Show TO NOMINATE mm republican national convention assembles hance cill calls the convention to order and nd delivers nn an address senator wolcott temporary chairman ovation oration to roosevelt at juno june IS 19 tile tho republican national uati oDil convention of 1100 was called to order by senator hanna and the racking excitement of conference and caucus of crashing bands and confusion of hotel corridors gives arfy wd to the definiteness and form of actual convention proceedings after being up half the night with the demou demonstration of marching men fireworks re works bands final caucuses cau cuse and earnest conferences the army of delegates and the conspicuous figures of the convention were slow to make their appearance the vice presidential issue appeared lobe to be uppermost in in mind ind notwithstanding the declaration araton of governor roosevelt and the confident predictions of senator 11 hannas n nna r friends that the roosevelt stampede had bad been met and turned the leaders woke up on the opening lay day of the convention in a half dazed condition over the uncertainty and conflict still existing V SENATOR file local papers gave prominence to the idea that Roosevel ts statement was lacking in it that definiteness and force of expression of which the gov er noris norlis a master when he desires to be exact this added to the doubt of mind among the delegates and tended to give the roosevelt movement another ID infusion fusion of energy even the governor himself was variously quoted some of the expressions amounting to a declaration that his statement must not cot be taken a as s a declination and that he would stand it if drafted at 1207 the first pronounced demonstration of the convention occurred governor roosevelt caune came in the main entrance and moved down the center isle ile he wore his rough rider hat bat and was instantly recognized A deep rp reverberation of the cheer greeted d him men jumped to their chairs to greet him and women fluttered their handkerchiefs chairman hanna faced the storm of applause with a resolute face his stern features did not relax but he be an ac as the applause broke here and there into a cheer when it had subsided he be brought down the gavel again tile the convention will come to order he shouted at exactly 1236 tho the convention will be opened with prayer he continued by the rev J gray bolton of the hope presbyterian church of philadelphia after prayer mr air canua stepped to the front of tile the platform surveyed the sea of faces face sand and in a clear voice began his speech of welcome in bidding you aou welcome bebe he began an 1 I also wish to congratulate you on the magnificent representation from the republican party there was no mistake in bringing the conr convention antion to philadelphia here was the cradle of liberty the birthplace of the republic and of 0 the republican party parly A wave of applause app lauso swept over the convention at the mention of the protective principle and as it subsided mr hanna proceeded we are on the eve of another great struggle already we are beginning to force out battalions under the leadership of our great statesman general william mckinley T that at was the signal and for the first time the convention broke forth in a w whirlwind of enthusiasm men and women sprang to their feet delegates spectators staid and distinguished guests nil all animated by a common purpose to do honor bonor to the president aud and with such a leader and such a cause there is no such word affail as Fail As mr hanna closed his speech with wibb a tribute to his colleagues on the national committee and referred to the close of his hia chairmanship he be spoke of the sterling service of the senator from colorado mr wolcott Wol colt to his party and pr presented ere ante 11 ill liim 13 i to the convention as temporary chairman mr wolcott began as follows since the first party convention in these united states there was waa never ono one gathered together under such hopeful and auspicious circumstances as those which surround us today united proud of 0 the achec achievements of the past four years our country prosperous and happy with nothing to regret and naught to make us ashamed with a record spotless and clean the tha republican party stands facing the dawn confident that the ticket it shall present will command public approval and that in the declaration of its principles and its purposes it will voice tile the aspirations and hopes of the vast majority of american freemen never in tile the memory ol of this generation has there stood at the head of the government a truer patriot a wiser or more courageous leader or a better example of the highest type of american manhood the victories of peace and the victories of war are alike inscribed upon ills his banner mr wolcott then called attention to the disastrous democratic regime of remarking remar kinc that then for the first time in more than a generation democracy had full sway with both houses of congress in party accord with the executive no summary of the unmerciful disasters of those four years can convey an idea of a tithe of the ruin they wrought the subjects of tariff Havi hawaiian alian islands pacific railroads trusts Gna Ont neca inces silver and the hispano american war next received attention it was pointed out how president mckimley McKi MeK uley luley bought to avoid that war but when it came he prosecuted it with vigor and ability the treaty of peace cuba and porto rico next received attention at length then the speaker turned to the philippines giving a sketch of the war an and d of the conditions there the american people are neither poltroons or pessimists lie he said and they h aw will ill not signalize the dawn of the ev new century by the surrender of either convictions or territory every soldier back from the islands and they are in almost every hamlet in the land returns an advocate of their our dead are buried along tho the sands of luzon and on its soil no foreign flag shall ever salute the dawn lie ile predicted victory in november and was enthusiastically cheered its as he sat down |