Evening journal., 1904-06-23
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much mystlhed over this procedure until
the chairman handed a dispatch over to
the secretary OF the convention. with in
structions to read It. lie did so. as follows:
"Gummore. Tangicr. We want either
Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead. HAY"
For fully a minute the delegates an-
p,auded, cheered. stood ON their seats and
shouted. while Chairman Cannon beamed
on them, and az his judgment In choosing
the psychological moment to spring the
announcement.
Thwsrted Final Adjournment.
Chairman Cannon effectively thwarted
all efforts to finish the work Of the con-
venticn yesterday and In the afternoon de-
clared adjournment until this morning at
10 o'clock.
Contest Over Hawaii Delegation.
Diva party enthusiasm spread TO rou-
tine business. and eliminated IN a con-
test over the number Of ieiegates to
which Hawaii was entitled. The conflict
was the first, and will doubtless be tho
last. on the floor Of the convention. The
report Of the Committee on Rules ace
credited two delegates to Hawaii. Sena-
tor Foraker offered an amendment In
creasng the number to six delegates. The
opposition came from supporters Of a
movement to limit the representation Of
Territories and other voteless districts. 1t
was disposed OF through an amendment
to the rules offered by Congressman
Bingham OF Pennsylvania, Chairman OF
the committee He proposed that the
representation hereafter should be two
delegates from Hawaii, but that the six
Delegates already seated should not be
disturbed. II was carried by a vote Of
i97 to 400.
The report Of the Committee on Gre
dentials interested the convention only so
far as It dealt with tie Wisconsin, situa-
tion.
1t was 1926 o'clock when Temporary
Chairman Elhu Root called the session
60 order, and he had to press the push
buttons connected with the band stand
In order to check the music Of "America"
and "Yaankee Doodle" before he could
make his gavel heard more than a few
feet away. At the time the Rev. Thomas
e. Cox was called upon to offer prayer
there were plenty of vacant seats on the
floor and stir more On the balconies.
Waen the delegates delayed obedience
to the call TO order Mr. Root without
hesitancy ordered the sergeant-at-arms Ia
clear the aisles. The hrmness he display
ed appealed to the delegates. and from
confusion the convention quickly changed
70 "a well ordered and perfectly controlled
body.
General Osterhaus Speaks.
When Senator McComas had COM
pleted the reading Of the report from
the Committee on Credentials, Senator
Foraker was recognized. He called the
lattention Of the convention to the fact
that Major General Osterhaus, a Ger
yman veteran Of the Civil War. was IN
the hall and suggested that he be in
vited 10 a seat on the platform. The
convention oheered the name Of Oster.
lhaus. 1t was known to an readers o.
history but the Ohio Senator spokl
briefly Of the part the General playe,
lin the assault upon Missionary Ridgl
and of his aid to Sherman in the lat
ter's march 10 the sea. The chairman
appointed a committee which escorted
the General TO the platform, where III
was introduced to the convention az
l"Sherman's corps commander" In
decidedly German accent Genera
lOsterhaus thanked the convention foi
the honor accorded him. He mentioned
the fact that he had been present wheI
Abraham Lincoln was nominated.
Cannon the Whole Thing.
Because Speaker Joseph q. Cannon
was the central figure the proceeding
lof the Republican National Convention
today took on a pieturesqueness ant
demonstrativeness which yesterda!
was looked for in vain. From the mo
ment he was escorted to the plat
form TO WELD the gavel as the perma
lnent chairman, the entire atmospher
of the convention changed. Enthusiasm
(which had lain dormant burst forth
land the applause rang true and hearty
He made a speech, and the audience
lcheered whether he spoke jocularly o
lin serious vein. He was the enter
tainer; in fact, he was the convention
Mr.. cannon's Speech.
Gentlemen Of the Convention: Fo
the first time in my life ] have II
black and white enough sentences 4
lcontain twenty-five hundred words 4
say to you. I have tried to memoriz
it [laughterl. but / cannot. / hav
given IT out through the usual chan
nels to the great audience, and now
must either beg to be excused entirel.
or I must do like we do I'm the Hous
lof Representatives under the FIVE
minute rule and make a few feeble re
marks.
"But that no man shall say that
have not made q great speech, I vii
set that matter at rest by saying tina
from beginning 10 end I heartily in
dorse every statement OF fact an'
every sentiment that was given to yol
yesterday from the temporary presid
ing officer in the greatest speech eve
delivered at a convention. IApplause
"Now Let Me Ramble On"
'Now let me go on and rambh
Iiaughterl. and first they say that ther'
lis no enthusiasm I'm this convention
lGentlemen. the great river that has "a
Thirty feet OF water rising in the noun,
tains and growing IN depth and breadth
down to the ocean, bears upon itl
bosom the commerce Of that section
of land that It drains and pours II ou
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