The sun., 1908-06-18

Is a name that great fame has ever been connected
with:
Billy TAFT Zip, That's be.
This glee club sang In perfect time II
was such good music that the crowd became
very quiet so that they could enjoy 10 the
moro. or course Charles p. Taft had the
Ohio men give that glee club great cheer.
DOWN TO BUSINESS.
The parade Of the marching clubs entered
the convention for about thirty-hve min
utes. Then tho convention got down to
real work.
Senator Fulton Of Oregon climbed to the
stage to present the report Of the committee
on credentials. The opponents OF Secretary
Taft had lost their fight In this committee
In even worse faC.,cn than In the national
committee. The report submitted by Sem
ator Fulton upheld the work Of the national
committee In every contest and declared
that the temporary roll of>delegstes should
be made the permanent roll.
The fight which the Foraker men, the
Fairbanks men and the Knox boomegs had
threatened to make on the door Of
the convention did not materialize. No
minority report was presented. When the
question Of the adoption of tho credentials
committee report was put to the convention
by Senator Burrows tho noes were very
weak. Most Of them came from tho Fair
banks men. The allies had plainly decided
to save their strength for the report Of
the committee on rules.
Charles r. Brooker Of Cincinnati, chair
man Of the committee on permanent or.
sanization had clerk read his report.
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Henry Cabot Lodge Of Massachusetts, a.
the permanent chairman and making all of
the other temporary officers permanent.
This report was adopted unanimously and
then Senator Burrows announced: Gen.
Stewart L. Woodford Of New York and
the Hon. Charles 8. Deneen Of Illinois win
escort Senator Lodge to the chair
CHAIRMAN TO THE PLATFORM.
Out Of his seat In the front row. where
sat the Rig Four Of the New York delega-
tion. hoped Gen. Woodford with spright-
liness. Massachusetts, started the cheering
as Gen. Woodford and Gov. Deneen marched
down the aisle to meet Senator Lodge. As
the rather attenuated form Of the sen!or
Senator from Massachusetts, appeared from
among the delegates surrounding the plat
form there was renewal Of the cheering.
1t affords me the greatest pleasure to
present to you the permanent chairman.
the Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge Of Measa-
chusetts.' said Senator Burrows. and then
rustic was heard in the hall such an is
heIrd in church when the people begin to
settle themselves to listen to the sermon.
But 1t was not a sermon; IL was pretty
good stump speech for Mr.. Roosevelt and
incidentally q eulogy OF the Republican
party. Senator Lodge has Q much bettsr
speaking voice than Senator Burrows and
one that reached to nearly every corner
OF the convention hall. His delivery was
such that It Is impossible to miss single
point that he made. His reference TO the
Democratic party and the fling he took st
Mr. RryanAin4 Speaking of .perssas t.ssif-.
confessed superiority and chronic discon-
tent" were all received with cheers. Then
he began to talk about the President. but
until he got of his torchliks remark which
net fire to the hall his references to the Presi-
dent. whom he did not mention by name at
that time. were received coldly.
CHEER DEMOCRATIC rHRusrs
There was q great burst Of applause
when he said that the Democratic party
expected the youth Of this country to Judge
US by our undiscovered future but when
he talked about the policies urged by the
President to control Of corporations" and
paid other tributes to the Roosevelt pro-
gramme, what little applause there was
was perfunctory. There came a burst
Of applause like the hzzing Of q fuse before
the bomb goes OF just before the real out
burst when'he said that the President had
enforced the laws as he had found them
on the statute books.
whats the matter with Roosevelt?'
yelled man in one Of the galleries. The
Taft people watched this little outburst
and saw 1t subside. but then a second or
two later the real bomb exploded.
1t was 1853 when Mr.. Lodge, with sweep
ing. graceful gesture spoke Of the Presi-
dent as the best abused and most popular
man In the United States to-day. It was
242 when he resumed his speech
LIKE THE ROAR OF A STORM
The applause, getting started at several
points in the galleries and around the sides
Of the hall, swept through the ediflce at
times with the roar Of a storm. to die away
and be resumed again with almost cyclonio
force at times.
After it had been going two minutes Mr..
Lodge raised his hands feebly, waved them
1t the crowd in front as q woman waves
l fan at her lover with light rcmark. and
vat down smiling to enjoy 1t. It had been
going only few minutes before 1t began to
spread among tho delegates, Wisconsin
nen, the Oklahomaites and some Of the
southerners sitting in the northwestern
part OF the hall getting up to join In.
Two Connecticut men got restive and |
Jumped up with an American nag. Mr.. |
lodge smilingly waved his hands again. |
The Taft managers, including Ex-Governor
aerfick, Mr.. vorys and brother Charles P.
Taft, did not watch the crowd; they watched |
he delegates.
Itkept on.
Mr.. Lodge finally walked back and whis- |
,ered something to Gen. Woodford on the |
who stood up TO see better. A |
nan, who was afterward said to be N. II. |
Fairbanks, brother Of the vice-President.
Who was sitting on the platform very near
drs. Longworth and her husband, got up |
md led the yelling, waving u newspaper.
1e was one OF several men and women who |
II different points kept it going.
The Knox men, who had paraded through
he hall with their colored umbrellas. were
all through the place now, and