The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-22

Mckinley. he had to stand some little time on
the platform facing the crowd before the en-
thusiasm died out sufficiently to enable nun
TO begin his speech. While he was staDqlng
waved his hand at her. She returned the
with q nod and u smile. Pretty
nearly everybody in the. crowd saw the, ex-
change OF courtesies. and In a omen there
were hundreds Of glasses turned in the direo.
led woman after that. Everybody wanted to
get a look At the wife OF The man who had the
was by far. the best OF the short speeches de-
livered during the convention, and 1t was gem
orally applauded and greatly COMMUNICATED.
was being delivered and the reception 1t was
very evident pleased her. When II came to
the nomination Of her husband, she watched
easily eonoesled' Mrs. Roossyelt's prssencs
on recalled to the old convention goers the in
terest that Mrs: Mckinley. the wife OF the Presi-
which her husband participated.
Archbishop Ryan who made the opening prayer
at to-day's session Of the convention. was the
second clergyman to appear at the convention
In his religious robes. Tho convention was
opened the first day by an Episcopal clergy
man. who was robed in black and who read hie
s pTtye lined The S,t HHr 9 1ish S,,,n fov N. waf bo Of Sli ,Ss
front Of 1t was a row 81 purple covered but
tons. The Archbishop wore q great gold cross.
suspended from bis neck by . heavy gold chain.
strong. clear yoics. The entire audience stood
during. the delivery Of the. prayer. The Arch
bishops voice reached to all parts Of tho hall.
The Louisiana delegates got an apology from
the officers Of the convention to-day. In the
call Of States yesterday Louisiana was omitted
fhrpuuh nm nx,oraiuht and thoro -aa MT n
man on the delegation with sufficient nerve to
call attention to It at tho time. After the session
the delegates went around and talked about It
as IL a slight had been Intentionally offered.
The fact that the name Of the State had not
been called reached the ~of1cers Of the conven:
ton through these outside complaints, and
Henry Cabot Lodge, the chairman.
called attention TO IL and made an apology to
the State delegation. He had Iouisiana's name
especially called TO make up for It
The reception that the Hon. Matthew Stanley
Quay got on Wednesday. when he made the
to amend the report Of the Committee
on Rules in the convention, was repeated to-day.
II wa evident that the crowd was friendly TO
the former Senator. When he arose this morn
ing to withdraw his amendment the whole
jumped up and cheered him. and it
was a minute or two before he could state what
be wanted TO. Again, when he arose 10 an
the casting Of the siYty-four votes OF
Pennsylvania for President McKinley's NOM
the entire Pennsylvania delegation
arose with him, the audience shouted and cheer
ed loud and long. Senator Hanna smiled
grimly at the demonstration.
Tho roll call Of States for nomination never
got any farther than Alabama at any time to-
la,- Tba custom iS IN nall tho optiro Ill -
as each State Is called IL announces that II has
no candidate, or. if it has one, it sends an orator
up to the platform to make a speech and put
him in nomination, Alabama had neither
candidate nor orator to-day. but it had the in
right to be called first. and the man
ager of the convention had to decker with the
Alabamians for their time. When the State
was called for the nomination Of a President,
an Alabama delegate said. Alabama Yields
her time to Ohio" and Senator Foraker took
the platform. When the State was called the
second time the same delegate said that Ala
bama yielded her time to Iowa, and Lafayette
Iative Dolliyer. stepped up and named Gov.
Roosevelt. The men who were to second the
nomination had been selected. and when the
nominating speeches were finished the chair
man recognized the men who were to follow in
turn. Had the roll-oall been resumed, as has
been the custom, probably half Of the States
would have sent. up speakers, for there were
they were almost dying to let Of. The oonven-
might be going yet II they had all been per-
mitted to talk. II was hard on the would-be
but 1t was an act Of mercy TO the aud
ence.
A close obser yer has noted in the course Of
convention that every speaker. the short
ones az well as the long ones. displayed evil
~ avtrapna paryouspaca Tho spaa,baa
we're all delivered from the front Of the plat
and behind the speaker there was a table
IN which there stood a pitcher Of ice water.
The hall is so big that every man who made q
speech had 70 strain his voice 20 make himself
heard, and that fact made the ice water In great
1t was when the speakers turned to
get the water thai the nervousness was noticed.
Their hands shook. When Senator Wolcott
was making his speech it was first noticed. His
hand shook every time that he reached for q
glass Of water. almost AZ II he had the palsy.
Hanna and Senator lodge shook too.
Senator Fairbanks was reading the plat
glass of water his hand trembled SO that he
could hardly hold the glass. To-day, when the
nominating speeches were being made. It was
noticed IN every instance. senator Foraker's
for water that some OF the water was splashed
rom the glass. Gov. Roosevelt, was almost as
ner vous. Even Dr.. Depew.. old campaigner
he is, could not keep his hand from tremb-
ing when he took water to clear his throat,
The band was the worst managed affair in
the convention to-day. and 1t was not the fault
the band either. THE Sun told yesterday
how the music was managed from the platform
by electric signals. On ordinary occasions II
must be said that method Is a better one than
leaving things to the pleasure Of the bandmas-
ter, but on extraordinary occasions like the one
to-day when candidates are to be nominated and
enthusiasm Is to be a part Of the show. the band
ought to be let alone, or else II should be man.
by some one who Is alert and attending
10 business. The man who managed It to-day
was neither. Immediately after the speech
Df Senator Foraker. placing President Mckinley
in nomination, there was an occasion for I'm.
enthusiasm. The band sat In its
perch like a lot Of numbskulls; not a note was
% 'os s = H Hina,iy s Gns q sh sn co rspSltsT' yyS %ssrs up
four bandf"'. That was the first that Senator
Hanna had thought Of 1t, and he stirred up the
nan who was running the band. In almost
,esan to die away and the crowd began sing.
the tune. Marching Through Georgia, and
I was no more than half through when the
began grabbing up the standards Of
vas begun with the standards held high In the
lr. This was really the beginning OF the great
iemonstration that FOLLOWED the naming Of
ion was over the Hon, Marcus Alonzo Hanna
himself was upon a table. The bearers Of the
OF each OF the States surrounded him
md there was a mountain Of humanity up there,
While above 1t waved the name OF every State and
In the Union, not even emitting
Alaska and Hawaii. The standard Of the State
! Massschusetts stuck HR higher than any
II Adams. Mass. He Is a tall mar and he stood
N a chair. which In turn was on top Of q table.