Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1904 — REPUBLICANS CELEBRATE [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICANS CELEBRATE

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Birth of the Pnrty Is Observed nt Jackson, Mich. Dackson, Mich., July 7. —Five thousand people assembled in Loomis park here to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the Republican party “Under the Oaks” in this city July 6, ,1854. It was here on that date that the first state convention acting nnder the name of “Republican” waa held. The state ticket nominated on that day went through a heated campaign to election day success. Secretary of State John Hay, who was private secretary to Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president, was the orator of the day. Other distinguished guests present were Speaker Cannon of the national house of representatives; Senator C. W. Fairbanks of Indiana, Republican candidate for vice president; and United States Senators R. A. Alger and J. C. Burrows of Michigan. An Interesting feature of the exercises was a body of Fremont voters and men who cast their ballots for the “Pathfinder,” for whom a thousand prominent seats bad been reserved. Grand Army uniforms, crutches and silvered locks were conspicuous among them, and the rapt attention of these “charter" Republicans was notable.