Show the president hears the news WASHINGTO june 18 it was half past when president harrison arrison II learnel learned that the republican convention bad had endorsed his administration by nominating dominating him for a second term he ile wag was sitting I 1 in in I 1 hh 1 i 9 office at the time chatting wi with tj several members of the cabinet and was probably the least excited of the tile group the reports were being received on a special wire ll 11 as s uninterrupted communication was established t ablis hed between the convention hll hit and the white house about 3 when it became known that a ballot was to be taken private secretary halford directed the telegraph h room to be opened cried to newspaper men and others arese prese present of Il halford alford sat near the operator and postmaster general Wana wanamaker occupied another desk near by they were each supplied with tally sheets around them were about thirty newspaper men and friends of the president preside lit secretary elkins gravitated between the telegraph office and the presidents room graph lie fe showed a thorough knowledge of its situation as it developed the operator handed the bulletins to ll If alford who read them aloud recorded the tile votes then passed them to russell harrison arrison II or lie at parker by whom they were carried to the president who read them to secretaries ret aries roble noble husk rusk and trac tracy y and attorney general mi miller iler there was not the least excitement duri during r 1 g the balloting the time it was ann announced 0 that ohio cast forty five votes for y this was entirely unlocked unlooked for and caused doubt for a time ons n nomination 0 mi nation on the first ballot when 1 it t was announced noun ced however thattie keystone state had given the pre president adent nineteen votes vote q the sma small cloud of doubt was dispelled when the announcement came ill that at harrison arrison ll was nominated the operator got excited and without altein attempting ting to write out the tile inessa message g cried it ou out excitedly great excitement cit et ement followed good good said id mr wanamaker and ll alford fod ar darted Q 4 from om the room to advise the president he ile was too late however as mr ift the tile presidents ateno stenographer who was standing in the tin ball 1 I 1 heard ea r d the words and carried the news to the president before II alford reached him everybody including the ne newspaper shaper men darted into the cabinet room and showered congratulations upon the tile president he ile received them gratefully and arid shook lianda hands with each ile lie was cool and composed but made no effort to conceal his intense gratification T the lie news soon reached the private part of nf the executive mansion and sirs mrs mckee sirs mrs dimmick and sirs mrs parker hastened to the presidents side ho ito received their congratulations in a most all affectionate milliner manner |