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Show kBW I Republican THE COLISEUM J KNOX. IjA. FOLLETTE. t rvU four 1 teenth nn-ttoiml nn-ttoiml COll' vcntlon of the ltcpiilillcun pur-ecum pur-ecum at Chicago Chica-go to nominate cntidldntcH for president and vice president of tho United States. Ainonu Hi Vi x the well kuown H "UN C. FREMONT. " ,D " BJIB' probability will H, receive votes In tho convention for J tho presidential iioinlnntlon mny he J mentioned In alphnhetlcal order Jo H sepli O. Oinnon, Charles V. Fairbanks, H Joseph It, Fornkor, Charles li Hughes, H Philander C. Knox, vltobcrt M. La I'ol- letto and William II. Taft. From all the H states and territories 1)80 delegates will H bit in tho convention, which will he H culled to order by Hurry S. Sow, elialr B man of the Uepubllcan national com- ' mlttcv. A majority, or 41)1 votes, will H - Rtilllee to nominate. H Fifty-two years ntfo thu ilrst ltepiil) H1' Mean natlon.il convention, where can jf dldates were nominated, was held in ; Philadelphia. Hi Itobert Ilmuiet of New Vorl: wns H temporary chairmnn o. this hlstoilc i convention, which ennio to order til J Musical Fund linU, on Locust street H Tho pennnnelit chairman wus Henry J 8. I.ano of Indiana, .iliout TOO dele-, H gates and li.CKX) spectators were pros' Hi ent On the 18th of June tho famoiif Hr' "Pnthlluder of the Hockles," John U Hi Fremont, then of Cnliforulu, win HJi named for president on tbo Ilrst ballot HJL For vico president William L. Day toe jf ot New Jersey wus nominated. Day- H' ton received nil but thirty-oil" rotes or Hi1 the Ilrst ballot. Twenty of tho oppos H ing votes were cast for n comparative HJ ly obscuro lawyer of Sprltiglleld, III. L named Abraham Lincoln. H In 18G0 the Itepubllcau convention: Hit ilrst met iu Chicago, which has come H' . to be Its favorite meeting place. May H 18 the body was called to order In a H structure known as "the Wigwam" H about 10,000 peoplo being present. Wll H Ham II. Seward of New Yotk was tlif H leading cnndldato prior to the conven- HJ tlon and also on tho first ballot. Ills H same was placed before the conven- HJ tlon by William M. Kvarts of New Hi York. Norman J mid of Illinois placel H - Abraham Lincoln in nomination amid H tremendous applause and some hisses. J' Carl Sclmrr, then of Wisconsin, sec- j onded Soward's nomination. Mr. De- H lano of Ohio arose and said: H "I deslro to second the nomination H of the man who can split rails and H maul Democrats, Abraham Lincoln." H Lincoln passed Seward on the second j ballot and was nominated for president Hi on tho third ballot, receiving 354 votes j to 11014 for Seward. For the vice pres kH ' ' j iiusicAi, ru.ND lui.i,, ruit.AiiL'r.ritiA, H WJll.lll! l'ULMONl' WAS MUIIKATl'II IN Hi im. j idcucy nannlbal Hamlin of Maine was J nominated on tho second ballot, his j chief coniiHJtltor being Casslus Mnrtel W Ins Clay of Kentucky. Hi In IMS! tho contention met in Haiti- H! moro Juno 7, tho temporary chairman HH being tho vcnerublo Itev. Dr. Itobert J P ltrecklnrldgo of Kentucky, William H Dennlson of Ohio wus perui-JiuMi' fl chairmnn. Tho Front Street theater H was tho meeting place, and thu body H wni culled lv, somo northerners tho J National Union convention, preserve- H tlon of tho Union being tho paramount pR Issue. Lincoln was renominated for J1 president on tho Ilrst ballot. JK?" Tho celebrated "Pnrson" llrownlow of l Tennessee placed before tho house for k the vice presidency tho namo of An National! L By ROBERTUS LOVE ft Copyright, 190t, by Robertus Lovt. w FAIHUANK8. TAFT. drew Johnson of his state, a southerner who had stood stanchly by the Union cnuso during the war and wns exceptionally excep-tionally bitter in his denunciations of tho secessionists. Johnson was nominated nom-inated on tbo first ballot Tho 180S convention returned to tho early love, Chicago. May 25 wob the opening date. Crosby Opera House was the place. Tho temporary chairman chair-man wns Carl Schurz, that remarkable German-American who had becouio n major general in the Federal army during dur-ing tho war. General John A. Logan of Illinois placed General Grant In nomination. Tho general was nominated nomi-nated unanimously, the cheering lasting last-ing Half an hour. No other candidate wns considered. For vice president ex Senator Henry S. Lane of Indiana placed before tho convention tho name of Schuyler Colfax of his state, speaker speak-er of tho national house of represehta trves, who received the nomination. At tho convention of 18T2, held in Philadelphia, President Grant again received n unanimous no.nilnatlou. An effort wns made to renominate Vice President Colfax, but Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts wns declared tho nominee. " Cincinnati entertained the convention of 1870. Theodore M..Fomeroy of Now York presided temporarily, yielding the gavel to Kdwnrd McPherxon of Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, permanent chairman. The Imposition building wns tho scene 'of tho gathering. The convention met Juno 14. Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio was the nomlneo for president, nud William A. Wheeler of New York was named for Ico president. Tho Democrats Demo-crats uomlnnted Samuel J. Ttldeu of New York nnd Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana. So closo wns tho election that tho famous electoral commission of fifteen men wns created to determine deter-mine tho Issue. The commission declared de-clared the election of Hayes and Wheeler by n majority of one electoral vote. In tho convention James G. Illalne of Maine was n prominent candidate, can-didate, bolug plnccd beforo the house by Colonel itobert G. Ingcrsoll of Illinois, Illi-nois, who made on that occasion the celebrated "Plumed Knight" speech. In referring to n speech of Itlnlnc's In the houso of representatives Colonel Ingersoll said, "Ltko au armed warrior, war-rior, UKo a plumed knight, James G. Itlalnc marched down the halls of the American congress nnd threw his shining shin-ing lance full nud fair against tho brazen bra-zen forehead of every defnmer of this country nnd mnllgner of its honor." In 18S0 the Republicans met In Chicago, Chi-cago, In the Exposition building, described de-scribed by ono correspondent as "one of tho most splendid barns that were ever constructed." Ex-President Grant, who had been out of otilce one term, was mndo tho issue of this convention. A strong following proposed to make him again tbo candidate, but the opponents op-ponents of a third term wero still stronger. Iloscoo Conkling of New York placed Grant in nomination. Conkling was described by one' who saw him in this convention as a man who "has tho physique of a gladiator and the manner man-ner of a man who would enjoy being n king." Garfield nominated John Sherman of Ohio. James F, Joy of Michigan made tho nominating speech for Illalne, calling him James II. instead in-stead of James G. Nevertheless then1 was half au hour's cheering for the "Plumed Knight." Colonel Ingersoll, on tho platform, snatched a shawl from a lady's shoulders and Joined In tho enthusiasm. A deadlock between Grant and Illalne resulted In the nomination nomi-nation of a dark horse, Garfield. For vlco president Chester Alan Arthur of New York wns nominated. In the convention of 1SS4 at Chicago appeared as n delegate from New York a young man of twenty-six years who wns destined to become n foremost figure fig-ure In Republican councils. His namo was Theodora Roosevelt. Ho camo In wearing n straw hat and looking boyish, boy-ish, according to ono of tho New York newspaper correspondents, who thus described him further: "Theodoro Roosovelt, sitting by Georgo William Curtis, also mado r speech, showing himself for tho Ilrst time to the wctt-em wctt-em people and being somewhat cheered, ills squaro head, matted with short, dry sandy hair, and his eyeglasses anil nervously forclblo gesttnes were remarked." re-marked." Young Mr. Roosevelt's speech wns In ' Convention CHICAGO, JUNE U uuonnH. cAimon. favor of the selection of John R. Lynch, the first negro ever selected to prcsldo over a national convention as temporary chairman. Tho nominees of this convention were James G, Blaine of Malno for president and John A. Logan of Illinois Illi-nois for vice president At the convention of 1888 in Chicago Chi-cago Chaunccy M. Depew was a lending lend-ing candidate. John Sherman and illalne were also far to the front in the running. Colonel Ingersoll wus there, but he wns strongly opposed to the nomination of bls'Tlumed Knlgbt " Illalno was traveling in Europe at the time. Ingcrsoll favored Judge Walter Q. Gresham "of Indiana und Illinois." John Sherman led on the first and second ballots. Depew, who rau fourth, then withdrew. Ort- t 'cgnte voted for McKIuley, who uim.u and declared that he was for'John Sherman Sher-man and could not permit his name to go bpfore tho convention. After a struggle lasting six days Depew's New York strength was thrown to Iteuja-mtu Iteuja-mtu Harrison, who received the nomination nom-ination for president, with Levi P. Morton of New York as the vice presidential presi-dential nominee. William McKIuley was permanent chairmnn and J, Sloat Fassctt of New York temporary chairman of the lSD'J convention in Minneapolis beginning June 8. Iu this convention for the first time women delegntcs sati two o! that sex being accredited from a lie state of Wyoming, where women vote Speaker Thomas B. Reed was a spec tator in Exposition hall, close to tlif falls of St. Anthony, on the Missis slppl river, where the convention sat Mr. Depew also wns there with r. speech. McKIuley was "the most dra matlc I! guie In the hall, tho man win-looks win-looks like Napoleon." President Harrison Har-rison wns re-I re-I i J nominated or I li, the first ballot iv k fifk y I r o s 1 d o u t UW- 1 . ts VVuttolaw Reid, jyrHL editor of the -HJHHr: New York Trlb N ' UIln"l mou sly. I FKMJk ljL'l'L'w's el ffYKuMi lucnt speech In ilLs' BBltt u m n " ' "8 SkKjB Harrison was vJ-HHT the hit tbo TtPBBi Blaine ngalc ) ' Jf" lBI was placed la ' rUCTA nomination, re- chairman, re- Scclred 182 votes for tho uomlna tlon. Harrlsor "Uwv.n.,T1'UED nnd Held wer. defeated .In No vember by Cleveland nnd Adlnl E. Ste venson of Illinois. St. Louis was the convention city in IStKJ. Tho Auditorium, built specially for such affairs, held 17,000 people. Charles W. Fairbanks, then n candidate candi-date to succeed Senator Voorbecs of Indiana, was temporary chairman. Senator Thurston of Nebraska writ permanent chairman. For six weeks McKlnley's nomination had been a foregone conclusion. Garret A. Ho-bert Ho-bert of New Jersey was made the vIlm presidential nominee. A dramatic Incident was the withdrawal from the convention of Senator Teller of Colorado Colo-rado nnd other "free silver" delegates, tho convention having adopted n gold btumlnrd platform. Senntor Wolcott of Colorado was temporary chairman nud Senator Lodgo of Massachusetts permanent chairman of the 1000 convention In Philadelphia, where President McKlnley wus unanimously unani-mously renominated. Hy special invitation invi-tation seven of tho 1S5G convention survivors were present. Governoi Theodoro Roosovelt of New York was named for vice president against his own protest. Roosovelt was n delegate. dele-gate. Ho received all tho votes hut one, bis own. Iu 1001 at Chicago tlio temporary chairman was Ellhti Root and tho permanent per-manent clialnr.su Speaker Cannon. Cannon refused to run for vlco president presi-dent Senntor Cullom led an effort to nominate Congressman R. It. Illtt of Illinois for the pi a re. President Roosevelt Roose-velt and Senntor Fairbanks were unanimously unan-imously nominated for president and vice president |