The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-21

| task of presiding over such a gather
| ing. His oratory is not of the horid
| type, hut its CarnestncsS, beauty of
| diction and the frequent tributes to the
achievements of the party appealed to
| his audience and brought constant and
| long continued applause.
! His reference to Hawaii and the
| presence of representatives. of that new
acquisition brought the delegates to
| their feet in a lusty greeting to the Ha-
| WaiianS When he referred to the i'm
| fanny" in kentucky the delegates from
| that state yelled their approval and tho
| other states added "A sympathetic de-
monstration.
Mr.. Lodges references to the policy
| of the government toward Cuba and
| the Philippines brought out frequent
| manifestations of approval. His bril-
| liant tribute to the American soldiers
fighting in the tropics closed with the
well rounded sentence: "They are our
soldiers and we will sustain them"
1t was the signal for a hearty Jc-
| monstratiOn, in which General Gibson,
| of Tennessee, was seen amid the dele
gates waving aloft his cane, topped by
a silk hat.
Senator Lodge concluded at 1.37. He
had spoken fifty minutes. Then fol-
lowed the usual gavel presentations.
Colonel Childs, of Rhode Island, in
neat speech, presented an historic
gavel, the mahogany from the capital
| at Providence. the bronze from the
yacht Columbia, which defeated the
Shamrock at the international yacht
races last fall. y young delegate from
Kentucky, John W. Langley, mounted
the platform and in an eloquent little
speech presented another gaVel carved
from a tree in the valley of the Big
Sandy beneath which General Gar
| field is said to have lnelt at the battle
of Middle Greek and asked the God of
Battles to give the Union forces vic
tory He Stirred the delegates with his
eloquence and they Chcercd when ac
concluded with the statement that lie
! presented the gavel as a pledge of the
continued devotion of Kentucky to the
principles of Republicanism and a
! hostage that the state would this fall
give its electoral vote to Mckinley and
Roosevelt.
l.. Il. Olsen, of Minnesota, presented
table which had been used at the Re
| publican national conventions at Mimi
eapOlis ana st. Louis. Senator Lodge
received each of these presentations
with a graceful speech.
General Bingham. of Pennsylvania,
was now recognized to present the un-
| animous report of the committee on
rules. He said that in the main the
rules OF four ana eight years ago had
been adopted, leaving 1t for the con-
Nention to make any marked depart
ures from the former procedure
Senator Quay, in a light suit, with
vest unbOttOned, was recognized az the
reading of the report was concluded,
and was greeted enthusiastically as he
stepped into the middle aisle to offer
an amendment to the rules. This en-
bodied the proposition to reduce the
representation from several states, Civ
ing one delegate for each 10000 votes
cast with four dclegatcs-at-la large for
each state. There were calls for Mr..
Quay to take the pla atrorm, but he
shook his head and sent to the clerk
desk lengthy statement showing the
effect of the proposed new rule.
Mr.. Quay had too much experience
at national conventions to attempt To
make himself heard. The clerk pro-
ceeded to read the statement Of reu-
! resentation on the basis of the vote of
1896 While it was being read a pic
! turesque-looking old man with long,
/ white beard arose i'm the Arkansas
delegation. He was the famous Poker
jack Mcclure. He protested against
the proposed amendment, but was
ruled out of order.
Senator Quay, himself finally inter-
| rupted the reading, which was long,
but he could not be heard, and Sena-
! tor Foraker suggested that he take IN.
| platform. The demand was imm,di-
! ately taken up by the vast auC.e.ce
! anu Followed by Il roar of cheers, C0}.
onel Quay moved up to the stage. For
| several minutes he could not proceed.
| owing to the demonstration. When
! order had been restored Mr.. QUAY
| suggested that as the statement was
long ana would be printed in the after
noon papers, action upon his proposi-
| ton, which only affected Rules | and
| l., be postponed until tomorrow. and
| the remainder Of the report be adopted.
| lie backed his suggestion with a mo-
| tion' The motion raised storm Of
| protest from the southern delegates.
Delegates from all the southern
| states were on their feet, demanding
| recognition. Delegate Mccall, of Ten
| nessee. mounted chair and, amid the
| plaudits Of his associates, demanded
! the right to be heard before any a..
! ton was taken upon the Quay amend
! ment
! John r. Lynch, a colored delegate
! from Mississippi, stood on his chair
| and secured recognition for a substi
| tute to the Quay amendment. This re-
! cited that in any state where the right
/ TO vote was abridged because of race
| color or previous condition of servi-
tude, the representation in congress
| should be reduced in proportion to the
extent of the disfranchisement.
A point Of order was promptly made
! that the substitute was not germana
| and Chairman Lodge sustained the
| point.
At this point the convention threat
| ened to get into a parliamentary
| tangle over the adoption of the rules
and proposed amendments.
Mr.. Quay's motion finally prevailed
that Rules l and ~, with his amend
ment, go over until tomorrow, after
! which the other rules were agreed TO
witbaut dissAnt