The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-21
CONVENTION OPENS
 IN CHICAGO TO-DAY
KEsTERDAYTHE oUIETEST "DAK
 BEF0REn EYER KNOWN.

nomination or senator tairDanks or An-
 diana for Vice President Regarded
 as Settled by Action of New York
 Delegation Last Night in Deciding to
 Cast Its seventy-eight Votes for Him
 -PIatform-Tarin Reform and PO-
 Iygamy.
 Chicago, June 20.-With the time oc- cupied in caucuses of state delegations, which, with a few exceptions, were mere ratification meetings held to ap- prove state convention programmes. the day preceding the opening of the republican national convention has been the quietest ever known as the fore runner of similar gatherings.
 The nomination of Senator Charles w. Fairbanks for vice-president was York decided to cast her seventy-eight votes for him. While it has seemed a foregone conclusion for some time that the Indiana senator would be MT. Roosevelt's running mate. there have been efforts made to bring out other candidates an dstart stampede of del- egates for some other man. These at tempts failed almost in their inception, and it early became apparent that Fair banks was the choice of most of the delegates. New York's action was more formal than that of other states, and especially settled all doubt, even among those who were opposed to the Indiana man.
 Considerable criticism has been di- rected at Senator Fairbanks because of his failure to definitely declare his po- sition. All that it has been possible to obtain from him was statement that he did not consider the honor one which a man should seek or decline, and that if the party wanted him and needed him he would accept, although he was not candidate and would not allow the Indiana delegation to express it. self in favor of his nomination. This attitude seemed to irritate some of the leaders, who saw no reason why the senator should not come squarely out with formal statement.
 The men who are to examine the < platform, which has been in the pos session of Senator Lodge for several days, have been selected by the vari- ous state delegations, and there is prac- ticaIly no doubt but that the declara- tion for protection will be emphatic, E and that there will b ebut little com | fort for the tariff revisionists. Some interest was displayed during the day in the effort that is being made I ! l,o of op ] Epolygamy resolution in the platform. l It is being urged especially by the va Erious women's delegations that have .been so active in their fight to unseat {Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah. Several other suggestions not now eontained in the prepared draft of the zplatform will be made One of these I7ecIares for international arbitration. EAnother urging that the interstate commerce commission be given more Eoower to enforce its decisions will be ,ffered
 The territories are in a turmoil about declaration as to admission. New dexico and some Oklahoma men want
 declaration in favor of the bill, which jas passed the house and is pending in he senate, providing for the admission f Arizona and New Mexico as one tate and Oklahoma and Indian terri ory as another.
 Arizona delegates are very much op- osed to anything being done, while ndian territory delegates say that tatehood is sc remote that they want
 declaration in favor of home rule in he territories.