The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-02

these words: My fellow citizens, it gives
me very great pleasure TO present to you
this representative from the great En-
pire state, Senator Hiscock."
Senator Hiscock responded:
Ladies and Condemnation are here
today the immediate friends and neigh
bors of Governor Mckinley, the candi-
date of the Republican party for the pres
| idency. Your hearts are OVERLOOKING
with love to him. Your judgments APP
/ prove him and You most heartily endorse
| the principles for which he has so long
! labored and which are now the platform
! of the Republican party. | came here
J from the state of New York, representing
| that state on the notification committee,
to tell him of his nomination, and | say
| TO you he is as true to the hearts of the
people of the state of New York as he is
! to yourselves. | proclaim. too, without
| fear of contradiction, that he is as much
approved by the Republicans Of the state
of New York and by their judgments and
| by one-half of the Democratic party of
| the state of New York as he is by you.
| Uaughter)
This year we had superabundance of
| candidates for the presidency-men pre-
| scented as statesmen of no mean merit.
| Thomas b. Reed is Il great man zap
| plause); New York presented the name of
llluI SEdIu SONpTlOG VI our Sldlt. W Hu
was elected by 900 majority. Iowa
presented the name of Allison (applause):
Ohio presented the name of Mckinley
(Yells and applause)
Senator Hiscock claimed in proportion
to population as well as in fact, that New
York would give n larger majority for
Mckinley next fall than Ohio.
Charles Il. Townsend. the representa-
tive of Maine, replying to call, said that
Maine would give the largest majority
that any president has ever received from
that state.
Senator Browning of Virginia was then
called out, and he remarked:
Il wish to say that | hail from Il state
in which all of our presidents have been
dead for some time daughter and ap-
plause) but we have the satisfaction of
knowing that the great men that have
gone at some time or other lived in Nir-
ginia | want to connect the old state
with Maj. Mckinley, but failing i'll that
| have located Mr.. Hanna i'll Virginia.
Uaughter.) These gentlemen who come
to you from these Republican states do
not have the fun that we have in Virginia.
We get Il majority there this evening,
and tomorrow it is gone as the frost be-
fore the sun. Laughter) thank you
for your attention, and | say this for Nlr-
ginia, that the state under the sound mon
cy platform will again return to the ranks
of Repubicanism.'
Temporary chairman of the st. Louis
convention, C. w. Fairbanks, answering
a call, remarked: There was some ques-
ton when that great congress met at st.
Louis in the minds of some as to what
would be the declaration of our party
faith There We're some who were
afraid the Republican party would strad-
die. but the Republican party never Strad-
died in all its existence. In the days OF
Abraham Lincoln the Republican party
never straddled on the supreme question
of slavery, and when the war came the
Republican party did not divide and strad-
die. but spoke for unity: Upon all the
great questions before the country. cur
rcncy and tariff, the Republican party did
not stradde, and it did not straddle ut
st. Louis" (ApplNuscO
Col. Kennels of Arkansas made re-
Spouse: I'VE have here today speakers
from the great states of our country, and
they have told You what they are going
to do and of their loyalty and the MAORI
ties they are going to roll up. We are
here today to bring our tribute of love. 10y
atty and devotion to that magnificent
standard bearer of the Republican party.
We are going to carry the state of Ken
lucky, the state of Tennessee and the
state of Louisiana. where the governor had
the courage to 90 down and speak of the
great industries of Louisiana
Judge Hughes of Vermont said: Yer
mont needs to make no promise to the
Republicans of this nation that she will
give Il greater ma jority according to her
population than any other state i'll the
Union can give" (Applause0
Hon. Martin Van Buren, jefferson of
Massachusetts said: Massachusetts
next November will carry 100000 majori-
ty for Mckinley. We are all united and
we love William Mckinley. He has all
the qualifications that Massachusetts
needs. and by those qualifications | have
said that in Massachusetts Mckinley will
carry every state this side of the Missis-
sippi."
Capt. Jack Crawford of New Mexico
recitcd poem and then. in reply to re-
peatcd calls. Chairman NJ. \. Hanna APP
peared and said: Il am glad to meet you
all. especially the ladies. Cloud cheers
and laughterD | have listened to the
distinguished gentlemen who have adj
dressed you with much interest and will
bear in mind the promises they have made
you and see to it that they perform their
promises. We have only time left to take
the pictures of the notification committee,
so | hope the audience will excuse me-
The party was then photographed and
left for Cleveland.