The Portland daily press., 1892-06-11

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The man who is nominated here today,
to win, must carry certain well known
number of the doubtful states. Patrick
Henry, in the convention which started
the rolling of the ball of the independ-
ence of the colonies from Great Britain,
said II have but one lamp by which my
feet are guided, and that is the lamp of
experience. l know of no way of judy
ing Of the future but by the past New
York was carried in 1880 by General Gar
| fiele and in every important election
since that time we have done our best.
We have put forward our ablest, our
most popular, our most brilliant leaders
for Governor and State officers, to suffer
constant defeat. The only light which
illumines with the sun of hope the dark
record of those twelve years, is the fact
that in 1888 the State of New York was
triumpantly carried by President Harri-
son. He carried it then as a gallant
soldier, wise senator, statesman who
inspired confidence by his public utter,
ances in daily speech from the commend
ment of the canvass to its close. He
still has all these claims and in addition
an administration beyond criticism and
rich with the elements ofpopulariJy with
which to carry New York. Ancestry
helps in the Old World and aahandicaps in
the new. There is but one distinguished
example of Ia son first overcoming the
limitations imposed by the prominent
fame of his father and then rising above
it and that was when young Pitt became
greater than Chatham. With an ances-
tor signer of the Declaration of indie
pendence Iand another who saved the
Northwest from savagery and gave it to
civilization and empire and who was also
President of the United States, a poor
and unknown lawyer of Indiana has risen
by his unaided efforts to such distinction
as lawyer, orator, soldier, statesman and
President that he reflects more credit on
his ancestors than they have devolved
upon him and presents in American his
tory the parallel of the younger Pitt
By the grand record of wise and popu-
lar administration, by the strength gained
in frequent contact of the people, in Won
derfully versatile and felicitous speech,
by the claims of a pure life in public and
in the simplicity of typical American
home nominate Benjamin Harrison.
The eloquent peroration which Mr..
Depew delivered with impressive force
evoked repetition of the scenes which
had just been enacted in honor of the
late Secretary of State. Somewhere in
the rear of the hall, somebody brought
forth from its hiding place an enormous
picture ofs.Harrison, life size and gorgeous
ly decorated with red, white and blue
streamers. 1t was borne to the speakers
platform on the shoulders of dozen
men and the sight acted like an intox-
icant to the friends of the President. AS
if by magic, there appeared in front of
the IShall the velvet banner of the
Chicago Blaine Club bearing a portrait
of Mr.. Blaine. This was carried down
the aisle amid the yells of the Blaine
shouters and when the two pictures were
brought together to Chairman McKin-
ley's side, the scene was one of wildness
gone wild.
Huge Red, White and Blue P1umes
were brought into the hall and added
their color to the picture. Presently
both pictures were taken out of the hall,
their exit being attended with renewed
demonstrations, but even with their dis
appearance the ovation to the President
did not cease. A young woman of 20,
who had been sitting near Mai. Huxford
Washington in the space reserved for the
national committee, endeavored to outdo
the actions of Mrs. Lake and gave utter
ance to a series of piercing yells,
made more conspicuous by striking
her mouth by her fan throughout her
screaming. After five minutes she
sank back in her seat exhausted,
only to be succeeded by man in the
Nebraska delegation, whose ear-splitting
cries would have put calliope to shame
A man with a musical instrument that
gave forth noise very much like the
moan of sick COW, added his contribu-
tion to the din, while still another enthu-
siastic man rang a huge dinner bell with
incessant vigor. Elliott T. Shepard,
standing upon chair, seemed to have
gone daft, and the black-whiskered
| OBrien, the commissioner of naviga-
ton, melted the New York delegation
into participating in the excitement. For
| few minutes the crowd shouted and
| cheered and INDUCED in every manifesto
| ton of frenzied enthusiasm.
When ex-senator Warner Miller ascend
ed the platform, it was very plain to see
| that it was the purpose of the anti-Har-
| risons to endeavor to create an impress
sion in the minds of the delegates that it
| would not be safe to nominate Harrison
as New York was divided against him.
The Blaine crowd, specially approaching
this, gave him hearty cheer when he
asserted that he represented majority
of the New York delegation and, as he
| believed, vast majority of the Republi-
cans of New York state.
Representative Chatham of North Caro-
lima seconded Harrison's nomination in
speech which was well framed and effect
| ly delivered.
Foraker sat significantly silent when
Ohio was called, although the crowd,
unaware of the deal which had been
made, cried loudly for speech from
him. From this time, the speeches lost
interest Delegate Boyd, of Tennessee,
young colored man spoke in behalf of
Blaine and bearded man from Wyom-
ing gave the first touch of comedy by a
speech in which he mingled classical
| allusion and bad grammer with comical
manner of delivery. After his first SEN
tence in which he told the audience that
II came from one of the far off states.
which is many miles from here,' he
Likened Depew to Demosthenes