Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-06-25
MCKINLEY and HOBART.

MCKINLEY and HUbAkI
Last Thursday was great day in St
Louis. The Convention was in session
from 1890 A. M. to 7:5I-nearly 81
hours
The fBt business of the day was tn
reading of and consideration of the re
port of the Committee on Resolutions
Gov. Foraker of Ohio took the platform
and read the report or platform adopted
by the majority of the committee, ant
then the Chair recognized Senator Tellei
OF Colorado, who sent the report of the
minority to the desk and had It read
and moved its adoption as a substitute
for the financial plank" of the report ot
the majority. Mr.. Teller then made 4
long speech giving his reasons for object
ing to the financial plank of the plat
form. His speech was pathetic at times
and at its close he was loudly applauded
Foraker moved that the substitute
be tabled, the yeas and nays were demand
ed, and the substitute or free silver plank
was tabled by vote of sI3H to Io5H.
The platform as read was then adopted.
Senator Cannon of Utah then read a
protest signed by himself, Senator Teller
of Colorado, Senator Dubois of Idaho,
Mr.. Hartman of Montana, Mr.. Cleveland
of Nevada, Senator Pettigrew of S. Da-
kota, and others making IL in all; and
then the party led by Senator Teller
marched out of the hall, while the whole
convention rose and sang Three cheers
for the red, white and blue,''
Other Western delegates asserted their
allegiance to the party.
The states were then called for mem
bers of the National Committee, and
Quay was selected by the delegation of
this state. There were deadlocks in one
or two states, and some humorous Incl
dents.
The NOMINATIONS.
The Chairman ths6 =: ected call of
the states for noT 5ns for President.
Iowa was the first state to respond and
Mr.. Baldwin of Council Bluffs went to
the platform and nominated Senator W.
B. Allison.
Massachusetts was next, and Senator
Lodge took the stand and nominated
Thomas B. Reed of Maine. He was
seconded by Mr.. Littleield of Richland
Maine.
New York came next; and Chauncey
M. Depew nominated Gov. Levi P. Nor
ton.
Ohio came next and Senator-elect
Foraker nominated William Mckinley.
Foraker made great speech and was
interrupted for nearly half an hour by
cheering and singing "Rally round the
Flag"
His nomination was seconed by Sc ma
tor Thurston of Nebraska.
When Pennsylvania was called Gov.
Hastings nominated NJ. S. Quay.
The roll of states was again called and
the ballotting began. When Ohio was
called Mckinley already had enough to
nominate, aud the convention began
cheering. but the roll was completed and
vote announced as follows
Mckinley 66IH, Reed SAX, Quay 81 Il
Morton 5s and Allison ssh. All the
men who had made nominating speeches
then joined in asking that the noAnina-
ton of Mckinley be made unanimous,
and that was done.
Some of the delegates then wanted to
adjourn for supper as the hands Of the
clock stood at $40, bat the majority
wanted to finish the business on hands.
Nominations for Vice President we're
called for, and Judge Fort of New Jersey
nominated Garret A. Hobart, and gave
him great "send off"
Mr.. Allen of Rhode Island nominated
Charles Warren Lipputt.
VIM. Randolf of Tennessee nomi mated
Henry Clay Evans.
J. c. Walker of Virginia, nominated
James A. Walker.
The first BALLOT resulted as follows:
Hobart SSH, Evans 777K, Bulkley 50,
Walker "a, Lipputt 8, and some scatter
ing votes.
Hobart was declared the nominee, and
at ISL the convention adjourned "Sine
die"
On President the Pennsylvania dele
voted IS for Quay, and for Mckinley.
Quay's other votes came front Georgia,
4; Mississippi I, and Louisiana 4.
Canton was the noisiest city on Earth
last Thursday evening, and next day.
The people were crazy over the nomi-
nation and hocked in to congratulate
. Mckinley. Special trains came in from all
the neighboring towns, and several
eastern delegations on their way home
stopped to see him. Several delegations
also visited Mckinley on Saturday.
THR PLATFORM.
The Republicans of the United States.
assembled by their representatives in
Lational convention, appealing Tor the
popular and historical justification OF
their claims to the matchless achieve
ments of thirty years of Republican rule,
earnestly and confidently address them
selves to the awakened intelligence, ex-
perience and conscience of their country.
men in the following declaration of facts
and principles:
For the first time since the civil wal
the American people have witnessed the
calamitous consequences of full and un.
restricted Democratic control of the
government. 1t has been a record of TN
paralleied incapacity, dishonor and disas
ter. In administrative management il
has ruthlessly sacrificed indispensable
revenue, entailed an unceasing deficit