The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-19
DELEGATES. WEARIED WITH
NIGHT SESSION. SLOW ABOUT
FILLING HALL
PRAYER BY JEWISH RABBI
Srong Body OF Police Oh Hand to
Preserve 0rder-Unccytainty
and Nervousness Apparent.
(Hy Associated Press !

on>cntion Hall, Chicago. June ~.
The Coliseum Was a sea ol empty
seats al $50 when The band struck
the opening notes Of HE morning
concert, and Il file OF policemen came
il. through the side door, strppin,
lively 10 march time. and took their
places across The front ol the hail
The delegates and spectators then
hcfan 10 file in throush the doors
Taft supporters won The FIRST Nic-
tory in the convention yesterday aft
rrnoOn, when. by Il vote of o,N to
500 senator Elihu Root was elected
temporary chairman of the conycn-
tiOn over Governor Francis Mct;Oycrn
of Wisconsin. Great disorder rcipneI
called, but after five hours work, the
vote was reached and Root declared
the winner.
Tho air Of nervousness that hung
over tho convention, police and en-
plOycs before yesterdays session was
curiously absent today. No one knew
what to expect. At 10 o'clock, the
hour before opening. there were less
than two hundred spectators In tho
hall and only eight delegates.
The convention was opened with
prayer by Rabbi Joseph StOlz, of
Isaiah Temple.
The prayer of Rabbi Stolz was as
follows:
20, Lord, who art the loving Fa-
thcr of all mankind. the just Ruler
of the nations, the everlasting God
whose counsel of Righteousness and
truth prcyailcth over the waves Of
passion and the ;umult of voices. We
bless Thee that Thou hast set our
nation high among the peoples of
the earth aud hath been our strength
III 'N'i piihl''. p'fl Ut u'fp III
every lime Of need.
In Thy bounty. Thou has given
us ia land flowing with milk and
hunoy and in Thy gracious provi-
dcnc,. Thou hast destined it To be-
come he Promised Land uf Liberty
and Ilualiiy. he home oi th" free.
the +, il"r of TIA" oppfr cd, lit geai
al tn strong aud th" 4 p,rll% HhG
woai, hare our iHbrlitanH of Law
and order. And We praita Tlce for
the mul,liu,lc who have found bless
ing within our borders, " thank
Thee FOR every benrtcnt mitl'u-
ton .,tahlis he'd within our domain.
for what al justice has beeom" the
common law Of the band. for our
goodll hcriiag" of Tolerance aud Of
p.arc.
"tnd we brsrcch Thee. Lord of
IlatS. b" with lIs. as Thou hast been
with our fathers. Help rs 10 prove
ourselves worthy Of Thy blessings.
Make us mindful OF our duties as well
a our rights, our responsibilities as
we'll aS our privileges Grant us the
insight that Il people periSheth where
there is no vision, and the under
standing that 4 great nation maketh
its rulers Righteousness and its Of
ficers peace, seckcth leaders who de-
sbise the gain Of oppression and with
hold their hands from bribcs. max
eth chief those whose glory Is 10
serve mankind by Justice. Fideliti
and Truth. Bestow upon the dele
gates assembled the spirit of wisdom
and understanding, of counsel and of
might, that they decide in justice
and equity and not after the sight
of their eyes or the hearing Of their
ears. and that they guide themselves
by tho truth thar Righteousness ex-
alteth "A nation aud injustice is a re-
proach 10 any people
And 50 may Thy kingdom come
and Thy will he done on earth.
Amen