Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-08
THE POLITICAL WORLD.
Presidents Home District lndorses
With Resolutions-Notes.

The republican convention for the nrst
(New York; congressional district President
Rooseyelt's district, which includes Nassau
and Suffolk counties and the borough OF
Queens elected Frederick p Morris and
John j. Bartlett delegates to the national
convention at Chicago. Resolutions were
adopted indorsing the administration OF
President Roosevelt and instructing the
delegates to support him for the presidential
nomination.
Republicans In half Of the various assem-
bly, districts in Manhattan and the Bronx
adopted resolutions indorsing President
Roosevelt, which practically sends those
delegates to the state convention instructed
to uphold his nomination for the presidency
at the national convention.
The following is the resolution indorsng
President Roosevelt
The republicans of the first Congress dis
trict of the state of New York. by their
delegates III convention assembled to their
brethren throughout the United States send
greeting.
We are justly proud of the distinguished
citizen of this Congress district who was
called upon to assume the duties OF the
presidency under circumstances more trying
than ever before fell to the lot Of man. We
point with pride to the fidelity with which
he has followed in the footsteps of his la
mented predecessor as a careful and con-
sctentiouS statesman.
Under his wise administration the nation
is at peace and friendly relations firmly
established with all other nations Of the
world; stable government has been erected
in the Philippines; the open door maintained
in the far east, and. through his wise diplo-
macy, the nations now unhappily at war
have consented to limit the zone of their
operations so as not to encroach on neutral
territory.
He has fearlessly enforced all the laws
and has relentlessly prosecuted those who
In hQay ia m
Through him the dreams Of half a century
are about to be realized, and the commerce
of the Atlantic seaboard which will pass
through the isthmian canal will be the most
lasting monument of his administration.
He has guarded with jealous care the
rights Of capital and conservative business
interests, and in him the honest working
men have found true and consistent
friend.
We therefore present him to our fellow
citizens as one upon whom the mantle Of
leadership should naturally fall, and we re-
joice that he is to receive the reward. which
his fidelity of the great trust upon him has
merited, of a unanimous nomination by a
united party. And an earnest Of the
high affections IN which he is held by the
people of this district, the delegates elected
this day to the national convention are
hereby instructed to vote for Theodore
Roosevelt as the republican nominee for
the presidency of the United States.
The democratic Kansas state convention
eleCteu twenty uClcQ oelC6oeSo ~
the national convention. The delegation.
according to personal preferences, will
stand six for Hearst and fourteen against
him. it is said.
The platform, which was unanimously
adopted indorses the Kansas City platform
of 1900 and the Chicago platform Of 1896,
expresses confidence in William ]. Bryan
and declares for the nomination Of men
for President and Vice President who sup
ported the tickets of 1896 and 1900 and who
were in sympathy with the platform upon
which they ran. 1t indorses William Ran
dolph Hearst, but does not refer to him al
a candidate for President.
After all-day session the republican
state convention at Nashville, Tenn. in
structed for President Roosevelt and nomi-
mated James NJ. Littleton of Franklin for
governor.
The report of the platform committee was
adopted by an overwhelming vote. The
platform declares for the Brownlow good
roads bill and a vigorous protest Is regis
tered against unfair electionsslaws, sup
preston of ballot, and the maI<1ng Of false
returns.
The republicans of the seventh Missouri
congressional district in convention elected
delegates to the national convention and
adopted resolutions indorsing President
Roosevelt and favoring Cyrus P. Walbridge
of st. Louis for Vice President.
The democrats Of the sixth Ohio district
nominated Judge ]. A. Runyan of Lebanon
for Congress.
The Oklahoma republican convention re-
nominated B. s. MCGUIRE for delegate to
Congress and chose c. M. Cade national
committeeman. The six delegates to the
national convention are instructed to vote
for Theodore Roosevelt for President.