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Show 1C SMJILL5ET After Short Morning Session Delegates Are Given Recess Until Four NEWS OF AGREEMENT SOUNDLY CHEERED Report of Platform Committee i Expected to Start Off Oratorical Fireworks j COLISEUM Chicago, June 10. While awaiting Hie report of the plat-J i'orm committee the Republican national nation-al convention held a brief session ihis morning and then much to the dlsap-1 pointment of the galleries, took a re-' cess until 4 o'clock this afternoon. I When the convention assembled the! platform committee was engaged in the struggle over the plank on the peace treaty and It looked as if much time might be lost. There was a consideration of plans to go ahead with nominating speedier, while awaiting the platform report, but there was objection to that and it was abandoned. While the convention managers were debating what to do. the word came from downtowij that the platform sub-j I conimitee had agreed on a report and a i few minutes later Senator McCormick,( F of Illinois, one of the sub-comm;ttee.' members, appeared on the speakers'-f speakers'-f platform and announced that r.n unani- mous agreement had been reai 2d byi! ' ) the'sub-committeo which promised tin- , , Ion of the party apd victory in Novem-Motion Novem-Motion for Recess. 1 Mr. McCormick presented a motion : i? for a recess Until -1 o'clock but there,5 r' was a roar of ayes and noes frotn thej delegates and galleries and Chairman , Lodge was compelled to call for iii fjUndntg-votri nn-wliicTi ho'decided tmTft-, the majority wanted the recess. 'r Behind its schedule and still awn.it-' t ing the outcome of the platform fight the Republican national convention as-,( sembled today for its third session. U TVw, l-ncnlntlr.iw' pnnimilli'M flutt'll-I I xne resolutions cuiiimiuiue uu-town uu-town was a bigger show than the convention con-vention itself and there were prospects I of a small house. The band and the ' ..S bong- leaders went through the mo-i mo-i I tions of attempting to amuse the del-1 del-1 egatcs and visitors while they await-1 await-1 ed the opening hour. The sun was iff beating down mercilessly and giving forewarning of a sweltering day. 1 ,1 Cardinal Arrives. K Cardinal Gibbons, who was to offer if prayer today, was among the early a! k" arrivals, A committee escorted the j venerable churchman to the platform h l and as the delegatea and visitors caught a glimpse of his red cap and sash a ripple of applause swept the A tentativo agreement has been reached by the convention managers not to hear any nominating speeches until the platform liai. uecn presented. Under that arrangement today's pro-' pro-' vftiaedings would be devoted entirely to -'Ijjiilllns in'' speeches. i I', K Almost at the moment the conven- tlfuon managers made this agreement f (Sjihey received word that the platform f Kqnimitteo was about to agree that all jWanger of a split had been averted and jttliat the report would bp presented to-i Tday- A fulfillment of this later plan Jjumld bring on some of the nominating nominat-ing speeches today. I wThc news that the platform commit-1 tep was about to agree and let the1 waiting convention go ahead, put new I lffe; into convention hall and a wave' jgg otventhuslasm extended up into the SB band sUmd. , ifl Members of the national committee j s I who got news went Into a brief con- 1 fl I l f'frcnec to arrange the day's plans ac- I corfdlngly. JSsJil J Eleven o'clock, the opening t hour. J -oiled by and the convention was not called to order. Dolojfatea wor ar-ft ar-ft riving rapidly and the biff hall was I i'ii 1 1 of talk about the agreemant on 1 the i platform. Apparently there was i a to 00 no hurry in beginning- the ses- slon now that a report from the plal-B plal-B form committee was in sight I Nominating Siiecohos. I At eleven-twenty o'clock Senator 'i Miller of the Republican national com- j Wmlttce informed Governor Wlllla, off i J!? Ohio, who is to nominate Senator l&;Harding. that the convention would -j irocccd to nominating speeches while i awaiting the report irom tnc piatiormj ' lA'Ca conference of the leaders, how-Meruit how-Meruit was decided to recess until -1 J w clock this afternoon when the report I of (h"c platform committee will be ro- H' li ' civel k J .1 Cardinal's Prayer. Hi Chairman Lodge got the convention 11 n ofder at 11:20 by constant whack-1 H'il'u Ingfof the gavel and calls to the del- H'ilU'; gatc5;(o sit down. Il ' Cardinal Gibbons offerod prayer as f0'' Wo pray thee, O God of Might, Hi W' Wisuom and Justice, through whom Ht uutnority Is rightly administered, laws Ht areeaactcd and judgment decreed, CoucHsafe to Inspire thy servants, the (lH (.lUJns of America, to elect a chlof KJIi mnSstrate, whose administration will Ml iU bo Conducted In righteousness and bo IHI ' emlncntlv useful to thy people over I1' whom we shall preside, by oncourag-ll oncourag-ll I tig "flue 'respect for virtue and relig-Hfl relig-Hfl I ; i ion' !b'v a faithful execution Of laws in 11 i jujfco . and mercy and by restraining Mll I Vco and immorality. E I ! Uay Thy people always realize the IflflVviA Wired truth, that righteousness c.- i-i Uth a nation, but that sin maketh ilB " 1 --VoPle miserable. May they be intl-llll intl-llll ' '-Vfltilply persuaded, that 1C our nation IflV ; ifSlje perjiotuate.d, our government j ' Hp JContlnucd on Page JMct I Stage All Set for Big Events of Convention (Continued from page I.) must rest, not on formidable standing armies, not on dreadnaughts, for the 'race is not to the swlri. nor the bat-ile bat-ile to the strong." Honest in Dealings y "Msyg.th.ey be persuaded, thai, our government must rest upon the eternal eter-nal principle of truth. Justice and righteousness; on downright honesty in our dealings with (Jnreign nailons, and on the devout recognition of an overruling Providence, a ho has created cre-ated all ibir.gs by His power, governs ull thing.? by Him wisdom, and whusu eternul vigilance watches oyer ths nt-fairs nt-fairs of nations and of men, 'Mid without with-out whom not even a bird can fall lo the ground. "Unless the Lord build Iho house; they labor in vain to build i'-. nles.s the Lord keep the city, he watchetn in vain that kcepelh it. Reference w Lim bin "Grant. Lord that the ad:i.. initiation ini-tiation oK the new chief magistrate may rebound 10 the spiritual and material ma-terial welfare of the, commonwealth; to the suppression of sedition and anarchy; and to the strength and perpetuity per-petuity of our civil and political Institutions. In-stitutions. "I have seen 0 Lord, in my day a personal and living Witness Ol the many tremendous upheavals which threatened to rend the nation asunder, from tin- inauguration of Thy s i . nil Abraham Lincoln, even unto this day. Bui Thou hast saved us in the past by Thy all-mighty power, and I have an tV-" abiding confidence that Thou win he graciously with us in every future f emergency. Grant that the proceedings of tnis convention may be marked by a wisdom, wis-dom, discretion, concord, harmony and mutual forbearance, worthy of an enlightened and patriotic lody of merlcan citizens." The venerable cardinal, gowned in his flowing red robe and his grey head crowned by his red cap, made a striking strik-ing figure as he stood under the snow-white snow-white POundinK board. He looked over the audience as he delivered nil prayer and closeu with the Lords Prayer, as did the Episcopal clergy-j clergy-j man who led the convention in prayer J estei da.s . kgrccmcnt Announced Imediaiely at the conclusion of the 1 prayer, Senator McCormlck of the I Mibcommitice on resolutions took the plallorm ana reported that the con-j con-j vention huu agreed on a platform i which would make for union among l Republicans Whu I! would make victory vic-tory in November. 1 have to report that the committee commit-tee has unaminiously agreed upon a 1 platform Including ;i paragraph dealing deal-ing with th' irc-ty of peace," he I shouted to the convention wnilo a roar of cheers and applause greeted h.s announcement, ii would be nec-, nec-, eSsary, hn explained, for the sub-coniruittee sub-coniruittee to perfect us draft and submit sub-mit ii lo the full committee which uoulij consider 'line by line.' "It i3 the purpose of this convention that eery c.elegate should l- heard a in- desires, i am instrin tod to ; mov e a recess. |