The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-07
KING IS ELECTED TO HENNEY'S JOB
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The OrQer was gwen to c1edE ll6 aisles at 1O:59. At Il o'clock the aisles still were crowded with delegates who were making every effort to get seat ed.
 There was a noticeable lack of dem onstrationS for local men. Senator Lodge came quietly in and took his seat. The same was true of Governor Whitman and other we'll known men. Chairman FIilles conferred on the plat form with Sergeant-at- Stone and Secretary Reynolds as the band played.
 Governor Whitman, standing in the New York delegation, shook hands with friends and had some confer ences.
 Chauncey Depew was the first of the well known men to be applauded by the delegations and spectators he made his way to the first row of the New York seats.
 At 11:15 the floor was in as much confusion as before. The band play ed the Star Spangled Banner at 11:25 and everybody rose.
 At 11:28 Chairman Hilles brought down the gavel. This brought ap- plause.
 The hall was still Chairman Hil1es spoke, saying a quorum was present and the convention would be in order.
 MT. HiIles said:
 ''The hour Il o'clock having arriv- 
 convention will be in order Para p11rasing a remark made by the late President Mckinley, this is a year whatever may have been true of past years-when politics is patriotism and patriotism is politics. Therefore, the audience will please rise and sing two verses of America
 A male quartet led the singing. The voices of the delegates swel1ed through the big hall in mighty chorus, almost drowning the band. There was 8 moment of confusion and the delegates took their seats and then the Rev. John Timothy Stone, of Chicago, offered prayer.
 There was deep silence as the pray CT was read. At his request the con- vention remained seated. At the end
 of the prayer the convention Was asked to rise and be photographed.
 The next proceeding was the read ing of the call for the convention.
 The hum of conversation swept over the hall again as Secretary Reynolds read. Finally, the talk of the floor grew so that his voice was not heard beyond the first row of seats. It took six minutes to. read the call. Applause greeted it's end
 When Secretary Reynolds had fin- ished reading Chairman Hilles pre- sented the name of Senator Warren G. Harding as temporary chairman. There were no other nominations and MT. Harding was declared elected l Chairman Hilles presented Senator 1 Harding, temporary chairman, to make the keynote speech. The first loud applause and cheers of the convention greeted Senator Harding.
 w. Murray Crane of Massachusetts, Senator Borah of Idaho and w. B. l Mckinley of Illinois were selected to escort MT. Harding to the platform; ] Applause greeted the mention of all 1 the names as Chairman Hilles an 1 nounced them. Prolonged applause and, cheers greeted Senator Harding as he mounted the platform. Chairman Hilles presented him in a l few words. MT. Harding bowed, smiled and began delivery of his prepared speech, reading from manusmript. l Many of the leaders took the oppor- tunity to confer while Senator liar ding was speaking. Applause punctu- ated Hardings speech from time to time but as a whole the convention llstened quietly. There were cheers when he declared the country was calling for a Republican administra- ton and when he asked all to forget | the inharmonious convention of four years ago, to put aside party differ
 ences and to restore the party. His l reference to the need of preparedness | for national defense was greeted with l a roar of applause.
 1 More applause greeted his dec1ara-
 ton that this is not the time for re-
 crimination, it is a day of reconsecra- tion.''
 stI know the Republican party to be 1 genuinely progressive well as ef- Ifective,'' he declared
 l Taking up national defense, Senator Harding brought applause when he declared that there is a call today for prudent, practical, patriotic and ample individual defense.'' fears none in the world,'' said he. This brought out the most enthusiasm and applause so far There was another
 roaring demonstration when he de-
 clared that Republican policies prom
 ised all the means for the expanKe of
 adequate defense
 We love peace and justice and we
 intend to have them," he said, 'and we are not too proud to fight for
 them-''
 The reference to President Wilson's
 celebrated remark brought applause and jeers.
 All through Senator Harding's ref erence to the tariff he drew applause especially by his declaration that he Believed in tariff that gave protec- ton and prosperity to America first There was more applause when he : referred to the war munitions traffic and declared it had produced a pros perity at the cost of human lives. } "It is gold sluice from the river o1 blood," he declared. When Senator r Harding had been speaking just 3( 7 minutes he was exactly half through , his speech.
 . The convention adjourned at 1:2! until II a. m. tomorrow.