The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19
REPUBLICAN HOSTS TO
GATHER In CONVENTION
Will Assemble in Chicago on
Tuesday and Nominate Mr..
Roosevelt for Re Election.
w. SEWARD WEBB DELEGATE
Several Other Noted Men Of Let
tiers 10 Attend Lodge to Lead
in Building Platform.

RREt III DullQlllS adllOllll.
BY Rufus Rockwell Wilson,
Author Of "Rambles In Colonial ByNays,"
Death has claimed the two men, Senn-
tors Hanna and Quay, who most influ-
enced tho action OF tho last national
gathering OF Republicans. but among the
PISS delegates to the convention which as
assemblies at Chicago on June 81 will be
many Of the veteran and tried leaders Of
tile party. Maino's Governor. John T..
N Hill who was a physician and publisher
before he became an ofiiceholder, heads
the delegation from that State, and two
OF tho MISUNDERSTANDING from New
Hampshire are Senators Galinger and
Y Burnham.
,& Winston Churchill. the novelist, is n
district delegate from the latter State.
while ono of the members of tho Yer
mont delegation headed by Senator Dill
d, bingham. Is DR.. w. Seward Webb, the
hero of n romance as satisfying MS any
shaped by story tellers fancy. He is,
moreover a very popular man, and was
SO long before the daughter OF William
III. Vanderbilt fell in love with him and
became his wife. with a fortune Of fifteen
3 millions. He comes Of an old Revolution
a airy family, and was in his twenty-third
year when he became a surgeon at the
Vanderbilt Clinic In New York Ono day
y u little patient was brought IN with u
broken leg She was a winsomc child,
and DR.. Webb spent many a half hour
endeavoring to ease her lot, The little
a girl often told the doctor OF a kind young
lady who brought her sweets. Tho doctor
did not know a tho time. but the littlo
SRI In turn used to tell tho kind young
lady how good the doctor was to her.
There came time when5the child's life
hung by a thread. ana the doctor remain
ed by her bedside for hours. While thus
occupied the 'lzllel young lady entered
on her daily round or charitable work
Tho little one opened her eyes and smiled
This is the kind doctor,'' she whispered
Lila Vanderbilt, thcn a maiden in her
teens, held out her hand and clasped
that OF the doctor That meeting beside
the sick bed OF the pauper child was the
turning point in both their lives. It was
a case of love at first sight, and q few
years later the young couple became.
husband and wife DIR. Webb has since
built up a fortune which can be counted
y by millions. 81 K
vi Building the Platform.
sana ~ 4 .oaee, Who will lead in tho
work Of building a platform for the con-
5yantion heads the Massachusetts delega-
Y tical,s with former Secretary Long and
former Governor Crane for colleagues
The delegates from Rhode Island are
party leaders OF local repute only, but
among those from Connecticut is Charles
S, AIellen, president of the New York.
" New Haven and Hartford system. New
Ky York, as BELTS the occasion, sends dele
cation worthy of its place among the
Il States, Its observation-disclosures are Sena-
tors Platt and Depew. Governor Odell
& and former Governor Black, and among
f. It's district delegates are Serene Il. Payne,
III Cornelius n. Bliss. Edward II. Hartman,
Eihu Root and President Butler. of Cos
lumbia. The veteran Plat, who tns fig
ured in half a dozen national conventions.
will. of course, be chairman of the dele
cation. but New York's most conspicuous
representative will be former Secretary
Root, for 1t Is n matter OF common con-
Is sent among all Republicans that he is
to be temporary chairman of the con-.
vention, and In that capacity Is to make
the opening speech, which Is always re-
garded as the chief oratorical effort OF
such a gathering. Mr.. Root during the
past five years, has come to fill largo
part in the affairs OF his party, yet few
are aware that his entrance into McKin-i
ley's Cabinet was due in the main to the
efforts of q man who was long one of
the leaders Of the Democratic party. That
man was the late William c whitney.
Root and Whitney were for years on
terms Of closest intimacy. and Whitney
was, in turn, the friend and confidant of
the late Senator Hanna. When Alger re-
tired from the Cabinet Whitney urged
upon Hanna Roots unusual fitness for
public service, and Hanna's influence
with President Mckinley opened tho way
for the New York lawyer to become tho
greatcst Secretary Of War since Stan
ton. An interesting statement of facts.
this and it has the added merit OF being
truthful one.
Black to Nominate Roosevelt.
lSx-Governor Black. who Is to place
President Roosevelt In nomination. will
be another unmistakable figure In tho
convention. Blacks nickname among
his intimates Is ABE Lincoln. and 1t
Is a fact that in ansulnrlty and length
of limb he recalls the great war Pres-
dent, He is also, as was lincoln not
an orator in tho accepted sense OF tho
term, hut a wonderful talker, able to
shape homcly truths In telling and
effective way Black was born In Maine
and began life as country pedagogue.
After that he was country editor, and
IN one night changed the politics of his
paper This led to his retirement to
Troy, NJ T., where he was for time a
clerk In the local postoftice. Then he
again engaged In newspaper work. studied
law In spare moments. and In due pro-
cess was admitted to the bar. Since
then he has been member of Congress-
and Goy1rnor and now looks forward to
some time fillins a seat In the Federal
Senate
Senators Dryden and Kean and Cover
nor Murphy are delegates-at-large from
New Jersey. Governor Pennypacker
heads the Pennsylvania delegation, and
among the district delegates from that
State are Senator Penrose. Congressman
Bingham and Dalzell, and David Mar
lin Israel W, Durham and Mayor John
Weaver. OF philadelphia, Durham has
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