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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
7
Senator Lodge lauds the party and President Roosevelt while urging unity to nominate the Republican candidates. Delegates erupt in a 40 minute roar backing Taft or Roosevelt amid a heated start to the convention as rules fights unfold.
The piece describes a stirring moment at a political gathering as Theodore Roosevelt’s influence is felt. A sense of unity grows among delegates as speeches from Lodge and others provoke waves of applause. The author notes sincere oratory over mere rhetoric and reflects on history and national sentiment.
The Coliseum crowd swelled to 14 000 as the convention opened with Temporary Chairman Burrows at 12 20. Delegates heard credentials reports from Senator Fulton and awaited Bookwalter's anticipated floor battle as Indiana's delegation watched.
In Chicago on June 17 colored delegates and Southern politicians show Northern commercial instincts. A Louisiana camp follower tried to sell convention tickets outside the convention hall while facing stiff competition from other men of his race and state.
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