The Mena weekly star., 1908-06-18
CONVENTION STARTS
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL coNvEN- TON HAS BEEN CALLED TO
 ORDER AT CHICAGO.
]. (. BURROWS TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN

First Cheers for Taft Came When the
 Ohio Delegation Arrived With the
 Secretary's Pcture-Getting Past
 the Doorkeepers Was Hard Job
 Unless One Was Properly Equipped.
 Chicago, June 17-The Republican national convention was called to or der at 12:15 o'clock Tuesday by Chairman New After the invocation by Archbishop Muldoon Senator Bur rows was introduced and delivered the key note' speech.
 While the delegates were still mak- ing their way to their seats Chairman Harry s. New o< the national conven- ton and Senator Burrows, the tenn porary chairman, appeared on the platform and took their places. There was no demonstration Many widely known public men and politicians en. tered likewise while the crowds and delegates were busy making for seats and escaped the confusion usually at tendant upon the appearance of nota bles in public gatherings. Tn this manner it was almost i2:1E o'clock when Chairman New went for ward to the central table and rappedl for order. The hall had hardly begun to subsjde from the tumult of the scramble for seats when the Ohio dele gation with ex-Gov. Herrick, Charles P Taft ard Arthur l. vorys at it's head, entered the hall bearing a largo Taft banner. AS the delegation moved down the hall towards It's reserved seats the hall began to cheer both fol Taft and for Herrick. Chairman New was immediately l followed by Bishop Muldoon. who sait8 the opening prayer of the convention Immediately afterward Chairman New read the call for the convention and the body went to work. It required something besides |. knock O nthe door to enter the bi, Coliseum and see the Republican par ty in convention assembled Tuesday If you had long green ticket knock on the door to enter the bi bore the steel engraved picture oi Abraham Lincoln, and said that 1t wa only for the first day. the stony-face ] doorkeepers might consider your aT !. plication for admission, and eventua l ly you were permitted to pass throug the portals and enter the auditorium
 At II o'clock the martial music ~ approaching marching clubs could bt heard, and during the next hour ther was continuous moving of processions toward the hall
 l The United States senators, repr, sentatives, governors and nation; { committee men had to find the sid doors. l An hour before the convention b, gan work there were 10000 persor gathered about the Coliseum and e cry moment the crowd increased ui til 1t was difficult to even reach tf { entrance.
 Chairman News first utterant was "The secretary will make an Y nouncement." Secretary Malloy a vanced to the front and read the ca fOT the coHNentiOn.
 | At the conclusion of the reading the call of the convention there VI; some applause. Chairman New nounced that the national committs had recommended Senator J. c. Bu rows of Michigan for temporary cha man.
 | Senator Burrows was warmly r ceiyed as he stepped to the front the platform extension arranged the use of speakers.
 He bowed his acknowledgment and began his "key note" address l just 12:34 o'clock.
 | Senator Burrows's opening wor were spoken fin a modulated but tinct tone. He constantly referred the printed copy of his speech. had been speaking about six minut when he came to the first mention President Roosevelt.
 At once demonstration begs Several delegates jumped up on cha and waved their hats, calling up others to do likewise. North Carolh Texas. West Virginia and Alabama the cheering. while the applause W general on the floor and in the D cony.
 The cheering lasted nearly two m utes. Senator Burrows, in resumi mentioned Fairbanks name and thu was round of applause. The na of Abraham Lincoln was received general but brief hand-clapping. Chicago, June 1.-The injunct plank of the tentative Republic | platform looms up as the subject the big fight of the convention. 1 preparation for the contest has bs going on internationally for two d and nights, and the lines are now | idly closing up for the supreme of strength. Those who favor plank are more convinced of it's preme necessity for its incorporat in the platform. while those who pose 1t are making every preparat 10 carry the struggle to the floor the convention in the event of fail to eliminate the plank in the res tions committee.
 The postal savings bank plank be vigorously opposed by the bank
 Interests. On all of these propositis