The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-09-08
ODD OWS Hold
AN ANNUAL REUl ON
LEAGUE MEETING
no BE IMPORTANT
Republican Gathering Will
StFaighten Out Differ
ences in Party.

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WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. s.
The biennial convention OF the Ma
tional Republican League, which
VIII be held In New York Friday and
Saturday, September 80 and october
1 gives promise OF bringing togethTe
the largest number of national lead
ers OF the party seen at a convention
this year and this bids fair to ou:-
strip any OF It's predecessors in the
number OF delegates in attendance.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt endors-
ed the work of the League In no nm
certain way when he was President
by stating in a public address that
Money cannot buy the work the
League is doing. 1t arouses young
men TO important public service.
heartily approve of the League and
its mission
President Taft is also a believer in
the purpose of the League which is
the greatest volunteer organization
connected with the Republican
party. performing its work without
regard to emolument having at heart
only its success and its perpetuity.
In speaking OF the work OF the
League, President Taft said in the
campaign OF 1908: Your enthusi-
asm and your numbers are a good
augury OF the results in the coming
election, because you believe in the
Republican party; because you be-
Heve that it keeps its promises; be-
cause you believe the party is one
that has cohesive power enough and
governmental experience and states
manship enough to do things: be-
cause you believe that it has in It the
moral force. to resist selfish inln
ences that attempt to turn it from
its purpose and to pursue course
consistent with the public interest.
Under the constitution of the
League each state is entitled to six
delegates from each congressional
district where League clubs are or
ganized Thirty-hve OF the forty-s.x
states have already selected their
delegates to the forthcoming conven-
ton which will be held at Carnegie
Hall. New York City. The remain
ing states according to letters re-
ceIved by President John Hays Ham
mond will select delegates within the
next two or three weeks. interest in
the League work being largely ac-
centuated by reason of the promise
OF n rouslng demonstration for Re-
publicahism which viii occur on this
occasion.
There will he number OF notable
speeches made during the two days
OF the convention. winding up In a
blaze OF glory with a banquet at the
Hotel Astor which has been selected
as League headquarters. At this
banquet President Taft and \Vice
President sherman will make ad-
dresses and possibly Governor
Hughes. During the convention
proper speeches will he made by
william B. Mckinley, OF Illinois,
chairman of the National Republican
Congressional Committee; Nicholas
Longworth, OF Ohio: and ]. Benja-
min Dimmock. OF Pennsylvania. OK
mayor of the city OF Scranton. and
one of the great orators of the coun-
try. Mr.. Dimmock was strongly
talked OF for United States senator
to succeed Phllander G. Knox whom
the latter left the upper branch OF
the national legislature to become
secretary OF state. Representative j..
Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia
one of the ex-presidents OF the Ma
tional Republican League. is also
expected to address the convention,
as will a number OF other leaders.