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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
8
Chicago dispatch reports Julius OC Burrows of Michigan named temporary chairman as the 14th RNC opens in the Coliseum. Bishop Muldoon opened with prayer and Burrows delivered a 15 000 word keynote to about 12 000 attendees amid party factions and Roosevelt mentions.
The 980 delegates filled the Coliseum as Harry New’s gavel fell. Senator Burrows spoke at length and the keynote on tariff revision drew cheers. Senator Lodge was introduced as permanent chairman, with fifteen diplomatic spectators in a special box.
The document outlines Roosevelt era themes pledging continued policies and calls for reform. It covers tariffs, trusts regulation, federal court procedures, inland waterways, military readiness, good roads, civil rights, and democratic governance, presenting party positions and goals.
The Chicago convention drew out prolonged applause for candidates and supporters. Names like Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan sparked reflects of excitement with durations reported from thirty-two to seventy-two minutes in St. Louis and Chicago.
A gavel carved from an oak log at Fort Dearborn opened the Republican national convention. The gavel and its box were made from a two foot cut of an eight foot log from Fort Dearborn, once Chicago’s first government outpost in the old Northwest.
Mrs Lucy A Clark of Brigham City became the only woman to vote at a Republican convention when moved from alternate to regular delegate at the 1850 Philadelphia gathering. The event drew attention to a rare female participant in early party history. Judge J J Conner of Wabash Ind, longtime Republican figure, attended to watch the proceedings. He is among four surviving delegates from the first Republican convention in 1856 nominating John C Fremont.
Delegates spent the first day mailing souvenirs home in large numbers. Post cards featured hotels, the Coliseum, marching scenes on Michigan Avenue, and hotel lobbies as crowds gathered before and after the convention opening.
Hotel clerks claim the convention cost Chicago a million dollars as crowds were far under expectations. Tickets for the event were priced from 10 to 200 dollars by politicians and aides, with many hotels having ample rooms and few tickets available.
Chicago dispatch reports the Republican convention name William Howard Taft as their presidential nominee after the final ballot. The platform was adopted amid a bitter fight. Taft supporters and rival favorites pressed for rival tickets and speeches followed in favor of other contenders.
Western buyers surge into New York City signaling renewed prosperity. Senator Platt pays his wife 75000 in cash to avoid divorce suit. Clara Kroetgzinger, art student in Chicago, reports no paintings accepted in Paris salon. Japan seeks to curb emigration per Baron Tokhira. Brooklyn DA John F Clarke sails to Italy with aide Francis Corran to study Italian crime. Fred Priesmeyer acquitted on bribery. Ford Warner convicted and sentenced to two years. Richard Dillon, dismissed 16 years ago for shooting a man, reinstated at 1400 salary. Broadway car wrecked by dynamite torpedo in Cleveland. 25 passengers panicked, no serious injuries. Car strike negotiations deadlocked.
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