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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1903. WAVE OF ROOSEVELT ENTHUSIASM SWEEPS OVER CONVENTION 10 CHEER ROOSEVELT; WANT AGAIN Delegates Break Out With Wild Display of En thusiasm. LODGE DAMPENS ARDOR After Evoking Storm, He Lays It by Condemning Third-Tenu Move ment South Wins Fight on Basis of Kepresentation. CHICAGO, June 17. The Republican National Convention was called to order today at 12:10 P. M., by Senator Bur rows, the temporary chairman, who an nounced In a voice Inaudible less than ten feet dlstanc: "The Invocation will be by Rev. Wil liam O. Waters, of Chicago." Mr. Waters, a young and athletic-looking clergyman, read his prayer from a small, well-worn prayer book, it being a part of the regular service of the Episcopal church. His voice, one of the best yet heard In t the convention, was heard throughout the hall without effort, and be was fol lowed with deep and respectful attention, i As he closed with the Lord's prayer, many of the delegates followed him. Harry Daugherty, of Ohio, from the committee on credentials, asked for rec ognition as soon as the prayer was ended. He announced that the commit tee had been in continuous session throughout the night, had completed Its work and would be able to present its report to the convention within an hour. There was no possibility of transacting business until the report was presented and the convention set tled down to await Its arrival. Mr. Burrows interrupted the reg ular order of business long enough to Introduce to the convention Henry Baker, of Minnesota, and James D. Conner, of Indiana, two giay-haired veterans of the party, who were delegates to the first Republican convention of 1856. Messrs. Baker and Conner were greeted with continued rounds of applause as they stepped to the front of the platform and bowed their acknowledgments. It was next announced that while waiting for the report from the commit tee on credentials, there would be a pa rade through the hall of visiting march ing clubs. On motion of Mr. Warden, of Michigan, the convention invited to a place on the platform C. G. Proctor, of St. Joseph, Mich., who was a delegate to the Lin coln convention In Chicago 48 years ago. Demonstration for Knox. As Secretary Malloy concluded his an nouncement of the Warden resolution, the tap of drums was heard outside the hall, and in another second the east door was opened and in came the band heading a parade. They halted In front of the speaker's stand for an instant, playing "America." Close behind,, them came the Amerlcua Club, of Philadelphia; the Knox March Ing Club, and then the Americus Club, of Pittsburg, holding high their umbrellas, some of red, white and blue and others of wide sections of yellow and black. The aisle was not Ideal marching ground, and collisions were frequent and halts too numerous. The Pennsylvanians filled the- air with cries of "Knox!" Every time they were compelled to halt they seized the opportunity to renew the scene. Behind the Knox enthusiasts came the Young Men's Blaine Club, of Cincinnati. They wore tall white hats and carried small American flags. Their appearance produced frenzy in the Ohio delegation. Instantly every man was on his feet, the flags tossed up and cheer after cheer rang through the hall. The banner with the face of Secretary Taft upon it pro duced another outburst, and the Ohio men screamed and danced t about while the band in the gallery struck up, "Hail to the Chief," which it has, by some co ' Incidence, played every time the blue banner has been flung to the air. Following the Blaine Club there came a distinct novelty in the way of a band playing "Tammany," and then a big delegation of visitors from Danville, 111., waving small flags with "Cannon" on them and a larger banner announcing them as "Neighbors of Uncle Joe." Another Knox Club, from Philadelphia, bearing big banners and headed by a band playing "Dixie," was next in the long line of demonstrants and was greeted with loud cheering in which the Pennsylvania delegation led. The Penn sylvanians" drum major was quite the most (torgeous personage who had en tered the convention hall. Ohio Follows Pennsylvania. "Knox! Knox! We must have Knox!" " cried the Philadelphians ' and their de mand was echoed by their delegates who took to their feet and waved vigorously their blue Knox pennants. Still another band came roaring through the doorway and it was the turn of In diana. Behind the band, wearing white caps with black bands, were the mem bers of the Marlon Marching Club of In diana, which had arrived in the city but a short time before. They were given an enthusiastic greeting by the Indiana dele gates, which they returned with Interest. As was the case with Pennsylvania, In .dlana cheered on until supported by the voices of many other delegates. When they had passed, along come a throng- of men who quickly declared their partisan ship by bursting out into a song, more or less melodiously ren dered, the burden of which was: "I yell for William Taft." After this line of singers had marched along, the Columbus Republican Glee Club, of Columbus, O., halted in front of the speaker's rostrum and gave some real music, singing: "Dixie," and "The Star-Spangled Banner" in a manner that brought forth cheers from the spectators. Then they sang "Ohio." and a song set ting forth the- manifold merits of Wil liam Taft. Bringing up the rear of the departing Ohioans was a large stage ele phant decorated with American flags and bearing a banner of the Hamilton Club of Chicago. The elephant was led by a man dressed In "Uncle Sam" costume. Alt Taft Delegates Seated. , Senator Fulton, of Oregon, chairman of the credentials committee, stepped to the platform at 1:10 P. f. and presented the report on permanent roll of the con vention. "Your committee on credentials," said Senator Fulton, "met immediately after adjournment yesterday, and after fully hearing and carefully considering all the cases that came before Jt resolved that all delegates placed on the temporary ' VICE-PRESIDENT CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, WHO HAS ONCE MORE RE1TER.4.TED HIS DETERMINATION NOT TO STAND FOR RE-NOMINATION. roll by the National Committee are In each Instance entitled to their seats." Cheering Interrupted the speaker. "In addition," said Mr. Fulton, "the committee has seated all three of the con testing delegations from New Mexico with one-third vote each." The adoption of the report was moved and there was no attempt at debate. Only a few scattering "noes" were heard. Lodge Takes the Chair. The report on permanent organization was presented by Chairman Charles F. Brooker, of Cincinnati. The announce ment that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge had been chosen for permanent chair man called out applause, especially from the Massachusetts delegation. The re port, save in this particular, made per manent the temporary officers. It was adopted unanimously. The chairman then appointed General Stewart L. Woodford, of New York, and Gov ernor Charles S. Deneen, of Illinois, a committee to escort the permanent chair man to the platform, which they did. Mr. Burrows then introduced Mr. Lodge, who stepped forward to the Speaker's table, manuscript in hand, and was loudly cheered. In a voice clear to the utmost corners of the vast auditorium he began by thanking the delegates for the honor of his selection to preside permanently over the deliberations of the convention. His address had a welcome touch of cam paign atmosphere about it and the cheers were not long in breaking forth In fre quent and constantly increasing enthu siasm. ' "If we refer to their (the Democrats) past," he declared, "they accuse us of calumny." There were much laughter and cheers at this, which were renewed when he said : "The Democrats now could only ap peal: Judge us on our undiscovered future." Start Roosevelt Enthusiasm. "The President has fearlessly en forced the laws as he found them upon the statute-books." Cheers came from many quarters of the hall at this, but their duration was comparatively brief and Mr. Lodge hastened to resume: In a few minutes, however, he came again to the President with the declaration that in enforcing the law the bayonets of duty must hurt somebody. "And the results," he went on, "are that the President is he most abused and most popular man In the United States today." At this the first real demonstration broke loose. For a time the cheering appeared desultory, but after a minute or two, some of the delegates from the territories jumped to their chairs, and a great roar burst from all over the hall. As the cheers came forth, Mr. Lodge remarked to his friends on the platform: "They said there was no Roosevelt feeling In this convention, but I will show them that there is." The speak er exhibited pleasure at the demon stration. Colorado, West Virginia and North Carolina took up the cheering. The Ohio delegation remained seated and silent. As the demonstration contin ued, the cheers came in great waves, dying away almost to nothing one in stant and then breaking out afresh with Increased enthusiasm. Wave TTpou Wave of Cheers. The galleries took up the demonstra tion with a will, and helped to main tain it for a long time. On the far side of the gallery a number of men waved star-epangled banner umbrellas over the railing, and the uproar broke out again on the floor below. One Louisiana delegate pulled oil his coat and swung it around and around his head, while he gave vent to yell after yell. The cheers died away, but again they came with renewed vigor, the gal leries, playing an important. part in the demonstration. Mr. Lodge made several attempts to continue his speech, but at every ef fort the cheering would break out, and he Anally gave up the idea and walked slowly back and forth, a pleased ex pression on his face, -waiting for the uproar to ceaee. Representative Nicholas Longworth, the son-in-law of the President, and Alice Roosevelt-Longworth sat watching the spectacle with smiling countenances, but neither of them made any effort to par ticipate in the cheering. The convention band added to the dem onstration from time to time, playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" and other patriotic selections. "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" caught a quick re sponse from the effervescent crowd. M. H. Fairbanks, a brother of the Vice President, who occupied a seat on the platform, after the cheering had contin ued for some time. Jumped up and waved a newspaper vigorously. Ohioan Swept Off Feet. The enthusiasm finalljr swept Delegate Shoup, of Ohio, from his political moor ings and, mounting his chair, he tossed a silk banner up and down In frantic fashion. This was taken by many of the delegates to mean a defection In the Ohio ranks and added a temporary fuel to the fire. In reality it was nothing of the kind, for Mr. Shoup has never been for Mr. Taft and always for Mr. Foraker. The cry so familiar in the Cleveland Harrison campaign of "Four, four, four sity years more." broke out In the gallery, accompanied by a stamping of feet in uni son with the chanted words, producing a terrific uproar. The Texas men caught it up on the floor and it was rolled back to the galleries. Throughout the entire outbreak, the Texas delegates, who are to vote for Mr. Taft only in the event that Mr. Roosevelt cannot be nominated, led in the cheering. The delegates-at-large from this state, however, kept closely to their chairs and took no part in the cheering. Hitchcock's View of Outburst. After the demonstration on the floor and in the galleries had continued for half an hour, Mr. Lodge again attempted to pro ceed, but the raps of his gavel added fuel to the flame, which burned its brightest among the enthusiastic throngs which showed no disposition to relinquish their share in the noise and excitement. Frank H. Hitchcock, manager for Mr. Taft, was on the convention floor during the demonstration. He expressed pleasure at the uproar and said: "It shows how popular the adminis tration is, particularly, how President Roosevelt stands with the people. I am glad of this. It will help Taft, for he is President Roosevelt's choice as his successor." Teddy Bear on Travels. An enormous Teddy bear, dragged up into the press seats and held aloft by a group of yelling enthusiasts, brought out frantic screams of delight. After being held here for a moment, it was tossed bodily down from the press stand into the Illinois delegation. The bear was not light nor easily handled, being fully equal in bulk to a fat bay about 10 years old. When it lit upon a delegate, he was likely to be knocked from his seat. Illi nois pitched the bear into Iowa, which promptly passed it along, while the dele gates and spectators roared with laugh ter. The bear finally was flung into Oklahoma, where it was gathered in and was seen no more. Shortly after the disappearance of the bear sharp hisses broke out. on the floor against the persistent disturbers in the gallery. Both sides were persistent, but a yell is louder than a hiss and the dele gates were soon overwhelmed. The gal leries weakened and again the hissing broke out, only to be met by the re newed and vociferous outburst from the galleries, and again the delegates, anx ious to continue their work, were put into eclipse. Mr. Lodge, after another long wait, at tempted to be heard. "Gentlemen," he said, "as I was trying to say when I was interrupted " The qheering drowned his voice again. De termined, however, to proceed In spite of the effort of the crowd to follow the xample of the delegates In restoring or der, Mr. Lodge, in the midst of desultory cheering, resumed his speech. The dem onstration had proceeded unchecked 45 minutes. No Third Term, Says Lodge. Mr. Lodge at last secured the undi vided attention of the convention when he came to that portion of his speech which reiterated the determination of the President not to accept a renomination. "That decision," - he declared, "dic tated by the loftiest motives and by a noble loyalty to American traditions, Is final and irrevocable. Anyone who attempts to use his name as a candi date for the Presidency impugns both his sincerity and his good faith two of the President's greatest and moet conspicuous qualities, upon which no shadow has ever been cast. That man Is no friend of Theodore Roosevelt and does not cherish his name and fame, who now, from any motive, urges him as a candidate for the great office which he has finally declined." Thia statement was the signal for general applause, but some one in the audience cried: "But we want him!" Mr. Lodge went on, however. Again the applause came from the delegates, and was repeated when Mj. Lodge said: "But, although the President retires, he leaves behind him his policies." VThe statement, "We believe in the support of the courts in all their dig nity," caused additional applause, as did the declaration in favor of protec tion. Aa Mr. Lodge concluded, he was cheered to the echo, several men press ing eagerly forward to extend con gratulations for his address and the manner in which it had been given to the convention. Senator Beveridge. of Indiana, ofTered a resolution extending greetings to John Ade, of Indiana, a veteran of the Republican party . since its inception, and tendering him a seat on the plat fortn, Mr. Ade, who is the father of George Ade, was heartily applauded as he mounted the rostrum. Mr. Lodge called for the report of the committee on rules, but it waa not forthcoming, and he directed that the names of the newly-chosen members of t,he National Committee and those of the honorary vice-presidents be -read. This was done, many of the spectators leaving the hall while the reading was in progress. Battle for Negro Begins. The report of the committee on rules and order of business was presented by Senator Warren, of Wyoming, its chair man. He announced that with but a few changes the rules of the last Republican National Convention were adopted. The changes provided for a grouping of Ari zona, New Mexico and Hawaii as terri tories with a representation of six dele gates each; also giving to the National committee authority to determine the mode of electing delegates to National conventions. When it came to the adoption of the report of the committee. Representative Burke, of Pennsylvania, who yesterday Introduced a resolution to cut down rep resentation in the National convention to a basis of Republican votes cast In the states, was recognized to present a mi nority report. The committee had voted down the resolution by 23 to 17. "As the vote of 17 states against 23," said Mr. Burke, "I 'Wish to. present the following minority report: "It is moved that the report be amend ed to incude the following: Move to Reduce Representation. That the basis of representation In the Republican National convention hereafter shall be as follows: Each state shall be entitled to four dels gates at large and one additional delegate for each 10.000 votes or major fraction thereof cast at the last preceding Presiden tial election for ReDUblican electors, four delegates from eacli territory and two from the District of Columbia. Alaska. Porto Rico antl th Philippines, and that methods for. the enforcement of this ruling; be pro vided by the Republican National commit tee chosen by the delegate to this conven tion. The reading of the amendment called out cries of "No. no," and "Yeis, yes," from all parts of the floor. The Massachusetts, Wisconsin. Penn sylvania, New Hampshire and Utah members of the committee joined in the minority report. Mr. Burke was then recognized to speak in behalf of the minority report. He made an impassioned appeal for its adoption and was greeted with tremen dous applause as he finished. AVould Make Party Sectional. When he had concluded. Augustus E. Willson, Governor of Kentucky, took the floor In opposition. "If you adopt this rule you will do more to make the Republican party a sectional party than the negro question has done to make the Democratic party a sectional party," said he. Representative J. Warren Kiefer, of Ohio, declared the adoption of the minor ity report "would be a stepping stone to a long-needed reform." Ex-Governor Herrlck, of Ohio, followed and other speakers for the majority were Henry L. Johnson, of Georgia, and for the minority James Wadsworth, of New York; ex-Governor WTarmouth, of Louisi ana, and Representative James E. Wat son, of Indiana. South Wins by Small Majority. M. H. De Young, of California, moved the previous question. It was seconded by New Hampshire, Minnesota and In diana. The vote was then announced by the chairman to be on the substitution of the minority for the majority report. Mr. Beveridge demanded a roll call and lie was seconded by New York, West Vir ginia and Pennsylvania. No vote for New Mexico was received, the delegation, as announced by a delegate in an adjoin ing state, having "gone out." One dele gate was absent from Minnesota and the total was therefore 977, the minority re port receiving 471 and the majority 606. The majority report was then adopted by a viva voce vote. The roll call on the motion for.the adop tion of the minority report follows: Total Vote. Yeas. Nays. Alabama , 22 .. 22 Arkansas 18 .. IS California ..,.20 .. 21) Colorado 10 10 Connecticut 14 14 Delaware 0 ... 6' Florida 10 .. 10 Georgia 2fi . . 26 Idaho 6 .. 6 Illinois 54 fi4 Indiana :io 30 Iowa 2i. 6 20 Kansas 20 .. 20 Kentucky 2t; 1 25 Louisiana 1ft .. 18 Maine 12 12- Maryland . .' 16 .. 16 Massachusetts .32 32 Michigan a8 18 10 Minnesota 22 10 11 Mississippi 20 .. 20 Missouri 3 12 24 Montana 6 . . 6. Nebraska 16 7 ft Nevada . . 6 New Hampshire S 8 New Jersey 24 '2:t 1 New York 78 78 North Carolina 24 . . 24 North Dakota . .-. R . . 8 Ohio 4 8 as Oklahoma 14 .. 14 Oregon 8 S S Pennsylvania . . . .- 68 68 Rhode Island 8 8 South Carolina , 18 .. IS South Dakota ....8 8 Tennessee 24 .. 24 Texas 36 . . 36 Utah 6 Vermont 8 8 Virginia 24 . . '24 Washington 10 4 6 West Virginia 14 14 Wisconsin 26 26 Wyoming 6 6 Alaska 2 3 . .. Arizona 2 2 District of Columbia 2 1 1 Hawaii 2 . . 2 New Mexico 2 Philippine Island 2 . . 2 Porto Rico 2 . . a Total .980 471 506 South Cheers Ohio. The Southern delegates in their applause and cheering gave credit to the Ohio dele gation for saving them. Calls of "Ohio" rang from the delegates gathered under the Southern banners. Mr. Warren moved that a recess be taken until 9 o'clock tonight. Governor Fort, of New Jersey, offered an amend ment, making the hour 10 o'clock tomor row morning. The amendment was adopt ed and the Convention adjourned. ALLIES ' MUST YIEM) QUICKLY Otherwise They Will Not Be Given Vice-Presidency. CHICAGO. June 17. Major Thomas H. Hartlgan, chairman of the Philippine del egation, Is back from Washington, where he saw Secretary Taft. Major Hartlgan returns with the distinct Impression that if a spirit of conciliation and harmony sets in on the part of the "allies" the Vice-Presidential situation will be re solved by the selection of an "ally" can didate for Vice-President, but that If con tests are prolonged the names of Mr. Fairbanks and others identified with the "allies" will be eliminated from the Vice Presidential lists. ENGLISH JUDGEV SHOCKED Lamentj Extreme Laxity of Divorce Laws in America. LONDON, June 17. As an outcome of the alleged marriage of Reginald Grey Coke, son of the Hon. Henry and Lady Coke and nephew of the Earl of Leicester,- to Galia, sister of Mark Hambourg, the pianist, in America last January, Mrs. Reginald Grey Coke to day secured a decree -of divorce on the ground of bigamy and adultery. The documents produced in evidence showed that Reginald Coke obtained a divorce in Nebraska on the ground of desertion on the part of his wife. Sir John Barnes, in granting the decree, said P.eginald Coke's marriage to Miss Hambourg was clearly bigamous, and he sincerely wished something could be done in America to prevent this sort of thing. Hanan shoes st RosenthAl's LODGE PUNCTURES ROOSEVELT Says President's Decision to Retire Is Final and Ir revocable. MUST RESPECT HIS WISH Permanent Chairman of Convention Asserts That Xo True Friend of Roosevelt Will Urge His Nomination. t CHICAGO, Jun 17. In his speech be fore the Republican National Convention today. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, per manent chairman of the convention, touched on tne "third-terra" question rffter reviewing the achievements of the Re publican party for the last 50 years and the future outlook aa compared with the Democratic party. He . asserted that President Roosevelt's decision to refuse another term was final, and that any man who seeks to urge his nomination la no friend to Roosevelt. Mr. Lodge said: Gentlemen of the Convention: I thank you most sincerely for the great honor you have done me in choosing- me to preside over your deliberations. For it is a grat honor to be the presiding officer of a Re publican National Convention. I can con ceive of conventions I have indeed heard of conventions where the honor of such a post aa that now occupied by me is dubious, and where if excitement is present, pleasure is conspicuous by its absence. But to be the presiding officer of a Republican con vention Is ever a high distinction to which no man can be Insensible. Gent lent en of the convention, again I thank you. I shall not delay or detain- you with many words. Your resolutions will set forth the principles of the party and dd Clare the policies upon which we shall aik for the support of the people of the United States. With fullness and with eloquence your temporary chairman has already re viewed the history of the party, has given you account of what has been done, and has set forth what we hose and mean to do. My duty is merely to aid you. so far as i can, in the orderly and prompt trans action of the business which has brought us together. That business is momentous- nothing less than to name here the two men who, speaking with the simplicity of truth, will be the next President and Vice- President cf the United States. In order to win for them, and for our party, an as sured as well as a merited victory, we must defeat our opponents, whose exclusion from power is desired by the country and de served by them. Party's Splendid Record. No political party in modern times can show such a record of achievement during the last 50 years as the Republican party. Upon that record we can stand and chal lenge all comers to the lists. But It is well to remember that the test we have to meet is much less severe. This is a comparative world. We do not go forth to contest the great prize with an ideal party, which we sometimes see beautifully depleted by per sons of self-confessed superiority and chronic discontent. The glittering abstrac tion which they present never existed yet on sea or land. It gleams upon us in print ers' Ink, but it has neither substance nor organization nor candidates, for organization and candidates must be taken from the ranks of mentand cannot be. the floating phantoms of an uneasy dream. The Amer ican people must choose next November be tween us and the Democratic party. With the Democratic party, and with that alone, must the comparison be made. We differ from that party In some important particu lars. We both, it Is true, have a past and a history but we treat those possessions very differently. They wish to keeo their past a profound secret. We seek by all means to publish ours to the world. If we refer to their history they charge us with calumny. We regard ours, truthful and un dtstorted, as our greatest glory. To the youth of the ccuntry they say: "Judge us solely by our undiscovered future." We say: "Bad our record. Judge us by our past and our present and from these learn what we are. what we have been and what we mean to be." Recall the cries which have pound ed from the lips of these two parties during the last half century. On the one side "Slavery; secession; repudiation of the pub lic debt; fiat money; free trade; free all ,ver; the overthrow of the courts and gov ernment ownership." Democratic Policies Dead. On the Republican side "Free soli; free men; the Union; the payment of the debt; honest money; protection to American In dustry; the gold standard; the maintenance of law, of order and of the courts, and the Government regulation of great corpora tions." The old shlbcleths of the Demo crats are today the epitaphs of policies which are dead and damned. They serve only to remind us of dangers escaped or to warn us of perils to be shunned. The bat tle cries of the Republicans have been the watchwords of great causes. They tell of victories won and triumphs tasted; they ar embodied in the laws an.t mark the stepping stones by which the Republic has risen to ever greater heights of power and pros perity. As we thus call up the past and the echoes of these old conflicts again sound in our ears and touch the chords of memory, one great fact stands forth, clear and shin ing. The Republican party has never failed except when it has faltered. Our long ca reer of victory, so rarely broken, has been due to our meeting boldly each question as it arose, to our facing every danger, as it crossed our path, with entire courage, fear less of consequences and determined only to be true to the principles which brought the party into existence and to the spirit which has inspired It from its birth. We faced secession rather than assent to the extension -of slavery. Rather than submit to secession we took up the dread burden of civil war. But a few years ago we per mitted thousands of Republicans to leave us, thereby imperiling our political power rather than abandon the goid standard and plunge the country into disaster and dishonor. All Issuers Squarely 3ieL In these latest years, as In the most re mote, we have been true to our traditions. In the process of development a point was reached where the country was confronted by a situation more perilous than any it has ever raced except in the Civil War, and we Republicans were therefore, obliged to deal with problems of the most complex and difficult character. To our honor, be It said, we have noi shrunk from the task. Much has been done much, no doubt, still remains to do but the great underlying principles have been established and uppn them we can build, as necessity arises, care fully and deliberately. I have spoken of the seriousness of the situation with which the country was con fronted. Its gravity can hardly be over estimated. It grew out of conditions and was the result of forces beyond the control of men. Science and invention, the two great factors in this situation, have not only altered radically human environment and our relations- to nature, but. in their application, they have revolutionised eco nomic conditions. These changed economic conditions have, in turn, affected profound ly society and politics. They have led, among other things, to combinations of cap ital and labor on a scale and with a power never before witnessed. They have opened the way to accumulations of wealth In masses beyond the dreams of avarice and never before contemplated by men. The social and political problems thus cre ated are wholly new. it is a fallacy to suppose that because the elements are old the problem itself must, therefore, differ only in degree from those which have gone before. The elements may be old. but the problem presented by a changa in the pro- BOOM T PERMANENT PRESIDENT, REPUBLICAN NATIONAL 1 v CONVENTION. J if ft. N 4jt , i ' n HON. HENRY CABOT LODGE, OF MASSACHUSETTS. portion of the elements may be and. In this case Is,, entirely new. Nothing New in Trusts. Great individual fortunes and rich men are, it is true, as old as recorded history. Nearly 200 0 years ago the tax farmers of Home formed a "trust" for their own profit and protection; the English people, three centuries ago. revolted against the patents and monopolies granted by Elizabeth and James to their courtiers, and monopolists, forestallers and speculators in the necessi ties of life were a curse in our Revolution and bitterly denounced by Washington. Yet It Is none the less true that the same things today present questions different in kind as well as in degree from their prede cessors. It is the hugo size of private fortunes, the vast extent and power of modern com binations of capital, made possible by pres ent conditions, which have brought upon us, in these later years, problems porten tous In their possibilities, and threatening not only our social and political welfare, but even our personal freedom. If they are not boldly met and wisely solved. Fear Dishonest Wealth, The great body of the American people, neither very rich nor very poor, the honest, the thrifty, the hard wcrking. the men and women who earn and save, have no base envy, no fanatic hatred of wealth, whether Individual or corporate, if it has been hon estly gained and is wisely and generously employed with a sense of responsibility to the public. But this great body of our people, by habit and Instinct alike wisely conservative, these people who are the bone and sinew of our ccuntry and upon whom its fortunes and Its safety rest, began to observe, with deep alarm, the recent manifestations of the new" economic condi tions. More and more they came to be lieve that these vast fortunes and these huge combinations of capital were formed and built up by tortuous and dishonest means and through a cynical disregard of the very laws which the mass of the peo ple were compelled to obey. They began tf fear that political power waa being reft from their hands and put Into the possession of the money-holders; that their dearest rights were in danger; that their hopes of success and advancement were cut off by business systems which they could not un derstand by which the individual was sac rificed and held down. To those who looked beneath the surface an ominous unrest was apparent. The vio lent counsels of violent man, who aimed at the destruction of property and the over throw of law, began to be heard and bark ened to. The great order-loving, industri ous masses of the American people turned away from these advocates of violence, but at the same time, demanded that their Government should give them, in lawful and reasonable way, the protection to which they were entitled, against the dangers they justly apprehended. Steered a Safe Course. The great duty of fulfilling these righteous demands, like all the great public services of the last half century, was imposed upon the Republican party, and they have not flinched from the burden. Under the lead of the President, the Republican party has grappled with he new problems, born o the new conditions. It has been no light task. Dangerous extremes threatened on either hand. On the one side were the radicals of reaction, who resisted any change at all; on the other side were the radicals of destruction who wished to change every thing. These two forms of radicalism are as far apart at the outset as the poles, but, when carried out, they lead alike to revolu tion. Between these two extremes the Re publican President and the Republican Con gress were compelled to steer and while they advanced steadily, soberly and effec tively, they were obliged to repel th radical assaults on either hand. Yet, notwithstanding all these difficulties much has been accomplished. The response of the people to the policies urged by the President has been so emphatic that It has been made clear, once for all, that the Government of the United States is never to be dominated by money and financial in terests, and that ths political party which permits Itself to be ruled by them is there by doomed to defeat. rolicy Is Well Determined. The policy of the Republican party, in dealing with these new and formidable ques tions which have taken concrete form In enormous combinations of capital and in great nubile service comorations. has been formulated and determined. That policy Is to use Government regulation and super vision for the control of corporations and combinations so that these great and neces sary Instruments of cor..merce and business may be preserved as useful servants and not destroyed because they have threatened to become dangerous masters. This policy is the absolute opposite of government ownership and all like meas ures, advocated by our opponents, which tend directly to Socialism and to all its at tendant miseries and evils. It is in pursuance of this policy, shaped and settled, during the past few years, that old laws have been enforced and new ones enacted. Nothing Is more destructive to the respect for law the chief bulwark of civilized so ciety than to place laws upon the statute book In order merely to still public clamor and satisfy the people, but which it Is never Intended to enforce. The worst laws Imaginable are those which are allowed to rust, unused, because, if enforced, they might Interfere with vested abuses or curb the rich and powerful. Made Enemlrt and Friends. ' The President has enforced th laws as he found them on the statute books. For this performance of his sworn duty, he has been bitterly attacked. It was to be ex pected. Vested abuses and profitable wrongs cry out loudly when their entrenchments are carried, and some one la sure to be hurt when the bayonets of tho taw are pushed home. In the great American electorate money has few votes, but It "can command many voices and cause many birds to stng, The result is that the President is the best abused and the most popular man in tho United States today. He has been morn abused than any President except Washing ton r-incoin ana oiant. jie possesses the love and confidence of the American people to a degree never equaled except by Lincoln and Washington. May it not be said, in " ' f V ' - , sober truth, that the fearless performance of a sworn duty is not without its exceeding great reward? But the work has not ceased with the en forcement of existing laws. A Republican Congress and a RnDubllran President have planed new laws upon the statute books, designed to carry out tho Republican policy or government regulation in a safe, reason able and effoctlve manner. The Elkins law, aimed at preferential rebates, which have been the curse of our transportation and our business; the railroad rate law, which made the Buuervlsion of railroads more effective, and the pure-food law, which has been In the highest degree, beneficent to the masses of our people, are all monuments of the policy and the labors of the Republican party. Third Term Impossible. The President, who has led his party and the people In this great work, retires, by his own determination, from his high ofTic, on the fourth of March next. His refusal of a renomination, dictated ty the loftiest mo tives and by a noble loyalty to American traditions, is final and irrevocable. Any ons who attempts to use his name as a candi date for the Presidency impugns both .his sincerity and his good faith, two of the President's greatest and most conspicuous qualities upon which no shadow has ever been cast. That man Is no friend to Theo dore Roosevelt and does not cherish his name and fame who now. from any mo tive, seeks to urge him as a candidate for the great office which he has finally de clined. The President has refused what his countrymen would gladly have given him ; he says what he means and means what he says, and his party and his country will respect his wishes as they honor his high character and great public service. But although the President retires, he leaves his policies behind him. To those policies the Republican party stands pledged. We must carry out as we have begun, re gardless alike of the radicals of reaction and the radicals of revolution. We must hold fast to that which - is good while we make the advances which the times de mand. We ask for the confidence and support of the American people because we have met the problems of the day and have tried pa tiently to solve them. We appeal for votes and for the power they confer because we uphold the President's policies and shall con tinue to sustain them. We make our appeal with confidence because we have a well-defined policy and are not, like our opponents, fumbling In the dark to find some opinio on something. Principles of the Party. We believe In the maintenance of law and order and in the support of the courts in all their rights and dignity. We believe In equal rights for all men and are opposed to special privileges for any man, or any class of men. high or low, rich or poor. We, who established the gold standard, are pledged to the cause of sound finance. We stand for protection to American industry and American labor, and we will resist all the assaults of free trade under whatever name it comes disguised. We will see to the de fense of the country. We mean to have a Navy worthy of the American name. We seek peace and friendship with all the na tions, but alliance with none. Yet we have no intention of being a "hermit nation." The great services of the President to the world's peace will be continued by the party which ho has led. We are a party fit to rule and govern, to legislate and adminis ter, and not a fortuitous collection of atoms whose only form of thought or motion Is to oppose. Above all, we are true to our tra ditions and to our past, true now as we were in the days of Lincoln. In this spirit we must prevail by this sign we must conquer. KILLS BLACK HAND THUGS Hew Orleans Wine Merchant Shoots Three Extortionists. NEW ORLEANS, Juno 17. Following a scries of crimes attributed to so-called "Black Hand" societies in the Italian quarter of New Orleans, one of the worst tragedies yet connected with that section took place today, when three Italians were shot to death. According to the' police, these men were killed os a result o an attempt to extort money from I'ierto Giacona, a wealthy Italian wine merchant. Giacona and his son told the police that these men had frequently bought wine from them by the barrel, and had invariably refused to pay for it. According to their story, the three forced them to ship a barrel of wine to a point in the state yesterday, and return ing early today, ordered them to prepare a meal. The elder Giacona suspected that trouble would ensue, and hid a re peating' rille near the table. When one of the visiting Italians drew a revolver and ordered them to produce money and valuables, the eider Giacona answered with a shol from the rifle. The man he fired at fell dead and the other two at tempted to escape. One was killed before he got 10 feet from the table. The other reached the staircase, only to get a bullet in his brain as he started down the steps, his body falling into the courtyard below. One of the Italians killed was identified as a man named Barraca, known to the police. Today another Italian, badly wounded, was found in a shed near the Giacona home. He was identified as one of those who had been shot at and the only one who escaped with his life. , His wound is dangerous. Fire Destroys $-2 10,000 Hotel. PET OS KEY. Mich., June 17. Fire of unknown origin hint night destroyed the Imperial Hotel, valued at tlllO.tmo. The Imperial was a Summer hotel and had not been opened, for the season. The only ocoupants were the caretakers.