The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-06-19
SAINT LOUIS,
The Great National Repub-
lican Convention.

d s. Louls. JUNE ls,-We left Clarks-
burg on what is called the midnight
train and ut once settled down for
euiet sleep. Imagine ifyou can quiet
seep while being hurled through tun-
pels aud around curves such as are
iouud in West Virginia. However we
str1ck smoother road when we got
,cross the State line and when themorn-
inr dawned we looked from the fast
aylnr train out over the beautiful
4 Golden wheattields and magnificent
ARMS Of southern ohio. The day is
perfect and the landscape presents one
\ long line OF picturesque country, part
i ofit the grandest that is on the face OF
4 tbe earth. We IRE at Cincinnati, the
Queen City of the West, at s u. m,
Where We breakfast and make short
4 tour Of the city before continuing our
course westward From Cincinnati TO
! 81. LOUIS is IN all-day trip, tue distance
beng ;Ill mjles, or about seventy miles
farther than the distance from Clarks-
! burg to Cincinnati. The dry is pleas
sutly spent conveising with the passen-
gers Studying the country us we hurry
on, Its clock p. m. when we reach
East st. Louis where the storm cloud
aud tue cyclone wrought such fearful
disaster u few days ago We cross the
Mississippi on the great Jay Gould
bridge aud when we leave the train at
the grand union station we are soon
gzing in wonder upon the vast moving
crowds, the magnificent decorations.
Never before was the city so completely
enyeloped III splendor and pageantry.
We forget that there ever was a cyclone,
but no one can be here and forget that
there is a Republican party, a Mckinley
and st. Louis. The scene when
tue convention is in session is
one long to be remembered. Not merely
because the mnsic IS grand aud ,decora-
tons indescrlbable, but because that
vast audiente is made of the grandest
aggregation of brains and statesman
sup the world ever saw. Yonder is
Depew, Foraker, Teller, Quay. Bliss
and Mark Hanna, Here comes the
veteran Dick Thompson and with him
are Alger and Lodge and Clarksol. II
gas inspiring to- gasp fine hand Of Gen,
Lev Wallace, the ionous author OF
Ben Hnt. Fhe WI ter had the honor
q being assigned to march with Gen.
Wallace four years ago when the parade
was formed at Minneapolis after Harri-
sou had been, nominated. l must not
forget Platt, Grosvener, Bushnell,
Deliver h. Clay Evans and Warren
Miller in speaking of the great men
who are here.
vi course Mckinley will be nonli-
mated on the first ballot but whether
this part OF the program will be reached
before the TELEGRAM goes to press is
uncertain. SrUART REED.
CONVENTION HALL, ST. LOUIS. June 1.-THE
republican national convention was called to
order oy Chairman Carter at l2:i5 Tuesday.
Eloei Sales invoked the divine blessing on
The assemblago, the audience standing The
ho7ts voice was weak and his Invocation was
y.tit,,y
Secretary Joseph II. ManleS, Of Maine, Mt
E'' proceeded 10 read the call OF national
committee tot the convention
al E'5i q w Fairbanks, Of Indiana, was
Presented for temporary chairman Suther-
iAh. q New York moved that the recommen-
s4loa oa approved 1t was adopted with
ny Fa.r6anks was prcscntcdat 1884 TIE
alaie0ce quietcd down at Mr.. Fairbanks frst
.',t' ana his voice proved that he was equal
tae hail Among other things Mr.. Fair
Gentlemen of the Convention; am pro-
.oaaly graceful for this expression of your
Confidence
A. citizens We were ncTcr called upon to dis
saafse a more important duty than that
Salch rests upon US, the nom nation OF q
s.sslueht and vice-prcsidcnt OF the United
Sses This duty Is q peculiarly impressive
~ az the moment, for It Is already written IN
~ uooK OF fate that the choice OF this con-
n usu'ion VIII be the next preslden. and vice.
president Is OF the great republic
b .usee years OF democratic administration
sS' veen three years OF panic, OF wasted ener-
~ ~ aaxietV and loss to the American peo-
~ ,I without parallel in our history. To-day
s III people turn to the republican party hope
tS";. confidently: and 1t 10 for us 70 meet
s saeIt expectations: 1t is torus 10 give them
SS Sss candidates upon whom their hearts
s,.", peen centered, and TO give them clear,
vr,.,Ilshuorward. emphatic expression OF our
p pS..A faith Tho republican party Is a
s sssy OF convictions; and It has written It's
,Sas,tuons in the history OF the re-
raS"e with the pen and the sword; with It the
rra pelle question always has been not what is
m political" but is everlastinSly right"
anS EteAl men We have given TO the nation
to-, ~ ~ history. the mighty dead and the Illus
,,,.s,! wing are our inspiration and tower OF
.,ss. SR II We are but true to their exalted
ma "p'e, VIC can not be false to our country.