Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-17
New York Republican Convention in
Session Today.
ADDRESS BY SENATOR ELSBERG
He lauds the President and Gov.
Roosevelt.
w ANTS LATTER AG AIN

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE republican
state convention met today in Grand Cen
trail Palace. B. B. Odell, jr., chairman of
the state committee, called the convention
to order and the Rev. DR.. David ]. Burrell
of the Marble Collegiate Church delivered
an invocation
State Senator N. A Elsberg of New York
city was made temporary chairman and ad-
dressed the convention at considerable
lergth dwelling upon the ability with which
the state and national governments had
been administered by Governor Roosevelt
and President Mckinley, respectively.
MIR. EIsberg's Remarks.
I'm the clamor of the demagogues, the
sophistries of democrats said Mr.. Els
berg, what is there offered or proposed?
No policy but that of opposition; no pro-
81 am but inglorious retreat. AS against it,
we show again the actual facts. Hawaii
an American territory, a priceless posses
sion in the ocean of the future Rebellion
to lawfully acquired authority in the Philip
pines almost stamped out, and only kept
alive at all by the encouragement it re-
ceives from within the United States; Cuba
nearly prepared for peaceful civil govern
nent, with its promised independence soon
to come. Porto Rico under the American
flag. with a temporary form of territorial
jrstifies and permits. Our standing in the
east-the result OF our ownership Of the
Philippine Islands-recognized, by the
sent of all the powers to our demand for
the open door, Expanding exports to all
our new possessions and prouder and
more exalted place ourselves among the
nations of the earth.
AIIusiOn to Roosevelt.
Speaking of Gov. Roosevelt, Mr.. Elsberg
said:
IN all his term of Office the venomous
shafts of malice and of hate that partisan
ship has sometimes launched have never
found a mark on Gov Roosevelt, and the
breath Of scandal has not touched a repu-
tation whose purity and strength have
been but many times enhanced by the
searchlight glare of public life. New York
will make sacrifice Of him as yet at
any rate, and not until the state has had
another term of Roosevelt as its governor
will she relinquish him to what We hope
are higher honors still in store"
This declaration was greeted with en-
thusiastic applause by the delegates
Both of the West Chester county dele
cations We're given seats in the conven-
ton with half votes each. Ex-Representa-
tive Lemuel f. Quigg was made chairman
of the committee on resolutions.
MFR. Quisg Was Kissed.
The usual resolution to refer all resolu-
tions to the committee without discussion
was adopted. Mr.. Quigg arose to offer
resolution relating to the committee on
resolutions, when some one called for three
cheers The cheers began feebly, but in
an instant from galleries and sides of the
hall came Kisses which drowned the
cheers. The chairman finally raped the
disturbers to order closing the unpleasant
incident
After the appointment of committees the
convention took a recess until pm.
Want Roosevelt Again.
A careful census of the district leaders,
taken by Representative Lucius Iittauer
was said to have shown that a large ma
jority were in favor of the denomination of
Governor Roosevelt. This statement of Mr.
Littauer was practically indorsed In the
speech prepared by Temporary Chairman
Elsberg, and which passed under the eyes
of both Mr.. Platt and Chairman Odell, evil
IDENTIFY meeting their approval. 1t was as
follows.
New York will make no sacrifice of him
Governor RooSeVelD, as yet at any rate
and not until the state has had another
term of Roosevelt its governor will we
relinquish him to what We hope higher
honors still in store"
1t was pointed out by friends of the gov
ernor that this was a clear Endorsement of
the organizations attitude toward him.
Many OF the delegations met during the
state committeeman and their electors. The
friction which it was believed would crop
up in the Rensselaer, and Westchester dis
trict was hardly apparent, and prior to the
time for assembling of the convention there
was every indication that there would be
no friction.
For Delegates to Philadelphia.
The committee appointed to name dele
gates at large to the national republican
convention has decided to report the fol-
lowing names:
Delegates at large-Senators T. c. Platt
and Chauncey M. Depew, Gov Theodore
Roosevelt and B. 3. Odell, jr., chairman of
the state committee.
Alternates-George II. Roberts, jr., Kings
county; eX-State Controller James A. Rob
erts Buffalo; George ]. Smith, Ulster coun-
ty; State Senator John Raines, Ontario
county.
BOXING MATCHES TABOoED.