Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-17
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~ In front OF the speakers rOstrurm
and on the right of that official as he
faces the Convention.
Directly acrcss the aisle was lndi-
ana. on the right of the Hoosiers was
Illinois and just beyond was Wiscon-
sin.
In the front row on the opposite Of
the hall to the left of Ohio was Penn
sylvania and then on the extreme left
came New York. Directly behind Ohio
were Minnesota, Connecticut. Colora-
do and Maine. Still further to the
rear were Oregon. Georgia. Idaho,
North Dakota and Vermont.
In view of the delegates on the right
IF the hail We're placed the territories.
Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the
Philippines.
Close to the rear seats were Mary
land. Florida and Iowa. Way back
the last Of all, was placed Oklahoma
Two Women Delegates.
Mrs. Lucy A. Clark. OF Brigham
City, Utah, sat under the banner Of
that state. two seats from Senator
Smnct. Mrs S. w. Pierce. distin-
guished by mammoth likeness OF
Secretary Taft pinned to her corsage.
enjoyed the convention from the rear
row of chairs under the Hawaiian
standard. Still another. a young wom-
an wearing a lavender Merry Widow"
hat gave the only touch of color to
the floor. but modestly declined to
give her name. She was not a dele
gate.
Newspaper Men Poorly Cared For.
When the newspaper correspor-
dents reached their seats and survey
ed the Facilities" provided for their
work they were indignant and exas.
perated. A storm of censure ana
criticism was at once directed al
Chairman New, of the national COM
mittee who supervised al! the press ar
rangements. The aisles between the
rows OF seats we're too narrow to per
nit of passage and a correspondent
at the end of the row was hopeiessiy
His tsily egress Of exit
was literally to walk along the fimsy
desk upon which other men were at
tempting to work. Elbow room was
at premium. and it is we'll within the
confines of truth to say that for over
croxding. downright discomfort ana
general lack Of adaptability to the
purpose for which they were supposed
to be designed. the press arrange
mepts of the Republican convention OF
1908 surpassed anything seen at any
similar gathering in many years.
Not only were the press arrange
ments unfit to a degree. but multi
tude of sergeants-at-arms. the friends
of officials on the committee On ar
rangements. stood at the end OF al
most of every row OF newspaper seats
occupyjng space to no useful purpose
and ohstructing the newspaper guar
ters already damned to the utmost
with correspondents who had work TO
perform and in the discharge of which
the chairman If the national commit
tee had placed serious and unneces-
sary Instructions.
Convention Called to Order.
Chairman Harry News gavel fell at
12nlS O'Clock. but 1t was some little
time before the desired quiet TN the
hall was secured. Part of the delay
was due to the timely arrival OF de-
layed portion of the Ohio delegation
bearing a big blue satin banner with
a picture IF Secretary Taft lithograp!r-
cd in coIors upon II. This was cheer
ed for a time and then the band struck
nm "Hail to the Chief" The demon
stration was not a sustained one.
Charles r. Taft was one Of the OHIO
and with. former Governor
Herrick had front seats near the cen
ter aisle. Just across from them was
the Indiana delegation with Senator
Heminway in the aisle. Thus the
Taft and Fairbanks booms we're
brought into close proximity. The
Taft banner was taken unoste1ta-
,ious,v to one Of the side rooms
Chairman News FIRST utterance was
.srbc secretary viii make an an
nouncemcnt."
Instantly John Mallory. OF OHIO. IN
formed the convention that hash
Jiph, was about to be taken and urS-
jny that al remain quietly IN ther
seats. He Indicated the point NJ rne
Convention Hall at which the camera
was located and as :; was In the rear
Of the hall the delegates MADE
scramble 10 get into the picture with
their faces instead cf their hacks.
New Mskes Grief epeeeh.
Chairman New then spoke rs fol
lows:
The hour has sTr;ed for the repre-
sentativcs Of the Republican party TO
meet in its 18th national convention
al the end OF almost IL srouseeutiSe
years of the most brilIiau. admins
tratiou in the history Of the world
There are those present In this audi
cnce to-day WHO participated IN the
party's hrxt convention and the &C.
compushmenis Of thai party within
50 brief a span As the life Of men yet
living are almost Jeyond belief We
are here TO assert our pride In what
has been done To- approve the achieve
mcuis Of the past and more especially
TO commend and endorse tho adrniais-
upn.GN.ft His