The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-20
OPENING or CONVENTION.
Interesting Scenes and Happenings Fol-
lowing Its Call TO Order.

Philadelphia, June 19-Chairman
| from a miniature of Mckinley in the
| lapel of his coat, surveyed an imposing
spectacle when he called the republican
national convention to order in the spa
cious export exposition building in West
| Philadelphia at 1885 to-day. In the
| valley below him were crowded the
! 1900 delegates and alternates, and
stretching away to the four corners of
the immense hall We're endless vistas of
people rising in terraced seats to the
walls He looked into the faces of fully
| IS 900 men and women. Opposite, in
| the broad gallery, We're massed a hun
| dred musicians their leader a mere pig
| nv in the distance.
| The platform on which he stood jutted
| out like a huge rock into an ocean Of
humanity. Below him and thanking the
stage was an embankment thronged
| with the representatives of the press of
| the country. Above was a riot of flags
| bunting eagles, shields, the whole
scheme of the elaborate decorations cul-
minating in huge portrait Of Mc<in-
hb4NAb "
American flag Above him We're the
working leaders of his party and be-
hind among the dignitaries and honored
guests of the convention were white
haired men who had been present at the
partys birth in this city almost half a
century ago.
1T was not a rotous convention. There
were no wild bursts of enthusiasm from
the frenzied partisans of rival candi-
dates, no entrance of delegations with
banners to set the multitudes cheering,
no fierce skirn1ishing and clashing of
candidates managers over rules of pro-
cedure and contesting delegations The
chieftain in the coming battle had al
ready been selected by the unanimous
voice of the republicans of the country,
The man who had stood at the helm of
the ship of state for four years was
their unbroken choice The platform
was the record Of his administration
The only question that remained for
the convention to decide was the vice
presidency, and it was not a sufficient
bone of contention to produce the tu-
multuous scenes which usually attend
the assembling Of a national convention
L Ire COGNtIlIlDll lO-ddy Was lIt ulGullItu
gathering of the representatives of the
republican party to ratify formally the
wishes of the millions whose authority
they held.
1t was very undemonstrative at first
While the crowds and delegates We're
crowded into the hall before the hour
for calling the convention to order had
arrived there We're no wild greetings of
party leaders. A scattering applause
met Mr. Hanna as he made his way to
the stage Governor Roosevelt. Senator
Lodge Senator Foraker, ex-senator
Quay, and a few others aroused f1ut-
tering of handkerchiefs and round of
handclapping, but men of national rep
uaton, whose fame has spread away
from our shores across both oceans,
entered without producing a ripple. Per-
haps most of them We're not recognized
1t seemed tame. There was only that
indescribable buzz of myrads of voices
which belonged to 4 national convention
as the humming of bees belongs to a
field of clover in summer and it looked
as though nothing could galvanize the
thousands into life. But Just before
Chairman Hanna was ready to drop his
gavel, Governor Roosevelt entered and
the vast audience was electrified. He
stalled in at the main door. His Rough
Rider hat singled him out to the cram
ing multitude. Seemingly the au-
dience had been awaiting him and the
applause that announced his appearance
swept over the vast amphitheater and
sweled into a great roar as he made his |
way towards the seats of the New York |
delegation. Senator Depew and Chair |
man Odell of the New York state COM
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