The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-17
Mark IHnnua's Address.

Time-June, 1890.
place-Convention Hail, st. Louis, Mo.
Tom Reed Fellow citizens, let mo get out OF this,
And for my sake, stay hero with Hannatony;
olive Mckinley IA chance and grace the speech
Tending to the Majors glorles, which Mark Hanna
tony,
BY our permission, Ia allowed to make.
l do ontreat you, not a man depart,
Save | alone. till Hannatony have spoke.
Suffer for my suke, and I will not forget you,
And don't you forget It. [ENlt.I
A Delegate-Stny, no, and let us hear Mark Hanna
tony.
Another-Let him go up on to the platforms;
Well hear him. Mobile Hnnnatnny, go up.
Hannatony-For Tom Reeds sake I am beholden
to you. tGoes upon the platform.
A Delegate--What does he say of Tom Recdf
Another He says for Tom Reeds sake,
He finds himself b%cholding to us all.
a Delegate-'rwcre best he speak no harm OF Tom
Another-Peace! Let us hear what Hannatony
can say.
Hannntony-You gentle
Everybody-peace no, let us hear him.
Hannatony-Friends and fellow citizens lend me
your ears;
! come to nominate Mckinley, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them,
The good Is oft Inferred with their bones;
so let Il Oe with Mckinley. The noble Tom Reed
Hath told you the Major was ambitious;
II It were 40. IL were q grievous fault,
And grievousiy should he answer for t.
Here, under leave OF Tom Reed and the rest
For Tom Reed is an honorable man;
SO are you all, all honorable men,
Come / to nominate Mckinley OF Ohio.
He Ia my friend, faithful and just to me;
But Tom Reed says he Is ambitious;
And Tom Reed is an honorable man.
lie hath put many articles on the list,
Whose tariff did the general Golfers I'LL;
Did this I'm MpEInley ap,hiffnna9
When that the poor have cried, Mckinley hath
wept;
Ambition should he made OF sterner stun;
Yet Tom Reed says he Is ambitious,
And Tom Reed is an honorable man.
You did all see at the last Convention,
He was thrice presented with the nomination
(Or words to that effect,
Which he did thrice refuse. Was that ambition7
Yet Tom Reed says he was ambitious,
And Tom Reed Is an honorable man.
! speak not to disprove what Tom Reed spoke.
But here I am 20 speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause;
What cause withholds you. then. to love him now!
oh, judgment. thou ar. fed to other candidates,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me,
My heart is in this business with Mckinley,
And ! must pause for my second wind.
A legate-Methi there is much reason in his
remarks.
Another-If thou consider rightly OF the matter,
hchiiir OukHe - naNt u SNOW
A Third-Has he mastcrs1
VIII he be with us or astn us3
A Four.h-Marked you his wordsl He would not
take the nomination.
Therefore It ia certain he is not ambitious.
A Fifth-If II be found SO. some will dear abide Il.
Asixth-Poor soul. his mouth is dry az cotton with
speaking.
A S~eventh-There's not a richer man In Ohio than
Mark Hannatony!
An Eighth-Now mark him, he begins again to
speak.
Hannatony-But yesterday the chance OF McKin.
ley might
Have stood against all Corners; now here he IS
And none SO poor to do him reverence.
Fellow citizens, n l were disposed to stir
Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,
! should do Tom Reed wrong and Morton wrong.
And Allison, and Henderson, and Cullom,
And Davis, and Quay, and others too numerous to
mention,
Who, you all know, are honorable men;
l Will not do them wrong. | rather choose
To wrong Mckinley. to wrong myself, and you,
Than I will wrong such honorable men.
II You have votes, prepare to vote them now.
I am no orator., as Tom Reed Is;
But, as you know ne all, a plain, blunt man,
That loves me friend and that they know full we'll,
That gave me public leave TO speak for HIM;
For | have neither wilt, nor words. nor worth.
Action. nor utterance, nor the power Of speech
IA Voice: What's he givIn' us1'l
To stir mems blood only speak right on;
1.-THE anne voice: "wcll, I should SMILE
/ tell you that which you yourselves do know;
Show you the Majors record.
And bid that speak for me; hut were I Tom Reed,
And Tom Reed Mark Hannatony. there were a Han.
natony
wonld rune up your spirits and put a tongue
In every letter Of McKinlcy's name
That should move the Mississippi River
To rise and mutiny.
Ali-Wc'n mutiny.
FOraker-I second the motion.
A Delegate texcitedly)-was that an alarm Of nrep
Another-Well turn the hose on 7. Brutus Reed.
Hannatony-Yet hear me. fellow citizens, yet
hear me speak.
A Delcgate-Checse IL, Gully, Write n book.
Chairman-The Convention Will please come TO
order.
Tremendous cheers all over the han for Reed, Nc.
kinlcy, Morton, Henderson, quay, Allison, CuI.
lom, Davis, Foraker, Dcpcw, Tom Platt, Billie,
beedee barrett, John Z, Now, Tom Carter. md