The record-union., 1896-06-19

capped Cloud laughter.) 1t has fallen
equally and alike on all sections of the
country and on all classes of our peo-
pie. The just and the unjust, the Re-
publican and the Democrat, the rich
and the poor, the high and the low,
have suffered in common. Poverty and
distress have overtaken business;
shrunken values have dissipated for
tunes; deficiencies of revenue have i'm
poverished the Government, while bond
issues and bond syndicates have dis
credited and scandalized the country.
over against that fearful penalty is,
however, to be set down one great,
blessed compensatory result-he has de-
stroyed the Democratic party. CHEERS
and laughter.)
The proud columns which swept the
country in 1892 are broken, and hope
lessly in 1896. Their boasted princi-
Pies when put to the test have proven
to be delusive fallacies, and their great
leaders have degenerated into war
ring chieftains of petty and irreconcil-
able factions. Their approaching Ma
tional Convention is but an approach
ing national nightmare. No man pre-
tends to be able to predict any good re-
suit to come from it. And no man is
seeking the nomination of that con-
vention except only the limited few
who have advertised their unfitness
for any kind of public trust by pro-
claiming their willingness to stand on
any sort of a platform that may be
adopted. Gaughter)
| The truth is the party which would
stand up under the odium of human
slavery, opposed to the war for the
| preservation of the Union, of the
emancipation, of the enfranchisement,
| IS at last to be over1natched and undone
by itself. No human agency can pre-
vent its absolute overthrow at the next
| election except only by this conven-
| ton. If we make no mistake here the
| Democratic party will go out of power
on the 4th of March, 1897 (applause),
to remain out of power until God in his
infinite wisdom and mercy and good
| ness shall see fit once more to chas-
| tiSe his people. loud laughter and ap-
| plauSe.)
| so far we have not made any mis-
take. We have adopted a platform
which Notwithstanding the scenes wit
| messed in this halD meets the demands
and expectations of the American peo-
| pie. 1t remains for us now as the last
crowning act Of our work to meet again
| that same expectation in the nomina-
ton of our candidate What is that
| expectation? What is it that the peo-
pie want? They want as their candi-
| date something more than a good bus
| mess man (alluding to Mr.. Depew' s
characterization of Morton). They
want something more than good Re-
| publican. They want something more
! than a wise and patriotic statesman.
| They want a man who enbodies in
himself not only all these Qualifica-
tions, but those in addition which in
| the highest possible degree typify in
name, in character, in record, in am
| bition, in purpose, the exact opposite
of all that is signified and represented
| by that free-trade, deficit making,
Democratic administration. (Cheers)
| Democrats administration. (Cheers.)
Il stand here to present to this con-
vention such man. His name is Will
| lam Mckinley"
| AT this point pandemonium was let
| loose, and the convention gave UP to
| unrestrained yelling, cheering, horn
| Blowing, whiStling, cat-calling and all
| the other devices common to such Oc-
casions. A number of red. white and
| blue plumes which Carefully wrapped
up) had been brought into the conven-
| ton earlier in the proceedings were
uncovered and waved, while most of
! the delegates semed to be wildly ges-
| ticulating with either a fan or a flag
| IN the air. The band tried in vain to
compete with the ear-splitting clamor,
but at last the strains of "Marching g
! Through Georgia" caught the ears of
the crowd and they joined in the chorus
| and gradually quieted down.
| Then a portrait of Mckinley was
hoisted on line with the United States
flag on the gallery facing the platform,
and the cheering began again, to which
the band responded by playing Rally
Round the Flag" the convention join
ing in the chorus.
After at least twelve minutes Of this
kind of proceedings, the Chair began to
rap for a restoration of order, but with
out avail Governor Foraker stood
through all this wild scene, smiling his
approval.
During the interval of confusion a
three-quarter face, life-size sculpture
bust portrait Of Mckinley was pre-
sented to Foraker by the Republican
Club of the University of Chicago. The
portrait was in a mahogany frame dec
Grated with red, white and blue rib
bons. It was accepted by Governor
Foraker in dumb show.
After twenty-five minutes of inces-
SAINT turmoil and interruption, Fora
ker was allowed to resume his speech.
He said from what had occurred it was
evident the convention had heard of
his candidate before. His words, how
ever, seemed to have lost much of their
| fire and fervor, because they came in
such close contact and contrast with
the unbounded exuberance of the con-
! vention. For some time he could not
secure hearing. He spoke of the great
champions of Republicanism in the
past, eulogizing Blaine, and continued:
But greatest of all, measured by
present requirements, the leader of the
House of Representatives is the author
of the Mckinley bill, which gave to la
Dor it's richest rewards. No other name
completely meets the requirements of
the occasion, and no other name so abb
solutely commands all hearts. ALI the
shafts of envy and malice and slander
and libel and detraction that have been
aimed at him lie broken and harmless
at his feet. The culver is empty, and
he is untouched. That is because the
people know him, trust him, believe in
him. love him, and will not permit any
human to disparage him in their eyes.
"They know that he is an American of
.americanists. They know he is just
and able and brave, and they will elect
him for President of the United States.
(Applause) They have already shown
| this, not in this or that State, nor in