. Golden jubilee of the Republican Party; the celebration in Philadelphia, June 17, 18 and 19, 1906. maintenancefor nearly fifty years. The singlepurpose of the first convention wasfulfilled in-less than eight years afterthe organization of the party; butwith the growth of the latter, a wellrounded policy was established deal-ing with the fundamental principlesof representative government—a pol-icv which brought victory to the partyand prosperity to the nation. The Jubilee celebration was aninspiration; it seized upon the imagination of men and arousedthe enthusiasm even of those who had been
. Golden jubilee of the Republican Party; the celebration in Philadelphia, June 17, 18 and 19, 1906. maintenancefor nearly fifty years. The singlepurpose of the first convention wasfulfilled in-less than eight years afterthe organization of the party; butwith the growth of the latter, a wellrounded policy was established deal-ing with the fundamental principlesof representative government—a pol-icv which brought victory to the partyand prosperity to the nation. The Jubilee celebration was aninspiration; it seized upon the imagination of men and arousedthe enthusiasm even of those who had been first convention of the party assembled in Musical FundHall, Philadelphia, the opening session having been heldJune 17, 1856. The Fiftieth anniversary of that event hap-pened to fall on vSunday, June 17, 1906, and on that day the Jubi-lee celebration was begun in the hall where Fremont and Daytonhad been nominated. The hall itself had become world famousfor its acoustic properties and because it was the scene of manynotable events besides the first Republican National Convention,. JOUX R. WIGGINS CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON STREET DEMONSTRATION 15 16 GOLDEN JUBILEE OK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. and fortunately had been preserved unaltered, except in its decor-ations, for fifty years, so that it was possible to hold the celebra-tion in precisely the same place that saw the birth of the RepubH-can party as a National organization. Arrangements for theJubilee were made with the utmost regard for the dignity of theoccasion and with entire respect for the factional differences aris-ing within the party during its long career. The first conventionrepresented various parties and factions of parties united for acommon purpose and the Jubilee celebration similarly was madeto embrace all who were ready to do honor to Republican princi-ples and to the founders of the party. The old hall had beenrichly decorated with bunting and with banners bearing the namesof Republican candidates fo
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