The Detroit times., 1910-10-06
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the frse liot and for the revenue pro
\ vided. but n not Endorsed In the
!. sense that II has carried out cam
>'paign pledges. A taril commission
II advocated as well a. q change In
the rules OF the house and senate In
order TO provide for an immediate re-
vision Of the tarin on scientific basis
There 10 . strong clause, fashioned
The primary law 10 commended
: but changes are urged. There Il
strong clause. fashioned after
one Of the planks OF the New
York platform. dsnouncing graft and
corruption In public once and calling
tor the driving out Of unworthy ON
Gals. Chase Osborn. Congressmsr
Townsend and oil state and congres
Asional candidates are Endorsed.
Spirit o. Harmony.
The spirit OF harmony. which the
leaders have been trying to instill
from the outset. was strongly reject
cd In the decorations on the conven'
ton platform. Flanking either side
Of the stage were portraits Of Taft
and Sherman. At the right OF the
4 tplatform was displayed an excellent
likeness Of Col. Roosevelt. while
Senator Burrows' picture occupied q
less conspicuous position at the left,
with that Of Chase 8. Osborn standing
out prominently beside II. A photo
graph Of William Alden Smith stood
on an easel In the floor Of the hall
just In front OF the table at which the
living prototype presided. Over at the
extreme northeast corner Of the hall,
almost out OF sight was a large por-
trait Of Gov. Warner. Each OF the
portraits, with the exception Of those
OF Gov. Warner and Senator Smith,
were draped In the national colors.
On the platform were the temper
airy chairman, VIM. Alden Smith.
Congressman Townsend. Chairman
Diekema Of the state central com.
mittee. Secretary Whelan, Congress.
man DENLY, and the vicepresidents
from the various delegations.
Il was 1880 when Chairman Dieke-
ma, Of the state central committee,
called the convention to order. The
opening was impressive. The Rev.
j. M. Darkley was introduced to lead
the gathering In prayer, Before do
Ing so. he asked the delegates TO Join
In singing two stanxas Of MY Coun-
try It's OF Thee" and they responded
with will. The delegates also join.
I'd him in the Lords prayer.
a Smoking 10 Cut Out.
Because Of the presence OF q NUN
Der Of ladies In the boxes that had
been roped of on the left side OF the
convention hall, Chairman Dieksms
asked the delegates to refrain from
smoking The request was received
with hand-clapping.
Following the prayer. Secretary
Whelan read the call for the convsn.
tion and chairman Diekema began bis
address. Not until he mentioned the
name Of Col. Roosevelt did he STIR up
any marked enthusiasm. Then, how
ever. the delegates let loose with 4
mighty cheer. His subsequent ref
erence to president Taft a. the Great.
eet Of the worlds great leaders wns
followed by even more pronounced
demonstration.
y Yet. even those outbursts were tame
beside those which later were accord.
ed the speakers splendid Endorsement
of Chase s. Osborn and Congressman
Charles f. Townsend The delegates
fairly howled themselves hoarse and
! Mr.. Diekema briefly introduced Sen,
ator William Alden Smith as temper
airy chairman. which was a signal for
another burst OF applause.
Senator Smiths speech occupied
about an hour. His defense Of the
ttri6 was for the most part coldly re-
ceived. The senator was not In as
good form as he has been on previous
occasions, and several times his voice
failed him.
When the senator concluded his ad
dress, N. ]. Whelan was appointed
temporary secretary of the convention
on motion of Chairman Diekema, and
IN adjournment was taken until
o'clock, an amendment changing the
time to $3.50 being defeated over
whelmingly.
The district caucuses preceding the
convention were marked by little ex'
element. There was just one li.tls
"spat" In the First district. That was
.Fhen william T. Dust asked to be
released from voting with the rest OF
the delegation. for Kuhn, as per In.
structions. TT. Navin moved thaI
this permission be granted. That
would have been the end Of II, but Al
Ian Frazer opined that II wasn't very
decent" OF Dust to take that position.
Dust took exception to the remark
and the air was filled with verbal
pyrotechnics for q few minutes. The
motion finally prevailed. The result
a that Alex. Groesbeck. as chairman
OF the delegation, will cast 191 votes
( for Kuhn and one for Fellows on the
first ballot. II II understood tha- the
delegation IL for Fellows on the sec.
ond ballot.
George p. Codd announces during
the forenoon that he had Withdrawn
his name as permanent chairman and
the temporary organisation will be
made permanent In accordan,e with
precedent. Codd gave no reason for
the change OF program except that he
thought precedent should be followed.
Dlsksma's Address.
IN opening the convention, Mr..
Diekema said In part:
"tor ten years II has been my proud
privilege to call to order the repre-
sentative Republicans of the state In
convention assembled for the purpose
a. nominating q winning ticket.
Sometimes l have performed this
pleasant task when the greatest har'
mony prevailed within our ranks,
when platform and candidates we're
agreed upon by nearly unanimous