The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-20
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had eyes only for the dashing hero @
San Juan.
No stage idol ever made an entranc
more opportunity. But he made n
Acknowledgement of the ovation his ap
pearance elected His jaw was firml
set and he came on through the pres
like a soldier performing duty. He di
not even remove his hat but pushed hi
way through the delegates who swarm
ed from their places to grasp his hand
Fully two minutes il took for him t
traverse the length of the hall to hi
place near the stage. All Of the time
the roar followed him and the handker
chiefs rose and fell like the wings o,
gulls over a summer sea.
| But he made no sign that he realized
| it was all for him. When he took his
seat with his slouch hat still on, With-
out having glanced to either side, the
people gave it up and the cheering
gradually subsidized But it broke out
afresh moment afterWard as the band
started up the Star Spangled Ban
ner." Roosevelt of all the thousands
was first upon his feet, standing erect
like a Norway pine, with uncovered
head to the music of the anthem. In
stantly the whole convention rose en-
masse as If apologlzing for their tardi-
meas.
This entrance Of Roosevelt into the
convention was distinctly the dramatic
feature of the session. Then the wheels
began to move, but the convention I'M
der the spell of his presence could not
take it's eyes off him.
In him the interest seemed conferred.
During every pause in the proceedings
he was surrounded by delegates and
newspapermen aXious for a word. To
all he gave the same answer He was
not a candidate. He did not want the
nomination. Those who wanted him
saying he would accept and they would
nominate him whether he liked it or
not. Those who did not want him has
tened to spread the report that he could
not be moved into accepting.
Chairman Hanna's reception when he
called the convention to order and later
when he made a brief address, was fiat
tering in the extreme and the smile on
his broad face betrayed the pleasure 1t
gave him. But the enjoyment he ex-
perienced over his own reception seem
Gu llOtHlHB COlilpuIeu Win lHe ucIISlil
he manifested the first time he
mentioned the presidents name. The
convention went off like rocket The
cheering was deafening, the Ohio dele
cation leading in the demonstration.
Mr.. Hanna's face was a picture. 1t was
wreathed in smiles. He showed the
ecstacy of the joy he felt over the storm
of approval he had raised Many, in
that moment remembered how the
presidents Warwick had announced a
year ago that his ambition would be sat
isfed and his cup of, joy would be full
when he called together the convention
that would re-nominate Mckinley. Per-
haps it was significant that In his
speech Mr.. Hanna made no mention Of
Cuba or anything which would furnish
peg on which a Roosevelt demonstra-
ton could be hung.
The address of Senator Wolcott, the
temporary chairman, which followed,
lasted an hour and ten minutes 1t
undoubtedly added to the brilliant Col
orado senator's reputation as an ora
tor. The keynote he sounded-an ac-
count of the stewardship of the party
was as much for the reading millions
scattered over the country as for the
few thousands who heard it, and it was
a difficult role for fiery and magnetic
speaker to essay. Senator Wolcott
would be at his best speaking in the
opportunity of the moment Yet the
effect he produced to-day thrilled his
audience. With clear, ringing voice
that reached the remotest spot of the
hall, and with graceful gestures, he
brought all under his spell. Time and
again his hearers broke into cheers as
he spoke of the present prosperity of
the country and predicted McKinley's
reelection, and when he
declared that the democratic party had
been driven by the events of the last
four years from every position it occu-
pied in 1886 to seek new issues in the
events of the war with Spain, there
was another frantic Outburst The
same enthusiasm swelled out when he
predicted that this generation, which
had witnessed our recent acquisitions,
would see the American nation girding
half the globe with it's flag, extending
It's commerce to the uttermost ends of
the earth and taking its place as
world power among the great world ma
tions-'a power for good, for peace and
For righteousness.
But the climax was reached when he
fitted up his voice and declared that our
lead were buried in LuZOn and that on
is soil no foreign flag should ever sa-
ute the dawn. In his splendid perora-
ion he declared that the republican
party, endowed for forty years with
ennobling and uplifting in
our history, waS never SO vital, virile
md vigorous" as to-day and that with
record it would transmit to
an undying love of liberty and
If country
A noteworthy incident of the session
vas the remarkable demonstration to
Governor Taylor of Kentucky, That
lis party associates look upon him as a
martyr to partisan hatred their great
walton to-day made evident Although |
hey succeeded in bringing him to the |
platform, they could not induce him to |
make a speech.
The appointment Of the committees |
IN permanent organizati ton, platform, |
tc., concluded the labors of the con- |
-ention for to-day, and with the bene-
fiction of Rev. Edgar NJ. Levy, who de-
iVered the invocation at the conven-
ion held ON Locust street in 1856 the
after having been in SEES
ion two and a half hours, adjourned |
ntil Tomorrow