The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-06-15
In Chicago
When Lincoln Was Named
In The Wigwam- Il

Rapidly the great city grew up into the
Eir as wei as ont On the prairie. Her
principal streets became cznyons
through which pozrsd rivers Of b.
uanlry between PERCEPTIONS walls. tow
ering cliffs shslTs1 with suits 81
rooms wherein vas transacted a large
portion of that business which makes
America g matter 0f marTel 70 the
more slow going cd world
About the 0lly commemorative aHair
that Chicago ever went after with
fierce determination because Of the
fear that Il w0ud 90 somewhere else
was the Columbian exposition Or
( Worlds sar of 1873. Chicago wanted
the exposition Just to prove 70 New
York. her chief competitor. that the
city by the lake vas also e place not
to be sneezed at New YORK. which Is
too big TO care 4 penny about such
things as a general rule. pouted and
sulked Tor several years because the
western wonder carried Of the worlds
fair prize
Z The exposition really hurt Chicago
more than It helped and for the rather
paradoxlcal reason that the city was
well enough known already and did
not need the publicity attending
successful fair Chicago's continued
growth was inevitable anyway. and
the exposition merely demoralIzed mat
ters for a time But Chicago got over
her Worlds fair. as she got over her
big FIRE, both the champions in their
respective lines at the time they hap
pened II requires a worse calamity
than confagratlon or an exposition
TO Kill OF q city situated ike Chicago
Chicago has many beauties and aes
thetic things There IS Lincoln park
for instance, with the Lincoln statue
and the lake shore drive There IS
Jackson park with its Field museum
monumental relic of the late Worlds
fair There is the Newberrv library
and a great big public library, not Car
negized. but all home built There are
miles and miles and miles Of splendid
homes, and there are monuments ana
fountains and al art institute There
Is even a literary set. some members
Of which hyphenate their names. Pork
packing and slaughter housing are by
no means the prevailing features or
Chicago
Such Is the city into which viii pour
the Republican hosts for the June con
vention Delegates and aiternates wifi
trek Chicagoward from each Of orr
forty-slx states, from every one Of the
congressional districts therein and
from the states "at large" from all
the territories. both at home and
abroad The Philippines. Porto Rico
Hawaii and Alaska will send their del
egates -Tagaiogs. spaniards. Kanakas
and plain miners transplanted from
the United States to the far north
There viii be $50 delegates with
seats and votes il the convention. 4
Ike number Of alternates wiz have
seats if they care to attend. as most
them viii, and some Of them viii have
votes III the absence Of their respec
tive delegates In the Republican ua
tional convention majority Is suf6
cient to nominate candidates Ths
year 49l votes viii be enough. The
Democratic national convention 10
quires a two-thlrds vote.
The Republican convention win b.
held In the Coliseum, which IS one OF
the largest halls In the world It is ~
Gated at Wabash avenue and Fifteenth
street. on the site where stood during
the exposition the famous Libby prison
building transported from Rlchmonf
and set up brick by brick The Coli
scum was built in 1900 and is a perma
nent structure Of steel. stone and glass
It is 300 feet long. $50 feet wide ana I
seats 10000 people Horse shows
horticultural displays ord othe
events have been held ia fle Coliseum +
which IS to Chicago what Madison I
Square Garden Is 10 New York
According 70 the slate makers. wh +
may or may not be correct In their
prognosticatlons, William Fl Taft VII T
be nominated for the presidency on thc
FIRST ballot and Charles Warren Fair
banks VIII be renominated FOR the ylcf
presidencg