Excerpt from Official Proceedings of the the Democratic National Convention Held in Chicago, Ill., July 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th, 1896: Containing, Also, the Preliminary Proceedings of the Democratic National Committee, Etc Nelson, John C., Princ'ipal (temporary) Reading Clerk 71 Pattison, Robert E, nominated for President. 298 Pennoyer, Sylvester, nominated for President and Vice President. 298 340 Permanent Organization 167 Platform Majority Report Minority Report Hill's Amendments Official Platform Resolution of Thanks to William F. Harrity John W. Daniel, S. M. White and James M. Richardson Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries Chicago and William F. Harrity, on behalf of free silver people William F. Harrity, by National Committee of 1892 Simon P. Sheerin, by National Committee of 1892 Resolutions in Reference to Rules 108 Representation from Territories. 19 Roll Call of States for naming Committees 109 Tickets for Nebraska delegation. 173 Authority to fix time and place for next convention 369 Pr'eparation of proceedings by official stenographer 369 Secretary and assistants of Convention (temporary) 71 Secretaries Convention (permanent). 445 Sewall, A. P., nominated for vice-president 343 Sewall, A. P., nomination made unanimous 369 Sewall, A. P., speech of acceptance 438 Sewall, A. P., letter of acceptance 441 Sheerin, Simon P., Temporary Secretary 1 Sibley, Joseph, nominated for vice-president 342 Signatures of Cincinnati, New York and St. Louis Committees 55. St. John, Wm. P., selected Treasurer of National Committee of 1896, 389 Temporary Organization, Minority Report 71. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.