The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-17
GATHERING Of The CLANS
IN COLISEUM At CHICAGO
First Day of Republican National Convention
Lacked the Vim and Vigor of
Former Years.
Dry and Dreay Keynote Speech of Julius Caesar Burrows
the Chief Feature.

, egatiOn were Seth Low and General
Stewart L. Woodruff, the supporters
of Hughes, and further back Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew, Ex-Governor
Odell, Serene E. Payne, chairman of
the ways and means committee, and
eX-Lieutenant Governor Timothy l..
Woodruff. Thanking them were the
Knox forces, Governor Stuart of Penn
sylvania at the front, with Senator
BOies PenrOse and Representatives
John Dalzell and Burke of Pittsburg
the personal representatives of Mr..
Knox. In the van of the Ohio contin-
gent sat Governor Harris beside j. w.
Warren Keifer and Wade Ellis, the
latter the craftsman of the new plat
form; Representative Theodore E. Bur
ton. who is 10 put Taft in nomination,
and the three close lieutenants of Taft.
Ex-Governor Kerrick, A. |. Norys and
Charles 2. Taft Just back of them
were Senators Lodge and Crane, sur
rounded by the Massachusetts phalanX.
To the right, Senators CullOm and
Hopkins. with Governor Deneen of Il
linOis. Mayor Busse of Chicago and the
Cannon forces; and to the left Senators
BeVeridge and Hemenway, Governor
Hanly, George AIDE and the Fairbanks
forces. 1t was truly a gathering of the
giants of the party. and every group
had its figure conspicuous in national
affairs.
The cIaque In Evidence.
Just as the opening hour arrived the
Ohio delegation swung down the mid
die aisle. bearing aloft a blue silken
banner with the portrait of Ohio's can
didate.
Taft, Taft" went up from a thou
sand threats as the well-knOwn face of
the secretary candidate was borne 10
the front. Cheer after cheer reached
from floor to gallery and back again.
and for time Chairman New was I'M
able TO proceed with the opening for
malities. Again Wisconsin stirred the
echoes with a real college yell, which
sounded through the building and ex-
plOded with a final ''rah-rah-rah.
Wisconsin, closing it all with the cry
of La Toilette" Ii was not until 12:lS
that Chairman New stilled the tumult
and with brief formalities introduced
the temporary presiding officer of the
convention. Senator Burrows of Mich
igan. The venerable senator. white
haired, white-tied, white-vested, spec
tacled and dignified in his long black
coat. stepped forward, a pOnderous roll
if manuscript in his hand. Slowly the
buzz Of confusion died away and he
began 10 speak His first words were
barely audible five feet away.
Not a Spellbinder.
Gradually he warmed ITO his subject
as ne told of the glOries of the party
he had served so long, and the well
rounded sentences. carried TO the remOt
est corners, hammered in here and there
by an expressive gesture, but il was
not a speech calculated to set the blood
tingling II dealt with the party's rec
ord and achievements. Not until the
senator made the first mention of
Roosevelt" did the words seem to start
the assemblage as by magic thrill.
Instantly the speech was drowned in a
great shout which went up from every
side as delegates sprang TO their feet
and waved their hats. echoing back the
tumult of the galleries, where flutter-
ing handkerchiefs, fans and parasols
broke into moving color and the whole
.assemblage Joined in vociferous dem
OnstratiOn.
For a moment it seemed as though
one of those record breaking uproars OF
the DAYS of Blaine and Mckinley would
sweep the convention from its moor
ings. But the first outburst spent it
self within a minute: gradually it sub
sided, until calm came again, and soon
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