Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-19
OF MANY THOUSANDS

had the republican party seen it's birth
and here, too, was the center of that
throbbing idea-the protection of Ameri-
can industry
Another wave of applause swept over
the convention at this mention of the
protective principle and as it subsided.
Mr.. Hanna proceeded:
we are on the eve of another great
struggle. Already we are beginning to
force out ba ttalions under the leadership
OF our great statesman, General William
Mckinley '
That was the signal and for the first
! tlme the convention broke forth in a
WhlrlWind of enthusiasm Men and wo-
men sprang to their feet, delegates, spec
tators staid and distinguished guests
all animated by common purpose to dn
nonor to the president. Senator Hanna
looked down, smiling satisfied at the
a.eiipestuous demonstration. Flags and
handkerchiefs waved eyervwhere in hi
lows OF color. For 10 seconds. 20. 20. a.
minute the demonstration kept up and
tnen with wave of the hand, the ma
llolai chairman bid the assemblage re-
sumo their seats and let him proceed.
was about to give the order for
snose oattallons to move, but you inter-
rupted me- said Mr.. Hanna iocularlv
and the applause was turned to langhta,.
asain asa Mr. Hanna evoked a demonstra-
tlon When, speaking of the approaching
campaign, he declared:
ana with such a leader and such a
cause there is no such word as fall"
s MT. mamma closed his speech with a
cn,,,,,e;.. ~ ms colleagues on the national
.onilnittee and reference to the close of
~ ms cnalfmanshp, he spoke Of the st.,r-
n5 Moitn or the senator from Colorado
~: Nolcott' TO his party and presented
hlih TO the convention as as temnoror,
chairman.
Senator Fairbanks, from the first row
w delegates, arose and moved that ~
siee.lon he OF Senator Wocott as Chairman
ue ~ approved, and with unanimous voice
the delegates so voted, oo
me appearance of the Colorado ora
oef e a. moment later set the convention
oii 1lAe rocket. He Wore a blue sack
sult With white vest There was eIas
llcty IN his step as he bowed low to the
convention, and there was somethinn
ABOUT hlm which suggested his mountain
nome. With a pleasant nod of acknowl-
edgment to Senator Hanna, he turned
ABOUT and delivered his speech, printed
IN 1ull in today's Inter Mountain sup-
plemenD.
Senator Wolcott has clear. resonant
solce, Voice when penetrated to the furthest
recesses or the hall. He speaks. how
ever, with great rapidity, and this, per-
maps, somewhat spoiled the effect Of his
speech. But the thousands before him
We're !, N thorough sympathy and he had
~ uiAlSuily III SLTlklng a responsive
cheer. When, with outstretched arm. he
predicted the triumphant election of the
republican ticket in november, the audi
ence surrendered, and when he first
mentioned President McKinley's name
he could not proceed for minute ow.
ing to the demonstration. AS he rehears.
ed the STORY of the four years of repub-
lican administration, the prosperity
which blessed it, the victories it had
won. the glorious outcome of the Span
1sh- American war, the campaign in con-
nection with the Philippines, which it's
enemies had inaugurated and which it
had met, the convention repeatedly broke
into applause.
1t was a keynote speech covering the
legislation which had been placed on the
statute books and it's note was the PROS
perity of this country and the legislation
which had made it's continuation poss-
Bile. That was the theme to which the
demonstra ton of the convention clung.
When he said that the democrats were
driven to find new issue in war in
which they had been almost too anxious
to precipitate the convention rose at him,
but the outburst was even greater when
he declared that the division among the
republicans of the east and the west on
the financial issue was thing of the
past and that those who had left the
party four years ago in the west were
returning on the issue of expansion.
The first mention of expansion was also
the signal for demonstration.
Senator Wolcott paced up and down
along the front of the platform as he
on GA