Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-06-28

Nfark Hanna" They we're gwen
with a will. The demonstration al
Told lasted exactly fifteen minutes.
This p%rotracted outburst was Dut ths
rornrunner of the pandemonium tnat
raiopad n moment later when Roose-
reIt the man Of the hour, mounted
tbe platform ia second the presidents
nomiration. When the conyehlioa
caught sight Of him 1t went OH AGAIN
like n rocket. As he stood there rae
ING the yelling multitude the roar
could have been heard for blocks.
hanna smiled Blandiy
as n daring photographer set up a
rapid. fire camera directly In 'front.' Oh
the hero of San Juan and began
banging away at him. But TEDDY alo
moi finch. He looked about hin
while he waited for the storm 10 suo
side. Several times he raised ms
hand. but the cheering continued. his
stern square Jaw was firmly set as Ne
surveyed the scene. Only once dld MS
face relax. That vas when he caught
SIGHT of his wife. who sat in the re-
served seats overhanging the pit on
his right. Then he smiled until his
teeth showed and Mrs. Roosevelt u
tered back her handkerchief. When
finally he was allowed to begin
He Plunged Directly
10 the heart Of his subject in the inn
petuous way which the people so
much admire. His first statement was
that he rose 70 second the nomination
of William Mckinley, who had raced
more problems than any other presl-
dent since Lincoln. The convention
got on it's feet and IL was several min
utes before he could proceed. Every
movement and every word was CHAR
acferistic OF the n III" ooked
spoke and acted like one giving direc-
ton 10 an army about TO go into bat
tie. And nothing would content him
but TO storm the heights as he did al
SANTIAGO. Roosevelt is no master or
the foil. He prefers the broadsword,
and as he laid about him with
SIedge Hammer Blows
| the multitude went wild with delight.
A Nebraska delegate shouted: Hit
'em again." He had re manuscript
| Of his speech in his hand Aid referred
to it occasionally. discarding page af-
ter page as he finished until the plat
form at his feet was strewn with
white sheets. When he reached his
peroration, and with a world of in
finite scorn in his voice, asked IL
America was a weakling to shrink
from the world-work of the world
powers. the whole pit echoed NO" in
chorus. When he concluded and re-
sumed his seat in the New York del
egation the other DELEGATES rushed
forward and surrounded him.
Many Embraced Him,
and Il seemed for a moment as Il they
would lift him to their shoulders. SEN
atOr ThursIOn, the D~emosthenes OF
the senate. John W. Yerkes. an orator
from the Blue Grass State. and Gov.
Mount also seconded McKinley's NOM
ination. but before the LATER con-
Guided the convention was impatient
for a vote and tried several times 10
howl him down. Then the roll of
states was called and delegation after
delegation rise in solid blocks and
cast their votes for Mckinley. When
Chairman Lodge made the announce
menr that the president had been re-
nominated for the term beginning
March 4. 1901. there vas the same
wild storm which had been raised by
Foraker, and when 1t was over
Rooseveits Nomination
for the vice presidency evoked a sue.
cession of similar demonstrations.
Lafe Young of Iowa. who was with
Roosevelt in Cuha, nominated him on
behalf CT the state which had original
~ cone to Philadelphia for Dolliver.
His nomination vas seconded by Del
egate Murray of Secretary Longs
state, Delegate Ashton of Washington,
which came here for Bartlett Trip.
Ckarncy 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 drama
of
The Country'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 NOM
mating both candidates for president
N vice president unanimously. adj
joulned.
Gov. Roosevelt drove from the con-
vention hall with Mr.. Odell. seated in
the rear Of an open landau. He lifted
his broad-brim hat to the continuous
salyos that greeted him as he passed
through the densely packed streets
Ike a ~conquering hero fresh from new
victories.