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Republican National Convention
in St Louis
PAETY HOSTS THERE
Perfect Sea of Faces Confronts
the Speaker
C W Fairbanks of Indiana the Tem
porary Chairman Permanent Or
ganization Quickly Made with Sen
ator Thurston of Nebraska as Pre
sidins Officer The Great Auditorium
Pilled to the Poof Early Sessions
Arc Short Convention Scenes and
Incidents
On Tuesday at noon the biggest nation
al convention that has been held by the
Republican party since its organization in
1S5G when Fremont was nominated was
called to order in the flag festooned hall
which the people of St Louis erected for
its accommodation It was a great pro
cession that toiled up to the convention
Jiall under the noonday sun Nine hun
f and nine delegates a like number of
alternates and thousands of spectators
wore admitted to the auditorium Tickets
were in high demand and all St Louis
that is all St Louis which had a pull on
the big sergeant-at-arms strained a point
to be present
The following table shows the number
of delegates each State and territory sent
to the convention
Alabama 22 Montana G
Alaska 2 Nebraska 10
Arizona 2 Nevada 0
Arkansas 1G New Hampshire 8
California 18 New Jersey 20
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Colorado 8 New Mexico 6
Connectict 12 New York 72
Delaware 6 North Carolina 22
Dlst of Columbia 2 North Dakota G
Florida 8 Ohio 4G
Georgia 20 Oklahoma 4
ildaho G Oregon 8
Illinois 48 Pennsylvania 64
tlndlana 30 Ghoo Island 8
undian Territory 4 South Carolina 18
ilowai 20 South Dakota 8
OKansas 20 Tennessee 24
Kentucky 20 Texas SO
Louisiana 10 Utah 8
Maine 12 Vermont S
-Maryland 16 Virginia 24
Massachusetts 30 Washington 8
Michigan 28 West Virginia 12
Minnesota 18 Wisconsin 24
Mississippi 18 Wyoming 8
Missouri 34
Total 909 Necessary for a choice 435
Of this total there were no less than 13S
contested seats distributed as follows
Alabama 20 California 4 Delaware G
Florida 8 Georgia 10 Kentucky 2 Lou
isiana 12 Mississippi IS New York 12
North Carolina 2 Pennsylvania 2 South
Carolina IS Tennessee 4 Texas 30 Vir
ginia 4 and Arizona G
Arrangement of Seats
There were 500 seats on the platform
4ill of which were taken up by the distin
guished guests The fifty one members
of the national committee sat immediate
ly in the rear of the speakers stand while
to either side of it were the 550 represent
atives of the press including the Asso
ciated and United Press The delegates
were seated by States directly in front of
the speakers stand in the very center of
the ball while the alternates were seated
on either side Surrounding these
were the thousands of seats for the spec
tators with as many more in the gallery
that completely encircled the big hall
There was no lack of conveniences in the
great hall Half a dozen long distance
telephones connected it with every impor
tant city east of the Mississippi river and
not less than 200 telegraph wires placed
San Francisco Winnipeg Montreal Bos
ton New York Philadelphia Washing
ton Baltimore Jacksonville New Or
leans Galveston and all intermediate
towns and cities in direct communication
with the convention For the especial use
of the representatives of McKinfey Reed
Allison and other presidential candidates
sound proof boxes containing long-distance
telephones were placed at the foot
of the stairs in the rear of the speakers
stand From these it was possible for
the friends of the candidates to talk di
rectly to them and consult them on every
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important move that was made or con
templated in the convention hall
Crowd Begins to Gather
At 10 oclock the band of forty pieces
took its place in the gallery abovs the
speakers stand and at 1020 struck up
the rousing air Black America Soon
after the spectators began to stream
through the entrances which opened into
the lower gallery Hundreds of assistant
and ushers were scat
tered about the hall and galleries Just
before 11 oclock the thunder of arriving
clubs outside the hall was heard and the
Alabama delegation appeared at the main
entrance and marched to their seats in the
pit The contesting delegations from the
State of Delaware both in full force the
one headed by ex Senator Higgins and
the other by Mr Addicks were among
the first to arrive
At 1120 Senator Carter chairman of
the national committee who was to call
the convention to order arrived and gave
his final instructions to the secretaries and
reading clerks Within a few minutes the
delegations began crowding into their
places The arrival of the notables how
ever was not attended by any demonstra
tions The most famous of the Republi
can leaders seemed to be unrecognized
from the galleries but were warmly
greeted by their friends on the floor Sen
ator Lodge who is at the head of Reeds
New England delegation and who was
the general of the radical politicians was
besieged on every hand as he walked
down the aisle The venerable Dick
Thompson of Indiana who participated
in the Clay Jackson campaign of 1832 and
has been a conspicuous figure at every Re
publican convention since the organiza
tion of the party attracted much atten
tion He bears his S7 years sturdily and
looked full of vigor The Ohio delegation
headed bjr the dashing Foraker and dough
ty Hanua who as McKinleys manager
has made himself famous within a few
months in the world of politics passed
down to their places directly in front of
the speakers stand without a demonstra
tion of any kind All was confusion on
the floor in the final moments preceding
the calling of the convention to order
The hands of the clock were at 1230
when Chairman Carter of Montana un
waistcoated and with widespreading shirt
bosom stepped forward and with three
fierce cracks of his gavel by way of pre
liminary sought to make his voice pierce
the general rustle The attempt was a
futile one however He was exhorting
the supernumeraries who crowded the
aisles between delegates seats to please
retire These gentlemen failed to hear
him but his injunction was rapidly car
ried into effect by hustling badged offi
cials who swept down the aisles with
more vigor than ceremony Then there
was an interval of comparative quiet
while Mr Carter announced the prayer by
Rabbi Sale The thousands struggled up
to their feet when they caught the signifi
cance of the rabbis outstretched hands
and stood for three minutes with bowed
heads The rabbi prayed with open eyes
and applause followed his prayer
Chairman Fairbanks Speech
The first real demonstration of the con
vention came when Chairman Carter in
troduced Charles W Fairbanks of In
diana as the temporary presiding officer
William H Sutherland of the New York
delegation seconded Mr Fairbanks nom
ination and his selection was indorsed
by the unanimous vote of the delegates
As Mr Fairbanks stepped forward to de
liver his speech a wave of applause ran
around the galleries He spoke from mem
ory with an occasional reference to a pad
he half concealed in his left hand His
allusion to the protective tariff elicited
an outburst of McKinley enthusiasm
which was repeated when he reached that
portion of his speech enunciating the Re
publican doctrine of currency and the
demonstration reached its climax when
he announced the unalterable opposition
of the party to a 50 ceut dollar As he
closed with a declaration that tne issue
was protection and honest money against
free trade and free silver the convention
heartily cheered
Mr Fairbanks then assumed the gavei
and the real work of the convention be
gan William Lamb of Virginia moved
the adoption of the rules of the last con
vention to govern this pending further
action and for the roll call of States in
response to which the various State chair
men were to announce their delegates
At the suggestion of Gen Grosvenor the
lists were handed up to the platform to
be read by the clerk
The announcement of Henry M Teller
to be Colorados man on the resolutions
committee gave the silver men their first
chance to make their presence known and
they improved it by shrill cheers which
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had their center in the Colorado section
There were more cheers for Senator Du
bois of Idaho the young silver leader
for Gen Lew Wallace the author-politician
and friend of ex President Harrison
for Henry Cabot Lodge whose name
brought a flutter of flags which the Bay
State men had tied to their canes and
for Merriam of Minnesota When New
York was reached John Raines was com
plimented and Edward Lauterbach got
a volley Gen Grosvenors name was ap
plauded and Foraker received a quick
burst of sharp cheering
At 150 Grosvenor moved that the con
vention adjourn until Wednesday morn
ing at 10 The motion was carried and
there was a confused rush for the en
trances
WEDNESDAY MORNING
Convention Permanently Organized
with Thurston as Chairman
The gavel was wielded Wednesday
morning by Temporary Chairman Fair
banks who was obliged to hammer vigor
ously when at 1140 oclock he attempted
to quell the tumult into working order
On the platform at his left stood the port
ly form of Mark Hanna -and beside him
with a friendly hand on his shoulder and
pouring some confidences into Mr Han
nas ear was Thomas Carter of Mon
tana the retiring chairman of the na
tional committee For five minutes Mr
Fairbanks rested on his oars while the
ushers perspired in futile attempts to per
suade or compel compliance with the
chairmans request The convention was
in comparative order upon the introduc
tion of Dr Wilbur G Williams pastor of
the Union Methodist Episcopal Church of
St Louis who made the prayer As he
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From Florida From the East
tional debt a currency as sound as the
government and as untarnished as Its hon
or whose dollars whether of gold silver
or paper shall have equal purchasing and
debt paving power with the best dollars of
the civilized world a protective tariff which
protects coupled with reciprocity which re
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ciprocates thereby securing the best mar
ket for American products and opening
American factories to the free coinage of
American muscle a pension policy just and
generous to our living heroes and to the
widows and orphans of their dead comrades
the governmental supervision and control
of transportation lines and rates the pro
tection of the people from all unlawful com
binations and unjust exactions of aggregated
capital and corporate power an American
welcome to every God fearing liberty-loving
Constitution respecting law abidiug labor-seeking
decent man the exclusion of all
whose birth whose blood whose condition
whose practices would menace the perma
nency of free Institutions endangei the
safety of American society or lessen the op
portunities of American labor the abolition
of sectionalism every star in the American
flag shining for the honor and welfare and
happiness of every commonwealth and ot nil
the people a deathless loyalty to all that is
true and American and a patriotism as eter
nal as the stars
The punctuation of almost every sen
tence of the address was a period of yells
rounded off with a fringe of applause and
stamping and the delegates rose and
waved their hats flags and handkerchiefs
with a prolonged cheer when Mr Thurs
ton finished
As the demonstration ceased a letter
was read from J Henry Fort chairman
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lifted his head at the conclusion of the
prayer the crowd sank back in their seats
and the convention was again under way
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts rose
to ask for the committee on resolutions
THE MKINLET CLUB OF CANTON
the privilege of sitting during the pro
gress of the convention reporting that
the sub committee had completed the plat
form and that it was being considered
by the full committee Minor matters
were brought to the attention of tue con
vention by Powell Clayton of Arkansas
and by a colored delegate from Alabama
The chairmans call for the report of the
committee on credentials met no response
and that committee was passed The re
port of the committee on permanent or
ganization was received and adopted mid
loud protestations from some of the dis
senters
When the reading clerk who intoned the
committees report to the house announc
ed the name of John M Thurston of Ne
braska to be permanent chairman there
was an eruption of flags and cheers from
the delegates
Senator Sewell of New Jersey and
Congressman Sereno Paine of New
York were designated to escort the per
manent chairman to the platform They
marched down the main aisle while the
delegates jumped to their feet fluttering
flags and handkerchiefs and cheering
shrilly Mr Fairbanks met the trio as it
ascended the steps and grasped the Ne
braska Senator by the hand Thurston
faced the arena with his hands clasped
behind him and began to speak He said
Gentlemen of the Convention The happy
memory of your kindness and confidence
will abide in my grateful heart forever My
sole ambition is to meet your expectations
and I pledge myself to exercise the import
ant powers of this high office with absolute
justice and impartiality I bespeak your
cordial co operation and support to the end
that our proceedings may be orderly and
dignified as before this have been all the
deliberations of the supreme council of the
Republican party
Eight years ago I had the distinguished
honor to preside over the convention which
nominated the last Republican President of
the United States To day I have the further
distinguished honor to preside over the con
vention which is to nominate the next Presi
dent of the United States This generation
has had its object lesson and the doom of
the Democratic party Is already pronounced
The American people will return the Repub
lican party to power because they know that
its administration will mean
The supremacy of the Constitution of the
United States the maintenance of law and
order the protection of every American citi
zen in his right to live to labor and to vote
a vigorous foreign policy the enforcement
of the Monroe doctrine the restoration of
our merchant marine safety under the stars
and stripes on every sea In every port a
revenue for all governmental expenditures
and the gradual extinguishment of the
seating of the Addicks and Cuney delega
tions in Delaware and Texas and the re
committal of all other contests than Mr
Fort demanded the previous question on
the adoption of the majority report Mr
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mkinley people AT THE OHIO head
quarters
Hepburn moved to substitute the minority
report
There was a general breaking up of
benches and girding up of loins The
Pennsylvania delegation was in an up-
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HOBART IS SECOND
Both Candidates Nominated on
First Ballot
Nominations Are Made Uaantmons
and Delegates and Spectators Go
Wild -with Enthusiasm - Platform
Adopted Advocating the Sinde Gold
Standard Free Coinage Dclecates
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Associates Detailed Description of
Closing Scenes of the Convention
The Republican national convention
completed its work Thursday night Wil
liam McKinley of Ohio was nominated
for President and Garret A Hobart of
New Jersey for Vice President on a plat
form that declares for a protective tariff
and the single gold standard The total
vote cast for McKinley was 031 Reed
received S4 Quay 10 Morton 5S Alli
son 35 and Cameron 1 No sooner had
the chairman announced the result than
Senator Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts
moved to make the nomination unani
mous Among the first to second this
were Gen Hastings of Pennsylvania and
Thomas Piatt of New York Gen Hen
derson of Iowa followed Amid a storm
of howls tooting of fish horns waving of
banners and the playing of the band the
motion was put and carried The pande
monium was so great that the chairman
could not be heard
When Senator Foraker as chairman of
the Ohio delegation arose and cast 40
votes for the Buckeye man the ballot
stood 407 for McKinley Instantly the
convention burst into a storm of enthu
siasm The roll call was continued but it
was only a matter of form There was a
moment of suspense until the vote had
been announced and then the vast assem
blage burst into cheers and shouts of the
wildest enthusiasm
The first ballot was completed at 540
and it was 0 oclock before the chairman
was able to gain order and to recognize
Senator Lodge who moved that the nom
ination of McKinley be made unanimous
This served to bring forth another up
roarous outburst
After McKinleys nomination had been
made unanimous and the chair had so de
clared the convention proceeded to name
a candidate for Vice President The
names of G A Hobart of New Jersey H
Clay Evans of Tennessee Lippitt of
Rhode Island Walker of Virginia and
Bulkeley of Connecticut were placed in
nomination The nomination of Hobart
like that of McKinley was decided on
the first ballot and afterward made unan
imous
The third days session of the
l cavL national convention was icoueu xo
order by Chairman Thurston at 1030
oclock Thursday forenoon Five thou
sand people stood outside the convention
hall clamoring for admission and quarrel
ing with doorkeepers Inside the hall
there was a restless activity among the
delegates and visitors and an eager desire
to see the wheels move
Chairman Thurston without any pre
liminaries plunged into business by an
nouncing that the first thing on the pro-
l gram was the report of the committee on
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of the committee oil credentials announc
ing that the committee would be unable to
report until afternoon Thereupon Gov
Bushnell of Ohio moved that the conven
tion take a recess until 2 oclock The
motion was carried with a roar and at
1123 Chairman Thurston declared the
convention in recess
Proceedings in the Afternoon
The people returned to the hall after the
recess hoping that the candidates would
be nominated during the day and know
ing that at any rate the hostilities would
begin As soon as the convention came
to order Mr Fort of New Jersey moved
to the fore with the report of the commit
tee on credentials and the war was on
He reported that the Addicks people were
unseated in Delaware and the Cuney peo
ple in Texas and as for the other contest
ants the committee on credentials had
accepted the report of tne national com
mittee Congressman Hepburn of Iowa
was alongside to stand for the minority
No sooner nad he completed reading the
minority report which recommended the
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roar Piatt dodged along the line of the
New York delegation jotting down figures
on a slip of paper The leaders from the
Southern States wrestled with the negro
delegates In Missouri corner Major
Warner and Chauncey I Filley glared at
each other The galleries sent down a
confused sound of eager voices and then
as the chairmans gavel fell the hall be
came as quiet as if every man and woman
of the 12000 people had ceased breathing
and the roll call proceeded When the
roll call of Ctates was completed there
was a minute of anxiety while the clerks
footed up the totals When Chairman
Thurston announced the result 56S for
ordering the previous question and 339o
against it the McKinleyites howled them
selves hoarse The report of the com
mittee was declared adopted and ths Con
vention adjourned with the crovrd still
cheering and laughing after aday of
burning interest
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resolutions Senator elect Joseph B For
aker of Ohio crowded to the front climb
ed the steps and presented the platform
while the audience and delegates follow
ed the reading with intense interest
At the conclusion of the reading Senator
Teller presented a silver substitute for
the gold plank in the platform and made
a strong speech in defense of the bimetal
lic views of the white metal men After
he had spoken to the resolution Foraker
moved to lay it on the table The gold
men voted 518j to a total silver repre
sentation of 105 Foraker then moved
the previous question on the adoption of
the platform and the platform was adopt
ed a separate vote being taken on the
financial plank resulting Yeas S12
nays 110
As soon as the platform with tie gold
plank was adopted the silver icen from
Colorado Idaho Montana jvad Utah
headed by their leaders arosoand march
ed out of the convention hrjl renouncing
the Republican party and its declaration
of principles
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