Putnam patriot., 1908-06-26
HOW TAFT WAS
Proceedings of Republican
 Convention.

| -axt5eney dh4 tnt tN r,;fed states. the fourteenth Re- iF -. national convention adjourn ea ,., .. hsjl1f. Nr. Taft's nomination alsee Thursday afternoon and MT. .n.s Friday morning. The vice ..asatial candidate Is q resident of and has been member ], congress- for nearly twenty years. sss-man was chairman of the con s.a,al campaign committee for the
 n'a.hljcan party in 1sas. !n the con ,;.,, he received S15 votes. and his
 ..nlpstion was made unanimous.
 r~-se features of the great conven-
 stand ort above the rest in hu-
 .n interest- One was the remarkable
 s~,oonstration of applause evoked by
 .ss mention of President Rooseyelts
 s.ns in A highly complimentary way
 =. .ha permanent chairman, Senator
 r.rrx Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts.
 rt,s demonstration lasted forty-six
 -.s.,,.as and is said to have broken the
 .,,,s record far such things in Ameri-
 ..n n,litics. The cue for the, enthnsias-
 :. antbreak was Senator Lodges re-
 ,,srk during lis opening address as
 .,sirman when he said. ''The president
 !. tho best abused and the most popu-
 Ia, man in the United States today"
 ,nother signal feature was the com
 mittee fight on the anti-iniunction
 nlsnk otherwise the proposed plank for
 ,he platform which was designed with
 :. view to expressing the administra
 .aa's disapproval of nasty court in-
 ;.a.tians against the presumed rights
 os lsber The struggle resulted finally
 |, q compromise. both sides yielding
 |, narf. se that harmony might he pre-
 ss-rea and the party go before the peo-
 rle with plank on this subject calcu-
 ls,ed te eoneiiate the labor interests
 sa1 at the same time not to he con
 straed as an unwarranted attack upon
 ,he federal judiciary.
 The third feature in the group here
 set forth as markers to posteritY for the biz Chicago convention was nega
 five one-something that didn't happen.
 though it was expected to happen by many persons throughout the country and by not d few of the delegates in the convention This was the absence of the stampede" for renomination of President Roosevelt against the pres idents express declaration that he would abide absolutely by the unwrit- ten law that no president shall serve more than two terms. MT. Tafts nomi- nation proceeded along smoothly to ultimatien. the nation was preserved from any present peril of the third term hesy and the presidents name preserved 10 future ages as one who, with I further extension of power within hIS grasp was patriot enough n nnf aside t+e proffer for his com tTy's eaaa Whiie. as stated. mega i've feature this cannot he passed by ss one Of the few matters of paramount force in The history of the 190s con vention
 Ambassador Bryce's Views.
 It was an inspiring convention from start It finish. Partisanship aside. such an event is of thrilling interest to every American But in this conven ton there were represented many of the nations of Europe and of South America by their ambassadors and ministers. who sat upon the platform ss guests. Ambassador Bryce of Great Britain. author of The American Com and said to know more saont America than the average edu- eated American knows. for the first time attended a national nominating convention This machinery of con rentions said the ambassador after watching The proceedings closely. 'as you have il in this country is the most complete. full recognition of the rights Of The people 10 which any conptry has atiained. because people nor only at riectieHs sly who shall be their officers. eai in tbtse party conventions they de iermiae aH the meH who ought tb be puf forward as the representative of parties
 Harry V New of Indianapolis. chair nan of the Republican national com Aittee. called the convention to order n the immense Coliseum Tuesday noon Mir New introduced the tem- Iofary chairman. Senator Julius Caesar BUTTONS of Michigan. after deyout prayer by Bishop F J Muldoon of Chi ago The bishop concluded with the Lorus Prayer. in which many of the iaWo persons present joined. Just prier to Mir News announcement of ne temporary chairman the call of the aS'ional committee was made by John k halloy. the secretary. whose mighty 'oice is one of his qualifications for mat lob. Mir. Malloy created little ihiusement by pronouncing Hawaii as spelled 'Hawwaugh." the proper pro iunciation being like the words "How Ire You with the TT" left out of the 'econd word.
 senator Burrows read a long address ' Which he reviewed ably the affairs a the nation and the achievements of he republican party in both the ex- VuuVe and legislative branches of the so'ernment The paper was largely 'esustical but despite this fact it was o'ioWed with interest by the audience. Al the first mention of Rooseyelt's 'aihe there was hearty handclapping ' me galieries and upon the delegates 'Sr Congressman Nicholas Long 'or'h and his wife. President Roose- 'e9s daughter. sat in the space re- efNed for diplomats and other dis 'A-aished visitors. Mrs. Longworth safied 8 whirl Of applause when the i~Aker referred to s.the matchIess sec e'afy of state. Elihn Root
 Another burst of applause followed s4Ataa kHFrows' declaration that uiti-