The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-06-29
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Delegates Meet in Chicago and
Nominate Ticket.
ROOSEVELT AND FAIRBANKS.
But One Name Presented for Each OF.
fiee--corteIyou Chosen Chairman
National Committee.

The Republican national convention,
the thirteenth in the party's history,
met in the Chicago Coliseum at noon
Tuesday and organized. Henry c..
Paine. chairman of the National Com.
mittee, called the convention to order.
He then introduced the Rev. Tim.
othy p. Frost, pastor of the First Meth.
odist Church of Evanston. ILL.,. who
pronounced the opening prayer.
Senator Scott, on behalf of the Chi.
cago citizens committee which CO.
operated with the National Committee
on arrangements for the convention,
them presented National Chairman
Henry c. Payne with a handsome
gavel.
Chairman Payne recognized Gov.
Van Zant. of Minnesota, to present the
gavel used by the presiding Office. II
was made by the members of the
South Minneapolis High school. and
he said, had been used at Republican
conventions in Minneapolis, st. Louis
and Philadelphia. He asked the chair.
man to use It for this convention
which would nominate Theodore
Roosevelt.
It was the first mention of the Presi.
dents name In the convention and the
delegates rose as one man. Cheers
rang through the hall, and many men
sprang upon their chairs and waved
bats. banners and handkerchiefs.
After the applause had subsided
Chairman Payne in a few words ex.
pressed thanks for the gayel. He then
said:
Gentlemen of the convention, the
National Committee has selected for
your temporary chairman the Hon.
Elihu Root. of New York"
There was another shout from the
convention which was prolonged when
Gov. Odell. of New York, rose to move
that the action of the National Com.
mittee be approved. The motion was
adopted.
Mr.. Root was greeted with renewed
cheers as he advanced to the speakers
stand. In his address he reviewed the
work OF the party at length.
The second days session of the con.
vention was taken up with the speech
of the permanent chairman, Joseph G..
Cannon and the reading and adoption
of the platform.
The Illinois delegation met and de-
cided to withdraw the name OF Repre-.
sentative Robert r. Hit for the Vice
Presidency, which cleared the field for
the unanimous nomination of Senator
G. w. Fairbanks, of Indiana for second
place on the ticket.
The last day of the national Repub.
lican convention was the nveliest and
really the first day the convention hall
was filled to overflowing. Chairman
1n1 hA
der promptly and after brief prelimin.
aries the roll call for nominations for
President was begun. Alabama, first
on the list, relinquished the honor to
New York
Former Governor Frank s. Black, of
New York. then advanced to the plat
form to nominate Theodore Roosevelt
and was greeted with wild cheers. He
spoke rapidly and was frequently in.
terrupted by applause. His concluding
words, nominating Roosevelt, were the
signal for the greatest demonstration
of the convention. While the uproar
was going on Chairman Cannon waved
the old battle flag that has been used
at every convention of the party.
When order was restored the nomin.
alton was seconded by Senator Bev,
efjdge, OF Indiana, George A. Knight
of California and others, after which
the nomination was made unanimous
ly.
When the convention came TO the
nomination of a candidate for vice pres
tdent, all opposition disappeared and
Senator Charles Warren Fairbanks OF
Indiana, was selected unanimously
without the call of the roll
The formal notification of President
Roosevelt of his nomination will be
made on July 27 at Oyster Bay
Speaker Cannon will be chairman OF
the notification committee.s
The notification of Senator Fair