Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-19
G. y. Mccoy Presents Hts Name to
The g~ouvcntfon.

G. y. Mccoy Preseuts Hts Name TO
the Convention.
CHICAGO. June B-The speech OF c. B.
Mccoy. nominating Senator ]. B. Foraker,
was az follows:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen OF the Con-
vention: TIL gentleman who was TO have
presented the candidate Of our choice hay
Ing lost his voice In enthusiastic hurrahs
for his choice and mine, / I'm here as q
humble substitute, and under such clTcuin-
lion Of msRinR lie rbSrtest nomInStiSg
speech, OF this convention. Applause) You
ask whence my candidate. He came from
republic. On the field OF battle he fought
to establish the principle that all men are
and Of right ought to be free and equal,
sought to maintain that principle.
Ohio, likewise the mother OF presidents,
offers to YOU and the nation another Of
soldier, jurist, governor and senator has
added luster to the fair name OF Ohio. AS
q soldier boy he was heroic, brave, un-
nlnching and unfalterlng. AS a judge Of
the superior court he was learned, pro-
found, studlous, upright As the governor
chivalrous, aggressive, progressive, always.
doing his duty with his might and main,
the Ideal of his people. As a senator OF
the United states he has been magnificent,
able, independent, fearless, following only
the dictates of his own conscience without
regard to the whims of popular favorites
or the fleeing influences Of praise or preju-
dice. Elected representative to the upper
house Of congress from the great common
wealth Of ohio, he has conceived II to be
his duty to serve the people not alone 20
that state or any other state or any party
or section Of this country, but the people
Of this whole broad land. Possessed of a
judicial mind and temperament, among
other elements that have made him strong
and, useful is that OF a vast amount Of
safe nor is he too conservative to be pro-
gressive. For Twenty-Five years he has
been In public life ~thEoughont az OF which
book, challenging careful scrutiny and COM
handing the. admiration of the people of
this whole, country, During these twenty
five years he has been prominent in the
councils of the party, has been before many
national conventions OF the republican
party as shown by his great patriotism and
Influence, and, gentlemen OF the conven-
ton, whatever may be the result of this
convention. If your choice may be some
body whose name has not already been
presented to this convention or who may
be presented to this convention, he will be
found In the thick of the fight. supporting
the nomineee of this convention. He was
the comrade OF William Mckinley and
Marcus A. Hanna, those great statesmen
in the councils of the party and their as
soclates with them, and the other great
leaders. In formulating those great policies
of government principle which lifted this
country from Industrial stagnation and dis
tress 10 a period Of u~nexampled prosperity,
the greatest period ever known In this coun-
try.
sured that those great and beneficlent prin-
ciples, those wise policies, will always be
continued; nominate him and elect him and
be assured that the honor and dignity that
is now maintained in the office Of the chief
executive of this nation will continue to be
maintained.
full and thoughtful consideration that brill
liant statesman, that Intense patriot, that
mighty magnetic man, Joseph, B. Foraker
of Ohio. (Great applause and cries from
the delegates OF Get up, Ohio."D