Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-19

MCKINLEY AND HOBART.
Continued from page 2.)

resulted in showing that instead of cast
Ing solid vote for Mckinley. the vote
Reed and 10 for Mckinley. The Illinois
vote announced as 46 Mckinley, Reed.
Mas challenged. but a poll showed no
change. Indiana cast 80 votes for Nc
lNinlcy and Iowa amid a wild demon
striitfon of applause cast 26 for Allison.
k&nsas gave 20 for Mckinley, and Ken
tLcky rs for Mckinley. Louisiana cast a
curious vote; half a vote for Reed. half a
| vote for Quay, half vote blank. and II
for Mckinley
The voting went on without further ia
cident until Massachusetts gave i vote
for Mckinley and the rest for Reed The
Mckinley column steadily increased.
When Mississippi's Is votes, were cast for
| Mckinley another colored delegate de-
| manded a poll. which showed / vote for
Quay and II for Mckinley. Montana east
| vote for Mckinley; l for Don Cameron
| The Chair called the name of Mr.. Hart
mans alternate and he voted blank
| There was a decided sensation when the
| Warner Miller. 1t had been announced
as "a for Morton. Il for Mckinley. JOS
H. Lewins was absent in the LIST district
Ar. Gruher raised IA laugh by saying:
Hes just left the room to avoid voting. .
| me next alternate was called and voted
for Mckinley. The delegation voted sci
| IDLY for Morton till the half votes Were
| reached. when the halves divided equally
between Mckinley and Morton. Then
came quite IL number of breaks for Nc
! <inlcy, and three absentees were noted
/ in the 18th district. John Parkhurst and
both alternates, Chas. M. Woodward and
| Chas. L. Andrews. The poll resulted in
| showing the vote exactly as announced:
| Morton, "a: Mckinley. II.
| When Ohio was reached. the requisite
| number OF votes were given to nominate
| Mckinley, and the convention realizing
| the fact without an announcement, broke
| into cheers.
| Texas delayed the final announcement
| n little by challenge from one of the
I dissatisfied colored brethren. The poll re-
| suited in q Mckinley, Reed, Allison
| and absentee. Another colored DELE
| gate challenged the vote of Virginia and
of the final result. eliciting marks of i'm
| patience and dissatisfaction from the
convention. Virginia vote on a poll
| stood: Reed, /: Mckinley. %.
All the rest of the roll of states
went solid for Mckinley. When the
| territories were reached, New Mexico
cast one vote for Allison and five for
I Mckinley. and amid bowls of derision
one of the delegates challenged the
vote and the poll confirmed the ac-
| curacy of the first announcement
Alaska wound up the roll by castire
her newly conferred four votes for Nc
kinley.
The absent delegate from New York
here appeared and by unanimous con-
| sent cast his vote for Morton. making
the total: Morton. So; Mckinley, Il.
All of the states having been called
| the president stated before the an
nouncement of the result, that the ap
plication made on him for recognition
by the representatives of the defeated
candidates to make a certain motion
! He believed it would be the fairest way
|
! which the nominations We're made.
He announced that William McKin-
ley had received 66112 votes, and the
scene of an hour before was repeated
| Delegates and spectators arose and
cheered, waved flags and banners ard
the pampas plumes of California;; the
band struck up My Country, TITS OF
| Thee" and cheers and huzzas rent the
air. There was not a single one of the
1900 or 1900 people in the great hall
| who did not do his or her best to
swell the sounds of jubilee and join it,
the grand popular demonstration IL
favor Of the successful candidate. The
women were as enthusiastic as the
| men. 1t seemed as if no one would bt
seated again., as if orderly proceedings
would never more be attempted. one
young man on me platform waved, on
the point of the national banner,
laced cooked hat. such as the con-
qucror of Marengo is represented as
wearing. This symbol of victory
added, if possible. to the enthusiasm
and the noise was swellcd by the
booming of artillery outside.
At last the president got a chance to
continue his announcement of the
vote Thomas +. Reed, he said, had
received S41a votes; Quay, 6ll4: Levi F.
Morton IS; Senator Allison, 35ia; and
| Don Cameron, /.
Senator Lodge, rising in his dclega-
ton and standing upon his chair, said:
MIR Chairman, the friends of Mr.
Reed have followed him with the same
loyalty that he has always shown him
self to his country and pinciple and
party. That loyalty they now transfer
to the soldier. the patriot. the Ameri-
can whom you have nominated here
today. and on behalf of my own state
and, / believe, of all the other New
England states that supported MIR
Reed, we pledge the great majority in
our own states and our assistance il
the other states and all the help We
can render. for Mckinley. (Cheers)
move you, sir, that the nomination
of William Mckinley may be made
unanimous" (CheerS.)
! Hastings of Pennsylvania, who had
nominated Senator Quay. seconded the
motion to make Mckinley's nomina-
ton unanimous.
Thomas c. Plat, on behalf of the
state of New York. also seconded the
motion to make the nomination unani-
NOUS.
Mr.. Henderson of Iowa. and J.
Madison Vance of Louisiana, also sec
cndcd Mckinley. Yielding to vocifer
Gus calls for a speech, Mr.. Depew
mounted his chair in the back part of
the hall. where the rays of the sun We're
bcaming on his countenance, which
was itself beaming with joy and good
humor, and he said: II am in the happy
position. now, of making q speech for
the man who is going to be elected.
daughter and applause) 1t is great
thing for an amateur when his first
nomination has failed, to come and
second the nomination of the man who
has succeeded. New York is here
without bitter feeling and with no dis
appointment"
cries of Quay" and Mark Hanna"
were raised. Mr.. Hanna, from the
body of the hall. responded in a few
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