Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-06-17

RUSSELL A ALGER
The band started in at this juncture and
played lively march The shOuters kept
Blaine. Blsine. James e.. Blaine A
cripple on the platform took his crutches
and put his campaign hat on the top OF it,
and lifted it high in the air.
Across the hall another woman twirled a
white sunshade with Blaine's name in ap-
pque letters upon it. in answer, so to speak
10 the swaying parasol of Mrs. Lake.
Through all this disorder Chairman Me-
kinlcy sat quietly in the elaborately carved
char, the only prominently passive figure
in the great hall. Twenty minutes had now
gone by, and the cheering needed something
stimulating to sustain it, Mrs Lake fur
nishrI it. some one had brought her a new
talismcn. II was a picture Of Blaine. about
two feet square, bordered with red white
and blue paper. She held 1t high over her
head with both hands. At the sight of it all
the checrers took new grip, and everyone
OF them. including those who had stopped to
rest, stood up aud howled and yelled
At the end Of - minutes Chairman Nc
Knlcy stood up in his chair as a hint that it
was time to stop this business, He failed in
his purpose. They would not take the hint.
At the end OF % minutes he began to pound
on the oak block with the big mallet. II
was scarcely disccrnabe in the rush aud
roar Of the cheering.
At this point Mrs. Lake was lifted over
the railing by three or four men who want
ed her to 90 on the platform itself, but her
husband evidently was afraid of the effect OF
this terrible strain upon her,and he escorted
her back to her seat, so at the end OF % min
utes the continuous cheering for Blaine came
to an end
W. l.. Molison Of Mississippi. a colored
man with the rich dialcctiC expression which
many Of his race who come ffom the South
give to their words. next took the floor aud
seconded the nomination of Blaine, and then
the great Dcpew asceudCi the platform amid
cheers from the HARRISON delegates. who
expected great deal from the eloquent
New Yorker. He made the principal speech
rrnominating the President.
Ills speech occupied about 25 minutes in
It's delivery and WAS confined principally Ia
n rev.oW of the work accomplished by the
Republican party. In closing he said
The man who is nominated here today in
order to win must carry a certain well-known
number of the doubtful states. Patrick
Henry. in the convention which started roll
ing the ball uf the Independence OF the col
ouies from Great Britain, said IL have but
one lamp by which my feet are guided, and
that is the lamp of experience. know OF no
way Of Judging of the future but 10y the
p st.. New Ork was carried In lNSO by Gen.
Garfield, and in every important election
since that time we have done our best. We
have put forward our ablcSt, our most popu,
lar, our most brilliant leaders. for governor
and state officers, to suffer constant defeat
The only light which illumincs with the
sun of hope the dark record OF those Il
years is the fact that in lNSS the state OF
New York WAS triumph antly carried by
President Harrison. lie carried 1t then as
gallant soldier, 4 wise senator. a statesman.
who inspired confidence by his public ut.
tcranccs in daily speech from the commence.
mCut OF the canvass To It's close.
He still has all these claims, and in addi-
ton an administration beyond criticism and
-!"h with the elements OF popularity with
which 10 carry New York again. Ancestry
helps in the old world and handcaps in the
new. There is but one distinguished exam.
pie Of a son first overcoming the limtatiC ms
imposed by the prc-eminent fame of his
father, and th'n rising above ii, and that
was when the Younger Pitt became greater
than Chatham.
With an ancestor signer OF the Declara.
ton OF Independence and another who
saved the Northwest from savagerv and gave
1t to civilization and empire, and who was
also President of the United States. poor
and unknown lawyer OF Indiana has risen
by his unaded efforts to such distinction as
LAWYER, orator, soldier, statesman and presi-
dent that he reflects more credit on his an
ceStors than they have devolved upon him,
and presents in American history the
parallel OF the younger Pitt
BY the grand record of wise and popular
administration, by the strength gained in
frequent contact with the people, in wonder
fully versatile aud fclicitous speech, by the
claims Of a pure life in public and in the
simplicity of typical American home, |
nominate Benjamin Harrison.
The first mention OF the name OF McKin-
lev by him set the audience OFT into good
solid shout OF 30 seconds, but when the Cele-
brated post prandill orator ended his speech,
the Harrison men hau their innings. one OF
Berthrong's pictures of Harrison was
brought in from the rear OF the platform by
six men. 1t was as big as a barn door. The
familiar features of the President set off the
Harrison mems skyroCkctS and set pieces. A
woman In the gallery behind the chairman
unfurcd llag big enough to float from the
top Of FReui Hall Every one wondered
where she got the strength to waive it. She
looked to he slender woman, but she
waived that flag as il 1t were a piece OF
paper.
The Blaine men tried TO drown the cheers.
They brought in the banner of the Chicago
Blaine Club, Mt the sight Of which the Blaine
cohorts mingled their cheers with those OF
the Harrison men.
The Blaine plumcs were brought out and
shaken before the picture OF Harrison.
The picture was borne 10 the seats OF the
Indiana delegation, where it was cheered
and then carried out of the hall. Then
Blaine banners soon followed ii.
These tactics of the Blaire men were a
mistake; the result was to make the larri-
son men mad. They cheered longer than
they otherwise would PERHAPS lust TO show