The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-06-27


There were many humorous allu-
sions TO the steam roller and fire.
quent chOruses of "Choo, Choo, Choo,'
in imitation of the fgurative ma
chine.
ChicagO.-Five minutes was the en-
tire duration of the two sessions of
the Republican National Convention
Thursday, with a recess of four hours
between. The first session, convened
at noon, lasted four minutes; the sec
ond, one minute.
The feature of the noon session was
the prayer of the Very Rev. Walter
T. Sumner, dean of the Protestant
Episcopal Cathedral of SITS. Peter and
Paul, of Chicago, and the applause
which followed it.
The only welcoming applause was
for William Jennings Bryan, who is
reporting the convention for a num-
mer of newspapers. AS he moved to
his seat in the press section of the
platform several persons in the gal
lery cried, Speech! Speech" Mr.
Bryan smiled.
The gavel fell few minutes after
noon and Rev Dean Walter Sumner
of the Cathedral of SITS. Peter and
Paul, offered prayer The prayer was
as follows:
IN the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost
Amen.
Almighty God, look down, we be-
seech thee, and bless the convention
here assembled. Grant unto its mem
bers self-restraint, cool judgment and
all wisdom that their deliberations
may insure to the nation civic
righteousness, industrial peace and
social justice; that all men may have
an abundance of life and the mind to
serve Thee in cody living, maintain
ing the sanctity of the home and the
integrity OF the nation. Amen"
There was ripple of applause from
one end of the vast hall to the other
at the conclusion of the prayer.
Floor Leader Watson, of the Taft
forces, obtained recognition imme-
diately. He explained that the Gre
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report and moved that a recess be
taken until 4 o'clock. The motion pre-
vailed and the thousands who still
were perspiring from the eXertion re-
CURED to get in, at once began to
scramble TO get out The proceedings
had lasted exactly four minutes, or
from 1902 to 1906 P NJ.
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cess the report was everywhere cur
rent about the Coliseum that Colonel
Roosevelt would come to the conven-
ton at 4 o'clock and make, or try to
make, a speech. Nobody really knew
whether it was true or not, but it adj
ded to the excitement
When the doors OF the Coliseum
were again thrown open at p NJ
with still two hours to spare before
the gavel should fall, the people be
gan to pour in rapidly. At least a
thousand never left their seats at all
No man or woman who went through
that struggle for admission in the
morning could face without a qualm
the prospect of repeating 1.-THE same
day anyway So there was a good
sized audience all through the long
wait, to hear the band, which. in its
lofty little box between the big flags
upon the north wall, enlivened the in
terval with popular music.
La Toilette enthusiasts during the
recess distributed hundreds of little
fans, of material such that, raped
with a lead pencil, would make a
drum-like noise. One side bore a pic
ture of the Wisconsin man. the other
a printed list Of the achievements
attributed to him. The fans were in
eager demand, If only because of the
increasing heat.
The rain failed to keep the crowd
from coming back and IS minutes be-
fore the hour for reconvening practi-
cally every seat in the capaciOus gal
lery was filled. Word had been passed
around that the convention probably
would be in session but few minutes
and then adjourn, fact which made
the large attendance remarkable An
other rumor that Colonel Roosevelt
might be present may have had some
thing to do with it.
Senator Root smilingly bowed his
acknowledgment when the crowd
greeted with applause his appearance
on the rostrum at few minutes after
4 o'clock
Apparently all the delegates were
in their places
No sooner had Chairman Root called
the convention to order than Taft
Floor Leader Watson again was rec
ognized to move an adjournment until
l O'Clock tomorrow to allow the ere
dentials committee to complete its
labors. The motion prevailed without
objection and the crowd, disappointed
but good natured began to file out
Theodore Roosevelt advised his fol
lowers among the delegates to the
convention mot to lie down again if
beaten by fraudulent votes" but to
organize as the real and lawful con-
Vention.
Roosevelt suffered his second de-
feat when the convention, by a vote
of 564 to so, adopted the motion OF
James Z. Watson, Taft floor leader,
TO table Governor Deneen's amend.