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Show ROOT CHOSEN CHAIRMAN iff M ELIHU ROOT. Chicago. Senator Elihu Hoot of New York on Tuesday delivered the keynote speech at the Republican national na-tional convention, after one of the warmest contests on record as lo who should bo hc led temporary chairman of the national body. The speech w as received with great enthusiasm by tho convention. Senator Root said the Republican party was entitled to a popular vote of confidence, having demonstrated! that It Is the party of afflrmatlvo con-! structlve policies, and hud given ef j fic.lent, honest and economical admin i Istratlon. lie quoted lresldent , Tuft's promise In his speecn of acceptance ac-ceptance four years ago, and Bald It had been faltfifully observed. He wont on to point out that the party stauds for a protective tariff, but la ready to rnmove any abuses of the tariff, and proposed to do this through having the facta ascertained by an Impartial commission. Senator Hoot endorsed the recommendations recom-mendations of the currency commls- jslon, and reviewed the beneficent acts of the administration in enforcing the 'anti trust law, tho pure food law, carrying car-rying on tho conservation work, and effecting great reforms la tho public ! service, in the Interests of economy. I He called aitentioti to the fact that the Democratic house had refused an appropriation for two battleships this .ear. Referring to the I'anama canal, he asked whether the people of America wished that the honors of tha "greater than a Roman triumph" be given, not to the men who executed the great design, but to the men wno opposed and scoffed and hindered and sought to frustrate the enterprise until un-til In splto of that its success was assured. as-sured. Asserting that tho Republican party will maintain the mwer and honor of the nation, be added that It also "will observe those limitations which the constitution sets up for the preservation preserva-tion of local self-government, and which prescribe the boundary of official of-ficial power." i New York Senator is Victor Over Roosevelt Roose-velt Candidate by 558 to 502. Chicago. The Taft an planters ui the opening session of the national Re-jmhl'cau Re-jmhl'cau convention on Tuettday put through the first rtlou of their program pro-gram by electing Senator Elihu Root of New York temporary chairman. In plte of the fact that Victor Rose-water, Rose-water, chairman of the national committee, com-mittee, "consistently ruled out of order very motion made by the Roosevelt forces, It required more than five hours to reach a vote on the chairmanship. The calling of the roll was beset with difficulties from the very first fiame on the list of delegates, but in tho end, when the tumult hud died away. Senator Root was found to have aron by a vote of 658 to 602 for Governor Gov-ernor FrancU K. McGovern of Wisconsin, Wiscon-sin, with fourteen scattering votes nd fdur not voting. Tuesday night both the Tart and Roosevelt forces were claiming that tlv! vote Indicates that their candidate Is sure to win. Those leaders who have been urging A compromise candidate ,ever since Uiy arrived In Chicago are pointing to another angle In the figure and claim they show that It is essential to name a so-called "dark horse" to save the day for the Republican party. While Mr. Root waa made chairman wd managed to deliver his "keynote ' speech, the fighting la to be renewe.i when the motion of the Rocwevelt lead-awn lead-awn to substitute a new list of dele-" dele-" cates for theme seated In some of the contested canes heard before the national na-tional committee is to bo takon up as the unfinished buwltiess. Chairman Victor Rosewater of the national committee, upon whose ghoul-flere ghoul-flere had fallen the ordinary perfunctory perfunc-tory duty of calling the convention to order and presenting the recommendations recommenda-tions of the convention for terniiorary officers of the convention, called the oavenUon to order at 12:02. The chaplain had hardly finished his Invocation of the divine blessing upon tha convention before Governor Had-ley Had-ley was on his feet objecting to the personae! of the convention Itself. Chairman Rosewater's ruling was to the effect that until the national com tnitteo had presented the temporary roll, made up from the credentials trom the Individual state and dis- Irtcta, and Its Judgment utwn contests. there was no convention; the gathering gather-ing waa a more mass meeting; nothing could be dojie until a preliminary organization or-ganization had been effected by the selection of a presiding officer. He hold that absolutoly no business was In order save the choice of such an officer. He said he had no desire to be arbitrary In his ruling and would allow tweniy minutes to each side to arent arguments on the subject. Those arguments were presented by Governor lladley and ex-Governor Fort of New Jersey on the Roosevelt side, ttnd by Representative Sereno Paine of New York and ex -Representative ' James K. Watson of Indiana In behalf! of the Taft people. After tho argti-i jnents were finished Chairman Rose-rwater Rose-rwater renewed his ruling that nothing under consideration but nominations nomina-tions for temporary chairman. He pointed to the recommendation pf Senator Root and asked for further nominations. The Roosevelt sldo made oo further opposition to this ruling and the roll call was begun at 3:15. The name of every individual delegate was called and It consumed three Jjours, yet every step of the proceedings proceed-ings wers heard with the keenest Interest. In-terest. Aside from the absence of the rough tactics which had been so elaborately elab-orately pmpared for by the heavy po Jlce guard and the extraordinary pains f the national committee officers to jruard against outbreaks of any kind, there were several remarkable things about the convention. It wan desper-aUely desper-aUely serious buslnem from beginning to end. There was absolutely none of that continued uproar extending Into Jong minutes, even hours, which have lately become a feature of political conventions. On the contrary there was a marked tenseness and an atmosphere atmo-sphere surcharged with waW-hfulncss. Well known leaders came Into the fcaJI unnoticed; there wan entire absence ab-sence of tributes of applause by state! delegations to "favorite sons." The! crowd gathered somewhat slowly and' aavs for the music of the band there! was nothing but the undertone of' conversation. After Root's election, when he came' upon the platform ths welcome to him j lasted perhaps thirty seconds. j With few exceptions the negTo dele- t:ate from the south, about whosej police were as nervous as anybody else. It was difficult for people with proper tickets, Including newnpaperj men, to get Into the hall. Sergeants I at arms, doorkeepers, ushers and ' other subordinate officials were so keenly alive to tho possibilities that their hands trembled as they took tickets. I'shers allowed people to their seats with furtive glances about them as If there were something ex plosive Just under their feet. steadfastness there has been so much speculation during the last few days, stood fast for the Taft candidate. When Senator Root began his keynote key-note speech, people In great numbers began to leave th'i hall. lie announced an-nounced then that he would suspend until all those who wished to go bad retired. Thousands then left; but nearly all tho delegates remained and listened to the speech with an Intent-Mien Intent-Mien of Interest very noticeable. T?vcn those who had most bitterly fought his1 election sat throughout and heard him to the end. When Senator Root finished amid Ion,' continued applause, pursuant to an agreement between the leaders of the factions, the whole busiucb of appointing ap-pointing committees and oilier pro ceedlngs naturally belonging to Tues-j day's work went over until Wednesday, Wednes-day, j Colonel Roosevelt several times on j Tuesday denied that lie has any Inlen-! lion of entering the convention hull to take chiirge of his own fight, but; the rumor is persistent that he has arranged ar-ranged for a proxy and that l will! make a pergonal appeal to the dele-1 gaten In bi half of his cause. j Colonel Roosevelt direct! il bU own j battle In the convention hall over a. telephone wire. Hidden away In a' room In his hotel he passe. most of the time with a receiver ut his ear. listening to report.! of his lieutenants and issuing orders in person. He was seen only once or twice during the day, as he hurried through the corridors He waved hiw hand and smiled at the' people who cheered him. In spite of i the high pressure under which he ties, been working, he appeared to To ns j vigorous as the day he left Oyster1 Bay. Policemen at every corner, at every door and In every aide were the dis-ingulshlng dis-ingulshlng feature of the nc-n at he Coliseum In the early hours before the doors were opened to ticket holders. The tension due to gereral expects- on and due lo tumu't .imis seem from the drop of the hat" at the open-1 ing of the Republican national conven j tion was apparent on all sides. Tbe |