The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-06-16
Nominating Speeches.

come to be regarded as field for the
display of emotions, 1t was not thus
! in the early days In the memorable
Republican convention of 1860 eight
nominating speeches were made in
! fifteen minutes.
81 take the liberty said William
| M. Evarts of New York, ''to name as
candidate to be nominated by this
convention for the Office of President
of the United States William H..
Seward
With brevity as eloquent the can
didaces Of Dayton, Cameron, Chase,
Bates, Mclean and Collamer were
presented Even Lincoln's name was
brought before the convention in a
single sentence.
Il DESIRE" said N. B. Judd. con be-
half of the delegation from Illinois.
to put in nomination as candidate for
President of the United States Abra
ham Lincoln of Illinois,. -
Garfield placed John Sherman's name
before the Republican convention of
1880. OF his speech James G. Blaine
wrote in later years: 1t was dIspas-
sionate appeal from the swelling
tumult of the moment to the calm
level of public opinion" Grant and
Blaine were the leading candidates in
the early balloting. Garfield received
single vote. But he was nominated
on the thirty-sixth ballot.
The nomination of Rutherford B.
Hayes four years before has been called
the first victory of dark horse, and
in this case it was not oratory which
brought about the triumph. Blaine,
Oliver P. Morton and Benjamin H.
Bristow were the strong candidates in
the beginning, with Roscoe Conkling
receiving the seventy votes of the New
York delegation. When after six bal
lots it was seen that none of the lead
ers could command majority the con-
vention turned to Governor Hayes,
Ohio's favorite son.
Timed ovations," like emotional
convention oratory, are of compare
lively recent growth and they have
been no means always successful in
stampeding delegates. In point of
fact they generally fail, as at the Min
neapolis convention of 1892, when
Blaine tried unsuccessfully to prevent
Benjamin Harrison's denomination.
Chauncey M. Depew after speaking
for ten minutes in seconding Harrison's
nomination mentioned the name of
Blaine. Then the Maine statesman's
delegates, aided by the galleries, took
up the rhythmic cry of Blaine! Blaine!
James G. Blaine! and pandemonium
reigned for twenty-three minutes.
Then Harrison was nominated.
Ten days later in Chicago Bourke
Cochran in a great speech seconding
the nomination of David B. Hill was
confronted by tremendous vocal
demonstration in behalf of Grover
Cleveland. In this case the orator
failed to accomplish the object he
sought. the convention voting as it had
cheered.
The year 1896 brought the free silver
fight, the walkout of Henry M. Teller
and other Western Senators from the
Republican convention, and at the
Democratic convention the speech in
which Bryan declared:
''You shall not cruelty mankind upon
a cross of gold. You shall not press
down upon the brow of labor crown
of thorns.
In 1900 came McKinley's denomination
and Bryan's second selection as the
Democratic candidate, each by I'm
animous vote. Roosevelt was named
by aclamation in 1904. The Democratic
convention at st. Louis in that year
was marked by Alton B. Parker's
famous telegram agreeing to carry the
party standard only if the platform de-
clared unequivocally for sound money
William H. Taft was nominated on
the first ballot in 1908, after Colonel
Roosevelt had told the Republicans,
you'll take Taft or You'll get me"
A Bryan demonstration in the Demo
cratic convention in Denver lasted ali
hour and twenty-eight minutes, easily
breaking records. The convention was
for the Nebraskan In the voting too.
Every one remembers the details of
the conventions of four years ago-in
Chicago the wild demonstration for
Roosevelt and another extended period
of cheering, which was in part COM
pliment to Gov. Herbert S. Hadley of
Missouri, followed by Taft's renomina-
ton on the first ballot; in Baltimore
where Champ Clark received a MAORI
ty of votes on the tenth ballot, but
Woodrow Wilson was nominated on the
forty fifth, in accordance with the two
thirds rule.
Speaker Clark, by the way, has not
been the only victim of the two thirds
rule. 1t was adopted by Democratic
convention first in 1886, and under its
operations Martin Van Buren, was
nominated both in that year and in
1910.