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

tic mob. in the hand of their excited
hearers. danced and whirled as if they
were component parts Of a vast kalled-
escOpe.
In unison with the sentiment OF the
occasion. the band itself became an in
s,rument Of anarchy and jumped IN
with the Jingle Of Yankee Doodle. In
fuenced by the spirit which animated
every one in the hall apparently, Mr..
Hanna mounted a chair and deliberate
" kissed both hands 70 Senator For
aker. who had touched the match TO the
mine and produced the great explosion.
About this time some one brought
forward the Ohio standard 10 the plat
form and catching sight Of it, about
twenty thousand threats were opened
in A terrific yell. The uproar which
seemed about 10 subside started out
again with greater vigor. A plaster
medallion of Gov. Mckinley was placed
on the chairman's desk and the dele
gates from Ohio almost required their
lungs in an attempt to Out-yell their
former efforts as the boss schriekers OF
the universe.
AFTER A FEW MINUTES
of this sort Of thing by virtue of the
law of exhaustion, the voice sank TO-
wards silence. but they never reached
it. for the band with its new mission
of chaos on its hands. came in with
Hail Columbia" and the crowd Joined
in and overwhelmed the music. After
Of
roar. Senator Thurston started in TO
call the convention TO order, but few
whacks of his gayel only increased the
confusion and he let up with look oil
resignation which appealed 10 those IN
his Immediate neighborhOCd. but was
entirely lost on the bowling mass in
front. The chairman pounded repeat
eddy on the table with his gavel, seek
ing TO restore order. Some of the dele
gates at this writing, 8 :3S p. m. seem to
have had enough of it and have taken
their seats. but the vast majority of
them are as rollicksOme and as frolick-
some as ever.
The Speaker. Foraker. stands out in
front Of the platform and waves his
hand for silnece. There is no silence,
so the band plays The Battle Cry
of FreAOm"
At3:4O the chairman, this time makes
another effort. II is useless and the
band plays Dixie.
When the crowd heard Dixie" be-
ginning with the Missouri delegation.
sprang TO their chairs. then Alabama,
the whole convention rises in sympathy
and the roar once more comes in a rich
diapason. Twenty-Five minutes Of anar-
chy tired out the most enthusiastic Nc
Kinleyites. and with tired limbs and
strained lungs the delegates and outsid-
ers relapsed into their seats and per-
mitted the convention TO go ahead at
its work.
SENATOR FORAKER'S SPEECH.
Senator Foraker mounted the pat
form amid deafening applause and
spoke as follows:
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the
Conventions would be exceedingly
difficult. if not entirely impossible, to
exaggerate the disagreeable experiences
OF the last four years. The grand ag-
gregate Of the multidinous bad results
of a Democratic national administra-
ton may be summed up as one stupen-
douS disaster; it has been disaster,
however. not without at least one re-
deeming feature. 1t has been fair-no-
body has escaped il. (Laughter9 IL
has fallen equally alike upon all sec
lions OF our country, and all classes Of
our people. the Republican and the
Democrat. the rich and poor. the high
and the low have suffered in common.
Idleness and lis consequent poverty
and distress have been the rewards Of
labor: distress and bankruptcy have
overtaken business. shrunken values
have dissipated fortunes, deficient rev.
enues have impoverished the govern
ment. brought about issues, and bond
syndicates have discouraged and scan
dalized the nation. Over against this
fearful penalty. however. is to be set
down one great compensatory result, it
has destroyed the Democratic party.
loud applause) The proud columns
which swept the country in triumph in
1892 are broken and nOiseless in 1896.
Their boosted principles when they
came to the test of practical applica-
ton have proven nothing but fallacies,
and their great leaders have degenerat-
ed into warning chieftans of petty and
irreconciliable factions. Their APP
preaching national convention is but
an approaching national nightmare.
No man pretends TO be able TO predict
any good result TO come from il, and no
man is seeking the nomination of that
convention, or accepting any kind of
public trust by prOclaiming his will
lngness to stand upon any platform
that may be adopted.
NO HUMAN AGENCY
Fan prevent its absolute overthrow at
the next election, except this cOnven-
ton. If we make no mistakes. the
Democratic party will go out Of power
On the fourth Of March TO remain out
until God. in His wisdom, and mercy
md goodness shall see fit once more to
chastiSe his people. (Appiause) So
FAR we have not made any mistake. We
have adopted a platform which, not
withstanding the scenes witnessed in
this hall this morning. meets the de-
mands and expectations Of the Ameri-
can people. Il remains for us now as
the las. browning of our work here to
complete our work by nominating
good candidate.
The people want a good Republican,
they want something more than wise,
patriotic statesmen: they want man
who embodies in himself not only all
of the essential qualifications, but who
in addition. in the highest possible de-
gree typifeS in a monetary character, in
record. in ambition and in purpose, the
exact opposite Of all that is signified
and represented by the free, single, de-