The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-06-11

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Gentlemen of the Conventions: I do not
intend to make a speech. / propose to
make a nomination for the presidency
which shall strike q chord of sympathy in
every true Republican heart. I propose
to nominate for the presidency man who
does not seek elevation by the detraction
Of any other great Republican. do not
propose. however, to defend his history or
his life before this convention, because
that will be done Ia words OF burning and
phrophetic eloquence which can not be
surpassed In any other country I'm the
world. Therefore, with these simple
words. nominats to this convention for
the presidsncv of the United States, the
warrior statesman. BenjFnin Harrisoa-
A Counter Demonstratisn.
The counter demonstration Of the Har-
rison men came with enthusiasm. Fans
and umbrellas were in the air, delegates
stood on their seats, and the Hon. Fred
Douglass, waving his white hat on top
of his cane, led the cheering that was
sustained for two minutes or more. The
chairman sat down until the tumult sub
sided. Then he ordered the roll call
continued. When Michigan was reached
some one in the galleries cried out
Whats the matter with Algerr' But
there was only q slight laugh from the
convention, and w. III. Eustis took the
platform to second the denomination Of
Mr.. Blaine.
Seconded by Eustis.
Mr.. Eustis called upon the convention
to sacrifice every selfish thought and
non-patriotic motive to that majestic
power, the sovereignty Of the people.
They have commissioned MS, he said, to
name leader for the Republican party,
and If we do so in harmony with their
thought and love, they viii make him
the next president of the United States.
He eulogized the growth and work Of
the Republican party and said the mis-
sion of the party is not yet ended. Our
nation advances with majestic step
to lead the commerce as well as the free
dom Of the world. The great idea Of
the last decade is reciprocity. Under it's
touch our ships, our flag, with the
lighted torch of freedom, shall make the
circuit Of the globe.
The speaker concluded with an apos-
trophe to our country, closing with the
words: ''It is for thee that Minnesota
with loyal purpose takes the hand Of
every sister state and proclaims her sup
port of James G.. Blaine"
Uncorked Some Enthusiasm.
The convention did not greet Mr.
Eustis' remaks with any enthusiasm
when they were delivered. But when
they We're concluded an incident oc-
CURED which sent the convention off
into the greatest tumult it has yet
known. /, just as the applause was dying
out. Mrs. r. G. Kerens, wife of the
national committeeman from Missouri,
and Mrs. Carson Lake, who sat behind
her, started the cheering again, waving
their parasols. The convention went
with them. The delegates climbed on
their chairs to see these two lone women
on the platform behind the chair
man cheering and encouraged the
applause. The fact that NJ.
Kerens is delegate instructed
for Harrison made the incident all the
more interesting to those who knew it.
Big Tom Reed, who sat just in front of
Mrs. Kerens, took up the movement.
His face melted into broad grin as he
stood up waving silk flag in honor of
his old time enemy. All over the con-
vention hall the delegates were crying
Blaine, Blaine, James q. Blaine. !"
Delegates opened their umbrellas and
waved them aloft. One of the umbrellas
was white with Blaine's name in black
letters. The confusion was indescrib-
able and the noise deafening. It cul-
minated when the bandstruck mp. No one
could tell what it was playing. Only the
steady beat of the drum could be heard
above the din. When the band stopped
the cheering did not. Mrs. Kerens' COM
panion folded her white parasOl and
waved silk flag almost over the chair
mans head. 1t fed the flame of the con-
vention's excitement anew. The
Blaine, Blaine, James Ct. Blaine men
fell fnto harmony, and the cry went up
from five thousand voices as from one,
while the stamping that accompanied it
made the big hall tremble.
After nearly twenty minutes Of confu-
sion and noise the convention began to
subside little, but there were spasmodic
outbursts for nearly five minutes more
before the strength of the Blaine men
gave out. After nearly thirty minutes
of pandemonium, Governor McKinley's
voice was at last heard requesting
that as a matter of safety, suggested by
those having knowledge of the huild-
ing, the stamping of feet be discon-
tinued. "You may yell all you please
he added, in reply to delegate from
Illinois. The delegate proved to be w.
E. Mollison. He was called on for q
speech and spoke briefly.
DEPEW NOMINATES HARRISON.
Tho Siiver-Tongued Orator Presents the
Presidents Name to the Convention.