The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-22

| half Of the other vice presidential candi-
dates was found to be signally lacking, the
Ohio senator surrendered yesterday 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 acknowledgment that he had been sur
prised and outmaneuvered by Mr.. Platt
and Mr. Quay.
The Pennsylvania senator did not push in
the convention to-day his plan for new
basis Of representation in party conven-
tions. His amendment to the rules had
apparently served fits tactical purpose, and
after Senator Hanna and the Southern
delegations had fallen in line for Roose-
velt's nomination Mr.. Quay saw no object
| In precipitatpg a long and bitter fight over
the proposed new rule. Like other political
reforms, the demand for more equitable
apportionment of delegates will probably
sleep on again until another similar pretext
arises for calling it to life.
AN EFFECTIVE COMBINATION.
| In the strength of the ticket nj minated
| to-day the convention showed eveiy conf
| dence, as Senator Depew declared in his
| speech seconding Colonel Roosevelts NOM
| ination, flew combinations more effective
have been devised by any political party
| William Mckinley, a Western man, with
| Eastern ideas. and Theodore Roosevelt, an
| Eastern man, with Western characteris-
| tics"
| Lack Of opposition or antagonizing of any
| sort in a national convention cannot but
| discourage the wilder and more hysterical
forms of enthusiasm. Other great gather
| ings have been swept by more tumultuous
| and violent emotions, in which the extrava-
| CANT frenzy Of victory has overlaid to Bit
| ter and lasting chagrin of defeat. This
/ convention. in contrast with many of its
| predecessors seemed sober and unimpres-
| sionable, contained in its enthusiasms and
measured In the modes by which 1t ex-
| pressed them. But this moderation sug-
| gested also serenity of confidence, a
| bucyancy of spirit and a solidarity of feel
| ing freely counted among the assets of a
/ great party just entering a presidential
| campaign. Firm in the belief that it had
drafted a platform and framed a national
| ticket uniquely acceptable to all shades of
sentiment within the party the Philadel-
| phia convention of 1900 dispersed with
sense of cheerfulness and satisfaction
which is to be taken as happy omen for
the success of the principles it has reaf-
firmed and the candidates it has chosen.
Considering the fact that after last nights
adjustment of the only possible difficulty in
sight there remained absolutely nothing for
the convention TO do except to go through
a certain programme in the quickest time
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regard to the interests represented by the
| entertainment committee of Philadelphia
citizens. there gathered this morning in
convention hall crowd larger and more
| enthusiastic than any that had assembled
there before. Nothing, it was known, In
the way of the unexpected could happen.
No surprises were In store for any one. No
sudden move on the political chessboard
| was necessary to meet rivals tactics or
TO confound his schemes. Even Senator
| Quays thinly disguised threat to force a
change in the basis of representation, and
by so doing bring hesitating Southern dele
gates into line with the anti-administration
| coalition. was known TO be threat merely
| that had served its purpose and was in no
danger. therefore, of being carried into eff
feet on the floor of the convention. There
| remained nothing, then, for the spectator
| TO do than to be one of the sweltering mass
| OF humanity. TO listen at more or less ef-
fective distance 10 a dozen of speeches or
so and to contribute his share of the en-
thusiasm which always marks an historical
| event OF this character and without which
the formal opening of political campaign
| would be incomplete.
THE CHIEF INCIDENTS
The demonstration which followed Sem
ator Foraker's nominating speech. Gov
ernor Roosevelt's speech seconding the
nomination of President Mckinley AID
Senator Depews address were the principal
incidents of the session Those who re-
member the remarkable outbreak for
Blaine In the Minneapolis convention OF
1882. and contend that the enthusiasm, or
noise. II you please. measured by the length
of time IL lasted alone. which delegates and
audience INDUCED In to-day. cannot COM
pare with the record-breaking convention
pandemorium of eight years ago, should
not forget that mere volume of sound or
power of lung endurance are OF little sig
niticance when approved by intelligence