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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-19
THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
Garrett A. IIODar, Nominated on ne FIRST
Ballot.

Garrett A. Hobart NOmlnuted on ne First
Ballot.
ST. LOUIS. No, June ls.--It was q
quarter after o'clock when Senator
Lodge made the motion that TIE con-
vcution proceed to the nomination OF
n vice president and that speeches be
limited TO five minutes. There was 80
little interest in the second place Or 30
prevalent an appetite for dinner that In
five minutes the galleries had heeh de-
serted by two-thirds Of the seat holders.
Samuel Fessenden, OF Connectlcit was
recognized 10 nominate Governor
Bulkeley, but the convention had ex-
hauBted Its enthusiasm so that the
mention OF the name Of BullSeley failed
to draw hand clap. At the end ot the
i've minutes the crowd called "Ilme,"
enthusiastically, and the roll coll pro-
ceeded until New Jersey was reached,
when delegates began to crys Ho-
bart" General Hobart wns named by
Mr.. Franklin Fort, OF Newark. Nr.
Fort spoke as FLOWS:
Judge FOrrI speech Nominating Hobart.
Mr.. President and gentlemen Of the
conventions:
/ rise to present to this convention ihe
claims OF New Jersey To the vice presl-
We come because we feel that we
can for the first time In Iur history
bring to yOu promise that our elec.
toral vote will be cast for your nOu1l-
nees. II you comply With our request
this promkc win surely be redeened.
For forty years, thrnuGh the bldckncs,
OF darkness u q universally triumphant
Democracy the Republicans Of New
Jersey have maintained their prgaR-
lZntIon and fought rs vnllautlyi Rs u
the outcome were 20 he assured Vie
tory. Only twice through all this long
period has the sun shonc In upon us
Yet, through all these weary yeate, VI
have like "Goldsmlth's captive" fclt
that
Hope like the cleaning tupers llsht.
AdornN and cheers oiir way;
And still ns darker grows the niyht,
Emits brighter ray.
The TulnllmCni Of this hope came T.
fSgf. In that year. for the iirNt tlfn
since the Republican party came into
existence. we sent to Congress 4 HblH
delegation Of eight Republicana. anil
elected Republican n the United
states senate. We followed this In 1897
by cicctinG a Republican Governor by
d majority Of 2S.00O, And In this year
Grace We expect to give the RfpuhlI
can electors u majority Of not less tina
10000
como to you then to-day In huliaif
q New Jersey. q politically redppmet
ugd rrEcncrated state. old thinFh hav
passed away. aud behold; an thlnr
have become new. IL n many lon
yrHrS SINCE New Jersey has Frcelyet
recognition by national convention.
When Henry Clay stood Tor protection
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verbiage the one teicgraphed through
out the country by the Associated Press
on Tuesday night. Senator Foraker
adjusted a pair Of spectacle upon his
soldlerly face and furnished for the mo-
mpnt the Same dumb show " man
talking which the colored minister had
given until cries OF LOUDER and "or-
der" from the galleries impelled him
to stronger vocal effort. There was
no opportunity In reading the platform
for the strenuous, fiery Oratory with
which the Ohio man hRs often stirred
tho conventions OF the past. He wore a
short black alapacn Jacket, and black
string tie and was a much less fashion
able looking man than the delegates
from New York and Massachusetts, who
sat below him. The platform was as
folloWl.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-19
THE BALLOT


Special Dispatch to the Intelligsncer.
ST. LOUIS, June ls.-McKinley
ana hobart. protection and sound
money, Two months ago the
latei!iScnccr predicted that II the con-
test ever came to u vote Mckinley
T5ulI have at least six hundred on the
hr't ballot 1t did come to a vote and
tae prophecy was more than verified.
Thc peoples choice had two hundred
nor. than were necessary to nominate.
Tho combine showed It's greatest possl-
Die strength by abstaining from an
Effort to combine on any body. The
triumph Of the Ohio statesman was TOO
CERTAIN to have any Of the dramatic
coEC1milants Of q surprise, except
that the demonstration amazed every
body because nothing OF the kind was
l'ak.I f2E. The applause, the shout
Ing tn waving Of hats and flags and
i1rs and about everything movable
"t.sn reach when Foraker named Nc
hi0!"y IL said to have gone beyond
anything seen by the generation In any
national convention.
Il is hard 10 make an exact compar-
,'"r but 20 far as my recollection goes
nsi4y.g scene has not been cqualleh,
rIg.Hiy Il was in the lead OF nll con-
'"rrDns In the number Of delegates en-
flaI ] In active demonstration. More
lHiI 4 third of the voting strength OF
'Hu Convention was shouting and going
W' GEh convention gymnnslcs :" u
was when Foraker finished, SO II was
Ns'H the chair announced the vote by
"1.h thr Republican party proclaim
. ~ right 10 make It's own choice and
sarrh who that choice was.
ATiuIory foF the People.
l'lt be- any merit for n party to have
nf own way that merit II In this
uinatlDn. Tifc effort ot rev
H'R ia cocfce and control n great
l1r'v could not have met with more
..al rot back once more " haB
Some On record that the Republican
pic own IN. Republican party. As
. The nominee 30 with tl' pat
H. Th0fc were come cautious Iagn
..r wished n bc more conservative IN
tanning the money plank. Duo notice
styUn by the convention ihnt u
HII haya that plank radically rE'ht'
"'s1t q wUri. or line eF lhp "I9lH-
no " a line OF word that hould be ralu
=. D" reFcrehtl1n or evasion, aud that
ia lust the kind Of plank Il is 80 Tar
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NO SILVER THREADS
Among the Gold" Of the Republican Plat.
form-Thr silver sehismaties Present
Thsir Protest aud Teller Speaks.

Among the Gold" Of the Republican Plat
form-Thr silver schismatiCs Present
Their Protest aud Teller speaks.
ST. LOUIS, juno 1S.-The third and
the last daptot the convention began at
half past 10. when In response to the
Eavers rap the delegates arose for
prayer. The officiating. minister was
DR.. John r. Scott, OF Jacksonville. Fla,
the second colnrcd pastor who has con-
duoted the devotional prelude, Al
though Mr. ScoiUs voice was n strong
ono. 80 grcnt was the confusion OF en-
terlng delegates and spectators II could
be told only from the movement OF the
ministers lips thnt hc was prayInE
Then. the Grst opportunity for The
elygntcs to use tho voices. fresh after n
nIghrs rdst was afforded when Chair
man Thurston. without any prcllmlnnr-
iaY fiiHHged into busincE by announcing
,hnt the firrt thing on thc programme
w1I the report u the committee on rcfp-
lutl0us. gru1tor.cisct Joseph H. For
nLcr. of Ohio. crowded to the front and
climbed tho steps to tho stage while the
crowds sent up n Ehrlll yell, The plat
form which hr began 10 read, was with
u few lmmutcrial amendments IN It's
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-19
OTAH De CHORUS NEWS DIS DAY?
Wake Up an Jine de Racket. File Yo' Voice
to de TunefuI Lay.
YBOOP BR UP AN HOLLRR FOR MISTER HcKIHLlY

s Pure Patriot Gallant Soldier the Foremost Champion of Pro-
lection and Sound Money the Thoroughbred American the
Warm Friend and NeghbOr of West Virginia. William AcKln
ley of the United States Of America Nominated the First
BaOt-The Convention Greets His Name with Swelling An
hems and Patriotic Song and the laundering Acclaim of
Over Thirteen Thousand Voices Affirmed to InderlbaBs Joy
and Enthuasm-rhe Scene of Scenes and the Triumph OF
Trumphs Of the People.
The herald., 1896-01-20
A Dogs Curious Action


L. G. Meachamp, living above Homer,
La, on the edge of Arkansas, is a great
hunter, and has fine deer hound, Dan, of
which he is justly proud. A few days ago
Mr.. Meachamp was going squirrel hunting,
and in order to keep Dan at home he was
compelled to tie him up. The hound
whined and begged, but finding his master
was obdurate, he at last lay peaceably be-
fore the kennel all day.
At o'clock in the afternoon, however
when Mrs. Meachamp was beginning to
look for her husbands return, Dan became
80 unusually restless that she went out to
see what was the matter. In spite of her
repeated efforts she could do nothing to
pacify him. and at last, to her utter aston
ishment, he broke the rope and bounded
away over the fence and into the woods.
He was gone probably half hour when he
came running back painting and almost
breathless with his masters hat in his
mouth.
Mrs. Meachamp became at once alarmed,
and, calling her son, they set out to find
Meachamp, the dog all the time bounding
along in front and leading the way. At
last they came upon Mr.. Meachamp lying
helpless in the woods, where at precisely 3
o'clock he had fallen in little ditch and
broken a small bone in his leg. The dogs
knowledge of the accident at the very mo-
ment of its occurrence seems almost in
credible, but the truth of this is beyond
dispute.-Philadelph Times.
The herald., 1896-01-20

dent animation" A great number of spots
at the southern Mecca are decorated with
similar legends-so many, in fact, that the
tourist is inspired with regrets that he, too,
was not a great general and strategist.
General Sherman's exploits in this at
tractive field of industry are more widely
known. Indeed, they were extended over
much wider area and were neces-
sarily performed with, perhaps, lit
tie less discrimination. At every Grand
Army reunion there would be found
number of blooming misses who aspired
to kiss the general. Being gallant man
man-every soldier must be gallant-Gen-
eral Sherman invariably responded to the
seductive challenges with exemplary alac-
rity, to the sorrow of the young officers,
who thought such sweetness wasted on an
old man, and a married man at that. 1t
does seem hard. General Joseph Z. John
ston, who opposed General Sherman on SO
many fields, was in this line of operations
also rival worry of his steel.
1t was not the good fortune of General
Johnston to attend Grand Army reunions
to any considerable extent, but in his linn
tied sphere General Johnson had in his last
years a great many confederate admirers
of the charming sex, who, with his ready
sanction, testified to their cordiality in the
characteristic and always pleasant femin-
inc manner. He was a handsome man,
even in extreme old age, SO that
tn6ro was ITO urdWOuch 10 emil
the fiuttering heart of the inn
pulsive feminine patriot. 1t must not, of
course, be assumed that the generals that
have been named are the only ones who
who have had the courage to meet their
feminine admirers of the third generation
half way. Their name is legion, 80 far, at
least, as appreciation goes. 1t is notice.
able. however, that the girls draw the os-
culatory line at major generals. They are
severe in their requirements, eXacting
rank, fame and an age few ordinary NOR
tails can attain without falsifying the fam
lily records.
The kissing of great generals is to be dis
tinguished from that of great politicians.
President Buchanan, it is true, was a truly
fortunate man in this regard, but he was a
president and a bachelor. He was, in fact,
wholly outside the category of ordinary
politicians, whose kissing is commonly re-
stricted to children and babies. Such os-
culation is useful in campaign, but it is
said not to be exhilarating. 1t is performed
perfunctorily, and perfunctory exercises
lack the ''go'' of those performed under
inspiration of personal choice and ardor.
Campaign kissing is in truth a perversion
and abuse of practice eminently proper
and agreeable under proper conditions. 1t
is, however, the vice of politics that it de-
grades whatever it touches. There is no
function, however exalted, that it does not
rob of its best title to regard and esteem.-
Philadelphia Times.
The herald., 1896-01-20
KISSES OF GREAT MEN

Great men have their peculiarties-
ally accepted as the eccentricities and
weaknesses inseparable from genius. One
of these peculiarities is the fondness which
many of the great men have for kissing.
Recently dispatch in the daily press an
nounced the fact that Prince Bismarck was
enjoying himself at Kissingen, adding that
he had kissed a young lady. The young
lady in question desired, it appears, to kiss
his hand, but the man of ''blood and iron"
was too gallant for that. He seized her
and kissed her ruby lips with all the ardor
of his 70 years, ending with good squeeze
by way of making the osculation more inn
pressive.
The incident is suggestive not only OF
the fact that pretty girls like to be kissed
provided the other party is a famous man
and of discreet age-but the more instruct
i've truth that kissing pretty girls has been
favorite occupation of nearly all great
men of mature age, military men being
particularly given to it. General Grant
was perhaps the notable exception. This
recalls an incident which came under the
observation of the writer at Galena, ILL.,,
shortly after the close of the war. General
Grant had returned on short visit to his
old home. A great crowd was assembled at
the railway station to welcome him. As the
general alighted from the train he was
greeted by procession of a dozen or more
young ladies. As the first blooming miss
grasped the hand of the hero she held up
her ruby lips-the lips of brave and tender
girls like this are always ruby-with the
firm but inexpressibly sweet compression
which every experienced osculator recog-
nizes at a glance as meaning business. The
general seemed surprised, flushed slghthly,
glanced down the line of waiting beauties,
drew long breath, and then with the reso-
lutte look of man determined to fight it
out on that line if it took all summer. he
deliberately and with praiseworthy impair
tiality kissed every girl in the procession.
The general was modest man. but he
was never known to finch in the face of
his duty TO his countrymen-or country
women. 1t is of such stuff that heroes are
made.
Gen. r. E. Lee, notwithstanding the staid
decorum of his ordinary demeanor, was
ever ready. it is stated, to face an emer-
gency of this kind. At Lexington, Va, in
the closing years of his life, there were
many pretty girls and many osculatory en-
shave it to say" that they had been SO dis
tinguished by the great commander.
The victor in many great battles, the
victim of the charms of their pretty faces
there was fascination in the idea The
college boys heard of it with mingled
feelings of envy and emulation. To this
day, it is said. the visitor at Lexingto will
be stopped at this or that turn of the road
by his guide with the remark: "Here in
1870 saw General Lee kiss Miss So-and
so. They met; they chatted. At part
ing She damsel would say, why, General,
aren't you going to kiss me?' and there
upon the general would respond with evil
The herald., 1896-01-20

Hollenbeck. The country is under water
pretty much the whole way to Texarkaua,
and there has been much damage to crops.
stock and buildings. l am here at my
doctors advice to get rid of my malarial
troubles and a chronic neuralgia that
hope permanent residence here may re-.
lieve, II not cure. l have always had a
great desire to engage in growing fruit and
making extracts. | have several oppor-
tunities offered to me, but l am surprised
at the prices asked; they seem SO wildly
unreasonable when compared to the prices
OF property in my state. 1 like your peo-
pie very much, they are 20 eager to post a
stranger on valuable points, and put them
selves out of the way to make one comfort
able and at home. 1 have sent for my
family, 80 guess l may be counted on as
a resident now.
d. r. Wheeler. foreman in Rogers,
Peet & Co.. New York, is visiting friends on
Maple avenue. He said that business in
his line was very good, although profits
we're cut pretty closely, as indeed in all
the various manufacturing lines in New
York, Boston and Philadelphia. There
had last season, but the new year has
opened well. We have placed large orders
all over the coast, and think you are
going to get goodly share of the improved
condition of things East in a short time.
One good feature at the moment is the
shoio cotuidi leelIlg DSlWeen employers
and employed, and the absence of any
threatening clouds to cause apprehension
of serious strikes or other difficulties.
h. Vandusen, Broad street, New York,
fruit commission man, said: California
oranges and lemons are selling satisfac-
toriiy. The color and quality has much
improved. | was much interested in the
talks" with a Mexican fruit grower in THE
HERALD. 1t is a first-class paper, and VIZ,
consult it regularly for our guidance in
matters pertaining to our business, and al
ways find it accurate and reliable. am
not here for my health, or for business, but
for pleasure and rest, and hope to return
to New York with wife from Los Angeles.
G. FL. Farington, a Chicago real estate
man who is visiting for the winter some
correspondents in Southern California. said:
In spite of disturbances in the financial
market affecting somewhat prejudcially
real estate mortgage loans, the outlook is
much brighter every way, and confidence
is quite restored in our market. MIR. Far
ington will spend most of his time in this
city and San Diego, for which point he left
Yesterday.
The herald., 1896-01-20
THE ST. LOUIS PRIZE

st. Louis has long been considered
q very conservative, and in fact quite a
sleepy old town, which could never be
galvanized into O degree of activity
equaling that Of its two greatest rivals,
Chicago and Los Angeles. It seems,
however, that "the old French town."
as it was formerly called, has recently
been making rapid strides in business
and substantial growth. Now that it
has secured the Republican National
convention st. Louis will be most ex-
tensively advertised during the COM
ing season. The purchase of the con-
vention, even at the high price paid for
1t, will undoubtedly prove good in
vestment for the business interests of
the smoky city by the big bridge.
It Is said that ample and satisfactory
arrangements are already being made
for the great convention in the exposi-
ton building, and also for successfully
shedding up" the many thousands of
visitors who will flock thither next
June. The accommodations for press
representatives will be specially good
and complete. This is as it should be,
- the frequent reports of proceedings
sent out from such conventions are
always eagerly looked for every where.
The pride Of st. Louis buildings is
the recently completed union depot,
which is the largest and finest struc-
ture Of the kind in the world. It cost
e6,600,O0O and covers 424,2OO square
feet Of ground. Fourteen different
railroads lead into this mammoth
depot. At the close of the convention
SCORES Of outgoing trains will be load
Cd with disgruntied g. o. p. politicians,
al feeling thankful for such excellent
facilities for getting out of town.
The herald., 1896-01-20
Fooled the ChicaVoans

"l have just heard a new one on Johnson,
the bcycust," said Bob Smith, the ticket
agent at the Buckingham. "In addition to
breaking all the bicycle records, he is said
to be the fastest skater in the world. He
has been to Sweden and Norway, and
has fairly outskated the people who
make the skates there, and there is not
one OF them that can touch him with a
long pole. He went to Chicago once
and went skating on the lake. There
was an immense crowd out. 1t was before
he had begun breaking bicycle records, and
not much attention was paid to him by the
hundreds of other people who were there.
On every hand the boys and girls were do
lag their fancy tricks, and, by the way,
they sure enough knew how to skate
there. johnson skated about slowly for
awhile just to become accustomed to
his skates. Then he joined in the
whirl and began doing tricks that no one
of the others had ever heard of. 1t
was not long until he suddenly gave a
snoot out from the rest and went like the
wind for mile. Then h, whirled and
came back like a streak of lightning.
There was to be race that afternoon for a
prize, and when the people had seen John
son skate they induced him to enter for it.
He did so, and beat the others so badly
that from that time on he was barred from
all contests of the kind. No one in that
city of skaters would race against him.
He gave exhibitions nfterward, but that
was his first and last race."-Louisville
Commercial.
The herald., 1896-01-20

ALONG with the driftwood that hoated
on the stream of popular ignorance,
prejudice or indifference-it is hard to
tell which-and landed in exalted pub.
lie atstion, was Senator Marion Butler,
now representing North Carolina in
the upper house Of congress. Senator
Butler has ably assisted in making the
United States senate good deal worse
than it was previously, and it was bad
enough then. On several occasions he
has exhibited an amplitude of ignor-
ance regarding public questions, es-
pecially those of financial nature,
and has generally behaved as though
he considered the senate an amateur
debating organization. 1t is said, with
what truth cannot be stated, that Mr..
Butler became a statesman (?) as the
outcome of joke. The story is that
the legislature responsible for placing
the senatorial toga on him had a mo-
ton before it to send hime to "dime
museum" but some facetious member
moved to amend by striking out "dime
museum" and inserting "United States
senate;" the legislature being "three
sheets in the wind" with another fut-
tering, adopted the amendment. and
congress got the curiosity instead of
the museum. The Memphis CONNER
cial.Appeal recently paid it's respects
to Mr.. Butler. 1t designates him rather
pcturesquely as "a spouting geyser of
hot mud that will attract visitors from
the uttermost parts of the earth," and
says that "North Carolina has been
noted for its humor, but the broadcast
joke it ever sprung on the convulsed
and hilarious earth is its freak senator,
thing with the form of a man, the
voice of an ass and the brain of
bird"
The herald., 1896-01-20
nONDAY. JANUARY 20. 1906
NorATREMENDoUs SACRIFICE

The offer of one Stephen Emmons,
the president Of gold mining COM
pany, to help maintain the treasury
gold reserve by furnishing the yellow
metal to large amount, from his own
mines in exchange for silver coin, is
being paraded around the country as
the tender Of patriot willing to make
. most extraordinary sacrifice in be-
half Of his government. Mr.. Emmons
may be inspired by patriotic motives
In making this tender, and until some-
thing to the contrary Is adduced he
must be so credited, but it is hardly
the correct thing to speak of the trans
action he suggests as necessarily in
volving financial sacrifice by hi II. It
does not appear that he is willing to
make such an exchange in the event of
the free coinage of silver at the exist
ing legal ratio with gold. This willing
ness to trade gold for silver coin
when there is not free and unlimited
coinage Of the latter is by no
means an unsafe proposition, and there
is no probability of his losing dollar
by the transaction. This government
has declared by statute it's intention of
keeping the silver dollar on par with
the gold dollar, and it can maintain
this parity until there is free and un-
limited coinage of silver; hence today
the silver dollar, although CONNER
cially worth only about one-half it's
face value, will buy as much of goods
or pay as large an amount of indebted
ness, except when specific contract
otherwise provides, as a gold dollar.
So that Mr.. Emmons might take $5,000,-
600 in silver money in exchange for an
equal amount of gold and be none the
poorer. He could pay off his work.
men, buy material, liquidste his bills
and do practically about everything
with the silver money that he would
with the gold. Of course, the hand
ling of more silver dollars than
he really needs might cause
Mr.. Emmons some inconven-
ience and incidentally some expense,
thus netting him slight loss, but the
loss would not be because the silver
dollar as money is worth less in the
markets Of the country than the gold.
If the country were engaged in the free
and unlimited coinage of silver, how
ever, Mr.. Emmons would not be likely
to make such a proposition. With such
q monetary condition it would be i'm
possible to maintain the parity of th 9
dollars. The fact, though, that Mr..
Em ons is willing to considerably in
convenience himself shows that he is a
public spirited citizen, and we believe
that his offer should be taken advan-
tage of if it really is what it purports
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