4 INCIDENTS EXPECTED TO.PROVE HISTORIC IN AMERICAN POLITICAL ANNALS ARE IMPENDING AT CONVENTIONS NOISY BOYS OF 1912 MUCH SUBDUED Chicago Is No Place For the Shouting. Intolerant Par i tisan Rooters jki: [By a Staff Correspondent] Chicago, June 7. There's one thins about this convention which stands out in startling contrast to the tumultuous gathering of four years ago and that is the absence of the noisy, shouting partisan. There are probably a large number of the Roose velt men who turned things upside ■down in 1912 now in Chicago, but they are subdued and they are not march ing around like a lot of coal miners during a strike, singing and cheering and howling for the colonel. In fact, the Roosevelt men seem to be taking out their vim in wearing badges and bandannas. There have been fewer parades than Chicago expected and the band of fifty rieces engaged to meet delegations at the city gates and escort them over Belgian blocks to hotels has had little to do. The Indiana and Ohio delega tions came in without much fuss, al though the Columbus Glee Club won Instant attention. Massachusetts had a very dignified parade. It was made up of the aforesaid band headed by a ecore of sons of the Bay State now domiciled on the shores of 1-ake Mich igan, reinforced by sonic Weeks shouters, and it marched to the sta tion wearing white gloves and met the Massachusetts men headed by Sena tor Henry Cabot Bodge. The' l senator also had some Khode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire men with the Massachusetts delegation. He was an object of .veneration for he has been coming to conventions for years and this year is reported to have the plat form's main planks drafted in his own particular brand of choice English. The Pennsylvanians did not have a band when they came in. The Gover nor and his party arrived without any demonstration and hustled to rooms to make sure they had them. Then the special train containing the Penrose partisans came in under the protecting wing of W. Harry Baker. The Mary land contingent arrived wearing white yachting caps with "Maryland" in gold letters an inch and a half high on the black bands. There were two colored delegates or alternates in the bunch. lowans had a parade when they ar rived, but it was more of a demonstra tion for Cummins than anything else. Several men from that State under took to tell uninstructed Pennsylva nians that it was their duty to line up for Cummins because he came from the same part of the State that gave James G. Blaine, Philander Knox and Samuel C. Todd to the nation. The Kansas people did not need a band. They had felt sunflowers half a foot across on their coat lapels. A. B. H. Bryan on Job Both as Speaker and Reporter [By a Staff Correspondent] Chicago, June 7. William Jen nings Bryan is going to go back to Jiis old job here to-morrow and report the convention just like he used to do In the days when he was the star po litical reporter on Omaha newspapers. He is here on this mission, but he found time last night to deliver a lec ture and has a couple of other speak ing dates sandwiched in between. All the journalistic stars are here buzzing around the crowds and pre paring to write their impressions of the convention. Irwin S. Cobb. Sam Blythe, Arthur Brisbane and others noted in the magazines are complain ing about the lack of color and hoping for a row to start, while Mrs. Mary •Roberts Rinehart is here to help "Jim my" Michael cover the convention iitory for the Philadelphia Ledger. Col. rharles H. Huestis. editor in chief of the Philadelphia- Inquirer. is here working like the plain staff men, and K. A. Van Yalkenburg. the mainspring of the North American, is on hand, but is suspected of doing more political counselling than writing. "Dick" Beamish, of the Philadelphia Press, is combining work and the job of an as sistant secretary of the convention very efficiently. The Washington bureaus of the newspapers appear to have been de nuded of their men and some papers have a dozen. The Pittsburgh Ga zette-Times has four men alone. The Associated Press and other news associations have all their big men on hand and there are a lot of high brows here for magazines and periodicals. A. B. H. Entertaining Delegates by Card Index System TBy a Staff Correspondent] Chicago, June 7. Pennsylvania delegates and alternates arc .going to go home with some recollections of Chicagoan hospitality which will be worth while. Facts and figures and it must be confessed some fancies about Chicago are being presented to each in the form of a leather book with the name of the recipient in gilt. There are tickets to all kinds of func tions being pressed upon the delegates and many of the visitors and Thursday night there will bp fourteen convention balls given in as many hotels. Mayor Thompson has reduced the convention entertainment to a card in dex system and the delegates who are canny enough to let themselves be identified by means of badges or a con sequential air are whirled to their quarters, given cards of directions, the names of men who will be glad to en tertain them and so on. A committee of entertainment for the ladies has been provided and luncheons, teas and prize perform ances at a couple of theaters are on the list. The mayor has 100 fine automobiles for a week-end and the delegate who is real can get a ride up and down the lake front in a car manned by a chauffeur and footmen with the latest regalia.. Citizens abound in the hotels with blue badges announcing that they belong to the mayor's entertainment committee, and Monday, which was judicial election day, they were true friends to some of the Pennsylvanians. according to reliable information which reached me. In Illinois they have the same law as in Pennsylvania and when the freemen voted the thirst emporia were closed Chicago has the name f being an eminently practical city >et when you come to think about it the whole city took Saturday off to parade for pre paredness and there was no business done. The next day was Sunday with no business except at the cigar, soda and candy and old book stores. Mon day was primary day and some places were closed. Three days ofT and two of tbem with no places to relieve the drought, which is so fierce about con vention time. No wonder the mayor's committeemen were cherished. A. B. H. WEDNESDAY EVENING, CONVENTION ARENA AND MEN WHOSE POLITICAL FORTUNES ARE IN BALANCE - -"nr r* y '^FV*m From left to riuht—Theodore Roosevelt, A. B. Cummins, John W. Weeks, Elihu Root, L. Y. Sherman, Theodore B. Burton, Charles W. Fairbanks, Charles J57. Hughea. Interesting Facts and Figures on Convention Number of delegates: 956. Majority only necessary to a choice. Delegates chosen by primaries, 613: by conventions. 3 73. Sixteen candidates will be placed before the delegates. Nominating speeches, 10 min utes; seconding speeches, 5 min utes. Convention expects to get down to nominations on Friday. In 28 years every Republican presidential candidate has been chosen on first ballot. 12.400 persons can be accommo dated in the Coliseum. 4,000 persons can be seated in the Auditorium, where the Pro gressives are holding their side show. W.HARRY BAKER IS SOME ROOM PICKER Pennsylvania Delegation Head quarters Has 'All the Makings' For a Lovely Pink Tea [By a Staff Correspondent] Chicago, June 7. William Henry Baker, secretary of the Republican State committee. Is some picker of quarters. The headquarters he se lected for the Pennsylvania delegation is known officially as the French room at the Congress hotel and is a small apartment with gold chairs, mir rors set in paneled walls and ceiling decorations resembling warm after- noon scenes long the islands opposite the city before the authorities enforced the wearing of bathing suits. There are some vases worth the price of a ticket to the convention and various bits of bric-a-brac which, if the hotel people knew us well they would wrap in burlap. It is the dain tiest of the dainty rooms for pink teas, ladies' c'ub luncheons and lec tures on the cubic with which the modern big hotels abound. How Wil liam Henry came to select It Is what is interesting the Pennsylvanians. To sit in its reduced light is enough to make you want to talk about the latest color of ties or the newest style of shoes. But it's a fine location. It's right j off the main court of the Congress where the swirl is the fiercest and where the gaily dressed boys gather and the fellows who make a conven tion a society function like to pose and it's near the headquarters of John Hays Hammond's league, the Fair banks, Root. DuPont and other head quarters. Right near is the Francis I Toom where the Michigan people hold forth. Michigan has Ford and if you could'see the works of the old French masters and the splendid fur nishing of that room you could under stand. The Burton people are not far away from Pennsylvania in what is known as the Elizabethan room, while Cummins has the oak room on the same floor and Senator Sherman, who is commonly styled the "second Abra ham Lincoln" (when William S. Vare is not around to use that term for Gov ernor Brumbaugh); the leading "dark horse": the "favorite son of the Sanga mon" and various other terms which do not go well with a room which is so full of gilt that it Is called the gold room. But all these headquarters and not even Governor Weeks' "presidential suite" can come up to our Pennsylva nia quarters. Four years ago it was thought that a gymnasium with plenty of boxing gloves was the appropriate | place for our delegation. This year, 1 the year of the reunited party, we have a room that only needs a tea caddy and an alcohol lamp to make the setting complete. A. B. H. (Convention News on Page 5) HARDING MAKES KEYNOTE SPEECH Accuses Democrats of Insincer ity, Vacillation and Weakness i Chicago, 111., June 7.—Declarations for true Americanism, for adequate defense, for a protective tariff and for a stronger foreign policy which would protect a citizen of the United States wherever he went, marked the address of Senator Warren G. Harding, of | Ohio, on taking the platform as tem j porary chairman of the Republican convention hefe to-day. He accused the Democratic admin istration of insincere and inadequate preparedness measures, of vacillation and weakness in handling foreign af fairs and of a tariff and taxation policy which would have meant disaster had not the great war brought prosperity in spite of the situation, and which will ruin the country when the fever ish war boom passes. Holds Out Olive Branch In beginning his speech he held out the olive branch to the Progressives. He asked the Republican party to for get 1912. "We did not divide over fundamen tal principles, we did not disagree over a national policy," hr said. "We split over methods of party procedure and preferred personalities." A few moments later in his speech he added: "And the welcome delegate who em phasizes his progresslvism, is expected to do his part in making our party a reflex of the best thought and best in tent of sincere committal to the up lift and progress of the American peo ple, thereby strengthening party pur pose instead of magnifying individual belief, and he, too, will find new re joicing in being a Republican. No party can endure which is not pro gressive." Ridicules Army and Vary Plan After ridiculing Democratic plans for building up the army and navy he said that armed defense must ever be linked with industrial self-reliance and industrial preparedness is a prime ne cessity. He dwelt for some time on the tariff question, which he said had helped to make Germany great and was prob ably about to be adopted by Great Britain. "For myself I prefer a pro tective and productive tariff which prospers America first," he said. Present prosperity is only, he said, "the gold slucid from the river of blood poured out by the horrifying sacrifice of millions of our fellowmen," and permanent prosperity could only be based on the sound tariff law. Republicans would like to see jus tice to all the world, he said, and to have every nation bring its standard of living up to the highest in the world, which is the American. But to bring this about, he continued, the United States did not intend to try reducing American standards until conditions were equal to those abroad. He condemned the proposal to give up the Philippines. He also declared the part of the United States must be trusted leadership in a fraternity of American Republics. He praised the immigrant and said a few zealots of any origin who violate our neutrality can not impugn the loy alty of the mass. Chicago Has Window Boxes by the Mile [By a Staff Correspondent] Chicago. June 7.—The Windy City heard that we were coming and start ed to put up window boxes. It's got them by the mile. Some of the big office buildings are sporting big long boxes with geraniums and as for the apartment houses they are dotted with them. In the residential section there are hundreds and the big hotels go into big expenditures for them. One of Mayor Thompson's entertain ment committee, who usked me if I earno from North Dakota, suid in the course of conversation upon Chicago and what It is now doing for the making of a more beautiful city, that HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH > SOME STRIKING HARDING'S "KEYN "The country has regretted (1912), let us forget—and make amends to our country." "No party can endure which is not progressive." "Everything is abnormal except the depleted condition of the fed eral treasury, which is characteristic of Democratic control, and the facility of the administration for writing varied notes without effective notice." "....There is a warning in bleeding Europe, and there Ss a call to-day for prudent, patriotic and ample national defense." "We proclaim justice and we love peace, and we mean to have them —and we are not too proud to fight for them." "Our armed defense must ever be linked with our industrial self reliance, and the nation worth dying for must first be worth living for." "....I prefer a protective and productive tariff which prospers America first." "No one disputes a temporary prosperity In our land to-day. But it IS sectional in its factory aspect, abnormal in its fevered rush, fic titious in its essentials, and perverting in its tendency. Worse, it Is the gold sluiced from the river of blood poured out by the horrifying sacri fice of millions of fellowmen." "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." "....The few zealots of any origin who violate our neutrality do not and cannot imagine the loyalty or the American patriotism of that great body (of immigrants)." "....We have hungered in vain for that unflinching Americanism at Washington which is needed to exalt the American soul." "The unbiased critic will recite that the Democratic administration first coddled Villa as a patriot, then chased him as a bandit." "We 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." the window box was not regarded as a necessary part of the average resi dence and that there was no particular effort being made. "People all over the city have been putting them up and there is a good natured rivalry in some residential sections and even in apart ment houses to see who can have the finest. In the less affluent sections the kids attend to the competition and some of the boxes are worth while. A. B. H. PENNSYLVANIA HAS FOUR FAVORITES [Continued From First Pafto] united for the Governor have failed and it is believed that when the Re publicans get home there will be some doings on Capitol Hill. The unanimity with which the Pennsyl vania delegation acted late yesterday impressed many people in the con vention city. Stories had been circu lated of discord and factional fighting, but few delegations of the whole galaxy of States have given better evidence of harmony than Pennsyl vania. The only absentee was the Governor and he remained away, as stated by Commissioner Magee, out of a sense of delicacy, being a candi date. Every motion made was adopted unanimously. The Pennsylvania Progressives also acted with unanimity last night ana are as eager to-day to go ahead and nominate Roosevelt as any of the radical Westerners. As William Flinn said at the caucus, however, the ques tion is when it is best to nominate. Delegates Charles E. Landdis offered the resolution to approve what the Progressive National Committee has done in the way of statements. Mr. Wnnamakcr's Speech The Pennsylvania delegation leaped into prominence In the chaotic presi dential situation when John Wana maker, former Postmaster General ant" one of the delegates-at-large, called for harmony between the Re publicans and Progressives and the obliteration of State factionalism, to the end that the Wilson administra tion might be defeated in November. Sir. Wanamaker's call took the form of an address yesterday afternoon on the occasion of the regular organiza tion caucus of the delegation. The address was not scheduled, and for that reason its influence among the delegates, not only from Pennsyl vania, but also from other States, is being felt all the more. Senator Pen rose quickly arose and delivered a reply to Mr. Wanamaker, thus ef fectively halting a general discussion of presidential timber. The caucus, by the way, officially indorsed the action of the Philadel phia caucus, which restored Senator Penrose to State leadership. Vare- Brumbaugh delegates present offered no opposition. Senator Oliver was selected as the Pennsylvania repre sentative of the Resolutions' Commit tee. Believe Keynote Sounde<l Delegates who are now dscussing the Wanamaker-Penrose public ex change of thought, frequently declared the Wanamaker speech was one of the notable events of the preconvention period. It was generally held that the keynote of the present situation at last had been sounded. For up to this time no one has said anything which seemed aimed at clearing the at mosphere and accomplishing harmony. In short, the Pennsylvania delegation challenged a prompt crystallization of sentiment and a concentration of thought and effort in order that the days might not be wasted in futile, leaderless gossip. Mr. Wanamaker urged a union on one of the 15 candidates who are rep resented here by headquarters. This limitation may have been general and not specific. But among those who have headquarters here and very ac tive headquarters, is Colonel Roose velt, whom Mr. Wanamaker voted against in 1912. Others are Weeks, Root, Sherman, Fairbanks, Justice Hughes, Burton, MeOall, Cummins, du For.t and Brumbaugh. It was pointed out In this connection that Philander C. Knox is not represented by head quarters. Another feature of the address was that Mr. Wanamaker said he would like to And the headquarters of the reunited Republican party. Gover nor Brumbaugh's campaign commit tee was called the committee for a reunited Republican party. This point aroused much speculation. The caucus was attended by all but one of the 76 delegates nnd that one, Governor Brumbaugh. He was rep resented by his private secretary, Wil liam H. Ball, however, and of course by such of his friends as Congressman V&re and Public Service Commissioner Magee. Mr. Magee, who was chair men of the Brumbaugh caucus, Issued this statement: 'The Governor being a candidate be fore the convention and not having the united delegation of the State, the ethics of the situation suggested his nbsence from the meeting to-day. He does not wish to embarrass the de liberations of the members opposed to his candidacy." The caucus room was crowded, with as many standing as sitting. The busi- JUNE 7, 1916. ness of the meeting had been trans acted with machine-like precision ana dispatch and was on the point of ad journing when Senator Penrose as chairman gave the floor to Mr. Wana maker. Mr. Wanomukcr's Address In his address Mr. Wanamnker said: "I accept the honor of being a mem ber of the committee to notify the next President of his nomination by this convention. 1 would like to know whom the Pennsylvania delegates will unite upon or use their influence in the convention for. The haze of the smokestacks of Gary seems to have drifted over Chicago. I do not wish to pry into the secrets of the other seventy-five delegates, but I would like to find the headquarters of the re united Republican party. "We all wear pretty much the same shoes, but from the shoulders up it may be that our chairman can see farther than any of the rest of us. \\'e are now less than twenty-four hours before the opening of this convention and it seems to me we should get be hind our leader for the things we want to do. This will be the greatest of all national conventions; it certainly marks a crisis. In my boyhood I lived through one crisis and that's enough for one lifetime. "There is just one thing for Penn sylvania Republicans to do, and that is to get together. We can't all have our own way; we must give and take. After all, I believe that the split in our party was occasioned more by the con tests for leadership than by a division over principles, and now we are di vided into three groups, Republicans, Progressives and Democrats. There ought to be no differences between Re publicans and Progressives. They are all Republicans. Instead of the differ ences being fought out among the leaders, we delegates should get to gether. "It would be a dreadful thing if the party of Lincoln, Grant and McKiniey Is so split that the present Democratic administration would be continued in power. We should select our leader and secure the nomination of someone we can all rally behind. I appeal to you Pennsylvanians to try to get to gether. "I am not speaking at the request of your chairman or of any other dele gate. I am speaking my own mind. Let us unite on one of the fifteen men who have opened headquarters here. Any continuation of this fight will do harm to the future of the Republican party and our nation. Let us get to gether to make a Stronger America, that stands for just Americanism. "The opportunity confronts the Re publican party to make our country the greatest country of the world, but we can't do that if we are divided into factions. If we cunnot agree with each other, it will be a signal to the world that we are not to be listened to in the matter of peace. Let us unite, so that the greatest nation in the world may reach out its hands to the countries at war. There is an oppor tunity for the Republican party to be great and mfluentia! not only in this country but throughout the world." Reply by Senator Penrose Senator Penrose said in reply to Mr. Wanamaker: "We must all be impressed with what Mr. Wanamaker has said. A large number of the delegates to this convention are unlnstructed. There is no factionalism. There Is no obnoxious effort to force the candidacy of any one. To-day there is no evidence as to who will he nominated. Discussion and controversy is the predominating element of the situation. In this re spect it is different from other conven tions, and certainly if there is any thing in representative government it is a condition not altogether undesir able. particularly after the tremendous breach of 1 SI2. , "X have be<?n here since Friday and I find good feeling nil about. T have not detected any trace of animosity. According to the parliamentary pro cedure to be gone through with, it will be late on Saturday before the nomi nation of a presidential candidate is reached. Thereforo there will be full opportunity for an interchange of opinions and discussion as to avail ability of candidates. "It Is the duty of every Pennsylva nian to mingle among the delegates from other States ond ascertain the best thought as to the most desirable candidate. At the meeting of the dele got lon WP nrc going to have T will sub mit nil the information T have ob tained and be governed by your best Judgment. As for myself, f will vote for the man upon whom majority of the delegates agree, and he will be elected in November. "This is not a convention of leaders In the ordinary sense of the term. i Today's Convention Program 11 a. m.—Convention called to order by Chairman Charles D. Hilles, of the national committee. Reading of the call for the con vention by Secretary James B. Reynolds, of the national conven tion. Chairman Hilles presents as tem porary chairman, Senator Warren G. Harding, of Ohio, who will de liver his keynote address. Selection of the other temporary officers of the convention. Naming of committees on cre dentials, resolutions, permanent or ganization and rules, and order of business. There is no bartering or trafficking in delegates. This convention is corn posed of men of a higher standard than ever assembled for business, po litical or social purposes upon Ameri can soil. "The country is sick and tired of the incompetence of the Wilson adminis tration. The Republican nominee for President will sweep every State north of the Mason and Dixon line." Johnson Also for Harmony There were demands for a few words from Alba R. Johnson, and he expressed the hope that the Repub lican and Progressive parties would be welded into one party. "They are of one opinion," he said, "and we should here reach a verdict that will bring all together in support of it." Senator William C. Sproul, of Dela ware, said that Wanamaker and Mr. Johnson had fully expressed his senti ments. The caucus opened with State Chair man Crow in the chair. President Judge Brown, of the Philadelphia mu nicipal court, delegate from the Sec ond Congressional district, offered a resolution electing Senator Penrose as chairman of the delegation. This was adopted by acclamation. Senator Pen rose, who up to tliis time had been standing with the other delegates and next to his factional opponent. Con gressman Vare, then took the gavel. The fact that the Congressman and the Senator stood so close to each other without, saying a word evoked considerable comment. Senator Pen rose. meanwhile, looked curiously at the Congressman, and seemed on the point of saying something. However, Senator McNichol slapped the Con gressman on the shoulder, and all was well. Upon taking the chair to which Gov ernor Brumbaugh aspired Senator Penrose thanked hit colleagues and pointed out that the election was not legally necessary in view of the fact that he had been chosen at the Phila delphia caucus. That was in answer to the Brumbaugh contention that the Philadelphia meetinfrhad been illegally called. Make Committee Choices Senator Crow moved that Senator Oliver be Pennsylvania's representa tive on the resolutions committee of the convention, which will frame the platform. When that was adopted Senator Oliver moved that Congress man Griest, of Lancaster, serve as one of the vice-presidents of the conven tion and the motion was adopted. A. H. Gaffney, of McKean county, moved that James S. Beacom, of Westmore land county, be the representative on the credentials committee. Mr. Bea com is a Roosevelt man, so that it cannot, be charged that Pennsylvania Intends to have any hand In "stealing the roll," as it was said was done four years ago. Other elections to the convention committees were as follows: John S. Fisher, of Indiana, to per manent organization on motion of K. V. Babcock, of Pittsburgh; Guy W. Moore, of Luzerne, to rules and order of business on motion of John U. Halsey, of Luzerne; John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, to notify the nominee for President, on motion of Senator Sproul, of Delaware; Mayor Jermyn, of Scranton, to notify nominee for Vice-President, on motion of Senator Buckman, of Bucks. This business was concluded when Congressman Griest moved that the action of the Stpto in elect ing Senatr- n ~ notional enm -,i This motion 'vns adopted ' ,% enrose ad dressed the f'eU«: sat this point to tell them that dally meetings of the delegation would be held for the pur nose of harmonious conference as to the best course to pursue throughout the convention.
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