The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-22

as Senator Lodge could return, nor did
it have the fervor nor the rich meta
phor of the Wolcott's and Delivers.
1t was sharp, intense, and at all times
kissing with the steam of overpres-
sure. No speech of the convention has
been so effective, none so full of char
acter, and none which found so re-
sponsive an audience. 1t carried
everything before it, and old cam
paigners sighed that such energy was
beyond them.
Other Speeches.
The speeches of Senator Thurston,
of Nebraska, and of John w. Yerkes,
of Kentucky, were hardly above the
ordinary, though we'll enough received
That of George A. Knight, of Cali
fornia, delivered in a clear, ringing
voice which penetrated the most dis
tant recesses of the hall, put the audi
ence, by its happy vein no less than
picturesqueness, into real good humor
and reconciled it with the temperature
now rapidly rising in the hall. Cover
nor James A. Mount, of Indiana, was
the last speaker. With an insignificant
presence and piping voice, he soon lost
compelled to hear his speech punctuat-
ed by the cries of "Vote! Vote"
Taking of the Vote.
The taking of the roll is always i'm
pressive, even when there is but a sin
gle candidate. Today the audience
watched the work under a great strain
of interest. OF course, there are chair
men of delegations who on such occa-
sions cannot possibly resist the temp
tation of adjourning the announcement
of their poll by little speeches, which
are received with applause, or laughter
sometimes, but more frequently with
tired feeling akin to disgust. b. b.
Odell announced the vote of New York.
Hawaii's vote was received with a
round of applause. When Senator
Lodge said: William Mckinley has
received 926 votes and 1 hereby declare
him your nominee for president for the
term beginning March 4, 1901" enthusi-
asm broke out anew and all the fren-
zied scenes that had gone before were
| repeated. The element of horse play,
always latent in large body like this,
found ample play, in delegates gather
ing the states signs from different parts
of the floor once more and, rushing
toward the platform, forming a pic
turesquely uproarious group around
| Senator Hanna, the latter's face fairly
beaming and every feature eXuding
| happiness and content. At the same
time an elephant, not real one, how
ever, was seen to move up the center
| aisle and with stately seriousness made
the rounds of the floor. This, too, it
was whispered, was one of Senator
Hanna's happy devices. But that may
be slander. 1t is not strange, though,
that everything. good or bad, ridicu-
lous or impressive in the convention
| should be ascribed to him.
Roosevelt's Nomination.
Shortly before 1 o'clock the conven-
tion was ready to proceed to the busi-
ness of nominating the candidate for
the presidency. Upon the call of
states, Alabama yielded to Iowa, which
sent Lafayette Young, of Des Moines,
to the platform. This was not so much
a speech nominating Governor Roose-
welt as ii was a speech Withdrawing
| Dolliver from the list of candidates.
But he finally managed to mention the
name of Governor Roosevelt, where
upon the audience were brought out
once more into cheering, and the Kan
sas men trotted out a sign which read:
| kansas first TO declare for Governor
Roosevelt" The New York delegation
| broke out in renewed cheers, ODell
| leading, and Frank Plat, in the most
effusive manner, shaking the governor
by the hand. NJ. j. Murray, of Massa-
| chusetts, and j. NJ. Ashton, of Wash
| ington, followed in colorless and COM
monplace speeches. The last of the
day, as far as speaking is concerned
was made by Chauncey NJ. Depew. He