Daily inter mountain., 1900-06-21

| there would Join in this majestic chorus OF
! the waters from our new to our old shores;
voices coming from our insuiar POSSESSIONS IONS
! horn consecrated to Iibertv' to freedom and
! to independence
There is no more fitting place for this
this old Kentucky. Now. gentlemen, these
voices that would come from abroad would
| FIRST time the flag of freedom floats and
| that by the orders of our president. Fur
thermore, today they are linked to our
progress and to our destiny. and therein
| stable government, domestic tranquility
and Christian civilization are assured to
| them, and jus; as Lincolns name sounds
to the emancipated slave and his children.
/ so the name of President Mckinley will
! be to those liberated millions of political
/ We believe that with the same leader
ship, the same policies that gave us victory
in 1895, that same winning will be repeated
in 1900. Then it was a campaign OF IN
| struction, or argument of promise of better
: days, of trying to teach the people to trust
and rely in our plans and purposes. Now 1t
! will be campaign in which we will show
what has been accomplished. prophecies
! fulfilled and pledges redeemed.
A kentuckian, lover of my native state.
believing in the integrity and honesty OF
her citizens, / have the fullest confidence
response to every argument and that the
/, response will be made at our polls in No
vember in eleeting electors to vote for
President McKinley's reelection. ZAP
plause).
When Mr.. Yerkes had concluded he was
!, given a salvo of applause that echoed and
re-echoed through the great hall.
| As he turned to resume his seat on the
platform, Senator Hanna rose and cor
/ daily grasped his hand.
| Almost instantly from all parts of the
hall came the cry, Vote! Vote! Vote"
Delegates and spectators were becoming
uneasy. They wanted action, not oratory.
Disregarding the call for vote, Mr..
Lodge recognized George Knight. head Of
the California delegation. As he appeared
rnyo IVA vN0ntf tfnV oS,1 pI1 sad khn
vention his first sentence, ringing through
the great building like trumpet call.
Wa he Hs h
morous and pungent arraignment Of the
democratic party for its attitude upon ma
tional questions provoked frequent laugh
I'VE all know the democratic party"
said he; Wn % At have known % i I'll IN the, the past a
doom It never changes for the better Or
state Of California and discussing the posi-
ton of the golden state and her sister
states on the beautiful Pacific as to the pre-
eminent question Of expansion and declared
that they all were in harmonious accord
with the administration of Mckinley:
During the call Of states for the vote on OF,
were noticeably attentive, and there was
no unusual demonstration among the dele
by Chairman ODel This brought out a
When Pennsylvania's vote was an
nOunced by Senator Quay many of the del
egations rose and cheered.
some OF the states were not content with
for bs
candidate would receive in November.
When Hawaii was called the delegates
its vote Of two for Mckinley.
The secretary hurriedly made the sum
mary and handed i to the chairma9
vancing to the front of the stage. said:
The total vote cast aon Is $780, William Nc
ree and ~ the vo'eh Chairman is
nounces William Mckinley as our candi-
date for president for the term beginning
Again pandemonium broke loose in one
swelling cheer of enthusiasm for the candi-
date s+oog Up went ven the piumss and
frantic demonstrations. The bands I played nd
club of Chicago marched down M the aisle
preceded by New York and followed by
blem Of republican strength, was brought
into the hall. Around it's neck was en-
applause were mingled as the great great en- en-
blem was borne about. The demonstra tion
in honor of the presidents nomination
lasted five minutes and then the chairman
: called for order for the further event in
> store
Mr.. Lodge warned the noisy and demon.
strative throngs that there was still vital
business to be done and announced that
the. the call Of states would proceed for the
vice presidency. AS the name of Alabama
t was called on the roll of states for nomi-
nations for vice president, the announce
, ment was made by the chairman that Ala.
bama would yield to Iowa to present a cam
, didate.
: Chairman Lodge. then recognized Col
large and Editor of the Des Moines iowa
: Capital Colonel Young swung down the
, main aisle to the platform to do that which
Y publican national convention = withdraw
r one strong and magnetic man as candi
date and present the name of another fol
! people,. He withdrew the name of Dollivel
r and offered that of Roosevelt
Colonel Young in Cuba at the time
o that Roosevelt led his gallant rough riders
+ up San Juan hill. and his reference to thu
touching.
r The demonstration which followed Colo
ne me- y 9oungs h I was Is not second to that accord
ea eanbt 70 the rest Of the m names The vast as
: fairly ia filled the air: The band in the mai,
o Time in the Old Town Tonight" and t. t,
the inspiring strains the delegates beeal
e nnarl marching around the hail. filing past Gov
z ernor Roosevelt as he sat in the New
York delegation and extending to him thei
e CONGRATULATIONS
?. In the procession OF standard bearer
r who filed past Governor Roosevelt wa
: one woman from the Utah delegation
!. who presented him with big bunch O
y roses, for which Governor Roosevelt re
turned a profound bow.
Several of the Kansas delegates re
u moved their beautiful silk sunflowe
badges and threw them upon Governo
Roosevelt during the march of the dele
o gates 1T was an inspiring demonstra
e tion. Mrs. Roosevelt looked down upol
n 1t from her position of vantage in tn
n side gallery She was pale as paper, bu
d appeared smiling and happy. The dem
J. onst1ation continued for six minutes an,