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tration of progress, of his gentleness of
character and those qualities so be-
loved 10y the nation, and in that con-
nection, said feelingly and with Nc
Kinley we remember Hanna" A hush
almost oppressive, spread over the 1000
or more persons present. The speaker
had paused eXpectantly. AS he start
ed to resume the full force of the tie
stretched between the two greatest of
recent political heroes went home to the
delegates. The applause started, and
in a sympathetic wave, was carried to
every part of the great hail. The dem
onstration was unlike any that had
preceded it or that came after. An in
definable dignity was attached to the
demonstration which seemed foreign to
a political gathering.
Woman as n Delegate.
To-day's programme of the conven-
tion was not of a nature to attract
more than ordinary interest. The mat
ter of greatest Importance was the
presenting to the convention of the
proposition to admit the delegations
from the Philippine Islands and Porto
Rico. Mr.. Root asked for ruling on
the question of calling the names of
the new possessions in the roll for the
naming of the various committees The
convention ordered the seating and
recognition of six delegates from the
Philippines, with two votes, and two
delegates from Porto Rico
In the convention hall to-day there
was one woman delegate who had the
same right to vote that was held by
each accredited male delegate. She
was Mrs. Charles A. Eldredge, of Colo
RADIO Springs, Col, an alternate dele
gate whose principal was absent.
Other women alternates present were
Mrs. Owen Lefevre. of Colorado; Mrs.
Susan West, of Idaho, and Mrs. Jen-
ME E. Nelson, of Utah, these states
having women suffrage.
Resolutions Committee Met.
The Committee on Resolutions met in
the Green room of the Auditorium An
mex Hotel Immediately after the con-
vention adjourned. and organized by
electing Senator Lodge as chairman
Senator Clark of Wyoming as secre-
tary, and X. G. Proctor of Massachu-
sets as clerk.
Senator Lodge announced the follow
ing subcommittee to formulate the
platform: Lodge, Massachusetts; Gal
linger. New Hampshire; Lauterbach,
New York; Dalzell, Pennsylvania; For
aker, Ohio; Hopkins, Illinois; Clark
Wyoming Nelson, Minnesota; Hans
brough, North Dakota Hepburn, Ida
no; Blythe, Iowa; Beverage, Indiana;
Short, California.
1t was expected that Senator Spooner
would be on the subcommittee but he
was occupied with the Wisconsin con-
test.
Before confiding the work of con-
structing the platform to the sub-com-
mittee the full Committee on Resolu-
lions of the Republican Convention lis
tened to a delegation of woman suf
fragists, and also to Representative
Bartholdt of Missouri who presented an
interna tional arbitration plank. The
committee adjourned to meet at 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning, and Sen
ator Lodge at once convened the sub
committee.
AN application was made for a hear
ing by the Afro-American League and
Negro Suffrage Association. A peon-
age plank was presented by Delegate
H. l.. johnson of Georgia, as follows:
THE growth of new system of in
voluntary servitude, in several states
without conviction through the courts,
and known as peonage, appalls the con-
science of the country, and we COM
mend to the Republican members of
Congress the enactment of such addi-
tional laws as will effectually forbid
and punish the same"
There was quite fiutter in the Com
nnittee on Rules and Order of Business,
which met after the convention adj
iourned, when objection was made by
some of the Middle West and Eastern
states over the proposed increase of
representation of Alaska in the next
national convention. The rules of the
last convention as amended by the
national committee had been read when
S. Fred Nixon of New York objected
to the amendment to the first rule,
which gives as future representation
for Alaska six votes instead of four,
as at present. Mr.. Nixon urged that
the continued increase in votes given
to territories was simply throwing into
their hands the control of the conven-
ton in event of a close contest. The
Democratic convention of 1885," he
said, twas controlled on the silver
question by the votes of the territories,
and to my mind it is high time that
we cut down the representation in con-
Vention not only of the territories,
where no electoral vote is registered,
but in such states as always cast their
electoral votes for the Democratic
ticket"
The speaker was vigorously applaud
ed but the vote on the motion to al
low Alaska an increased representa-
ton was 21 ayes to 8 noes, the South
ern and Western states voting solidly
for 1t.
The committee then adopted the rules
of the last convention and the Fifty
fourth Congress as the rules of the
convention.
After the committee adjourned Mr.
Nixon said that he did not intend to
bring the matter before the convention,
but he understood that the Quay propo-
sition to reduce the Southern states
representation might come up. and If
it did he would seek to amend 1T so as
TO also reduce the territorial represen-
tation.
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