REPUBLICAN NEWS-ITEM Published by C. K DAI'BERMAX, Lessee LAPORTE PA. Cheer up once more. Soon will come the freckle harvest The fool who rocks the boat kills more than the icebergs do. What's the proper Scotch word for the blowing up of a golf bail? If every day were Sunday, think of all the money there would be in base ball. The political bosses are faring •worse this year than even the um pires. Stfll. before frying an egg by wire less it is of course necessary to catch the egg. The unslnkable boat and the aero plane that will not fall are still to be achieved. The sleeping porch i*" located first nowadays and then a house is built around it. New York has a society burglar, which shows how easy it is to break into society. Washington is a city of magnificent distances. Also it is magnificently distant for many an aspiring states man. New York now has a special force of policemen to guard shoppers, but even that w". not prevent bargain counter rushes. A woman in Philadelphia was lately convicted of being a common scold. But why single out a single poor woman? News of an elopement of ft yonng school girl in Atlantic City corrobo rates the report that mariage Is still prevalent. The meanest husband has been dis covered In New York. He wanted his wife's alimony cut down because she had gone to work. Tarring and feathering anarchists is not the best way to demonstrate that all the fools and misguided peo ple are anarchists. Stuffed humming birds are now up against potted English sparrows.. Ev erybody is invited to eat sparrows, the more the better. Now it is a German aviator to be tilled. At the present rate there '•£ no danger of accumulalirg a surplus population of airmen. Maybe the iceman will come down from his lofty perch when he hears that a machine has been invented for making ice In the home. One of the beauties of the sleeping porch at this time of the year is that one can enjoy a shower bath without arising from one's couch. A rich California girl has Just brok en her engagement with a European nobleman. This is infinitely better than repenting at leisure. England planted its first settlement in this country 305 years ago, but to day American millionaires are making settlements on the English. An eastern housewife has discov ered a way to make jam out of spin ach. Perhaps she'll make shredded wheat out of sideburns next. A Philadelphia man has gone to Brazil to take moving pictures of the boa constrictor. Imagine asking a boa constrictor to look pleasant! Two brothers have been brought to gether, after many years of separation, by means of a tattoo mark—which is the only excuse for tattooing. With baseball and presidential cam paigns going on simultaneously, con gress is one of the dullest institutions on this justly celebrated earth. Boston is to try using a "jointed snake" car on its crooked streets, showing that the Hub's versatility is equa- to its classic picturesqueness. A machine has been perfected by which the three dollar investor draws out five dollars. It's a fine machine, but the inventor has been arrested. Cornell scientists put radium, wire less, the telephone and antitoxins among the seven modern wonders of the world. But why overlook the kitchenette? Some Chicago bachelors would like to adopt sons, but object to wives. This shows to what depth of desperation the prevailing styles of feminine garb will drive particular men. It is a wise man who urges his friends to move into the suburbs; for then he may visit them and enjoy all the pleasures and delights of suburban life without any expense other than car fare. A Pittsburgh woman has a dog which swallowed lately n half-dollar and later on, probably stimulated by this taste of wealth, swallowed a S4OO diamond ring. As the owner of this dog of luxurious diet is not on the stage, it seems a great W'aste of busi ness possibilities. REPUBLICAN HOSTS THRONG THE CONVENTION CITY Lines Tightened at Chicago When It Became Apparent That the Race Between Taft and Roosevelt Was Neck and Neck. STRONG COMPROMISE TALK IS HEARD ON ALL SIDES Chicago.—Theodore Roosevelt's in vasion of Chicago bore fruit the first day; first, there were a half dozen short conferences between Itoosevelt and his leaders, and then things began to drop. Flinn saw the Colonel first. Then came Dixon. Moore of Pitts burgh made the next entry. Beveridge followed, and then, like a clap of thun der, came the announcement of a break in the Southern delegates from the Taft ranks. CJeorgia flopped first, with five and "more to come!" Then Mississippi put five over the plate. When this news was digested the Col onel said he was ready to see newspa per men. Theodore RoosA - elt chaacterized as "nonsense" reports that the Roosevelt men would bolt the Republican Na tional Convention if they were unable to overturn tho decisions of the na tional committee on Texas, Washing ton and other contests by action of the committee on credentials or appeal to the convention itself. Out of a chaos of claims and counter claims, reports of a "break" to Roose velt from the Taft ranks and a declara tion by the Taft managers that Colon el Roosevelt's attempts to "steal" their delegates had met with failure, there came the frank statement by Roosevelt leaders that regardless of what the final round-up of delegates may show Colonel Roosevelt will leave Chicago a nominee. Disquieting stories which found their way to the committee on ar rangements for the convention led to representatives calling on Mayor Car ter Harrison to seek the strongest de tail of police possible during the con vention days. There have been innumerable ru mors, for some of which the campaign managers were responsible, or more or less to be attributed to one enthusi astic Roosevelt man that fifty-six Taft delegates had swung over to the col onel, but on investigation it was found that what Senator Dixon had told this enthusiast was that "five or six" dele gates had swung over. When Elihu Root was selected by the Republican leaders as their choice for chairman of the convention it was with )he expectation, on life part 01 Mr. Barnes at ieast, thai possibly there might be a deadlock in the con vention and Presidential lightning would strike Mr. Root. Representative Sereno E. Payne of Auburn, N. Y., delegate to the conven tion from thu Thirty-sixth Congress district, speaking of the general situa tion. said: "This situation is different from any that has ever appeared in a Republi can convention. A fight is to be ex pected on the contested election cases on the floor of the convention and that will take up a lot of time, and there will be more debate than ever before on such matters. There is liable to be a hot tight on these cases, and also on the report of the committee on re solutions. "There will be, of course, a minority report of that committee, on which a GOVERNOR STUBBS V. £' J* J fight will be made. So you see 1 don't look for balloting until t » t is ended." Observant people at iue Congress hotel were amazed when they saw Victor Rosewater, who presided over the lively deliberations of the national committee, and who lost no opportuni ty to smite Roosevelt delegates over the head, emerge from the rooms of the Colonel. Colonel Roosevelt has spent his time sending for men whom he believed susceptible to a personal appeal and seeking to persuade them that the in terests of the great common people de pend on his nomination and election. I Both campaign managers issued • various statements, each claiming everything in sight, and most of which will probably be taken with some de gree of allowance. i Following the example of the mem bers of the Roosevelt family, who came to Chicago to see the show, the two Taft boys, Henry and Charlie, ar rived and took up quarters at the Blackstone. far from the madding Roosevelt in the lobby of the Con- I gress. Charles Warren Fairbanks, who had a lingering hope that the lightning would hit the tallest man first, also arrived and went to the Blackstone, as did Nicholas Murray Butler, who has come to line up the highbrows. Senator Agnew, of New York, arriv ed with a vest-pocket Hughes boom, which he took out and exhibited to a number of delegates. With the arrival of Senator Root the Taft Republicans turned their atten tion to the framing of the platform. Both the Taft and Roosevelt platform drafts had been outlined, and both were putin shape for submission to the committee on resolutions on short notice. Most of the work on the Roosevelt declarations was completed prior to Mr. Roosevelt's arrival in Chi cago, while the formal meeting over the Taft pronouncement was held in Senator Crane's rooms. DISCUSSING PLANS AND PROSPECTS ()ur photograph shows Congressman \V. Is. McKinley manager of Presi dent Taft's campaign, conferring wiih Charles B.Hilles, secretary to the president, who went to Chicago to take part in managing the contests before the national committee. The Taft meeting was attended by Senators Root and Crane, Pr. Nicholas Murray Hutler, Secretary Hilles, Rep resentative McKinley, manager of the Taft bureau; Representative Law rence, of Massachusetts, and Mr. Barnes, of New York. The discussion involved for the most part only the general policy to be fol lowed in the party statement. The Taft platform is brief. Attention is centred generally upon the issues raised by the present campaign. Tariff revision, with the aid of a tariff com mission, and a declaration upholding the courts, are included. Headed by "Dynamite Ed" Perry, chairman, tho Oklahoma delegation arrived. The delegates and their friends traveled in three special trains. More than six hundred are in the par ty, and headed by a brass band, march ed through the streets to their hotel, waving Roosevelt banners and singing a Roosevelt "houn" dawg" song. The New Jersey delegation also paraded behind a band when it ar rived. It swung down the street sing ing: '• Rah! rah! 'rah! Who are we? We are the delegates from New Jer see. Are we in it? Just you wait Till we give Teddy twenty-eight straight!" The delegation came into town al ready organized. Borden D. Whiting was named for national committee man, and as members of committees the following were chosen: Resolutions, George L. Record; cre dentials, J. Boyd Avis; rules. James G. Blauvelt. and permanent organizaticn, William G. Lord. The rival delegations from Massa chusetts came in, and each opened headquartiirs in the same hotel. The Roosevelt half of the delegation held a meeting in the evenirv with a pur pose to "harmonize things" as to the selection of members for the conven tion committees. Roosevelt delegates stated that there would be no change in the com plexion of the Massachusetts delega tion as to support of the rival candi dates. The Connecticut Taft delegation of fourteen arrived, bringing with them nearly a hundred enthusiasts, includ ing the alternates. Republican state lenders and visitors to the"convention. Governor Robert P. Bass of New Hampshire, a supporter of Roosevelt, accompanied the Taft delegation from that state, which arrived in a special car. The Nevada delegation elected some of its committeemen while en route, and on arrival announced them as fol lows: Chairman, E. E .Roberta; platform and resolutions, H. V. Moorehouse; credentials, E. E. Roberts; national committeeman, H. B. Maxon. In addition to the La Follette forces was the North Dakota delegation, a solid ten votes, they say, for La Fol lette from the first to the last ballot. William Jennings Bryan was a centre of attraction in the pre-convention scene, and, although appearing at the headquarters of leaders of a rival par ly as a newspaper reporter, had a de monstration from the throng of visi tors and delegates. Mr. Bryan had a personal chat with Theodore Roosevelt, after he had talk ed with Senator Dixon, the Rooseveit campaign director, and Representative McKinley, managing director of the Taft bureau. As he entered the hotel lobby, el bowing his way through the crowd, some one shouted, "Hurrah for Bryan!" and the Nebraskan received a demonstrative welcome. « At a meeting of woman suffragists resolutions were adopted that all wom en in the six States which have equal suffrage be advised to vote against the party which shall not have a plank in its platform favoring votes for women. Fifty-two organizations were represented, and the organizzation was affected with Mrs. Harriet Tread well as president. I ALL COMFORTS IN COLISEUM. Convention Hall Contains a Hospital and Police Headquarters. I Chicago.—Near-by cities have been called upon to send their most expert i thief catchers here, and ten of them j have responded. These men are al , ready patroling the hotels, pushing | their way through the crowds, and watching the hotels where the outlaw class would be likely to stop. Around the convention hall was stretched a rope, making a clear in closure in front of the six entrances to the Coliseum. After passing this inclosure the bearers of tickets had to undergo another scrutiny by the door-keepers, who had an ample guard of police to keep out those not entitled to admission. A curious feature of the situation is that Mayor Harrison re ceived requests for police protection from both the Taft and the Roosevelt representatives. Each side admitted possession of a great fear that the other side had resolved to do some desperate thing. The task of physical preparation for the convention was finished on time by the hundreds of carpenters, arti sans, and executives in whose hands ! the Chicago Coliseum had been for more than a month. Monday morning there assembled at the building the scores of ushers, messengers, pages, doorkeepers, and assistant Sergeants at Arm to receive the necessary'train- I ing and instruction in their important duties. A complete inner structure had been reared within the Coliseum and ; its adjoining annex and anteroom. |j WILLIAM FLINN SI Every chair of the 11,188 to accommo date the delegates, alternates, candi dates, correspondents, and the few favored private citizens was number ed. The hall is draped with colors. Harry S. New of Indianapolis, Wil liam F. Stone of Baltimore, and Ed win Thayer of Indianapolis are the men who hnve directed the activity during the weeks just past. As Chair man of the Sub-Committee on Ar rangements, all business has passed through Col. New's hands. As Sergeant at Arms. Mr. Stone has been the directing force in the or ganization of the motive power that handle the delegates and the public. Col. Thayer as chief assistant Ser geant at Arms, is charged with the task of running things. Back of the Coliseum hall, in the GOVERNOR HADLEY basement -f the annex, were the scores of telegraph instruments. Two telephone exchanges were installed on the main floor of the annex; a tempor ary hospital, with a full surgical equip ment, was constructed within easy reach of the convention auditorium, and police headquarters was opened iu the rear of the hall. On Monday there were three gath erings of convention crews for instruc tion and drill. The ushers met with William B. Austin of Chicago, Presi- ! dent of the Hamilton Club and chief usher for convention week. The dep uty Sergeants at Arms, pages, and messengers, numbering several hun dred more, met with Col. Thayer to learn their stations, duties, and pow ers of control over the audience. At an uptown hotel at the same time, La- | fayette F. Gleason of New York, met ' tli' l secretaries, reaOing clerks, and tally clerks to instruct l them in their duties and apportion the \ work for the week. Iron girders have been used to strengthen the floors and galleries of the Coliseum so that in case of a real stampede the old structure will be able to withstand the strain. It is evi dent. both from the manner in which the Coliseum's ancient timbers are be ing strengthen *d and the precautions to police the meeting place, that noth MRS. W. E. BORAH i.ig short of an uproar is during the convention. I Requests were made for many more | police than it was originally intended jto assign to the Coliseum. The Na tional Committee also arranged for the appointment of many sergAnts at-arms. These were selected entirely with au eye to the physical propor tions and prowess of the individuals assigned to "fixed posts" throughout the meeting place. In former years, persons not fortunate enough to ob tain tickets for the convention were passed in on sergeant-at-arms badges. This policy has been abandoned now and there is expected to be real need for "two-fisted men" ns one of the 1 aft managers expressed It. The threats of the third term men to force the Presidential electors to ' vote for the third term candidate, even if Mr. Taft Is renominated, are being reiterated. ROItiVELT GETS WILD WELCOME Colonel's Spectacular Arrival Causes Excitement in Ch cage. HOT SPEECH FROM BALCONY Tells Crcwd in Street That the Rob bers Won't Win—Meets Mob in Station —Police Swept Off their Feet by Throng. Chicago.—Four thousand persons Jammed the LaSalle Street Station when Roosevelt's train plowed into the shed. Despite the boulder on the track near Tarrytown, which delayed his train an hour, Roosevelt luck held good and the train pulled in one minute ahead of time. As the Colonel, wear ing his new fighting hat, a cc%promi6o between the sombrero and a rough rider's headgear, appeared, he was cheered by the crowd of his support ers and admirers. The hat was in the air throughout the automobile ride from the station to the Congress Ho tel. Alexander Revell, Roosevelt cam paign worker, was the first to shake the Colonel s hand. Then Sei.'ator Dixon, Roosevelt manager, was given a double handshake by his chief, and they walked down the trainslied arm in arm, guarded in front and rear by squads of police. Mrs. Roosevelt was lost in the shuf fle at the station. Wlie became separ ated from the main party, escorted only by former Governor Po.st, of l'or to Rico. They secured the last of the automobiles and went up a back street to the hotel. Colonel Roosevelt appeared to be in fine fettle and to thoroughly enjoy be ing on the battle ground in person. It was frankly acknowledged that long distance telephoning and telegraphing had tried the candidate's patience. His reception here was all that he could have desired. The streets from the station to the hotel were lined with people and many hundreds of the more enthusiastic among the admirers crowded about the automobile, making progress both alow and dangerous to the unheeding pedestrians. Colonel Roosevelt stood up in his machine dur ing the entire distance, waving his hat and smiling in characteristic fashion to the right and left. The ex-President had not been in the building 10 minutes before he deliver ed a speech l'rom the balcony of the hotel to the expectant thousands be low him. One burst of applause after another followed iiiu thitidis. lf»vsaid again that he was leading the peojWf'o fight and that the only hope of the country lay in him. "Theft won't win." That was the burden of the address. The speech lasted 10 or 15 minutes. That was long enough to show the candidate that the crowd was with him, whoever the convention might be for. It was undoubtedly a triumphal en try which the candidate made into the convention city. .Just how the people could have more emphatically express ed their preference is hard to see. With all the contests before the na tional committee decided, the most authoritative statements of the strength of the candidates before the balloting began, was as follows: Taft, 547; Roosevelt, 479; La Toi lette, 36; Cummins, 10; Hughes, 4; Lincoln, 2. The National Committee finished with the contests involving the seats of 254 delegates, giving 26 in Texas, 20 in Virginia. 14 in Washington and 2 in the District of Columbia to Taft and 4 in Texas and 2 in North Caro- v lina to Roosevelt. In all Taft got 234 delegates and Roosevelt 20. The Roosevelt managers are con ducting a vigorous campaign to swing the sixty-six Southern negro delegates who hold the balance of power from Taft to the Colonel. The greatest speakers of the negro race are exerting all their powers of eloquence at mass meetings in Roose velt's behalf andthe Colonel is gaining strength hourly. Charles W. Anderson, colored, of New York, internal revenue collector is in Chicago working for Taft among the negro delegates. Taft's friends claimed 555 delegates sure for the President. Conservative Roosevelt men conceded 535 to Taft. Advices received from Washington say that Sherman is willing to accept renomination as Vice President on the Taft ticket. In the event of the split of the col ored delegates, the balance of power is in the hauds of Robert M. La Kol lette, who controls twenty-six votes ifisolutely. Ten delegates, five from Georgia and five from Mississippi, flopped to Roosevelt, making a difference of twenty votes iu the estimates of ma jorities. Scores of delegations arrived in special trains and streets and hotels filled with excited throngs accom panied by bands and quartets. Governors of five states and repre sentatives of eight others gave what is considered a practical notice that their organizations will bolt Taft. William H. Hotchkiss, former Super intendent of Insurance iu New York, appeared in Chicago to boost the sen timent for Justice Hughes. Two women, the first to sit in na tional political conventions, arrived from California, clothed with full pow er as delegates.
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