The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt edited by J. Martin Miller

THE CONVENTION ASSEMBLES 245
Cannon, New York; Thomas F. Clifford, New Hampshire;
Lucian Grey, IlHnois; Willett M. Spooner, Wisconsin; T.
Larry Eyre, Pennsylvania; J. T. Wilson, Kentucky; Rome C.
Stephenson, Indiana; John H. King, South Dakota; Walter
S. Melick, California; T. St. John Gaffney, Missouri; Edgar
O. Silver, Vermont; P'rank D. Waterman, New York; George
W. Armstrong, Minnesota; Franklin Murphy, Jr., New Jersey;
Edwin C. Simms, Illinois; James Paddock, Illinois.
Reading clerks—W. D. Harrison, Nebraska; Dennis
Alward, Michigan; E. L. Lampson, Ohio; T. W. B. Duck-
wall, West Virginia.
Clerk at president's table—Asher C. Hinds, Maine.
Sergeant at arms— William F. Stone, Maryland.
P'irst assistant sergeant at arms— David C. Owen, Wis-
consin.
Chaplains— First day, the Rev. Timothy P. Frost; second
day, the Rev. Thomas E. Cox; third day, the Rev. Thaddeus
A. Snively, all of Illinois.
TWO RESOLUTIONS ARE OFFERED
"In the interest of economy of time in the performance of
our business," said Thomas H. Carter of Montana, "I present
the following resolution:
" Resolved, That until a permanent organization is effected this convention be
governed by the rules of the last national Republican convention."
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
Senator McComas of Maryland offered the following reso-
lution, which was read by the secretary:
Resolved, That the roll of States and Territories be now called, and that the
chairman of each delegation announce the names of the persons selected to serve on
the several committees, as follows; Permanent organization, rules and order of
business, credentials and resolutions ; and,
further, that the chairman of each dele-