. Golden jubilee of the Republican Party; the celebration in Philadelphia, June 17, 18 and 19, 1906. end; but someof the guests of the city remained and for these a trip to WillowGrove was provided for the next day June 20th. Many of theFremont voters visited the Park and with the delegates wereentertained there at luncheon. FIRST DAY—MEMORIAL SESSION. The first meeting of the Golden Jubilee Convention of theNational League of Republican Clubs, was held at Musical FundHall, Philadelphia. June 17th, 1906. The President of the National League of Republican Clubs,Hon. J. Hampton Moore, calle
. Golden jubilee of the Republican Party; the celebration in Philadelphia, June 17, 18 and 19, 1906. end; but someof the guests of the city remained and for these a trip to WillowGrove was provided for the next day June 20th. Many of theFremont voters visited the Park and with the delegates wereentertained there at luncheon. FIRST DAY—MEMORIAL SESSION. The first meeting of the Golden Jubilee Convention of theNational League of Republican Clubs, was held at Musical FundHall, Philadelphia. June 17th, 1906. The President of the National League of Republican Clubs,Hon. J. Hampton Moore, called themeeting to order at P. M. The President:—If your heartsthrill a little with patriotic fervorLET IT OUT in the reception you giveto the heroes of 1856 who are aboutto enter the building in a body. About three hundred grey hairedveterans of the Fremont Campaignentered the hall and passed down tothe front where seats had been re-served for them. Their entrance wasgreeted with cheers and tremendousenthusiasm, followed by the singingof America by the audience inchorus, led by the JOHN VIRDIX CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON MIS ICAL FUND HALL The President:—Exactly fifty years ago in this historicalhall, amid the scenes that were enacted at the birth of a greatNational Partv destined to have a tremendous influence uponthe happiness and the progress of the Nation, a young Baptistclergyman offered prayer. Great names with which you arefamiliar were then personified in the audience; he was a part oftheir lives as these three hundred men who have just completedthis procession were a part of the lives of those times. By a re-markable co-incidence we have w4th us this afternoon to invokeas he did then, the Divine Blessing, the Rev. Edgar M. Levy, whowill offer GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 31PRAYER BY REV. EDGAR M. LEVY. O God, our Heavenly Father, who doeth great things pastfinding out; yea, and wonderful things without number. Na-tions, kingdoms and parti
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