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Show REPUBLICANS IN I-RIG I-RIG CONVENTION I NATIONAL GATHERING OPENED B IN CHICAGO, CROWDS FILL- K ING THE COLISEUM. B Senator Harding or Ohio Is Elected H Temporary Chairman and Dellv- B ers the Keynoto Speech Committees Are. Named. H Chicago, Juno 7. Tho Renubllyu - party opened its great quudrdiiml H show tho national convention-5 J o- H day before a capacity houso. Despite B tho fact that tho proceedings of tho K first session wero to bo only prelim- K lnnry formalities, tho pcoplo flocked K to tho Coliseum by tho thousand nnd m poured through tho many entrances m in solid streams for hours. When B, Charles D. Hllles, chairman ot tho na- B tionnl committee, aroso at cloven B o'clock nnd took up the gavel 10 call Bf tho convention to order thoro was not ff ono vacant scat in tho Immense struc- K turo m It was a flno setting for nn Im- m- portnnt event. Tho Coliseum was dec- B orated as novor before, with flags and ", bunting draping tho girders and gal- B loricB and covering all bare spots on tho end walls. Up In a gallery at tho 1 south end of tho hall a brass band I was pouring forth patriotic and popu- S lar airs. Back of the speaker's ros- 1. trum, where sat Mr. Hllles and hla ,t working force of 35 mon, were grouped mnny members of tho diplomatic . corps who had como on from Washington, Wash-ington, and tho distinguished guests of tho convention, among them all Uv- Ing exchnirmnn of Republican national na-tional convention. To tho right andt left of thoso woro placed tho members ; or tho national committee aud their guests. . In the body of tho hall, directly in front of tho speaker's stand, wero tho ' 991 delegates gathered about their stato standards, and back of thorn 991 alternates. Just below tho rostrum ! and on both sides ot it wero tho 425 I working newspaper men, nnd in tho V galleries all-around tho hall wero tho thousands of spectators who had been 'l fortunate to obtain admission tickets. -1 Convention .Begins Business. 1 Mr. Hllles was heartily applauded when ho stood before tho throng, :,j gavel in hand. Ho npoko but briefly jjj in calling tho great gathering to or- ff der, and called on Rev. John Timothy W Stone, pastor of tho Fourth Presbyte- ' AsM rian church of Chicago, to deliver tho Hfl Invocation. Dr. Stone's eloquent and -B Impress! vo prayer' was followed by iH tho reading of the call for tho con- ventlon by James A. Reynolds of Mas- El sachusctts, secretary of tho national iB' committee. P Mr. Hillos then called for nomlna- g tlons for temporary chairman. Of C- co'urso tho selection of United States I Senator Charles Warren Harding ot 1 Ohio for that position had "been all f settled long ago and his election by W unanimous votq was only n formality. Ij Senator Harding Is nn Imposing fig- . It urc, and as ho accepted tho gavel I from, tho hands, of Mr. Hllles he was enthusiastically cheored. (t Chairman Harding's Address. f Chairman Harding launched at once H into his "keynoto" speoch, and did n not bolio his reputation for oloquenco I and deftness of phrase. Ho began with a warm plea for harmony in the party '-V ranks, coupled with tho confident as- '.1 sortlon that such harmony already J. was an assured tact. With unctuous sentonces ho skillfully oiled tho way t for tho smooth return of thoso who I loft tho party four years ago to follow ' the Bull Moose standard, and ho declared de-clared to them and to tho world that j ho did not bQl(ovo thoro was a really j reactionary Ropubllcan among tho , delegates, j As might havo been expected, Mr. f Harding early in his address took up j tho subject ot national defense. H1b i, utterances on this topic wero reason- ably emphatic and in lino with tho I propnrctlnoss sentiment that has been spreading over this land. Our national unselfishness hns .boon proved since tho groat war broke out, ho said, and our nntlonnl weakness In dofenso re- I vealed. Tho. forolgn policy of tho Democratic administration, both in relation re-lation to Europe nnd In tho matter of Moxlco, was doalt with in a fow cnus- i tio sentencos, nnd tho plan to "turn , ' looso" the Philippines also was scored. . Tho speaker dovoted Bomd" attention .J to tho need, from a Republican point f of view, for a protective tariff, and then turned to tho topic of American- t Ism. Horo he.onco moro let his olo- '. quenco havo1 full play, and his call for J loyalty, devotlbn and lovo for tho I United Statoa on tho part of overy ono of Its citizens was answorod by a roar ot chcors. "Vorlly, it is good to bo an Amer.1-can. Amer.1-can. And wc may rojolce to bo Re- , publicans," ho' concluded. Routine 'Business Transacted. 1 Whon IhoMn'd music that burst I g forth at tho end of Senator Harding's v" speoch wtiB over and tho assemblage quieted down again, tho other temporary tempo-rary offlcors wore nominated and elected, nnd thp chairman of tho various vari-ous state delegations woro callodk)n;to sond up tho names ot tho men soJbrd by tho delegations to reproscntom in tho committees on credentials, permanent per-manent organization, rules and ordor of business, nnd resolutions. In most cases tho names wore all ready and Were soon in possession "of tho secretaries. secre-taries. Somo nilscollaneouB buslnosa followed', fol-lowed', and Chairman Harding then do-clared do-clared tho convention adjourned until Thursday morning. Tho moinbors of tho commttoes at onco gathered in tho meotlngjfplaccB , iiBSlgnod them and took up their work. bo as to bo ready to report to tho second sec-ond session of tho convention. . ----t |