The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-21
AT PHILADELPHIA.

] men who received the only genuine ova-
! ton at the Convention today were the
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt and the Hon
Matthew Stanley Quay. That sounds
, strange, but It is a fact, nevertheless
: Maybe 1t indicates that the party workers
are tired of Hanna and his crew. Both
Quay and Roosevelt are supposed to be
unwilling to sneeze every time Mr.. Hanna
takes snuff. This stpposit!on, at any rate,
has hold upon the delegatorial mind
and whether it is true or not the effect Is
the same. When Roosevelt appeared upon
the stage at an early period OF the day S
proceedings the delegates and spectators
yelled and waved handkerchiefs, umbrel-
las, and hats for two or three minutes.
The Rough Rider had good excuse for 60
ing upon the stage, for Senator Wolcott
had appointed him member of the COM
mittee to escort Senator Lodge to the
but he managed to get on the stage soon
after Roosevelt had left It, just the same.
His going there seemed to have been due
to the insistence OF the Hon. Joseph Ben
son Foraker. Foraker has more cause
than any other man in the United States
to desire Hanna's humiliation, which. of
course, includes Mr. McKinley's humilia-
ton. Colonel Quay was standing in the
aisle close to the Pennsylvania delegation
waving a paper at Chairman Lodge. No
body on the stage could hear word Colo
mel Quay was saying-not even the Chair
man. Senator Foraker also appeared to
be unable TO hear him, though Quay was
standing within ten feet of the Ohioan.
With characteristic impetuosity-or its
excellent counterfeit-Foraker sprang
| upon a chair and shouted out an imperious
| demand that the Senator from Pennsyl-
vania take the stage so he could be heard"
Quick as flash there was wild, piercing
clap of noise from all parts of the huge
auditorium. Above the thunderous crash
of shouts the one word Quay was dis
| tinguishable. Slowly the masterful ma
nipulator-masterful until Hanna quit his
! counting room and his iron foundries and
| seized upon the amiable Mr.. Mckinley
| slowly Quay walked to the stage. His ad-
vance was marked by a rapid increase in
| the volume and strength of the noise which
| the mention of his name had started.
When he reached the stage the vast throng
seemed to be in a frenzy OF enthusiasm.
| Every one of the more than 1900 people
| in the hall seemed suddenly to have gone
stark mad and were yelling like maniacs.
The only exception noticed was Hanna.
He sat unmoved. The writer was sitting
within few yards Of Hanna and watched
him closely during this remarkable scene
Of riotous enthusiasm. For fully five min
utes-a long time in such circumstances
the ovation continued. Vainy did Quay
deprecatingly wave to the crowd to be
quiet. When, finally. the storm subsidized,
the silence was painful Then Quay began
to talk-or presumably he did. for not a
word that he uttered was audible ten yards |
distant The official reporter had to sta |
ton himself almost under Quay's nose |
to catch the speech. But the crowd tried |
desperately hard to hear. Every ear was !
strained to the utmost In the effort and |
the resultant silence was weird. What |
this unexpected exhibition of affection for |
Quay means nobody can judge, unless it
be that the party workers very greatly
prefer the Quay style of boss to the Hanna
style.
Adjutant General Corbin occupied con-
spicuous seat today in that section OF the
Convention Hall set apart for "distiu-
guished visitors" He listened with
marked attention to everything tina: was
said and done, and applauded nearly
He was the specially invited guest of Mr.
Hanna, and when the Convention adj
iourned for the day he ensconced himself
in Mr.. Hanna's headquarters at the Wal
ton. where he saw only such callers as
apparently were persona grata to his hoet-l
which. of course, was proper. The Adju-
tant General is an Ohioan. and therefore a
politician. Also, therefore, he has been
made a major general by special act OF
H. |
The Times intimated several weeks ago
that the Hon. Webster Davis, of Missouri,
until recently Assistant Secretary of the
Interior and Administration Orator ExI
traordinary. would probably quit the Re
publican party and take the stump for
Bryan. Mr.. Davis attitude at present
justifies that intimation. He has been
here three days pleading eloquently for
his party to throw the tremendous weight
Of its influence on the side OF the Re-
publics in South Africa that are being l
and absorbed by Great
Britain into her immense Empire. AS is
we'll known, Mr.. Davis spent two or three
months in South africa when the war
there was nearing its climax. and he re- =
Tor the struggling Beers and hatred Of the
British Before he talked for publication
ne called on the President and begged Mr.. I
to do something to show the I
world that this Government was not, as q
IS 80 generally charged on both sides OF 4
the Atlantic, in secret alliance with y
England Mr. Mckinley gave him no en- :
to hope that anything would /
De done by the Administration either TO q
;tay tho hand of Great Britain in South |
Africa OF to disprove the charge that there 7
8 tacit understanding between the r
United States and England, with the lust :.
II empire as the cohesive power. Then h
t was that Mr. Davis resigned the As i.
iistant Secretaryship of the Interior and !,
las since devoted himself to the Boer o
ause in this country. Having failed COM r
'letely in his mission here, it seems that 4
lothing is left for him to do but quit the :,
,arty, which he declares openly has a
trayed far from the principles which :,
,uided 1t until Mark Hanna became its T
bsolute master. If Davis takes the =
tump for Bryan he will stir things up a
lie Ia one of the most attractive orators ~
n the country, and is the idol OF young 81
republicans everywhere. For ten years n
e has been dominant factor in the poll +,
les of Western Missouri, and is accounted A
tronger in Kansas even than he is in &c
Iissouri. His strength in Kansas has N
cen very considerably enhanced by rea- n
on of the fact OF his insistent fight against m
ension Commissioner Evans. Davis dis "
greement with Evans over the latter's
ension policy was one of the chief causes h,
his falling under the ban at the White a,
louise. There are more pensioners in II
.ansas in proportion to population than in al
ny other State Of the Union. 1t can, &c
therefore,, be easily understood how much ol
H., nn,,1d do NJ