The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-06-18
SECOND DAYS SESSION.
TEST VOTE RESULTED IN A VIC
TORY FOR HE M'KINLEY
MEN.
WORK WILL BE ENDED ToDA,
Prevailing Opinion Still is That
Mckinley and Morton will be
the Ticket.

SionS were held, one or an hour In the
morning and one Of three hours in the
afternoon. The permanent organiza-
ton was effected and the permanent
chairman, Senator John M. Thurston,
of Nebraska, assumed the duties of
presiding officer at the morning ses-
sion, and the reports of the committees
on credentials and rules were received
and adopted at the afternoon session.
The battle royal over, the platform
and nomination Of candidates is on for
tomorrow. 1t is probable that the
platform would also have been dis
posed Of tonight had it not been that
a night session would have interfered
with the Mckinley parade of marching
clubs, previously arranged for tonight.
There could not have been more
striking contrast with the dull, feat
ureless session of yesterday, than the
brilliant, animated and enthusiastic
sessions of the convention today. The
vast hall was packed to it's utmost. ca
pacity with thousands of spectators,
keyed to the highest pitch OF enthus-
iasm who responded with cheers and
hand clapping to tha electric touch of
the word of suggestion. The hoarse
roar of 1900 voices, as it came thun-
dering down to the pit from the black
wall to the people on all sides, accom-
/ panied with waving of handkerchiefs
and hand flags, made tumult Of noise
and motion that set the pulse beating
faster time.
The speech Of the permanent chair
man, Senator Thurston, whose warm,
-
pathy in the vast convention of Re-
publicans, seemed to shake the audi
ience from it's seats, and with spirits
thus aroused every incident evoked
cheers. AS he recalled the fact that
he had presided over the convention of
1883 which nominated the last victorious
ticket Of the party, and predicted that
he was now presiding over
convention which would nominate
the next president of the United
States, the enthusiasm broke all
bounds. For several minutes the
convention cheered and yelled and
shouted. Yesterday the appearance, or
the mention of the names of the great
leaders of the party evoked no demon
stration. Today it was applying
ton a distinguished name, and several
times when there was no occasion, the
exuberant galleries concluded their ex-
plosions, with cheers and shouts for
Mckinley.
At the morning session there was
brief contest over the question of pro-
ceeding with the election Of permanent
officers before the report of the COM
mittee on credentials had acted upon.
Senator Wellington and Congressman
Mudd, of Maryland, and Delegate Lit
tlefeld, Of Maine,
VAINLY PROTESTED
that it was irregular and that there
was no convention until the credentials
of the members had been passed upon.
but their many protests were swept
aside like chaff. The convention
brimmed over with eagerness and was
in no temper to be delayed.
At the afternoon session, the first test
of strength between the Mckinley fol
lowers and those of Reed, Allison,
Quay and Morton, came, and although
the issue presented was not as strong
as expected, it demonstrated to the
satisfaction Of all that the favorite
candidate has a clear majority of a
hundred in the convention.
The question was the adoption of the
report of the committee on credentials,
which certified the action of the ma
tional committee in giving almost all
the 158 contested seats to the Mckinley
ties, and decided the Texas contest in
favor of the Grant mckinley delega-
ton and that in Delaware, in favor Of
the Higgins delegation. The majority
report was met with violent minority
report, denouncing the committee on
credentials for presuming to accept un-
challenged the findings of the national
committee The presentation of the is
sue famed into flame all the bitterness
Of the convention. Mr.. Fort, of New
Jersey, and Gen. Grosyenor, of Ohio,
were put forward to champion the ma
jority report Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa,
led the opposition. The lines were not
drawn absolutely, as quite number
of delegates who are pledged to Nc
Kinley, voted with the opposition not
to seat the Delaware delegation. 1t was
apparent from the cheers with which
the Mckinley men greeted the
vote in their favor. that they were
marshalling every available vote at
their command. They were defeated
545k to 3591a. They realized that they
could not overthrow the victorious
hosts of Mckinley and made no at
tempt to emphasize their discontinue
by demanding a roll call on the final
adoption of the report.
While the convention was proceeding
with it's work,
A DRAMATIC SCENE
was being enacted In the committee
on resolutions. The group of western
silver men, headed by Senator Teller,
of Colorado, announced to their col
leagues that when the money plank in
the platform was agreed upon, by
vote Of 40 to II, they had reached the
parting of the ways and that nothing
remained for them but to withdraw
from the convention. 1t was thought
that there would be violent words Of
denunciation when the final announce
ment came, but it was the parting of
friends in sorrow, not in anger The
silver men felt themselves swept on by
an irresistible fate and with prctesta-
tions of regret they cast the die.
Speeches were made by Senator Teller,
who Joined the Republican party at it's
inception, who was an ardent supporter
of Lincoln, and who for twenty years
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