Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1908 — A WINNING SPIRIT [ARTICLE]

A WINNING SPIRIT

Republican State Convention Dominated by Contagious Enthusiasm. A NOTABLE ASSEMBLAGE Rarely Has Historic Tomlinson Hall Housed So Significant a Gathering of the People. * • . 1 ■ ■ i. The “Keynote" Oratory of the Leaders Was Applauded In No Unmistakable Manner. For Secretary of State — FRED SIMS. For Auditor of State — JOHN C. BILLHEIMER. For Treasurer of State— OBCAR HADLEY. For Attorney General — * JAMES BINGHAM. For Rfeporter of Supreme Court— GEORGE W. SELF. For Judge of the Appellate Court— DAVID MYERS. Indianapolis, April 2. —The above section of the ticket which Indiana Republicans will battle for during the coming campaign was disposed of "with neatness and dispatch” this morning. These lucky gentlemen had no opposition, hence, according to the rules adopted by the convention, they were nominated by acclamation at the beginning of this morning’s session, thus clearing the decks for the delegates to proceed to the more arduous task of selecting by ballot the balance of the ticket, for places on which there are candidates numerous and insistent

FLOODS OF ORATORY The First Day’s Session Marked by Ringing Addresses. Indianapolis, April 2. Who said the Republicans of Indiana were "skeered”? Nothing of the sort! Had there been any need to refute this slander, even the merest incidental view of those thousands of enthusiastic partisans who gathered in Tomlinson hall yesterday afternoon would have effectually silenced any such a statement, ft can safely be said that —not at least in recent years—there has never been such an enthusiastic and single-minded outpouring at a political convention in this state. The delegate representatives of the party from over the state were there fully imbued with the high character of the task before them. There was apparent in the tense attitude of all during the presentation of the party’s position in the coming campaign, as outlined by the several speakers of the afternoon, an electric sense of attention that proved their realization of the importance of the work which they had gathered to perform. The great outpouring of Indiana Democracy at the convention the week before and the display of enthusiasm cans to do even better in the way of attendance, and historic old Tomlinson hall was crowded as it has rarely been; while in point of enthusiasm and intentness of purpose no convention could have been more unanimous. First Day’s Proceedings. Long before the hour of convening the galleries were filled with interested spectators, and as the floor began to fill with delegates the scene was one of much animation. As the stage slowly filled with the convention’s guests, the hall was frequently shaken with applause as one or another of the party’s popular leaders In the stats appeared. There was a degree of fine fellowship in the air of the delegates toward their leaden that was striking, conveying somehow a sense of oneness In the attitude of the party in Indiana this year that was particularly impressive to old political observers. The presence on the stage and In the balcony reserved for their use, of many ladies gave a charm to the scene It would otherwise have lacked, the variegated plumage of feminine hats lending Itself admirably to the fine scheme of decoration which had been worked out in the adornment of the hall. Conspicuous among these decorations, hanging directly over the stage, was a huge banner on which was emblazoned the legend: