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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE, 20, 1900.
VOIITLEARH.
Senator Lodge Expresses Sor
row For the Opposition
In
His Speech Assuming Per
manent Chairmanship,
POINTS WITH PRIDE
To the Record of His Own Party
for Four Years.
Great Events With Which They
Have Been Crowded,
Philadelphia, June 20. In assuming
the permanent chairmanship of the
Kepublican national convention this af
ternoon Senator lienry Cabot Lodge of
Massachusetts spoke as follows:
Senator Lodge said:
One of the greatest honors that can fall
to any American in public life is to be
called to preside ovor a. Republican na
tional convention, llow great that honor
i.s you know, but you can not realize, nor
an 1 express the gratit ude which I feel
to you for having conferred it upon me.
1 can only say to you. in the simplest
phra.se, that 1 thank you from the bottom
.t my hewrt. "Beggar that I am, I am
ven poor in thanks, and yet I thank
yon."
We met again to nominate the next
president of the VniU'd States. Four
years have passed since we nominated the
soldier and statesman who is now presi
dent, ami who is soon to enter upon his
seeond term. Hi nee the Civil war no
presidential term has been so crowded
with great, events as that which is now
drawing to a close. They have been four
memorable years. To Republicans they
hhow a record of promises kept, of work
done, of unforeseen questionn met and an
eweml. To the Democrats they have been
generous in the exhibition of unfulfilled
predictions, in the ruin of their hopes of
t alamit y and in futile opposition to the
forces of the times and the aspirations of
the American people. I wish I could add
that t ney had been equally instructive to
our opponents, but while it is true that
tue I emo ra ts. like the Bourbons. learn
nothing, it is only too evident that the
familiar comparison, can not be completed,
tor they forget a great deal which - it
would be well for them to remember.
In. l'.t? we took the government and the
country from the hands of President
Cleveland, i f is party had ftbandoned him
and were joined to their idols, of which
he was no lonuer one. During the last
years of his term we had presented to us
the melancholy spectacle of a president
trying to govern without a party, me re
suit was that his policies were in ruin.
legislation was at a standstill and public
affairs were in a perilous and incoherent
condition. Party responsibilities had van
ished, ami with it all possibility of intelli
gent action demanded by the country at
home and abroad. It waa an interesting.
but by no- means singular display of Dem
ocratic uniitness for the practical work of
government. To the political student it
was instructive, to the country it was
extremely painful, to business disastrous.
We replaced this political chaos with a
president In thorough accord with his par
ty and the machinery or government be
gan again to move smoothly and effective
ly. Thus, we kept at once our promise of
TRtter and more efficient administration
In four months after the inauguration of
Prtsidf-nt MeKinley we had passed a. tariff
bill. For ten years the artificial agitation
in behalf of what was humorously called
tariff reform, and of what was really free
trade, bad kept business in a lerment, and
had brought a treasury deficit, paralyzed I
industries, depression, panic and finally
continuous bad times to a degree never
before Imagined. "Would you know the re
sult of our tariff legislation, look about
you. AVould you measure its success, rec
ollect that it is no longer an issue, that
our opponents, free traders as they are,
do not dare to make It an issue, that thero
Is not a state in the Union today which
could be carried for free trade against
protection. Never was a policy more fully
justified by its works, never was a prom
ise made by any party more absolutely
fulfilled.
Dominant among" the Issues of four
years ago was that of our monetary and
iinancial system. The Republican party
promised to uphold our credit, to protect
our currency from revolution and to main
tain the gold standard. We have done
so. We have done more. We have been
better than our promise. Failing to se
cure, after honest effort, any encourage
ment for international bimetallism, we
have passed a law strengthening the gold
standard and planting it more iirmly than
ever In our Iinancial system, improving
our banking laws, buttressing our credit
and refunding the public debt at two
per cent interest, the lowest rate in the
world. It was a great work well done.
The only argument the Democrats can ad
vance today in their own behalf on the
money question is that a Republican sen
ate, in th event of Democratic success,
would not permit the repeal of a Repub
lican law. This is a precious argument,
when looked with considerate eyes, and
quite worthy of the intellects which pro
duced. Apply it generally. Upon this
theory because we have defeated the sol
diers of Spain and sunk her ships we can
with safety dispense with the army and
tiie navy which did the work. Take an
other example. There has been a fire in
a. great clly; it has been checked and ex
tinguished; therefore let us abolish the
tire depart me-nt and cease to insure our
hopes. Distrust in our currency, the
dread of change, the deadly fear of a de
based standard were- raging four years
ago and business lay prostrate before
them, iiepnblican supremacy and Repub
lican legisla lion have extinguished the
fires of debt and fear, and business has
risen triumphant from the ashes. There
fore abolish your tire department, turn
out the. Republicans and put In power the
Incendiaries who lighted the flames and
trust what remains of Republican control
to avert fresh disaster. The proposition
Is its os .i refutation. The supremacy of
ihe party that has saved the standard of
sound money and guarded it by law is as
necessary for its security and for the ex
istence of honest wn ges and of business
eontidence now as it was in The mo
ment the Kepublican parly passes from
powtT and the party of free silver and
bat paper comes in, stable currency and
the gold standard, the standard of the
civilized world, are in imminent and dead
ly peril. Sound currency and a steadv
stand ml of value are today safe only In
Republican hands.
Hut there were still other questions In
ivi. We had already thwarted the ef
forts of the Cleveland administration to
thrown the Hawaiian islands back to their
dethroned queen, and to give Kngland a
foothold for her cables in the group. We
then said that we would settle finally the
.Hawaiian question., we have done so.
The traditional American policy has been
carried out. The flag of the Union floats
today over the crossroads of the Paciiic.
We promised to deal with the Cuban
question. Asain comes the reply, we have
done so. The long agony of the island
is ovti. Cuba is free. Rut this groat
"work brought with it events and issues
which no man had foreseen, for which no
party creed had provided a policy. The
crisis came, bringing war in its train. The
Republican president and the Republi
can -.'undress met the new trial in the old
spirit. We have fought the war with
Spain. The result is history known of ail
men. We have the perspective now of
only a short two years, and yet how clear
and bright the great farts stand out, like
mountain peaks, against the sky. while
the, gathering darkness of a Just oblivion
Is creeping fast over the low grounds
where lie forgotten the trivial and unim
portant thins:-', the criticisms and the
fault findings which seemed so huge when
we. still Mncreo: among them. Here they
are. these great facts. A war of a hun
d i' d da y s . with many l c t o ries and no
defeat s. with no prisoners taken from us
nd no advance stayed, with a triumphant
outcome startling in Us completeness and
in its world-wide meaning. Was ever a
war more justly entered upon, m'ore
quickly fought, more fully won, more
thorough in Ps results? Cuba is free.
Spain has been driven from the western
hv m lap here. i-Tesii glory has come to our
arms. and crowned our nag It 'was trie
work of the American people, but the Re
publican party with their instrument. Have
we not the right to say that, here, . too.
even as in the days of Abraham Lincoln,
we nave iougn a coon narnt: we nave
kept the faith; we have finished the work.
ar, however, is ever like the sword of
Alexander. It cuts the knots. It is a
great solvent and brings many results not
to be foreseen. The world forces unchain
ed in war perform in hours the work of
years of quiet. Spain sued for peace. How
was that peace to be made.' ihe answer
to this great question had to be given bv
the president of- the United States. We
were victorious in Cuba, in Porto Rico, in
the Philippines. Should we give those is-
anus Daek to Miain. JNever, was the
president s reply. Would any American
wish that he had answered otherwise?
Should we hand them over to some other
power? Never, was again the answer.
Would our pride and self-respect as a na
tion have submitted to any other reply?
Should we turn the islands, where we had
destroyed all existing sovereignty, loose
upon the world to be a prey to domestic
anarchy and the helpless spoil of some
other nation? Acrain the inevitable netra-
tive. Again the president answered as the '
nation he represented would have him an- ;
swer. He boldly took the Islands, took
them knowing well the burden and re- i
sponsibility, took them with a deep sense !
of duty to ourselves and others, guided
by a just foresight as to our future in
the eat. and with nn entire faith in the
ability of the American people to grapple
with the new task. When future conven
tions point to the deeds bv which the Re
publican party has made history they will
proclaim with especial pride that under
Republican administration the war ot
13 was fought and that the peace with ;
Spain was the work of William MeKinley.
So much for the past. We are proud of
it. but we do not expect to I'-ve upon it,
for the Republican party is pre-eminently
the party of action and its march is
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, the Inti
mate Friend of Governor Roosevelt.
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The permanent chairman of the Republican national convention who took
the gavel from Senator Wulcott at noon today and whose speech trans
mitted by the Associated Press appears in full on the second page of this paper.
ever forward. We are not so made that
we can be content to retreat, or to mark
time. The traditions of the early days of
our party are sacred to us, and are hos
tages given to the American people that
we will not be unworthy of the great
leaders who have gone. The deeds of yes
terday are in their turn a pledge and a
proof of what we promise we perform and
that the people who put faith in our dec
larations in 1836 were not deceived, and
may place the same trust in us in 3SH;0.
But our pathway has never lain among
dead issues, nor have we won our victor
ies and made history by delving in politi
cal graveyards. We are the party of to
day, with cheerful yesterdays and conli
dent tomorrows. The .living present is
ours, the present of prosperity and activ
ity in business, of good wages and Quick
payments, of labor employed, and capi
tal invested, of sunshine in the market
place and the stir of abounding life in the
workshop and on the farm. It is with
this that we have replaced the depression,
the doubts, the dull business, the low
wages, the idle labor, the frightened cap
ital ,the dark clouds which overhung in
dustry and agriculture in This is
what we would preserve, so far as sound
government and wise legislation can do
it. This is what we brought to the coun
try four years ago. This is what we offer
now. Again we promise that the protec
tive system shall be maintained and that
our great industrial interests shall go on
their way unshaken by the dire fear of
tariff agitation and of changing duties.
Again we declare that we will guard the
national credit, uphold a sound currency
based on gold, and keep the wages of the
working men, and the enterprise of the
man of business, free from that most
deadly of all evils, a liuctuating standard
of value. The deficit which made this
great country in a time of profound peace
a borrower of money to meet its current
expenditures has been replaced by abund
ant revenue., bringing a surplus due alike
to prosperity and to wise legislation, so
amnle that we can now safely promise
a large reduction of taxation without im
periling our credit or risking a resort to
loans.
We are prepared to take steps to re
vive and build up our merchant marine,
and thus put into American pockets the
money paid for carrying American
freights. Out of the abundant resources,
which our financial legislation has
brought us. we will build the Isthmian
canal .and lay the cable which will help
to turn the current of eastern trade to the
Golden Gate. We are on good terms with
all nations, and mean to remain so, while
we promise to insure our peace and safety
by maintaining the Monroe doctrine by
an.pl'1 coast defenses, and by building up
a navy which no one can challenge with
impu nttv.
The new problems brought by the war
we face with confidence in ourselves and
a still deeper eontidence in the American
people, who will deal justly and rightly
with the islands which have come into
their charge. The outcry against our new
possessions is as empty, as the cant about
militarism and "imperialism," is devoid
of sense and meaning. Regard for a mo
ment those who are loudest in shrieking
that the American people are about to
enter uton a career of oppression and that
the republic is in d;utper. Have they been
in the past the guards of freedom? Is
:?ctiti jor iiueiLv nuw uir iijuiiu liivjr-c
surely in the party which w.ia the de
fender of domestic slavery? Js the free
dom to be secured by the ascendancy of
the party which beneath our very eyes
seeks to establish through infamous laws
the despotic rule of a small and unscrup
ulous band of usurpers in Kentucky who
trampled there not upon the rights of
the black men only, bu of the whites,
and which seeks to extend the same sys
tem to North Carolina and Missouri? Has
it suddenly come to pass that the Demo
cratic party which today aims whenever
it acquires power to continue in office by
crushing out honest elections and popu
lar rule: has it indeed come to pass. I say.
that that party is the chosen protector of
libertv? If it were so the outlook would
be black indeed. No. The party of Lincoln
may best be trusted now, as in the past,
to be true even as he was true, to the
rights of man and to human freedom,
whether within the borders of the United
States or in the islands which have come
beneath our flair. The liberators may be
trusted to watch over the liberated. We
who freed Cuba will keep the pledge we
made to her and will guide her along the
road to independence and stable govern
ment until she is ready to settle her own
future by the free expression of her peo
ple's will. We will be faithful to the trust
imposed upon us and if among those to
whom this great work Is confined in Cuba,
or elsewhere, wrongdoers shall be found,
men not only ba.d in morals, but dead to
their cuty as Americiuis and false to the
honor of our name, we will punish, vhoae
basest of criminals; to the extent of the
law.
For the islands of Hawaii and Porto
Rico the political problem has been solved
and with Republican legislation they have
been given self-government and are peace
ful and prosperous under the rule of the
United States.
In the Philippines we were met by re
bellion, fomented by a self-seeking adven
turer and usurper. The duty of the presi
dent was to repress that rebellion; to see
to it that the authority of the United
States, as rightfully and as righteous in
Manila as in Philadelphia, was acknowl
edged and obeyed. That harsh and pain
ful duty President MeKinley has perform
ed firmly and justly, eager to resort to
gentle measures wherever possible, un
yielding when treachery and violence
made force necessary7. Unlike the oppo
nents of expansion we do not regard the
soldiers of Otis, Lawton and MacArthur,
as "an enemy's camp." In our eyes they
are the soldiers of the United States; they
are our army and we believe i-n them and
will sustain them. Even- now the Demo
crats are planning, if they get control of
the house." to cut off appropriations for
the army aid thus compel the withdrawal
of our troops from the Philippines.
The result would be to force the retire
ment of such soldiers as would remain in
Manila and their retreftt would be the sig
nal for the massacre and plunder of the
great bodv of peaceful inhabitants of the
islands who have trusted us to protect
and guard them. Such an event would be
an infamy. Is the government, is the
house, to be given over to a party capable
of such a policy?
Shall they not rather be intrusted to the
partv which will sustain the army and
suppress the brigands and guerillas wh
under pretense of war, are now addin
so freely to the list of crimes committed,
in the name of 1 berty by usurpers and
pretenders and who, buoyed up by Demo
cratic promises, keep up a highwayman's
warfare in hope of Democratic success in
November? It is for the American people
to decide this question. Our position is
plain. The restoration of peace and order
now so nearly reached in the Philippines
shall be completed. Civil government shall
be established .nd the people advanced
as rapidly as possible along the road to
entire freedom and to self-government
under our flag. We will not abandon our
task. We will neither surrender nor re
treat. We will not write failure across
this page of our history. We will do our
duty, our full cuty, to the people of the
Philippines and strive by every means to
give them freedom, contentment and
prosperity. We have no belief in the old
slave holders doctrine that the constitu
tion of its own force marches into every
newly acquired territory and this doctrine,
which we cast cut in 1SG0. we still reject.
We do not mean that the Philippines shall
come without tariff system or become
part of our body politic. We do mean that
they shall, under our teaching, learn to
govern themselves and remain under our
flag with the largest possible measure of
home rule. We make no hypocritical pre
tenses of bein? interested in the Philip
pines solely on account of others. While
we regard the welfare of thos people as
a sacred trust, we regard the welfare of
the American people first. We see our
duty to ourselves as well as to others. We
believe in trade expansion. By every legiti
mate means within the province of gov
ernment and legislation we mean to
stimulate the expansion of our trade and
"to open new markets. Greatest of all
markets is China. Our trade there is
growing by ieaps and bounds. Manila,
the prize of war, gives us inestimable ad
vantages in developing that trade. It Is
the cornerstone of our eastern policy and
the briiliart diplomacy of John Hav in
securing from all nations a guarantee nf
our treaty rights and of the open door in
China rests upon it. We ask the Ameri
can people -whether they will throw away
these new markets and widening oppor
tunities for trade and commerce, by put
ting in power the Democratic party, who
seek under cover of a newly discovered
affection for the rights of man, to give
up these islands of the east and make
Dewey's victory fruitless? The choice lies
between this Democratic policy of retreat,
and the Republican policy, which would
hold -the islands, give them freedom and
prosperity and enlarge those great oppor
tunities for ourselves and our posterity.
Thf Democratic attitude toward the
Philippines rests wholly upon the proposi
tion that the American people have nei' Ti
er the capacity nor the honestv to deal
rightly with these islands. They assume
that we shrill fail. They fall down and
worship a Chinese half-breed whose name
they had never heard three years ago,
and they slander and cry down, and doubt
t he honor of American sailors and sol
diers, of admirals and generals., and pub
lic men who have gone in and out before
us during an entire lifetime. We are true
to our own. "We have no distrust of the
honor, the humanity, the capacity of the
American people. To feel or do otherwise
is to douoi ourselves, our government and
our civilization. We take isstie with the
Democrats who would cast off the Philip
pines because the American people can
not be trusted with them, and we declare
i that the American, people can be trtiFtei
to deal jimly, wisely and jrenerously with
tnese distant islands and will lift thm
tip to a higher prosperity, a bro-tdt-r free
dom and a nobler ci vilix.3 tion than they
have ever known. We have not failed
eisewher-. We shall not fail here.
Those are the ouestions we present to
the American people in regard to the
Philippines. Do they want such a h'jtrril-iatins-
change there as Democratic victory
would bring? Do they want an even more
radical change at home? Suppose the
candidate of the Democrats, the Popu
lists, the foea of expansion, the dissatis
fied and the envious should come into
power, what kind of an administration
would he give us? What would his cabi
net be? Think what an electric spark of
confideree would run through every busi
ness interest in the country when such a
cabinet was announced, as we can read
ily imagine he would make. More im
portant still, we ask the American peotde
whether they will put in the White House
the hero of uncounted platforms, the
prodigf.! spendthrift of words, the cham
pion ni free silver, the opponent of ex
pansion, the assailant of the courts; or
whether they -vill retain in the presidency
the Tr.ion soldier, the leader of thn house
of representatives : the trained statesman
who has borne victoriously the heavv bur
dens of the last four years; the champion
of protection and solid money: the fear
less supporter of law and order whnrever
the flag floats?
But there is one question which we will
put to the American people in this cam
paign which includes and outweighs all
others. We will say to them: You were
in the depths of adversity under the last
Democratic administration, you are on
the heights of prosperity today. Will that
prosperity continue if vou make a change
in your president and in the party which
administers your government? How long
will your good times last if you turn out
the Republicans and give political power
to those who crv nothing but "Woe. woe."
the lovers jf calamity and foes of pros
perity who hold success in business to be
a crime and regard thrift as a misde
meanor. If the Democrats should win do
you think business would improve? Do
you think that prices would remain
Fteady, that wages would rise and em
ployment increase when that result of the
election was known? Business confidence
rests largely upon sentiment. Do you
think that sentiment would be a hope
ful one the dav after Rryan's election?
Business confidence is a delicate plant. Do
you think it would nourish with the Dem
ocratic party? Do you know that if Bryan
were elected the day after the news was
flashed over the country wages would go
down, prices would decline and that the
great amount of American business now
forging ahead over calm waters, with fair
breezes and with swelling canvas would
begin to take in sail and seek the shelter
and anchorage of the nearest harbor? Do
you not know from recent, and bitter ex
perience what that arrest of movement
that fVar of the future means? It means
the contraction of business, the reduction
of employment, the increase of the unem
ployed, lower wages, hard times, distress,
unhappiness. We do not say that we have
panaceas for every human ill. We do not
claim that any po'iicv wc. or any one else
can offer will drive "from the world sor
row and suffering and poverty, but we
say that so far as government and legis
lation can secure the prosperity and well
being of the American people, our admin
istration and our policies will do it.
We point to the adversity of the Cleve
land years lying dark behind us. It has
been replaced by the prosperity of the
MeKinley years. L-t them make what
ever explanation they will, the facts are
with us. It is on these facts that we
shall ask for the support of the American
people. What we have done is known and
about what we intend to do there is neith
er secrecy nor deception. What we prom
ise we will perform. Our old policies are
here, alive, successful and full of vigor.
Our new policies have begun and for them
we ask support. When the clouds of im
pending civil war hung dark over the
country In we took up the great task
then laid upon us and never flinched un
til we had carried it through to victory.
Now, at the dawn of a new century, with
new policies and new opportunities' open
ing before us in the bright sunshine of
prosperity, we again ask the American
people to entrust us with their future.
We have profound faith in the people.
We do not distrust their capacity of meet
ing the new responsibilities even as they
met the old aryl we shall await with eon
tidence. under the leadership of William
MeKinley, the verdict of November.
NEW YORK FOR WOODRUFF.
Hard Blow Given to the Roosevelt
Vice Presidential Boom.
Philadelphia, June 20. Lieutenant
Governor Timothy L. Woodruff will be
presented to the convention as the can
didate of New York for vice president.
It was decided to do this after a four"
hours' stormy session of the New York
delegation, during which every kind
of appeal was made to get Governor
Roosevelt to say that he would accept
a rominatlon.
The vice presidential situation is still
mixed because it 13 assorted that New
York makes this move so as to go into
the convention with a candidate and
yet hoping that Roosevelt will be nomi
nated. Senator Hanna has stated that
he controls the delegates to such an
extent that he can romir.ate any can
didate he pleases, and it is not known
that he has withdrawn his objections
to Woodruff.
The latter was as much surprised as
anybody over the result. The idea
seems to he prevalent that Secretary
Lon is the most favored candidate,
with a probability that Roosevelt may
stiil be nominated. Governor Roose
velt believes that his wishes having
been respected by his own delegation he
is finally out of the race.
"What is the situation. Senator?"
"Roosevelt is out of it, and will not
be rominated."
The question was put to Senator
Hanna and that is the way he answered
it. This was after another effort during
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Vice Presidential Possibility.
the day to stampede the delegates to
Roosevelt. As before the effort was
made by New York and Pennsylvania.
Piatt and tjtiay through their lieuten
ants vorked all day to make Roose
velt the candidate. The stampede
which had been checked and turned
the previous night was begun early
yesterday morning. Many stories were
circulated. Roosevelt was cuoted as
saying absolutely that he would ac
cept if nominated. He was also quoted
as having a change of heart and want
ing the nomination. In fact all kinds
of rumors were in circulation and the
situation remained cloudy all day and
did not clear very much in the evening.
One thing definitely developed. Theye
is to be a fight. The nomination is not
to lie made without a contest. Serin tor
Hanna is doing- all he can to defeat
Roosevelt, and has determined to con
tirue on that line to the end. He is
lining up the friends of the adminis
tration against Roosevelt. In this he i!
acting in harmony with the wishes of
Roosevelt", who has urged all delegates
visiting him not to vote for him for
vice president.
The next serious proposition that
confronts Mr. Hanna is what he shall
do as between Long and Dolliver.
There is a popular sentiment for Dol
liver in the west that is hard to over
come. Long is regarded as a passive
kind of a candidate, and while no objec
tion is urged against him, he does not
attract the delegates. But he is Mr.
H anna's personal choice and is pre
ferred by the president. Dolliver's
friends have :ointed out to Senator
Hanna that the Iowa candidate has
now got into the fight so far that he
wants to win, to which H.rna re
plied that defeat would not injure Dol
liver. He has already acquired a great
deal of prominence, says Hanna, and
he will not he injured if he should be
defeated by a candidate like Long.
In making the fight against Roose
velt. Hanna finds the opponents of
Roosevelt divided, some for Long and
some for Dolliver. The auestion tit
transferring the vote from one to the
other without nominating the man
they wish to defeat is a difficult prob
lem. "If we can't do it then we have
not got control of the convention," said
Senator Hanna. "If the friends of the
president cannot agree upon a candi
date and by their differences cause the
nomination, of a man that is not wanted
and does not want the place, they wi'i
have to take the responsibility for it."
Senator Hanna did not believe there
would be a loss of more than a few
votes, although Dolliver men in the
west declare that they will not vote for
Long1, and there seems to be a large
number of eastern men who are now for
Long who say they prefer Roosevelt to
Dolliver.
The conferences between Hanna and
Piatt were an interesting feature of the
vice presidential contest. Hanna talked
to Piatt as he had talked to Odell and
Quig the day before. He told him that
because Piatt did not want Roosevelt in
New York was no reason why he should
attempt to force him upon the party in
national politics. Piatt then tried to get
an agreement from Hanna to support
Odell, and this was rerused on the
ground of being unjust to the other can
didates in the field. Piatt asked for
time and the matter went back to the
New York delegation. The contest has
not assumed any such definite form as
to even approximate the relative
strength of the three candidates, for the
votes for the others in view of develop
ments cannot be considered more than
complimentary. The action of different
delegations have some significance.
New Jersey with 20 votes and California
with IS declared for Long. Other states
evinced a desire to support any candi
date agreeable to the president, whi'e
there are a number of states in the west
that are determined to vote for Roose
velt. In Maryland there was a curious
action. The delegation was favorable to
Roosevelt but decided to take him at his
word and not support him. Then they
heard that the administration was for
Long and a number of them sent word
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to Hanna that Long's nomination would
make it difficult to carry that state on
account of the feeling for Admiral
I Schley who lis a native of Maryland.
Tnese delegates preferred to vote for
Dolliver for these reasons.
The Kansas delegation determined to
vote for Roosevelt and told him so. Wis
consin is another state which seems to
be determined to vote for Roosevelt.
It was rumored that a message had
been received from the president saying
that the convention must remain ua
trammeled and that the administration
must not be brought into the matter in
any way. To whom it was sent if at all
could not be learned, although it was
said Senator Har.r.a had received such a
message. The senator, when asked if he
had received a telegram to that effect
replied that he had not received a tele
gram from the president since he had
been in Philadelphia.
The New York delegation met at 10:13
p. m., tiO delegates being present. Gov
ernor Roosevelt was greeted by cheers
when he entered the room.
Chairman Dopew said the meeting
was called for the purpose of deciding
whether the New York state delegation
should act upon a nomination for vice
president. Governor Roosevelt had made
a statement of his position, but that
statement had not stopped the senti
ment in his favor. He moved that Lieu
tenant Governor Woodruff be allowed
the privileges of the floor, and this was
ordered.
Mr. Woodruff said: "I have from the
beginning cf the consideration of this
subject occupied one position, and that
was if at any time it should be apparent
that the convention desired or demand
ed the nomination of Governor Roose
velt he should feel himself obligated to
respond iavoraDly; I would not be in
line against him. Otherwise I would
ask for the support of the delegates of
the state of New York, a considerable
number of whom at one time and an
other have told me that they would
give me the support. I thank them. I
lind from all I have heard since I have
been here that the delegation want Gov
ernor Roosevelt nominated for vice
president. I believe that a verv laree
majority, not only a very large
majority but practically all of the
members of this delegation desire it.
Having no Dreference for any other
man, it does seem to me impossible
that he could resist such a demand.
For that reason I have not asked any
member to support my candidacy.
Tt seems to me that time has now
arrived when it should b? determined
whether or not New Yoru is to have
a candidate, Governor Ro vsevelt or
somebody else, because I'beiieve it nec
essary to the success of the Republican
party as the state of New York is con
cerned. We ouzht to have the vice
presidential nomination. Our statj will
be tne battleground In the campaign.
If Governor Roosevelt or some other
man from New York is not nominated
by the convention our success w ill cer
tainly be imperiled. Tha onditions
have been such during the past few
days that it does seem to me that this
delegation should settle the matter
among themselves."
Governor Roosevelt spoke nxt. He
snii: "Gentlemen and fellow delegates:
After listening to the equally genero?3
and dignified statement of the lieuten
ant governor, it is due to him that I
should say one word as to my posi
tion. It is simply to ask you to take
the words I have uttered as at their
face value. If you don't think I mean
them, you don't believe in. me for vice
president or anything else. But if you
think I mean them, then I ask you to
stand by me. After a long consulta
tion with many men, not a few of whom
are present here tonight. I definitely
took the position that I did not wish to
be nominated, for vice president; that if
the Republican party chose to renomi
nate me for governor I should be
pleased to accept. I took that posi
tion not in the least from regard to my
own personal predilections but in the
belief that there I could do the best
service the best work because I have
never felt that I had a right to say that
if nominated I should refuse. Certain
men have seemed to doubt me as to
what I meant to say. Now, gentlemen,
I want to repeat to you the last sen
tence, word for word., of the statement
I made yesterday.
The governor then said with em
phasis: "I earnestly ask that every
friend of mine in the convention will
respect my wishes and my judgment in
the matter, and I ask it now of you,
my fellow delegates, of you. my friends!
who cannot be any more jealous than I
am of the grand name of the parly and
the party's success in New York state "
(Applause.)
Mr. Wraldo urged the delegation to
take Governor Roosevelt at his word.
He begged the delegation to agree upon
a candidate, but they certainly could
rot decide upon Roosevelt, he said,
when the governor had earnestly re
quested not to support him. There w as
then but one candidate before the dele
gation, Mr. Waldo said, who had any
considerable support, and that was
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, and the
whole delegation should support him.
as Governor Roosevelt was not a can
didate." He closed by moving that Lieutenant
Governor Woodruff be made the choice
of the delegation for vice president.
James B. Howe seconded the .nomina
tion. Mr. "Woodruff then said: "If I
thought I could be nominated by this
convention I certainly would encourage
the sentiment which my friend from
Biooklyn has pressed. But there is
an ur-.t ertainty as to whether I can be
nominated even if presented by the
state. There i3 not a man in the room
who does not know that Governor
Roosevelt can be nominated and 'hat
ho would be satisfactory to every man
in the convention. There may be those
w.io lor reasons best known to them
selves, but not to me, seek to nomirate
some one else. No one else could be
nominated who would be near as
strong. Under these circumstances it
does seem to me that Governor Roose
velt ought to be the selection of New
Yolk state, not necessarily that the
delegation should present his name, but
that he should take the nomination.
Unless this delegation decides upon
some one the nomination will go else
w here to a state where the Republican
majority is a hundred thousand."
Turning to Governor Roosevelt he
said: "I know that you are absolutely
sincere and I know that you desire the
gubernatorial nomination, but there is
no question that the feeling among the
delegates here makes your nomination
absolutely inevitable. As long as there
is any possibility of accepting the nom
ination it is right that you should re
ceive it by acclamation."
Mr. Mitchell declared that there was
only one man who could strengthen the
ticket and that was Roosevelt. "If we
do not present him," he said, "let us
present no one."
General Francis Green said: I
think it would be a serious mistake to
nominate Governor Roosevelt for vice
president a serious mistake for the
party at large, for the party in New
Y'ork and for Roosevelt himself. In my
humble judgment he is the strongest
man in the state for the office of gover
nor. It is very doubtful if any one else
can be elected governor. I think if he
is not the candidate for governor, we
will lose the state of New York, and
thereby lose the nation.
I agree that the state of New York
ought to have a candidate. The gover
nor, does not wish the vice presidency.
To whom then shall we turn. The lieu
tenant governor is a worthy candidate.
Edward Lauteibach, of New Y'ork.
who has been or.e of the most ardent
supporters of the Roosevelt vice presi
dential boom, made an earnest plea for
Roosevelt to take the nomination.
Mr. Lauterbach finished by saying,
after a passionate appeal to Roosevelt
to take the nomination, "I don't think
we ought to select a candidate, but sim
ply let the convention do so and Gov
ernor Roosevelt not declining, will be
nominated."
Chairman Depew said the question
before the body was Mr. Wallace's mo
tion to make Woodruff the candidate.
In an instant a delegate jumped to his
feet ar.d made a motion to substitute
the name of Governor Roosevelt. There
were cries of "No" and several counter
motions to lay on the table and adjourn
were made. Finally, a brief recess was
taken after the Kings county men made
a last appeal for Mr. WToodruft.
.When the gavel fell again, Mr. Depew
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put the Woodruff motion and the dele
gates carried it with a few dissenting
votes and the caucus adjourned.
SEATON ASTONISHES QUAKERS
Greetings That the Atchison Delegate
Didn't Know What to Blake Of.
Philadelphia, June 20. In the Chest
nut Hill neighborhood in this town
abides a very pious Episcopal clergy
man, and his parishioners make his life
the example of their daily conduct.
Among other things he has taught
them, especially the women, to greet
their neighbors and all others whom
thev meet in the street in the early part
of the day with,"Christ indeed is risen."
It has been the custom of the neighbor
hood so long that the dear women de
liver themselves of this beautiful senti
ment instinctively and the men accept
it has a part of the duty women owe
them.
Early yesterday morning Captain Jno.
Seaton, "patriarch of the Kansas dele
gation, was strolling along one of the
shaded avenues of this neighborhood
and was astonished to be greeted in this
strange manner by a good, motherly
sort of a woman. She said it simply
and passed on her way. The incident
had hardly passed from his mind when
another soft voice greeted him, "Christ
indeed is risen." She. too, went her way
quietly and the Atchison ironmaster be
gan to think he had wandered into a
neighborhood of cranks. Yet these wo
men were so sweet and well dressed
that he waa filled with wonder.
A third woman met him. "Christ in
deed is risen," she said.
"Yes,"responded the good captain, "so
the lady back there just told me."
Stole 800 Chickens.
Wellington, June 20. Frank Hunter
had nearly 800 young chickens stolen
Saturday night from the yards back of
the mills. Many of the them were just
big enough to fry but the thief didn't
stop to seleet rners only, tie tooK ev
ervthing in sight. Some little chicks
that were hatched only the day before
were taken together with the mother
hen. His loss was $200.
KANSASJEWS.
Where Has Rev. Mr. T. 11. James
Disappeared?
Nothing Has Been Heard From
the Oakley Pastor.
LEFT IN EARLY MAT.
Went to England to Take Charge
of a Fortune.
Heads of Churches He Had En
dowed Anxious For Funds.
Kansas City, June 20. Rev. Mr. T. H.
James, the Methodist minister at Oak
ley, Kan., who started in May for Eng
land to get a fortune that he claims is
his by inheritance, has not been heard
from and a number of the Methodists
of the two Kansas Citys are becoming
alarmed. Rev. Mr. James promised the
Bethany hospital an endowment of
$60,000 and said that his intentions were
to endow a $1,000,000 Methodist uni
versity to be instituted in Kansas
City.
Rev. Dr. W. P. George, pastor of the
estminster Presbyterian church. read
a letter at the Methodist ministers'
meeting yesterday morning that had
been received by Chancellor Stephens,
of the Kansas City university, from Mr.
Heintz, of Pittsburg, Pa., lately return
ed from England.
The letter stated that prior to June 1
Mr. James had not reached England.
Mr. Heintz investigated the matter per
sonally and found that a large number
of letters awaited him and that his ar
rival was expected, but it was certain
that up to June 1 Mr. James had not ar
rived. He started for England nearly
a month ago, and his non-arrival is a
mystery. A cablegram will be sent
to England from Kansas City and if it
is found that he has not arrived, the
case will be investigated.
S. E. Betts. superintendent of Bethany
nospitai, started last night for Oakley,
Kan., Mr. James' home. It has been re
ported that his wife has received a let
ter from him. Mr. Betts has gone to
investigate the report and find out
what he can of Mr. James' where
abouts. HAS NO POOR FARM.
Barton County of 13,000 Population
"Without a Pauper.
Great Bond. Jun 20. A county of
1",000 population without a pauper and
with an empty almshouse. That is
Barton county, in the great wheat belt
of Kansas.
Forty years ago the country, which
is now the wheat belt of Kansas and
Oklahoma, had written across it on
the maps "The Great American Des
ert." This desert has been made to
blossom as the rose. Barton county
alone has 253,974 acres of ripening
wheat, as shown by the books of the
county assessor. The average yield of
wheat throughout the county will be
IS to 20 bushels to the acre- At 20
bushels to the acre the yield will b
5.079.4S0 bushels. It will sell for at least
55 cents a bushel. Grain buyers are
going through the country contract
ing; to pay 55 cents a bushel for the
wheat as it comes from the threshers.
At 55 cents a bushel Barton county
would receive nearly three million dol
lars for wheat alone this year.
SAW THE PASSION PLAY.
Parsons
Banker Visits
Paris and
Oberammergau,
Parsons, June 20. President Clark of
the First National bank and wife have
returned from a trip to the Paris ex
position. Thy are much pleased with
the exposition, but say that it is not
nearly completed yet and will not be
until about the middle of July, '
those who go during the months of
August and September will see it in-
all it3 glory.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark also went to
Oberammergau to see the famous Pas
sion ploy. They saw this play on May
27, and although it is quite a journey
from Pans to the little village in the
Alps where this play is given every ten
years, and it was made on purpose to
see the play, they feel amply repaid for
the journey as it was the grandest'
thing they ever saw.
ON PLEASURE TRIP.
Abilene Men to Tour Kansas and
Colorado Soon.
Abilene, June 20. An amusement en
terprise, which bears the stamp of
novelty and originality will probably
leave Abilene for a three weeks' tour
through western Kansas and eastern
Colorado July 10 playing an exhibition
game here July 8.
. The company will be composed of 14
men, which includes a baseball team,
an orchestra and a band of 14 Instru
ments. Musical concerts will be given
in the various towns visited, a ball
game in the afternoon and a dance in
the evening.
EASTERNERS WANT MONEY.
Pratt County Sued for $7,5 OO for De
faulted Interest.
Wichita, June 20. Suit has been filed
in the federal court for the Wqpnsocket
hospital against Pratt county, Kan
sas, and the board of county commis
sioners of that, county for defaulted In
terest on a block of $7,500 of the county
bonds of said county. These bonds are
refunding bonds of said county, and
were heretofore issued by the county
commissioners of Piatt county to re
fund outstanding bonds and tother in
debtedness of the county.
M. W.
. AT OBERLIN.
Northwest Kansas Z6g Rolling to Be
Held on August 15-16.
Oberlin, June 20. The Northwest
Kansas Log Rolling association, M. W.
A., comprising the counties of Decatur,
Norton, Phillips, Graham and Sheridan,
will hold its annual log rolling picnic
in Oberlin, August 15 and 16. The Royal
Neighbors, auxiliary to the M. W. A.,
will join in and take part in the pro
gramme. Gov. Stanley and Bank Com
missioner Breidenthal have accepted in
vitations to be present. The committee
to raise funds have succeeded in rais
ing about $1,000 already. The log rolling
will be followed on the 17th and ISth
with baseball, firemen's tournament,
band contests. Foresters drill, and oth
er amusements for which prizes are of
fered. Best Prescription For Malaria.
Chills and Fever Is a bottle of Grove's
Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply iron
and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure
no pay. Price, 50c.
All who suffer from piles will be glad to
learn that De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve
will give them Instant and permanent re
lief. It will cure eczema and all skin dis
eases. Eeware of counterfeits. All drug
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