The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-06-26

ator Frank Cannon of Utah facing from
the platform 10000 irate, kissing, jeer-
ing people as he read the declaration OF
the silver men. He stood erect and de-
faint, his pale face set in grim deter
mination as those before him tried to
cry him down until the very courage he
displayed won for him the admiration
Which Compelled Silence.
When he finished the reading he turned
and shook hands with Senator Foraker,
the chairman of the committee on Gre
dentials, and other friends on the plat
form, then, locking arms with Senator
Teller, the two men left the stand,
moved down the aisle to where the
standard of the Idaho delegation stood.
There they were joined by the hand
some, stalwart Dubois, and the three
men continued their march to the main
them as they moved along. 1t was a
small band, several of the delegates
from the states of Utah and Montana
preferring to subscribe to the platform
rather than to sever their allegiance to
their party. Only a few of the dele
gates
Displayed Any Bitterness
toward what they believed to be the
misguided course of their colleagues,
and breathed sigh of relief when it
was over. Never before has there been
a bolt from the Republican party, al
though Wendell Phillips and some more
radical Republicans held convention
at Cleveland in 1864 and placed in the
field ticket in opposition to Lincoln
and johnson. The radicals on that
occasion, however, withdrew their
ticket and returned to the fold before
the election in November. In this in
stance the silver men Immediately per-
lected plans to name Senator Teller as
an independent silver candidate for
president in the hope that the Demo.
Gratis at Chicago, if controlled by the
silver men, would place his name at the
head of their ticket.
Foraker Aroused Enthusiasm.
1t was foregone conclusion that Nc
Kinley would be nominated, but the
pent up enthusiasm of the friends of the
Ohio candidate found full vent. The
speech of Baldwin of Council Bluffs,
nominating Allison, of Senator Lodge,
nominating Reed, of Hastings, nomi.
mating Quay, and of Depew, nominal
ing 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 bedlam. Save for
the wild tumult that followed Senator
Wolcott's speech placing Blaine in nomi-
nation at Minneapolis four years ago,
the demonstration that occurred yester-
day has had no parallel in Republican
national conventions, at least in length
The Minneapolis demonstration contin-
ued for % minutes, that of yesterday
fell short of that record but 80 seconds.
Of course it lacked the zest that comes
after
Long and Uncertain Contest of Giants
and was in measure mechanical, but
it did not want for inspiration and en-
thusiasm The delegates listened to the
opening words of the speech of For
aker, waiting for the mention of Nc
Kinley's name. The explosion came
with it, Mark Hanna climbed on his
chair just in front of the platform, with
his handkerchief held aloft, and $1,000
people in the galleries gave forth their
wild enthusiasm. The black mass of
delegates and alternates in the pit
seemed to also arise en- masse, save for
here and there delegate. An Ohio
delegate seized the Buckeye standard
and held it aloft until it was seized and
carried to the platform and an enor.
nous portrait of the choice of the con-
vention was hoisted to the gallery. The
delegates paused, but the
Spectators Did Not Weary.
Just at the close, as the shouting thou
sands were ready to sink from sheer
exhaustion, man wearing Napoleon
cockade of the first empire came out
from beneath the galleries and pushed
his way over the press benches to the
platform. Altogether the scene was
remarkable one and testified to the pop
ularity of the candidate who had been
placed in the field. McKinley's vote
exceeded the expectations of his friends
as he received 6611a, nearly half more
than majority and almost three times
as many as his five opponents. The
nomination was Immediately made