The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-16
A FORECAST OF
THE CONVENTION
WORK OF REPUBLICANS AT CHI
CAGO ALL MAPPED OUT.
Pretty Well Known Already What
Course OF Events Will Be-vice
Presidential Choice the Principal
Point in Doubt.

/
Point in Doubt.
From Staff Correspondent.
Chicago, June 16.-The idea Of a
convention to last for three days is
popular, and no doubt it will be car
| ried into practical effect by the re-
| publican leaders, who are already
here in large numbers. The first day
will be devoted to the temporary and
permanent organization, including
the announcement Of the committees,
| These are selected in advance, each
| state delegation acting by itself. Mr..
| Payne, acting chairman of the ma
tional committee, or, If he is too i'll,
Senator Scott, will introduce former
Secretary Of War Root, who, as tenn
porary chairman, will Sound the key
| note" Of the campaign. Speaker Cam
non, who will be the permanent chair
| man, will also, probably, be intro
duced on this first day, and will dis
cuss the issues. After the Cannon
address the convention will probably
adjourn until Wednesday,.
1t is the plan on the second day to
take up the reports Of the commit
tees, among them that of the COM
mittee on credentials, which will deal
with the Wisconsin tangle. This COM
mittee will, owing to this tangle, be
selected with great care, for it will
work. A feature Of the second day
will probably be the report Of the
committee on resolutions. The COM
mittee Will doubtless sit the night be-
fore. It's work, however, will not be
arduous, for the rough draft has al
ready been agreed upon by the party
leaders and the president. Senator
Lodge, who will head the committee,
has put it into working form. It is
not thought that the committee will
make many changes from the Lodge
draft.
A Day Of oratory.
The nomination of candidates for
president and vice president will fill
the third day and bring the conven-
ton to close. This will be the day
of oratory. There will be no nomina-
cy by reclamation, for that would
shut out the speakers. There will be
a roll call by states, alphabetically,
thus giving each state an opportunity
to present a candidate. When New
York is reached, former Governor
Frank S. Black will formally nomi-
nate Roosevelt. After the roll call
ator Beveridge of Indiana will make
the first and most important of these,
and it will well be worth hearing.
He will be followed by George A.
knight of California, who is known
as the silver-tongued orator Of the
Pacific slope; Harry Stilwell Edwards
of Georgia, one of the most eloquent
south; Joseph B. Cotton Of Minneso-
ia, who will have a fine opportunity
to make national the reputation
which he has enjoyed in Minnesota
for a number of years for real loren
sic ability; and Harry S. Cummings,
q well-known negro lawyer Of Bal
timore, who Is said to be one Of the
| most gifted takers Of his race.
The Vice-Presidential Enigma.
E. O.. Welcottsof Colorado, former
United States senator, and one of the
most brilliant of tsublic speakers, will
present the nanke of Senator Fair
banks for the VIE presidency Mr..
Wolcott is still remembered for his
fiery address at the Minneapolis con-
vention of 1892, when he nominated
James G. Blaine and scathingly de-
nounced the ofhceholders who were
running things" for Harrison.
What is to become of the candida
cy Of Representative Hit Of Illinois
for the vice presidency remains to be
determined. There Is just a possi-
bility that Fairbanks name will be
the only one presented. In the mean
| time, however, the friends Of Hit are
bestirring themselves in lively fash
ion, as are those of Speaker Cannon,
the former to secure the nomination
of their favorite, the latter to pre-
vent the nomination Of theirs.
The convention will appoint two
committees, each composed of one
man from each state, to notify the
| nominees of the, convention. The
committee to notify the president will
wait upon the president it's chairman
making formal address to him by
way Of official notification, and the
response. These addresses will be
carefully prepared, and will form a
part Of the literature Of the cam
paign. The same procedure will be
followed by the committee to notify the
candidate for vice president. It is
man Of the convention to be the
chairman Of one of these committees,
and for the permanent chairman to be
the chairman of the other. His
formal address Of acceptance will be
President Roosevelt's sole contribution
to the literature Of the campaign.
Cortelyou and the National Committee
| Almost Immediately following the
adjournment Of the convention, the
new national committee will organize
It will first elect chairman, and its
choice will be Secretary George B.
Cortelyou of the department. Of com
merce and labor, the youngest mem
Der Of the presidents cabinet, and his
personal choice for this distinguished
political honor. The nominee is al
ways permitted to dictate the chair.
manship, so that the OPPOSITION to Mr.
Cortelyou on the part of some Of the
practical politicians in the party viii
not be effective.
The president desires the selection
of Mr.. Cortelyou to be notice to the
country that the republican campaign
is to be conducted on a high plane
without any Of the offensive feature,
that have hitherto marked nationa
campaigns It will be interesting tt
follow the campaign and note how
successful the president and Mr.. Cor.
telyou are in working out his theorie:
of decent and heightened politics
The republican national committee
thus led and managed, will likely be il
striking contrast with the democrat,
national committee, for the word ha.
gone out that if Judge Parker is tn,
nominee at st. Louis, the Democrat,