The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-18
|FEEbLY OPPOSED.
Report of Platform Committee
Read and Adopted.
The Wisconsin Delegation Sub
mits q Minority Report.
LA FOLLETTE'S IDEAS.
On the Railroad Problem the
Basis Of Action.
Minority Report Defeated on
Roll Call by $50 to %.
THREE OF THE PLANKS
Submitted to Separate Vote
Meet a Similar Fate.
They Related toCampaignFunds,
On the Railroad Problem the
Basis of Action.
Minority Report Defeated on
Roll Call by $50 to %.
THREE OF THEPLANKS
Submitted to Separate Vote
Meet a Similar Fate.
They Related toCampaignFunds,
Injuncti0ns and Railroads.


Convention Hall. Chicago, June IS.
1t was exactly 10:17 a. m. when
Chairman Lodge raped the national
Republican convention to order for
the third day of it's session. He intro
duced the Rev. John Wesley Hill OF
New York. who opened the session
| with prayer
sections of the far-reaching galleries
were vacant as the work Of the days
session was taken up.
senator Fulton of Oregon was
recognized to Introduce to the con-
vention George H. Williams, the last
surviving member of President Grants
cabinet. Mr.. Williams is a member of
| the oregon delegation. He was attor>
ney general under President Grant
| and is now over 80 years of age He
was escorted to a place ON the plat
| form.
Senator Hopkins received the recog-
| milton of the chair and there was
wave of applause as he stepped to the
| stage.
Representative Cooper of Wfscon-
| sin, assigned to make a minority re-
port on the platform, also went to the
stage with a ripple Of plaudits follow
1 ing him. st
Chairman Lodge formally presented
Senator Hopkins to the convention.
"I am Instructed said Senator
Hopkins
Louder" came from several sec
| tons OF the hall.
| Louder" the speaker again was in
terrupted. 1.-THE following report"
| Louder, louder" came the shouts as
! Senator Hopkins began the first sem
fences of the prepared platform.
| Platform Is Read.
| 'I can't get any louder" explained
| IN
| from the typewriter manuscript.
| It was not long before the reader
| came to the first passages of the pre-
amble according high praise to the
| president, and at the mention Of his
having won SO conspicuous q place in
the history OF the world, there was ap-
| plause and some cheering, but no at
tempt at a demonstration.
The members OF the New York dele
cation We're provided today with silken
American flags, mounted on stats of
brass. They were decidedly the hand
| soonest emblems seen at the conven-
ton.
The noise Of conversation increased
! steadily and it was only a short time
before Senator Hopkins was practically
! submerged in the vocal struggle. Chair
man Lodge sat quietly at his desk TAX
ing little apparent note OF the situation.
A white haired delegate from Colorado
| finally became restless.
Mr.. Chairman he called, bring
some ORDER ls5s
Bang went the chairman's gavel and
he said:
/ 1.-The chair must request the galleries
to cease from conversation so audible
as to prevent the delegates from hear
| ing the resolutions"
The hall was instantly quiet and
Senator Hopkins went on in compare
tive quiet. 1t was only a few minutes.
| however, before the roar Of voices again
became prominent and swelled steadily,
| giving promise of another interruption
to the reading.
Dissenting Voices Heard.
| When the anti-injunction plank was
reached the words Integrity of the
courts" called forth applause. There
were cries Of NO when the suggestion
was made that necessity existed for a
change in the present manner of tssu-
ing injunctions. The conclusion of the
plank was generously applauded.
The planks immediately following
We're given little attention and were
apparently unnoticed by the delegates.
4 The reference to the negro In the
4 platform and the reiteratfon of the
gisparty's demand for the enforcement of
i the 18th. 18th and 18th amendments to
For third time the delegates on the
floor called for order in an effort to stop
4 the veritable roar of conversationw which
weIIed from all quarters OF the hall.
4
peal to the chair. Senator Lodge pound
1 ed heavily on the table, but his admo-
4 milton was needed for only a few sec
/ onds. when the hum of voices again
grew to proportions that practically
drowned the speakers husky and fast
failing voice.
Although Senator Hopkins is a
! sneaker with excellent enunciation
and a clear resonant voice making
! himself audible throughout the hall
/ was a task that taxed his powers to
/ the utmost The roar Of conversation
/ in the convention swelled steadily as
/ the senator's voice grew a bit husky
and some Of the planks were not
i heard clearly by the mass OF the
i delegates. ~
i Not Hand Clap Heard.
4 The tariff revision plank was not
entirely. Not a single hand clap fol-
lowed as Senator Hopkins finished
the reading of that plank.
Several of the delegates In the
Pennsylvania section brought big
megaphones with them today pre-
1 the slogan which has been heard all
4 over the city since their arrival last
week.
The vigorous and continuous waving
of fans by the fourteen thousand
spectators and delegates in the
II picture as viewed from the stage the
fiuttering effect of microscopic film
on exhibition.
; Senator Hopkins made another ap-
lpeaI to the chairman for a SEM
| blance of order and Senator Lodge
but again the rapping was of little
Delerates and spectators alike still
Injunction plank and seemed to have