River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-06-18
THRONGS ARRIVE
FOR CONVENTION
CHICAGO'S SUNDAY CALM GIVES
WAY TO NOISE AND DISPLAY.
DELEGATIONS ON GROUND
March Into City with Their Various
Booms-Actvity in Candidates
Headquarters-Man Con-
ferences Held.

Chicago, June 15.-With flags flying,
bands playing and crowds surging, the
usual Sunday calm of Chicago gave
way to the many noisy demonstrations
which usher in a national convention.
State delegations and marching clubs
passed into the city throughout the
day, and there was incessant din of
brass bands, marching men, and eX-
| ploding enthusiasm.
The broad lake front along which
the headquarters of candidates and
state delegations are located was be-
sieged by the incoming throngs which
| choked the hotel Hobbies, overflowed
| into the streets and mingled with the
| groups of curious Onlookers on the
broad plaza fronting Lake Michigan.
But despite the thrush of strangers
| there was an undercurrent of feeling
| that the multitude was not as great
and the enthusiasm not as feverish
and overwhelming as in the times
| past. 1t was observed that some of
| the arriving state delegations were
| stripped to a strict business basis of
| delegates and alternates, without the
usual quota of strong-lunged shouters.
| This brought the cancellation of
hotel rooms in goodly number until
| some of the large hotels threat
ened legal proceedings for this
But to the veterans of conven-
ton battles, the decrease of lung
power among the arrivals promised
the more orderly and business-like
convention that had often been wished
during the tumultuous proceedings Of
the past.
Arrival of Delegations.
Although many important confer
ences were held during the day on
candidates and platform, the chief in
terest continued to center on the ar
irving delegations with their distin-
guished personnel, and the noisy
demonstration which greeted them.
The Californians came at noon,
headed by M. H. De Young, chairman
of the delegation. With them were the
delegates from Oregon, including the
venerable George H. Williams, attor-
ney general in the Grant cabinet, now
white-haired and 80, but still lusty
delegate-at-large, ready to make a
speech seconding the nomination of
Secretary Taft; and also the men
from Idaho. The Pennsylvanians were
REINFORCED by two more detachments,
one with bands and banners and 200
marchers, and another with Congress-
man John Dalzell, who halls from the
heart of the steel region, and is
counted upon to see that tariff re-
vision does not trench too strongly on
the traditions of protection. The Ha-
waiian delegates, six in all, brought
their wives, dainty creatures with
brown faces and shrinking manner.
The delegations from Iowa, Mon
tana, Virginia, Maine, Vermont, New
Hampshire and New Mexico, in whole
or in part were among those to arrive
during the day.
John D. Long Doesn't Come.
New England delegates became a
feature of the crowd late in the day.
Massachusetts came in with only ex-
Gov. John d. Long, one of the four
legates-at-large, and three alternates
missing. The absence of ex-Gov. Long,
attributed to his fear of the Chicago
climate, was the subject of a good
deal of comment, owing to the hard
fight previous to the state convention,
in which he was strongly opposed, his
selection as a delegate being made
possible only by the withdrawal of ex-
Gov. Bates. The entire Massachusetts
delegation will vote on the first ballot
for the nomination of Gov. Curtis B.
Guild, Jr., of that state for vice-pres-
ident.
Maine came in with a party of %,
only two delegates missing. They held
their caucus on the train and re-
elected ex-Gov. John F. Hill Of Angus
ia as member of the national COM
mittee
Murphy's Boom Arrives.
Prominent among the arriving dele
cations was that of New Jersey, head
ed by United States Senator John
Kean and Gov John Franklin Fort.
The delegation travelled in a special
train of Pullman cars which were
gaily decorated with red, white and
blue bunting and with banners bearing
the inscription: Our choice for vice
president. Franklin Murphy"
The delegation arrived at five
O'Clock and there was quite a crowd
at the station to greet them and escort
the visitors to the Auditorium An
mex where their headquarters are es-
tablished.
With the arrival of the New Jersey
delegates, the candidacy of former
Gov. Murphy for vice-president gained
quite an impetus. His friends have
been very active in his behalf and the
former governor himself has been in
the city for several days. His name
will be presented to the convention by
Thomas n. McCarter of Redbank, for
mer attorney general of the state.
The headquarters of the Iowa dele
CATION at the Auditorium Annex
formally were opened Sunday, the
majority of the delegates and alter
mates arriving in the morning.
Missouri on the Ground.
The Missouri delegation marched
up to their hotel IS strong, decorated
with brilliant badges of white and
No Fossils in Granite.
Granite is the bedrock of the world,
1t is the lowest rock in the earth's
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