The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-22
SOME IMPRESSIONS
OF THE CONVENTION
Return Of the Car St. Nicholas, with the
Lackawanna Delegation.
INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM CONNELL
Well Satisfied with the Journey, the
Tickct..He Does Not Anticipate
Trouble in Consequence of the Sill.
yer Bolt. Of Voters W ill
Put Protection First.

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Scranton Saturday afternoon at the
scheduled time and its occupants We're
cordially welcomed by a large group of
relatives and friends. Concerning the
convention William Connell said:
although there was no bitter fight,
IL was full of interest. and our party re-
turns home well satisfied
How did you find the climate at st.
Louis" was asked.
Hotter than a gas Jet. Notwith-
standing that we had three electric fans
constantly in motion in our car we were
nearly laked. st. Louis is an interest
ms city. with many good points, but
srare mt from its temperature in mid
summer"
Has the city recovered yet from the
cyclone?"
80 no, not yet. The ruins are still
visible in many places. did not waste
much energy in tracing the progress of
the storm. preferred to reserve my
self for the work in hand But never
tlieless | saw enough Of the storm $
fGvoc to give me an idea of its awful
destructiveness. 1t Is singular how
that cyclone acted. Often it jumped
clear over the taller buildings and spent
its fury on the little shanties in be-
tween"
What about your impressions of the
conVention?"
AN INTERESTING CONVENTION.
Il do not know that there is much to
say that hasn't already been said. The
three features OF course were. the bolt
of the silver men, the applause when
Senator elect Foraker nominated Major
Mckinley and the ovation which fol-
lowed Governor Hastings presentation
of the candidacy of Senator Quay.
Concerning the former, it would have
been q great deal more effec tive If young
senator Cannon had not stopped to read
that paper OF explanation. When Sen
ator Teller spoke his farewell he had
the conventions full sympathy. Every
body recognized his honesty his sin
cerity, his personal character and his
past eminence in Republican councils,
and was profoundly sorry to see him so.
But when Cannon began in a defiant
voice to read declaration of political
war it set the loyal seven-eights of the
convention on edge, and they gave vent
to their feelings by cheering vocifer-
ously and by singing patriotic hymns
as the silverites walked out. | couldn't
begin to tell you of the effect produced
by $4,000 lusty voices sounding I'm uni
son at their loudest pitch the songs and
cheers and yells and whistles which
comminsled in the din of this dramatic
tho Il l,,t . h I'll,
those who heard it will long remember.
And then, we had the same noise
over again, only longer, louder, and
more of 1t, when Mckinley was nomi-
mated. This time 1t was the noise of
joy, and not of derision. The shouting
after Senator Foraker had spoken the
nominees name lasted a plump half
hour by the watch; and every second
of that time 1t was keyed almost up to
the pitch of insanity. Think of all the
noises you ever heard, add them to-
gether and then multiply the sum by
ten and imagine the result strstched out
for half an hour in building where the
temperature was seemingly up to the
boiling point and You will have some
idea, although not an adequate one, of
the uproar which saluted the name OF
William Mckinley.
YELLING FOR QUAY.
"But we Quayites got even. When
our man was named we yelled for al
most as long, and most Of the delegates
and nearly all the galleries yelled with
us. Nor was this a manufactured yell
OF course the keystone delegation, that
Is to say, all of it save Martin, Masee
and their four companions, whOoped
it up for Quay as a matter of state
pride; but the mention of his name was
spontaneously acceptable to the con-
vention. and it gave him by far the
biggest scndoff of the occa sion, except
ing. of course, the Mckinley ovation
Indeed Senator Quay personally, al
| though not this year occupying his
past relation to the convention, was
plainly one Of the most popular and
most sought-after pei<ons in St. Louis
What do you think of the ticket %
Capital; capital. 1t couldn't be bet
ter. 1t was named directly by the peo-
pie. which ought to be sufficient proof
of its popularity. Mckinley everybody
knows; and Hobart, I hear from those
who know him intimately. is very able
and admirable man. Everywhere we
went, we heard only expressions OF
praise for nominees and platform"
'Then you don't fear the silver bolt %
No FEAR AS TO SILVER.
Not Il particle. You know J have al
ways been inclined to favor doing some
-; f,,,
| ing friends; but by their course al
! Washington last winter in holding VI
| the Dinglcy bill because it did not con-
tain a clause providing for the free
coinage, at is to l, of the whole world S
silver, and again by their defiant at
| titude at st. Louis, where they practic-
| ally demanded all or none. they appear
| to have caused reaction in which they
! themselves are the chief sufferers. This
subject was very carefully considered
by the delegates, who were Il, the ma in
representative men with a sincere wish
to do only what was best for the inter-
csts of the party and the country as I
whole; and after they had conferred
with each other and taken due notice
of each others views and suggestions
| IL was tne decision OF an oVerWnelm-
ing majority, representing not simply
the east but all sections Of the country
with the single exception of the three
or four silver mining states, that under
present conditions 1t would be unwist
to do more for silver than to agree tc
keep as much of it in circulation as car
successfully be maintained at parity
with gold. gold being retained as the
standard This, II should be noted
does not involve any change from pres.
ent conditions. 1t introduces no new
factors. 1t simply means that the none
tary system under which we exper.
fenced great prosperity for nearly FL
teen years, and under which we shoult
have continued to prosper had not thu
Democrats treated us to a panic-breed
Ing tariff, will be maintained withou