The sun., 1904-06-24

they had BEEN doped. Tho youngster up
on the platform continued to howl through
his megaphone Roosevelt, Roosevelt,
ROOSEVELT" and swung his body, as ne
urged the convention on In its pisudits'
II President Roosevelt is eleCted he ought
to give that young chap good job
pnocEssroN OF STATE BANNERETTEs.
The youngster kept at his work and hls
howls until Kentucky delegate seized the
bapnerette OF that State and urged the
delegations in his .neighborhood 70 follow
him as he Jumped ,ie,, after me te10sSd Ts1sa and
Ohio followed in the hands Of ,delegates,
hut the delegations did not follow. Tho
Massachusetts delegates, looking over t.
ward the Indianans, began TO cry ~.
hi, hi!" and some Of the Massachnse.ss nv
trum. They had red, white and blue sun
shades, which they opened and shut at quick
intervals, meantime In falsetto tones con-
tinuing to. cry HI, HI. hil' Delegates
from Maryland, Iows, Idaho, E Tsnness;es ne sst;sa
the bannerettss Of their States up and down
the aisles, but the delegations did not fol-
By this time the galleries began to awake
and the occupa nts CheeTed ss the tsnu
rumbled on The nranting de,eEs,.es .Ys,ss srd end
probably no more beautiful scene. enrapt-
ured this con, ention than that OF Deacon
Louis +. Payn OF Chatham and Elder I.emue'
T. Q,iieg OF New York city. nays ~ hano
'rawing for the Presidents nomination.
Sstlll the demonstration Lacked svontane,,y, 1sS.
Of that thunderous acclaim OF other con-
,entiona. Ii was stilted spasmodic. en-.
tirely barren in spots. but the Rand FOUNDED
on.
NEGRO rEI EGArE TRIES TO ARorsE EN'
THusIASM.
A colored delegate rushed toward the
platform, holding In his arms a coiored
child with long way hair. IN n.n ma ,,,,nS snS
too huge for the little fellow. and he had
to grasp Il in both hands, He was literally,
flung upon .he platform by the colored
delegate, who shouted at him:
"Wave that flag. James, wave that Tag
James g.. blaine. tell you and the nt.ie
ponderous flag with all his little strength:
As the child waved II the colored dele
gate cried to all on the rostrum: That's
my son; he's 10 years old; his name IL James
Blaine Cashin, and I've plenty more OF en-
at home
The little fellow was the son Of Delegate
H. v. Cashin Of Decatur, Ala. The little
chap contributed moro to the curiosity
than to the applause Of the convention
A WHITE GIRL LANDED ON THE PLATFORM.
A white delegate. wearing the sunburst
badge OF California, carrying In his arms
Q blue-eyed haxen-haired dumping OF
girl, protected himself through the crowd
her feet on the rostrum just in front OF
little James Blaine Cashin. The delegate
made the announcement that he was E: b.
Roberts Of San Bernardino. CAL, and that
the little beauty was his daughter. Louise.
The littls white girl Mas NOR ore sturdy sS1 ynsa than
her 6ag with rhythimoal precision. The
great sudienoe laughed and cheered.
ANoTH1A MORO BOY AND WHITE orRI.
Delegate Csshin appeared somewhat
annoyed. for he rushed to the platform,
holding smother little colored Caahin In his
arms. He tumbled the little fellow on to
The 1ns piiai piittis % oolored fellow scrambled to biz
feet and was about to begin nag.waving
operstion Of his own when white delegate
with Michigan badge brushed aside Dele
gate Cashin and pumped little white
bess s hsT sdyssap M,ss s
my name u Lemuel @. DeFoe Of Alpena.
Mich, and that's my daughter. Leons.
Leona. wave that nagl' and Leona obeyed
Hers were two little colored children
g sSa1sRR. saS Sesa ;.rls GH sna he T Pss.dens
had only been there he would have had an
sxsmplifOation Of equal Suffrage m the
TIE SCENE LASTS % MINuTEs.
By this time Uncle Joe didn't seem to
know where he was at. He was waving
held In his left hand, and swinging bis lef.
foot and leg very much after the fashion OF
Uncle Joshua Whitcomb. The delegates
and visitors were laughing and cheering,
and Deacon Payne and Elder Quigg had
returned to their kitchen chairs in the New
eyed. but happy; Senator Platt and his
neighbor, Mr.. Fassett, wore grinning, and
over al tho convention were cheers and
laughter and warwhoope and Hi his and
XXI yls, and this scene was spread out
until = Up s1.Ss e nae' ts and
1t should not b imagined for q moment
that President Roosevelt's q name did not
receive q hearty welcome. The facts OF
the case are that It was not greeted with the
thunderbursts Of applause or the sustained
Of other eminent Republican candidates
In other Republican national conventions
While the bannerets Of many Of the different
6tates were toted through the aisles. just
a. in former conventions, the new departure
wAs that they wore not followed In this
convention by the delegations.
CANNON BANos FoR ORDER.
Uncle Joe cleared the platform Of the
children, and with his Lnooln flag still
In his left hand and the bungstarter
olasped closely with the sta6 Of the nag
kneft on his LETT knee and banged for order
He forgot that he had . table to whack, anc
took It out OF the door. This sight also
created nerriment, In which Unole Joe
joined, but when he had gained silence
he swung the Lincoln Gag aloft and pro-
claimed:
"This nag prophesed victory In this city
forty.four years ago, and this hAg'e func
| tion II a. safe to-day under the leadershiI
OF Theodore Roosevelt As 1t has been undol
| the leadership OF the Republican party.
Permanent Chairman Cannon announce
that Senator Albert J. Bevendge OF Indi
ana would make the hrBt seconding speech
for President Roosevet's nomination
Senator Beveridge was heartily. greetec
by his fellow delegates. He had All the
Rraoeful and foroeful gestures Of young
and vieorous orator. His speech from
Start to finish was raptHoualy greeted
by tbs IndianiAns especially, and wa
mighty well received by all hands HI
said In part:
SENATOR 8RvIRIDoI's SPEECH.
Theodore Roosevelt like william Mckinley
IN the nominee Of the American hreside. so wer,
Washineton and Je6ereon In the early time
20 Was Andrew jackson when ne said; Tht
Union: Il must be preserved 40 was Abraham
lincoln when. the republic saved. no bad,