The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-06-27

now ABOUT 10 present 10 you. He needs
no praise from me. for he has proved
his own title to leadership. From what
he is and what ne has done we know
what he can do. For 20 years in VIC
tory and defeat. at the head of great
majorities and of small majorites alike.
he has led his party in congress with a
power which no man could dispute. and
with an ability which never waned.
have seen him with a maddened opposi-
ton storming about him carry through
that great reform which has made the
house of representatives the strong and
efficient body ii is today. l have seen
him during the past winter guide a great
majority so that they have met every
demand put upon them, and made no err
rors which could burden the republican
party in the campaign before us.
Bold and brilliant Champion.
Before the people and in the house he
has ever been the bold and brilliant
champion of the great republican poll
cies which, adopted, have made us pros
porous. and abandoned, have left ruin at
our doors. He is a thorough American,
by birth. by descent, by breeding: one
who loves his country and mas served
it in youth and in manhood, in war and
in peace. His great ability, his origi-
( nality of thought, his power of debate
his strong will, are known of all, and
are a part of the history of the last 20
years. His public career is as spotless
as his private character is pure and I'M
blemished. He is a trained statesman
fit for the heaviest task the country can
impose upon him.
He commands the confidence of his
party and his country. He is a leader of
men. We know it because we have seen
him lead. To those who have followed
him he never said 60" but ALWAYS
Come" He is entirely fearless. We
know it, for we have seen his courage
tested a hundred fields He has been
called to great places and to great trials,
and he has never failed nor fiinched. He
is fit to stand at the head of the repub-
lican column. He is worthy to be an
American president
l have the honor, the very great honor,
to present to you as a candidate for your
nomination the speaker of the national
house of representatives, Thomas b.
Reed of Maine.
Mckinley the Man.
When Ohio was called. Senator-Elect
Foraker took the platform and made an
enthusiastic speech putting William Nc
Kinley in nomination.
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the
Conventional would be difficult if not en-
tirely impossible to eXaggerate the dis
lagreeable experiences of the last four
t.years. The grand aggregate of the null
utudinous bad results of the democratic
national administration may be summed
up as stupendous disaster. 1t has been
disaster, however, not without the least
redeeming feature. Nobody has escaped
it. (Laughter) 1t has fallen equally alike
upon all sections of the country and all
classes of our people. Just and unjust
republicans and democrats, rich and poor
high and low have suffered
THE truth is. the party that could
stand up under the odium of human
slavery in opposition to a war for the
preservation of the union. enfranchise-
ment, reconstruction and specie resump
ton at last finds itself over ma tched and
undone by itself. 1t is writing in the
throes and agonies of final dissolution,
superinduced by doses of its own NELL
cent its absolute overthrow at the next
election except only this convention. If
we make no mistake here the democratic
party will go out of power on March 4,
1897, to remain out of power until God in
his wisdom and goodness and mercy shall
see fit. once more. to chasten his people.
Made No Mistakes.
so far we have not made any mistake.
We have adopted a platform which, not
withstanding the scenes witnessed in this
hall this morning, meets the demands
and expectations of the people. Cheers. }
1t remains for us now, as the last crown
: ing act of our work here to again meet
that same expectation in nominating our
candidate. You all know they want in
their candidate something more than a
more than a republican; they want him
to be more than a wise statesman; they
want a man who embodes in himself not
only all these essential qualifications, but
who in addition in the highest possible
degree typifies in name, in character and
in purpose the exact opposite of all that
is sgnified and represented by this free
trade, deficit-making, bond-issuing. Ia
bor-saving democratic administration.
stand here to nominate such a man. His
name is William Mckinley"
Almost PandfmOnium.
With one great swell the delegates and
occupants of the galleries sprang to their
feet and let out a yell that would have
driven out of its pasture the far-famed
bull of Basham The violent eruption
occurred at 3:lS p. m. Foraker modestly
stepped back, and with a hand raised
seemed to deprecate the simultaneous
movement of voice and action on the part
of the people.
Chairman Thurston hit his desk -four
or five resounding thumps with his gavei
but the bowling crowd paid no attention
A thousand variegated plumes flashed in
the air almost concealing a thousand
American flags Handkerchiefs and UNI
brellas were wildly hourished. State
standards were uprooted and carried Ut
and down the aisles by shrielking dele
gates gigantic portrait OF Governor
Mckinley was hoisted to a position In
front of the gallery, and as the picture
caught the eyes of the assemblage there
was an immense volume of sound The
band struck up Marching Through Geor
gia."
At $50 o'clock. the awful uproar hav-
ing lasted - minutes, the chairman made
futile attempt to check it with his
gavel, but gave it up with a grim smile
Mark Hanna mounted a chair and DELHI
erately kissed both hands of Foraker
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