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finally overthrow those whose success
would mean for the nation material dis
aster and moral disgrace Exactly as
we have Femedied the evils which, in
the past, We undertook to remedy, so now
when we say that wrong shall be right
ed 1t most aSsuredly will be righted.
We have nearly succeeded in bringing
peace and order to the Philippines. We
nave sent thither. and TO the other ISL
ands towards whose inhabitants We now
stand as trustees in the cause of good
government, men like Wood, Taft and
Allen, whose very names are synonyms of
integrity and guarantees of efficiency.
Appclntees like these, with subordinates
CHOSEN on grounds of merit and fitness
methods in and by which this nation must
approach its new and serious duties. Con-
trast this with what would be the fate
OF the islands under the spOils system so
brazenly advocated. by our opponents in
their last national platform.
The war still goes on, because the al
hes in this country of the bloody insur-
rectionary olfgarchy have taught their
foolish dupes abroad to believe that, if
the rebellion is kept alive until next No
Vember, Democratic success at the polls
mere will be followed by the abandon
Ment OF the islanGS-that means their
abandonment to saVages who would
scramble for what we desert, until some
powerful, civilized nation stepped in to do
WHAT we HOuIu nave SHOWN ourselves
UNIT 20 perform. Our success in Novem-
Der means peace in the islands. The sue
ceSs OF our p0htlcaI opponents means an
INDEFINITE proIongatfon of misery and
DIo0dshed. We of this convention now re-
nominate the man whose name is a
guaranty against such disaster When
we place William Mckinley as our can
Gidate before the people, we place the
Republican party on record as standing
for the performance which squares with
promise, as standing for the redemption
IN administration and legislation of the
p!eUSeS made in the platform and on the
stump, as standing for the upbuildng of
the national honor and interest abroad
and the continuance al home of the pros
per1ty which it has already brought to
the farm and the workshop.
After recoUnt1ng the achievements of
the United States in the far-off islands
ana presenting in a sentence the claim
Gov. Roosevelt demanded amid thunder
Gus applause:
rs America weakling that she should
shrink from the work of great world
power? The giant of the west, like the
gladiator of old, looks into the fusYfe
win nope, with expectancy, which the
love OF az az institutions have made dear
to US. Tremendous applause.)
In conclusion Gov Roosevelt declared
the republican party and the American
people challenge the future, and they were
eager Tor the labor laid out for them, as
if by providence
Roosevelt Is no master of the foil. He
prefers the broadsword and as he laid
about him with sledgehammer blows the
multitude went wild with delight
Nebraska delegate shouted: Hit 'em
again" He had the manuscript of his
speech in his hand and referred to 1t
occasionally, discarding page after page
as he finished until the platform at his
feet was streWn with white sheets. When
he reached his peroratiOn and with
world of infinite scorn in his voice asked
If America was Weakling to shrink
from the world work Of the world pow
ers the whole pit echoed NO in chorus
When he concluded and resumed his seat
in the New York delegate the other
delegates rushed forward and surrounded
him. Many embraced him and it seemed
for moment as if they would lift him
to their shoulders.
Senator ThurSton, the Demosthenes of
the senate, John w. Yerkes, an orator
from the blue grass state. and Gov
Mount also seconded McKinley's nomina>
ton, but before the latter concluded the
convention was impatient for a vote and
several times tried to howl him down
Then the roll Of states was called and
delegation after delegation rose in solid
blocks and cast their votes for Mckinley
ROOsEYELTs NOMINATION.
When Chairman Lodge made the an
nouncement that the president had been
renominated fer the term beginning
March 4, 1904, sthere was the same wild
storm Which had been raised by Foraker
and when it was over Roosevelt's nom
nation for the vice presidency evoked
a succession of similar demonstrations
Lafe Young, of Iowa, who was with
Roosevelt in Cuba, nominated him on
behalf of the state which had originally
come to Philadelphia for Dolliver. His
nomination was seconded by Delegate
Murray, of Secretary Longs state, and
Delegate Ashton, of Washington, which
came here for Bartlett Trip.
Chauncey Depew wound up the oratory
on behalf of the state which declared
for Woodruff Depew's speech aroused
the most intense enthusiasm when he
pictured the dazzling dreams of the
cCuntry's future. During every pause
the band played but one air, the tune
which Col Roosevelt had heard in the
trenches before Santiago.
At 2:14 the convention, which had done
the unparalleled thing of nominating
both candidates for president and vice
presidency unanimously, adjourned.
Gov Roosevelt drove from the conven-
| ton hall with--Mr. ODell, seated in the
rear of an open landau. He lifted his
! broadbrimmed shat to the continuous sal
vos that greeted him as he passed
through the densely packed streets like
a conquerorjng, hero fresh from new vic
tories
Tonight the faces of Mckinley and
| Roosevelt are on all the badges, and
their names are on every lip.