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X 111 CONVENTION IN TUMULT DURING j NOMINATIONS $we!tering Thousands Cheer Wildly as Names of Candi dates Are Presented 1 Wood Gets Big Ovation. (Continued From l'oge Vow.) Lowden. The poll always showed 8 for Wood and 9 for Lowden. . Deep interest centered on Illinois. Chairman Emerson announced the vote It was: Wood, 14; Johnson, 3; Lowden, 41. A grunt describes the 'manner in which the convention re " Ceived the news of the city hall's po sition. There were a few hisses. Indiana voted as had been antici pated and Iowa pulled a hipt cheer from, the Lnwdcn camp when it turned in the full 2d for the Illinois governor. Chairman A. T. Hert of the Kentucky delegation got a good natured laugh out of the convention when he found f of the candidates tfpon whom he scattered the 26 votes, saving out 20 for Lowden. Hoover Breaks In. ' The Hoover enthusiasts saw the ice broken for their favorite when one of the Maine votes that had been supposed to be for Wood went to Hoover. , I Big interests centered in Massa chusetts. Governor Coolidge got 28, vrhile the Wood people were able to secure 7 for the general, evoking a' rousing cheer- from the Wood camp, jphnsoii boosters roe to their feet when Michigan delivered solidly to the Calitornian. The "shushes" that are alwayN heard in every national convention When the name of New York is chlle.d preceded the announcement ()t the vote by Senator James V. Wadsworth. The delegates under him sprinkled their support all over the field, Nicholas . Murray - Bntli;-, the favorite son, landing only 65 of the 88 delegates. j Crowds Pouring In. , f Crowds ' came trooping early to tfe great contest, much after the fashion, perhaps, the beauty and chivalry of ancient Rome gathered to see a batch of early Christians - fed to the roaring lions. While delegates and party war horses were still attacking the matuninal grapefruit and three-minute eggs, spectators were packing the galle ries. The old amphitheater seemed to be teetering on its tiptoes. But tjjiere was little noise everybody vas conserving lungs and vocal Oi fjhns for the big show. iAt ten minutes to ten Senator Lodge picks up the rosewood maul a'iul smacks the table. A secretary, a minute before, had reinTorced it with a section of two-inch planks; for this is the day that Lodge s good right arm is to get plenty of exercise. ' ' . i The Rev. Johnston Myers joffers a prayer, a good straight-from-thc-sh.oulder invocation without text or manuscript. Alexander Moore of 'Pittsburgh, husband of Lillian Rus sell,, and one of the bull moose kaders back in 1912, offers a reso lution; a memorial to ' Theodore Roosevelt. It brings applause. e. Bryan Enters Press Box. l"The next business is the nomi nation of candidates," said Senator Lodge. ; One shriek from pit and galleries is the response. The big time has just struck. Everybody edges for ward in his seat. Bryan comes into the press box and oustsvLevy May er, attorney of the wets, who has been occupying his chair. A. T. Hert of Kentucky, who has been rounding up the delegates for Gov ernor Lowden comes in smiling. Frank Hitchcock, actual manager of the Wood campaign, takes a chair on the platform beaming. The roll call of states for nomination of can didates is ordered. Arkansas passes, Arizona yields to Kansas and W. J. Bailey, former governor, announces tfiat Governor Henry Allen will place Gen. ;Wood's namebefore the delegates. i:Governor Allen takes up' Gen. Wood's record in Cuba ' and the Philippines and comes down to the great war period. ' "'When the war broke upon the consciousness of the American peo ple with a terrific shock we found that Leonard Wood had been pre paring. We heard from him no plat itudes about a million men springing t& arms over night." - Cheering Begins. ' Everybody near the platform cjanes a neck at Bryan, chief trum peter of the idea of a "million springers over night," during the drive for preparedness. Cheers, loud offles. V'While other men were preaching the need of keeping1 out of war," Allen continues, "Wood sounded ttie reveille that awoke a slumber ing nation and made victory pos sible. He insisted, he demanded, 'we must prepare.'." j "Wheel. Yells a group from Min nesota. ?4'Yip e-e-aouw! Screech groups aod knots of delegates from other sections. It is the first real flash the con vention has had at the Wood strength. It does not appear to be as large as some of the managers had been saying. . Near the front, A. J. Beveridge ai Indiana, in shirt sleeves and gal luses, his coat over his arm, is stand ing on his chair, singing a song of one word: "Wood, Wood, Wood." , Blizzard of Feathers. Htichcock's burnished head flashes hither and yon on the platform. High up on the girders men re lease a blizzard of red, white and blue feathers, which drop through the sunlight. , A pretty picture and the movie - men" flash on the lamps and snake off a few yards of film. Jjrerybody is grabbing at the feathers and many are sticking them in their hair. In nominating Governor Lowden, . Representative William A. Roden berg of Illinois made an old-fash-ionedjinging speech. He was loud ly applauded as he, began. Liken ing Governor Lowden unto Lincoln, he: reminded the convention that three score of years" ago, Illinois was called upon in a .great crisis to , furnish a president to the nation. - Mr. Rodenberg was repeatedly ap-'.- plauded by the delegates during his addresjj When he concluded, the G. 0. P. Leaders Meet in Conference 4" i Theodore Roosevelt of New York: Will H. Hays, chairman of the na tional committee; Charles S. Werner of Michigan; T. A. Hart of Kentucky, and Fred Upham of Illinois. This photograph was made at Mr. LJpham's country home near Chicago during a conference of the G. O. 1 . leaders. demonstration for Lowden, a spon taneous one, in which hundreds of the delegates participated with en thusiasm, kept the convention in an uproar for nearly 45 minute. The demonstration exceeded t Ii - Wood outburst by several minutes 'A few scattered hurrahs, heralded the arrival on the speaker's platform of Charles S. Wheeler, California, to nominate Hiram Johnson. The Californians applauded, but the gal leries did not burst into the roar of enthusiasm that had been adver tised. Mr. Wheeler bcgarThis nom ir.atin;. speech for California's son with a description of California as a convocation of people from alscc tions of the United States The old argument that California was too far away' from the center of the country to lay claim to the White House, he said was no Jonger effective. ' From the moment Mr. Wheeler alluded to the use of money by other candidates, it was apparent that the convention cards were' stacked against Johnson of California. Refers to Wilson. Throughout the remainder of his nominating speech Mr. Wheeler was frequently interrupted and derided -. "1 repeat," he continued, when the hubbub ceased, "that the next presi dent will be the man in whom the average American has faith, because this still is a government of tie peo ple, by the people and for the peo ple. "Do you want four years more of the Wilson family in Ihc White House?" . ' i A roaring, gigantic shout of "No!" was the answer frcmi the delegates and spectators joining in the. re sponse. . "Are you prepared to see the peo ple take oV the crown prince?" the speaker continued. Again the unani mous reply was "No I No!" "What did California do in 1916?" someone shouted from the guests' gallery ( behind the speakers' stand.- "California elected Woodrow Wilson," cried another. "I hold the mandate of the official people of California" Mr. Wheeler resumed, 'while the delegates con tinued to interrupt him. His voice could not be heard above the din, rtost of it coming from the dele gates, and Mr. Beveridge, wielding the gavel, rapped for order. Chairman Calls Order. "Be sure on one thing,". Mr; Wheeler resumed, when order had again been restored, "that I am tak ing these interruptions with good nature. I would say to you that there is something in the popularity in this son of California, for which newspaper publicity is not responsi ble. The American citizens have been getting their understanding of this man whom God has ordained to be a leader 'From Hearst,' shouted some one in the gallery throwing the convention into 'an uproar. That Harding is popular among the delegates was clear by the gen uine enthusiasum which greeted his name. The Ohio delegates marshalled by Myron T. Herrick, led in the cheering, and the Lowden delegates from Illinois displayed their sports manship by joining in the applause. Scattering delegates who delegates who helped swell the ovation were from Kansas, Virginia, Texas, Indi ana, New York and one lone dele gate from Oregon, who had previ ously announced that he was going ito vote for Harding. The seconding speech 'was delivered by K. a. Creager of Brownsville, Tex., who said that Harding could carry Ohio and "he can carry Texas for the republican party." Ry the time the Harding ovation was over the crowd and delegates both were tired of the speech-making. They were so fed up on it that M-ayor Hampton Moore of Phila delphia, in nominating Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania, could not get a hearing. Sproul's name was given a big cheer, after which William I. Schaf- fer of ChVster delivered the second ing' speech, making it short. He said that Sproul was so big himself that he would not be afraid to call around him all the best talent and brains in the republican party to aid his administration iu the next four years, if elected. The name of Senator Toindcxter cf Washington was presented to the convention by George H. Walker, who praised the senator's record for Americanism and the protest against "President Wilson's venture into the unknown," meaning his fight on the. Wilson league of na tions. Jules Bache of New York seconded the Poindexter nomina tion. . . Senator Howard Sutherland cf West Virginia was the last to in placed in nomination. No one could hear the nominating speech, deliv ered by J. M. Sanders of Blueficld. When Sanders began he unfortu nately told thexcrowd he was going to "talk only 10 or 15 minutes." After more ( than seven hours of oratory, that was tort- much. The people were eager for the balloting to begin. But Sanders insisted upon taking his 15 minutes although not a word he said was heard 10 Sutherland's name was seconded by John Marshall of Parkersburg. An agreeable surprise for the crowd tame when Wisconsin's name wis 'railed and the stated passed. ft had been expected that Senator LaFollette's name would be presented just as it had been sub mitted in republican conventions for years. But it was not, and the con vention was at last ready for the call of the roll. Ready for Vote. It was easy for Senator Ledge to get order now. A hush fell over the great hall as the chairman rapped his big gavel on the tab'e and announced that the next busi ness of the convention was the nom iiiation of a candidate for Ihe presidency-of the United States. Labor Report Against Reds. London, June 11. The first re port of the British labor . delegates who have just returned from an in vestigation of conditions in soviet Russia made public- this evening is, broadly speaking, unfavorable to the JOHNSON HAILED AS ONE WHO CAN WIN FOR PARTY Californian Placed In Nomina tionto End -That : "Bosses Be Scourged From Temple ' of Republicanism." Chicago, June 10. Hailed as the man to 'scourge the last of the bosses from the temple of the re publican party." Senator Hiram Johnson was formally nominated to day for the republican presidential candidacy by 'Charles S. Wheeler of California, "The great responsibility is yours," the speaker said to the con vention delegates. "The "American voter everywhere is saying of Cal ifornia's son just as Roosevelt said of him of all the public men in tin's country today, he is the one with whom I find myself in most com plete sympathy. . "To the end that men and not masters shall administer the great trusteeship of the republican party; to the end that you who hold in your hands the party's destiny maj' go forth from these halls, triumphant in the assurance of certain victory: to the end that the constitution of our fathers and the highest tradi tions of the American people shall endure the sovereign state of California-places before you in formal nomination Hiram W. Johnson." "People Love Johnson." "If you-uld know why it is that American citizens by the tens of thousands have written in his name at every free and open primary in the land, I hold a mandate of Cali fornia to tell you. The human sym pathies have a wireless all their own whereby fellow heart speaks to fel low heart. "They see in him a man of action, a great constructive executive, a leader to whom a platform promise is a solemn obligation, a man who keeps the faith who enacts his promised word into the law of the land an executive who gve to his own state a govtrnent so clean, so efficient, and so uplifting that it challenges comparison a leader who knows how so to wield tha cudgel of political power that even party knaves are forced to play the game squarely with the people." Won Over "Big Business." Ten years ago, the speaker said, big business men in California and "our conservative millionaires" were fearful of Johnson, but they found "when power was in his. hands that he used it so sanely" and he now had no supporters more outspoken and enthusiastic "than the bankers and the big business men of his home state." "California makes no pretension that its candidate is the political heir of -Theodore Roosevelt. But if U should happen that the claim is here made that the political mantle "'f Theodore Roosevelt was bequeathed to any one, then California asks you to remember that Theodore Roose velt said of its son: 'lie is fitted at the moment to be president of the United States.' , "My fellow Americans the hour has struck, the time lias come, to scourge the last of ihe bosses from this great temple of the republican party. "Men of the south if it be true that tjpere are among your number hand picked delegates who have forgo ten the obligation they of all men owe to the flag of freedom; men of the north, if it be true that there aril in your ranks political slaves who are being lashed into line by the black snake of some party Lcgree, tell them that they hold within themselves the power to strike the shackles from their own limbs." Hundreds of Sparrows Killed by Explosion Blueficld. W. Va., June 11. Sev eral hundred English sparrows, roosting in the eaves of the. 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