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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
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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.