Convention Notes and Parades at Philadelphia Rally
Descriptions of committees read during the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Roosevelt attendance, Governor Roosevelt, Quay, Cannon and Levy featured. Parade tensions, policing, and crowd control noted. Snippets on rumors, McKinley comparisons, and notable observers. A New Yorker buys a ticket for ten dollars and reflects on the scene.
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Wolcott
Roosevelt
Quay
New Mexico
Representative Cannon
Illinois
Pogar M. Levy
Philadelphia
New- Yorker
Broad St
Lafayette
Metropolis
Madison Square Garden
Garden
Mark Hanna
Senator Walcott
Pshaw
Fremont
Dayton
Third day out on the majestic ship with fragile passenger
The Chicago Tribune narrates a distressed voyage as a freighter carries a young woman named Clara and her aunt aboard. Clara, pale and weak, endures the rough sea while the aunt urges amusement and resilience on the first day on deck.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Clara
Duel of Tickets and Politicians at the Convention
Reporters describe a chaotic convention scene with Boer envoy Wolmarans meeting many attendees while Senator Depew pays a rare fare. A humorous guard leads a Connecticut delegate to the National Committee on the tenth floor. William Mason attacks Roosevelt’s VP chances. Charles Pritchard voices Southern reform ideas for Republican strength and warns against professional Southern politicians.
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Wolmarans
A. D. W. Wolmarans
Massachusetts
Walton
Depew
Haverford
the Walton
National Committee
Connecticut
Sam
Fessenden
Charles E. Pritchard
Alabama
South
Roosevelt
Pritchard
Mobile
Chis Uebashes
City Hall parade scene and political notes from 1900 era
The piece describes a crowded city hall area with a grand electric lit structure and marching crowds resembling comets. It also recalls Roosevelt’s awkward nomination stance, Lincoln and Douglas style questioning, a serenade to the mint by Chicago bands, a Democrat turned Republican in Portsmouth, and ticket gate chaos at the National Committee as Henry L. Swords scans the crowd.
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City Hall
Lafayette
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Douglas
Illinois
United States
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Elkins
Fairbanks
Senator Fairbanks
Indiana
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McKinley
John Sherman
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William Tecumseh Sherman
Horatio Seymour
Old Tammany Hall
Seymour
Chicago
James’ ‘A. Garfield
Garfield
Tilmots
Senate
Kentucky
Blaine Club of
Cincinnati
California
Mr. Roberts
John Raines
Canandaigua
Senator Thurston
Stratford
Thurston
Rose
Nebraska
Independence Hall
Eagle Pass
Senator Depew
Walton Hotel
Idaho
Mason
William Mason
Georgia
Jwlyons
G.horna Day
Emery
TR Burton
METCA
Rohrer
Hunsicker
Holt
Kansas
Hanna
Well- Caldweyy
Tracy
He-Millikan
J.T. Bradley
MINT
Cook County Republican Club
Union League Club
United States Mint
Frank Jones
Portsmouth
N. H
Grover Cleveland
Henry L. Swords
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