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his neck and his coat blazing with
badges, tossed Rough Rider hat on the
floor and demanded lhe right to make
nomination.
/! "Whom 40 you wish to nominate?'i
asked chairman Straus, bu: MCGEE
gave only a meaningless shake of his
head. Delegates cried 'Put him out,
but McGee stuck TO his purpose.
Delegates and spectators booed and
jeeled as he began TO speak. There
was general laugh when he cried:--
"fll name man, the mention of
whose name will bring tears of SYM
pathy to the eyes of almost every man
and woman in the civilized wcrld.n
"Suspender Jack" only waved his
arm in defiance of the jeers. He gpaus-
ed moment and cried: 81 nominate
the illustrious and honorable Oscar S.
! Strauss
The delegates seemed stunned: then
few of them cheered. MCGEE Kept
on with his speech and the first few
faint cheers from the half dozen or
more delegates gradually grew into a
pandemonium that swept the conyen-
ton hall Standards were wrenched
from their supports and delegates yell-
ing and cheering for Chairman Straus
paraded the aisles, turning the conven-s
tion into a bedlam.
Chairman Straus at first shook his.
head deprecatingly He turned to
friends and remarked: "This must
not be. cannot accept Chairman
Hotchkiss rushed to the platform.
Placing his hands on Mr.. Straus,
shoulders he said: "You must accept
you must accept; all the delegates are
for you"
Scores of delegates pressed forward
to urge Mr.. Straus to make the decis-
ion. Then Mr.. Hotchkiss burst from
the group that surrounded Mr.. Straus
and held up before The crush of excited
delegates sheet of yellow paper on
which was written: "He accepts
Quickly the word was passed back
through tie hall and another demon-
sration followed.
Chairman Hotchkiss was allowed TO
act as chairman in place of Mr.. Straus.
! The nomination of Mr.. Hotchkiss
for governor was Withdrawn by John
a. Kingsbury and Timothy l.. Wood
ruff withdrew the name of Mr.. Prem
dergast. Then came flood of speech
es seconding the nomination Of the
former minister to Turkey.
"Suspender Jackn McGee was not
lost sight of. Delegates pressed about
him and proclaimed him "the man of
the hour Later the convention
passed vote of thanks to Delegate
McGee, Of the fifteenth assembly dis
trict, for nominating Mr.. Straus.
When the convention had recovered
and Mr.. Straus had been chosen un-
animously he was called on for aspeech
and rendered an ovation as he former
ly accepted the nomination.
1.-THE cause we are in is a cause of
inspiration" he SAID in his speech,
81 must accept"
Oscar Straus, brother of Nathan
Straus, who lost his life in the titanic,
disaster, has always been an indepen-
dent in politics. He was secretary Of
the citizens committee that helped In
1884 TO elect William r. Grace mayor
OF New York city, and was prominent
in the merchants and business mems
organization which supported the
democratic ticket In that year. In
1896 and 1900 he supported Mckinley
and in 1904 was in favor of Roosevelt.
In 1906 he was made secretary OF.
commerce and labor by Mr.. Roosevelt
winning the distinction of being the
first Jew to hold place in the cabi-
net.
| Mr. Straus was appointed minister
to Turkey in 1887 by President Cleye-
land. His knowledge of international
law brought him into immediate rela-
tions with the porte and this enabled
him to obtain many concessions for
the American missions schools. He
obtained a letter from The sultan which
acted as a charter and under this fifty
schools that had been closed fer years
were reopened and all the $50 missions
were protected. In 1890 he returned
TO America. He was reappojnted IL
the office of minister to Turkey in 1897
by President Mckinley and retained
IT four years. In 1862, President
Roosevelt appointed him to the vacan-
cy IN The permanent court of arbitra-
taiion at The Hague, csused by fhe
death of ex-PresideDt HARRISON. He
was named as ambassador To TurEey.
this time by President Taft. i'm Nav