Show LEAGUE LEACUE CLUBS national convention at milwaukee alic president infantes david it II frnncis Po locra tic riss fusion ios in A after fter A it geld MILWAUKEE aug 25 special the na ka lonal ionel reau licau lica u league las bas literal ly of the cream city the exo thou aind ds dale legates gatea and the twelve visitor some eoma figoras put the tha number as high as aa twenty th inland Inu and have baye possession of the he hotels betels the c nb ab the tha ariu principal thorough fars farea Band and ta in fact act of evo jtb ng in sight fithian inspiring throng fall of vim and vigor nud of 0 predictions as 8 to 10 vi victory in november thauna to the capable work odthe of the numerous committees all of the preliminaries limin aries haye have been carried through without a hitch and once again milwaukee has haa d demo mo nitrated her capacity and capability as a convention city the street decorations are elaborate find and in many in instances decidedly artis artie tic the weather also is I 1 B fine and there is nothing in right bight that is likely to mar the success ol 01 the catherice gat herice bering although most moat ol of the delegations visiting clubs clabe arrived yesterday and last evening the trains this morning from the east and the North Nor thweat weA were running double sections se eions and were crowded to their fall capacity receptions Re captions committees with bands and banners were ware on hand at the depots and escorted the latest arrivals to their to 0 the strains efraina of patriotic music tien tea wes was the time lima aD appointed pointed for the opening of the convention but bat it vas over halt half on hour later when general E A mcalpin of new york the national president brought down his graved and announced that the ninth annual convention of the national republican Republic Au league of the united states wae in seE session sion the two thou sand delegates occupied the seats immediately facing the stage while around them hack back of them and above them was a sea of facos faces ren len thousand chairs chaira had been provided by the exposition committee but thess these accommodations were vera entirely and hundreds of veople were g a 1 to get even standing room the interior of the exposition was decorated doco doc ratel orated with a profusion of buntinx buni inz tag together baher wilh VA a number of designs il if of the important events in republican history while the stage was crowned with wo iwo mammoth pictures of mckinley and hobart among the bun freds on the platform were hon ban john Wanti wannamaker amaker ex postmaster general general russell rusell A alger aiger james martin perkins president of the american republican college league cyrus egland ot of kansas W T durbin of 0 ludiana indiana ex senator ingalls excog beseman la follette and most of the state presidents the distinguished of visitors were heartily cheered as they made their ap appear peart ance the welcoming preliminaries were first in order GoVernor upham spoke for the state mayor Rau for the city president samuel A harper for the wisconsin league and hon irving M bean f for or the local committee appropriate responses honses were made and the reading of the call was next on the program ram the salient features cf this address were tumultuously applauded it said in part 11 this convention is the most import ant in the history of the organization we are in the midst of a campaign which bids fair to be the most hotly coa contested tested ever witnessed in this country the foundation principles of our government aro are being threatened with destruction by the allied foicey ol of opposition to industrial pro progress greEs but this league as heretofore stands flimsy the ilia delegations deleza tiona of the republican national platform we appeal to the young men of the country in whose bands banda lies the power to settle the ques queen eions that now divide the political parties to range rane themselves on the side of 0 a sound currency a protective tariff and a return to that prosperity which the american people left in 2 after the reading ot of the call president mcalpin delivered his annual ad dress this ibis afternoon the delegates will be piyen given a ride upon the lake and herbee oher o wize entertained |