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

special TO the New York Tribune and Published
by Special Arrangement with That Paper.
Philadelphia, June 21.-Without n
single sign of divided sentiment or
over-rued opinion the Republican ma
tional convention named today as its
candidates for president and vice.
president William Mckinley and Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
Each nomination was unanimous and
uncontested, Mr.. Mckinley receiving
926 votes and Mr. Roosevelt 925, every
vote but his own. Unanimity so COM
plete and so unchallenged is unique in
the history of Republican national con-
ventions. Many party candidates since
Fremont and Dayton's time have, in
deed, been chosen for the presidency
or the vice-presdency by acclamation,
or on a single ballot, but no Republi-
can national ticket had been framed
before both names on which were the
single ones presented to the conven-
ton for each office.
Harmony, intense, ubiquitous, al
most rampant, was the spirit which
ruled the convention just ended.
: To the vast majority of the delegates,
the one aim of the gathering was to
launch President McKinley's canvass
for reelection as auspiciously and as
smoothly as possible, and that purpose
governed the conventions proceedings,
even to the minutest detail. Some per-
sonal friction resulted, undoubtedly,
from the manouevers of Messrs. Platt
and Quay, on the one hand, to force,
and of Senator Hanna on the other to
hinder a choice for the presidency
which the general sentiment of the
~ ort p,,t tbiS
friction affected only the rival leaders
themselves and their immediate fol-
lowings, each group bent on establish
ing or exploiting to the galleries its
potency in national councils. From
first to last easily three-fourths of the
delegates looked on indifferently at this
by-play, determined to ignore any fac
tional appeals or arguments which
might be put forward to obscure or
complicate the task on hand. In a con-
vention of this temper the finesse of
personal and factional politics had no
legitimate scope; and a somewhat be-
, lated recognition of this fact on Mr..
Hannas part paved the way at last
for that easy and natural unravelling
of the presidential tangle which
the convention so enthusiastically ac-
cepted TODAY.
In the duel for control of the in
fluences at work to make a vice-presi-
dental nomination it cannot be said
that the Ohio senator held his own
against his more experienced antagon-
lists.
The administration had no cause to
p he rated as hostile to Mr.. Roosevelt's S
impressment as a candidate, yet Mr..
Hanna allowed himself to be put in the
false position of resisting the inclina-
tion of the delegates to nominate the
New York governor whether he wished
to be conscripted or not.
" Piqued at the Stampede.
In the end, therefore, he was forced
to confess to a serious misjudgment Of
the temper of the convention, much
more quickly read and interpreted by
Senator Quay. The Ohio senator was
undoubtedly grieved and piqued that
during his absence last Sunday at Mr..
Griscoms Haverford country house.
the Pennsylvania leader had started a
stampede toward the New York gov
ernor, and attempted on his return to
stop it without rightly judging its hid
den and cumulative force. That Mr..
Hanna's zeal to check the Roosevelt
movement was due to wounded per-
sonal pride. rather than that to politi-
cal instructions from Washington, be-
came evident.
When administration pressure in be-
half of other vice presidential candi-
dates was found t0 be signally lack
ing. the Ohio senator surrendered yes
terday with the best grace he could
master, but his prestige as a political
manager was rudely shattered In the
eyes of the convention by his acknowl-
edgement that he had been surprised
and outmanoeuvered by Mr.. Platt and
Mr.. Quay. The Pennsylvania senator
did not push in the convention today
his plan for a new basis of represen
tation in party conventions. His
amendment to the rules had appar-
emily served its tactical purpose, and
after Senator Hanna and the southern
delegations had fallen in line for Roose-
velt's nomination, Mr.. Quay saw 10
object in precipitating a long and bit
ter fight over the proposed new rule.
Like other political reforms, the de-
mand for a more equitable apportion-
ment of delegates will probably sleep
on again until another similar pretext
arises for calling it to life.
In the strength of the ticket nomi-
mated today the convention showed
every confidence. AS Senator Depew
declared in his speech seconding Col
onel Roosevelt's nomination, few COM
binations more effective have been de-
vised by any political party. "William
Mckinley, a western man with eastern
ideas. and Theodore Roosevelt. an east
ern man with western characteristics. -
Lack of opposition or antagonizing OF
any sort in a national convention can
not but discourage the wilder and more
hysterical forms of enthusiasm. Other
great party gatherings have been
swept by more tumultuous and violent
emotions, in which the extravagant
frenzy of victory has overlaid the bit.
ter and lasting chagrin of defeat.
This convention, in contrast with
many of its predecessor, seemed sober
and unimpressionable, contained in its
enthusiasms and measured in the
modes by which it expressed them, but
this moderation suggested also a Sc.
renity of confidence. a buoyancy OF
spirit and solidity of feeling freely
counted among the assets of a great
party just, entering a presidential
eamnaign, trm in the belief that IL