The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-06-18

rule any preCOnVentlOn or COnNeItlOH
outrages. unless they be of a most fla
grant character. resulting in a serious
deprivation of personal or political
rights, are speedily lost sight of.
/ Knox's Friends Firm
With the control of the National
Committee in the hands of the Presi-
dent and the seating of Taft delegates
in such large numbers, the complete
triumph of the Secretary in the conven-
ton was assured. At the same time
the cause of the allies collapsed. They
have been keeping up a show of fight
and have been rejecting all proffers OF
/ the olive branch. This was due in
large measure. probably, to the persist
ence of Senator Knox as the candidate
for the Presidency from Pennsylvania.
While the Keystone State has groomed
i,-aany a favorite son for the highest
Off e, no one was ever brought before
a convention with such earnestness and
enthusiasm. When the late Senator
Quay entered the arena as a Presiden-
tial candidate it was understood 10
hciNt DttL IOi DOlitlIsi leitllScii
reasons. But the Pennsylvarians are
convinced that Senator Knox is I'M
/ questionably of Presidential size and
/ that he merits their unlinching sup
l port. They have persistently refused
to enter into any deals conditioned
upon the withdrawal of their candidate.
| Hardly a day has gone by since the
| what some tempting bait was held out
thnGa DpnnSNslv1nia NJ nf
Senator Knox, but they put all tempta-
tons away and have been declaring
that their man was to be voted for,
even if Secretary Tafts nomination was
a foregone conclusion. They argued
that the time had come for the great
| est and most steadfast Republican
State in the Union to assert herself in
National Conventions and demonstrate
that she could present favorite son
worthy the consideration of the coun-
! try.
Representative James Burke, Sem
ator Knox's manager, was very active
and energetic in advancing that idea.
I'VE have a candidate he said the
other day to group in one of the
hotel Hobbies here, who more than any
other man living, except possibly Pres
for the Roosevelt policies. He inau-
gurated those policies, as Attorney
General or by his work in the Depart
ment of Justice made the prosecution
| of those policies possible. He is rot a
candidate to be trifled with by the con-
vention. The Pennsylvania delegates
are earnestly for him and they have no
right to be for anybody else. after their
constituents have instructed them to
support him."
Vice President Fairbanks.
1t is also to be said that Vice Presi-
| dent Fairbanks has maintained a very
| determined position ever since the
! National Committee met He has not
shown the white feather and has not
allowed his managers to do so. He has
been down at his home in Indianapolis,
where he could be easily in commune
cation with Chicago. After President
Roosevelt had been playing long dis
| lance politics for several days with the
National Committee, Vice President
Fairbanks got the long distance, wire
to this city one morning and sounded
some keynotes for his managers and
sympathiZers in Chicago. One of his
slogans was that he and his friends
! did not favor nomination thru dicta-
| ton" The Vice President told his
| headquarters here that he wanted no
| concessions. On his account they were
to accept no offers, agree to no changes
| IN the pldlIbTIl, anu SnOulu accept no
| dickering that would look to his own
denomination. In fact, he did not want
| a denomination and was not looking
for it,
A notable incident of the convention
| has been the absence of Senator Fora
lker, of Ohio, who for 80 years has been
one of the most brilliant figures in
National conventions of the Republican
| Party. He was not a delegate from
| n n fe- o,,1 10 h. how
/ come as a spectator, could have hardly
| been expected to do so. At the Audi
| forum Hotel there has been for several
| days a big bunch of unclaimed tele-
grams. The first telegram on the bunch
has been thumbed till it is worn and
crumpled. 1t was addressed simply
Foraker, headquarters, Auditorium
HOTEL The Senator has been follow
| ing the convention. it is understood,
with keen interest, but has not allowed
himself to be featured in the proceed
| ings. There has been much gossip as to
| whether he would support the ticket,
but men who know him and are aware
of his intense party loyalty do not think
| for a moment that he will refuse to
support it. Perhaps he will refuse to
make any speeches, or he may refuse
! to make any speeches in Ohio, but it is
not at all likely that his voice will be
| lifted up against the election of Secre-
tary Taft His friends still believe
that the Senator will be reelected by
the next Ohio Legislature, and with
such an expectation the Senator would
be less likely to sulk in his tent, even
| if he does not care very keenly about
returning to the Senate after March f.
1909.
On the whole the conventions hosts
have been favored with good weather
There have been hot days, but most of
the days have been cool and comfort
able. Chicago has become so used to
handling National conventions that her
citizens perform the task easily, cour-
teously, and satisfactorily. The pres
ent convention has demonstrated anew
their capacity. The facilities for a
National convention here are superb.
The hotels are spacious, the telegraph
wires abundant, the meeting places
convenient the railroad accommodate
tons as good as can be had anywhere
else in the land. The attendance has not
been as large as at some former con-
ventions, but that is due to the fact
that free railroad transportation cannot
be had longer and to the pinch of the
hard times. But the delegates and the
thousands upon thousands of conven-
ton observers have been we'll cared for
and everything that could possibly be
done has been done to make the con-
Vention a success.
The Buckeye Lake Reunion.
The date for the Buckeye Lake Re
union near Newark, o., has been set
for July %. Gov. A. L. Harris has