Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-06-27
HOW TINE HAS
CHANGED POLITICS
Late Young Writes Of
Faces Old And New
At Convention
(By LAFE Y0UNa)

ley, Reed, Alger, Quay, and Allison
were candidates before the Republic
can convention which met in st.
Louis in 1896. or this group only
Allison survived. / sat in the gall
lery of the st. Louis convention,
heard the nominating speeches and
the speeches of the Temporary and
permanent chairmcn. heard the
gold standard platform read and saw
the delegates from Idaho, Montana,
Utah. Colorado, and other Western
States, get up and walk out. With
others I almost wept, when old Sem
ator Teller made his farewell address.
stating how long he had been Re-
publican and with what sorrow he
left the Grand Old Party. Most of
all remember the breaking up OF
the great convention. The going
home of any body of men or the dis
banding of an army is full Of pathos.
81 have had lingering rccollec-
date and dignified club from Phila-
delphia. They had been there in the
interest of Quay, A majority of
them were Union veterans. They
had one OF the best bands OF the
country to lead them. They marched
away with dignified stride while
their band played Marching
Through Georgia." ! thought what
a pity that great State like Penn
sylvania, in fact, great Republican
State like that, could not some time
or other have the nominee for Pres
ident. Pennsylvania is always true,
always loyal. II we could have two
Empire States, Pennsylvania ought
to be the other one.
Knox Candidate
This year the Republicans of Penn
sylvania present Philander c. Knox,
a brilliant lawyer, who had not been
heard of outside of the State of
Pennsylvania when Quay was lead
or only twelve years ago. Knox and
his forces will march away from Chi
cagO In defeat as Quay and his forces
marched away In 1896, and Pennsyl-
vania will stand by the Grand Old
Party. Mckinley, Reed, Alger, and
Quay have crossed the Great Divide.
The chairmen of the convention are
living. One was ThnrstOn, the other
| was Fairbanks, but the captain OF
the entire enterprise. the only Mark
Hanna, is with the principal actors.
on the other shore. Allison lives and
has just been endorsed for Senator
for his sixth term. II he lives his
term out, he will have served In the
Senate forty-twO years and with
eight years previous service in the
House, he will complete just fifty
years as member of Congress. The
man who presented his name, John
N. Baldwin, ESQ.,, died less than two
months ago. There Is scarcely a man
prominent in the work of the conven-
ton that is about to assemble here
who had anything to do with the
convention of 1896, and 1896 was
only twelve years ago. Frank II.
Hitchcock, the practical leader of the
victorious Taft, was law student
and only 20 years of age at that time.
Secretary Taft himself was as un-
known outside of Ohio, as was any
other local judge of State court,
and he was then less than 40 years
of age.
Changes Rapid
The change of men has been as
rapid as the change OF conditions,
circumstances and party alliegiances.
The Republican party was supposed
to be in its death struggle at St.
Louis. When the boiling delegates
went out, two-thirds of the men In
the building where the convention Z
was held. thought the party Of Lin
coin was dead. never to be resurrect-
ed, but every by-way and back alley
became forum OF debate and the
American people began to think In
tensely and were prepared to act
earnestly in November and no other
party since November, 1895, has even
had the remotest chance Of winning
a Presidential election. In 1896,
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