Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-25

St. Louis, June 19.-Ihe republicans
have nailed their principles to the
masthead and placed in the command
of the ship which is to bear them on to
fortune or disaster in November their
popular idol, William Mckinley, of
Ohio, and Carrot A. Hobart, of New
Jersey. But there is mut1ny aboard
and at the last moment before the lines
were cast off some of the crew who had
shipped in many a voyage refused to
subscribe to the new shipping articles
and walked down the gang-plank. The
convention was held in session for ten
hours to accomplish the worn cut out
fer it and at several different times
was tragic, dramatic and inspiring. |
Fully 10000 people were in the vast |
audience to hiss or cheer by turns. The
bolt Of the silver men from the west
was fully discounted but it nevertheless
furnished the most dramatic incident |
of the day Led by Teller, Cannon
and Dubois, the silvermen walked out !
of the convention. Never before has
there been a bolt from the republican
party, although Wendell Phillips and
some more radical republicans held a.
convention at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1864,
and placed in the field a ticket in Oppo
sition to Lincoln and Johnson. The
radicals on that occasion, however,
withdrew their ticket and returned TO
the fold before the election in NOvem-
Der. The silver men, who have now
bolted, Immediately perfected plans toI
place Senator Teller in nomination as
an independent silver candidate for
president in the hope that the demo
Gratis at Chicago, if controlled by the
silver men, would place his name at
the head of their ticket. After this
sensational incident the convention
turned with evident pleasure to the
work Of selecting standard bearers. 1t
was foregone conclusion that McKin-
ley would be nominated. The demon
stration that occurred when his name
was presented had no parallel in re-
publican national conventions, at least
in length, save by the Minneapolis
demonstration in Blaine's interest, hat
continued 27 minutes. The one OF yes
terday fell short of that record by thir-
I ty seconds. Altogether the scene was
a remarkable one and testified to the
popularity of the candidate who has
been placed in the field. McKin1ey's
vote exceeded - expectations of his
| friends, as he received 661 l. almost
three times as many as his five oppoa-
ents. The nomination was Immediate
/ ly made unanimous. After the dec1-
sion Of the Plat forces of New York
not to present the name of Levi P.
Morton owing to the war Waged against
him by the Warner Miller faction, the
nomination of Hobart became a certain
ty. The nominating speeches we're
and Gen. Walker, were also
placed in nomination and it only re-
quired one ballot to determine the con-
! test. Hobart received $50 1-2 votes, so
more than a majority. H. Clay Evans,
his nearest competitor, got 2S0 IL.
There were scattering votes for Reed,
Thurston, Grant, Depew, Morton and
Brown.
Last Days Session.
The third and last day of the con-
vention began at 1879 o'clock when att
the response to the gavePs rap, theI
delegates arose for prayer. The officiat-
! ing minister was DR.. John R. Scott, of
Jacksonville, Fla. The first opportuni-
ty for the delegates to use their voices,
! fresh after a nights rest, was afforded
when Chairman Thurston, without any
preliminaries, plunged into business by /
: bouncing that the first thing on the .
.ogram was the report of the commit
tee on resolutions.
! Senator-elect Foraker, of Ohio, |
crowded we'll to the front and climbed
the steps to the stage while the crowds
sent up a shrill yell. The platform
which he read was with few immaterial /
amendments in it's verbiage, the one
telegraphed throughout the country
Tuesday night.
TeIler's Final Protest.
Senator Teller then took the platform
to make his final protest to the repub-
iican party against the adoption of a
gold standard policy. He was a strik-
ing figure. Tall, gaunt, he wore the
old-fashioned frock coat Of the old
time statesman. His face is deep-fur-
rowed with lines of thought, and no one
who beheld him as he stood and sur
rendered all his old associations for a
deep conviction on single topic doubt
ed his honest of purpose. His face is
thin, his eye gray and his forehead
high. His beard and hair are iron
gray, the hair brushed straight back
from his forehead and falling back
ward like a cataract. He was evident
ly deeply aroused by the emotions that
stirred him and his gestures at times
were almost fierce. But his general
tone was one Of sadness and regret. He
was given most respectful hearing by
the delegates, but except for this SYM
pathy there was no demonstration on
the floor in the eastern part. /
The galleries, however, were at times ;
vociferous and when he asserted the .
power of the United States to control
their own affairs without dictation ;
from Europe in The matter of finance Or
anything else many of the delegates !
were drawn into the display of enthu- |
siasm by the wild tumult about them, :