Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-06-18
GOLDEN jUBI.
s2lH OF 6. 0, P.
= First Republican President
Nominated Fifty Years
Ago Today.
MEET IN PHILADELPHIA
Achievements Of Clonous Hail.
Century Ceebts,ed in Musi-
cal Fund Han.
MEET IN PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia. Pa. June" Is.-The
hsne and sinew of the Republican par.
b we're represented by the gathering
thna filled Musical Fund hail this NOR
n1ng st the opening Of the biennial
<rnsentiou Of the National League Of
publican Clubs. Delegations from
n sections q the country are here to
participate In the golden jubilee IL the
Republican party. q feature of which
In the presence OF nearly two hundred
aged men. veterans u the Republican
party's first battle fifty years ago.
when John c. Fremont was nominated
for the presidency.
Despite the fact that this In an OF
year politically, the attendance In the
hrgest In the leagues history and II
Il ewise remarkable for the number
prominent Republicans present.
nc convention which placed the first
1publiczn presidential ticket In the
go met just fifty years aso In the
/ u hall where the present gather.
fnE is held.
Prominent among the party leaiers
taking part In the convention are
Governor Pennspaeker of Pennsyl-
vania, Governor Stokes of New Jer.
Gsy, Secretary of the Treasury Leslie
ii. Shaw, ex-united States Senator j.
n. Thurston of Nebraska, Speaker
Joseph q. Cannon and Col. Alexander
X. Mcclure. H.. T' sessas &m
D. Al few minutes after 10 o'clock,
she national president, J. Hampton
Moore of Philadelphia. called the gath
ering to order. After brief welcomes
land responses. Hon. Sid n. Redding
OF Arkansas. vice president Of the
49,, read the call for the gather
- fious paragraphs Of which were
1r "A applanded. In part Is said:
Nj the time and place Of holding
~ Convention should appeal 10 the
bontIment Of Republicans in a nation
gtuwn rich and prosperous under Re-
publican rule. and tend TO renew the
common faith Of Republicans In the
principles underlying the great party
- mich they have pledged their al
7ginnce.
sts4he first national convention of
~ Republican party was held In Mu-
Zeal Fund han, Philadelphia, June IL,
is and 10, 1856. II was the national
beginning OF that tremendous move
ment destined to revolutionixe the
politics Of the country. Men are nv
ing who attended It's stirring sessions.
and hundreds Of those who voted for
the candidates then selected are pre-.
pared 70 Join In the golden jubilee eel.
- forces then contendins for
~ progress united upon
ppt of California ana
4 - Of New Jersey dc
ahdids ~ - president and vice
1ldent respectively. The name Of
abraham lincoln was modestly pro
Dosed as candidate fbr vice presi.
Gent. and he was baIloted for. ~
II was the amaigamation of forces
against the siave-owning power, which
subsequently followed Lincoln In the
sExlm struggle for liberty and union.
The Convention foretold the bloody
fycars Of 1861 TO 1866. wherein the
chiyslry Of nation was dedicated TO
sthe. Happiness Of III people, and open.
I'd the way for their marvellous prog
ress In the commercial and Industrial
activities Of the world.
The intervening span OF half a cen
tury has been glorious 10 men and
measures. First. the great pathfind.
er. fremont. raised aloft the standard
Of leadership; then the martyr. Lin
coin. the savior Of his country. Grant.
the irresistible silent man: Hayes, the
Christian soldier and statesman:
Blaine. the plumed knight Of a repub-
lie; Harrison, the soldier, statesman
and lawyer; the beloved and lament.
ed Mckinley: and. at the end Of the
golden crescent. inaugurating an era
Of worldwide influence for the peace
az nations Roosevelt. the foremost
American of his time. A wealth OF
material for the student Republican.
An inspiration for the youth Of the
.landl
.stn tie old hall IN Philadelphia,
whure the best political minds of ~
trosSls1 country framed national