The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-19
M'KINLEY AND HOBART
Are The NOMINEES
BOTH OF THEM WE'RE NOMINATED BY THE CON
vENTIoN ON THE FIRST BALLOT AND
THE NOMINATIONS WE'RE THEN
MADE UNANIMOUS


able opposition to the free coinage OF
silver was read. Then the delegates,
led bv Senator Lodge and Col. w a.
Stone. of Pennsylvania, rose en- masse.
Fans. canes. hats. waved wildly until
the pit looked like hurricane-tossed
sea. and the galleries roared their ap-
provaI. For two minutes the tumult
continued.
The mention Of the gold standard" :"
while received enthusiastically by the
Maine. Massachusetts. Connecticut and
New York delegations, did not arouse
such great enthusiasm. Hawaii and
the Monroe doctrine were applauded,
bat the enthusiasm over the Cuban
plank was a general disappointment.
4 very interesting incident occurred,
however. in this connection. As the
plank was read Col. Fred. Grant, who
sat on the platform with the distin-
guished guests, arose and wildly waved
about his head the flag of the Cuban
reyolutionists.
The flag was that presented by the
Cuban Junta to James Creelman, the
American correspondent, when he was
exiled by Gen. Weyler. There was
something particularly appropriate in
Col Grants action, as IT was largely
owing to the efforts of his father Gen.
Grant. that Spain was compelled to
make peace with the revolutionists in
the ten-years' war.
The invitation to the women OF the
country to help the Republican party
TO redeem it from Democracy and
Populism was given good-natured
cheer and the motion which Senator
Foraker made to adopt the platform
was also cheered. One of the critical
moments of the convention was at
hand. The chairman announced that
he would recognize to move substi-
tute for the majority report, the gen
tleman from Colorado, Mr. Teller.
The name of Teller set the Western
ers wild.
In little scattering squads. the hand
fuls of delegat tions who had been sit
ting under the banners of Colorado,
Idaho, Utah, Nevada, California and
Montana, and some of those from Ten
nessee, and other Western and South
ern States, were on their feet, waving
hats, flags, umbrellas, fans and hand
kerchiefs, and shrieking like mad men.
The fire spread to the galleries, and
swept across them until they seemed
to be almost unanimously carrying the
cheer. 1t was an unusual division of
enthusiasm. Down in the arena were
little patches of vocal fire blazing in
small spots, here and there a broad,
dead level, calm fields of silence. For
two or three minutes the uproar con-
tinued. Minutes are long at such cri-
ses. the second beats slowly, so that
the outburst seemed to be a protract-
ed one. Finally the Western delegates,
secessionists, they perhaps might soon
be called, tired of their work, sank
back to their seats. Then there fell
over the house a deep, profound calm
for history was to be made. The polit-
ical allegiance OF half a dozen States
hung on the moment, and the whole
assembly recognized it. The people lis
tened, to man, while the clerk pro-
ceeded TO read the substitute platform,
as follows:
THE MINORITY REPORT.
''We, the undersigned members of
the committee on resolutions, being
unable TO agree with that portion of
the majority report which treats of
the subjects of coinage and finance,
respectfully submit the following para
graph as a substitute thereof:
''The Republican party favors the use
of both gold and silver as equal stand
ard money, and pledges its power To
secure the free, unres tricted and inde-
pendent coinage of gold and silver at
United States mints at the ratio of
16 parts of silver to one part of gold
Senator Teller, as he stood on the
platform to make his final protest to
| the Republican party against the adop-
~ cfa a.~6 a
striking figure. Tall, gaunt, he wore
the old-fashioned frock coat of the old
time statesman.
His face is pale, furrowed with lines
of thought and no one who beheld him
as he stood and surrendered all his old
| associations for a deep conviction on
a single topic, doubted the honesty of
his purpose. His face is thin, his eye
gray and his forehead high. He was
evidently deeply aroused by the emo
tions that stirred him, and his gestures
at times were almost fierce. He was
given most respectful hearing by the
delegates, but except for those in SYM
pathy, there was no demonstration on
the floor in the early part of his adj
dress.
The galleries, however. were at times
vociferous and when the speaker as
serted the power of the United States
to control their own affairs without
dictation from Europe in matters of
finance or anything else, many of the
delegates were drawn into the display
of enthusiasm by the wild tumult
about them. but the Colorado Senator
made no effort at dramatic effect.
| He spoke in the clear ringing tones
which have so often echoed through
the chamber of the United States Sen
ate. 1t was not until toward the close
of his speech that he became both inn
pressive and pathetic. His review of
his long service in the party visibly
affected him..
AS he realized the step he was about
to take, he drew himself together for