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UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR BRYAN
Democrats at Kansas City Ratify
Choice of the Party.
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I'naflimil? of Vote as Each State las
Called Elicited Rounds of
Applause. .
_ lion. W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska,
was named fey acclamation for presi
dent of the United Btates at Thurs
day’s **»sion of the Democratic nat
al , convention .. at , Jaansaa T . City.
Tbe report of the platform commit
tee was read and adopted.
Tbe presentation of Bryan’s name
and the announcement of his nomina
tion were greeted fey outburts of the
came character as that of the night be
fore when 'Chairman Richardson first
mentioned hie name to the convention.
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HON. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Unanimously Nominated as the Democratic Candidate lor President
of the United States.
Chairman Richardson called con
vention to order at 11:03 Thursday
morning, ami pending a wait on report
of committee on resolutions, speech
making was the order.
At 12:47 the convention adjourned
until 3:30.
It was not until 4 o’clock, however,
(hat Chairman Richardson, turning
from a conference with Governor Mc
Millan and Seuator White, rapped the
convention to order. The platform
committee, headed by Senator Joues,
D. J. Campenn, Senator Tillman and
Judge Van Wyck, had just pushed
their way through the dense throngs
and proceeding to the platform had
(akeu seats flanking the chairman. Mr.
Ricbardsou appealed long and vainly
for order. The portly form of Senator
Jones, silver haired and serious, ad
vanced to the front of the stage and
in a clear voice he announced that
Senator Tillman would read the docu
ment.
A dramatic incident of the day was
presented when Webster Davis, of Mis
souri, until recently Republican as
sistant secretary of the interior, made
announcement of his purpose to vote
for aud support the Democratic nomi
nee for the presidency. . The Davis
speech was the great surprise of the
day. Nobody knew it was coming.
In announcing his intention of sup
portiug the Democratic party and its
ticket, Mr. Davis said with great em
phasis: * and
“I stand upon this platform
shall support William J. Bryan."
As Mr. Davis concluded the band
struck up “Hail to the Chief," and
while it was rendering the air he held
an impromptu reception upon the
platform.
When a few degrees of the noise
had been silenced, he said:
“The next business of the couven
tion is the nomination of a candidate
for president of the United States. The
secretary will call the roll of states.”
Japanese Pouring Into China.
Japan is reported to be lauding an
army at Pee Taughe to the northward
of Taku. The Japanese generals are
believed to be about to move toward
Pekin, following the plan previously
formed.
Battleship Brooklyn Heard From.
News of the arrival of the Brooklyn
at Nagasaki, Japan, with Admiral
Remey was received by the secretary
. of the navy at Washington
night. The Brooklyn is on her way
; .=z=. r .
eu, commencing the call of the roll.
4 ‘The state of Alabama,' 9 said the
Chairman of the delegation of that
1 state, “yields to Nebraska the privilege
j of naming the next president of the
United States.”
W. D. Oldham, of Nebraska, then,
in an eloquent speech, presented the
name of Mr. Bryan to the convention,
Oldham closed as follows:
“With the ismies now clearly drawn,
no doubt remains as to the name of
fH,r candidate On that queation we
are a reunited Democracy,
“Already worthy allies differing
from us rather in name than faith
havo shouted for our gallant leader
again, and overy state and territory
has instructed its delegates to this
conventiou to vote for him here. So
it only remains for Nebraska to pro
nounce the name that has been thun
dered forth from the foot of Bunker
Hill, and echoed back from Sierra's
sunset elope, and that reverberates
among tho pine-clad snow-capped hills
of the north, and rises up from the
slumbering flower-scented savaunahs
of the south; and that name is the
name of William Jennings Bryan, her
best loved son.”
The nomination was seco nded by
David B. Hill, of New York, E. B.
Perkins, of Dal as, Texas, Tennant
Lomax, of Alabama, W. B. Moore, of
North Carolina, Senator Daniel, of
Virginia, DavidOvermeyer,of Kansas,
W. C. Baker, of Ohio, Ex Governor
Pattison, of Pennsylvania, Governor and
Bentou McMilliu, of Tennessee,
others.
A ringing cheer followed the call of
t I Hawaii,” and when John II. Wise, of
that delegation, rose the convention
demanded that he take the platform,
which he did amid great applause.
“Gentlemen of the convention,” he
said, “the delegates of Hawaii have
come 4,000 miles to attend this con
ventiou, and last night she cast the
winning vote for 16 to 1 iu the com
mittee meeting. ”
Mrs. Cohen, of Utah, came next and
was received with terrific applause.
She seconded the nomination of Mr.
Bryan in behalf of Utah, her speech
concluding the nominating speeches.
As the roll call proceeded the shouts
of approval of the unanimity of the
vote seemed to increase.
The list of states and territories was
completed with the calling of the ter
ritory of Hawaii.
j The auuouucomeut of Chairman
Richardson that Mr. Bryan had been
nominated for president of the United
j States was received with great ap
j plause. people already leaving
As the were
the hall, Chairman Richardson an
nounced at 8:53 that the convention
was adjourned until 10:30 o’clock Fri
day morning.
HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE.
Standard Oil Tanks l>estroyed---Con»
tents Valued at $2,500,000.
Nearly two aud a half million dol
lars damage was done aud a number
of persons severely burned by a fire
that was started by a stroke of light
ning in the works of the Standard Oil
Compauy at Constable Hook, near
Bayonne, N. J., early Thursday morn
iug.
SEABOARD'S APPOINTflENTS.
New Officials of the System Hade
Known From Headquarters.
A special from Norfolk, Va., says:
Important appointments of Seaboard
Air Line officials, effective July 1,
have been announced as follows:
A. O. McDonell, assistant general
passenger agent, with headquarters at
Jacksonville; J. H. Burroughs, audi
tor freight receipts;Thomas H. Wright,
auditor passenger receipts; J. A. Wal
tou, statistician; T. W. Boby, control
ler; J. H. Sharp,treasurer; J. M. Sher
wood, secretary and assistant treas
urer; R. L. Nutt, cashier; W. T. Rock
er, paymaster; V. E. McBee, general
superintendent; W, E. Reed, mechau
ical superintendent; G. P. Johnston,
superintendent of transportation; II.
W. B. Glover, freight traffic manager;
C. It. Capps, general freight agent; O.
B. Bidwell, Jr., freight claim agent;
L. S. Allen, general passenger agent;
O. 1). Ball, Jr., general purchasing
agent. officers, except Mr, Mac
All of these
Donell, will have headquarters at
Portsmouth, Va
R. I. Cheatham will be assistant
general freight agent, at Atlanta; W.
H. Pleasants, assistant general freight
agent, at Jacksonville, Fla., and A.
Pope, assistant general freight agent,
at Savannah; Messrs. Cheatham, Pleas
ants and Pope will report to the gen
eral freight agent of the Seaboard
The five divisions
system and their officers are as fol
lows;
First Division—T. W. Whisnant,
superintendent; L. A. Boyd, assist
ant superintendent: Between Rich
mond and Raleigh, Portsmouth and
Ridgeway Junction, Boykins and Lew
iston, Henderson and Durham, Frank
lin and Louisburg.
’ Second Division—J. M. Turner, su
perintendent; W T illiam Moncnre, as
sistant superintendent: Between Ral
eigh and Columbia, Wilmington and
Monroe, Moncureand Pittsboro, Ham
let and Gibson.
Third Division—E. Berkeley, su
perintendent; P. H. Sellers, train
master: Between Monroe and
Atlanta, Lawreuceville and Lo
ganville, Ellenboro, Henrietta and
Caroleen, Monroe and Rutherfordton.
Fourth Division—Cecil Gabbett, su
perintendent; E. E. Anderson, train
master; L. B. McGuire, S. B. Ben
nett, assistant trainmasters: Betweeu
Columbia and Savannah, Savannah
aud Jacksonville, Savannah and Mont
gomery, Columbus and Albany, Abbe
ville and Ocilla.
Fifth Division—D. E. Maxwell, su
perintendent; C. C. Howell, M. V. Ra
ley, trainmasters; W. B. Tucker,
general agent: Between Fernandina
and Tampa aud between Jacksonville
and Chattahoochee river, including all
lines iu Florida except between Jack
sonville and St. Mary’s river.
ADDRESS V? ISSUED
By Executive Committee of the Silver
Republicans to the Party.
The Silver Republican party, by its
executive committee, has issued an ad
dress to the silver Republicans of the
United States, saying, among other
things:
"The Democratic candidate for pres
ident is ours, our convention named
him. Upon tho fundamental proposi
tions above stated, we are one with the
Democrats and People’s party. Our
common candidate for president is
enlisted, heart and soul, in this great
cause. We know he has the high
courage of his convictions. His tri
umph is necessary if we are to hand
down to our children anil our chil
dren’s children a government founded
in the wisdom of the fathers, maintain
ed iu the blood and treasure of its
citizens aud perpetuated as a priceless
heritage. considerations,
“Impelled by these
your national committee has deter
mined that its duty in this hour is to
indorse Hon. Adlai Stevenson as our
candidate for vice president, in order
that the opposition to the gold stand
ard, trusts and monopolies, imperial
ism and all its attendant evils may
concentrate all its votes at tbe danger
points and accomplish the triumph of
those principles so dear to us.
“It is but simple justice to say that
in tnkiug this action, we are following
the advice of our distinguished leader,
Hon. Charles A. Towne.
“Let ns express the hope that our
friends will lay aside whatever disap
pointment they may feel and join in a
united effort to secure the triumph of
our principles at the coming election.”
CHILDRENS GIFT ACCEPTED.
French Government Rec.lves Status
of Oenertl LaFayette.
In the presence of the president of the
republic, M. Loubet, the United States
ambassador, Mr. Horace Porter, aud
n brilliaut assemblage of representa
tive Frenchmen and the most promi
nent members of the American colony
in Paris, tbe statno of general the
Marquis de LaFayette, the gift of the
American school children to France,
was presented to the nation by M.
Ferdinand W. Peek, president of tho
Lafayette memorial commission, aud
was accepted by President Loubet on
behalf of France.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN DROWN.
Yacht Capsized In Squall and Loss of
Life Resuits.
During a fierce squall Saturday af
ternoon the yacht Idler, owned' by
John and James Corrigan, was cap
sized and suuk six miles off the Cleve
land port, and six lives were lost—all
women and children.
The only survivor of the passengers
is Mrs. John Corrigan. She ami six
men of the crew were picked up by a
fish tug and brought to the harbor'
E. STEVENSON CHOSEN
As the Running Mate of W. J. Bryan on
National Democratic Ticket.
WAS VICE PRESIDENT DURING LAST ADMINIS
TRATION OF GROVER CLEVELAND.
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Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, of Bloom
ington, Ill., who was vice president
daring the last Cleveland administra
tion, was Friday afternoon nominated
for vice president by the Democratic
national convention in session at Kan
sas City. nomi
David B. Hill was placed in
nation by the New York delegation,
4 nd his name called forth a great
demonstration, but he quickly mount
ed the platform and declared that he
could not accept the nomination under
any consideration. His statement pre
vented a threatened stampede in his
favor and the delegates began to rally
around the Illinois standard.
It developed from the beginning
of tbe sessions that only the extreme
silver states showed much strength for
the Populist _ . candidate, ... and!Stevenson ,
, as a compromise, gained in strength
from the very minute the gavel fell.
Several states held hasty consulta
tions and it was decided in the interest
of harmony in the party to support the
Illinois candidate.
Hill, on Thursday, was an impossi
bility and his boom was only begun
again by a conciliatory speech that
he made in the convention Thursday
night. It electrified the great audi
ence and immediately the Hill boom
was JKe again in the ascendency.
declared then, however, that nn
‘xTet no consideration would he allow his
name to go before the convention.
was placed before the convention
out his consent and he quickly sent
word to the delegations rallying around
him that he would be forced to decline
if nominated, and begged that his
wishes be respected. When it devel
oped before the roll call was half over
that the nomination of Stevenson was
a certainty, the states that had voted
for other candidates quickly changed
to the winner, and his nomination was
made unanimous.
THE CLOSING PROCEEDINGS.
An hour before the convention hall
was opened Friday morning dense
crowds were packed around the vari
ons entrances aud hundreds more were
coming on every thoroughfare that
afforded access to the hall.
About 30 minutes after the doors
were opened the galleries were all oc
cupied and still the crowds around the
entrance and in the streets had suffer
ed no diminution.
Immediately following tbe prayer
the call of states began for tho pur
pose of making nominations for the
vice presidency. prevailed and
Great confusion very
few of the delegates were aware of
what was going on until Alabama and
Arkansas had been passed and Cali
fornia was called.
THE STAMPEDE TO STEVENSON.
When at last the nominating speeches
were ended the call of the roll began.
The early votes of significance were
Alabama’s 19 for Hill, against 3 for
Stevenson; those of Alaska, Arizona,
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Con
necticut and Delaware, most of whose
strength went to Stevenson.
Four for Hill from Florida called
forth another yell of applause.
SILVER REPUBLICANS
Made No Nomination But Endorse
Bryan and Stevenson.
After a long aud exciting debate,
during which it looked several times
as if Charles A. Towne would bo nom
inated for vice president in spite of
his protest against such action, the
national convention of the silver Re
publican party adjourned sine die at
Kansas City without making a nomi
nation, tho whole matter being
ferred to the national committee to
act. W. J. Bryan was made the uuaui
mous choice of the convention for
president. aftewards
The national committee
met and decided to indorse Stevenson,
KAISER WILLIAM MAGNANIMOUS,
Ruler of Germany Offers Rewards For
Rescue of Foreigners.
Emperor William of Germany has
telegraphed to the commander of the
German pqnndron in Chinese waters,
to the governor general of Shan Tung,
to the viceroys and others, offering a
thonsand teals to anyoue accomplish
ing the deliverance of any nationality
whatever now shut up iu Pekin who is
handed over to any German
trata.
“Illinois!” shouted the clerk, and
back came the cry, “Forty-eight for
Stevenson!” And then the Stevenson
enthusiasm was unbounded and it rose
higher still when Iowa and Kansas
cast their full votes for him. Louisiana
was the next to go for Hill, her dele
gation giving him the entire vote of
1C.
Michigan, which had all along stroug
ly approved of Towne, gave him but
five votes, the remainder going to Ste
venson.
The shout from Missouri, “One for
Hogg, -of Texas,” called forth loud
laughter and applause.
“New Jersey’s twenty votes for
Hill,” called forth another ripple of
cheers, and then came “New York.”<
The reply, “New York casts her en
tire 72 votes for Hon. D. B. Hill,”
increased the ripple to a wave of ap
plause. for Ste
“Pennsylvania’s 64 votes
venson” caused the adhereuts of tbe
Illinois man to shout until the rafters
rung. The Hill men cheered wildly
when Tennessee went solid for the
New York man, and the Stevenson
people answered their cheers when
Texas came to their man.
Tennessee was up as the vote for
Hawaii had been announced and de
clared that it changed its vote to Stev
enson. The convention recognized
the significance of the action and cheer
after cheer went up.
Stevenson was nominated now with
out question, and all over the hall
chairmen of delegations were on their
feet shouting and waving their arms
in an effort io secure recognition from
the chair in order to change their
votes.
Washington was first to secure tbe
privilege, and the tellers’ cry, “Wash
ington changes its entire vote to
Stevenson," provoked great enthusi
asm. The cheering became so loud
that it was almost impossible to catch
the changes as the teller called them
out.
After Washington came North Caro
lina, and then John L. Shea, of New’
York, managed to make his voice
heard, as he called out:
“New York changes her entire vote
from Hill to Stevedsou.”
This announcement created pande
monium and the roar that went up was
'deafening. The Stevenson men danced
around in delight.
Then in rapid succession the states
changed their votes io Stevenson.
At 2:44 he had received a large ma
jority of the vote*, far more than two
thirds.
MADE UNANIMOUS,
Then Senator Tillman, the chief
supporter of Mr. Towne, moved to make
the nomination of Stevenson unani
mous, and the motion was carried with
a whirlwind of applause.
Adlai E. Stevenson was given the
936 votes of the convention, aud de
clared the nominee of the Democratic
party for vice president of the United
States.
The convention then adjourned sine
die.
A SURPRISE TO STEVENSON.
Democratic Nominee For Vice Presi
dent Will Accept the Honor.
Tbe news of his nomination at Kan
sas City was giveu to Adlai E. Steven
son Friday afternoon at the summer
cottage of his son-in-law, Rev. M. D.
Hardin, at Lake Minnetonka, Minn.,
by an associated Press reporter. Mr.
Stevenson said:
“This is a great surprise to me. I
was not a candidate at any time and
never expected to be nominated. But,
of course, I shall accept the call of my
party. Indorse tbe platform? Of course
shall. How else could I accept? I
believe the Democrats generally will
support the ticket.”
RUSSIA DON’T OBJECT.
Japan Will Be Given All Opportunity
to Thrash China. ,
The Russian government announces
that it will give Japauafree hand to
ajiply military force in China. The
terms of this consent are summarized
! in a dispatch from St. Petersburg, un
j der date of July 6th. In reply to an
i ! inquiry from the Japanese declared cabinet May the
Russian government on
27th that it left the Japanese govern
I ment full liberty of military action.
Evidently Harmle*».
Weary Willy—Go right in' Derc,
no danger!
Frayed Fagln—No?
Weary Willy—Ov course not! Didn't
yer Jes’ hear her call de dog 'T erc J
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•lapan Anxious.
Japan has beeomo alarmed over the
gration of many of her residents to this coii
try. misrepresentation It is stated that and they then are turned lured ht'rst a.
This is like the misrepresentation a dri?
lude people into believing that whlohd
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Drawing the Dine,
- 1 suppose you feel sure of your ground a i. * a
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Tecs— Tou and May used to be very chumt?™
but you don't, speak at all now, do you?
Jess—No. Just before Easter '
would candidly we fooiighiv
aureeu that we criticise ea t h
other’s gowns und hats when we got them. ,
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excellent substitute.
Internal Evidence.
"1 wish 1 knew what woman wrote this t ook ” ’
“How do you kuow that a womau wrote it at
‘‘Its style Is so hideously masculine.”
Carter's Ink Is Used by the
greatest railway systems of the United i-tate,.
They would not use it if it wasn’t tho best.
Force of Habit.
•‘Bow much did you pay for that horse?" asked!
the ice man.
“Seveuty-flve dollars a front foot," answered
the real estate man.—Indianapolis Press.
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His Luck.
She—“Two week jgeem such a short vacation.”
He—"That depends on where you spend it. 1
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Conductor E. D. Loomis, Detroit, Mich.,
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Jack—“Well, whatever ihe not.” summer girl may
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Will—“What’s that?”
Jack—“She Is not contagious.”
Will—“How do you mean?"
Jack—“You can’t catch her.”—Detroit Free
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