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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23

policies are not completely wrought
out; domestic questions still press con-
tinually for solution; other trusts must
be regulated; the tariff may presently
receive revision, and if so. should re-
ceive it at the hands of the friends
and not the enemies of the protective
system"
He closed with an eloquent tribute
to the late President Mckinley. de-
claring that his successor followed his
policy; to Senator Hanna, and to
President Roosevelt of whom he said:
Incapable of deception, he has put
aside concealment. 1t is no
campaign of sounding words and spe-
cious pretenses, for our President has
told the people with frankness what
he believed and what he intended.
No people can maintain free
government who do not in their hearts
value the qualities which have made
the present president Of the United
States conspicuous among the men OF
his time as type of noble manhood.
Come what may here-come what
may in November. God grant that
those qualities Of brave true manhood
shall have honor throughout America,
shall be held for an example In every
home, and that the youth Of genera
tons to come may grow up to feel
that 1t is better than wealth, or ONCE
or power, to have the honesty. the
purity, and the courage Of Theodore
Roosevelt"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23

a strenuous time. After that it was
easier. The interior and exterior of
the building were bright with the ma
tional colors, the interior being very
profusely decorated.
Then the Band Began to Play.
As the people began to arrive q
band played patriotic airs and was
applauded for its efforts to make the
time pass pleasantly. AS the time of
calling to order drew near the prom
tnent men came in, and as they were
recognized cheers broke out, delega-
tiOn banners and handkerchiefs were
waved, and the recipients of the hon.
Ors bowed their thanks for the well
come given them. A tumultuous cheer
broke out as Chairman Payne, of the
national committee, stepped forward
at u O'Clock, noon, to call the conven-
ton to order.
Prayer Opens the Proceedings
AS his gavel fell on the desk a hush
came over the vast assemblage, and
Rev. L. 2. Frost, at the request Of
the chairman, stepped to the front and
delivered an eloquent invocation. Sec
retary Elmer Dover then read the call
for the convention, and the gathering
settled itself to listen to the keynote" !"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23
VAN SAINT HAS ONE aFIRsr"
Gets Ahead In Putting Rooseveit's Nam
Before the Convention.

Gets Ahead In Putting RoOsevelt's Name
Before the Convention.
1t was left to Governor Van SAINT,
Of Minnesota, to first place the presi-
dents name before the convention
He found the occasion in presenting
to the convention a table which had
been built by the manual training
school connected with the South Min
neapolis High school. The applause
was general.
In the convention ball yesterday
there was one woman delegate who
had the same right to vote held by
each accredited male delegate. She
was Mrs. Charles a. Eldredge, of
Colorado Springs, Colo, an alternate
delegate whose principal was absent
Other women alternates present were
Mrs. Owen Lefevre, of Colorado; Mrs
Susan West, of Idaho, and Mrs. Jen-
ME L. Nelson, of Utah.
From decorative point of view the
Coliseum is success. Flags and
bunting are used profusely, but in
good taste. Foliage and palms soften
the general color scheme, and form a
setting for sixty large engravings Of
President Roosevelt used in festoon-
ing the national colors above the gal
leries, and ranging entirely around the
hall. The crowning feature of the
decorations is painting of the late
Senator Hanna, which hangs directly
over the platform and occupies the
most conspicuous position in the Coli
scum.
Something of the magnitude of this
painting may be realized when it is
said that its surface is as great in
square feet as the combined surface
Of the sixty large pictures of the pres
ident. President Roosevelt, however,
was as prominently shown to the dele
gates I'm a heroic painting spectacu-
larly unveiled on the chairman's plat
form at the conclusion of Roots
speech climax that brought pro-
longed Outburst of enthusiasm.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23

ator Lodge, of Massachusetts, chair
man, and authorizing him to appoint
a subcommittee of thirteen to pre-
pare the platform. This committee as
appointed includes Lodge, Gallinger,
Dalzell, Foraker, Hopkins Qllinois),
Senator Hepburn, John w. Blythe
Qowa), and Beveridge.
Among the first who knocked at the
committees door were the women
suffragists asking plank in favor of
"a constitutional amendment pre-
venting the disfranchisement of citi-
zens of the United States because of
SEX" Mrs. Upton, an Ohio woman,
took the lead; said she was in politics
and liked it and declared the women
were not asking anything hard. and
that if the committeeman were real
citizens they would jump out of that
window to do our bidding"
Representative Bartholdt, of Mis-.
souri,, was present with international
arbitration plank. An anti-peonage
plank was asked for by a Georgian.
After the committee was organized
Lodge laid before 1t draft of a plat
form intended as a basis for action.
This draft includes plank strongly
commencing the established Republi-
can policy ON the tariff and declaring
it necessary to maintain the protec-
tive policy In the interest Of United
States labor and industries. Added to
this is a declaration committing the
party to q readjustment of the sched-
ules If found to be desirable in the
future, and also a mild declaration on
the subject Of reciprocity and pro-
nouncement against trusts, but with a
reservation in the interest Of -estab-
lished, legitimate industries"
The committee finally agreed to a
tariff clause announcing a willingness
to change the schedules whenever
business conditions demand the
change" but all changes to be along
protection lines. Chairman Lodge later
announced that the committee had
concluded the platform, and was ready
to report to the full committee at
ten o'clock this morning. Not one
word as to the PLATFORM was Chair
man Lodges statement when asked
for details.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23

How We Freed the Former and Our Work
-.-i.--..-s-.;-s IN the Latter.
The speaker then took up Cuba and
the Philippines. Ee told how we had
freed the Pearl Of the Antilles from
military occupation after establishing
government there, and declared the
Platt amendment 1.-The sheet anchor of
Cuban independence" and credit, and
read President Palma's dispatch of
May 20, 1902, expressing the profound
gratitude of the Cuban people to the
United States for what the United
States had done for that people,
He said of the Philippines: THE
last vestige of insurrection has been
swept away. With their work ac-
complished, over 5000 American
troops have been brought back across
the Pacific. Civil government has
been established throughout the
archipelago. Peace and order AMI
justice prevail" Then he enumerated
the different laws enacted, for the
archipelago, which he said challenge
comparison with the statutes of any
country"
AS to the future he said: "None can
foretell the future; but there seems no
reasonable cause to doubt, that under
the policy already effectively inaugur-
ated, the institutions already implant-
ed, and the processes already begun in
the Philippine islands. if these be not
repressed and interrupted, the Phil
ippine people will follow in the foot
steps of the people of Cuba: that more
slowly indeed, because they are not
as advanced. yet as surely, they will
grow in capacity for self-goyernment,
and receiving power as they grow in
capacity, will come to bear substan-
tally such relations to the people 0f
the United tSates as do now the peo-
pie of Cuba"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23

arms-David c. Owen, Wisconsin.
The selection of temporary officers
was approved by the - lvention.
An interesting incident at the time
was the presentation of gavel to
Chairman Root. 1t was from the local
committee and was presented by
Graeme Stewart in a few words, and
Root bowed his response. The rules
of the last national convention were
adopted temporarily and the call OF
states was called for members of
the committees on permanent organiz-
alton, rules and order Of business, Gre
dentials and resolutions.
The question was put to the conven-
ton as to approving the recommenda-
tion of the national committee to seat
the delegates from Porto Rico and the
Philippines. and it was approved.
A beautiful gayel was presented to
National Chairman Payne by the Chi
cago committee. The article is intend
ed for business, being heavy and
strong. Encircling it is a heavy gold
band inscribed 'Mr. Henry c. Payne,
Chairman Republican National Com
mittee, 1904
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23
LAFOLLETrE DOES NOT CONTEST
Says tho Committee on Credentials Is Not
an Unprejudiced Body.

Bays the Committee on Credentials Is Not
an Unprejudiced Body.
Chicago, June 22.-The La Toilette
faction of the Wisconsin Republicans
declined to make a contest before the
credentials committee, declaring that it
refused to do SO on the ground that
the committee on credentials was not
an unprejudiced body.
The Wisconsin case was one of the
the earliest called when the creden-
tials committee went into session. The
contestants were not present when the
sergeant-at-arms announced that the
committee was ready to hear the Wis
consin fight, and the case was passed
until a contest in the Fourth Alabama
district had been heard. The Wis
cOnsin case was then called for the
second time and both parties filed into
the committee room. The burden Of
proof was ON the contestants and
they opened and closed their case
with a single statement by Gilbert il.
Roe, who spoke as follows:
'Mr. Chairman and gentlemen OF
the committee-Seyeral members Of
the committee on credentials before
which we are now asked to present
our case are members of the national
committee, which passed on this case
before. We do not, therefore, con-
slider this an unprejudiced committee.
We understand, moreover, that several
members of this committee have been
approached, and we, therefore, decline
to present our case, preferring to sub
NIT it to the people of Wisconsin at
the election next November. ! will file
with the committee this paper con-
tanning the statement have just
made"
A dead silence followed the speech
Of Roe. Some. members of the COM
mittee scowled at him, and others
smiled sarcastically, but not one word
was said in reply. Roe advanced to
the clerks desk, handed up his paper,
and then in company with his col
leagues, left the committee room.
The La Toilette statements princi-
pal point was that the national COM
mittee neglected to examine records
that gave history of the Wisconsin
dispute. Governor La Toilette left the
city last night for Milwaukee, declin-
ing to say anything. The credentials
committee later gave to the Spooner
men q hearing and decided to make
the Wisconsin dispute special order,
and appointed Governor Durbin, OF
Indiana; E. G. Benton, of Massachu-
setts. and ]. ]. Gardner, Of New Jer-
sey, special committee to examine
all the papers in the case.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23
SPEECH OF ELIHU ROOT
Gives History of the Achievements of
the Republican Party.

Gives History of the Achievements of
the Republican Party.
The temporary chairman, Hon. Elihu
Root of New York, was then intro
duced, and was enthusiastically ap-
plauded. As soon as quiet was re-
stored he proceeded with his opening
speech. He began by saying: 1.-The
responsibility Of government rests
upon the Republican party" He de-
clared that difficult problems press
upon the government, and said that,
when the course of the next admin
istration is but half done the Repub-
lican party will have completed the
first half century of its national life.
OF the eleven administrations since
the first election Of Abraham Lincoln,
nine-covering period of thirty-six
years-have been under Republican
presidents. For the greater part of
that time, the majority in each house
OF congress has been Republican.
History affords no parallel in any
age or country for the growth in ma
tional greatness and powe.: and honor,
the wide diffusion of the comforts Of
life, the uplifting OF the great PASS
OF the people above the hard conditions
Of poverty, the common opportunity
for education and Individual advan.e-
ment, the universal possession of civil
and religious liberty, the protection OF
property and security for the rewards
of industry and enterprise, the culti-
vation Of national morality, respect tor
religion, sympathy with humanity and
love of liberty and justice, which have
marked the life of the American poo
pie during this long period os Rcpub-
lican control.
Enumerating the reasons why the
Republican party will ask renewed
expression Of confidence from the peo-
pie he said they were because its
principles were right; because the
party has been faithful to its prom
ises; because the party character gives
assurance of good government; be-
cause it's candidates are of approved
competence and patriotism; because its
present policies ale beneficial, the peo-
pies business is being well done and
should not be interfered with. He
asked If we have not had a good, safe,
effective, honest, and conservative
government, and referred to the re-
duction of taxation as soon as the war
with Spain was ended.
he said On the point Of honesty;
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23
AFTER ROOT HAD SPOKEN

Later Proceedings of the First Day OF the
CONVENTION.
After Root had. concluded his
speech yesterday the other temporary
officers were named, among them the
following: fs
General secretary-C Charles w. John
son, Minnesota. Assistant secretaries
-Lucian Grey, Illinois; Willett Nj.
Epooner, Wisconsin; Rome c.. Ste
phenson, Indiana; Edwin G. Sims, Illf-
nois; James III. Paddock, Illinois.
Reading clerks-W. ID. Harrison,
Nebraska; Dennis Award, Michigan.
Tally clerks-Fred B. Whitney, Illi-
nois; George w. Dixon. Nebraska.
Messenger to the secretary Henry
r. Daniels, Wisconsin. - -
Messenger to che chalrnan-Gurle
Brewer, Indiana. N ~ Il
SergeantSat-arms William +. Stone.
Maryland. First assistant sergeant al.
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23
OUR STANDING AMONG NATIONS
Something To Be Proud of-Tributes
Mckinley, Hanna and Roosevelt.

Something To he Proud of-Tributes to
Mckinley, Hanna and Roosevelt.
After summarizing the foreign pol
icy of recent years-includes our ac-
ton in Panama, which was unreserved-
ly approved; our action as to China
protecting China from dismember-
ment; also at the opening of the Rus
so-Japanese war limiting the field of
action; the settlement of the Alaskan
boundary dispute; establishment of
The Hague tribunal; the recent arbi-
tration of questions between vene-
zuela and several European govern
ments-he said:
"All Americans who desire safe and
conservative administration which shall
avoid cause of quarrel, all who abhor
war, all who long for the perfect sway
Of the principles of that religion which
we all profess, should rejoice that un-
der this Republican administration
their country has attained a potent
leadership among the nations in the
cause Of peace and international jus
tice"
This, however, required backing up
by an adequate army and navy, and
he told what has been done in that
line. After summarizing the work
done by the first Mckinley admins
tration and that done. by the present
government, he said: -.'
1--WE challenge judgment upon this
record OF effective performance in
Legislation, IN execution and IN admil-
'fstration. The work is mot fully done;
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23
SUICIDE OF A SCIENTIST
He Prepares lectrothxnasia for Him.
self, Using Traction Plant to
End His Life.

Crawfordsville, Ind, June p. =
Charles Kailer. of Naperville, ILL.,, an
expert electrical engineer, committed
suicide by scientific methods. The
tragedy took place at a camp near
here where a traction plant is being
installed by the Northwestern Traction
company, which employed the engineer.
Kailer in the night removed his cloth
ing, stretched himself at full length
on a large timber saw, tied feed
wire about his wrist and then COM
pleted the circuit by seizing second
feed wire with steel nippers.
His body was found when the camp
awoke. The voltage in the wire was
not high, and less perfect arrange
ment would have done little damage,
in the opinion Of experts. The engineer
was graduated from Purdue university
only last week and was one of the
brilliant men of the class. being a
member of Tau Beta Pi.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23

New York, June 21.-The list of
those who perished on the General Slo-
cum is growing. Up to l a. m.
today 102 additional bodies had been
recovered. This brings the total num-
ber of bodies recovered up to 734, and
yet there are something like 323 per-
sons unaccounted for. A number of
these are among the unidentified at the
morgue and over on North Brother ISL
and, and the ''unrecognizable" that
have been buried in the Lutheran cem-
etery on Long Island.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23

were lost in the far distance Of the
top seats in the gallery. The band
had played. the banners had fiuttered,
and amid it all thefeatures of the great
dead Ohio leader had looked down
from above the rostrum.
Prominent Men Again Welcomed.
Again the assembled thousands
greeted with cheers, handclappings
and waving of handkerchiefs the dis
tinguished men as they made their
appearance in the hall. Uncle Joe"
Cannon, who was to be the permanent
chairman, was especially welcomed rs
he strode to his seat; Black, of New
York, who Is to present the name Of
the nominee for president. was also
loudly applauded; Beveridge, of In
diana, who is TO lead the seconding,
was quickly recognized and enthusi-
astically cheered. Fairbanks, who is
slated to exchange his senatorial. toga
for the gavel Of the senate presiding
of1cer was warmly welcomed. In fact
none Of the leaders was .uliowed to
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23
TACKLES THE TRUST QUESTION
Tells What Has Been Done Under Rspub
lican Administrations.

Tells What Has Been Done Under Rspub.
Lican Administrations.
Coming to the subject of trusts he
said: -Four years ago the regulation
by law Of the great corporate COM
binations called trusts stood sub
stantially where it was when the Sher-
man antitrust act of 1890 was passed.
At every election, the regu-
lation of trusts had been the foot
ball of campaign Oratory and the sub
ject Of many insincere declarations.
Our Republican administration has
taken up the subject In practical,
sensible way as business rather than
a political question, suying what IT
really meant, and dOins what lay at
its hand to be done to accomplish ef-
fective regulation"
He enumerated three practical stat
utes passed by congress and said: In
separate suits fourteen of the great
railroads Of the country have been re-
strained by injunction from giving IL
legal rebates to the favored shippers.
The beef trust was put un-
der injunction. The officers Of the
railroads engaged in the cotton carry
ing pool, affecting all that great in
dustry of the south, were indicted and
have abandoned their combination.
The Northern Securities company,
which undertook by combining in one
ownership the capital stocks of the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
railroads to end traffic competition in
the Northwest, has been destroyed.
=
1.-The right of the interstate COM
merce commission to compel the pro-
duction of books and papers has been
established by the judgment of the
Supreme court in a suit against the
coal carrying roads. Other suits have
been brought and other indictments
have been found and other trusts have
been driven back within legal bounds. >
He then referred to the war against
the cattle range land grabbers, against
land frauds, against derudation of
forests, reclaiming of arid lands, the
improvement of the mail service, work
for the benefit of the farmer such as
crop information, the oleomargarine
act and protection against animal and
plant diseases.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23
NEGRO BENDING OVER HER
Sight Seen BY n Young Woman of MUncis
When She Awoke I'm the Middle
of the Night.

Muncie, Ind, June 22.-When Miss
Effie Shook, well-known young
woman, awoke in the middle of the
night she saw the face of a negro
bending ever her, the man holding
lighted match i'm his hand. She
screamed loudly and the negro escaped
through a door, the lock of which he
had broken off, The second robbery
of the Williams boarding house, within
a few da. has been reported. When
Aaron Prior went to sleep in the place
he had $40 in his pocket, and when he
awoke in the morning the money was
gone.
Another stranger had similar expe-
rience a few nights before. Burg
laries and attempted burglaries have
grown so common during the last two
months that many of them are never
reported to the police. They are al
most of nightly occurrence. Local tai
ent is believed TO be responsible for
some of the work.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23
Death Of Charles III. Netcher.

Chicago, June 21.-Charles II.
Netcher, president and treasurer Of
the Boston store, who with career
begun as leash boy" in a dry goods
store became the owner of downtown
business property in Chicago said to
be worth $4,000, 600, died at Mercy hos
pital as the result Of an operation for
appendicitis. He leaves a widow and
four children.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23
pass to his seat unwelcomed.
Permanent Organization Erected.

permanent organization EHected.
This was the day of permanent or
ganization. The proceedings opened
with prayer by Rev. Thomas E. Cox,
of the Roman Catholic church. With
bowed heads the convention listened
to the Invocation. and at its conclusion
Temporary Chairman Root called for
the report of the committee on creden-
tials, which, when read, was fol-
lowed by that of the committee on
permanent organization. This named
Hon. Joseph p Cannon, speaker of
the house of representatives, as perma-
nent chairman. The choice of the
committee was agreed to with round
of applause, which swelled to roar
as the veteran statesman advanced,
wss introduced by Chairman Payne,
and proceeded to address the convcn-
ton.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23
He Never Needed the Money.

Shelbyville, Ind, June 22.-Mrs-
John Wheeler found $1,000 of old
money in an old family Bible that
was hidden away by her husband
thirty-four years ago. When John
Wheeler, a young farmer of this coun-
ty, was married, thirty-four years ago,
he had saved $1,000. On his wedding
day he told his wife that be would
put the money away until they needed
It. The husband died year ago. Mrs.
Wheeler had hunted for the money
but failed to find it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23
Bobrikof-s remains at St. Petersburg.

Bobrikoff7s Remains at st. Petersburg.
st. Petersburg, June 22.-The body
of General Bobrikoff, the late governor
general of Finland, has arrived hers
from Helsingfors. 1t was received
with full military honors and was in
TERED at the family vault at Sergievo,
near st. Petersburg.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23

sThe vast and complicated transac-
tions of the treasury, which for the
last fiscal year show actual cash re-
ceip1s of S4,25O.29O,2 ,262 and disburse-
ments of 81. 113, ,199,414, have been
conducted with perfect accuracy and
fidelity, and without the loss of dol
lar"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-23
Finds tn. brakeman Responsible.

Vincennes, Ind, June 21.-The off
cial investigation to fix the response
bility for the wreck on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad here Sunday has
been concluded. The finding accuses
Albert Evans, brakeman on the freight
train, of having left the switch open.
Evans declares that he closed the
switch