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references to foreign relations con-
tanned In the declaration of party
principles as drawn up by the reso-
lutionS committee.
Many Seats Vacant.
Most OF the delegates were in their
seats by five minutes to II, when the
Ohio Republican Glee Club. stationed
Star SpanHed Banner" The dele
gates and spectators stood. There
still were hundreds of empty seats
in the galleries. There was a spec
tacular finish 10 the song when each
member of the club fiouriShed a small
American flag. Then the glee club
which sang for Harding at Chicago
four years ago, and later was at Ma
rion for many of the front porch
meetings, broke into some of the old
songs of the Harding campaign.
AS the singing went on Temporary
Chairman Burton came down to the
front OF the stage at two minutes 10
IL. There was a scattering OF hand
to his. seat, on the back platform,
without taking up the gavel. Sem
ator Mckinley of Illinois. chairman
OF the credentials committee, came
up to the stage and conferred with
the chairman. He had his report on
tation.
Using the gavel made from one Of
the Michigan oaks beneath which the
Republican party was born, Tempo,
rary Chairman Burton finally called
for order a half hour late.
Rabbi Gives Invocation.
The band played The Star Spangled
Bethel, New York City. pronounced
the invocation, praying that the guild
ance of the Almighty would rest upon
the leadership of the nation, and CIV
ing thanks for the wisdom and cour-
age of "our beloved President" The
plan had been for Bishop Joseph
Schrembs of the Catholic diocese OF
Cleveland to make the opening prayer
He will perform that function at
some later session.
When it was over Chairman Burton
recognized Representative Graham OF
Pennsylvania, who offered resolu-
ton to send the greetings OF the
convention to Uncle Joe cannon on
the occasion of his eighty-seventh
birthday anniversary. 1t felicitated
the veteran Republican on "the splen-
did record of service rendered by him
during his many years of unyfelding
devotion to the sturdy. fundamental
principles upon which the party was
founded
Cannon Loudly Applauded.
At the first mention of the name OF
Uncle Joe, absent from a Republican
national convention for the first time
in many years there was a great out
burst Of cheering over the convention
hall. The resolution was adopted in
a vast avalanche of ayes" and then
broke into the Battle Hymn of the
Republic" with delegates and specta-
tors standing and singing under the
direction of an active little song
master out at the front of the plat
DR.. Marion Leroy Burton of Mich
iean, who will make the nominating
speech. Joined In the singing from a
seat in the gallery,
receive the report of its CREDENTIALS
committee, but Chairman Mckinley
advised officials that there would be
a delay Of a few minutes while fnal
touches were put on the report Dur
ing the wait the convention chairman
called on the band to play some patrf-
otic air, and it responded with the
surging melody Of 1.-THE Stars and
Stripes Forever"
Riley and Todd Seated.
As the stirring strains of the famous
march reverberated in the wide sweep
of the convention hall the electrician
kept playing with the varicolored
sets fixed about the base of
the domelike ceiling. Indigo and
azure, green, red and blue, the magic
flood Of light came and went and then
faded again into the white glare of
full day as the music stopped and
Senator Mckinley at last came for
ward with his report The findings
of the committee, all made public
were read by the conven-
ton secretary. Chairman Burton
asked IL there was a minority report
and a delegate from Oklahoma moved
that the credentials committee be re-
versed in it's decision to unseat E
Mont Riley and R. H. Todd, the oldest
of the national committee. as
delegates from Porto Rico.
The Oklahoma delegate proposed
that Mr.. Todd, Mr.. Riley and the con-
testing delegate from Porto Rico all
be seated and the two votes divided
among them. Chairman Mckinley
seconded the motion and the conven-
tfon adopted it. Then the balance Of
the report was formally approved.
Woman Makes Report.
Then for the first time in the his
tory of a national convention a wom
an took the platform as chairman of
a major committee to present a report
She was MIS-. Elizabeth Price Martin
of Philadelphia, head of the commit
tee on permanent organization. The
received her with cheers,
and the report of the committee, nam
ing Frank Mondeu of Wyoming as
permanent convention chairman was