Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-06-18
REPUBLICANS MEET
At PHILADELPHIA
HON. SID 3. BEDDING OF ARKAN-
SAS READ CALL FOR GATHER
lNG.-LoUDLY APPLAUDED.

Philadelphia, Pa, June 1S.-The
bone and slnew of the Republican
party were represented by the gath
ering that filled Musical Fund Hal
this morning at the opening of the
biennial convention of the National
League of Republican Clubs. De
spite the fact that this is an of year
politically, the attendance is the larg
est in the leagues history. and is
likewise remarkable for the number
of prominent Republicans present. An
explanation of the unusually large
and representative attendance is
found in. the fact that the convention
this year partakes of the nature of a
jubilee celebration of the 5Oth ami.
versary of the Republican party. The
convention which placed the first Re
publican presidential ticket in the
field met just fifty years ago in the
same hall where the present gather
ing is held.
Prominent among the party leaders
taking part in the convention are
Governor Pennybacker of Pennsyl-
vania, Governor Stokes of New Jer-
sey, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie
NJ. Shaw, ex-United States Senator
John NJ. Thurston of Nebraska,
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, and Col
Alexander X. Mcclure.
1t was a few minutes after ten
o'clock when the national president
J. Hampton Moore of Philadelphia
called the gathering to order. After
brief welcomes and responses, Hon.
Sid B. Redding of Arkansas. vice
president of the league, read the call
for the gathering and various para
graphs of which were loudly applaud
ed. In part it said:
Both the time and place of holding
this convention should appeal to the
sentiment of Republicans in a nation
grown rich and prosperous under Re
publican rule, and tend to renew the
common faith of Republicans in the
principles underlying the great parry
to which they have pledged their al
legiance.
1.-The first national convention Of
the Republican party was held in 3lu-
steal Fund Hall. Philadelphia. Jure
II, IS and 10, 1856. It was the M
tional beginning of that tremendous
movement destined to rexnlII.ia'ai7'
the politics OF the country. No.
living who attended its stirring seq
sions, and hundreds of those WHO
voted for the candidates then select
ed are prepared to join in the golden
jubilee celebration.
"All the forces then contending for
freedom and progress united upon Jno
C. Fremont of California and William
l.. Dayton of New Jersey as the can
didates for president and vice pres
ident, respectively. The name Of Alb
raham Lincoln was mOdestly proposed
as a candidate for vice president, ard
he was ballOted for.
1T was the amalgamation of forces
against the slave-owning power. which
subsequently followed Lincoln in the
grim struggle for liberty and union
The convention foretold the bloody
years of 1861 to 1865, wherein the
chivalry Of a nation was dedicated 10
the happiness of its people. ard
opened the way for their marvellous
progress in the commercial and indus
trial activities of the world.
The intervening span of half a cen
fury has been glorious to men and
measures. First, the great pathfinder.
Fremont, raised aloft the standard Of
leadership; then the martyr. Lincoln.
the savior Of his country; Grant, the
irresistible silent man; Hayes. the
christian soldier and statesman;
Blaine, the plumed knight of a re-
public; Harrison, the soldier, states
man and lawyer; the beloved and
lamented Mckinley; and, at the end
of the golden crescent. inaugurating
an era Of worldwide influence for the
peace Of nations-Roosevelt the fore
most American of his time. A wealth |
of material for the student Repu5ii- |
can! An inspiration for the youth of |
the land,
In the old hall in PHILADELPHIA, |
where the best political minds of "a |
troubled country framed national |
declaration of undying party princi-
pies: where the champions of liberty |
and union assembled: where the |
friends Of Fremont. OF Lincoln. Of |
Chase, Of Seward, OF Loyeioy. OF Cid
dings, Of Mclean, OF Sumner. OF WI |
mot and host Of the country's ablest
statesmen, met to cement and 10
the scattered efforts Of
the nations patriots. It is the proud
privilege of Pennsylvania Republicans
10 welcome their associates OF the Ma
.ional Republican League"