Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-17
BURROWS NOT GOOD KEYNOTE HITTER
Senator from Michigan Stumbled Over the Name OF the White
House Occupant and Failed Generally TO Meet the Require
merfs-lf was Only at Intervals That He was Applaud
ed-Many Distinguished Persons Attending the
Convention Scenes and Incidents on Opening Day.

CD;iilmi;i"C. rX-Llcu' "EIut N'N'1h'!
vimclhy l.. Woodruff.
Fiarkiuy them Mrr" til" kH0N
fore $, Governor Stuart. OF E"AnSEi-
ynu,a nj ;h.. front with Senator Pea
roe. Representative John l)2iz"!l AHA
l,uri.r. of Pi;tsiru;g, tn" personal rep
preventative nf Mr. Knox.
In the va Of ;hc Ohio d l'Gatc"
sat J. Warren Kc.irr and Nad" Eiii:.
the ia:,or til. Gra t.man of lie new
platform; Representative ThrOLorr +.
Burton. who is TO put Taft In h"ih:-
nat .on, and the three close !lcut'r-
ants Of Tat; -, y Governor irrrick.
Vyrhis AMI Charles p. TAFT.
Al the G ants There.
Just back Of them were Senators
Lodge ANA Murray Crane. surrounded
i,v th. Massachusetts delegation, 10
the riyh, Senators Cuilom aud Hop
kiGs. with Governor D,nccu. of ILL.,
nois. Mayor Busse. Of Chicago. ahh
the C:rnCn .orc"s. and to the ieit
Senators BCveT!Ggc and llcmIn"aS'
Governor Hanlcy, George AIDE and the
Fairbanks forces. II was truly a
gath ring OF the giants of tn" party,
and every group had is figure con-
sricuous in national affairs. Just as
tn" opening hour arrived the ONO
driccatiCn swung down the middle
a;yl. bearing aloft the blue *iiken
banner with tn. portrait Of OhioS
candidate.
TAFT Taft" went up from thou
sard Threats rs the well known race
Of the secretary was born" to IN"
front. Cncrr after cheer echoed from
floor to gallery and back again. AMI
for -, tine Cha; rman New was unah!e
20 proceed with the opening toTinai-
tiles. Again Wisconsin stirred th2
echoes with real college yell which
rcrcrn,,cd through the building ara
exploded with final 'Eah. Rah. Ran.
Wis con sin" closing ii all with the
CIV Ct "LaFCliCt;c."
Took Time for Burrows to Warm UP.
II was no, until I9:1G that Chair
man New etiiIcd tn" tumuit ard WIN
brief forma!ifics INTRODUCED the t'Ei-
porary presiding officer. Senator IIu''
rows. Of Michigan.
Tho venerable senator stepped toT'
ward with a pordcrous roll OF man
u&crip. in his hand.
H's first few wCrGS were bar " an-
dihlc five f""f away. Gradually u"
ra-mr1 20 his srhjcCt for h" toi1
q; tho cI0r.cy &C tho party h" had s"Tv-
- 81 ;nr~. arl n" v u rounded sent
c~c"s carried to the rCm"iCSf cor
r,rs hammered in hrT" and there ny
an evrrcssiv" g stUrC.
I'm. IL was rot s9""ch "1iCuIa'"'
10 So ihr blood iinGl:ng. " "'aH
With ~. rarfv's record and achieve
p,.p;. Not until the senator ma"'
tho first III n;iun Of 'Rr"S"E"it dId
tho words ="Cm In stir IN" aS>'''ii-
h,acc Is Nv = ma-ic thrill. instantly
IN" Sr"Cch was drowned in 4 ET"a'
sh,u, which won't M from very side
IS drIr-at~s gpranC +" their t"'''
Hgv"l iEcr hat. c~h"iHS hack IN"
tr,air!. y: tho galleries wh"r" nm
irrruC hr-FE r~hr *. fans AND para
.,ls bruk" into mo, .rG ~,'"r ard tn"
vLnlc as-.~nnIag" jniGcd II v"cI'cT
~. dcusoaS: ga;'"n.
For : r1urr..rI II .s"crI"d a. though
or ~ ih,r=, rcC"TI ~, akiuC Hpr"Ar-
II tic da,s NJ !:iaiu ard McEiHhy
world :yc~r W. C,,r,cE! ~ fr"m HS
M o-ings. !ut tn" fir.i "uihuT7' spent
i.vru within m,ru'": cTA '"cliT
srr. Sod urII calm carrc AGAIN. ami
Tho rr-f,rr prnrc''l,i
f.,rrv rr~cr,rr'fre mention 81 ID"
Presidents nsmc hr"uChf apn' h"r
rsvr ~ ca'hugiasm Tho nam"s NJ
Erct end TAFT ai~" F"Ut ~" cheers
ringing rom garI'rv 10 gallery. w.
,loen . hirr~ird ~ dcr1onEiratI"r
watt IL, fai-ly carrie" FCrr" c"n
,crt.ng. n ir~ir fc.'t ~ uCl occur.
.afdc frrfn tho names NJ rn"uIa~
Idols tic s-~ak"r's words avak'u"d
ytir NJ orihus'o IN 'nr 49," navy,
g.. man b~hinI N" Eun." ihr c"r-
tiauoJ occupation of the Phi'ippi'' =
ana tariff revision which would give