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Show TAFT 010 MAN OF CONVENTION. Columbus, O Although tho open Ing session of tho Ilcpubllcan stnto convention on Thursday waa of a very routlnn character, consisting chiefly of tho announcement of the rommlttcos nnd statu committeemen whom tho district delegations had chosen earlier In tho day. tho fact that tho socrctary of war, W II. Taft, tho temporary chairman, waa lo mako hla debut In his natlvu slata a a convention con-vention orator, drow a largo and very attentive audlenco. Ills appcarancn In Iho hall was tho signal for applause, and when ho was Introduced a tho presiding officer Din npplauso was lung continued. During Iho reading of his spooch hearty ap-plauso ap-plauso was glvon to tho mention of President Itoosovclt and to tho prosl-dent's prosl-dent's actions or policy, whllo occa. slonally a turn of oxprosslon caught tho fancy of tho crowd and brought out choors. |