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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
5
In Denver Nebraska's William Jennings Bryan is nominated for president by the Democratic convention. The roll call yields 892% votes for Bryan, with Johnson and Gray receiving 46 and 69% respectively as the crowd erupts in prolonged demonstrations and banners fill the hall.
Report notes the convention began with a plewail display and a frenzied outburst, followed by renewed enthusiasm as it adjourned to resume at 1 p m on Friday afternoon.
At the Denver convention amid heat and crowded galleries Archibald McNeill Towne and John W Kern were nominated for vice president with Kern winning by acclamation after Towne withdrew. Kern, born 1849 in Indiana, served as Indiana state senator, Indianapolis city attorney, and was once a gubernatorial candidate before moving toward the U S Senate.
William Jennings Bryan states upon nomination for president that the honor is the highest official possession and he will not be a candidate for re election if elected He says his obligation would be to the people and that the nomination came from the rank and file without compulsion.
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