Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1908-06-19
Taft and Sherman
Head the Ticket

| CHICAGO, June To-day the CON
vention perfected its permanent orga-
nization by the election of Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts as chairman.
The feaure of the days proceedings
occurred when Senator Lodge. in the
course of his address to the convention,
remarked that:
-&s@President Roosevelt is the most
abused, yet the most popular man in
the United States today the dele
gates and visitors broke all bounds,
| and for nearly an hour the widest
scenes of enthusiasm and untrammeled
excitement filled the great convention
hall to the exclusion of all business.
From all over the hall came in ii
steady roaring chant the words, "Four
years more, four years more,o which
seemed to be taken up by every soul
in the hall.
Chairman Lodge attempted several
times to quiet the crowd and get a
| return to the business of the conven-
tion as programmed but without SUI.
| cess. His voice was completely drown-
| ed in the roar of the chant and moth
ing but the rapping of the gavel which
| sounded like the noice of far-distant
tattoo, could be heard
notwithstanding
| Cecil Lyon of Texas from the plat
form encouraged the continuance OF
| the demonstration, which seemed un-
necessary, as neither what he had to
| say for, or what the chairman had TO
say against the demonstration, could
be heard except when a momentary luii
precluded louder outburst, allowed
few fragmentary words to reach the
hearers.
Some of the delegates mounted their
| chairs with their coats. in their hands
which tlay waved in place of banners,
humane policy the shackles were stricl;-
en- from the limbs of 100000 chattei
slaves. The Republican party has been
| the staunchest defender of the proper
| ty yet holds and maintains that the
personal rights and human liberty must
of necessity be entitled to the first
and highest consideration Recogniz
ing the new conditions arising from
| Federation of Labor, submitted the
| following as labor's demand for the
consideration of the conventions:
"The Republican party is in accord
with the great emancipation Abraham
Lincoln, when he declared that labor
is prior to and Independent of capital,
| Capital is the fruit of labor and il
never could have existed if labor had
not existed first. Labor is the super
ior of capital and deserves much more
consideration. Through his wise and
without an element of sentiment AMI
romance.
Miss Maude Neal of the Chicago In
ter-Ocean staff, entered the press re
serve carrying in he arms a teddy bear.
Some one saw it just at the momcn.
|
Upon the assembling of the subcom
mittee on resolutions, President Sam
uel Gompers, and Vice-Presidents
Keefe and Duncan from the American
while they shouted the popular refrain.
-Four years more"
When the ovation had continued un-
abated for 10 minutes, Chairman Lodge
ceased his efforts to restore order and
took his seat.
| 1t has been intimated in the press
dispatches during the past two days
that Taft leaders have, as everyone
else expected some demonstration when
the name of Roosevelt should be men
toned, but the way it started when
the time came was curious, and not
our marvellous industrial development,
our people and our nation realize the
fact that the wheels of industry and
commerce of our times requires that
new laws and new concepts of law
must be enacted to conform to the new
and modern industries and commerce
and advance freedom in line there
with.
We, therefore, pledge the Republ-
can party to the enactment of law
by Congress guaranteeing to the wage
earners, agriculturalists, and horticul-
| turalistS of Our cOuntry the rights Of
organized efforts to the end that such
associations in restraint of trade.
"We pledge Ourselves to the enact
mcnt of law to prohibit the issu-
tial candidate.
PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS
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