The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-22

/ becoming uneasy. They wanted acton,
/ not oratory.
( Disregarding the call fer vote. Chair
man Lodge recognized George Knight,
I head Of the California delegation. As he
I appeared upon the platform and addressed
/ the convention his first sentence. ringing
through the great building ike a trumpet
/ call, caught the fancy Of the assem5 age
/ and ne was cheered enthusiastically.
! His humorous and pungent arraignmsnt
1 of the Democratic party for its attitude
] upon national issues provoked frequent
/ laughter.
I'VE all know the Democratic party -
| said he; we all have known II in the
past. ana we all know what it VIII be until
( the crack of doom. It never changes for
/ the better or for. prog
He paid brilliant tribute 70 his own
state of California and. discussing briefly
! the position of the Golden Stale and her
/ sister states on the beautiful Pacific as to
/ the pre-eminent question Of expansion, de-
! clared that they all were in harmonious
/ accord with the administration of William
! Mckinley.
Mount of Indiana.
Vote" Voter came from the delegates
as Mr.. Knight concluded, but the chair
man stilied the cutlery and recognized Gov
Mount of Indiana. who. in behalf of the
| Hoosier State seconded the nomination of
U
the stntesmau-soldier President. 1t was
apparent that the convention was eager
for definite results. and a growing hum
spread through The hal as Gov. Mount
spoke.
Gov. James Mount of Indiana said in
part;
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the
Conventions: 1 arise 10 second the nomi-
nation Of a man who has ably discharg-
ed every responsibility N peace and war
one who in the perilous crisis of the
great civil conflict in this country, though
but a mere youth, displayed the loyalty
of a patriot and the courage of a hero.
This man enlisted as a private soldier
| and foughs in the front rank of battle
until the Union was saved and honored
peace secured. He is a statesman as
well as patriot a creator of statutes as
well q defender of liberty. He became
a leader in the Congress of the United
States. He was chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee and the dlstin-
guished author of the tariff law which
/ bears his honored name. The anathemas
of the Democratic party were showered
upon that law and from the same source
came direful prophes;es that calamity
would follow its adoption. On the con-
tary, however, the wisdom of that meas
ure was speedily proclaimed through
flaming furnaces and FORCES which illu-
minated the night and by new indus
tries and expanded markets. l there
fore take great pleasure in seconding the
nomination of him who stands before the
world clearheaded, cleanhanded strong
hearted-pa triot, stateman and hero,
typical American, a Christian gentleman,
William Mckinley"
The FESTIVE listeners broke in with many
d moustrauicns and calls of Vote" and
Chairman Lodge was kept busy with his
eavel trying to maintain sufficient order
for the speaker to be heard As he closed,
the convention again demanded a vote.
ana the cha rman announced that the 70
of ates would be called for the vote on
the nomination for President
The Vote Announced.
At 12:37 the vote began. The galleries
were noticeably attentive and there was
no unusual demonstration among the dele
gates until New YorK's vote was announc-
ed by Chairman Odell. This brought out
a round of applause. When Pennsylvan
las vote was announced by Senator Quay
many of the delegations arose and cheer
ed
Some Of the states were not content with
casting their votes for Mckinley. but the
chairman announced the vote which the
candidate would receive in November. At
the call OF Hawaii the delegations stood
/ a d cheered the armour cement of the new
/ possession of its two vot5s for Mckinley.
The tally clerks quickly made the Of
fc al summary. and handed it to tire
chairman Mr.. Lodge took the paper ard,
| adva ncing to the front of he stage said:
THE total vote cast is $50. William Nc
Kinley has received $50 votes. 1t is a
unanimous vote. and the chairman de-
clares that William Mckinley is your
nominee for the presidency for the term
beginning March 4, 1901
PandemOnium Loose Again.
Now again pandemonium broke loose in
one swelling chorus of enthusiasm for tn )
| new candidate. Up went the p umes and
standards. Up stood the great audience,
men and women mingling their shouts and
their f antic demo On: traticn.
The band played Rally Round the
| Flag" and the Hamilton Club of Chicago
marched down the ais,e. prec eded by New
York and followed ty Pennsylvania
| Mr.. Lodge warned the noisy and dem
onstrative throngs that there was still vi
tai business TO be done and announced that
the call of states would proceed for nomI-
nations for the vice presidency.
AS the name of Alabama was called on
| the roll of states, for the nomination of
candidates for Vice President, the an
nouncement was made by the chairman of
| the delegation that Alabama would yield
| to Iowa to present a candidate.
Speech of Young of Iowa.
CHAIRMAN Lodse tnen recognized Col.
LATE Young, one of the Iowa delegates at
large, and editor of the Des Moines Cap
ital.
Robust and vigorous in his physique and
in his mentality. Col Young swung down
the main aisle 10 the platform to do that
which single orator never before did in
a Republican national convention-with-
draw one strong and magnetic man as a
candidate and present the name Of another
for the se2ond Office in the gift of the
American people. He withdrew the name
of Dolliver and offered that OF Roosevelt
He said:
Gentlemen of the Convention: ! have
listened with profound interest TO the nu-
merous indictments pronounced against
the Democratic party, and as an impair
tial review of history 1 am compelled to
confess that the indictments are all only
100 true. II | am to judge, however, by
the enthusiasm of this hour, the Republi-
can Relief Committee sent out four years
ago TO carry supplies and succor to the
PROSTATE industries Of the republic has
returned to make formal report that the
duty has been discharged.
Il could add nothing to this indictment,
except TO say that this unfortunate party
through four years Of legislative control
had made it, up TO 1896, impossible for an
honest man 10 get into debt or TO get out
of it. Laughter.)
But, my fellow citizens, you know my
purpose, you know the heart of this con-
venl ion. The country never called for pa
trotic sons from any given family but
more were offered than there was room for
on the enlistment roll