The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-22

who Is to he the next Republican nominee
for Governor of Kentucky: Mr.. knight OF
California and Governor Mount of 1ndi-
ana the man who refused TO give up Will
lam 5. Taylor to the State of Kentucky
after he had been indicted as an accessory
to murder. Governor Mount had hard
time of it. He is a little man with n gray
chin whisker ard a thin voice. The audi
ence was tired. anI shouts os Vote
Vote" Vote" drowned his speech.
Presently the roll of States was called.
Wien Pennsylvania was reached. the en-
tire delegation. headed by Mr. Quay. stood
up. The crowd ch.ered Mr.. Hannas vic
tim.
When Hawaii cast her first vote in an
American convention there was another
round of applause. The result of the vote
was the unanimous nomination of MIR. Nc
kinley. and when Senator Lodge declared
the President to be the candidate of She
convention. Mr.. Hanna again went TO the
front OF the stage and waved his handker-
chief as 4 signal.
More Spontaneous Enthusiasm.
Everything had been arranged for an
o' 'erwhelming scene. A procession OF the
standards was formed. and the Hamilt IN
Club OF Chicago sent down the main
aisle a huge upright figure of an elephant
walking on IFS hind legs the legs being
the trousered limbs of members of The
club. whose bodies We're concealed insi lie
the elephant. The procession marched
around the hall. The band played John
Browns Body" The delegates sang it, and
there was some cheering for about two
minutes. The standard of Utah was car
ried by Mrs. Jones. the only woman dele
gate to the convention. This demonstra-
tion, too was failure
Nomination of ROosevelt.
Next came the nomination OF candidates
Tor Vice President. Governor Roosevelt
was In a high state of emotion. When the
roll call began. Alabama yielded to Iowa
Lafe Young. who was to nave nominated
MIR. Dolliver of Iowa. made a long speech
Withdrawing Mr.. Delivers name and pre-
senting the name Of Governor Roosevelt, 1t
was dull speech, and the noise of general
conversation was SO great that very little of
it could be Eeard.
The audience was surprisfpgly uuIet
Governor Roosevelt seemed to be astonished
and looked about him inquringiy. Mr.
Murray Of Massachusetts seconded the
nomination There was 4 procession Of
| standards around the hall. The woman
delegate from Utah presented to Governor
roosevelt bouquet. The standard bearers
MED past the Governors seat, but he re-
fused 10 rise. Mr.. Ashton OF Washington
also seconded the nomination of Roose-
Welt -.
At this point there were loud calls for
Mr. Depew. Mr.. Depew went to the plat
Hoihi anu ftttiNeu dii ovation. he attacked
the Democratic party and the New York Ice
Trust. but he said nothing about the 20
other trusts. He joked and Jibed and told
stories. and said that Mr.. Bryan was a
body-snatcher who had stolen the corpse
Of l6 to from the grave in which IL was
buried by the Republican party, and the
crowd laughed and applauded him.
Finally the roll call OF the States went
on. and when II was finished Senator Lodge
announced that Governor Roosevelt had re-
ceived every vote In the convention except
his own. After a few routine details of the
convention were arranged the adjournment
was declared
Taking the convention as n whole, and
assuming that 1t represents the feeling of
the Republican voters throughout the coup-
try. II must be admitted that the result is
discouragins and alarming to the Repub-
lican party.