The Holt County sentinel., 1916-08-11
The Convention at Chicago.

them my impressions Of the Republi-
can National convention at Chicago.
and while have hardly got the dust
of travel out of my eyes yet sufficient
~ to get my home bearings properly.
| will begin this article by saying that
Judge ID. W. Porter bore himself well
in the convention in all its proceeding
a. an earnest representative of the
great party, whose commission he
held and. though handicapped in the
way of convention favors. being allow
ed only one extra ticket. showed many
courtcsics TO the Holt county men in
attendance. and was ably assisted by
Frank Walker. Of Bigelow. in his po-
sition as Sergeant ut Arms.
| The convention of 1916 was differ
ent from any great convention I ever
before attended and unique in many
of its phases. The great pageantry
that ever marks such gatherings was
absent In marked manner from this
convention. The weeks steady down
pour Of rain prevented the spectacular
features common to such meetings--
the lavish decorations, the great par
AIDES Of the big marching clubs. the
excited and enthusiastic crowds of
Dartisans that line the streets to the
exclusion Of trafiic-none Of these
special features were in evidence. and
oven the Hobbies Of the great hotels,
packed as they were ut times. did not
have the congestion Of tho usual con.
vcntion week. Tho Convention Hall
itself hal little adornmcnt, its only
feature. the massive picture Of the
grca' cmancipatcr hanging over the
| fNla "a st4DE,,t,... ..I l.....tf-.
ton. The opening address Of Senator
Harding. of Ohio. aroused little er.
'hus'Hsu, N" only fcrvnr nrnusrd be-.
inr That which greeted really br'l.
Tart ndd-cfs from ChaJrccy Dcpcw.
NJ Now York. and mn old fashioned
tariff address by big-fiamcd Governor
Wits. of Ohio, man Of the future,
| think.
Tn" city gave sober greeting 10 a
great body Of thinking men who CONE
no.Cd 'hc convention. II was n d.l'I.
'rnto body. " over ono gathered rn
Ariorcan soil. II bold the dcs,iny of
! great historic party in Il. hand -
;hc i'ous shadow Of Ropscvcltiy.fi
and disruption mcnacod Il. aud ,hi.
body Lud met To- give tho country an
.hc party platform and candidate
mon which a'l could unite. and 10 heal
he chism that yti'l threatened ii.
destruction. II did IT, work well.
he convention was without tho grca.
wrist. of enthusiasm of foim.
y conventions have attend.
II and IL rank and file were
,ot men Of the great reputation for
leadership and ora,ory that markell
he conventions of the great PARTY in
- past. when knighthood was N
over n II were. and the floor held
such orators rs Robert J. Ingcrsoll, ",
!. Gibson and James u. B'ninc, and
nos" Prime Ripcrts Of debate; 10.
"rh ". Foraker. OF Ohio: Senator
Hoar. Of Massachusetts: John A. 10.
an, OF Illinois. aud orr own Chauncey
'. Fill"y, NJ Missouri, and those Nigh.
Y organizes Of the lcgions. Matthew
=. Q'ay. Of PENNSYLVANIA. and General
ridley. III Indiana, in capacity. and
magnetism the peer of any man |
~" cr"r ''royr, aud Marcos A. Han.
~ of ONO. TrJly these were names
'"ninrn hv. Bot while il b ,,~ic
y" convention lacked the mighty
H'"iE "i n historic past, Il wns 4
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