Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-17
THE BIG CONVENTION
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ton, seconded NJ. Fairbanks nomina-
ton, and his gslection was endorsed by
THE UNANIMOUS VOICE
CT the delegates. AS Mr.. Fairbanks
stepped forward TO deliver his speech,
a wave of applause ran round the gal
leries, interspersed with staceato
cheers.
Mr. Fairbanks is tall, slender gen.
tleman. His features are aqueline, his
forehead high. His hair is jet black,
and he wears a beard, He made a
strong figure as he delivered his speech
in clear tones His voice, however,
lacked that penetrating quality which
reaches out into space, and he could be
heard with difficulty by those in the
more remote parts of the hall. But
when his words struck a responsive
chord the answer was quick and spon-
taneous. As he declared in his open
ing sentences that the nominee OF this
convention would be triumphantly
elected President and Vice President,
there was a tumultuous demonstration
Of approval.
The address, dealing as it did with a
review of the existing situation, was
not designed to fire the imagination.
The telling points which Mr.. Fairbanks
made were, however, appreciated and
applauded. When he reached that por-
ton o. his speech enunciating the Re
publican doctrine of currency, his first
reference to the party's
FRIENDSHIP FOR SILVER
were marked by scattering applause
over the Western and Middle State del
egations, which was increased percept-
IDLY by the acquisition of the emphatic
applause OF the Eastern delegates when
he added that the party believed in the
maintenance of the present standard"
Solid gold" shouted some of the en-
thusiastic Massachusetts, delegation.
The demonstration reached it's eli
max when he announced the unalterable
opposition Of the party to fifty cent
dollar" The silver people from the
West, headed by Senator Teller, how
ever, took no part in the demonstra-
ton. They sat perfectly silent, Sena-
tor Teller's lip curling with scorn.
The magnetic name of Blaine" as he
attributed to the great Republican idol
the authorship of reciprocity, carried
hundreds of men to their feet and was
the signal for cheers from all parts Of
the building. His expressions of sym
pathy for struggling Cuba was also
warmly greeted.
AS he closed with declaration that
the issue was protection and honest
money against free trade and free sill
YER. the convention heartily cheered.
Mr.. Fairbanks then assumed the gavel
and the real work of the convention be-
gun.
After Fairbanks another
INTERllEZZO OF CARTER.
This was the announcement of the Of
ficers selected by the national commit
tee for the convention, secretary, SER
geant-at-arms and the others. Then
arose tall, thin gentleman, William
Lamb, of Virginia, a Norfolk wheel
horse, with a revolutionary ancestry,
for the adoption of the rules of the last
convention 10 govern this, pending fur
Their action, and for the roll call of
States in response to which the various
State chairmen were to announce the
selections by their delegates. In the
far left corner arose a pertly whisker-
ed colored man, having an arm skyward
to attract the attention OF the chair
man.
@The gentleman from North Caro-
lima" shouted Chairman Carter.
From Kentucky Thompson.
shouted the delegate. He had merely
risen to complain that his corner could
not hear.
At the suggestion Of Gen. Grosvenor,
the white bearded Congressman repre-
sentative of Mckinley. the lists were
handed up to the platform to be read
by the clerk.
The announcement of Henry NJ. Tel
ler's name to be Colorado's man on
the resolutions committee gave the sill
yer men their first chance to make their
presence known and they improved it
by few shrill cheers which had their
centre in the Colorado section down at
the left of the platform. There were
more cheers for Senator Dubois, Of
Idaho, the young silver leader. for Gen.
Lew Wallace, the author politician and
friend of ex-President Harrison, for
Henry Cabot Lodge, whose name
brought a fluttering of flags which the
Bay State men had tied to their canes,
and Merriam, of Minnesota.
WHEN NEW YORK WAS REACHED
John Raines was complimented and Ed
ward Lauterbach got a volley. Gen.
GrosvenoE,s name was applauded and
Foraker evoked a quick burst of APP
plause.
The tall oak of the Potomac, whose
black face and white mOustache under
a drab sombrero, his feet aloft from the
floor makes him the conspicuous col
ored politician in every convention,
was neglected. but his colleague, An
drew Gleason, worshipper of Blaine,
was given a laughing cheer.
Announcements of committee meet
ings were shouted from the platform.
Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, offered a
resolution and asked that it be read,
but Chairman Carter said that it could
only be done by unanimous consent,
and Grosvenor objected.
At 1850 Grosvenor moved that the
convention adjourn until tomorrow
morning at 10. The motion was carried
and there was confused rush for the
entrance while the band struck up a
waltz.
pVEOPE THE DOORS OPENED