The sun., 1900-06-22
WHEN Mk|NLEY
WIS NOMINATED
FOR PRESIDENT
Twenty Minutes of Widest En-
thusiasm Followed His
Naming.
NO SCENE LIKE IT In YEARS
Hanna Led the Cheering, Dele
gates Sang, Clubs Marched
Around Convention Hall
and Everybody
Shouted Hal
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From the SUI s Special Correspondent.
Philadelphia, June 2l-When McKin-
ley was nominated-ffteen minutes OF
wild demonstration.
Marching hosts.
Singing mulIitudes.
Waving banners.
Tw;rling flags.
Flying hats
Twisting umbrellas.
Twenty thousand screeches.
1t was ravishment of applause. And
the band played, but none knew note
of its harmonies.
Nothing like it in years.
1t was dramatic, full of theatrical fea-
lures and accompanied, withal by spon-
taniety that made it living.
1t began like summer storm with the
leaden clouds far away on the horizon,
charged with the electric bolts. Now a
shower, now a steady down-pour, now
the cloud-burst with the wind bowling
and the thunder rolling mighty diapa-
son.
Long, long, long, steady loar like the
eternal profundis OF the Niagara cataract
from the multitoned organ of 10000
human pipes, with the flashing scene
play OF the darting shafts of lightning
from the sur-charged throats of the
ecstatic hosts.
How it Began,
1t all began with the declaration OF the
chairman. The next business in order,
is the nomination of candidates for
President of the United States"
"Ho-o.o-Ra-a-y!" With one shrill yell,
like the ''wnew" of the blast striking the
kieh key of telegraph wires in a storm.
1t was all over in moment, but the
tension was broken. Stored-up feeling
was let loose in that united stretch.
For two days thousands were ready to
veil, but there was little to rave over.
Today they raved.
1t was IL o'clock when the premoni-
tions of the tumult came, and throughout
the day the human sea kept on its surg
ing boom on the beach of enthusiasm.
At the fateful moment when the chair
made the announcement, there were
waving fl lgs, pungent cheers and all the
embellishments of delighted satisfaction,
but the elimination proved it only em-
bryonic.
"The clerk will call the roll OF States
for nomination." announced the chair.
"Alabamal
Quick from the floor shot the reply:
Alabama yields to Ohio"
"Yipw 1t was the famous rebel yell
from an overioyed Southerner.
'Senator Foraker, of Ohio" the chair
enunciated, and the famous fireworks"
orator OF the Presidents own State,
stepped firmly on the platform amid
great applause. He has aged and mel
lowed since the days of his nickname,
his mustache OF coal black is now full OF
gray, and repression has displaced pyro-
technics. His speech was not delivered
with any intensity, but was clear direct
and brief. He was ideal in his deport-
ment a. an orator and his every word
was to the point.
There were punctuating hurrahs, but
they were few. A confused idea of a
summary of ideal mani and ideal
candidate" triumph i'll November" was
lingering in the minds of the people
when they were suddenly taken un-
awares by the closing words with cata-
pultic force: II, therefore, nominate fol
President OF the United States"
Everybody knew he said civilian
Mckinley" but few heard it, for the
uproar began the instant the orator
stepped back and the vast assemblage
knew the deed had been done.
1t was IL o'clock. From that nom.
g It until watches licked off 1l.27 tbs
whole convention was one animated
bowling ''can't t-hold-me-down" individ
uality.
Cheers began it; howls followed; ther
the band played. but they scarcely adde(
to the din OF the fast rising tidal.wave
which was destined to sweep over thu
mighty audience for we'll nigh thous
and seconds.
1t was Kaleidoscope, miscellaneous
jumbled, yet making picture beautiiu
IN pattern and marvellous in arrange
ment. Every moment had different feat
ure and the events could well be chror
iclei chronolo gically as each was differ
ent and was striking.
Tumultuous cheering ragged for two
minutes without lull, then the swirl o
the real storm began, and it shook tn,
great sturdy building to its foundations
From behind the rail on the south gal
lery, five red, white and blue plumes o
long waving California pampas, fastened
the ends OF long, slim wonds sprang int
the air.
A score, now two score, now fifty, and
look two hundred plumes like the cir
rms iluming the sky with the radiant re
Elections OF the sun.
And now they were mad with eX
huoeration. They danced on chairs
pranced up and down the aises; ant
how they screamed? 1t was the triumph
ant b rus OF the proxies for the grea
maioilty Of eighty millions of free peo
pie, singing the paean Of duty, victorious
ly fulfilled. And they voiced the note
of jubilation with the consciousness @
sending aloft the hymn OF the great an
prosperous people.
Red umbrellas, white umbrellas an
umbrellas of blue spread open were nov
swinging in the air. Flags eaped int
the air in all parts of the house an,
hovered over the heads OF The hundred
on the immense platform.
~., All this time the thund, rous underson
rolled on and on. Spirit was mountai
hi n. all had quaff-d t ie sparkling win
of del ght, ana tney wtrs as men stlmu
lI r1 20 the utmost
IN .nc ,entle I'D. .ar4e4 S ate ana