Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-06-28

| Philadelphia June 2l.-Presidcnt McKin-
ley was unanimously renominated for
President of the United States by the re-
publican national convention at las O'Clock
to-day and an hour and ten minutes later
Gov. Theodore Roosevelt of New York,
VAS unanimously selected to stand b. side
him in the coming battle. The scenes at
tending the selections were tumultuous.
Such unanimous demonstrations in honor
of the nominees of a national convention
have never been cqualled perhaps in the
history of politics in this country 1t was
Il love feast, a jubilee "a ratification meet
ing.
There was a fine setting for to-day's
spectacular drama. Bright poonics at eli
thcr end of the stage made two flaming
I bits Of color over the vast multitude fans
moved ceasclessly to and fro like the pin
ions of a cloud of alarmed gulls beating
the air. There were no prclimnaries. The
wrangle expected over the question OF re
lducing the representation in the South WAS
laVcrted by the withdrawal of ex-senator
Quay's proposition.
The great hall became quiet as Senator
Lodge standing before lj.JI0 eager faces,
gave in hand announced that nominations
for President of the United States were in
order. The reading clerk advanced to the
front of the platform. He was about to
call the roll of States for the prcsenta-
ton of candidates. When Alabama was
called thin. red whiskcred delegate from
,ha. c+o,., oro.o ard errrardored tho tir.t
,i,ht 70 eneal, IN obio A e,,tt.,, of hand
L,rcLiaf. f,i.t the mir ard q cheer went
up from the delegates in the pit as Seno-
tor Foraker of Ohio. the ideal OF militant
rcpublicanism, strobe toward the plat
form. Foraker Is a grand looking man.
with something of the impcriousncse Of
blaine and tbn Iosb NJ . puro,t about
him Tho air was s,ircharred wifi, cleo
trici+,, ,e no mounted tho e.one and un.,,
he turned about standing there with gray
ovas co1rpir,, su,ooninc mo choor,na hon
e9rds tho ro,crotic orator must havob n.,,
Conscious Of his mower TO can mn a Storm
mar would svcen through rho anlnhithoa .
,ro DoIou, hin, ahn,t Kim on eitbor side
vyere banked men and women almost fran
: icaIl,, u.,yirc hats hardLcrrhinfs md
namnae rlu,nes In fuIl ,ieu- Of tho rom
rnntion ha stood orect hie faco ac inAov-
ibIn &C tho,gb chisalled in marble vaitin,
fnr tho anrl9,,se 70 ,.nasa When u,,i.t ,vas
ror,orod no hocor To vne,k +, vas NOT
yet roon h,t the SIM uae hIayinp throucb
ltLo roof shootipr h,e darts and arrows
into an ra,,s Of Tho haII
wan ,,.a,,.rt rinoir,y ,oioa and graco
con aos,,, Isorolor sti,Iad ,bo rriso Keen
tho or,,,Ioyos and n,yos crouchod dawn as
thoy cazod ar mo orator lie heyan to
caiI ur. mo bnrricano from tho star,
Vborcvnr no ra,sed bie arms aloft tbo
wheeling or Tho calo ran around mo hail
IVh.n ho so;d ,bc ,,or,irotion h,d aIrn,,,I,.
hoon r,,do ,bat Ivoicott ava LEDGE md
tho nl,tforp, had e,rh in tIirn named MS
cordid,to . r,oa+ chcor uont ~, When
no .aid bir candidoto u,oe mo 4irs, cboiro
of o,-orv man Who deeired ronuh,icar suc-
coes in Novcmhor tho roar Va Iil,e tbo
rueh of a heavy sea throurh = rockv cn-
warm ,rbo nrator WIS silnncod bv bis own
words ,rben he hogan npain sn.ol,inr 4, :
Ian. MOI, cor rbe audinnro wa. thriIIed
,, Iit,o rrc,, r,,d.',. , Ill 10
I,nnned :, word hero word th.ro Nko
eroriks an a eun-driod stuhhI. and when
H., concludad Nv nIaciro NcEirln,, in ,no-
iratio, not on hobaif 81 Ohio INT All the
safes and ,re-ritori,s a clan NJ thirdor
.l,ool. tho building Fellow him an about
him wora deafonirp roars ,rhe ,,rovious
rhistlinrs of tho storm wore but no
rn.tlings of u summer night,. hree1n Eor
:. uonon, mo ma,,ician l..red ovcr Tho
rlatforro &C IL to satisfy hi,nsaIf that Iis
york vas accomnIished Then ,soinp
mai the effort had been successfll he re-
,irnd to tho rear of the stage
The sight was a grand and insnirins
ono In the nit delegates and aItcrnatns
woro cheering enthusiasticaIlv Over tho
heads of tho enectatore hodiar, roi,rnI
Tho bau was an arpr, een Of ,oeyi,,c,
color Elaps red White and bIuo nI,,reS
shot mn as If nv magic to crest tho waves
Hats were ltrted aloft On canes rmbro,-
las wore boisted and twisted rntu ,ho,
press platform the newspaper men. with