Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-28

gers which were not shared by their col
onel. He helped them dig the ditches; ne
stood beside them in the deadly dampness
of the trenches. No hoored tent for him
il his comrades must sleep on the ground
and under the sky. In that world-famed
charge of the rough riders through the
hail of shot and up the hill of San Juan,
their colonel was a hundred feet in ad-
vance. The bullets whistling by him are
rapidly thinning the ranks of these des-
perate fighters. The colonel trips and falls
and the line vavers, but in a moment he
is. up again. waving his sword. climbing
and shouting. He bears charmed life. He
clips the barbed wire fence and plunges
through. yelling; Come on, boys: come
moral force of that daring cowed and
awed the Spaniards. and they fed from
tEeir fortified heights and Santiago was
ours. To lick hell out of them Is the fury
of the fighting. 1t expressed the titatic
| rage of Washington at the treachery of
! of Lee and turned the tide at Monmouth.
1t pierced like bullets the fears of the fee
ing soldiers and sent them flying to the
| front and victory when Sheridan rode mad
ly up the valley from Winchester.
Colonel T. Roosevelt is the typical citizen
army in Cuba might not have been known
for weeks through the regular channels of
inspection and report to the various de-
partments. Here the citizen in the colonel
overcame the official routine and reticence
Of the soldier. His graphic letter to the
government 5 Ils and ,fs, ths round,sobin he i9i,
our attention the frightful dangers of dis
ease and death and resulted in our boys
F, have been subject to court-martial for vio-
lating the articles of war. but the humane
| impulses of the people gave him gratitude
and applause.
''It Is seldom in political conflicts when
new and unexpected issues have to be met
and decided. that candidate can be
gressive side of those issues. Representa-
| tive men move the masses to enthusiasm
and are more easily understood than
declaration. made at time when to make
It insured his defeat by Douglass for the
United States senate, that "a house dlvid-
| this government cannot endure permanent
ly half slave and half free embodied the
yd .Ss Grant nr son9r with 10 A
Confederate army behind him. stood for
the perpetuity of Union and liberty.
Of Of its principles. is the leading spirit for
the protection of American industries. For
this year for this crisis for the voters of
the the eonptry % and the o upward M % onward in and %
outward trend of the United States, the
candidate of candidates is the hero of San,
tiago the idol of the rough riders-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt"
Those portions OF MS speech relating to
President Mckinley were received with
much applause. and there was a vigorous
| reception of the tribute to Governor Black.
When Mr.. Depew told OF the famous
charge of the rough riders and mentioned
Colonel Roosevelt, the audience went al
most crazy.
When Mr.. Depew had reached the point
in his speech where he alluded to the eff
feet of Mauser bullets, two or more men
rushed down the aisle bearing big por-
trait of Roosevelt in rough rider uniform.
There was a three minute interruption and
| the picture was taken to the stage and
| set up. Mr.. Depew closed at SIS o'clock,
amid applause that was almost pande-
monium.
Then Charles T Sexton, of WAYNE,
mounted the platform and seconded the
nomination of Governor Black. Assembly
S sesondea hs
that of Governor Black and George N.
Southwick, of Albany. that of Roosevelt.
FOR 510f Black es Bnt 3a to
dience showed its dissatisfaction at delay
by crying for the vote. He spoke briefly
tuted as a delegate in the convention. was
called to the platform by the chairman
and made a statement as to the eligibility
Mr.. Roosevelt had always voted in Oyster
Bay and had merely removed his personal
property to Washington. He had always
paid taxes in Oyster Bay, and had merely
refused to pay taxes on property he was
using in Washington and by his affidavit
he merely said that he was not resi-
When Mr.. Root read a letter from Mr..
Roosevelt to his lawyer asking for some
money. and saying that he mad expended
so much money that he was beyond his
income. Mr.. Root said:
MFR. Roosevelt had expended that money
to raise the rough riders.'
There was a great burst of applause
and then Mr.. Root closed by saying that
the documentary proof not only showed
that he never lost his residence but rath.
er had paid money that he was not obliged
TO pay to retain ii.
PLANTATION of his connection with the re.
i cent attack on Colonel Roosevelt's ineligi
, bility.
At 7:15 o'clock Secretary of State Palmer
! moved a roll call. and the motion was
: adopted.
Before it got through the New York del
! egation II was evident that Mr.. Roosevelt
had a practical walkover, and at 10
enough votes had been cast to nominal,
: him.
? At 7:i1 the roll cali was completed an!
the vote was announced as follows:
: Roosevelt. I53: Black. 21S.
Then the auditors and the delegates ros
, in n great mass and cheered. Judge Cad,
. . got the floor and moved the unanimou
! nomination. While the question was pend
ing, Senator krum, who had supporte,
Governor Black. said:
! ''On behalf of Governor Black and hi
friends, j say that they will stand by Theo
dore Roosevelt as he stood by the coun
=, | try"
q The nomination was made unanimous
e and at T:46 o'clock the convention stood Il
j recess until o'clock.
Y The delegates did not return to the hal
e punctually. and the night session was no
8 called to order until 9:45 o'clock.
d The chairman announced that the plat
o form was ready, and General Woodfor
e took the platform and read the resolution