Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-19

10 a louder exhibition OF lung strength
At5:45 while salute OF 100 guns from
a piece of artillery outside the conven-
ton was still out-thundering the yeIs
of the crowd, Chairman Thurston, by
a determined effort of voice and gavel,
brought the convention to order and
announced the remainder OF the ballot,
as follows:
Morton SO, Allison 351a, Reed S4A,
Quay 61b, Cameron l. blank 4.
After making the announcement,
Chairman Thurston said: In accord
ance with a statement Of the chair,
that gentlemen will be recognized in
order of votes for the candidates they
represent | recognize the gentleman
form Massachusetts, Mr.. Lodge"
Mr.. Lodge mounted chair and moved
that the nomination be made unani-
nous in graceful speech in which ne
pledged the support of the followers OF
Reed to the nominees.
Gen. Hastings of Pennsylvania fol-
lowed on behalf of the Quay contingent.
His statement that the Republicans of
| Pennsylvania welcomer the issue Of pro-
| lection, set the convention off like a
spark. Chauncey NJ. Depew arose 70
second the motion on behalf of New
| York, but the chairman recognized Mr..
| Platt, who, in a single sentence second,
| ed the motion and pledged the State OF
| New York to Mckinley.
Eloquent Dave Henderson, of Iowa,
| spoke for Allison. He said that the
work of selecting a national commit
| 1. 4 rt-
| by McKinley's nomination, as the rep
resentative of the country would win
the campaign. Shouts for "Depew" and
Hanna" came from all parts of the
| hall. Mr.. Depew responded in char
acteristic speech which put the crowd
in rare good humor and afterward they
would not be content until the new gen.
eral of the Republican party, Mark
Hanna, had responded.
The Ohio manager at last mounted
a chair and motioned for silence. In
| the galleries there was much curiosity
to see the man whose name has been so
potent and so prominent in the cam
paign for the nomination. He modest
ly assumed the credit for the result of
his labors in assisting in McKinley's
| Uul SuIE II uIlS DIS may
have been the result of my labors," said
he, as he calmly surveyed the delegates
and galleries, Il lay at the fest of my
party and the altar of my country"
When the motion to make the nomi-
| nation unanimous was put, the dele
gates arose en- masse. The general i'm
preston was that the convention would
take recess at this point and thousands
of people left the hail. but the delegates
were determined to close the work of
the convention before adjourning. They
supported Mr.. Lodges motion to pro-
coed with the nomination of the Vice
President Immediately with great unan
unity. 1t was then els p. m. and the
convention had been in session eight
hours. 1t was quarter after when
Senator Lodge made the motion that
the convention proceed to the nomina
ton of Vice President and that
speeches be limited Ito five minutes.
There was so little interest in the Sec
ond place, or so prevalent an appetite
for dinner, that in five minutes the gal
leries had been deserted by two-thirds
of the seat holders. Samuel Fessen-
| utu. Vi AOuutCllCul. W d. ItCOSllLCu W
nominate Governor Buckley, but the
| convention had exhausted its enthus
iasm so that the mention of the name Of
Mckinley failed TO draw a hand clap.
| AT the end of the five minutes the
crowd called "Time," enthusiastically
and the roll call proceeded until New
Jersey was reached, when delegates
began to cry: Hobart"
Gen. Hobart was named by Mr..
Franklin Fort, of Newark.
The speech was loudly cheered, the
New Workers joining with the New Jer-
sy men in the nomination. j. Otis
Humphrey. of Illinois, seconded Hobart;
w. X. Allen, OF Rhod Island, nomina-
ted Governor Charles e. Lippett
Delegates from the southern
States cheered when Tennessee
was called, ard upon Mr.. Ru-
delphi presenteing the name of
Henry Clay Evans. Evans was second
ed by a coored delegate, S. E. Smith,
of Kentucky, whose effort was loudly
cheered
Ex-Congressman Robert NJ. LaFol-
lette also seconded Evans. arousing en-
thusiasm by his prediction that the par
" would gain in the south all it had
lost in the west
Virginia presented the name of Gen.
James A. Walker, the only Republican
member of Congress from that State,
who served in the Confederate army
under Stonewall Jackson, who was
nominated by D. F. Bailey, of Virginia.
A. B. White, of West Virginia, spoke
for Hobart.
The roll call began ten minutes after
seven.
The vote for vice president resulted:
Hobart 5331a, Evans 27715, Buckley 80,
Walker "a, T. B. Reed 8, Fred Grant
3. Thurston 2, Depew 3, Brown 2, Nor
ton 1. absent %.
The adherents of Mr. Evans were
very enthusiastic and loudly cheered
every vote announced for him. When
PENNSYLVANIA cast her Ga votes for Ho-
bart his nomination was gained and the
delegates began to leave.
| Pending the announcement of the
vote. a resolution was adopted making
Chairman ThurstOn chairman of the
committee to inform the presidential
nominee of his election and temporary
chairman. head of the committee to
wait on the vice president for the same
purpose. A resolution was adopted
thanking the city OF st. Louis for full
filing all its promises in the enter
tainment of the convention. Before
the announcement of the vote was given
there was a rush from the hall. The
nomination of Hobart was made unani-
nous.
| After the announcement of the mem