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HAEHISON AND EEID.
The President Renominated by the
Convention at Minneapolis.
The Editor of the New Terk Tribune Com'
platea the TleUot-TUe Harrlnon
Supporter Exuberant Over
the Iteialt.
MiHiTKAroT.is, Minn., June 11. The
'battle has been fought and won and
the administration of Benjamin Harri
son ia sustained by the republican party
in the rcnominatlon of the president
for a second term. Rut one ballot was
required. The rote stood: Harrison
6S5 1-0, McKinley 1S2, Blaine 1S2, Reed
4, Lincoln 1.
Eev. Wayland Hoyt, of this city,
opened the republican convention yes
terday morning with prayer.
The call of states commenced. Sen
ator Wolcott, of Colorado, presented
the name of James Q. Blaine for presi-
dent The nomination was enthusias
tically received by his supporters.
When Indiana was reached, Richard
W. Thompson nominated President
Harrison.
A counter demonstration that, so far
as the delegates were concerned, far
jurpaased the Blaine greeting, followed
Mr. Thompson's speech, and it was
nearly twenty-seven minutes before
the Harrison cheers subsided.
The nominatic u of President Harri
son was seconded in a lengthy speech
Vy Chauncey M. Depew.
Warner Miller seconded the nomina-tk-ja
of Mr. Blaine, as did several other
delegates. .
When Ohio was reached the name of
William McKinley, Jr., was put for
ward by ex-Gov. Foraker.
When the state of Pennsylvania was
called a minute later a great surprise
greeted the convention. Various dele
gates, who had np to this time appar
ently been under the .leadership of Sen
ator Quay, rcjrolted and when the re
sult was announced Ilarrison had ten
more votes from this state than had
been expected. Of course the Harrison
people cheered tumultuously at this an
nouncement, and when South Dakota
WHITELAW IlKID.
followed with a solid vote for Ilarrison
and a little later Texas gave him
twenty-two votes it was apparent that
the president would be renominated.
Cheer after cheer was given until men
were fairly falling with exhaustion on
the floor. McKinley pleaded for order
and silence was restored.
"Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the
convention," said he, "I move that the
rules be suspended and that Benjamin
Harrison be nominated for president of
the United States by acclamation."
The Harrison people gave one wild,
hysterical cheer of exultation and ap
proval, but there were cries of "No, no;
roll call, roll call," from the Blaine and
McKinley delegates in various parts of
IhehalL An enthusiastic Blaine man
made the point of order that the motion
of Mr. McKinley was not in order pend
ing a roll calL
MI desire to say," said Mr. McKinley,
4that you can suspend any rule you
have got by a two-thirds majority, and
let us do it now."
Just at this Juncture various gentle
men surrounded Mr. McKinley and a
hurried conference was held.
The latter again mounted the plat
form, beckoned for recognition and said:
'Mr. Chairman: Let me say one word.
There are states, as I understand it,
that have not been reached which de
sire to record their votes, and I under
stand that they desire' to record their
rotes In the direction of. my motion.
Applause. I therefore, in order to
r liable them to do so, withdraw my mo
tion." .
The roll call continued, and of course
t om this time on showed steady and
rilESIUSNT HAIUIISON.
significant gains for Harrison. At the
end it was obvious that he was nomi
nated by a considerable majority, but
it required the clorks a long time to
foot up the result
"The clerks will announce the results
of the roll call," said Chairman MoKln
leyhalf an hour later, he having re
sumed the chair in the interval
"The whole number of votes," said
the clerk, "is QOiX, the number neces
sary to a choice is 458. Applause.
Benjamin Harrison receives SS5 1-0
votes. Prolonged applause. James
O. Blaine receives 183 1-8. Applause. 1
Mr. McKinley receives 183. Cheers.
Robert Lincoln 1 vote and Thomas B.
Reed 4 votes." Applause,
"Benjamin Harrison having received
a majority of all the votes cast," said
Giairman McKinley, "is the nominee of
this convention. Shall the nomination
be made unanimous?" Great applause
and cheering, and cries of "Yea, yes,
let us make it unanimous."
"All in favor of making it unanimous
say aye," said the chairman. There
was a storm of ayes. Chairman Mc
Kinley never put the negative. "It is
unanimous," said he at 4:30 p. ra., and
once more the convention went into one
of those scenes of enthusiasm which
had become so familiar to the proceed
ings of the day.
Kclil for Second l'lnee.
The interest centered in tho nomina
tion of a candidate for the vico-prosi-dency
caused this subject to be a very
engrossing topic between the hours of
the afternoon and tho evening sessions.
The prevailing opinion seemed to be
that tho New lork delegation would
name the candidate, and that state ap
peared to be unanimously for White
law Rcid.
The evening session was called to or
der at 8:50.
Mr. O'Connor, when New York was
reached, nominated Hon. Whitelaw
Rcid, which was seconded by Hon.
Horace Porter.
J. T. Settle, of Tennessee, named
Thomas B. Reed, of Maine. It was sec
onded by C. M. Loutham, of Virginia.
After Borne talk Thomas B. Beeaa
name was withdrawn and Whitelaw
Rcid was nominated for vice-president
by acclamation.
The announcement of the nomination
of Mr. Reid was the occasion of demon
strations of much enthusiasm on the
part of both delegates and audience.
The next order of business was the
report from the states of the members
of the committee, or committees, to
notify the president and vice-president
just nominated of their nomination.
The usual resolutions of thanks wen
adopted and the convention adjourned
sine die.
The ISallotlnff Table.
Bute. i o . 3
! 9 f i ?
: : f : :
Alaska S
Alnbuma ti tt 7 .. ..
Arkansas 1" IS I
California 1 II .1 .: ..
Colorado 8
Connecticut li 4 8 .. ..
ppluwtire "4 1 1 .. ..
Florida H
Geonria M M
Illinois. 1 14 It
Indiana.. 8' SO
Iowa SO SO 6 I .. ..
Kansas -.. ' 11 6 .. ..
Kentucky x 23 t 1 .. ..
Louisiana lfl 8 8
Muino 1-' IS
Maryland K 14 t
Massachusetts. 0 IB I II ..
Michigan a 7 I 19 .. ..
Minnesota IS 8 P 1
MtHStSRlppl IS lltf
Missouri Mi 28 4 I .. ..
Nebraska 1" IS 1 .. ..
Nevada 6 8
New Humrwnire 8 4 I ...11
Ncwjersoy 2 IB I
New York 72 27 55 10 .. ..
North Carolina 22 17' 2.V I ..
Ohio 48 1 .. ..
Orepon H 1 7 .. ..
lVmisiv:uiia 64 10 8 . .. ..
Hlinde Island.. t 5 1 11..
Souih Carolina IK 13 3 2....
Tennessee. 84 17 4 3 .. ..
Texus 33 !3 8 ... S..
Vermont t 8
Virginia 24 13 2 .. ..
M'ctit Vlr-Tinla.v 12 12
Wisconsin Zi IB 2 8 .. ..
South DaUota 8 8
North Dakota 0 8 4
Montana 6 6 1
Washington 8 1 6 1 .. ..
Idaho 6 6
Wyoming 0 4 2
Arizona 2 1 1
New Mexico..... X I
Oklahoma I t
DiBtrict Columbia.... 2 S
Utah 2 S
Indian Territory 2 1 1
Total lOOilKB 1-glllC 1-ollft
An Inherited Attitude,
Father Your school report is uener
ally good, but you are marked very low
in deportment Why is that?
Boy I always forget and staad on
one foot and rest the other on a railing
or something when I recite, and teacher
marks me for that I told her I couldn t
help it, and she saidmaybe I inherited
it.
"Inherited itr.
"Yes, sir. She said that's tho way
men stand when they arc talking over
a bar." Good News.
a i
PrUon Statistics.
Said the superintendent of the Texas
penitentiary, at Iluntsville, to a newly
arrived delegate:
'You have the privilege of working
at any trade you prefer."
Td like to keep on drivin catUo to
Kansas."
Another gentleman in the same in
stitution wanted to be a sailor. Texas
Si f tings.
Not That Kind of a Family. Pro
fessor "This eccentricity yousptakof
in yotr daughter, isn't it, after all, a
matter of heredity?" The moth er (se
verely) "No, sir! I'd have yon to know,
sir, there never was any heredity in on
family:- Vaukee Blade.
CHRISTIAN SOLDIEltS.
Dr. Talmago Discourses on Militant
Christianity.
Followers of tho Havloor rrKd to Ho
Iteudy for Aft-ffrosslve Warfare
Tho 1'opular lraher tio
, luff to Europe
Dr. Talmngo prefaced his sermon last
Sunday morning at Brooklyn with a
statement to the effect that he would
sail on Wednesday for Europe and
might be able to be present ut the dis
tribution in the famine stricken dis
tricts of Russia of the Christian Herald
relief cargo, consisting of 3,000,000
pounds of flour and other supplies which
goes out this week on the steamship
Leo, chartered for tho purpose, lie
congratulated the American people on
the generous spirit evinced by this
magnificent gift to the starving people.
His sermon wus from the text, Ephe
sians vL 11. "Put on the Whole Armor
of Cod."
There is in this text a great rattle of
shields and helmets and swords. Sol
diers 'are ready for battle. We have
had reeentlv in this church new enlist
ments and I shall address myself to
those in this and other churches who
arc putting on the armor of God, and
who may feel themselves to be ns yet
nn r rnw recruits. "JW.oriy retreat
is a term often used In military circles,
but in religion there is no such thing.
It is called glorious advance or dis
frraeeful and ignominious falliit? back.
r o '
It would ba a strange thing if all our
anxiety about men ceased the moment
they were converted. You would al
most doubt the sanity of that farmer
who having planted the corn and seen
it just sprout above ground, should sa3:
"My work is all done. I have no more
anxiety for the field." No. There is
work for tho plow and the hoe, and
there must be a careful keeping up of
the fences and there must be a fright
ening away of the birds that would pil
lage the field. And I say the entrance
upon Christian life is only the implant
ation of grace in the heart There is
earnest hard work yet to ba done, and
perhaps many years of anxiety before
there shall be heard the glorious shout
of "Harvest home." The beginning to
be a Christian is only putting down the
foundation; but after that there are
years of hammering, polishing, carv
ing, lifting, before the structure is
completed. It takes five years to make
a Christian character, it takes twenty
years, it takes forty years, it takes
seventy years If a man shall live so long.
In other words, a man dying after half
a century of Christian experience feels
that he has only learned the A B
C's" of a glorious alphabet The next
year will decide a great deal in
your history, young Christian man.
It will decide whether you are to
be a burning and shining light of the
church, or a spark of grace covered up
in a barrel of ashes. It will decide
whether you -are to be a strong man in
Christ Jesus, with gigantic blows strik
ing the iron mail of darkness, or a be
dwarfed. whining, grumbling soldier,
that ought to be drummed out of the
Lord's camn with the "liosrues' March."
Yon have only just been launched; the
voyage is to be made, kurtu ana
Heaven and hell are watching to ee
how fast you will sail, how well you
will weather the tempest and whether
at last amid the shouting of the angels
you shall come into the right harbor.
May God help me this morning to give
you three or four words of Christian
counsel, as I address myself more espe
cially to those who have just now en
tered the Christian life.
My first word of counsel is. Hold be
fore your soul a very high model Do
not say, "I wish I could pray like that
man, or have the consecration of this
one." Say: "Here is the Lord Jesus
Christ, a perfect pattern. By that I
mean, with God's grace to shape all my
life." In other words, you will never
be any more a Christian than you strive
to be. If you build a foundation twenty
by thirty feet you will only have a
small house. If you build a foundation
one hundred by one hundred feet, you
will have a large house. If you resolve
to be only a -middling Christian, you
will bo only a middling Christian. If
yon have no high aspiration in a world
ly direction, you will never succeed in
business. If you have no high aspira
tion in religious things yoM will never
succeed in religion. You have a right
to aspire to the very highest
style of Christian character. From
your feet there" reaches out
a path of Christian attainment which
you may take and I deliberately say
that you may be a better man than was
Taul, or David, or Snmmerfleld, or Dod
dridge a better woman than Hannah
Moore or Charlotte Elizabeth. .Why
not? Did they have a monopoly of
Christian grace? Did they have a pri
vate key to the storehouse of God's
mercy? Does God shut you out from
the gladness and goodness to which
they were introduced. O, no. You have
just the same promises, just the same
Christ just the sams Holy Ghost jost
the same offers of present and everlast
ing love, and if you fall Bhort of what
they were aye, if you do not come
up to the point which they reached and
go beyond it it is not because Christ
has shut you 'out from any point of
moral and spiritual elevation, but be
cause you deliberately refused to take
it I admit that man cannot become a
Christian like that wiihout a struggle;
but what do you get without fighting
for it? The fortresses of darkness are
to be taken by storm. You may by
acute strategy llaak the hosts of tempta
tions, there are evils, in the wny that
you will have to meet face to face and
it will bo shot for bhot gun for gun,
grip for grip, slaughter for slaughter.
The Apostle Paul over and over again
represents the Christian life as a com
bat When tho war vessel of Christ's church
comes into glory, bringing its crew and
its passengers, it will not come in like
a North river yacht, beautifully painted
and adorned, swinging into the boat
house after a pleasure excursion. 0, no.
Itwilllte liko a vessel coming with a
heavy cargo from China or India, tho
marks of the wave and the hurricane
upon it sails rent, riggings spliced,
pumps all working to keep heralloat
bulwarks knocked away. I see such a
vessel coming and get out my small
boat and push toward her, and I shout:
"Aho captain! What are you going
to do with those shivered timbers?
That was a beautiful ship when you
went out, but you have ruined it"
"0," says the' captain, "I have a fine
cargo, and by this round trip 1 have
made ten fortunes." So I lelieve it
will be when tho Christian soul comes
into the harbor of Heaven. It will come
bearing the marks upon it of a gre;:t
stress of wcn'.hcr. You can sec by the
very looka of that soul us it comes into
pory that it was driven by a storm and
dashed into the hurricane; but by so
much us the voyage is rough, will the
harbor be b'essvd. " f ye suti.'-Vv'd with
ITim on enrth, ye shall o?. glorified with
Hun in Heaven." Ana high.
Do not be satisfied to bs like the
Christians all around about you. Bo
more than they have ever been for
Christ. An old Arabian king was show
ing a beautiful sword that had l?en
given h'un, when one of his courtiers
said: "This sword is too short You
cannot do anything with it" Said tho
king's son: "To a brave man no sword
is too short. I' it be too short take one
step in advance, and then it is long
enough, bo I say to any Christian
who may feel that he has poor weapons
with which to fight against sin and
darkness and death: "Advance upon
the enemy. In the strength of Christ
go forward. God is for you. and if
God be for vou who can be against
you? Remember that God never puts
you in battle but He gives you weapons
with which to fight"
My second word of counsel to those
who have recently entered upon Chris
tian life is: Abstain from all pernicious
associations and take only those that
are useful and beneficent Stay out of
all associations that would damage
your Christian character. Take only
those associations that will help you,
A learned man said: "If I stay with
that man Fenelon any longer I shall
get to be a Christian in spite of myself."
In other words, there is a mighty power
in Christian associations. Now, what
kind of associations shall we, as young
Christians, seek after? I think we
ought to get in company better than
ourselves, never going into company
worse than ourselves. If we get into
company a little better than ourselves
and there Iks ten people in that com
pany ten chances to one we will be bet
tered. If we get into company a little
worse than ourselves and there bo ten
people in that company ten chances to
one we will be made worse than we
were before.
Now, when a young Christian enters
the church God does not ask him to re
tire from the world. The anchorite
that lives on acorns is no nearer Heaven
than the man who lives on partridge
and wild duck. Isolation is not de
manded by the Bible. A man may use
the world , with the restriction of not
abusing it But just as soon as you
find anv surroundings pernicious to
your spiritual interest, quit those asso
ciations. Tins remark is moiv especial
ly appropriate to tho young. Now it is
impossible that tho young an.1 un
troubled should sewk th.Vir association
with those who are aged and worn out.
As God intended the aged to associate
with tho aged, talking over the past
and walking staff in hand along the
same paths they trod thirty, forty and
fifty years ago, ho I suppose He intanded
the young chiefly to associate with the
young.
The first thing, then, yon have to do,
O, Christian young man. Christian
young woman, is to go to work in the
service or the Ijora u you warn w uea
hannv Christian. When an army goes
out there are always stragglers falling
off here and there, somo becauso they
are faint and sick, but a great many be
cause they are afraid, to fight and too
lazy to march. After awhile the lazy
men on the road hear the booming of
the guns for hours, and they hear tho
shout of victory, and a man on horseback
comes up and says: "We have won
the day!" Then they hasten up. How
brave they are after the battle is over.
Poor at fighting, but grand at "huzza!"
So there are stragglers going alter tne
Lord's host There come days of dark
ness and battle. Where are they? We
call the roll of the host They make no
answer, but after awhilo there comes a
day of triumph in the church, and they
are aU about "Huzza! Huzza! Didn't
we give it to them!"
I have another word of counsel to
give those who have just entered
Christian life, and that is, bo faithful
in prayer. You might as well, busi
ness man, start out Ja the morning
without food and expect to be strong
all day you might as well abstain
from fond all week and expect to be
strong physically as to bo strong with
out prayer. The only, way to get
strength into the soul is by prayer, and
the only difference between taat Chris
tian wbo is worth everything and that
one who ia worth nothing is the fact that
tho last does not pray and the other
does. .And the only difference between
this Christian who is getting along
very fast in the holy life, atnd this who
is only getting nlong tolerably is that
the first prays more than the last. You
can graduate a man's progress in reli
gion by the amount of prayer, not by
the number of hours, perhaps, but by
the earnest supplication that he puts up
to God. There is no exception to the
rule. Show us a Christian man who
neglects this kind of duty and I will
show you one who is inconsistent Show
me a man who prays a.vl his strength
und his power cannot ba txaggcratcd.
Why, just give to a man t xis power of
prayer and you give him almost omni
potence. This afternoon you will sec two Kali
bath school teachers. That one does
not guln the attention of her class.
This one does. What is tho difference
between them, their intellects being
about equal? The first thought only
of her own apparel. Tho other came
from great prostration iK-fore God in
earnest supplication, asking that God's
mercy might come upon tho school nnd
that in the nftcrnoon she might gain
the attention of those five or six immor
tals that would be around her. Tho
one teacher has no control over iier
class. The olher sits ns with tho
strength of the Lord God Almighty.
Head the Bible and it brings yon into
the association of th'i best people that
ever lived. You stand beside Moses and
learn his meekness, beside Job and leurn
his patience, besile Pnnl and catvh
something of his enthusiasm, besido
Christ and you feel his love. And yet,
how strange it is that a great many
men have given their whole lives to tho
assaulting of that book. I cannot un
derstand It Tom Paine worked against
that book as though he received large
wages and wns Inspired by the very
powers of darkness, confessing all thet
time that he was writing he did n o
have tho Bible anywhere near him.
How many powerful intellects have en
deavored to destroy it Ten thousand
men now are warring against the truth
of God's word. What do you think of
them? I think it is mean and will prove
it. I will prove it is the meanest thing
that has ever been done in all the cen
turies. There is a ship at sea and in trouble.
The captain and tho crew are at their
wits' end. You are on board. You are
an old seaman. You como up and give
some good counsel, which is kindly
taken. That is all right But suppose,
instead of doing that, in the midst of
the trouble you pick up the only com
pass that is on board and pitch it over
the taffrall? O, you say, that is dastard
ly. But is it as mean as this? Here is
the vessel of the world going on with
1,400,000,000 of passengers, tossed and
driven in the tempest, ai-d at the time
we want help the infidel comes and he
takes hold of the only compass and he
tries to pitch it overboard. It is con
temptible beyond everything that is
contemptible. Have you any better
light? Brng it on if you have. Have
you any better comfort to give us?
Bring it on if you have. Have you any
better hope? Bring it on if you have,
and then you may have this Bible and I
shall never want it ugain.
But I can think of a meaner thing
than that, and that Is an old man going
along on the mountains with a staff in
one hand and a lantern in the other.
Darkness has come on suddenly. He is
nlri. 4iiKt nble to nick his war out
y t , - .
amid the rocks and precipices, leaning
on his staff with one liana ana guiumg
If with tho lie-ht in the other. You
come up and say: "You seem to le lost
You are a long wag from home. i es,
he replies. And then you take him by
the hand and lead him home. That is
n'rv Kind of vou. But suppose instead
of that you' snatch the staff from his
hands and hurl it over the rocks, ana
Knntch the lantern and blow it ont?
That would be dastardly, contemptible
until there is no depth oi contempt oe
ncath it If you have a better fctaff
give it to him.
Ymi see. mv friends. I have not tried
to hide the fact that I have large ex
pectation of yon who have entered tho
Christian life. Do not be discouraged.
Press on toward the prize; God besido
you und Heaven before you. Keep
vnnr oourace un. Look in thirty rears
from now upon this church. Another -man
in the pulpit Other faces in the
Another man lcadinir the song.
Others carrying around the alms boxes
n th church. All changed. Thirty
years have gone and I look into tho
faces of the people, ana l say:
"iviiif it (moms to mo I hare een
these people somewhere, but I caanot
exactly say where, u, yes now i dcu
to think. These were the converts in
1S93 and 1890. Why. how you have
llanflv", "O. VeS." thfV SaV. "
"course we have changed. Thirty years
m v a TT
make a great caango. i say: no
many wrinkles there arc in your face.!"
O, yes," they say, "thirty years mane
wrinkles." "Have you
kept the faith?" "Yes, wo have kept
the faith." "Where are those people
who used to sit in the pew with your
All iTo'n.." Then I sav: "WelL I
feel lonely; come, let us sing one of tho
old hymns we used to sing thirty years
imln 1 SO'JT on communion dar. Auv of
yon know the old tunc? Some one hum
it Yes, that s it, tnai s iu inow, -gether,
let us sing, Jnst as we did ia
1802:
There is totfntMo fllled with Dlooa,
Drawn from Imannucl'a veina:
And alnncra plnnced beneath that flood .
Lom all their pulltf atalna.
The tfyinir thief rejoiced lo ace
That fountain In his day;
Ami there my L though vile ai he
Wash all my Una sway. . "