| Show REPUBLICAN tr ll r PARTY lr J JUBILEE On Fiftieth Anniversary of Or Orr Organization Organization Hundreds Gather In Philadelphia I HALL WHERE IT WAS FORMED Men 1111 hll till for Tremont Wen turon rhoM rho If lIt lo to Ceh I Ill Ill tl hla June IT 1 In the same IDe a assembly s room In Musical Fund hall hili where on June 17 IT 1565 1 the Ute Republican can party opened o III IU its It diet convention which named Fremont and Dayton af as a Ito Ite It presidential ticket there 1 gathered fathered today hundreds bundred of or Republicans I cans rahl from different sections ot of the country to commemorate the vent It wee was the opening meeting of the Ie four days cel br bration of ot the fiftieth anniversary of or the Ite party under the Ih auspices of the National He Ito publican league which will mill II begin Its It annual annUlI I convention here hen tomorrow The old hall haU which hat hi change lit little littie tie tle II since line the Ibe convention was as held within UK lIs walls was a crowded with willi en on Republicans who h cheered every e time the name of nt a Republican president Ift was wu mentioned Among those thop who participated In III the exercises 1 were fre li 1 U men who had voted for tor or Tremont for president They Ater rh en toted the hall In a body bod and nd were wert as u assigned signed to seats In the front part of the auditorium The appearance of fit the theold theold old uld men wine some ml of ot whom hom could hardly hard I walk was U the th of ot long Ion and applause In the ranks of the Ute 16 12 was a delegate who pro proposed proPosed posed Jl the 11 name nam of or Abraham Lincoln for or vie vice pr but as HII the Illinois man mall wa was II n 11 rt t well known the nomina nomination lion tion went 11 to 1 It Dayton aton While th the meeting today commemorated orated the th of the first tint con oon convention convention It II wa was U devoted largely lariel to nd Rd A In memory of Abraham Lin Lincoln coIn coln Speaker Cannon of nt the he national house hou of or representatives and Secy see C of Treasury ur Shaw who were r to make were pre to b ha present 00 of presided and Introduced llev lief It ward M Jot LiT Lety II a Baptist clergyman cler man if f this city who delivered the Invocation J nt fit atthe the tho Ih opening i f the convention O SO do years e tr rj ago ngo He Ire performed a like to today t today day Oo Pennypacker delivered ir d an address Among other things he wild said Fittingly h we e meet within the Ih limits of that commonwealth In which the party had hal in ite 1 origin and which winch while receiving the last la t proportionate re rf reward reward ward has hu ever foer given to It the till most mol continuous and effective support Since the election r of f r Abraham Lincoln In iii 1860 HII Pennsylvania has ha h never cast an In electoral vote against a candidate of nt the Ihl Republican party parI for tor the presidency reel dency dene The Thc largest large t majority over re hy by h n a 1 r candidate In America was riven In l to ton ton toa n a Historical papers l were here read ly by VII WIIlIam VII lIam Ham Homes Harne Pr Sr of New f York ork who displayed dl a flag which covered Lin I colas bier us ns his hi lady l hod dy lay IllY In III state stale at al Albany 11 11 I Dr r Robert Reyburn Wash Washington Wll ash h ington who attended both Lincoln and Gar field 1 find and nd Jacob of Gf Heaver J lea JA Col A K McClure of hi Ihie city lIr delivered an nn address addres on Abraham A Lincoln in which he hI reviewed the Iho martyred presidents life Ute antI and the events of ot his ils hi time lime The program In Included Included numerous musical numbers |
