Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-22
THE CONVENTION
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names OF favOrite sons "Hose am" -,
are. not taken seriously Deyoniu 'He
houndarie of their own states. lie dp,
n,ause for Senator Fairbanks appe"ieu
to be general. anti, ro,+s
rho n,acjdity of political opponents
as they sat in the convention nan "e,u-
"a tnto a substantial party citizenship,
,,nanin,ousIv agreed on principles ana
.,onr;np only on non-essentials, was
.n. ~ tho features of the convention.
IT.. N.u, York delegation, which oc-
-,,.,;od ono If the positions of honor d.
.an,,v In front of the platform, fur
,ished a good example OF the prevail
Co.. harmony On the opposite side or
,hs center aisle i'm equal command of
,ho platform. was the Illinois delega-
ton which had bitter fight within
a.. ranks Az late as yesterday. Today
- any soreness remains, to all out
ward appearances 1t has been healed.
state pride figured strongly IN the
convention. Each state had its friends
in the galleries who showered plaudlts
on their great men as they entered the
hall The first big man" recognized
was Senator Allison. The Iowa con-
tirRent cheered it's welcome and this
WAS tdkcIl up ny
who recognized the Hawkeye states
man. Senator Depew. Senator Culiom'
Speaker Cannon, General Gros'ehor'
Former Secretary Elihu Root Senator
Penrose, Senator Scott and other early
arrivals received their share OF APP
pla,,se. The floor filled with delegates
70 rapidly that many prominent figures
slipped In unnOticed. Among those
was Senator Lodge, who is accredited
with having more intimate knowl-
edge of what the convention Is doing
than any othe man. BefOe the gather
ing was called to order by Henry Z.
PAYNE, chairman of the national Re-
publican committee, Senator Lodge
moved about among the delegations and
his ear was sought frequently by en-
bryOnic platform makers. The Massa-
chusetts senator never stopped long
enough, however, to grow intimate.
The first speech at the convention
was by Senator Scott, who Informally
presented to Chairman Payne beauti-
full gavel. 1t was the gift of the citi-
zens' committee OF Chicago, which CO.
operated with the national sub-com-
mittee In making arrangements for the
a member of the national committee
from Illinois. on behalf of the Chicago
committee. presented a similar gavel
to Temporary Chairman Root. 1t was
left to Gov, Van SAINT of Minnesota, to
first place the Presidents name before
the convention. He found the Occa-
sion In presenting to the convention q
table which had been built by the MAN.
ual Training school connected with the
South Minneapolis High school. the
APPLAUSE was general, but not long con-
tinued and in that set precedent
which was followed I'm succeeding DEM
OnstratiOns.
Today's program of the convention
was not of a nature to attract more
than ordinary interest. The matter or
greatest importance was the present.
ing 10 the convention of the proposition
TO admit the delegates from the Phil
ippjne islands and Porto Rico. MIR.
Root asked for ruling on the ques-
ton of calling the names of the new
possessions In the roll for the naming
of members of the various committees.
The convention ordered the seating and
recognition of six delegates from the
Philippines with two votes, and two
delegates from Porto Rico.
In the convention hall there was one
woman delegate, who had the same
right to vote that was held by each
aCcedited male delegate. She was Mrs.
Charles A. Eldredge Of Colorado
Springs. Col, an alternate delegate,
whose principal was absent. Other
women alternates present were Mrs.
West Of Iadho, and Mrs. Jennie f.. Mel
son of Utah. these states having
wOman's suffrage.
Shortly before the adjournment for
the day, Senator Dcpew was recog-
nized to deliver to the convention an
invitation from President Francis and
the directors of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition to delegates and
members of the press to visit the fair
at St Louis before returning to their
homes. Senator Dcpew started to read
the invitation from his seat but ut the
demand of delegates and spectators he
mounted the platform. There he
passed the invitation over to a clerk to
read. When it was concluded Chair
man Root suggested that the senator
might want to make Il few remarks.
The suggestion was accepted and in
recommending that the Invitation be
accepted Senator DCpcw said the
Democrats are claiming the credit of
gaining IN empire peaccably on the
ground that the party. through Jeffcr-
son, had bought the land. The Rcpub-
licans he said. had titled 1t and were
going to share the harvest. The
harvest The speech was received
with favor and the invitation ac-
Cepted.
Chicago June 21.-The Republican
National convention, the 18th i'm the
party's history. met in the Coliseum at
noon. Tuesday. and organized. The
grand climax, the nominations, will not
be reached until the third day. Senator
Depew calls Tuesday curtain raiser
for the more serious drama of Wednes-
day and Thursday. The curtain raiser
was i'm itself an absorbing production.
Some difficulty was experienced in
seating the delegations and the noon
hour found Chairman Payne, gavel In
hand, waiting patiently for the dele