Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-06-26

and the-entire convention was on It's feet. Elk
element was intense. The audience took
up the refrain and sang the "Red, White and
Blue. The delegates from Montana. Idaho
Utah and Snnth Dakota followed Colorado
out Of the hall.
Chairman Thurston finally made himself
heard, and recognized Lee Mantel, a delegate
from Montana; who did not 60 out.
Mr. Mantle said the Montana delegation
was divided; some will continue to partici-
pate and others will remain silent. Montana
reserves the right to refer this platform to the
republicans of Montana.
Senator Brown pledged Utah to the repub-
lican party.
Chairman Thurston then seated the alter
mates in place of the Dol tiers.
THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.
After the departure of the silver delegates
the nomination for President began. Reed
OF Main, Allison of Iowa. Quay of Pa, Nor
ton of N. Y. and Mckinley of Ohio were
nominated, the last name being presented by
j. B. Foraker Of Q hio
Amid hush he call for States was begun
When Ohio was reached the requisite num-
Der of votes were given to nominate McKin-
ley, and the convention recognizing the fact
without announcement, broke in to cheers.
A colored delegate challenged the vote of
Virginia and again delayed the official an
nouncement of the final result, eliciting re-
marks of Impotence and dissatisfaction from
the convention. Virginia's vote on poll
stood, Reed /, Mckinley 49, a.
All of the States having been called, the
president stated before the announcement of
the result that the application had been made
70 him for recognition by the representative S
of the defeated candidates to make a certain
motion. He believed it whould be the fairest
way to recognize them in the order In which
the nomination had been made.
THE EXCITEMENT OVER MCKINLEY.
He then announced that William Mckinley
had received 661H votes. Delegates and
spectators rose and cheered and waved flags.
and banners. The band stuck up my Coun-
try, IT'S of Tnee.' and cheers and huZzas rent
the air. The women were as enthusiastic as
the men. 1t seemed as if no one would be
would never more be attempted.
At last the president got chance to con-
tinue his announcement of the vote. Thomas
b. Reed, he said, had received S413 votes;
Senator Quay 61N Levi P. Morton IS; Senator
Allison 3514 and Don Cameron /.
Then came the speeches from the supper
tiers of the unsuccessful candidates to make
the nomination unanimous.
The chair put the question. "Shall the
nomination be made unanimous?" and by ris-
ing vote it was so ordered and the chair an
nounced that Mr.. VIM. Mckinley, of Ohio,
was the candidate of the republican party for
President of the United States.
NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
When the applause that greeted this an
nouncement subsidized Senator Lodge moved
to proceed to the nomination of Vice President
and that the nominating speeches be limited
to five minutes. Notwithstanding many ex-
pressions of dissent and cries to adjourn, this
motion was declared carried and at $40 p. M,
the convention having then been in continu-
Gus session nearly eight hours and half, the
roll of States was called for nominations for
Vice President.
nc uduICo VI MOI Sdu ". DulhC1Oy, VI SOu-
nectcut, Carrot A. Hobart, of New Jersy, G..
W. Lppett of Rhode Island, H. Clay Evans,
of Tennessee, and James A. Walker, of Vir-
ginia, were placed in nomination.
The balloting for Vice President then be-
gan. The call had only proceeded as far as
South Dakota when it became evident that
Hobart had been nominated on the first bal
lot, and the delegates and the crowd IN the
galleries began to leave the building.
The result of the ballot for Vice President
was announced by the chair as follows; Ho-
bart, 5S3H5; Evans, 27711; Buckley, So; Lip
petit, 8; Walker "a; Reed 8; Thurston, 2; Fred
erick Grant, 2; Depew, 3; Morton, ii absent.
49, Virginia cashier "a votes for Wakes.
The chair then formally declared Garret
A. Hobart, of New. Jersey, the nominee of
the convention for Vice President of the
United States.
Resolutions were offered, and agreed to, ap-
pointing the chairman, Mr.. Thurston, and
the temporary chairman, Mr.. Fairbanks,
chairmen respectively of the two committees
to notify the nominees for President and
Vice President.
On the committee to notify the nominees for
L u. ".
Browning and K. T. Hubbard from Virginia.
The convention adjourned, sine die, at 7:a5
p. ~.
CONTEMPLATING MCKINLEY.
Major Mckinley has received congratulate
DRY kilograms from the various presidential
candidates,
On the announcements of Major McKin-
ley's nomination large number of his old
friends and neighbors marched to his home,
in Canton, O., to congratulate him, while a
hundred guns were being fired by the local
military company. Mr.. F. E. Case, lawyer
and manufacturer, delivered an address of
congratulation, to which Major Mckinley
responded.
THE VOTES OF THE VIRGINIA DELEGATES
On the motion to lay on the table the minor
ity report of Senator Teller favoring the free
coinage of silver, the Virginia vote was yea
10; nay i. The votes for silver being cast by
General Walker, D. F. Baily. j. II. Rives,
G. L. Barksdale and John Aeker. On the
separate vote taken on the money plank of
the platform the vote was 6H yeas and Tx
nays. Judge Waddill and Mr.. Martin of
Norfolk joined the others on the vote, but the
latter supported the platform as reported.
On the vote for president all the Virginians
cast their ballots for Mckinley, except Col
Brady, who voted for Reed. The solid vote
of the delegation was given for General W ak
er for yica-president.
M'KINLEY's HOME THE NEXT MORNING.
CANTON o., June 19-Canton was awake
bright and early this morning notwithstand-
ing the fact that a large proportion of the
population did not cease celebrating the nom-
ination of Mckinley until nearly dawn The
town already takes on temporary commercial
aspect peculiar to the scene of large gather
ings. Fakirs with campaign badges and fans
for O thrOpu tho ctrootc no fhoir