The Yale expositor., 1896-06-26

egates climbed upon their chairs to cheer
him. At the mention of Morton's name
the New York delegation rose practically
alone on the floor and gave three cheers
which were reinforced from the galleries.
The roll call proceeded until Ohio was
shouted, and Gov. Bushnell mounted a
chair, and amidst shouting and cheering
on all sides exclaimed: "Mr. Chairman.
Senator Foraker will speak for Ohio and
mounted the platform amid deafenirg
applause and spoke as follows:
Mr.: Chairman and gentlemen OF the con.
entirely impossible to exaggerate the disagree
able experience of the last four years inc
grand aggregate of the multitudinous bad
suits of a Democratic national administrator
may be summed up one stupendous disaster;
1t has been a disaster, however not without
at least one redeeming feature, II has been
fair-nobody has escaped 1t. Uaughter) IL
has fallen equally alike all sections of our
country and all classes of our people, the
Republican and the Democrat. the rich and
the poor. the big and the low have suffered
in common. ldeness and its consequent pow
erty and distress have been the rewards or
labor; distress and bankruptcy have overtaken
business. shrunken values have dissipated for
tunes deficient revenues have impoverished the
government brought about bond issues, and
bond syndicates have discouraged and scandal
lied the nation over against this fearful PEN
atty is, however, to he set down great COM
pensatory result, il has destroyed the Demo-
cratic party. (Applause.) The proud columns
which swept the country In triumph in 1892 are
broken and poiseless In 1S06. Their boosted
principles when they came to the test of
fallGcies, and their great leaders have degen-
Grated into warning chieftains of petty and
irreConrlabe factions. Their boosted prin-
cipics when put to the test Of Il proper appli-
caticn have proven delusive fallaces. Their
preaching national nightmare No man pre-
tends to be able TO predict the result to come
from 1t, and no man Is seeking domination OF
that convention. or to accept any kind of public
trust by proclaiming his willingness to stand
upon any platform that may be adopted. The
truth is, the party that could stand up under
human slavery,
war for Acknowledgement, reconstruction and
specie resumption at last finds itself over
matched and undone by itself 1t is writhing
in the throes of dissolution, superinduced by
a dose Of ts own medicine. No human agency
election, except only this convention If we
make no mistake the Democratic party will go
out of power on the 4th of March, to remain
out until God in His wisdom and mercy and
goodness shall see At more TO chastise His
people. (Applause) SO far we have not made
any mistake. We have adopted platform
which. Notwithstanding the scenes witnessed
in this hall this morning, meets the demands
and expectations Of the American people 1t
remains for us now as the last browning of
our work here, to complete work by NOM
mating a good candidate.
The people want a good Republican, they
want something more than wise, patriotic
statesman, they want man who embodies IN
himself not only all of these essential quail
fcations, but who in addition, in the highest
possible degree typifes in monetary charac-
ter, in record, in ambition and in purpose the
exact opposite of all that is signihed and rep
resented by the free trade, defct-making, bond
&,
tlon. (CheeIs) / stand here to present to this
convention such a man. His name is William
Mckinley.
Senator Foraker got no farther than the
name of the Ohio statesman. Even be-
fore the last syllable had passed his lips,
with one great swell the delegates and
the occupants of the galleries sprang TO
their feet and let out a yell that would
have driven out of the pastures the far
famed bull of Basham. Their next move
was TO mount the seats, where they yell
ed awhile. Then they got down and did
some more yelling. \ little experience of
this kind seemed to be enough and they
climbed upon the seats again for another
session of yelling from these elevated po-
sitions. AS II shot into the air from some
concealed battery thousand var!eSated
plumes flashed in the air, almost conceal
ing the thousands of American flags,
handkerchiefs and umbrellas that were
being wildly flourished by, the enthusias-
tic crowd. States standards were up
rooted and carried up and down the aises
by shrieking delegates. A gigantic por-
position in front. of the gallery, opposite
the chairman's desk. and as the picture
caught the eyes of the assemblage there
was an immense swell in the volume of
sound which filled the spacious hall. In
an effort to bring about state of quiet
ness the band behind the chairman struck
OF listening quietly. to. the instrumental
music, the crowd simply drowned it out
by singing in all sorts of voices, and In
all kinds of time the rollicking words of
CRY of Freedom "America." and
Marching Through Georgia., went
through the same experience. 1t seemed
as though they would never become
weary, but twenty-five minutes of an
archy tired out even the most enthusiast
tic McKinleyite, and with tired limbs and
strained lungs, the delegates and outsid-
crs relapsed into their seats and per-
mtted the convention to go ahead with
it's work. At length Mr.. Foraker resumed
as follows:
Gentlemen of the convention. you seem to
have heard of the name of my candidate
,I.augnter.) And you have. He is known the
world over. His testimonials of private Hfe
without reproach. Four years of heroic service
as boy soldier the battlehelds of the re-
public, under such gallant generals as Philip
II. Sheridan (applause). Twelve years of con-
spicuous service in the halls of congress, asso-
ciated with great leaders of Republicanism.
More appause) -Four years of executive SER
vice as governor of Ohio, but greatest OF all,
the house of representatives and author of the
Mckinley law" (Prolonged applause.) A law
under which labor had richer reward and the
country greatly increased prosperity No other
man so completely meets the requirements of
the American people: and no other man so
absolutely comma ds their hearts and their AZ
fectons. The shaft OF envy, malice and dere-
LECTION lie broken and harmless at his feet.
They have already been shot and shot in vain;
fthe CULVER is empty and ne untouched; and that
Is SO because the American people know him,
trust him believe him, love him. and efforts
TO disparage him can succeed. They know that
he Is patriotic and they know that he Is an
American of Americans. They know he Is wise;
that he Is able and true, and they want him for
president Of the United States They have al
ready SO declared, hut in all the states and
the sections OF our country from ocean to ocean
and from the gulf to the lakes, they expect us to
give them "a chance TO vote for him. II Is
duty to do II. II we discharge that duty
will give 10y 20 their hearts. enthusiasm to
the campaign and triumphant victory for our
cause and he will in turn give admin
istration under which the country will enter
nnon a new era of prosperity at home and OF
riorv and honor abroad. BY all these tokens
~ The nresent all these promises for the future
an the name OF the forty-six delegates OF Ohio,
7 submit his claims TO your consideration.
The nomination was seconded by Sena-
tor Thurston, who, as chairman. has been
the most conspicuous and while his effort
was satisfactorily eloquent, the crowd
was too tired to do much cheering. Gov
HASTINGS came forward at the call of
Pennsylvania to name Senator Quay and
was given cheer of applause.
AS the voting progressed the delegates
were keeping tab. and when Ohio swung
out her 46 votes for her favorite son,
making his total i67 1-2, there was round
of cheers. Alaska territory, the last
called. contributed four votes to Mckinley
and the totals were announced as fol-
lows: Mckinley. Gel 1-2; Reed, 81 1-2; Nor
ton sc; Quay, 60 1-2; Allison, So 1-2; Cam.
eron /. Ten minutes of bedlam was the
next order and then Senator Lodge mount
ed the chair and moved that the nomina,
ton be made unanimous in n gracs ful
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