Convention Opens Amid Flag Waving and Pageantry
The convention atmosphere ran high as delegates filled the hall while a band played patriotic tunes including Dixie and The Star Spangled Banner. Reed Smoot and Sutherland were noted attendees, with Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Nicholas Longworth present. Hays arrived to chair proceedings and Roosevelt helped escort Lodge to the platform amid applause.
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Dixie
New England
Hays
Lodge
Depew Herrick and Hume Move to Front of Platform
Senator Lodge was joined by Chauuncey M. Depew of New York Myron Herrick of Ohio and Mrs J D Hume of California as they walked to the front of the platform and greeted the crowd with warm signs of accord.
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Chauuncey M. Depew
New York
Myron Herrick
Ohio
J. D. Hume
California
Senator Lodge
Local committee welcomes Lodge and Hays in opening remarks
A fragment notes a committee giving praise for Lodge and Hays during an introduction for a presentation. The line hints at a continuation on page three with further details.
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Lodge
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Smoot
Kansas
Sutherland
West Virginia
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Will Hays
Charles C. Warren
Michigan
Theodore Roosevelt
Keane
New Jersey
Edison
Kirchner’s
the House of Service
Chevrolet
Hupmobile Motor Cars
Samson
B. C. Knodle
Maxwell
G. H.deane & Co, K. of C. Building
Guin
Hart Schaffner
Marx
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Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Anderson Bros