The herald., 1896-06-19

| roof, in the attitude Of Ajax defying the
| lightning. confronted his roaring, howl
Ing charge. Among the other flags which
| were Haunted were a number of small
| blue bordered squares of silk, on the
white center of which appeared in large
letters the word Mckinley" One man
in the body of the hall was boosted up
by his neighbors into conspicuous posi-
tion, where he displayed on his headsa
hat shaped in the form of a Mckinley
rooster. Various parties in the hall pro-
duced copies of the old Hellodian and
gigantic rattles, which augmented the
great volume of sound which swept
through the hall. During the uproar
some one on the platform elevated a
Flagstaff, perched upon the spear Of
which was the traditional Napoleonic
hat, and the appearance Of the Mckinley
emblem stimulated the crowd to fur
ther exhibition of lung stretching.
After making the announcement,
Chairman Thurston said: I'm accord
ance with statement of the Chair, four
gentlemen will be recognized in the or
der of votes. for the candidates they rep
resent recognize the gentleman from
Massachusetts, Mr.. Lodge
MADE UNANIMOUS
Mr.. Lodges purpose being apparent.
it being understood he was to change
the vote of Massachusetts to Mckinley
or to move that the nomination of the
Ohio man be made unanimous when he
stood on his chair to speak, the conven-
ton saluted him with hearty yell of
applause. Mr.. Lodge said: "The
friends of Mr.. Reed have followed him
with the same loyalty which he has al
ways shown himself to country, princi-
pie and party. That loyalty now trans
fer to the soldier. the statesman and
American, whom you have nominated
here today. (Cheers) / move that the
nomination of William Mckinley be
made unanimous" (Great applause.)
Governor Hastings-Gentlemen of the
Convention: Pennsylvania rises to sec
ond the motion to make the nomination
of William Mckinley unanimous. Penn
sylvania has q right to second the mo-
ton. Pennsylvania was loyal to her
favorite son, and Pennsylvania, with
that loyalty, now becomes the champion
of protection the champion of Americas
great champion, William Mckinley
prolonged cheers.) In Pennsylvania
we welcome the issue of American pro-
lection and American policy and when
Major Mckinley at his home in Canton,
O., on the night of election, listens to the
returns he will find that his largest ma
jority comes from the state of Pennsyl-
vania. prolonged cheers and ap-
plause.)
At the conclusion of Gov Hastings
marks, Chauncey NJ. Depew and Thomas
c. Platt seconded the motion to make
the nomination of Mckinley unanimous.
Depew spoke in facetitious voice, de-
claring that New York had no hard feel
ings on occount of Morton's defeat and
would work to secure McKinley's cleo
ton. Platt pledged the state to give its
usual majority in support of the Repuh-
lican ticket. Henderson of 1iwa said
the state that had presented Allison
would be true to Mckinley.
In response to urgent calls M. A. Han
ma addressed the convention, congratu-
lating the delegates upon carrying out
the will of the people.
The chairman then asked all in favor
of making Mckinley nomination unani-
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rose, and the nomination was declared
The convention then proceeded to the
nomination of president, the nomi-
nation of Hobart provoking loud ap
plause.
When Tennessee was called the chair
man recognized Mr.. Randolph, who
after being literally applauded. nomi-
mated H. Clay Evans of Tennessee.
At the conclusion of Judge Randolphs
speech his colleague, John p. Smith,
arose and came up on the platform to
second the nomination. He was greeted
with applause.
Mr.. LaFollette of Wisconsin, second
ed the nomination of Mr.. Evans.
Mr.. Bailey of Virginia nominated Mr..
James A. Walker of Virginia.
Mr.. White of West Virginia seconded
the nomination of Hobart.
The roll was then called. resulting as
follows: Hobart 5331a, Evans 2SO1s,
Bulkley 80, Walker "a. Lippett g. Grant
2, Depew g. Morton /. Thurston 2.
The vote in detail was:
E-PRESIDENTIAL VOTE.
Following is the ballot for -presi-
dent:
Alabama-Evans, II; Hobart, 10; Bulk
ley, l.
Arkansas-Evans, 5; Hobart, 10; Bulk
ley, /.
California-Eyans, 8; Hobart, IA; Bulk
ley, /.
Colorado-No vote cast
Connecticut-Evans, 12.
Delaware-Hobart, 6.
Florida-Evans, 8; Hobart. 5.
Georgia-Evans q; Hobart, 5.
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