Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-17
Name of Roosevelt
Brings Forth Deaf
ina Cheers from the
Assembled Hosts.
(By Associated Press. }

CHICAGO, June 16.--Amid scenes
OF stirring enthusiasm, the Repub-
lican National Convention of 1908
began it's deliberations at noon to-
day in the presence of an assemblage
estimated at over $4,000 people,
with sounds of patriotic airs alter
mating with frenzied shouts fo:
Roosevelt, Taft and other popular
heroes. The first tocsin in the COM
ing struggle was from the forcefIl
orator from Michigan, Senator Julius
Caesar Burrows, and the initial foc-
malities which started the momen'-
Gus gathering into motion.
The opening session lasted two
hours. The actual work of the day
was quickly accomplished, and to-
night various important committees,
credentials, platform, organization,
etc, are preparing for more impor
tant business to come.
Early in the day all the roads into
Chicago were turned toward huge
stone pile known as the Coliseum,
with its back toward Lake Michigan,
its gothic turrets fronting a rath ar
shabby section of the city Here cer-
! tered the convention throngs, State
delegations, singly and in groups,
some with marching clubs, bands and
| banners for favorites. The Ohio de-
egation had a huge blue silk stanG-
ard bearing a portrait of Secretary
Taft The scene when the assem-
blage was called to order was one of
| impressive dignity, of animation and
color. In the central arena sat the
delegates, almost thousand stron :,
back of them their alternates, an
other thousand in number, with the
standards of States rising here ana
there above the turbulent sea OF
heads. Around the delegates and a.
ternates swept long lines of specta-
tors in rising tiers of solid masses
of men and women.
In front of the delegates stretched
a mammoth platform 200 feet
square, accommodating about 800
guests, including ambassadors, min
listers from foreign states, besides of.
ficials of the convention and mem
bers of the National Committeee It
was truly a gathering of giants o.
the party. Every group had it's fig
ure conspicuous in national affairs
AS the opening hour arrived the Obi }
delegation swung down the middle
aisle bearing aloft blue silken ban.
ners with the portrait of Ohio's ca
didate
Taft, Taft, went up from thou
sand throats as the well-known face
of the Secretary-candidate was borne
to the front. Cheer after cheer re
echoed from floor to gallery and bacl
! again, and for a time Chairman New
was unable to proceed with the open
ing formalities. Wisconsin stirre'
the echoes with real college yeii
which sounded through the buildin.
and exploded with final "Rah, rah
rah, Wisconsin" closing with the CT.
! of "Lafollette."
1t was 1918 before the chairman
), stilled the tumult, andwith brief for
malities introduced the tempora:
presiding officer of the conventio
Senator Burrows. Slowly the buZ
of confusion died away, and he be
gan to speak Not until the Senate
made the first mention of Roosevelt
did the words seem to start the as
semblage, and as by magic thrill ir
stantly his speech was drowned in
great shout which went, up froI
every side as the delegates sprang
their feet, waived their hats an
hands. For a moment it seemed g
le though those record-breaking VI
Id roars of the days of Blaine and Nj
le Kinley would sweep the conventio
from it's moorings. But the first ou
u burst spent within minute an
III gradually subsided. Soon the oratC
hit was proceeding with the record
party achievements. The names