Platform Adopted at Republican National Convention
Roosevelt dominates crowd as Hawley faction wins over Green supporters from Texas and Philadelphia. The second day sees orderly proceedings with Foraker and Depew poised to back McKinley. Lodge named permanent chair as Fairbanks presents the platform and the hall clears after adjournment.
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Ford
Manna
Foraker
Roosevelt
Senator Platt
Texans Fight as Credentials Committee Hears Texas Delegates
Philadelphia June 20 The credentials committee adjourned after an all night session. A fist fight broke out at 4 30 a m between W H Love of McKinney and Walter Burns over statements made in the committee room. Love called Burns a liar and Burns punched him. Two negro delegates then threatened each other in a separate dispute. Texas presented 11 contests with Green followers opposing Hawley in Galveston. The Hawley faction gained seating in the Sixth district. The Tennessee contest is noted to follow.
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Philadelphia
Texas
W H. Love
McKinney
Walter Burns
Burns
Love
E. H. R. Green
R. B. Hawley
Galveston
Hawley
Tennnessee
Brown
Beveridge Wife Dead and Runaway Fatality Reported
Indianapolis and Danville reports note Mrs. Beveridge wife of Senator Albert J. Beveridge died in a Danville Sanitarium of heart failure after months of illness. In El Paso a Mrs O S Lebaron was instantly killed when her buggy horse ran away near the railway station.
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Beveridge
Indianapolis
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Danville
N. Y
el Paso
Tex
O. S. Lebaron
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