Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-09-26

was taken on the nomination for presi-
dent. When Ohio was called ex-Gov. For
akcr said Ohio asked time for a consulta-
ton and after pause the vote OF the
state wa3 announced as Harrison 2
votes: William Mckinley a. Chairman
Mckinley Immediately sprang up from his
seat and shouted: Il challenge the vote
of Ohio"
brief and animated debate then en-
sued between ex-Csoy Foraker and MIR.
Mckinley, in which Foraker told the
chairman that he had ceased to be .
member Of the Ohio delegation on ASSUME
ing the post of presiding officer and could
not be recognized Finally a roll call of
Ohio delegates was ordered and this re-
suited: Mckinley 49, Harrison 1. The
only vote cast by the Ohio delegation was
that cast by McKinley's alternate. Presi-
dent Harrison was renominated on the
first and only ballot but Mr. Mckinley
Had 1872 Votes Cast for Him
despite the fact that he was not candt-
date.
Mr. Harrison was defeated for president
and the Democratic party assumed charge
Of the nations affairs March 4, 1898. Its
advent to power marked the beginning OF
one of the most sudden changes from
industrial prosperity to industrial adver-
sity ever known in the economic history
Of any country. Under it's blighting ef-
Is private fortunes went down, values
arank, corporations We're pushed to the
wall, banks closed their doors, solvent
irms sought refuge in the hands of re-
ceivers, the people took alarm and
trained the savings banks of their de-
posits, orders for merchandise and COM
modities stopped and whole communities
II wage-earners We're discharged from
mines, mills, factories and workshops.
During the campaign of 1894 Mr.. Nc
I<inley spoke ir sixteen states and it was
estimated at the time that he had adj
dressed over two million people. He
spoke in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri,
Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa. Minnesota. Wis
consin, Michigan, Kentucky. Louisiana.
West Virginia, Tennessee, Pennsylvania
and New York.
In many places the crowds that went
10 hear him were the largest ever gath
cred in the places upon any occasion
He made 81 speeches in that campaign
and visited over three hundred places.
The result of this campaign is matter
of history.
Mr.. Mcknley's second term as governor
of Ohio expired with the end of the year
1885 and he then returned to his old home
in Canton. Between Jan. ] of 1895 and
June 49, when the Republican national
convention met at ST. Louis. his home
was the mecca of Republican leaders
from all parts of the United States. There
was never any doubt as to the action Of
that convention. although Speaker
Thomas B. Reed had conducted vigor-
GUS campaign to obtain the nomination.
Mr.. Mckinley was nominated on the first
ballot, receiving G6G1a votes to Mr.. Reed s
SAY. Morton, Quay, Allison and Cameron
also received a small vote
In the campaign that followed the tar
iff was only a subordinate issue, the fight
being waged against the free silver doc
trine enunciated by the nominee of the
Democratic party, w. ]. Bryan. Mr..
Mckinley not only secured majority of
| the popular vote in this election. Eut
| broke the vote of the solid South by
| Carrying Kentucky, Maryland and West
| Virginia At the Republican national
| convention held in Philadelphia in June
| 1900, he was renominated for the presi-
dency without opposition by acclama-
| ton.