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M’KINLEY NOMINATED.
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historic gavel, stilled the tumult on the
floor, while the band ushered in the ses
sion with the national anthem. Senator
Hanna being one of the first to rise and
the entire audience following as the inspir
ing strains reverberated throueh the build
ing. As the anthem closed the chairman
announced the opening invocation by
Archbishop Ryan. He paused until the
assemblage had risen and bowed their
heads, and then his strong, rich voice roll
ed out a prayer filled with a sentiment
of the deep responsibility resting upon the
party here assembled.
When the striking figure of the Arch
bishop. at the finish of the prayer, disap
peared in the throng on the stage, the
vast assemblage sank to its seats, and the
gavel fell to make quiet for the more prac
tical work of the convention.
Senator Lodge called attention to Louisi
ana being inadvertently omitted from the
roll call for national committeemen and
that was corrected. Alabama also named
its selections, having failed to do so yes
terday. The chair then laid the amend
ment to the rules offered yesterday by Mr.
Quay as the unfinished business before
the convention.
tiun? Resolution Withdrawn.
As the cheers died away at the mention
of Quay’s name, the short and sturdy
figure of the Philad lphian arose in the
middl aisle. In thin voice barely heard
m the p’atform, Mr. Quay announced the
withdrawal of the amendment proposing
a change in rules one and twelve refer
ring to representation in national conven
tions. This was accepted by the Southern
delegates as a concession to them, and
they arose en masse, cheering wildly at
the withdrawal of ihe proposition.
Now Mr Ledge advanced to the front
of the piatform and a thrill went through
the vast audience as he announced:
"Under the rules, nominations for the
office of President of the United States
are now in order."
There was a momentary shout, which i
the chairman punctured with "The state
of Alabama is recognized.”
A taH and swarthy Alabamian stood on
h!s chair and by pre-arrangement, an
swered :
"Alabama yields to Ohio."
This was the signal for the recognition
of Senator Foraker who was to make the
speech nominating Mr. McKinley as the
Republican candidate for President. Then
the cheers began and a wild scene en
sued.
Foraker \nine* McKinley,
Amidst a tumult of applause Senator
Foraker wont to the platform, and when
quiet was restored, began to speak, first
thanking Alabama for th a lr courtesy in
yielding but attributing the fact to the
overwhelming popularity of the candidate.
As Mr. Foraker continued he was lepeat
edly interrupted with cheers. His an
nouncement that the nomination of Mc-
Kinley was equal to an e'ecticn in Novem
ber brought vociferous cheers.
Mr. Foraker said in part:
"Alabama yields to Ohio and I thank
Alabama for that accommodation; Ala
bama has so yielded, however, by reason
of a fact that would seem important; to
make the duty that has been assigned to
me a superfluous duty, for Alabama has
yielded before the fact that our candidate
for the presidency has been in fact al
ready nominated. (Applause.) He was
nominated by the distinguished senator
from Colorado when he assumed the du
ties of temporary chairman. He was nom
inated again yesterday by the distinguish
ed senator from Massachusetts when he
took the office of permanent chairman, and
he was nominated for a third time when
the senator from Indiana yesterday read
us the platform, (Applause) and not only
has he been thus nominated, by this con
vention, but he has also been nominated
by the whole American people. (Applause.)
"Four years ago the American people
confided to him the highest and most sa
cred trust. Behold with what results.
He found the industries of this country
paralyzed and prostrated; he quickened
them with anew life that has brought
to the American people a prosperity un
precendented in all their history. He
found the labor of this country every
where idle; he has given it everywhere
employment. He found it everywhere
in despair; he has made it everywhere
prosperous and buoyant with hope. He
found the mills and shops and factories
and mines everywhere closed; they are
now everywhere open. (Applause.)
Flnaucinl Standard Raised.
“And while we here deliberate, they
are sending their surplus products in
commercial conquest to the very ends of,
the earth. Under his wise guidance our
financial standard has been firmly plant
ed above and beyond assault and the
wild cry of 16 to 1 so full of terror and
long hair in 18%. has been put to ever
lasting sleep alongside of the Lest Cau-e
and erther cherished Democratic here
sies, in the catacombs of American poli
tics. (Applause). With a diplomacy
never excelled and rarely equaled he has
overcome what at times seemed to be in
surmountable difficulties and he has not
only opened to us the door of China, but
he has advanced our interests in every
land. The American name has anew
and greater significance now. Our flag
has a new’ glory. It not only symbolizes
human liberty and political equality at
home, but it means freedom and inde
pendence for the long suffering patriots
of Cuba and complete protection, educa
tion, enlightenment, uplifting and ulti
mate local self-government and the en
joyment of all the blessings of liberty to
the millions of Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines. What we have so gloriously
done for ourselves we propose most gen
erously to do for them. (Applause.)
‘•We are on tried before the world and
must triumphantly meet our responsibil
ities or ignominiously fall in the presence
of mankind. These responsibilities speak
to this convention here and now. and
command ue that we choose to be our can
didate. and the next President—which Is
one and the same thing—the best fitted
man for the discharge of this great duty
in nil the republic. (Applause.)
"In the name of all these considerations,
not alone on behalf of his beloved state
qf Ohio, but on behalf of every other
state and territory here represented, and
in the name of all Republicans, every
where throughout our jurisdiction, I nom
inate to be our next candidate for the
presidency. William McKinley.
Briefly Senator Foraker adverted to the
record of the President in peace and in
war, as one of the most remarkable in
American history,
“In war and in peace.” said he, white
the delegates and spectators echoed the
refrain of the sentiment expressed, “he
has been found equal to all extraordinary
requirements. In all American history,
there has been no chapter more brilliant
than that written by the United States
with him as chief.”
Was Almost a Pnnilrinoninm.
At reference to the greet leader of the
party, the success already achieved ‘by
him, and the grave responsibilities now
being carried forward by him. the ap
plause was frequent and long continued.
But it remained for his closing sentence,
for the first time mentioning William Mc-
Kinley by name as the nominee, to elec
trify the great multitude. Pandemonium
broke loose Former tempests of enthu
siasm paled before this cyclone of eoutid
and movement. Every one stood and
waved and yelled. State standards were
wrenched from the places and l>orne aloft
with umbrellas, great plumes of red, white
and blue, a perfect tempestuous sea of
color.
Senator Hanna sprang to the front of
the singe,a flag In one hand nnd a plume in
the other and led in the tremendous dem
onstration. Now it had lasted five min
utes. Not content with their frenzied hur
rah on the floor, the delegates now march
ed in solid rank* upon the platform with
standards, plumes, tanners and flags. Af
ter the demonstration had continued seven
minutes, the Ohio delegation where cen
tered the waves of sound, moved up the
aisle, while all the otlw r state delegations,
bearing aloft their standards, formed in
a grond procession about the hall. The
demonstration lasted Just ten minutes. The
plume demonstration was followed by the
grand doxology in the singing of “John
Brown's Body,” the galleries joining in
the chorus, while the delegations l<f the
singing.
Roosevelt Old \ot Applaud.
During the speech of Senator Foraker,
Gov. Roosevelt paid attention so strictly
that there was almost an anxious look
upon his face. Once or twice, however, he
got away from his intensity and applaud
ed. When Foraker finished Rooeeveli
arose with the rest, but undoubtedly with
the prospect of his own nomination on his
mind only, stool silent, not joining in the
cheers and both hands in his pockets. Rut
when Senator Foraker carpe down the
aisle, he grasped him by the hand, slapped
him on the shoulder, smiling and laughing
aloud.
One delegate threw off his coat and un
fastened his collar as he reached the
platform, and holding a plume in one hand
he waved his coat with the other.
Ex-Gov. Taylor of Kentucky stood on an
end chair in his delegation and waved his
right hand as the procession of plum a re
turned from the platform.
Chairman Lodge, as the hurrah began
to subside, made an effort to restore o der,
but this was only a signal for the crowd
to again break loose.
Roosevelt Seconded It.
It was exactly fifteen minutes when or
der was restored and Mr. Lodge announc
ed :
"The chair recognizes Gov. Roosevelt < f
New York."
Again the magic of a name sent the mul
titude into convulsion of enthusiasm. All
eyes were truned toward Roosevelt. He
stepped out into the aisle and srole up
the platform, looking neither to the light
nor the left, and then turning and survey
ing the sea of waving, cheering humanity,
his face grimly set without a smile, he
made no acknowledgments, no saluta
tions to the plaudits, but like a hero re
ceiving his due. calmly awaited the sub
sidence of the tumu t.
At last he waved his hand and at his
bidding the demonstrat on came to an
end He wore a black cutaway coat, dark
striped trousers, a turn-down collar and
Hue necktie A delegate’s badge in red.
white and blue ribbon was the only bit of
color he wore.
.Us the Governor faced about cn the
platform, a man with a camera planted
the instrument directly in front of him.
As Mr. Roosevelt saw it he said sharply
"Taka that away; take it away." And
a sergeant-at-arms rushed the man and
his apparatus out of the aisle.
Gov. Roosevelt** Speech.
Then Gov. Roosevelt began his speech,
speaking in a clear full voice.
Gov. Roosevelt said:
"Mr. Chairman: 1 rise to second the
nomination of William McKinley. the
President who has had to meet and solve
problems more numerous and more im
portant than any other President since
the days of mighty Abraham Lincoln;
the President under whose administra
tion this country has attained a higher
pitch of prosperity at home and honor
abroad than ever before in its history.
Four years ago the Republican party
nominated William McKinley as its stan
dard bearer in a political conflict of
graver moment to the nation than any
that had taken place since the close of
the Civil War saw ua once more a re
united country. The Republican party
nominated him. but before (he campaign
was many days old he had become the
candidate, not only of all Republicans,
but of all Americans who were both far
sighted enough to see where the true in
terests of the country lay and clear
minded enough to he keenly sensitive to
the taint of dishonor. President Mc-
Kinley was triumphantly elected on cer
tain distinct pledges and those pledges
have been made more than good. We
were then in a condition of industrial
paralysis. The capitalist was plunged
in ruin and disaster, the wage worker
was on tho edge of actual want, the suc
cess of our opponents would have meant
not only immense aggravation of the ac
tual physical distress, but also a stain on
the nation’s honor, so deep that more
than one generation would hava to pass
before it would be effectually wiped out.
We promised that if President McKinley
were elected not only should the national
honor be kept unstained at home and
a bread, but that the mills and the work
shops kep* oren the farmer have a mar
ket for his goods, the merchant for his
w ares, and the wage-earner should p os
per as never before.
••We Kept Onr Word.”
“Well, we kept our word. The oppor
tunity has been given, and it has been
seirftJ by American energy, thrift and
bus'Yifsa enterprise. Bo it has been in for
eign affairs. Four years ago the na'ion
was uneasy because right at its doors an
American island lay writhing in agony
with the curse of worse than medieval
tyranny and misrule. We had our Armen
ia at our very doors, for the situation in
i üba had grown so terrible and such that
this nation could not refrain from inter
ference and retain its own s?lf-respect.
President McKinley turned to this duty
as he had turned to others. He sought
by every effort possible* to provide for
Spain’s withdrawal from the island,whi h
she was impotent longer to do aught than
oppress. Then, when pacific means had
faded and thtro remained the only alter
native we waged the most righteous and
brilliantly succcearsful fore gn war that
any country has waged during the life
time cf the present generation
‘This is what the nation has done dur
ing the three years that have elapsed
since we made McKinley Pres dent ; and
ail this Is what he typifies and stands for.
We here nominate him again and in No
vember next, we shall elect him again,
because it has been given to him to per
sonify the cause of honor abroad and
prosperity at home, of wise, legislation and
straightforward administration.
“Remember that admirable though our
legislation has been during the past three
years. It has been rendered possible and
effective only because there was good ad
ministration to back it. Wise laws are in
valuable. but after all they are as not nec
essary as wise and honest administration
of the laws. We have at last put our
financial system on a sound basis, but no
possible financial legislation can save us
from fearful and disastrous panic if we
trust our finances to the management of
any man who would be acceptable to the
leaders and guides of the Democracy in
its present spirit. No Secretary of the
Treasury who would be acceptable to, or
who could without loss of self-respect
serve under the Populistic Democracy
could avoid plunging this country beck
into financial chaos. Until our opponents
have explicitly and absolutely repudiated
the principles which In *% they professed
and the leaders who embody these prin
ciples, their success means the undoing of
the country. Nor have they any longer
the excuse of being honest In their folly.
They have raved, they have foamed nt the
mouth in denunciation of trusts, and now
In my own state their foremost party lend
ers, Including the man before whom the
others bow with bared head and trembling
knees, have been discovered in a trust
which really is of Infamous, and, perhaps,
of criminal character; a trust in which
these apostles of Democracy, these proph
ets of the new dispensation, have sought
to wring fortunes from the dire need of
their poorer brethren.
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Nomination Seconded.
■ "I rise to second the nomination of Will-
I iam McKinley, because, with him as lead
! er. this country has trod the path of na
tional greatness and prosperity with the
strides of a giant, and because, under him
we can and will once more and finally
overthrow those whose success would
mean for the nation, material disaster and
moral disgrace.
"We have nearly succeeded in bringing
peace ond order to the Philippines. Wood,
Taft and Allen, with subordinates chosen
on grounds of merit and fitness alone,
are evidence of the spirit and methods by
which t l-ns nation mu-t Appr ach its new
and serious duties. Contrast this wl;h what
would be the fate of the islands, under
the spoils system so brazenly advocated
by our opponents in their last national
platform.
’ The war still goes on because the al
lies in this country of the bloody insur
rectionary oligarchy, have taught their
foolish dupes abroad to believe that, if
the rebellion i? kept alive until next No
vember. Democratic success at the polls
here will be followed by the abandonment
of the islands—that means their abandon
ment to savages who would scramble for
what we desert, until some powerful civ
ilized nation stepped in to do what we
would have shown ourselves unfit to per
form. Our success in November means
peace in the islands. The success of our
political opponents means in an indefinite
prolongation of misery and bloodshed.
"We stand on the threshold of anew
century, a century with the fate of the
great nations of the earth. It rests with
us now to decide whether, in the opening
years of that century we shall march
forward to fresh triumphs, or whether at
the outset we shall deliberately cripple
ourselves for the contest. Is America a
weakling to shrink from the world work
that must be done by the world Powers?
No! the young giant of the West stands
on a continent and clasps the crest of an
ocean in either hand. Our nation, glorious
in youth and strength looks into the fu>
ture with fearless and eager eyes and re
joices as a strong man to run a race. We
don’*t stand in craven mood asking to be
spared the task, cringing as we gaze on
the contest. No! we challenge the proud
privilege of doing the work that Provi
dence allots us and we face the coming
years high of heart and resolute of faith
that our people be given the right to win
such honor and renown .as has never yet
been granted to the. people of mankind. ,w
Some of Roosevelt’* Rallied.
His sentences were delivered in a man
ner that denoted careful s udy of each
word. His arguments'ive style kept the
audience en raptort with him, for he was
given the closest attenron by the vast
audience, in fact very much mere atten
tion than had any other speaker.
“It was not a g’eat war. It did not hive
to be.” he said, speaking of the war with
Spain, and then waited fr r the ripple of
laughter which f 11 wed the declaration.
“We have done so well that our oppo
nents use it as an argument for turning
us out.” he sail smiling and showing his
and his audience responded with
che°rs and laugh er. 11 s allusions to the
ice trust calkd forth the heartiest ap
plause with cries from the ga’l ris of
‘Hit tm again,” and “That’s rigtft, Ted
dy."
“1 pity the Democratic orator in" New’
York ji-ho mentions trusts,” he declared
with uplifted hands, and the audience
howled wi'h laughter and shook the floor
with applause.
“The insurrection in the Philippines goes
on because the insurrectionary allies of the
Tagals in the island of Luzon,” declared'
the Governor, “have given the insurrection
their moral if not material support.”
When He Readied a C limax.
He declared, with brilliant emphasis,
that the success of the Republican party
in November meant peace in the Philip
pines, while the success of the opposition
meant a prolongation of the struggle. The
delegates and spectators rose almost as
one man and cheered. After recounting
the achievements of the United States in
the far-off islands and presenting, in a
sentence, the claims of this country upon
the archipelago, Gov. Roosevelt demanded,
amid thunderous applause;
“Is America a weakling that it should
shrink from the work of a great world
Power? The giant of the West, like the
gladiator of old. looks into the future with
hope, with expectancy, with love of all
our institutions have made dear to us.”
(Tremendous applause.)
In conclusion, Gov. Roosevelt declared
the Republican party and the American
people challenged the future, anil they
were eager for the labor laid out for them,
as if by Providence.
The closing words of the Governor
brought another demonstration, and for <i
minute it seemed that the convention
would go mad. and then and there make
tw'o nominations instead of one. Plumes
went up and standards again left their
sockets to be waved on high. As the
Governor left the platform, he waved i
salutation to the moving throng, and one
in particular toward the radiant face of
his wife, sitting just outside the area of
delegates. Gradually the convention came
back to quiet, end the chairman recog
nized Senator Thurston of Nebraska, for
a (speech, seconding the nomination of
the President.
The Senator’s deep, orgatilike baritone
reverberated through the structure, as
easily distinguishable to the remotest cor
ners as the strains of the bond. He pic
tured the President as n soldier, on many
hard fought fields, as a statesman in the
hailn of Congress, and as President, di
recting the destinies of a nation—our Pres
ident now. our President to l>e again.
Yerkcd of Kentucky.
Senator Lodge then recognized John W.
Yerkos of Kentucky, who arose to also
second the nomination on behalf <*f the
South. He asserted that no convention
had ever been so unanimous for a man am
was this for McKinley. Mr. Yerkes is h
straight and tall Kentuckian, with a
strong voice, and hie speech was heard
ail over the hall.
“In 1896, we gave you an old representa
tive slave holding state. By so doing we
removed one charge against our party,
that it was sectional. The Ohio river was
crossed; Republicanism marched south
ward, nnd these (sce'iorml lines disappeared
from the mop. We will do it again (Af>-
plautse.) We will still show the people
in the North and the South and the East,
that Republicanism, to use language of
our distinguished chairman, means action,
and is always moving forward.
“A Kentuckian, a lover of my native
state, believing in the integrity and hon
esty of her citizens, I have the fullest
confidence in them; I believe they will
make final response to right arguments,
and that that response will be made at our
polls next November, in . -cling elector**
to vote for Pretdd* nt, William McKinley
for re-election.” (Applause.)
When Mr. Yerkos had concluded ho w s
given a round of applause that ech <d and
re-echoed through the great hall. Senator
Hanna rose and cordially grasped his
hand.
.Speaker* Hail to Speak.
Almost instantly from all parts of the
hall came the cry. "Vote." "Vote,"
"Vote." Delegates and spectators were
becoming uneasy. They wanted act.on,
not oratory.
Disregarding the call for a vote. Chair
man Lodge recogniz- and George Knight,
head of ihe California delegation. As he
appeared upon the platform and addressed
the convention his first sentence. ! insing
through the great building like a trumpet
call, caught the fancy of the essemb age
and he was cheered enthusiastically.
His humorous and pungent arraignment
of the Democratic party for its attitude
upon national issues provoked frequent
laughter.
"We all know the Democratic party,"
said he; "we ail have known if In the
past, and we all know what it will be until
the crack of doom. It never changes for
the better or for. progress."
He paid a brilliant tribute to his own
state of California ond. discussing briefly
the position of the Golden State and htr
sister states on the beautiful Pacific as to
the pre-eminent question of expansion, de
clared that they ail were in harmonious
accord with the administration of William
McKinley.
Monnt of Indiana.
"Vote!" Y'ote!" came from the delegates
as Mr. Knight concluded, but the chair
man stilled the outcry and recognized Gov.
Mount of Indiana, who. in behalf of the
Hoosier State seconded the nomination of
McKinley. It was a glowing eulogiuen to
the stotesmar.-soldier President. It was
apparent that the convention was eager
for definite results, and a growing hum
spread through the hall as Gov. Mount
socke.
Gov. James Mount of Indiana said in
part:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen of the
Convention: I arise :o second the nomi
nation of a man who has ably discharg
ed every responsiblity :n peace and war;
one who in the perilous crisis of the
great civil conflict in this country, though
but a mere youth, displayed the loyalty
of a patriot and the courage of a hero.
This man enlisted os a private soldier
and fought in the front rank of battle
until the Union was saved and honored
peace secured. He is a statesman a?
well as patriot, a creator of statutes as
well as a defender of liberty. He became
a leader in the Congress of the United
States. He was chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee and the distin
guished author of the tariff law which
bears his honored name. The anathemas
of the Democratic party were showered
upon that law and from the same source
came direful prophesies that calamity
would follow its adoption. On the con
tary, however, the wisdom of that meas
ure was speedily proclaimed through
flaming furnaces and forges which illu
minated the night and by new indus
tries and expanded markets. I there
fore take great pleasure in seconding the
nomination of him who stands before the
world clearheaded, cleanhanded, strong
hearted—patriot. stateman and hero, a
rpyical American, a Christian gentleman,
William McKinley."
The restive listeners broke in with many
and morstrations and calls of "Vote.’' and
rhairman Lodge was kept busy with his
gavel trying to maintain sufficient order
for the speaker to be heard. As he closed
the convention again demanded a vote,
and the cha rman announced that the ro 1
of s ates would be called for the vote on
the nomination for President.
The Vote tuooaneed.
At 12:37 the vote began. The galleries
were noticeably attentive, and there war*
no unusual demonst)ation among the dele
gates until York's vote was announc
ed by Chairman Odell. This brought out
a round of applause. When Pennsylvan
ia’s vote was announced by Senator Quay
many of the delegations arosqf and cheer
ed.
Some of the states were not content with
casting their voice for McKin’ev, but the
chairman announced the v< te which the
candidate would receive in November. At
the call of Haw'aii the delegations stood
ad cheered the announcement of the new
possession of its two vot-s for McKinley.
The tally clerks quickly made the of
flc'al summary, and handed it to t^e
hair man. Mr. Lodge took the papr and,
advancing to the front of he s‘ta?e said:
• The total vote cast i- 93f. William Mc-
Kinley has received 930 votes. It is a
unanimous vote, and the cha’rman de
clares that William McKin ey is your
nominee for the presidency for the term
beginning March 4, 1101.”
Pandemonium Loose Again.
Now again pandemonium brck loose in
one. swelling chorus of enthusiasm for
new' candidate. Up went the pumes and
standards. Up stGod the great audknee,
in n and women mingling their shouts and
their f.antic and -men-traticn.
The band played “Rally Round the
Flag,” and the Hamilton Club of Chicago
marched down the ais e, preceded by New
York and followed I y Pennsylvania.
Mr. Lodge warned che noisy and dem
onstrative throngs that there was still vi
tal business to bo done and announced that
the call of states would proceed for nomi
nations for the vice presidency.
As the name of Alabama was called on
the roll of states, for the nomination of
candidates for Vice President, the an
nouncement was made by the chairman of
the delegation that Alabama would yield
to lowa to present a candidate.
Speech of Young of lown.
Chairman Lodge then recognized Col.
L-fe Young, one of the lowa delegates at
large, and editor of the Des Moines Cap
ital.
Robust and vigorous in his physique an i
in his mentality, Col. Young swung down
the main aisle to the platform to do that
whi h n single orator never before did in
a Republi an national convention—with
draw one strong and magnetic tnan bs a
candidate and present the of another
for the scoond office in the gift of the
American people. He withdrew the name
of Dolhver and offered that of Roosevelt.
He said:
“G< ntlemen of the Convention: T have
listened with profound interest to the nu
merous indi Aments pronounced against
the Democratic party, and as an impar
tial review of history I am compelled to
confess that the indictments are all only
too true. If I am to judge, however, by
the enthusiasm of this hour, the Republi
can Relief Committee eent out four years
ago to tarry supplies and succor to the
prostrate industries of the republic has
returned to make formal report that the
duty has been discharged.
“1 could add nothing to this indictment,
except to - ty that this unfortunate party
through four years of legislative control
had made it, up to 18%, impossible for an
honest man to get into debt or to get out
of it. (Laughter.)
“But, my fellow citizens,you know my
purpose, you know the heart of this con
vention. The country never called for pa
triotic sons from any given family but
more were offered than there was room for
on the enlistment roll.
“When this convention and this great
pa* tv tal’el for a cand'date for Vice
President two voices responded, one from
■h Mis-iss - pni valley by birih. ano h r
b 1 i\ing ntTe t<n tint adoption. It is
try m -sin 'e r s-ti'in;: that part of the
g cut*Loirslana pur ha-e to withdraw one
ol tn se sons, ind suggest that the dut>
be placed upon the other. I therefore with
draw the name cf Jonathan H. Dolliver
of Iowa”
After reviewing the Santiago victory,
Col. Young went on:
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"There Is not under any sun or under
any clime any man or government that
Cares to ir.sult the flag of the United
Sta:es Not one. We are a greater and a
broader people on account ef these
achievements Uncle Sam has been made
a cosmopolitan citizen ef the world. No
one questions his prowess or his bravery
as the result of these campaigns, and as
the result of the American spirit, my fel
low' citizens, the Ameriean soldelr, ten
thousand miles away from home, with a
musket in his hands, says to the aggress
or, to those who are in favor pf tyran
ny :
"Halt. Who comes there?" and the
same spirit says to the beleaguered hosts
of liberty: Hold the fort for lam com
ing.’ Thu 6 says the spirit of American
ism.
"Now gentlemen of -the convention, I
placA before you this distinguished leader
of Republicanism of the United States,
this leader of the aspirations of the peo
ple, whose hearts are right, and this lead
er of the aspirations of the young men of
this country. Their hearts and consciences
are with this young leader, whom I shall
name for the vice presidency of the United
Slates. Roosevelt of New York.
(Loud cheering.)
Col. Young was in Cuba at the time
Roosevelt led his gallant Rough Riders up
Sari Juan Hill, and his reference to the
Governor’s campaign was eloquent and
touching.
The Greatest Demonstration.
The demonstration which followed the
announcement by Col. Young of Gov.
Roosevelt as the candidate of the
young men of the country, who rep
resented their desires and their ambitions,
and embodied their patriot em and Amer
icanism was not second to that accorded
the President's noma
The vast assemblage sprang to its feet
and state emblems, pampas plumes, hand
kerchiefs and hats fairly filled the air.
The band in the main gallery began to
play:
"There’ll Bea Hot Time in the Old
Town To-night," and to the inspiring
strains the delegates began marching
around the hall, filing past Gov. Roose
velt as he sit with the New York delega
tion. and extending to him their congrat
u a ins.
In the proce sion of standards after the
nomination of Roosevelt waa one of the
women delegates from Utah who pre
sented him with a big bunch of roses, for
wh ch Gov. Roosevelt r turned a profound
tow.
S veral cf the Kansas delegates removed
their b-au;.ful silk sunflower badges and
threw them upon Gov. Roosevelt during
t ie merch cf the de emtes. It was an in
spiring demonstration. Mrs. Rooseve t
looked frown upon it from her position of
vantage in the side gallery. She was pale,
but appeared smiling and happy. The
demonstration continued for six minutes
and forty s cond.v during which time Gov.
Roosevelt received the congratulations of
h.s friends, locking the while like a
bronze statue so imperturbable was he.
The delegates still choked the aisles,
grasping the Governor’s hand, and with
difficulty the chairman restored quiet and
recognized Butler Murray of Massachu
setts, for a speech, seconding the nomi
nation of Roosevelt. He epoke in behalf
of "Old New' England," and his vigorous
sentences elicited another demonstration
for the Rough Rider candidate.
After the speech of Mr. Murray of Mas
sachusetts, Gen. James M. Ashton of
Washington, was recognized, and he also
seconded the nomination of Roosevelt.
They Would Have Ptpcn.
"Depew!” "Depew!” demanded the dele
gates In tumultuous chorus, snd as they
called the well known face and figure of
the New York Senator emerged from his
delegation, Gov. Roosevelt, himself tak
ing him by the arm and urging him for
ward to the platform. The benign face of
the postprandial orator looked down on
the people, and then, in his musical voice,
he began a magnificent and impromptu
tribute to the hero of the hour. He was
in good humor as well as good voice, and
his touch of jocosity In mentioning "Ted
dy,” and the "gat there" qualftle* of
young America, brought out a storm of
mingled laughter and applause. He pic
tured "Teddy" as the child of Fifth ave
nue. the cultured product of Harvard, the
cowboy of the plains, the vitalising force
In marshaling the American ships to over
whelm the Spaniards, the Impetuous lead
er at Santiago and San Juan, and the
idolized Governor of the Empire Slate.
He pictured, too. the "dude” becoming a
"cowboy." the "cowboy" becoming a sol
dier. the eroldler becoming a hero, and the
hero, blade in hand. In the press of bat
tle, shouting:
"Give 'em hell, boys!”
When Depew sought to close there were
demands of "Go on," and yielding to the
clamor, he proceeded, dealing with Ihe
glories of the porty. His sarcastic refer
ences to the Kansas City Convention and
to George Washington Aguinaldo brought
him round after round of applause. He
spoke of the "trust oratory" sure to be
heard from the Bryan cohorts at Kansas
City, and declared that when the hurrahs
of the trust orators died awnv in that
convention 11 would be found that the ice
pitchers had broken through the force of
the Ice trust ingredients within them.
Mr. Depew told a story, anew one. he
said, which had for its moral the fact that
Mr. Bryan had been "body snatching," re
viving the corpse of free silver at 16 to 1.
Turning from humorous to serious themes,
the orator recounted the glories of the ad:
ministration already achieved, and those
awaiting the union of two such incompara
ble leaders, McKinley and Roosevelt. His
closing period declaring Roosevelt's choice
would be unanimous touched off a whirl
of excitement.
The, Wanted .he Vote.
“Roosevelt!" "Teddy!" "Roosevelt!”
f ame from all quarters of the hall. The
Governor sat unmoved, fanning himself
desperately, and shaking hts head nega
tively .it the calls for his appearance.
The Impatient audience colled for a
vote, appreciating that there would be no
other candidate.
It took some minutes to restore order.
Chairman I/odge vigorously pounding his
d' and appealing to the assemblage
Jnst an Alabama was called the first state
oil the roll-call. ex-Senaior Quay started
out of the hall, and there was n
disturbance of cheers. Fartlal order
wns restored and the roll call pro eed<>d
each delegation as called casing their
votes for Roosevelt unanimously.
During the roll call, delegates and spec
tators. realizing that tile convention's sc
tion would be unanimous, ohatt-d and
laughed untl the resultant of the no e
was like the roar of a sullen sea on a
rooky coast.
At Ihe conclusion of the call Chairman
bodge announced thnl Gov. Roosevelt Ist
received K 9 votes, one delegate in the
convention not voting. This delegate was
Gov Roosevelt himself, who refrained
from voting with the New York del-.*-
l ion.
Chairman Lodge's announcement that
Gov. Roosevelt had been nominated for
Vic President evoked a burst of (tpplauee
h.)t fairly shook the great meol-glrdifd
bull-ling to it* foundation.
**virniMl % round lloonrvrlt.
,Jov Roosevelt, now nominated Vice
President, was surrounded by delegates
showering congratulations upon him. He
blood in the middle aisle, the stern look
of recent days having given way to an ex
pansiva cmiie.
The serious work of the convention was
now practically over, and only a few de
tails remained to be performed. A resolu
tion by Gen. Grosvenor was agreed to for
an official print of ihe convention proceed
ings .and a reprint of the proceedings of
four years ago. Another resolution em
powered the National Committee to fill va
cancies on the committee.
On motion of Col. Dick, Senator Lodge
was placed at the head of the committee
to notify the President of his nomination
and Senator Wolcott, at the head of the
committee, to notify the vice presidential
nominee.
On motion of Senator Scott of West
Virginia, George Wlswell of Milwaukee
was unanimously elected sergeant-at-arms
of the National Committee for the ensuing
four years in place of H. L. Swords of
New York, resigned.
Resolutions of thanks to Mr. Lodge and
to Mr. Wolcott for their able services as
presiding officers were unanimously
adopted, also thanks to Mayor Ashbridge
of Philadelphia for the hospitality of the
city, and to all officials of the convention.
This closed the work, and at 2:14 p. m., on
motion of Sereno Payne of New York, the
Republican National Convention of IDDO
adjourned sine die.
A VERSATILE FELLOW.
He Make* Direr* Invention* lint
Aone Ever Become* Profitable.
From the Omaha (Neb.) Bee.
The appointment two weeks ago by
Judge Dickinson of a receiver for the
Omaha Gas Engine and Motor Company
has brought to light anew Don Quixote
in mechanics and a modem Baron Mun
chausen In nearly everything else.
Howard K. Clover is his name, or, as
he delights to sign himself, "Lieut. How
ard K. Clover. U. S. N." Ho is a char
acter oo picturesque that his traits might
inspire the pen of the novelist as well as
the vigilance of the constabulary. Start
ing out as a circus rider, he fell from a
horse and eo injured himself that he was
compelled to choose a more sedentary oc
cupation. Since then he has invented a
gas engine, an air mattress, a motor for
bicycles, an automobile, a system of gas
Illumination, a duplex typewriter, an en
gine for an airship, and a process for
making liquid air.
It will be observed that most of his in
ventions pertain to air or gas, and have
gone up in wind, which many or may not
be significant. He was blind for a year
and had to be led about the streets by a
boy. He resigned an imaginary commis
sion in the United States navy in order
to accept another under the Spanish gov
ernment to superintend the construction of
battleships.
This, in brief, is the history of the man
who furnished the brains for the organ
ization of the Omaha Gas Engine and
Motor Company, now defunct. He couid
always find financial backing for his
schemes, and. stranger still, it is said on
competent authority that many of his
schemes were feasible. His gas engine is
reported by some to be of wonderful effi
ciency. His motor for bicycles, also, is
said by those interested in it to be prac
ticable, though hardly filling a long-felt
want. However this may be. none of his
ventures has prospered from a counting
room point of view. He is unlucky, evi
dently not being a four-leaved clover.
Physically considered. Clover is a mag
nificent specimen of manhood—a broad
shouldered six-footer, weighing more than
ytO pounds. He is plump, round-faced,
smooth-shaven, and has withal a sort of
clerical bearing. It is this latter fact,
perhaps, which he ha 9 to thank for his
remarkable success in interesting capital
in his erratic projects.
The "Lieutenant" made his first appear
ance in Omaha some twelve years ago. at
which time he was employed in the Union
Pacific headquarters. He remained (her*
only about a year, when he was compell
ed to retire, becoming totally blind from
an affection of the optic nerves. This af
fliction dtd not enjoin idleness, however.
On the contrary, it stimulated his inven
tive genius and encouraged him to go
upon the marked with the first product
of his ingenuity—a s>-ca’led “dupl x”
rypewr’ter. He was ab> to get s?m?
maney from several Omaha business men
on rhe strength of thi*. The persons
whom he interested went to the pains of
employing a patent expert tto pr*p.ir* th°
case, but for three months the expert
was unable to get a glimpse of the inven
tion. Clover finally admitted that he
could not produce a working model. As
the amount* collected had been email,
the parties interested dropped the mat
ter.
In the meantime Clover, having recov
ered his sight, set about ‘he invention of
o gas engine. He in'eresied two lowa
men and they organized the firm of Ja'-k-
Fon, Clover & Grady, designated as "ma
rine engine builders, Council Bluffs. la."
They put in the money and he the ex
perience. and at the end of three months
it was the old story repeated—he had t e
money and they the experience. Finally,
the firm being threatened with immedi
ate disruption, he took a sledge hammer
and destr yed such of the completed en
gines as w*re in sock, thereby relucing
the assets of the concern 'o norhing. Just
why he should have done this is a mat
ter for conjecture. To ail sppearanccs
there was madness in his method, but
perhaps it w'as only the eccentricity of
genius.
His next plunge in o the commercial
and manufacturing world was as the
head of the "C’over Air Mattress Man
ufacturing Company," whose headquar
ters w r ere also in Council Bluffs. As
in the former instance, he interested an
lowa capitalist. They bought severa
sewing machines and set a few girls to
work miking air mattresses, but the ven
ture was cf brief dutation. The a’r mat
tress would not 1 old air. The cap -
tails; lost heavily, and Clover crossed to
this side of the tiver.
One day shortly after Clover’s mattress
scheme had gone up In the air. he. in
company with another man. entered the
office of a local patent attorney, and said
he had invented anew system of go; il
lumination for palace sleeping cars. The
Pullman Palace Car Company, he said,
had caused a car to be bat ked upon a
siding in Council Bluffs for him to experi-
ment on.
"I was rcquestf'd to go to Council
Bluffs," said the attorney, "to satisfy my
self that everything was on the square,
and there sure enough, was a paia?e car
on the sWllng, It was looked, however,
so we did not go In. I have since discov
ered that all cars are backed upon that
siding to be cleaned, so Clover simply
pointed esit a cor that happened to be
etadlng there, claiming It was there
for his purpose. At that time his Inven
tion was supposed to Ire an improvement
on the Plntsch gas system, but it never
motertaliaed, and after he had pinched
a few dollars oui of his new backers it
was dropped, and I heard of It no more '
A motor for bicycles next engaged the
attention of the genius. In this enterprise
he interested Prof, Ong of the Nebraska
Business and Shorthand College, but the
disciple of Pitman refused to be duped bv
the Inventor and their association was
of short duration. The device was pat
ented, however, and It Is claimed, the
patent Is now held by persons |q the
Blast.
While experimenting with thl motor
three years ago Clover was arrested on the
complaint of an associate, who charged
some Irregularity In business matters, and
the Inventor was lodged In Jail. It was
Ids first and doubtless his only experience
of this kind. but. ns In other emergencies,
he was equal lo It. He worked the "Insan
ity racket,” Scarcely had the door clang
ed behind him when, to all appearances,
he lieoame n harmless put pitiful lunatic,
gibbering Incoherent sentences and leer
ing at his attendants with a vacant slare,
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Whether or not this ruse begot clemency,
is uncertain, but he was in jail only a
short time, and upon being released -e
--gained his mental balance quickly.
Subdued, but not broken in spirit by his
enforced retirement, Clover gave his atten
tion to o gas engine and automobile enter
prise, having secured financial backing
from Dr. F. E. Coulter of Omaha. This
was his last manufacturing venture. A
company was organized and the nucleus
of a plant was established, but the project
was not a success. The affairs of the
concern are now in the District Court.
Shortly after the Spanish-American War
broke out Clover blossomed forth as a
full-fledged lieutenant in the United Stal a
navy. Persons who were familinr w ,r h
his erratic tendencies were disposed a
scoff at this. Meeting him on the stre t.
they would ask jeeringly if he was a lieu
tenant in the hors-e rnarir.es. and if ha
could row' across the river without getting
sea sick, and the like. But Clover took
it all good naturedly, and one day put his
traducers to rout by appearing on the
street in a naval uniform, shoulder straps
and nil. v.
A stenographer to w f hom he owed a
debt of $63 wrote to the navy department
and asktd that chat amount be withheld
from his salary. In a few days a reply
was received to the effect that no such
name as Howard K. Clover appeared upon
the records of the department, either in
the volunteer or regular service.
This letter was shown to Clover, but he
was unabashed, and had a ready leply.
"Why." said he, "I resigned my commis
sion in the United States navy to accept
one under the Spanish government to su
perintend the construction of warships."
About this time he collaborated w th a
Missouri interior in the building of an
airship. The Missourian was to con
struct the mechanism and he wa- o fur
nish the engine. They set the concern up
one day and tried to fly it. but it h-d
about as much buoyancy as a pile driver,
which so disappointed the-man-who-had
to-be-shown that he committed suicide.
Clover about two weeks ago left the
city.
Fifth Fating Bird*.
From the Spectator.
Nearly all the "killing” of land animals
takes place on the surface of the earth.
Vtjry tew* birds e\ ' n ar ■ killed in the. air,
xc pt by sportsmen, and by a few hawk*.
In this country the mole, the shrew and
occasionally the f< x and rat kill prey at a
little distance below the surface. But iho
ocean is foraged and ravaged in all its
coast watf s from surface to sea bottom
by fifty species of aquatic moles, varying
in size from the seal to the sea parrots.
<wift, active and voracious creature*,
wh ch abandon the light and lend and air
temporarily, or for the greater part of
thrir lives, and incessantly burrow’ in tild
nerps in pursuit of thp fish. No form cf
life escapes them. If any sea creatur'j
could hop-* to avoid the creatures of earth
and air ii would be the shellfish, great
and small, firmly anchored to the rock*
on the s a bottom, and often protected by
sh 11s of such flinty hardness that no bird
and 1 easts could >e supposed capab •
of crushing them, even if thfy worked
above water. It is conceivable that ihfl
gigantic walrus should dive dow*n to the
sea bed. an i raking up the clam shel 1 *
with h s iu-ks should crush them for .c
meal; but it is astonishing evidence of the
invasion of the and ep by creatures of xi *
air hat the scaup duck, the scoter an 1
ihe eld: r. birds f swift flight and norm i
form, should dive fathoms deep to U *
mussel ard w h Ik beds and crush and de
vour thes a hard shelled s a creature*
with to m r difficulty than a thrush
breaks end ea s a garden snail.
The only special equipment of the sc.'*-
rrs and oldens is the heavy ridge alci*
the upper bill which strengthens it when
crushing the sea shells, and corrugate l
teeth or notches, like the ‘ roughing"
the inside of a pair of pincers, to aid in
holding'the shells. Yet they will fish and
f ed f< r hours in the roughest weather,
devouring their food deep down below,
where the surface disturbance reaches
them not. and only r.-ing for a mcm ;it
to take breath before descending again to
their submarine dinner table. Equipped
with this wonderful power cf diving and
shell crushing, they far* better than tha
more ambitious fish-eating birds, which
! ave to pursue their prey in different
parts cf the sea a cord ng to the weather.
Il<* Worship* llrynn’* Pietnre.
New York Letter in Baltimore Sun.
Henry 8. Moran, *!0 yea’s old. was a
prisoner in ihe Harlem Bolide Court to
day. His wife said that he had prone lo
am- over thinking about William J.
Bryan. He had his room plastered with
lithographs of the Democratic leader and
would get up in the middle of the night
and distuib the neighbors by making
speeches for Bryan and ta king: about ‘ !6
to 1” Him said that lie frequently fai’s
on his knees In front of pi -tur s of Bryan
on the f nces and walls in the act of wor-
Sh'D.
Pol ceman Allen sai l that the only way
be coul I get Moran to ccurt was by tell
ing him that Bryan was to m ike a speech
there, and then Moran started on a run
for the e urt house. He was taken to
B lie'ue for examination as to his sanity.
—A writer in Pearson’s Magazine, on
“The Horse in Warfare,” says: After the
first battle the charger, ‘has become thor
oughly accustomed to the crashing of
shells and the whistling of bullets, and
will go quietly into action as on parade.
The confidence inspired by the presenc®
of other animals, together with the satis
faction of feeling n hand on the rein, ren
ders the horse utterly impervious to all
fear, and. once incited by the battle fury,
it can be made to charge into certain
death. Should the rider become wounded
and fail from the saddle, the charger con
tinues to retain its place in the ranks, and
* yen when wounded, if nut brought to the
ground, wfli not swerve from its place.
To Illustrate ihe callous feeling these ani
mals have under lire, a. case which hap
pened at laidysmith during the siege may
be c ited. A farrier sergeant was engaged
in shoeing an officer’s horse in the open
ground behind the stables of a hotel, and
had already put one or two nails in the
shoe when n shell came screaming
through the air. The next moment the
missile burst five or rix yards away from
where the serge int end the horse were
standing, and the splinters Mew around
loth. bur failed to touch either. When
the smoke hnd cleared the horse was to bo
seen with Its foot still In the man’s apron,
quite undisturbed by the incident.
—During the twelve months ended Ma-*
31, 1X99, 35,51 C vessels, with an aggreg .
tonnage of 3,117.8i0, passed through •
Baltic canal. This was an increase ot
7<JB ships and 048,045 ton** over the pric
ing year. The total receipts amounted to
*388.000, and while this sum v.a an in
crease of 2f> per cent, over the r< ceipts of
the previous yesr, |t still fell short of the
coat of maintenance by 1103,800*