ROOSEVELT AND FAIRBANKS
Republican National Convention Names Ticket
Amid Much Enthusiasm
FAIRBANKS AN EASY FAVORITE
Both Nomination* Made Without a
Dissenting Vote—A Hundred 8team
Whistles Outdone by the Cheering
of the 10,000 Men and Women In the
Hall.
Chicago, Special.—The National
Convention of the Republican party
met here on Tuesday at noon and was
called to order by the National Chair
man. Speaker Joseph Cannon was elect
ed permanent chairman. The perma
nent organization was effected and the
convention adjourned to me^t Wed
nesday.
On Wednesday the platform was
adopted and on Thursday the follow
ing ticket was nominated:
THE TICKET NAMED.
For President
THEODORE ROOSEVELT*
of New York.
For Vice President
CHARLES W. FAIRBANS,
of Indiana.
President Roosevelt was placed in
nomination by ex-Governor Black of
New York and Senator Fairbanks was
placed in nomination by Mr. Dolliver.
The Republican National Convention
the recently-elected National Reubll
can Committee would meet in the
Coliseum immediately on the adjourn
ment of the convention.
Chairman Cannon at once announced
that the next order of business would
be a roll-call of the States for the
nomination of President of the United
States. ‘ ''
The clerk called Alabama, and imme
diately Oscar R. Hundley, of thaf
State, mounted a chair and announced
that Alabama requested the honor and
privilege of yielding its place on the
roll to the State of New York.
Instantly the convention was in an
uproar. The New York delegation was
on its feet like one man, waving flags
and shouting wildly. Former Governor
Frank Black, of New York, who was
to deliver the nominating speech In
behalf of President Roosevelt, Imme
diately started for the platform, amid
the wildest enthusiasm on the part of
the delegates.
As Governor Black reached the desk
of Chairman Cannon he was warmly
greeted by that gentleman and escorted
down to the front of the platform
Here Chairman Cannon, standing by
the side of Mr. Black, in a few words,
introduced him to the convention.
There was a succession of shouts from
the convention, a chorus of shrieks
from the New York delegation, a par
oxysm of tossing flags, then silence and
Mr. Black commenced his speech in be
half of President Roosevelt.
A SOUTHERN SPEAKER.
Chairman Cannon announced the
next speaker as "Mr. Stilwell, of Geor
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s PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
met at 10-:30 o’clock Thursday morning
with the expectation of nominating
candidates, and adjourning in time for
afternoon- trains.
The Coliseum began to fill at 9
o’clock with the thousands permitted
to bear the nominating and seconding
speeches.
The galleries were completely filled
for the first time and tiers of people
were standing In rear aisles.
A few moments before the assemb
ling there was hurried conference by
■the managers whieh. resulted in agree
. ment that Alabama, the first State on
the roll, would yield to (lew York to
nominate Roosevelt.
It was also agreed that Alabama,
which was the first State to instruct
for Fairbanks, would yield to Iowa to
place the Senator’s-name in nomina
tion for the Vice Presidency*
The delay in calling the convention
to order was due to the completion of
some resolutions that were to be pre
sented. But the music of the band and
the evident good humor of the crowd
made the time pass rapidly and there
was no manifestation of impatience.
It was exactly 10:30 when Chairman
Cannon, wielding the immense wooden
gavel in his left hand, arose from bis
high-backed chair and with a resound
ing whack on the table in front of him,
commanded the convention to be in
order.
"The convention will be opened with
prayer," he announced.
Rev. Thaddeus A. Snlveley, rector of
St. Chrysosturn's church, was presented
and at Mr. Cannon’s suggestion ad
vanced to the front of the platform. As
be spread forth his arms to invoke di
vine blessing, the convention arose.
The anltnated hum of conversation
maaed and absolute silence prevailed.
At the conclusion of the prayer.
Chairman Cannon presented the fol
lowing announcements through the
reading clerk:
"On the 6th day of July, at Jackson.
Miss., there will be celebrated the 50th
anniversary of the birth of the Repub
lican party. (Applause.) The time when
and the place where it received its
name. -Secretary Hay will deliver the
principal address. Senator Fairbarks
•nd others will address the meeting."
Then followed an announcement that
gia.” There were loud cries of “Ed
wards,” and Mr. Cannon was informed
that the name of the speaker was Har
ry Stilwell Edwards.
“Well,” said Vie chairman to the
convention, “his middle name Is Still
well and both are good names.” He
then formally introduced Mr. Edwards
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SENATOR C. W. FAIRBANKS.
in a short but effective speech.
Mr. Edwards, who is a man of slight
physique, is not giften with a penetrat
ing voice like that of Governor Black,
Senator Beveridge and Mr. Knight, and
for this reason he was unable to com
mand the absorbing attention that had
| been given to those who spoke before
fhlD.
Mr. Edwards’ speech was eminently
satisfactory, however, to those within
range of his voice and he was frequent
ly interrupted by applause
PLATFORM ADOPTED
m 0
Principles anlPolicies of Republican
Party Outlined
THE ADMINISTRATION IS ENDORSED
Administration Strongly Endorsed
and the Party’s Record Cited as a
Pledge for the Future—Democratic
Party Declared Untrustworthy, Es
pecially aa Regards the Currency
and Tariff—Congressional Action
on Suffrage Restrictions Favored.
Following Is the full text of the plat
form of the ^tepubliian party as adopt
ed by the National Convention in ses
sion In the city of Chicago on June
22nd:
“Fifty years ago the Republican
party came Into existence, dedicated,
.among other purposes, to the great
task of arresting the extension of
human slavery. In 1860 it elected itA.
first President. During twenty-four?
of the forty-four years which haw
elapsed since the election of Lincoln,
the Republican party has held com
plete control of the government. For
eighteen more of the forty-four years
It has held partial control, through
the possession of one or two branches
of the government, while the Demo
cratic party, during the same period,
has had complete control for only two
years. This long tenure of power by
the Republican party is not due to
chance. It is a demonstration that the
Republican party has commanded the
confidence of the American people for
nearly two generations to a degree
never equaled in our history, and has
displayed a high capacity for rule and
government which has been made even
more conspicuous by the incapacity and
Infirmity of purpose shown by Its op
ponents.
i nu iiupuuiiuuu vou/ cuicitu c. ******
its present period of complete supre
macy in 1897. We have every right to
congratulate ourselves upon the work
since then accomplished, for it has
added lustre even to the traditions of
the party which carried the govern
ment through the storms of civil war.
“We then found the country, after
four years of Democratic rule, in evil
plight, oppressed with misfortune and
doubtful of the future. Public credit
had been lowered, the revenues were
declining, the debt was growing, the
administration’s attitude towards Spain
w’as feeble and mortifying, the stand
ard of values was threatened and un
certain, labor was unemployed, busi
ness was sunk in the depression which
had succeeded the panic of 1893, hopo
wSs faint and confidence was gone.
Unhappy Conditions Met.
“We met these unhappy conditions
vigorously, effectively and at once.
“We replaced a Democratic tariff
law, based on free trade principles and
garnished with sectional protection, by
a consistent protective tariff; and in
dustry, freed from oppression and stim
ulated by the encouragement of wise
laws, has expanded to a degree never
before known, has conquered new mar
kets and has created a volume of ex
ports which has surpassed imagina
tion. Under the Dingley tariff, labor
has been fully employed, wages have
risen, and all industries have revived
and prospered.
"We firmly established the gold
standard, which was then menaced
with destruction. Confidence returned
to business, and with confidence an
unexampled prosperity.
“For deficient revenue, supplement
ed by Improvident issues of bonds, we
gave the country an income which pro
duced a large surplus and which en
abled us, only four years after the
Spanish war had closed, to remove over
one hundred millions of annual war
taxes, reduce the public debt, and lower
the interest charges of the govern
ment
“The public debt, which had been so
lowered that in time of peace a Demo
cratic administration made large loans
at extravagant rates of Interest in or
der to pay current expenditures, rose
under Republican administration to its
highest point, and enabled us to borrow
at 2 per cent, even in time of war.
Expansion Record.
“We refused to palter long with th#
miseries of Cuba. We fought a quick
and victorious war with Spain. We set
Cuba free, governed the island for
three years, and then gave it to the
Cuban people, with order restored, with
ample revenues, with education and
public health established, free from
debt and connected with the United
States by wise provisions for our mu
tual interests.
we nave organized tbe government,
of Porto Rico; and ita people now en-i
joy peace, freedom, order and pros
perity.
“In the Philippines, we have sup
pressed insurrection, established order
and given to life and property a secu
rity never known there before. We
have organized civil government, made
it effective and strong in administra
tion and have conferred upon the peo
ple of those islands the largest civil
liberty they have ever enjoyed.
“By our possession of the Philip
pines, we were enabled to take prompt
and effective action In the relief of
the legations at Pekin and a decisive
part in preventing the partition and
preserving the integrity of China.
"The possession of a route for an
isthmian canal, so long the dreem oi
American statesmanship, is now an ac
complished fact The great work ol
connecting the Pacific and Atlantic bj
a canal Is at last begun, and it is due
to the Republican parry.
“We have passed laws which will
bring the arid lands of the United
States within the area of cultivation.
"We have reorganized the army and
put It in the highest state of efficiency
“We have passed laws for the im
provement and support of the militia
“We have pushed forward the build
ing of the navy, the defence and pro
tection of our honor and our Interests
“Our administration of the great de
partments of the government has beei
honest and efficient, and wherevei
wrong-doing has been discovered, th<
Republican administration has not hes
liatea 10 pruw me **uu unu& ui
fenders to justice, without regard t<
party or political ties.
Trust Regulation.
"Laws enacted by the Republicai
party, which the Democratic party fail
ed to enforce, and which were intends
for the protection of the public agains
the unjust discrimination or the illega
encroachment of vast aggregations o
Capital, have been fearlessly enforcer
by a Republican President; and nev
laws, insuring reasonable publicity a*
to the operations of great corporations
and providing additional remedies for
the prevention of discrimination in
freight rates, have been passed by a
Republican Congress.
“In this record of achievement dur
ing the past eight years may be read
the pledgee which the Republican party
has fulfilled. We promise to continue
i these policies, and we declare our con
' etant adherence to the following prin
ciples:
s Principles Declared.
“Protection, which guards and de
velops our industries, is a cardinal
policy of the Republican party. The
measure of protection should always
at least equal the difference In the cost
of -production at home and abroad.
1 We insist upon the maintenance of the
principles of protection, and, therefore,
rates of duty should be readjusted only
when conditions have so changed that
Si public interest demands their al
atlon, but this work cannot safely
committed to any other hands than
ise of the Republican party. To en
trust it to the Democratic party is to
Invite disaster. Whether, as in 1892,
the Democratic party declared the pro
tective tariff unconstitutional, or
whether it demands tariff reform or
tariff revision, its real object is always
the destruction of the protective sys
tem. However specious the name, the
purpose is ever the same. Democratio
tariff has always been followed by busi
ness adversity; a Republican tariff,
by business prosperity. To a Republi
can Congress and a Republican Presi
dent. this great question can be safely
intrusted. When the only free trade
country among the great nations agi
tates e return to protection, the chief
protective country should not falter
in maintaining it.
“We have extended widely our for
eign markets, and we believe in the
adoption of all practicable methods for
their further extension, including com
mercial reciprocity wherever reciprocal
arrangements can be effected con
siktent with the principles of protec
tion and without injury to American
agriculture, American labor or any
American industry.
I ne ooia aianaaru.
"We believe it to be the duty of the
Republican party to uphold the gold
standard and the integrity and value
or our national currency. The main
tenance of the gold standard, estab
lished by the Republican party, can
not be safely committed to the Demo
cratic party, which resisted its
adoption, and has never given any
proof since that time of belief in it or
fidelity to it
“While every other industry has
prospered under the fostering aid of
Republican legislation. American ship
ping engaged in foreign trade in com
petition, low wages and heavy subsidies
of foreign .governments, has not for
many years pceived from the govern
ment of the United States adequate en
couragement of any kind. We, there
fore, favor legislation which will en
courage and build up the American
merchant marine, and we cordially ap
prove the legislation of the last Con
gress which created the merchant ma
rine commission to investigate and re
port upon this subject.
Maintaining the Navy.
“A navy powerful enough to defend
tbe United States against any attacK. ,
to uphold the Monroe doctrine and |
to watch over our commerce, is essen
tial to the saMy and the welfare 01
the American people. To maintain
suph a navy is the fixed policy of the
Republican party. '
"We cordially approve the attitude
of President Roosevelt and Congress
in regard to the exclusion of Chinese
labor, and promise a continuance qf
the Republican policy in that direc
tion. « . j
"The Avil service law was placed
on the statute books by the Republi
can party, which has always sustain
ed Jt, and we renew our former declar
ations that it shall be thoroughly and
honestly enforced.
•‘We are always mindful of the
country’s debt to the soldiers and
sailors of the United States, and we
believe in making ample provision for
them, and in the liberal administra
tionJBf the pension laws.
favor the peaceful settlement
of nrcernationai aimcuiues uy muma.
; tlon.
“We commend the vigorous efforts
mafic by the administration to protect
American citizens in foreign land3,
and pledge ourselves to insist upon
the just and equal protection of all
our citizens abroad. It is the un
questionable duty of the government
.to procure for all our citizens, with
outdj^stlnction, the rights of travel
vnMBjourn in friendly countries, and I
we declare ourselves in favor of all
proper efforts tending to that end.
“Our great interests and our grow
ing commerce in the Orient render
the, condition of China of high impor
tance to the United States. We cor
dially commend the policy pursued in
that direction by the administrations
of President McKinley and Presidei.t
Roosevelt.
Suffrage Restriction.
“We favor such Congressional ac
tion as Bhall determine whether, by
Fpeclal discriminations, the elective
franchise in any State has been un
constitutionally limited, and, if such
is the case, we demand that represen
tation in Congress and in- the electoral
college shall be proportionally reduced
as directed by the constitution of the
. _js of capital and of la
bor are the results of the ecomonie
movement of the age, but neither
must be permitted to infringe upon
the rights and interests of the people.
Such combinations, when lawfully
formed for lawful purposes, are alike
entitled to the protection of the laws,
and neither can be permitted to break
them.
"The great statesman and patriotic
American, William McKinley, who
was re-elected by the Republican par
ti to the Presidency four years age,
was assassinated just at the threshold
of his second term. The entire na
tion mourned his untimely death and
did that justice to his great qualities
of mind and character which history
will confirm and repeat.
Administration Endorsed.
“The American people were fortun
ate in his successor, to whom they
turned with a trust and a confidence
which have been fully justified. Pres
ident Roosevelt brought to the great
responsibilities thus sadly forced upon
him a clear head, a brave heart, an
earnest patriotism and high ideals of
public duty and public service. True
to the principles of the Republican
party and to the policies which that
party had declared, he has also shown
himself ready for every emergency",
and has met new and vital questions
with abilitiy and with success.
"The confidence of the people in his
justice, inspired by his public career,
enamea mm to renaer, personally, an
inestimable service to the country by
bringing about a settlement of the
coal strike, which threatened such dis
astrous results at the opening of win
ter in 1902.
Our foreelgn policy under his admin
istratloh has not only been able, vig
orous and dignified, but in tho high
est degree successful. The complicat
ed questions which arose in Vene
zuela were settled In such a way by
President Roosevelt that tho Monroe
doctrine was signally vindicated and
the cause or peace ana aroiirauon
greatly advanced.
“Hla prompt and vigorous action In
Panama, which we commend In the
highest terms, not only secured to us
tho canal route but avoided foreign
complications which might have been
of a very serious character.
“He has continued the ; policy of
President McKinley In the Orient and
our position In China, signalized by
our recent commercial treaty with
that empire, has never been so high.
“He secured the tribunal by which
the vexed and perilous question of the
Alaskan boundry was finally settled.
“Whenever crimes against human
ity have been pereptrated which have
shocked our people, his protest has
been made and our good offices have
been tendered, but always with due re
gard to International obligations.
"Under his guidance we find our
selves at peace with all the world and
never were we more respected or our
wishes more regarded by foreign na
tions.
“Pre-emiently successful In regard
to our foreign relations, he has been
equally fortunate in dealing with do
mestic questions. The country has
known that the public credit and the
national currency were absolute^
safe in the hands of his administra
tion. In the enforcement of the laws
he has shown not only courage but
-the wisdom which understands that
to permit laws to be violated or dis
regarded opens the door to anarchy
while the just enforcement of the law
is the soundest conservatism. He
has held firm'to the fundamental Am
erican doctrine, that all men must
obey the law, that there must be no
distinction between rich and poor, be
tween strong and weak, but that jus
tice and equal protection under the
law must be secured to every citizen
without regard to race, creed or con
dition.
His administration has been,
throughout, vigorous and honorable,
high-minded and patriotic. We com
mend it without reservation to the
considerate judgment of tho American
people.
LABOR WORLD.
Tlio Brotherhood of Painters is over
75,000 strong.
The average Ilindoo workingman in
India gets about $9 a year.
A branch of the American Federation
of Labor has been organized at Biloxi,
Miss.
Troubles of the Nickel Plate Bail-,
road boilermakers have been amicably
settled.
Bricklayers in Glasgow, Scotland, to
the number of 1800, have suffered a
decrease in wages.
All the Jewish bakers are striking
for in London is a twelve-hour day and
nine cents an hour.
The Bay City (Mich.) Street Railway
Company has voluntarily increased the
wages of its employes.
Demanding semi-monthly pay days,
300 men went on strike at the Royal
Paper Mill, in Montreal.
Machinists on the northeast coast of
England have made a demand for an
increase in wages of two shillings a
week. >
The union plumbers of Atlanta, Ga.,
struck for an increase of pay from
$3.50 to $4 per day and a decrease of
hours from nine to eight
Delegates from the building trades
seceded from the Central Federated
Union-because socialists were allowed
to speak on the Colorado mine trou
bles.
A new V*bor union has been formed !
at San Francisco, Cal., to be known as
Stone Sawyers’ Union. It has applied
to the Building Trades Council for af- j
llliation.
Five- hundred miners in Sullivan
County, Ind., will return to work at
once, having been allowed eighty-five
cents a ton for screened coal, a com- j
promise on the amount asked.
The Toronto Trades Council has pro
vided for the purchase of a $30,000
labor temple, to be managed by trus
tees representing the wage-earning
stockholders in the various trades
unions.
Hong Kong, China, machinists and
boilermakers in shipbuilding and re
pair plants get from $1 to $1.20 a day,
laborers from forty to sixty cents a
day and apprentices from thirty to
sixty cents a day.
Carried on Locomotive Guard.
An extraordinary story comes from
Northamptonshire. While working on
the Midland railway, near Irchester
station, a short time ago, Ernest Bell
amy, of Kempston, was knocked down
by a train. In falling he clutched at
the lifeguard in front of the engine,
clung desperately to it, and was car
ried about a quarter of a mile before
his screams attracted the attention of
the driver, who stopped the train. On
being released from his perilous posi
tion Bellamy collapsed through fright
and was removed to a hospital, where
he speedily recovered from the shock.
ftEPORT IS WITHHELD
The Full Account of the Japanese
Victory Not Given Out
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RUSSIAN PUBLIC IN IGNORANCE
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Official Explanation Is That Unnec
essary Alarm on the Enemy’s Au.
thority Is to be Avoided.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.—Up to
Sunday night, the Japanese report of
the loss of three Russian ships at Port
Arthur has not been published here,
though the authorities have allowed
to be printed a statement that the
squadron had made' a sortie, and also
the news of the loss of Japanese tor
pedo boat destroyers. Some of the
papers have even commented. with
satisfaction on the prospect of a
fight in the open sea, where the mer
its of the two fleets would he fairly
tested.
An official explanation of the sup
pression of the Japanese report is that
the admiralty is unwilling to unnec
sarily alarm tho public by the publi
cation of such statements entirely on
the authority of the enemy and in
the absence of definite advices from
the commander at Port Arthur.
The officials do not attempt to dis
guise the seriousness of and the far
reaching consequences which might
result from, the loss of three of the
Port Arthur warships, but they pro
fess to be more inclined to believe that
the vessels were lost in open fight,
rather than the result of a torpedo
attack. Should this be the case, they
say, the Japanese could not have es
caped without material loss and tho
crippling of one or two of their bat
tleships—enough to assure tho com
mand of the sea to the Baltic squad
ron.
There is much speculation as to
whether the Vladivostock squadron
might have gone out and whether it
is on the eve of joining the Port Ar
thur fleet.
It is reported that a serious land
fight has taken place near Ta-Tche
Kiao, in which the Russians were de
feated, but no confirmation of this re
port is obtainable.
Details of Naval Action.
London, By Cable.—The Central
News has received the following dis
patch from Its Tokio correspondent
dated June 26, evening:
“A detailed account of the naval bat
tle at Port Arthur has been published
here. The Russian battleships Peres
vict, Poltava and Savastopol, and the
cruisers Bayan, Askold and Novik at
tempted to emerge from the harbor at
dawn on June 23, led by steamers used
for clearing the mines. At 11 a. m., the
battleships Czarevitch, Retvizan and
Pobieda joined the others.
“All the ships then advanced, en
deavoring to dispose of the mines laid
by the Japanese, but they were hin
dered by two Japanese torpedo boat
destroyers which had been guarding
the mouth of the harbor.
"At 3 p. m. the Japanese boats ex
changed shots with seven Russian de
stroyers which were covering the clear
ing operations. One of the Russian
cruisers was set on fire, and retired
inside the harbor.
“During the night eight separate at
tacks were delivered, lasting until
dawn of Friday.
“In one of these assaults, the Chira
taka twice torpedoed a battleship of
the Peresviet type and sunk her. A
battleship of the Sevastopol type and
a cruiser of the Diana type were dis
abled and towed away.
“The Russian vessels re-entered the
harbor during Friday.
“The newspapers publish eulogistia
articles upon Vice Admiral Togo's
prompt action.”
Choked on Live Fish.
Roanoke, Va., Special.—A most un
usual death Is reported from Appa
lachia, a mining town in Wise county,
this State. Mrs. Thomas S. Yakes
was rubbing the mouth of her little
three-year-old girl, with a' live gold
fish in an effort to cure the child from
slobbering, having been told that such
a remedy would break her of the habit,
when the flish slipped down the child’s
throat, head first, choking her to
death before the fish could bo gotten
out. A physician, Dr. Holdy, was near
at the time and promptly attended the
child, but before the fish could be re
moved she was dead. -
Suicide of Hcht Sufferers.
New Haven. Special—The exces
sive heat throughout the State Sunday
was probably responsible for two sui
cides. Mrs. Louis Barnes, of Bolton
shot herself, after great suffering, and
earlier in the day James Wood, of
Bristol, ended his life by shooting.
Both persons had been affected before
by the heat.
Wisconsin Man Wins.
Indianapolis, Special—In the Grand
American tournament Richard L. Girp
hlll, of Altken, Wisconsin, handicap
ped at 19 yards, won the grand Am
erican trophy, a silver tea aervice
and $1,000 in cash, In the third shoot
off of a tie, with William Randal, of
Telluride, Col., at 9G breaks. Tho
score Is greater by two than the pre
vious record, which was made at Kan
sas City last year.