The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-22

TO wave the silk fiag, Al last the excitement
began to die out and the Senator AIDED her 10
climb down from the table TO the noor again.
Then he got down himself.
In the Roosevelt demonstration to-day there
was one man in the Iowa delegation who had
been hot for Dolliver, butswho was bound not
to let the standard Of his State be topped by any,
He was tail himself and he stood straight up on
the stsD shS4Id ss 81 bIS sho an he ' could tpW sbny s"f his n'i head Sya'
In that fashion he Joined the parade ana was
carried thus around the hall.
A feature Of the Roosevelt demonstration
was q big elephant. or at least the hide OF a
big one. When the excitement was at Its
height this elephant hide. propelled by men
inside of 1t, entered the hall at the main en-
trance. 1t was preceded by a man carrying
q blue banner with the name of a Chicago club
on it. Straight down the main aisle paraded
the elephant. walking on its hind legs and
swinging its trunk. As II went down the del
esation brushed its head with the long pampas
grass plumes that they had. Twice around
the hall the elephant marched. followed by
delegates carrying the standards OF the states,
and all the while the crowd yelled and whooped
IL up for Roosevelt. Finally the elephant dis.
appeared out Of the door through which II had
entered. The band in the meantime had been
play ing -ThereW Be a Hot Time in the Old Town
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played on the battlefield at the top Of San Juan
hill on the day Of its capture: During the
demonstration for Mckinley and again during
the demonstr alton for Gov. Roosevelt II was
necessary for the police TO mass at the loot
OF the steps leading 10 the platform to prevent
the excited crowds swarmlnH on the PLATFORM
and swapping the people there
The pampas plumes that the Calfornians
imported to use in helping along the demon
~stration that was to end in "A stampede for
Gov. Roosevelt were not necessary for that pur-
nose. For a long while the Californiars didn't
know what to do with them. They held on
until the Mckinley demonstration started ana
then they could hold no longer. They dragged
the bundles out from under their seats and ~
two minutes the plumes had been passed all
around the hall. and the part of the hall where
the delegates sat vas a rolling sea OF red. white
and blue plumes. Once out they stayed out
and they were a feature OF the convention after
that.
When Gov. Roosevelt stepped up on the plat
form to-day to make his speech seconding
the nomination Of President Mckinley. the
camera fends that have been told about in
The sun all aimed their machines at him.
Two OF them we're so bold that they dashed
I'D the steps leadingto the platform and planted
their cameras, which were on tripods. within
ten feet of the Governor. who stood waiting
for thu applause to die out so that he could
begin his speech, One OF these fiends was "A
quick workman and the other was "A slow one.
The fast one took six or seven. pictures of the
Governor before tho applause had died away.
The slow man had only taken four, and he
wanted more, The, Governor was ready 70
proceed. but that didn't phase the tiend. He
went right ahead taking pictures. The Cover
nor was irritated. Take, that thing out of
here he commanded; The tiend had nerve
and he kept at it. lake 1t aTSy' sow tId fnr
ward, so did Senator Hanna. Get out of
that" they commanded in a breath at the same
R IT, RsS had 4 b Rsl eys on t fsaf pcliae l%f 1G and af had
intended staying as long as he would permit.
Now he moved quickly and Just escaped the
clutch Of the pon Ole ~ a., hsnd Tho A asnd While lins
to get to the platform. but this time the police
repulsed them.
The three sentences in the speech Of Gov.
Roosevelt that got the most applause to-day
were these: 1T wasn't a great war. because 1t
didn't have to BE-" Wise legislation Is vitally
important, but honest administration is still
orator who says trusts in New York this fall
The ~sentence in Californian Knights speech
that made a hit wss this: The Democratic party
has blackened the eye Of commerce and blocked
progress. 1t has put your Uncle Samuel TO bed
every time that it had a chance"
Tho crowd got after Gov. Mount Of Indiana
to-day In great shape. The Governor Is a gifted
talker and he can make a good speech. but his
voice Is husky and. speak as loud as no could.
the hall wa too big; he could not AL il. Not
more than half the people could hear him well
enough to understand. Another thing. it was
hot In the hall. and the people did not want any
more oratory than was necessary. They didn't
consider Gov. Mounts eloquence necessary.
They were not ugly about II, but they we're
determined. and they started applauding the
Governor and kept II up. Gov. Mount is a de-
termined man. and when he starts out To do a
thing he Is bound to carry II through. II was
little man with a little bunch Of whiskers on his
chin. strained every muscle In his body and his
neck and head in his effort TO make himself
heard. II was painful TO watch him: His face
Still the crowd a%pplauded: Chairman Lodge
tried his best 10 restore order. He hammered
with all his might on the table with his gavel.
With the gayei thumping behind him; the dele;
the crowd bowling all about him, Gov. Mount,
the irrepressfbie. spoke on. IL was u fine
exhibition OF nerve. He kept on speaking. too,
until he had finished the speech he had prepared
When he stopped the people tried TO make M
for their discOurtesy by giving a genuine cheer
for the little Governor. Senator Fairbanks
and Congressman Mudd 81 Indiana met him
~ he returned TO his delegates and shook him
by the hand.
Al the conclusion Of the convention to-day
the souvenir hunters, who are always present
on such occasions, made a dash for the plat
form. They grabbed all the pens that had
been used, the penholders, tho inkstands, the
stationery that was left. They took every
thing that was not nailed down, even the
potted flowers did not escape.
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