The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-01

ll;lcn. When he o,ese MIR. w. J.. Calhoun,
the leader OF the Mckinley faction, Inter,
ruptcd him by demanding oil the chair II
the resolution was offered to he voted
upon.
The chair said It was and Mr.. Fuller
projected lie said the eyes Of the Nation
we're upon thu convention and wlJtnS TO
see what action would he taken regard
ins the presidential question,
There was not a man IN this state who
was ~, proud of Lincoln and Grant.
i'uth al them were furnished 10y Illinois
We have man IN our midst whom the
people oi tho s,atc have delighted TO hon
or tor the last thirty years, u.cud APP
rlnuscD Twice elected ruvcruor ana three
times elected TO the Quilted states scn-
ate. shelby NJ cullon, had been an hon
sion he m}'isttai ,Gsi shsl6y 81 cyiiom
was thc choice of the people. Loud and
furious cheering followed MIR. Fullera
siucCn.
When it had ahn,cd Colonel pcthca Of
Lee cutnty arose and moved that the
mann OF William Mckinley, .lr.. OF ohio
he substituted for that uf Shelby NJ. cal
Iona.
At his the cheering hrok, on, with even
more vieor than lctcr".
i'y actual time The applause lasted four
". J. calhoun thcn took the platform to
speak In behalf OF Mr.. Mckinlcy. He said
he lad number ul reasons Why n be-
I.vtd Ia. motion offered 10y Mir. BctNvn
should prevail. Tn people had had enough
of democracy and were about to once
moro return to tho republican party u
WIS iitt NiiAnpt ANut people SilNhiN az
So important aud scriuus moment select
as Their leader man VITO embodied All
their p'lurip"s It, realized That ihc
state had furnished manN great siht 20.
mon. Th.rs was "A man Who had followed
Grant through TIE war and hhd aidni
Lincoln duiing the .ark days Of the war
lie was a man who had - world"ide irii-
utatiom ~ a statesman. lie was ~" "a
voriie OF the people IN the Workshop ana
in tn" homc
t., leading tuun of IN. hour.
IN. uproaiipus cheering was renewed
rs NJ ceased to speak Delegates and vis-
iiors IN the galleries gni uiN on the cNnlTs
and vcll,d Ike mad mon
Aldor.nnn Madden took the floor next
ana offered AN nmendmen' to the amcui
mcn, !, was to add i've following words
And in cnsc the u u William Mckinley
fans to be- nominatVa the delo shies-hi
large frnm Illinois 40 the Natipnai con
vontion hc instruct Ia CNT'ss th,ir
CONFIDENCE n The abil'iy OF Thomas u.
Reel of Maine aud w. t. Allison VI Iowa
and alia, either would lt acceptable as
the standard hcareiH AZ ihc nutN.
1hi- cuiis.d storm OF Objection from
the Mckinley men. calhoun said should
tho amcnineni To the amendment ne
ad'r',, q would t'sroy the original
idrns n the resolutions
FN-Atiornoy General George w. Hunt
thpn made a sprceh IA faNer Of Mckinney.
chairman lierry said that a. atr.rd
unon -hc debate wcuii close with a few
arguments. There was so much dlsori,r
In the batteries that The chairman saii
If Il id not stop he would navc the ser,
added. and then directed the clerk 10 call
Nh Fuller said he could sec no feason
why illinois should surpor, a man froni
ano nor state when she mad a man oi
cQiial ability q her own. Th, republicans
weie not Nc the democrats IN" rrruh-
licans had half "a d Hcn goo men to
choose from. lle moved Inc previous qu"s-
lion
y motion was mnle by } II Messcls to
lay The r. solutions on tho inbic obtec-