Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-06-24


Teller had made his final appeal to
the convention not tc take the stem
which would drive him and his col
leagues out from the ranks of the
party which in the past honored them
and they had delighted to serve, and
the convention had voted. Si9< to
105N, to stand by the gold declaration
in the platform, no one who wit
messed the scene will forget to his
dying day the picture of Senator
Frank Cannon of Utah, facing from
the platform 10, 900 irate, kissing, ieer-
ing people as he read the valedictorv
of the silver men.
He stood erect and defiant, his pale
face set in grim determination "a
those before him tried to cry him
down until the very courage he dis.
played won for him the admiration
which compelled silence. When he
had finished the reading the crowd in
the galleries burst out again with
their jeers and cries of disapproval,
but in the most courtly fashion he
turned and shook hands with Senator
elect Foraker, the chairman of the
committee on resolutions. Permanent
Chairman Thurston and other friends
on the platform. Then, locking arms
with Senator Teller, the two men left
the stand and moved down between
the walls of yelling delegates to
where the standard of the Idaho dele
cation stood. There they were Joined
by the handsome, stalwart Dubois.
and the three men continued their
march to the main door, their fol-
lowers falling in behind them as thew
moved along.
The Silver Walk Out.
II was small band, several of the
delegates from the states of Utah and
Montana, notably Senators Carter and
Mantle, of the latter state, preferring
to subscribe to the platform than to
sever their allegiance TO their party,
and the delegates, only few of whom
displayed any bitterness toward what
they believed to be the misguided
course of their colleagues. breathed a
sigh of relief when it was over
The silver men who bolted immedi-
ately perfected plans to place Senator
Teller in nomination as an independ.
emit candidate for President, in the
hope the Democrats at Chicago, if con-
trolled by the silver men, would place
his name at the head of their ticket
After this sensational incident, tho
convention turned to the work of Sc
lecting the standard bearers. It was
a foregone conclusion that Mckinley
would be nominated, but the pent up
enthusiasm of the friends of the Ohio
candidate found full vent
Nominating Speeches.
The speech of Baldwin of Council
Bluffs, nominating Allison; of Senator
Lodge, nominating Reed; of Hastings,
nominating Quay, and of Depew, NOM
mating Morton, were eloquent and
mastery efforts, and were received
with the greatest enthusiasm by their
respective supporters, but it was the
nomination of Mckinley by Foraker
which turned the convention into Beo-
lam.
Save for tho wild tumult that fol-
lowed Senator Wolcott's speech plac-
Ing Blaine in nomination at Minneap.
oils four years ago, the demonstration
had no parallel in Republican ma.
tional convention--at least in length.
The Minneapolis demonstration con-
tinued for twenty-sevcn minutes. That
of yesterday fell short of that record
by thirty seconds. OF course, it lacked
the zest which comes after q long aud
uncertain contest of giants and if. In
measure. mechanical, 1t ana not vanr
for inspiration and enthusiasm.
The delegates listened to the open
ing words of the speech of the dash
ing Foraker in silence, waiting the
first mention of McKinley's name.
The explosion came with it. Mark
Hanna climbed on his chair Just in
front OF the platform with his hand
kerchief held aloft; $1,000 people in
the galleries rose simultaneously and
$4,000 Threats gave forth their wild
enthusiasm. The black mass of dele
gates and alternates in the pit seemed
also to rise en- masse, save for here
and there q delegation of the opposi-
ton. Silk American flags and long,
tri-colored plunes waved franticaliv
while the noise was like the deen
steady roar Of Niagara.