Show IN 10 amid scenes of stirring enthusiasm delegates gather in chicago to name standard bearers open ng session devoted to select on of temporary officers and address by pres d ng 01 senator burrows of M ch gan chicago the republican national convention begun its deliberations at noon on tuesday june 16 in the presence of an assemblage of more than 14 people and am dst ast scenes ot of stirring enthusiasm the opening session lasted less than two hours just as the opening hour arrived the ohio delegation swung down the middle aisle bearing aloft a blue sil ken banner with the poi pol trait of oh 0 s pandi candidate date taft taft went up from a thou sand throats as the well known face of the secretary candidate was borne to the front cheer after cheer reached from floor to gallery and back 9 gain and for a time chairman new was unable to proceed with the open ing formalities again lv wisconsin iscon sin jirred the echoes with a real college yell which sounded through the build ing and exploded with a anal rah rah rah wisconsin closing it all fi nith ith the cry of la follette it was not until 12 18 that chairman new stilled the tumult and with brief formalities introduced the temporary presiding officer of the convention senator bur rows of michigan the venerable senator ator was warmly received and addressed the convention at some length during the course of senator bur tows lows speech a demonstration was a trade ade when he mentioned the name f president roosevelt there were also cheers for secretary tatt taft vice president fairbanks ellhu root and secretary cortelyou he concluded his speech after talking one hour and n ne tie minutes and a terrific outburst of applause greeted him as he finished the band instantly struck up a pat biotic melody and the delegates rising t their feet cheered the music liber ally when the applause and music tol fol lowing owing the conclusion of the temper ary chairman s address had subsided the list of temporary officers becom mended by the committee was read to the convention by L B gleason of new york chief assistant secretary an old fashioned rebel yell from kentucky greeted the motion of an appointee from that state on motion of charles H clark ot of X 4 MA iz HARRY S NEW charman republican nat onal com m atee atah woman delegate to convent on at ch cago cage chicago mrs lucy A dark clark of 0 brigham city was surprised tuesday to find hei bet self famo i la her fm me came through being permitted to 0 o sit and act with the utah delaga on in convention taking the place of delegate loose nho failed to at end nd nearly all the chicago papers p anted pictures of mrs dark clark among convention celebrities and she avas vas invited to speak before the chi pago sago woman s club on the subject of r oman suffrage connecticut the list of temporary of fibers was approved representative payne of new york was recognized to offer a resolution that until perma pernia bently organized the convention be guided ba b the rules of the last na dional convention it was adopted on motion of senator dupont the convention at 2 03 p in adjourned until 12 0 clock wednesday the doors of the convention hall were ere thrown open at 10 1 30 0 0 clock as the delegates and alternates began to file in high up in the girders of the great arching roof a band struck up america and the first scene of the 1908 gathering was under way sena tors heyburn and borah of idaho and representative boutell of illinois were the first platform guests to ar rive on the platform also prepared to take up his responsible duties was asher hinds the parliamentarian women were largely represented in the first of the arriving throng and took a lively interest t in the incidents cf of the opening in locating the d delegations in the body of the convention hall ohio was given the front of the stage as corn pared to all others which have can d dates the men from the home state of the secretary of war were placed immediately in front of the sr breakers eakers rostrum and on the right of that official as he faced the con N antion directly across the aisle was ind a ana on the right of the hoosiers was illinois and just beyond was biscon wiscon sin in the front row across the hall to the left was pennsylvania and on the extreme left came new york di behind ohio were minnesota connecticut colorado maine ne braska and michigan still further to the rear were ore gon georgia idaho north dakota ond vermont in view of the dele gates on the right of the hall were placed the territories alaska ha wai porto rico and the philippines crowded close upon the rear seats of the illinois men were maryland arkansas florida and iowa which is expected to furnish much of the gun lowder tor for such explosions as will ike tike place during the vice presidential ct struggle ruggle way back the last of all was placed oklahoma her standard being further to the rear than that of any of the states on the left of the I 1 all and on a line with the territories on the right texans give taft trousers chicago A remarkable pair of trousers has been presented to secre tary tatt taft in the name of the state of texas incidentally it is said the trousers were intended to focus eyes en n texas and the angora goat indus try of the state for the pants are made of mohair the product of clip pings from a famous angora goat irom texas tire the business men of san antonio sent the wool to phila delphia and had it made into mohair m which aich in turn was sent to mr taft s tailor talor in washington and made into a pair of trousers tor for the secretary of var v ar senator borah of idaho not in favor of th rd term idea chicago senator borah again de nied at the opening session of the he re lub publican lican national convention that he 1 lo 10 to spring a roosevelt third term stampede he denied it with ampha sis and said he was unable to ac count for the persistent coupling of ris Ns name with the plans the sena tor is believed to be more of a taft nan iran n an than a roosevelt in man an his re marks showed that he had no pa tience with the third term stampede plan t 1 a |