Hanna Hails Roosevelt

HANNA HAILS ROOSEVELT

HE OPENS OHIO CONVENTION WITH ROUSING SPEECH.

LAUDS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND GENERAL PROSPERITY.

CONSIDERS CAPITAL AND LABOR A FUTURE ISSUE.

Columbus, O., June 4. - The Auditorium was packed when J. B. Clingerman, chairman of the state central committee, called the Republican state convention to order Wednesday afternoon. Ovations were tendered the leaders as they entered the hall, notably to Senators Hanna and Foraker and Myron T. Herrick, and when Senator Hanna was introduced as temporary chairman the demonstration was long and loud, the delegates rising to their feet and cheering to the echo.

In beginning his address, Senator Hanna congratulated the Republican party of Ohio upon its splendid representation in the convention and expressed the wish that its deliberations should be marked with good judgment and the proper spirit. He reviewed at some length the development of Ohio's first century of statehood, whose closing has been celebrated recently at Chillicothe.

Continuing, he said in part:

"Republicans can congratulate themselves that in the direction of national affairs they have realized all they hoped for and all they expected in the administration of Theodore Roosevelt. We look back but a few short months, when that heroic young man, standing under the gloom of that awful tragedy at Buffalo, feeling and appreciating the responsibilities which had come upon him, and in the presence of the American people made that sacred promise to them that, to the best of his ability, with his heart full of desire, it should be his aim to carry out the policies of President McKinley. (Long, loud applause.) And how well he has succeeded we all know and we all feel, as this convention will express, an appreciation of that administration. We all realize to that young, heroic president is due, as coming from his heart, the most patriotic, unselfish and energetic devotion to the interests of the people and the principles of his party.

Educate Emigrants.

"It is a matter of pride to us that the people of this country are so intelligent, and when we hear the suggestions that the time may come, as a result of this enormous influx of immigration, that the spirit of Americanism will be contaminated by contact, I say no, my friends. The institutions of these United States are upon a surer foundation and there is a bulwark, built years ago, which stands today stronger than ever. That bulwark is our common schools, our institutions of education, so that we are adequately prepared for all assimilation that may be necessary for any and all who may come to our hospitable shores.

"The future of the United States cannot be measured in words. The experience of fifty years has taught us that nothing is impossible. There are no conditions existing today but that are in a further stage of development than they have been in the past. The United States stand today in the front rank of industrial nations of the world. Having just arrived at that point, does any one suppose we are going to stop or halt in our progress? That is not the spirit of the American people.

Concerning the relationship between capital and labor. The day is dawning when that all important, aye. economically important, question will be taken up, discussed and considered, not purely from the standpoint of politics but from the standpoints of humanity and society. This is simply another milestone to mark our progress in the direction, but it will not be the last. 'Onward' is our motto as a people, and in order that that advance may be safe and sure, all the people must look for guidance along that path to those who lead them and have led them safetly in the past."

The call by congressional district was then made for members of the committee on credentials, permanent organization and order of business, etc. when the convention, after being in session only an hour, adjourned until 10 o'clock today.