Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-17


procity and Gold Promised by the
Chairman - Committees Named
and Adjournment Taken Till Ten
O'Clock To-Day.
st. Louis, Mo-, June 16.-The hands
of the clock were at 1920 when Chair
man Carter, OF Montana, unwaist-coat-
ed and wide spreading shirt bosom,
stepped forward, and with three fierce
cracks of his gavel by way of prelim-
mary, sought to make his voice pierce
the general rustic. The attempt was
futile, however. He was exhorting the
supernumaries who crowded the aisles
between the delegates seats to please
retire"
These gentlemen failed to hear him,
but his injunction was rapidly carried
into effect by hustling officials who
swept down the aisles with more vigor
than ceremony.
A murmur of curiosity began at the
foot of the platform, swept across the
floor and flowed up and down to the
ends of the highest galleries like a rip
pie across a pond. Then there was an
interval of comparative quiet, while Mr..
Carter made some directions about the
seats and then announced the prayer of
Rabbi Sale. The thousands struggled
to their feet when they caught the sig
nificance of the Rabbits Outstretched
hands and stood for three minutes with
bowed heads. The Rabbi was a stout
young man with jet black hair, black
beard cut to a point on the lines OF
fashion. His voice was better fitted for
a large auditorium that Chairman Car
ter's, and demonstrated that the acous-
tic properties of the convention hall
were to be very satisfactory. Mark
Hanna, down in the front line, studied
the floor with bowed head while
THE INVOCATION PROGRESSED.
Chauncey NJ. Depew covered his face
with a devout hand; Senator Quay held
a fan before his features and Mr.. Plat
it was impossible for him TO give his
features a more pious cast than ma
ture had already done. The inyoca-
tion of the Rabbi was as follows:
"All merciful and most gracious
Father, fountain OF light and life; we
see Thy presence and implore Thy guild
ance in the tolls and tasks of our earth
ly being. O, Thou who art enthroned
in the soul of man and rulcst in the des-
tiny of nations, be nigh unto US now and
snow forth Thy, wondrous ways in this
assembly of people. Harken unto Thy
servants, the bondmen Of freedom, and
pour out on them, who have come to
Thy bidding in the service Of truth and
honor, the spirit of wisdom and under
standing. the spirit of counsel. and
strength the spirit of knowledge and
the fear of the Lord. Make righteous
ness the girdle Of their loins and faith
fulness the girdle of their hips, so that
II ey may manfully discharge the sa-
cred duties of their gathering, 10 fur
ther the well being of the people and TO
safeguard the honor and integrity OF
the nation. o, kindie anew In the
hearts Of our generation the altar flame
of devotion to the high aims that in
spired the minds Of the founders Of our
Republic, and above all illumined and
immOrtalized the life Of the father OF
his country Fill us with a deep and
abiding sense of the transcendant dig
nifty and nobility of
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
ard of the sacred obligations that
should attend 1t, so that we may grow
from day to day in the beauty OF civic
virtue and our beloved land from
Hundred-Harbored Maine 10 the vine
cad hills of the Golden Gate, from the
ice-bound North 10 the warm and sunny
South, may 90 from strength 20
strength, until il achieves its destiny
to become the fixed and shining mark
for every bark bound for the haven Of
law and liberty. Let not the glory Of
cur past be greater than the present,
nor let us come 10 shame and grief by
the worship Of gods OF gold and silver,
TO the neglect of those ideals Of the
mind and the soul, which alone are
can alone secure the continued posses
sion and enjoyment OF civil ard relig.
ious liberty.
Remove from around us the din and
noise OF insincerity and hollow-sound-
ing shows, let bitter strife and wrang.
ling cease, and firmly bound in the iowa
OF our common country, let US realize
how good and lovely IL is for brethren
to dwell together in harmony. Pros
per thou the work of this council con.
gened il the cause Of the people, and
when its message goes forth over The
land may its golden ring bring them
the glad assurance that prosperity will
brighten our homes and the immediate
jewel Of cur soul. the good name OF ouI
people and the credit Of our government
shall remain untarnished forever. May
Thy grace. o God, come upon US and
90 thou establish the work Of cur hards.
Amen.
The first real demonstration Of the
convention care whsn Chairman Car
ter introduced Hon. Charles w. Fair
banks. OF Indiana, as the temporary
presiding officer. Mr.. William II.
sutherland, of the New York deIega-