The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-22

leans. everywhere. throughout our juris-
diction, l ncpsinate to be our next candi-
date for the presidency, William Mckin-
ley"
Hanna Leadc Big Demonstration.
Senator Foraker was frequently in
terrupted by applause and cheers. But
it remained for his closing sentence,
for the first time mentioning William
Mckinley by name as the nominee, TO
electrify the great multitude. Pande-
mOnium broke loose. Former tempests
of enthusiasm paled before this cy-
clone Of sound and movement. Every
enc stood and waved and yelled. state
standards. were wrenched from their
places and borne aloft with umbrellas,
great plumes of red, white and blue,
perfect temDestuous sea of color. Sen
ator Hanna sprang to the front OF the
stage, a flag in one hand and plume
in the other, and led in the tremen-
dous demonstration.
Ovation For Roosevelt.
It was exactly fifteen minutes when
order was restored and Mr. Lodge an
nounced: THE chair recognizes Gov
ernor Roosevelt of New York.
Again the magic Of a. name set the
audience into commissions of enthusi-
asm All eyes were turned toward
Roosevelt. He Stepped out into the
aisle and STROBE Up to the platform
looking neither to right or to the left
and then, turning, surveyed the sea OF
waving, cheering humanity. There he
stood, his face grimly set without
smile, He made no acknowledgements
no salutations to the plaudits, but, like
a hero receiving his due, calmly await
ed subsistence of the tumult. At last
he J, a Kidding
the demonstration came to an end.
As the governor faced about on the
platform a man with a camera planted
the instrument directly in front of him
As Roosevelt saw it he said sharply
Take that away: take it away" AND
a sergeant-at-arms rushed the man
and his apparatus out of the aisle.
Then Governor Roosevelt began his
speech, speaking in a clear, full voice
Roosevelt On Mckinley.
Governor Roosevelt said:
Mr.. Chairman rise to second the
nomination OF William Mckinley, the
president who has had to meet and solve
problems more numerous and more I'M
pOrtant than any other president since
the days of the mighty Abraham Lin
coin, the president under whose admin
istration this country has attained
higher pitch of prosperity at home anC
I
He went on to review the events of the
campaign four years ago, and of the ad
ministratiOn. Claiming that it had giveT
the country prosperity
when pacific means had failed ans
there remained the only alternative, IA
continued, we Waged the most righteous
and brilliantly successful foreign wa
that any country has Wdged during tn
| lifetime of the present generation.
was not a great war simply because l
! was won too quickly, but it was moment
Gus indeed, in its effects. 1t left us-a'
/ all great featS must leave those who per
/ form them-an inheritance both OF mono
/ and of responsibility, and under the Leaf
/ of President Mckinley the nation ha
| taken up the task of securing orderl.
| liberty and the reign of justice and Law
] in the islands from which we drove tn
/ tyranny of Spain, with the same SeriOu
! realization OF duty and sincere purpos
/ to perform it, that has marked the ma
/ tons attitude in dealing with tn
! economic and financial difficulties tina
/ face US at home.
Appeals to Gold Democrats.
I'VE have done so well our opponent
use this very fact as an excuse for turn
/ ing US out We have put the tariff on
I foundation so secure; we have passes
/ such wise laws of finance that the,
! actually appeal to the patriotic, homes
men who deserted them at the last cleo
ton to help them now, because, torsooth
! fear their capacity to undo our work.
am not exaggerating. This is hterall
/ the argument that is POW addressed t
/ the gold Democrats as reason why the,
need no longer stand by the Republica
Until our opponents have explicitl
| and absolutely repudiated the principle
which in 1896 they protested, and tn
! leaders who embOdy the principles, thel
i success means the undOing of the cOun
/ try. Nor have they any longer even tn
/ excuse of being honest in their folly. Inc
have sraved: they have t0amed at tn
mouth in denunciatiOn Of trusts, anst, nov
I in my own state their foremost part
leaders. including the man before WhOT
| the others bow with barred head an
trembling knee, have been discovered i
/ a trust which really is Of Infamous, ane
perhaps of criminal character; trust i
( which these apostles of Democracy, theS
prophets OF the new dispensation, hav
sought to wiring fortunes from the dir
need of their poorer brethren
Talks of Philippines.
The governor then charged that the wa
in the Philippines was kept alive IN IN
hope of Democratic success at the poll
and declared that peace would be the. rt
suit of a Republican triumph.
He concluded as follows:
We stand on the threshold of a ne
century, century big with the fate {
the great nations of the earth. 1t resi-
opening years of that century we sha
march forward to fresh triumDhs, {
whether, at the outset, We shall dellbel
atelv cripple ourselves for the contest.
America a weakling to shrink from II
world work that must be done by II
world powers? No! The young giant {
the west stands on a continent an
. / clasps the crest of an ocean in e1tht
hand. Our nation, glorious in youth an
strength, looks into the future with fe2i
less and eager eyes, and reloices as
strong nan to run q race. We do NJ
stand in craven mood, asking to
spared the task, cringing as We gaze c
the contest Mo- We challenge the proU
/ privilege of doing this work that prov
dence allows US and We lace the comm
years high OF heart and resolute
faith that to our people is given the rigl
to win such honor and renOwn as hs
never yet been granted to the peoples
mankind.
Given Close Attention.
His sentences were delivered in
manner that denoted a careful stud
! of each word. He was given the clio
est attention by the vast audience
very much more than had any 9TH
speaker.
The closing words of the governs
brought a big demonstration, and f
. a minute il seemed the conventiC
would go mad, and then and the
make two nominations instead OF Oh
PIumes went UP and standards aga
left their sockets to be waved on hig
, AS the governor left the platform
! waved a saIutation to the moviE
throngs, and one in particular towal
{ the radiant face of his wife, sittlr
S lust outside the area of delegates.
r Gradually the convention came ba'
10 quiet, and the chairman recognize
Senator Thurston for a speech secon
2 ing the nomination of the president.
7 Thurston Seconds Nomination.
I Mr.. Thurston said:
There are voices today more poV
: erful and eloquent than those of ms
: seconding the nomination of Villa
/, Mckinley. They come from the to
l est and the farm, the mountain and t
S valley. the north. the south, the ca