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2 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. - . s Copyright 1900. Hardy, Roston.l 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 s -1. i 2 J. T V '1- J f T n '-f y ( ' ' i I I ..." 9 4' Copyright. 1000. TIMOTHY WOOliRri'P, OF NEW YORK. 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 f t ' .Copvripht. 150I. Falk. N. Y.l HO.V. K. 15. OBDKI.U OF NEW YORK, A Favorite fur the Vice Presidency. 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 i t ' c Y1 9 e t, - (Copyright, 1J00. See, N. Y.l GENERAL FRANCIS V. GREENE, OP NEW YORK, A Favorite for the Vice Presidency. 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 i if 1 IT 1 1 i- J 1 i A