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EVENING LEDGEK PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1916.
IT.
hrding's Keynote Speech Sounds a Virile Call for Republican Restoration and America
SEWS
Cantlnned from raze One
.miiDlle, let tin bury parly prefixes with tlie
ministration which our difference put In
wr. I lo hot believe there Is a really ro
Srilonary Republican bearing credentials to
convention. If there Is, he will depart,
if r our deliberations, solely and proudly
J Republican, with heart aglow with the
Baity spirit of 1916. And the welcome dele
Sale who emphasizes his progresslvlem, Is
iinectetl to do his part In mailing our party
I reflex of the best thought and best Intent
f sincere committal to the uplift and pros
;m of the American people, thereby
Iir.nirtlienlng larty purpose Instead of
Sfyfng ind ivldual belief, and he, too,
2nf nnd new rejoicing In being a. Republl
can. No party can enduro which Is not pro.
sslve. 1 know the Itepubllcan party Is
' . ... .,tfA no well nn effentlvo.
fl'na It would not rivet tho expectations of
the American people today on the most lm
nortant convention held since the party
1 formulated a new political decalogue and
gave to unlon nna nntlonallty ths Immortal
Abraham Lincoln.
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.
In building the surpassing temple of the
republic, which wo havo been doing to tho
astonishment, sometimes the envy, some,
times the admiration, of the world, and oft
times Inspiring others by our example,
there ever will bo modifications nnd nddl
tlons to meet tho public need nnd conform
to popular Ideals. Wo do not fear to Imi
tate or fall to originate, but there can be
no discord about underlying foundations or
essential walls or proven arches or stntely
columns. Mine Is a deep conviction that
the founding fathers were djvlncly Inspired,
and tho wisdom of representative popular
government Is proven In tho surpassing
achievement. .... u
It Is not alone the miracle of accomplish
ment which deepens our reverence; It Is not
alone the, .-lotion that wo have bulldcd
the first, seemingly dependable, popular
government on the caith and exalted all Its
citizenship, which adds to our faith; but
we are tho oldest of existing civilized na
tlonB, with one passing exception, continued
under one form of government, nnd under
that form wo havo developed the highest
standard of living In all tho world. Sut,t;ly
y,e must be right.
Recalling that the mightier forward
strides have been taken under a halt cen
tury of Itepubllcan control, nfter we led
In fixing the Indissoluble tics of union, the
retrospection, tho contemplation and tho
anticipation combine to nil tho Itepubllcan
breast with pride and hope, and trust nnd
faith, and magnify our obligations In this
crucial year of our national life.
Much of tho discussion of the hour Is
hlnirpd unon a world at war. Wo need
not wonder thereat, because the enormity
of the conflict and tho Influences of Its
horrors havo set mankind In upheaval. Tho
traditions of civilization havo been broken
and International laws havo been Ignored.
There Is a tidal wave of distress and dis
aster, there are vlolont emotions nnd mag
nified fears. Thero are tho extremes of
incalculable sacrifices and measureless new
' fortunes not nil Amorican. Thero are
new wonders and nevf hindrances In com
merce, changed balances of trade, new
marvels In finance nnd utterly changed eco
nomic conditions. These have attended em
barrassments In our foreign relations as
dlfllcult as those which tho Individual cltl
ron experiences whose every nolghbor la
Involved In deadly quarrel. Everything Is
abnormnl except tho depleted condition of
the Keilernl Treasury, which In character
istic of Democratic control, nnd the facility
of file Admlnlstrntlon for writing varied
notes without effective notice.
UNARMED AMERICA.
Amid theso conditions has stood this un
armed giant, typifying tho American re
public, neutral nnd sane, to whom the
neutral nations have turned for leadership.
Our national unselfishness had been proven,
our devotion to humanity had been estab
lished, our committal to international
Justice had long been proclaimed. Tho
world had previously heard tho voice of
American fearlessness, and all tho 'condi
tions single us out for leadership Bmong the
neutral powers, but the Administration tit
Washington spoke with more rhetoric thnn
resolution, and we came to reallzo what the
wstrlng pauers soon came to know, that
the ofllclal American voice lnckcd the
Volume of determined expression that once
demanded International heed, nnd we lacked
the strength of confidence In our own de
fenses. It is too early to estimate the debit and
credit ajjunt of tho European war with
civilization. Out of measureless cost and
Inestimable heroism must come a rebirth
of Individual, spirituality, reawakened .na
tional hopes, new liberties and new bap
tisms In patriotism which must prove some
compensation. But we have seen ct-: 'za-.
tlon stripped of the pretonses which cli th d
man's savagery, nnd we have neon ele
mental man, developed In genius nnd more
formidable because of that, intoxicated with
power or impassioned In the greed of con-
quest, orrendlng or defending, contradicting
every evidence of mankind's humane ad.
vancement. In tho envy or Jealousy or
rivalry or hatred, refined by boasted clvili
ration, are the barbarities of primitive man,
and the seal of obsolescence is not yet
stamped upon the warrior's sword.
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.
Perhaps It Is a reminder more than a dis
covery, but there has como to us a con
viction that this great nation, rich In re
sources and strong In patriotic manhood,
has been negligent concerning Its own de
tense. We have dwelt In fancied rather
than real security. Pride mingles with re
gret In this, because.lt sugy,4ts tho mind
of a nation so free from Intended offense
that there was no cultivated thought pt
needed defense. Our righteousness of pur
pose Is portrayed In our trust In unarmed
safety, But there Is a warning In bleeding
Europe, and there Is call today for prudent,
patriotic and 'ample national defense. There
Is no mistaking the sentiment. Wo are not
thinking of tho hysterical, we need not be
moved by a preparedness which Is partisan
In conception. We need not believe In a
defense propaganda Inspired by those who
aim to wax fat In the production of arms
and munitions, because there Is none,
I deplore the teaching that an anxiety
about our national defense Is Inspired by
creed. We rejoice in free speech and free
press and untrammoled opinion, but pa
triotism Is Illy promoted by the Imputa
tion of false motives, whether aimed at
those who believe In defense or those
who doubt Its wisdom. Such a teaching
rends the concord of citizenship, which
may develop a worse pe'rll from within than
from any enemy without.
Though we do not pretend to bo ex
clusive In our devotion, we Republicans
believe, Bincerely and soberly, In, ade
Quata national defense. We have always
believed n an amply navy, as invincible
In modern might as John Paul Jones
bullded In our freedom's earliest fight. We
have In mind a protected comnferca on the
waters, and a seacoast secure In" strong
naval defense.
We were building to high rank among
naval powers when the Democratic party
Interrupted, and we subscribe to a stronger
committal now, because of a new realiza
tion of the envy which our wealth and our
commerce Invite, and a new appreciation
of our commanding placp In the affairs of
the, wprld. I shall not say that It is oih-s
to have the greatest navy In the world,
out noting the elimination of distance and
the passing of our one-time isolation, we
ought to have a navy t,hat fears none in
the, world, and can say any time and any
where, these are American rights and
wtt be rejected. '
. ECONOMY IN SECURITY.
It Is not for me to specify the provisions
for naval defense. Since modern warfare
In large part a conflict pf brains, bo
must naval defense be devised In highest
Intelligence, Let us strengthen every arm
aerial, submarine, fleet cruiser and great
.dnoughU, Let nlm who Is anxlou
bout ths coat remember that Republican
policies afford the ample means without
wnselous. burdens upon the people. Every
forehanded, American citizen, whatever his
etlyity, know4 that the. cost of insurance
WMsasi accident, theft. flr, flood or thunder
Vit, MsaesMd a, Jbincj cfcrgf upon M
Wat la wertta t cost,, la p ot inlmi,
HIGH LIGHTS IN CHAIRMAN HARDING'S
PLEA FOR REPUBLICAN RESTORATION
' Let us forget the differences, nnd find new inspiration nnd new compensa
tion In a united endeavor to restore the country. " "
Everything is abnormal except the depleted condition of tho Federal
Treasury, which is characteristic of Dcmocrntlc control.
The Administration nt Washington spoko with more rhetoric thnn
We need not believe in n defense propaganda Inspired by those who
nim to wax fat in the production of arms nnd munitions, because there 13
none.
fie President made a trip from the const to the valley of the Missouri
to tell the American pcoplo the need of preparedness. It might have been
more seemly to tell tho story to Congress.
Democratic insufficiency and inefficiency aro recorded in the Confercncc
nmended net, and n federal nitrate plant to supply powder to the patriots
ami pay to tho pntcrnalists and federal fertilizer to the farmers in competition
with private enterprise is a great constructive offering of n Democratic
majority.
Let no ope apprehend tho curso of militarism in this fair land. We de
clare unalterably against it.
Our nrmed defense must ever be linked with our industrial self-reliance,
nnd the nation worth dying for must first be worth living for.
I choose the economic policy which sends the American worklngmen to
the savings banks rather than tho soup houses.
Tho failure of revenues under existing Democratic policy, the necessary
resort to tho imposition of direct and offcnslvo taxation war taxes on n
pcoplo at pence to meet deficiencies which ever attend Democratic control,
the depression nnd disnstcr which followed Democratic revision, which wcro
relieved rather than caused by the European war all these argue the Re
publican restoration.
It (the Democratic party) proclaimed tho sacrcdncss of its pledges and
then profaned them. It professed economy and Is staggered by its own extra
vagance. Tho Democratic Admlnstration ha3 proposed to set adrift nn island
empire, in violation of our obligations to the world, to tho Philippine people
nnd ourselves to renounce its guardianship of a race of people and
leave them to walk alono when they had not bccnfully tnught to creep.
The Democratic Administration first coddled Villa as a patriot, then
chased him ns a bnmlit."
Americanism begins at home nnd rndintcs nbroad.
Wo believe in American markets for American products, American wages
for American workmen. American opportunity for American genius and
industry, and American defense for American soil.
though loss nover nttends. Moreover, under
any system security la economy Itself.
Thero arc manifest differences about our
developments for mltltary defense. The
President mndo n trip from tho coast to
tho valley of the Missouri to tell the Ameri
can pcoplo the need of preparedness. It
might hao been moro seemly to tell tho
story to Congress, for that body wns In
session nnd empowered to net, nnd seem
ingly over ready to testify obedience. How
ever, Congress undertook to provldo an
army for defonso and tne majority wnooiea
between pacification and preparedness until
the Republican minority in tho Sennte put
something real In tho ponding mensure.
Wo Republicans made a rational responso
to the call of the land, but Democratic In
Runiclcncy nnd lncfllclency ore recorded In
the Conference-nmended net, nnd n federal
nitrate plnnt to supply powder to the pa
triots and pay to the paternalist!, nnd fed
trnl fertilizer to tho farmers In competi
tion with prlvnle enterprise Is n grcnt con
structho offering of Ilomocrntto majority.
Until the civilised world Is pledged and
rcpledged to peace, and until civilization
commits nations to the nobler practices of
tho Individuals who constitute them. In
which I would have America lead, this Re
public will havo need for a basic army and
a ready provision for military defense. We
have territory to defend, wo havo Independ
ence to preserve, we have lives to safeguard,
we hnvo property to protect, we havo rights
to assert, we have mlsstonu of humanity to
perform. We proclaim Justice and we lovo
peace, and we mean to have them and wo
nre not too proud to fight for them.
NO CURSE OF MILITARISM.
T.et no one upprchend tho curse of mili
tarism In this fair land. Wo declare un
alterably ngnlnst It. Our free citizenship,
walking confidently, absorbed In the tri
umphs of peace, would tolerato no such
blight on American Institutions. There Is
to be no surrender of cherished Ideals.
With that yearning for peace which hns
marked our continued development, with
that same committal to Justice which has
given us front rank In the onward march
of civilization, with that raro unselfishness
which led us to unsheath the sword for hu
manity's sake and put all territorial ng
grnndlzement aside, with that belief In the
square deal, Individual, national and Inter
national, which is tho" foundation of Ameri
can faith, we mean to go qn, an exemplar
of peaco to all the nations, an arbiter of
Justice to all the world, a promoter of
righteousness to all the people of the earth.
THE PROTECTIVE POLICY.
At the bame time wo have moro to do
than to chart a national course through tho
waters surging with tho turbulence of war;
our Inspiring course Is on tho highway of
peace. Our armed defense must eer be
linked with our Industrial self-reliance, and
the nation worth dying for must first be
worth IMng for. Out of nature's prodigality
wo have incalculable resources and limitless
noHslbllltles. nrul-there is need only for the
unhindered application of man's genius and
Industry to make us as Independent Indus
trially as wo are free politically. Ample
defense rests on Industrial freedom and
self-reliance an' well us patriotic sacrifice,
and Industrial' preparedness gives that as
surance of material good fortune In peace
on which must be founded all oar higher
aspirations.
Subsistence Is the first requisite of exist
ence, and we have the higher American
standard of living because of the Republi
can protective policy which makes of
Americans the best paid workmen In all
the world. Out of the abundance of em
ployment and higher compensation, to
gether with tho beckoning opporunlty which
offers every reward, we Americans have
attracted tho laborers of the earth, and
set pew standards here.
It Is not for me to put the stamp of rela
tive Importance, on pending Issues the In
telligent voters will determine that for
themselves. But I know what they are
thinking, and they believe that the protec
tive policy which made us Industrially and
commercially eminent Is necessary to pro
serve that eminence. I know they want It
restored and maintained. For myself I
prefer a protective and productive tariff
which prospers America first. I choose the
economlo pollry which sends the American
worklngmen to the savings banks rather
than the soup houses. I commend the plan
under which the healthful glow pt pros
pering business Is reflected In every face
from the great captain of Industry to the
schooling child pf the dally wage-earner,
Moreover, I like the abiding consistency
of our unchanging position upon this policy.
The Republican Convention of 1860, which
gave to the nation and all history the
nomination of Lincoln, made this simple
and ample utterance:
That, while providing revenue for the
support of the General Government by
duties upon Imports, sound policy re
quires such an adjustment of these Im
ports as to encourage the development
of the Industrial Interests of the whole
country; and we commend that policy
of national exchanges which secures to
the working men liberal wages, to
agriculture remunerating prices, to me
chanics and manufacturers an adequate
reward for their skill, labor and enter
prise, and to the nation commercial
prosperity and Independence.
We might fittingly reiterate that utter
ance today. The failure of revenue under
existing Democratic pollen the necessary
resort to the Imposition of direct and offen
sive taxation war taxes on a pcoplo at
peace to, meet ileOeUncle which ever t.
tend Democratic- control, ths depression and
disaster which followed UcniacraUa re
vision, which wen rslWyeU rather than
caused by the KuryDeon wr nil these
argue the Itepubllcan. restoration.
TEMPORARY PROSPERITY.
No one, disputes a temporary prosperity
In our in,4 today. But It la sectional In
Its factory aspect, abnormal In Us fevered
riwh, fietftloua to It essential and par-i-ertuur
in Its tendency Worse, It la the.
gold, luis4 from tt rivr of Mood, poured 1
out by tho horrifying sacrifice of millions
of our fellow men. God forbid that we
should boast n prosperity wrought In such
waste of human life. Wo had rather re
joice In the prosperity of peace. Wo had
rather boast our good fortune won from
the world as It stands erect. In a fair
content, where mon openly contend for'fho
laurels of Industry and tho garlands of
trade. I do not mean that wo must
"sharpen our wits In competition with the
world," for wo tried that, and Involuntarily
turned the blade to cutting our production
nnd severing thousands from American
payrolls. There was no cut In the cost of
living but a visible hack at tho capacity
to llvo.
The Democratic party Is always con
cerned about tho American consumer. Our
Republican achievement Is tho making of a
nation of prospering producers, nnd by pro
ducers I mean every human being who ap
plies muscle or skill or brain or nil to tho
conversion of nnture's abundance Into tho
necessities and luxuries of llfo or partic
ipates In tho ways nnd means of their
transportation and exchange. Far better
a high cost of living and ability to buy than
a lowering of cost attended by destruction
of purchasing capacity.
THE COST OF LIVING.
It Is worth whllo to recall tho magnified
Importance given to the high cost of living
four years ago ; first, to emphasize Dem
ocracy's failure to reduce It, though It
risked and almost accomplished the ruin
of our good fortune In attempting It; second,
to declare there Is no such thing. What
was thought to bo the high cost were only
tho higher demands nnd the larger capacity
to buy, which wero the hatural reflexes of!
the higher standard nt living reared under
Republican protection.
The one notable advance In cost has prof
lied the American farmer, for whoso be
fitting share In good fortune we have stood
unfailingly nnd sincerely. Ills reward Is
n Republican achievement, and we prefer to
cling to tho conditions which brought to
agriculture Its delayed but deserved re
ward and hold It secure In Republican
maintenance of a homo market unmatched
In all tho world, More, wo want our baslo
prosperity to be home-created nnd home
sustained, nnd not dependent on conditions
nbroad.
Let Us ngrec nay, let us boast that
American Industry can compete with nny
In nil. tho world, under like conditions. But
wo also boast n condition, created through
Isolation nnd maintained by protection,
wherein tho rate of American wages Is twice
or thrice to ten times that of Old World
competition. Reduce our wages nnd we
shall hnvo conditions more nearly equal,
but no Republican will consent to thnt. We
nro wilting to standardize tho wagen of tho
world. Wo aro ns fit to lead In doing that
no wo wero tc fix the newer guaranties of
liberty nnd Independence; but wo Republi
cans do not mean to lower our scales to ef
fect tho leveling. Wo want the world meas
urements raised to our heights. Until It Is
dono we shall cling to American wngex for
Amerlcnn workmen, Amerlcnn markets for
American products, nnd hold the Itepubllcan
Ctinranty of our mnterlnl good fortune.
t'ho nations nbroad nnd tho Dcmocrntlo
party nt homo aro hearing witness to Re
publican wisdom. German Industrial solf
rellnnco Is the sequenco to her adoption of
a Republican protective tariff, and England's
manifest conversion to this fostering plan
will mngnlfy tho prophetic wisdom of Re
publican protectionists. Even tho Democratic
party Is penitent now and makes confession
In action If not In words. Tho proposed
destruction of American sugar has been
repealed, and simulated grief about tho
American breakfast table has been put
nsldo. With that facility for changing
position which hns been mnde mnntfest from
Ilaltlmore to Vera Cruz, the party In power
proposes to restore tlto tariff commission
which it tincl hastened to destroy.
This change of attitude Is not because of
Its great and manifest lovo of commissions
alone, but because failure 1b written across
every paragraph of Democratic revision
nnd fear is haunting tho Whlto House
slumbers. Tho Wilson Administration hns
sensed tho country's anxiety nbout indus
trial conditions when tho revelry In muni
tions nnd tho Immunity granted by war,
aro ended. It has made a reflective esti
mate of the perils of 1914, onco called
psychological, and means to apply a stolen
remedy, with moro concern nbout the ef
fects than tho ethics Involved. Wo do not
oppose a tariff commission. We favor It.
It Is a Republican creation. Wo do not
want one, however, conceived In Demo
cratic hostility to American Industry or
managed In Democratic opposition to busi
ness success. We would hasten the pro
tective defense aralnst foreign lnvnslon,
to Kuaranten our Industrial security, nnd
then let n tnrlff commlslon deliberately nnd
scientifically work out the nerds of Ameri
can preference.
No honest business In this country Is too
big to be good and useful, or too little to be
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the Republican National Convention at Chicago today.
protected and encouraged, and both big nnd
little deservo tho American shield ngalnst
destruction by foreign competition, nnd
protection from tho raiders political or
otherwise, at homo. Business nnd Its
agencies ot transportation nre so Insepara
ble from each other and from the common
weal that the political party which doet
not pledge them a squaro deal, no more nnd
no less, doos not deservo tho confidence of
the reoplo. Tho atrongth of tho business
heart shows In every countenance In all tho
land, nnd tho weakness of that heart holds
n nation Jll. We must strengthen tho heart
of American business In government co
operation rather than ofllclal opposition.
It is not Inspiring to recite Democratic
failures. I shall not dwell on that pnrty's
insincerity or incapacity. The country In
dicts nnd tho record convicts. It pro
claimed the nacredness of Its pledges nnd
then profnned them. It professed economy
and Is staggered by Its own extravagance.
It has turned adequacy of revenue under In
direct and unfelt taxes to insulllclency and
direct taxation. It has espoused the free
dom of tho seas and wrought only the free-
ROOSEVELT IN MERRY
MOOD; JOKES, SMILES
AS CONVENTION OPENS
Sagamore Hill Linked Up With
Chicago by Telegraph and
Phone Silent on Over
night Rumors
MAY HEAD THIRD TICKET
OYSTER BAY, June 7. Convention day
found Colonel Roosevelt In one of his mer
riest moods. His face was wreathed In
smiles nnd ho Joked with those nbout him.
Neither the uncertainty of developments
In Chicago nor the heavy rnlnstorm that
drenched Sagamore Hill and filled tho
fringes of tho bay with, thick fog, could
lessen his good spirits.
Special telegraph and telephone com
munications had been linked up between
Sagamore Hill and Chicago and tho Colonel
was early In his llbrnry to receive reports
from tho scene of political action.
It was reported that several long mes
sages had been received from George W.
Perkins, the national chairman of the Pro
gressive party, during the night, but.
wnetner inese naa anything to do witn
Colonel Roosevelt's Joviality was not apparent.
Asked about overnight rurpors, the
Colonel dismissed them with the words:
"They are Just reports. That's all I can
say for them."
The Colonel persistently refuses to be In
terviewed on political topics, but from
other success It was learned that he may
be persuaded to head a third ticket If .!"'
tlce Hughes Is nominated by the Republi
cans. Colonel Roosevl''" o '"
Hughes te very deep-seated, as has been
made evli nt.
It Is uncertain whether or not Colonel
Roosevelt will go to Chicago. But he Is
primed for the trip and If he feels that his
presence Is needed there he will make the
jump. If a deadlock should develop In the
Republican convention and the followers of
Roosevelt display strength of dominating
character In the convention hall, activities
In Chicago will be made even livelier by
the presence of the Colonel In the arena.
SPECTATORS, COLD AND BEDRAGGLED,
AWAIT CONVENTION WARMING-UP
Arrival of Fairbanks' Delegates Does Little to Relieve
Chill of Coliseum Crowd Women Brave Eain to
Witness Proceedings
ARRANGE ST. LOUIS TRIP
Old Guard and Reorganization Demo
crats Unlikely to Go Together
Old guard delegates and alternates to the
Democratic National Convention met last
night in the headquarters of the Democratlo
City Committee, 10th and Walnut streets, to
make plans for the trip to St. Louis. At the
conclusion of the meeting, It was announced
definite arrangements had been postponed
until tomorrow.
A. Mitchell Palmer's reorganization dele
gates and alternates will leave this city for
St. Louis Sunday In a special train, It Is
considered probable that the old guard fol
lowers will not Join the reorganlxers, but
that, like the Republican Organization dele
gates, the Democrats will split and go In
two sectlops.
Big Suffrage Ball Given in Chicago
CHICAGO, Jupe 7: .The assembling here
of persona prominent in society in New
York and other cltlea produced the most
notable social event that Chicago has seen
alnce the World's Fair. Mrs. Harold p. Mc.
Cormlck'a equal suffrage garden party and
ball last night More than 1600 guests were
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. McCormlck
at their home, 1000 Lake- Shore Drive.
m 1 i ii,
Florida Governor Beat Senator
TAMPA., F!a .June T Returns Indi
cate that Senator Nathan P. Bryan was
defeatd for renomlnstton n yesterdays
Democratlo primary by Governor Park
Tramroell. Sidney J. Catt apparently baa a
slight lead In the race for Governor over
both Ion R. Furrls and W V. Knott Rep
rsntatty S M, Sparknvin appears to have
bn defeated &JT W- J- ratio Ul Ms Jtrst
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CHICAOO, June 7. With the convention
hall opened for the first session of tho
Republican National Convention and the
first wet and bedraggled spectators
ensconced In the galleries out of the drab
drizzle of rain that covered Chicago like
.a clammy, gray mantle, there was a big
uniformed Chicago policeman, on guard In
every section. With a policeman to every
30 seat and a small at my of doorkeepers
and deputy scrgeants-at-arms on duty, tho
convention officials believed .they would keep
the Inevitable disorder In the big hall within
reasonable bounds.
As the first spectators filed In, the decora-tors
were Just putting tho finishing
touches on the ndornments In the hall.
High up over the broad platform with seats
-for the ofllcers and speakers n great full-
length painting of Abraham Lincoln looked
down on the scene. It was surmounted by
a replica of the presidential flag and was
surrounded by a score of draped stars and,
stripes.
From tho Lincoln portrait the great
arched roof of the Coliseum swept away In
waves of whlto to the tiny gallery perched
upon the roof at the rear of the hall, where
a red-coated band waited to add to tho
convention din.
The band at a signal from sergeant-at-arms
Stone opened Its concert Just before
10 o'clock, A medley of national airs was
the first selection, but it aroused little
enthusiasm among the few cold, damp spec
tators in tho galleries. None of the dele
gates had then arrived.
The spectators leaned over the flag
decked galleries and watched anxiously
for the first delegation. The seating ar
rangements for the delegates put New York
and Ohio delegations directly before the
aisle. Qn the right aisle IlllnoKi and
speaker's stand on either side of the centre
Massachusetts had the front seats, and
Indiana and Iowa on the left aisle.
Charles D. Utiles, chairman of the Na
tional Committee, was the first qfflclal to
appear on the platform. He consulted with
Sergeant-at-arms Stone, reviewing the ar
rangements and discussed the program of
the day.
Shortly after 10 o'clock, a few ofltho
seats In the alternate section, Just benlnd
the delegates' section, began to All up. The
gallery crowd began to arrive and the front
rowB of the spectators' seats showed a rim
of women, some of them In rainy day attire,
but mnny of them In finery which had
suffered from the driving rain.
A squad of ushera added to the general
hubbub and the efforts of the band by
hawking "ofllclal programs" In roucous
tones. A group of photographers over-ran
the hall taking plcutres from all accessible
and Inaccessible points of vantage.
A few of the Indiana delegates, brave In
an assortment of Fairbanks badges, took
scattered seats In their section. They were
the first delegates to appear and brought
with them a dampening effect of the
weather. They took their places without
enthusiasm and talked Indifferently together,
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL'S FIRST CASE.
The temporary hospital equipped behind
the big platform was early In demand.
The first emergency caBa was that of
Policeman Sweeney, who Injured his arm
on one of the grand stand supports. Pr.
Arthur B. Rankin and Dr. Thomas Grlfi
flths bandaged the bruise and sent the
policeman about his duties once more.
Ab Indicating the lack of unanimity
among the delegates, very few of the Staj,e
delegations came In a body. They strag
gled In by twos and threes, wet. angry and
ready for anything. At 0:1i there were
more than 300 delegates In their seats, but
there was not a single State delegation com
plete at that hour. The leaders also were
slow coming In.
The wet weather prevented the usual
mass-play entrance of various delegations.
Few delegates had the temerity to march
to the Coliseum under the streaming skies.
Ten minutes before It o'clock the dele
gates' wptlon of the convention hall was
a seething raa of delegates, and not a
single delegation had aroused any enthusi
asm of, bad, been given & aeraonstratlon
o It Arrival rns delegate gathered la
UtUe -roups and dissuMtd the, latest cur
rent political reports. Tho statement that
Colonel Roosevelt would run on a Progres
sive third ticket if tho Republicans nom
inate Hughes was the chief topic.
Tho damp weather seemed to have
dampened the convention .enthusiasm, but
about 11 o'clock tho sun struggled through
the clouds, a shaft of sunlight penetrated
a window and fell ncross the speakers'
stand, and the crowd woke enough to cheer
a little ns the band played "Dixie."
COLLEAGUES CHEER PENROSE
Boles Penrose, tho Pennsylvania Old
Guard lender, was given n round of cheers
by his followers In tho Pennsylvania dele
gation when he took his sent under 'the
Pennsylvania banner In the seat of honor.
Although scheduled to meet at 11 o'clock,
there was no sign of getting down to busi
ness at 11:15, The members of the Na
tional committee wero in their seats on
the platform nnd most of the delegates were
In their seats. Tho leaders did not seem
In a hurry to start things.
There was no enthusiasm among tho
delegates or the spectators. A tumult of
low-toned conversation and tho blares of
the bands were the only sources of noise In
tho big hall.
The conversation of the delegates was
earnest and the whole big hall -seemed
filled with a sense of the tenseness of the
political situation confronting the gather
ing. The New York delegation sat In Its
seats In the front row and stolidly regarded
tho big, crowded platform In silence. Only
Chauncey M, Depew seemed to want to
talk. From his seat on the aisle he beamed
at his friends In the other State delega
tions. Governor Whitman did not sit down with
his friends, but devoted the time to a series
of conferences with the Hughes boomers.
The Maine crowd tried to stir up a little
enthusiasm by waving a standard with the
State Insignia upon It. The effort failed
utterly.
Temporary Chairman Warren G Hard
ing, of Ohio, put In an appearance at 11:25
and cheers greeted his appearance, and the
band played a few bars of the Star-Spangled
Banner, which brought out a round
ot hand-clapping.
The three ' taps of the gavel were fol
lowed by a round of cheers as Colonel Stone,
sergeant-at-arms, walked to the front and
announced:
"The aisles will be cleared, the delegates
will be seated. The police will enforce this
order."
CHAIRMAN HILLES THANKED
BV NATIONAL C03IMITTEE
Chairman Praised for Wisdom
Self-sacrifice"
and
CHICAGO, June 7, National Republican
Chairman, Charles D. Hllles, received high
tribute today at the last sitting of the
Republican National Committee just preced
ing the opening of the convention.
Resolutions thanking him for his "wis
dom, self-sacrifice and absolute fairness"
were adopted. Others praising the service
of secretary James B. Reynolds, sergeant-at-arms:
William F. Stone, and treasurer
George 11. Sheldon were adopted.
The final business transacted by the
committee was the formal acceptance of
the 'tardy West Virginia delegation report
and the placing of the members on the
temporary roll. Acting Chairman Charles
M. Burke, of South Dakota, then rapped
his gavel sharply on the table and the
meeting closed.
Votes Needed to Nominate
G. O, P., 495; Democrat, 846
HKl'LUUCAN.
Total BtuatM el dUt. . ga
Number ceiiary to oataate 433
l)K110CU,T10
Total nomb.tr f dhMto, , - ljff
jiBiaber nerery to a t'.ioUe . . f is
dom of tho Panama Canal. It rcafllrmcd
Its devotion to Jeffersonlan principles and
simplicity of government nnd Is voting
millions of tho public treasury to the es
tablishment of Federal factories to destroy
prlvato Industry. It declared for enlarged
uhlpplng facilities without added burdens
upon tho public treasury, nnd now proposes
that 50 to 500 millions of public funds shall
go to shipping, federally owned and private
ly managed, with every menace that Federal
ownership Involves. Wo bellevo In a great
merchant marine, federally encouraged and
privately erectod, wrought In tho committal
to tho achievement of private enterprise and
measured to tho requirements of our com
merco In peaco.
THE NATIONAL EXPANSION.
Tho President has said ours Is a pro
vincial party, evidently forgetting tho' Fed
eralist founding of our nationality and Re
publican expansion to greater national
glory. Tho Democratic party not only falls
to grasp our immensity nnd Importance;
It Is sectional on the mainland nnd unheed
ing of our island possessions. Its vision
does not catch tho splendor of Old Glory
In the sunlight of the world, lllglit now
when tho devouring tinmen of wnr nre
burning moat fiercely, when our national
view must bo world-wide to be compre
hensive, the Democratlo Admlnlntratlon hna
proposed to net mlrlft nn lulnnd empire,
In violation of our obllRntlons to the world,
to the Philippine people nnd nuraelvea.
Amid proclumntlons of our ministrations In
behalf of mankind It undertook to re
nounce Its guardianship of n race of people
nnd leave them to walk ulone when they
had not been fully taught to creep. A few
rebellious Democrats Joined the Republican
minority In sparing us this national dis
grace, but the design Is written among the
vacillations of the present Administration.
Tho Democratlo party once hauled down
tho flag which had been unfurled In honor
in the Pacific nnd met rebuke nt tho first
popular expression nt tho polls. No ad
ministration which hauls down the flag nnd
none which proposes to hnut It down ever
can succeed Itself In directing the affairs
of tho American people
OUR WIDENED RELATIONSHIP.
One century of marvelous development
nan icu us into anotner century of Inter
national sponsorship. This mighty people.
Idealizing popular government and com
mitted to human progress, can no longer
live within and for ourselves alone. Ob
llberated distance makes it Impossible to
stand nloof from mankind and escape
widened responsibility. If we are to be
come the agency of a progressive civiliza
tion and God's great Intent and to believe
otherwise Is to deny the proofs of American
development we must assume the responsi
bilities of influenco and example, and accept
tho burdens of enlarged participation. Tho
cloistered life Isiot posslbla to tho potential
man or the nptentlal nation. Moreover,
tho Monroe Doctrine, stronger for n century's
maintenance, flxea an obligation of New
World sponsorship nnd Old World relation
ship. Our part must not bo dictatorial; It
must bo trusted leadership In a fraternity
of American republics,
OUR STRENGTH AT HOME
To meet the obligations wo must first
make sure of maintained mental, moral
and physical health at home, It Is good
to recall that ours Is the only major politi
cal party ever formed In this country on
a great moral Issue, Our first proclama
tion was human liberty, to be glorified by
tho spiritual and material development of
a free people. Wo opened the way to
higher human attainments and emphasized
human rights under the guaranties of civil
liberty. We need only to go on, Imbued
with the spirit which has thus far pointed
our way. The light of a moral people Is
the halo of liberty itself. Let ua be hon
est, not only In proclamation, but In prac
tice ; not alone in campaigns but In incum
bency of otflce; pot only before altars of
worship but In our dally affairs and In
every human relationship, If popular gov
ernment is to be held dependable and com
mand the confidence as well as the loyalty
of its citizenship, political parties and their
platform and their spokesmen must be
honest and sincere.
A PEOPLE'S WELFARE.
If we are to urge the world's attention to
International Justice we must hold secure
our civil Justice at home and make social
justice and attending welfare typical of our
national life. We have advanced wonder
fully, The reward of merit Is eternal, but
we can promote the development of merit.
I have spoken so emphatically for the
American producer that I want to add here
a committal to improved conditions of pro
duction. It Is good to gaze afar toward
markets we hope to attain in peaceful com
mercial conquest, but production 1 Itself
tbe maker of markets at home. To the
safety and Inviting environment of the la
borer we must add his growing merits of
compensation. Thfre can be no permanent
material good fortune that la not righteously
shared, there can be no real moral achieve
ment that does not lift the great rank and
file to an ever higher plane. Maintained Re
publican policies provide conditions for tbe
ideal advancement and continued uplift, and
it Is not too much to hope that we shall
acclaim the day when choice Instead of ne
cessity fixes the status of the American
wage-earner.
My countrymen, for two generations, with
short interruptions, the Republican party,
li) conscience, courage and capacity, has
been translating tbe dependable popular
sentiment of the Republic Into governmental
policy- W? have not yielded to the ex
pediency of adopting every ephemeral
whim, because devotion to- country and its I
ultimate gooq omimea atmann opposition
to a momentary popwianty. Tb final ap
peal to sober tuU!henco hna juttfled uup
coursa in inUiUc.il ?gbteousnw. jut v.-e
have been bo engrossed ln
America that we have not stoppi?
our own hearts for the soul of
In tho travail of Life, LlbertyHjj
Pursuit of Happiness tho Amerlck"
was born. Set aglow nl Bunker
was reflected In the faces of the pV-hn
of a fearless Republic, where men dedkij.
themselves to the solemn and momcL,
tnsk which wns traced by an Infinite h'a"
They were not nil Americans by birth, iL
they were dedicated Americans In the ba
tlsmal rites of a new republic and a net
Patriotism. Thev could not nil Alert tho Dew
duration of Independence, but they cpmt
mlttcd all Americans to It for all succeed
ing time. They could not all Join In mak
lng the Constitution, but they pledged the
succeeding millions of Americana to Its
everlasting defense.
There wero stalwart Americans then,
Americans from Great Britain with British
Idenls nnd their devotion to orderly gov
ernment. There were Americans from tho
land of Napoleon nnd Lafayette, to glvo
of the enthusiasm nnd heroism of France
In establishing new freedom. Thero went
Americans from Germany to fight the bat
tles of the Republic and blend their sturdl
ncss and thoroughness In tho progress of a
new people, not a new rnce. Thero were
Americans from the green fields ot Ireland,
with a passion for liberty, Americans from
southern Europo to battle fpr opportunity.
There wero Americans who enmo from op
prcsston nnd stood erect In the freedom of
tho Republic. They nil made common cause,
There wns lack of homogcrnelty of race, but
there was kinship of bouI, and that soul was
Amctlcnn. The gates to our ports have
swung Inward over since, thero has been a
welcome to the foreign-born, whom wo
asked to drink freely of tho waters of our
political llfo nnd find their places In tho
sun of American opportunity. They aro
nn Inseparable nnd important nnd valued
part of American sltlzcnshlp, nnd tho fw
zealots of any origin who violate our neu
trality do not and can not Impugn the
loyalty or tho Amerlcnn patriotism of that
grcnt body which adds to tho swelling
chorus of
"My country, 'tis of thee.
Sweet Land of Ltborty."
NATIONAL SYMPATHIES.
It Is not surprising that In their hearts
thero Is sympathy or partiality for the
land of their nativity when It Is Involved
In a life and death struggle like that
which saturates Europe with the blood of
their kinsmen. Search your hearts deeply,
my countrymen. Ono must bo human to
bo an American, ho must havo human sym
pathies and human loves, nnd I should pity
tho forclgn-born and the sons of foreign
born whose very souls are not wrung by
the cataclysmnl sorrow of the Old World,
But sorrow Is tho test of bouI nnd the very
altar of reconsecration. Thin Is the mo
mentous hour for tho blazing soul of,
Amorican allegiance. The spirit of tha
fathers Is calling, and tho safety of un
born Americans Is demanding nnd the se
curity of tho republlo Is requiring that
now nnd hero nnd everywhere, under tho
Htars and Stripes, we proclaim n plain,
simple, glad and unalterable Americanism.
It must bo tho offering of loyalty and de
votion and lovo nnd trust, and life. If need
bo, to theso United States, now and ever
lastingly. The Americanism which Indexes these
United States must tfc more than the con
secration of the InO? ual. In the great
fulfilment wo must i't.ve a citizenship les3
concerned about what the Government can
do for It and mort anxious about wha.t
It can do for the nation. There must be
tho submersion of Ucal and sectional views
and the standards of nationality reared
In their stead. Holding to tho Ideals of
Just American rights, the Government must
protect those rights, at home, on our bor
ders, on the seas, In every land and under
every sky.
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Seeking to practice tho very Amerlca'nlsm
I preach as Republican gospel, I am re
luctant to speak of a division of American
sentiment relating to our foreign affairs.
Ono must bo nn American first nnd a
pnrtlsan afterward, though we bellevo Re
publicanism Is the culture of highest Amer
icanism. But It must be said, for the
truth's sake and clearer understanding, we
have hungered In vain for that unflinching
Americanism nt Washington which is
needed to exalt the American soul. There
1h no geogrnphlo modification of American
rights. They nre the same In Mexico that
they are on the high seas, they are the)
ui In Europe that they are In Asia, and
.re sucrrd everywhere, and the American
spirit demands their fullest protection.
Whatever tho ultimate solution may be,
history will write Mexico as the title to the
humiliating recital of the greatest fiasco
In our foreign relations. Uncertainty, In
stability. Mexican contempt and waning
self-respect will be recorded in every chap
ter, nnd the pitiable story of sacrificed
American lives and tho destruction of law
fully held American property will emplia
hIzo the mistaken policy ot watchful wait
ing nnd wobbling warfare.
Under the pretext of noninterference the
-Democratic Administration miserably med
dled. In the name of peace that same Ad
ministration encouraged revolution, and
tho cost of American sacrifices was charged
to needloss war on Huerta, where the real
American expenditure required only the
voice of authority demanding protection to
American rights. The unbiased critic will
recite that the Democratic Administration
first coddled Villa as a patriot, then chased
him as a bandit.
Our civilization has evolved the rules
of right conduct, arid written them into
forms of government by law. They .were
conceived in Justice and developed In right
eousness. They have become Instinctive in
our American life, and are cherished as a
part of our people's inheritance. Our people
do not understand any suspension, they are
impelled to march on, confident and un
afraid. When the spirit ot American ac
complishment, or the mercies of American
ministration, or the Inclinations of Ameri
can teaching, or the adventures of Ameri
can development take our .people abroad,
under the compacts of civilization, they
have a right to believe that every guaranty
of American citizenship goes with them.
When It does not we have forfeited 'the
American Inher'tance.
OUR COURSE WITH EUROPE.
No political party can draw a variable
chart for our ship ot state amid Europe's
warring ambitions, lust for power or bat
tles for self-preservation. Justice points the
way through the safe channel of neutrality.
There are dangers, seeming or real, loom
ing on every side, hut we should feel se
cure along the course marked by Interna
tional law and our own conscientious con
victions of American rights. "STRAIGHT
AHEAD" shall be the command, and when
peace comes the sober Judgment of the
world will exalt us ever higher and higher
as a people strong In heart and noble In
the espousal of justice and justice's hu
manity. In that world-wide respect and
confidence which needs only to be pre
served, we sjiall have a. lofty place lu the,
great reconstruction, and wa reasonably"
may hope to see thla mighty republic again
ministering to the re-establishment of peace
and all Its precious blessings.
My countrymen, Americanism begtas at
home and radiate abroad, The republican
conception gives the first thought to a
free people and a fearless people, and be
speaks conditions at home for the highest
human attainment We believe in Ameri
can market for American product, Amer
ican wage for American workmen, Amer
ican opportunity for American genius uud
Industry, and American dfeme for Aratrl
cuu soli. American citizenship is the reflex
ot American conditions, and we believe
our policies make fog a fortunate people
for whom moral, material and educational
advancement la the open way foe glory
of our progress confirms. The anawerrt
aspirations of a new world civilization,, s
claim. We have taken the. (deal form "if
popular government and applied tks polMtat
which bad led continent ! tjs (Bin f
liberty and glorified the Rpjblj W fcawt
justified prlda and fortllWd top, W Mari
only to preserve and 4efnd, awl 41 na
fuluringly on. Fwr 1 th fwmtoi wf
mac and ctmiclsnso in feuekta t mwe-
ttttlvx ht Yxntr. It i$ sjort -American.
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