Evening journal., 1896-06-19
CONVENTION lN DETAIL.
Mckinley and Hobart Are the Successful
Candidates.

CONN N lOiN I'm OE AL,
Mckinley and Hobart Are the Successful
Candidates.
ST. LOUIS, Juno 19.-After the adop-
tion ot the platform and the Withdrawal
4 the free silver men the roll OF states
was then called for thoineming Of mem
hers OF the national committed The com
mittee was made up as follows:
Alabama. william Youngblood; Arkan-
sa,. Powell Clayton; California. J. d.
spreckels: Colorado, absent; Connecticut,
iaruei Fessenden; Delaware, James II.
'Yslsop Florida, John q. Long, Georgia,
1udson W. Lyons; Idaho. absent; Illinois,
T. ,i.nieson; Indiana, William 4. Dur
bin Iowa, A. b. Cummins; Kansas,
Cyrus Leland; Kentucky, John W.
Yerkos; Louisiana, A. Il. Kimbay; Maine,
J. II Marley; Maryland, George Il. Wei.
lington; Massachusetts, George II. Ly-
man Michigan George l.. Wills; Mime
,ota, L. r.. Hubhard Mississippi, James
Hill, Missouri, II. c. Kcrens; Montana,
Charles II. Leonard Nevada. no answer;
Nebraska, John M. Thurston; New Hamp.
lhire, r. c. Cherry; Now Jersey, Gnrret
A. Hobart New York, Fred Gibbs
North Carolina, james Il. Boyd; North
Dakota, W. H. Robinson Ohio, Charles
T. Kurtz; Oregon, passed; Pennsylvania.
Matthew 5. Quay; Rhode Island Charles
r. Brsyton, South Carolina, Eugene A.
Webster; South Dakota no announce
mont. Tennessee, no announcements Tex.
~. John Grant Utah, no announcement;
Vermont. r. II. Childs; Virginia, George
~ BowdeD; Washington, =. G. Sullivani
West Virginia. J.. Y. Scott Wisconsin,
Henry G.. Payne; Wyoming. Willis Van
4 Tol
vim; Arizona no announcement; Okla
homa Henry H. Asp Indian Territory,
George E Bennett; District OF Columbia,
not yot selected; Alaska, not yet agreed
upon.
Tho chairman then announced that the
regular order Of business was the roll call
OF statos for tho presentation OF oandi-
dates, and the secretary was instructed to
call tho roll. There was no response un-
til tho state OF Iowa was reached, when
John n Baldwin OF Council Bluffs nomi-
mated William B. Allison for president.
Lodge Nominatcs Reed.
Kansas, Kentucky Louisiana were call.
cd. No one responded. Upon the call OF
Maine Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge presented
the name of Thomas B. Reed.
Tho mention OF Mr.. Reeds namo was
received with loud applause and cheering,
iod by the Maine delegation.
| To add to the enthusiasm some admirer
| Of tho Maine statesman suspended large
picture OF Mr. Reed from the gallery,
which evoked many demonstrations OF
approval.
Mr. Littlehcid OF Maine seconded the
nomination Of Reed
The oierlk proceeded with the call Of the
roll until the state OF New York was
/ reached, when Hon William A. Suther-
| land Of that.delegation arose. His appear.
ance was greeted with applause He said
''The claims OF the state Of New York
and her favorite son will be presented by
her other favorlto son--that citizen OF all
tho states Of the union--Chauncey nj. De
pew.
Moro enthusiasm was manifested by
the convention on this introduction, dur
ing which Mr.. Depew proceeded to thu
platform, was introduced by the chairman
OF the convention, and in characters
tically eloquent speech nominated Lev
+. Morton for president
In nominating Governor Morton Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew said:
National Republican conventions have
been epoch makers They have formulated
the principles, originated the policies and
suggested the measures which in the his
tory Of the United States form ite most
progressive periods. They have nominated
for the presidency statesmen and soldiers
who were the leaders of the people In theii
onward march TO larger liberty and broader
and better Industrial conditions -
Mr. Depew then spoke Of ''our stagnani
industries, crippled finance and bankrupt
treasury and siid
1 Al. 4 Al 4 .
meet them with a candidate about whom
there can De no question, that New Yorl
presents TO you for the presidency undc
the unanimous instructions Of two success
/ i've Republican state conventions the nam
Of her governor Levi P- Morton.
New York is the cosmopolitan state @
, the Union She is both a barometer ant
! thermometer of the changes Of popula
! opinion and popular passion She ha
! been the pivotal commonwealth which ha
decided nearly every ono Of the nati0na
\ elections in this generation. She has nor
4 Yankees than any city in New England
: | more eouthorners than any community Il
i tho south and moro native born westerner
). | than any city in the west and the reprg
o sentatives Of the Pacific coast within he
n ! borders have been men who have don
p | much for the development Of that gloriou
d region. These experienced and cosmopo
II itan citizens with their fingers upon th
.e pulses Of the finance and trade Of the whol
country, feel instantly the conditions th1
lead TO disaster or to prosperity HenC
they swing the state some time to the r,
:. publican and sometime 30 the Democrat
- column
y IN the tremendous effort 10 break n
Z, hold which Democracy had upon our con
4 monwealth and which it had strengthens
:, for zen successive years we selected as ol
standard bearer the gentleman whom
,o present ON behalf of Gun state here todi
IL ana Who carried New York and took q
t legislature with him by 1876 900 majority
= The best type Of "a successful busine
m man, ne turns 70 politics 20 be a usof
ad member Of congress, 70 diplomacy 10 be
bs successful minister abroad, TO the exccuti
an and administrative branches of Cover
to ment 60 be the most popular vice pro-
A. dent and the presiding officer Of that mo
I'D august body. the senate Of the Unit
ke States
lis Our present dcplorable industrial al
ltt financial conditions are largely due % t
%. fact that while we have a president and
sw cabinet Of Acknowledged ability none
10 them has had business training or cxpc
cnce They are persuasive rcasoncrs up
Cd industrial questions, but have never pr.