Congress
man George W. Fithian of Illinois.
He had seen service in the cause, Mr.
Johnson said, and he had proved true.
He was not wealthy, but the cause
was one of the common people and a
rich man was not desirable. It was ^
the cause of humanity. If the fight
was to be money against men, money
would be all on the one side. “I do
not believe in free silver,” said he,
“but I believe that this is a great
movement in the interest of humanity
and therefore I am with you.”
W. A. Miller of Oregon, a spectacled
scholarly looking gentleman, pre
sented the name of Ex-Governor Pen
noyer of Oregon as one who could se
cure for the ticket the united vote of
the laboring men.
William A. Rurke of California
named the veteran Democrat, Arthur
Sewall of Maine, and G S. Thomas of
Colorado seconded it.
J. I). bhowalter of Missouri told the
convention that it should go to the
East to select “the statesman most
profound and orator indeed” who car
ried the bannerof the masses and who
in a Republican district had been sent
to congress by an overwhelming ma
jority. This man was Joseph Sibley
of Pennsylvania. -'
TEXAS CALLS FOR MR. BLAND.
Governor Culberson of Texas
mounted a chair to tel l the convention
that when the nau.e of that state was
called, Texas would cast her vote for
Richard P. Bland. ; ' ’
Mr. Morris of Illinois seconded the
nomination of Sibiey and then Mr.
Sloane of Ohio withdrew the name of
Mr. McLean and Mr. Fithian of Illi
nois withdrew in favor of Sibley.
John Scott of Maine closed the speech
making by seconding the nomination
of Sewall._
MRS. BRYAN EXPECTED IT.
The Wife of the Presidential Nominee
Present at **-o Climax
Chicago, July i-3.—Mr. Bryan re
mained away from the convention, but
was kept informed at a neighboring
hotel by telephone results.
Mrs. Bryan, a quiet appearing little
woman with a refined face, black hair
just becomingly tinged with gray,
and black eyes, sat just to the rear of
the press seats with a Nebraska friend.
She was attired in black cashmere
with trimmings of black and white
striped silk, black gloves and black
hattnmmed with purple and black sat
in ribbon. SBe was very self-possessed,
and when approached just after the
announcement of Mr. Bryan’s nomi
nation said: “We thought yesterday
that Mr. Bryan would be nominated.
Our friends had worked very hard,
all morning and Mr. Bryan was given,
many pledges Thursday from Slates,
that had other candi lates. I ani very
proud of my husband’s success, but I
think he has earned it. I don’t want
to talk for publication, because I have
really nothing to say except I thank
the delegates for their support of my
husband.”
A few minutes after the nomination,
was made Mrs. Bryan left the hall,
with friends.
WANTS HIS OLD PLACE.
Mr. Bland Will Not Accept Anything but
the Congressional Nomination.
Lebanon, Mo., July 12.—A reporter
went to the Bland farm last night.
“There is a report down town, Mr.
Bland, that you have been asked from
Chicago if you would accept the nom
ination for the vice presidency, if of
fered. ”
“I would nojt accept the vice presi
dency,” Mr. Bland answered quickly.
“I do not think the vice president
should corne from the West, With a
Western president, the vice officer
should come from the East. I have
not been offered it.”
“Will you be a candidate for Con
gress in your district this year?”
“I expect to make the race for Con
gress. and I think 1 can do as much
for silver in the House of Keprcsen
tatives ar I could any where. 1 think
1 can be elected. 1 should prefer to
go to Congress to holding any other
office 1 know of now.”
"Ido not want to be governor,” Mr.
Bland said with delibei ation. “I can
tight for the silver cause to better ad
vantage in Congress than anywhere
else, and that's what I want to do.”
Bryan Moat Give Dp S10,000
Chicago, July 12. — Mr. Bryan, after
his speech of Thu day had been pub
lished in New York, received a tele
gram offering him Si0,000 for ten
speeches in Madison square garden.
New York. Of course, his nomina
tion forbids his acceptauce of any
such offer_
WI.alUK.uu Uftilug Bolts.
Chicago. July l?.—Washington Hes
ing, editor and proprietor of the Illi
nois Staats Zeitung, one of the most
influential German papers in the West*
has bolted the Chicago convention
and platform. He declares that he
cannot and will nut support any can
didate who stands upon a free silver
platform. The Staats Zeitung hua
been a power among the German
Democrats for many years.
