| Show LIGANS IN NATIONAL GATHERING OPENED I 1 IN CHICk CHICAGO GO CROWDS filling THE COLISEUM senator harding of ohio Is elected elecie d temporary chairman and delivers the keynote speech committees are named chicago june 7 the republican party opened its great quadrennial show ahe the national convention t today before a capacity house despite the fad fact thi that the proceedings of of the first session were ere to be only preliminary jiwa y formalities the ilia people flocked to the coliseum by the thousand and a and nd poured through t the a many enar entrances ades in solid streams for hours houis when charles D b hilles chairman of oe the national committee ata arose be at eleven and took up the gavel g a vel to call the convention to order there was not one vacant seat in the immense structure it was a flue fine setting for an important el event the coliseum w was s dec decorated as never before with flags and bunting draping the girders and galleries and covering cov erlna all bare spots on the end walls up in a gallery atthe t the south end end of the hall a brass band was pouring forth patriotic and popular airs back of the speakers rostrum where sat eat mr air hilles and his wo working aking force of 35 men were were grouped many members ot of the diplo diplomatic matio corps copa who had come an on from washington and the distinguished lied guests of the convention among them all living ex chairman of republican national convention to td the right and left of these were edthe members of the national committee and their guests in tle the body of 0 the hall directly in front of the speakers stand and merethe we rethe delegates gathered about their state standards and back of them alternates just below the tha rostrum and on both sides of it were working newspaper men and in the galleries all around the hall were the thousands thousand of spectators who had bad been fortunate to obtain admission tickets convention begins business mr air hilles was heartily applauded when he stood before the throng gavel in n hand he saoko but briefly in calling the great gathering to order and called on RV rev john timothy stone pastor of the fourth presbyterian church of chicago to deliver the invocation dr stones eloquent and impressive prayer was masi followed by the read iril of the call for theaon the con bention by james B reynolds of massachusetts secretary of the national committee bonim I 1 t tee mr air hilles then called for nominations for temporary chairman of course the selection of united states senator charles warrer warren harding of ohio for that position had bad been all settled long ago and his election by unanimous vote was only a formality senator harding la Is an imposing figure and as he accepted the gavel from the hands of mr air hilles he was enthusiastically cheered chairman hardings address chairman harding launched at once into his keynote speech and did not belle his reputation tor for eloquence and deftness of phrase he begin began with P warm plea for harmony in the pay party ranks coupled with the confident assertion that such t harmony already was an assured tact fact with unctuous sentences he be skillfully oiled the way ford for the smooth return of af those who left the party four years ago to follow the bull moose standard and he declared to them and to the world that he did not believe there was i a really reactionary republican among the delegates As might have heen expected mr air Harding early in his bis address took up bp the subject of national defense hla his utterances on this topic were reasonably emphatic and in line with the preparedness bentlin sentiment arit that has basla been een spreading over theland fhe land our national unselfishness has been proved since the great war broke out honald he ho said sald and our national weakness in defense revealed the foreign policy of the democratic administration both in re lation to europe an and d in the matter matier of mexico was dealt with in a few caustic sentences and he be plan to turn loos bobe i e the philippines also was scored the speaker devoted sonae attention 0 0 the need from a republican point of view for a protective tariff and then turned to theaople the topic tople of americanism here he once more let his eloquence quence have full play and his call for loyalty devotion and love for the tha united states on the part of every one of its citizens was answered by a I 1 roar of cheers verily it Is good to be an american america ca n and we may rejoice to be republicans public ans he concluded routine business transacted when the band music that burst forth atthe end of senator hardings speech was over and the assemblage quieted down again the other temporary officers were nominated and elected and the chairman ol of the various state delegations were called on to i disend send up the n names ames odthe of the men selected bythe by the delegations to 6 represent them on the committees on credentials permanent organization rules and order of business and resolutions in most cases tho the names were all ready and were soon eoon in III possession of the secretaries some ome miscellaneous business followed and chairman harding then declared the convention adjourned until thursday morning the members of the committees at once buce gathered in the meeting places assigned them thein and took up their work so as to bere be ready adyr to report to the seo ond and session of the conven convention tiou |
