The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-14
CLAN GATHERS ] TO NAME TAFT
Allied Repubs Still High
 in Hopes.
seenes in chlease Are unuuualiy Quiet sna Every oaei scorns second Place On The
 Ticket.

Chicago June is.--The tramp of convention hosts Is now fairly under way and tonight Chicago ia beginning
 to throb with the confusion and ex- cikernent of arriving tbfongs. some with banuefs snd bands and xatlx uui- \ for4ed nafqherh; othsFs lqsds up of
 sas leaders and Sheg cof6rts of sfFonxs
 lunEed followers and shouters; otheTs with the friends and admirers of the various presidan tiaI udidates. and
 still hthefa of the curious 6hlookers
 drawn from every eeetipn of the coun-
 try. Including many of the reprssentaz itiyes of foreign goRernnlents who have
 come to witness this national spectacle, All day special and regular trains have epptied thousands of strangers into this political Mecca. The effect
 of this influx is seen, tonight in the
 surging street crowds. the growing an
 imatlon of the choked and smoky ho-
 tel lobbies,s the strains of music and the swell of oratory3 from some of the
 headqnarters of candidates, and the
 bounteouss hospitality (which these headqHarterB are beginning to dis. pense. sst.Se- .lii 9s q
 And yet, this foregathering of the Chicago convention of 1908 has already established record for unusual calm and tranquility, for measured by the Qlu4 anu lQTllOkit Lne t&tEuCS OL utllIlOu8 excitement and the spirit of die-i -the- last-ditch. which has marked some his toric gatherings of the past, this in vadfng army of delegates and specta- tors is a most statd and international body. But it is none the less anl army with new columns to the front hourly. and with the prospect Of plenty of hur rall and fireworks ahead. to animate,the leaders and stir the blood of the on I1a ntta E c s itl
 Asdriszling rain tonight after a hot. muggy day. tendedkto restrain the out burats of enthusiasm, but there is a promiae of good convention weather
 Tke Arriving Delegations.
 The centers of interest today have been the arriving delegations, with many of the leaders of conspicuous national prominence and the headquar ters of the various presidential candi- dates.
 Among the notable convention fig ures to arrive were Don Cameron, former United States Senator from PennsyIvania. who has not attended a national convention since the eonyen- COG Conkling and Jehns A. Logan as the leaders of the third term movement in the Interest of General Grant. and Henry Taft. brother of the Secretary of War: Senator Depew. who eight years ago electrified the. Philadelphia conventfon with his speech seeonding the nomination of Roosevelt for Vice. President; Representative Serano Payne of New York. Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives. who bears on his ample shoulders a good deal of the burden of future tarfn revision Uni- l ter States Senator Long of Kansas, who is reputed to have the Deliver Vice. Presidential boom in .c cold storage James s. sherman and Timothy IL Woodruff of New York. both receptive l Vice Presidential possibilities.
 The rank and file of the State dele gations are rather late in arriving and | organizing, as compared with previous But most of the States | have their advance guard here.
 New York's delegation arrived by | special train at noon, a considerable l part of the Pennsylvania delegation | was added to that already here and | other State contingents struggled In | during the afternoon and evening.
 The American Club. Vf Pittsburg. a | Knox organization with handsome uni forms and gay colored umbrellas. through the streets and gave | foretaste of the scenes to come.
 The Taft headquarters Is divided be- tween three of the large hotels but4 the storm center of Taft activity is at 1 the Auditorium Annex. Here a series of parlors have been made gorgeous with | banners and bunting and electric lights. | while the genial face of the Secretary l of War smiles down from every wall. |
 As yet, however. the Taft headquar- ters have not been formally opened to the public and the Taft movement has It's chief impnlsion In the duiet coun- 1 nils in an upper chamber of the hotel, | where Arthur l.. Yprys. sx-Sovernor | Adyron n Herriak and Charles P Taft, l nf Cincinnati, another brother of the | Secretary hold their deliberat1ons
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