The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-18
'NLEY
NAMED
At $3.50 This Afternoon VIII
liam Mckinley Of Ohio
Is Nominated For President of
the United States
By the Republican National
Convention
ON THE FIRST BALLOT.
The Vote Stood Mckinley 66I;
Reed 81; Morton So.
Scenes of Wild Excitement In
Convention Hall.
ON THE FIRST BALLOT.
The Vote Stood: Mckinley 66I;
Reed 81; Morton So.
Scenes of Wild Excitement In
Convention Hall.

St. Louis, June 1S.-3 %. m.-Imuedl-
ately after the silver delegates left the
hall Chairman Thurston called upon
the states for the list of national com
mitteemen selected
THE next business is the call of the
roll of states for the nomination of
! president" announced Thurston at
o'clock. The roll was called, names
I were unanswered which had seldom
been passed before in Republican con
ventions-IIlinois and Indiana-and the
monOtony was broken only when Cen
| eral Henderson arose at the call of
Iowa TO announce that Charles N Bald
win Of Council Bluffs would speak for
that state.
Mr. Baldwin. a stout, smooth faced
man, strobe to the stage.
Early in his speech he spoke the
name of James G. Blaine, which in con-
ventions gone had been a slogan to
conjure with. The cheering was not
great in volume when Baldwin first
mentioned the name of his candidate,
although it was intense in the sections
where Iowa delegates and alternates
We're stationed. Congressman Hepburn
had temporarily taken Thurstons
gavel when Baldwin finished
When the state Of Maine was reached,
| Senator Lodge of Massachusetts came
forward and presented the name of
| Thomas B. Reed.
great banner containing a huge por-
/ trait of Speaker Reed with these words
underneath Nothing to explain;
] true from the first"
! As he flung the banner out from the
( galleries the Reed men began to shout
Reed Reed; Thomas 3. Reed but
the demonstration did not last over a
minute.
Henry Cabot Lodge who gained
J name in literature before he did in pol
j itics. is a strong handsome athletic
! man scarcely more than 40 His speech
/ nominating Mr.. Reed was delivered in
( an earnest manner AS he closed his
eulOgy of Speaker Reeds service and
/ eminent qualifications for the preS1-
! dency by offering the name of Thomas
\ B. Reed, the Reed delegates arose and
/ cheered and the partisans OF the Maine
man in the galleries Joined in the dem
/ onstratiOn.
Delegate Littlefeld of Maine, second
! ed the nomination of Mr.. Reed. The
( honor had been reserved Chauncey M.
( Depew of the greatest personal ova-
ton of the convention up to this time.
1t came when New York was reached
in the call of states and Sutherland,
maintaining his chair. said: THE
claims of the state of New York and of
I her favOrite son will be presented by
that other favorite son of all the states
Chauncey NJ. Depew"
While Mr.. Depew was pushing UP the
aisle the delegates climbed upon their
| chairs once more to cheer him.
/ While Nj DepeW was speaking the
! pages continued to bring in Mckinley
/ banners encased in brown wrapping
/ paper and handed them about the hail.
/ In the seats occupied by the Ohio dele
cation tin horns were produced from
/ some hiding place and distributed
among the delegates. The allusion to
J Republican presidents received the
1 customary tributes. and there was
! great laughter at the reference to the
! s'elring sisters from the silver states
hof aa1f rlc esl1f q
/ reach the celestial city, which was gov
| erned by Republican principles. to find
its streets paved with gold.
At the mention of MOrtOn's name the
New York delegation arose practically
alone on the floor and gave three
! cheers which we're reinforced from the
/ galleries. Referring to reports that Gov
| Morton would be in the field for the
! second place on the ticket. MI DepeW
/ declared that he had today received
additional assurances from the gov
( ernOr that he would under no circum-
| stances accept the place unless it came
to him unanimously. and he could not
/ get it unanimously
1t was exactly 1907 %. IN. when Ohio
| was called by the secretary, and Gov
/ Bushnell arose to announce that Sena-
! tOr-eIect Foraker would speak for the
/ Buckeve state
Foraker's mention of Mckinley caused
| a storm of applause over the conyen-
| ton, plumes being waved, horns blow
/ ing and cheering everywhere. Dem
| Onstration becoming more pronounced
/ Delegates on their feet cheering. Wav-
ing handkerchiefs, hats and feather
| DIumes. Demonstration begins again
/ with renewed Vigor-
Senator Foraker got no farther than
| the name of the Ohio statesman. Even
! before the last syllable had passed his
lips, with one great swell the delegates
! and the occupants of the galleries
I sprang to their feet and let out a yell
! that would have driven out Of the pas
ture the far-famed bull of Bashan.
I The precise time when this violent
eruption occurred was 3.I8 p. m. as i'm
/ dictated by the clock confronting the
1 speakers desk
Senator Foraker modestly stepped
back and with his hand raised seemedtO
deprecate the simultaneous movement
people and Chairman Thurston hit the
desk four or five sounding thumps with
his gavel, but the bowling crowd paid
no more attention to him than if he
were located in some outlying mem Der
of the solar system.
Then the crowd had it all to them
selves and they hOwled- The first
! movement was to mount the seats
where they yelled awhile. Then they
got down and did some more yelling.
A little experience of this kind seemed
the seats again for another session of
yelling from these elevated positions
As if shot into the air from some con-
ceaIed battery q thousand varigated
/ plumes flashed in the air almost con-
/ ceaHng the thousands of American
flags handkerchfefs and even umbrel-
las that We're being wildly dourished
by the enthusiastic crowd
State standards were uprooted and