CONVENTION IS STAMPEDE PROOF Republicans Decorously Clap Haads While Bull Moose Try to Yell Heads Off [By a StafT Correspondent] Cliicago. Jv. - ~ 10. —-Probably the most striking thing aboui the conven tions held in Chicago this week, out side of the weather, which has had an atrocity all its own. is the difference in the delegates to the two gatherings. While the Progressives yell their heads off on every occasion, the Republi cans manifest approval by decorous clapping of hands. And when you that you give the story. The Republican convention is made up to men who would like to have the party united and who would give the right hand to the Progressives, but it is stampede proof. The Progressive convention is composed of the radi cal:. of the Republican party and seu lots who know but one thing. It con tains some excellent gentlemen who are as sincere in their beliefs as four years ago and who realize what two tickets mean, but they are in the min ority. The favorite battle cry sums up the Progressive attitude: "We want Trddy." Throughout the sessions of the Re publican convention the attitude of the delegates has been impressing it self upon the spectators. Some Roose veltian "plants" in the convention a( the Coliseum '.tave been apparent every day, hut they have not had much chance to rip things loose and their enthusiasm has thus far been confined to joining with vigor in the songs Put the delegations are composed of the best men of the Republican party of the nation. Governors, Senators, «'ongressmen, businessmen, profes sional men and politicians who scent which way the wind is blowing are sitting under the state standards. -Many of them bald. A3 one of the wo men writers chirped out the other day, but the kind of men who are not car ried off their feet. In other words an unemotional convention, very different troni the gathering which raised the rcof of the Auditorium theater this week. Speeches Applauded. The precisencss of the remarks of Harding, the graceful and humorous language of Depew and the bellicose words of I'ncle Joe Cannon were ap praised and applauded by the Repub lican convention as they deserved in the first two days and the roars of! some fellows years ano, were outbursts * i solitary that they were laughable. 'I he Frogressi>e outbursts were some thing volcanic. They were spontan eous, clamorous, frenzied. But they were only when anyone mentioned the; Colonel. It struck me that there was some- ! thing about two or three of the dem onstrations which swept over the Pro gressive convention that resembled the great Bryan demonstration at Denver in 1908, when the Democrats deter mined to outdo in time the great Re publican demonstration in the Chicago! convention of that year. That uproar lasted ten minutes beyond the Repub-; lican demonstration and subsided so suddenly that there was suspicion of a signal. The first Roosevelt demonstra- j lion was wild. For the tirst hour it •was like blowing off steam and every-1 one cut loose, but when George W. i Perkins stopped waving a two-by-four f!ig there was not much more to it. The other demonstrations were just as furious for a time, but there came a time whtn the effort was apparent. Progressive Demonstrations. Some Progressive demonstrations v ere as patent as the putting in of I ihe Republican orators to kill time for fie platform committee to finish its ork. There would be a period of and when the throat refused to exercise its functions there would be lulls. Then some one would bounce In with a sign referring to Bunker Hill in 17 75 and Roosevelt in 1916 or f comparison between a demand on Morocco and a note to Germany and i l would start all over again. Finally I one would wave a hand and the root- ! or- would start to fan themselves in stead of the air. The Republicans would applaud the Idiii. .sting of the Democrats with ginger, but it would soon stop. The 1 mention of a candidate's name in a| nominating speech would evoke the! rppropriate cheers and the demonstra tion which followed would be enjoyed for a moment or so. Then the solid ; 5-übstantial men in the delegate seats ■would grow restive and the galleries' would tear around a while and quit. J The one thing the two (Conventions I seemed to have in common was that ; the country should have a navy that' would fear none. But they demon trated it different ways. A. B. H. ; Nominating and Seconding Speeches in at 7.30 O'clock; Balloting Starts at 7.45 f'hicago, June 10. Colonel \Y. J. I Calhoun was recognized and placed Senator Lawrence V. Sherman in nom ination late yesterday afternoon. As the afternoon wore on the dele gates began to grow restless. There was a constant movement of men making their way out to lunch. A j gentle hum of conversation from floor and galleries persisted, and Mr. Cal- ! houn was once interrupted with a crv of "Cut it short!" "What?" he rejoined amid laughter.; Mr. Calhoun finished at 2.55. Illinois' was on its feet, every delegate waving! e blue banner with Sherman's name i and picture. The Illinois alternates in the rear waved back and the band played "Illinois" as the delegates join-1 ed in. The Chicago Hamilton Club, about 500 strong, were admitted from the outside of the hall and paraded around the hall, headed by "Uncle Sam," "The Spirit of 76 and a live baby elephant. ' A little girl of 6, dressed as Columbia, was carried through the hall on the! .•roulder of a delegate. Waving theii "'"man banners the Illinois delega tion hegan to march, with the State Wandard borne aloft in front of them. . the Sherman demonstration ./ill been under way just 13 minutes. Fenator Sutherland, who was still in the chair, tried to restore order and hurry up the proceedings. He pound ed the desk vainly, the Sherman men ja the floor and in the galleries resist the attempt to check their favor-! Tie-son demonstration. Cannon Joins Marchers They kept it up. .» jon former Speak-1 er Cannon joined mem. and they ral-' lied to him for another outburst. . When 22 minutes had passed Mr. • Sutherland pounded vigorously, and. raising his voice, ordered the rollcali to proceed, which it did, in great noise and confusion. "Indiana!" shouted the clerk, trying to lift his voice above the confusion. Cat calls, cheers and hisses sounded. But the "hair persisted. Indiana wa<= called, and Representative Wood, of that State, nscende.. the platform to name Fairbanks. It was some minutes before h<- could proceed. The police •were irs'ructed to restore hut I apparent!', the disturbance was largely! In the galleries. Mr. Wood finished at 3.41 and the Indiana delegation began cheering. Paraders, bearing a large American flag and a banner inscribed "Fairbanka! SATURDAY EVENING, rtARRISBITRG TELEGRAPH JUNE 10, 1916 THEY'RE IN THE RING AT THE G. O. P. CONNENTION for President." marched around the| , hall, while the band played "The: i Banks of the Wabash." Pome of the Kentucky delegates Joined in as the | band played "Old Kentucky Home" j I for them. The overworked toy ele -1 phar.t v.-as tailed out again. A Falr- I'anks man looted it from where it was [hidden 011 the platform behind a hi*; | vase of pecnies, and it made the round of the hul! <>n his shoulders. While 'he Fairbanks demonstration ' was running in the gallery directly be ! hind the chairman a woman stood in! I the front row, hatless and an Ameri can Hast draped over Tier shoulders as ;a w rap, waving: another smaller flag, i while beside her stood a coatloss root-; | er. shouting: rhythmic calls. At 4.11, when the demonstration! had ironc on for SO minutes, Chairman ; ! Harding. who had resumed the chair,' ! began to pound for order, llisses and 1 I catcalls greeted the refusal of the! | Fairbanks crowd to quiet down, which I met with defiant calls. 'lt was just j j 32 minutes before order had been suf- J flciently restored for the roll to go on.! The megaphone was brought into | use for the first time asthesergeant-at arms shouted for order. Kendall Nominates Cummin* Whil» the llnor still was ir. confu- j sion, Chairman Harding ordered the rollcall to go on. and former Repre sentative M. E. Kendall took the plat- 1 form to nominate Senator A. B. Cum mins. While Mr. Kendall was speaking it j was arranged that Senator Wadsworth, of New Vork. was to be recognized to j present a resolution amending the rule governing the seconding speeches. It limited seconding speeches to two of, live minutes each. Where there are more than two, but two minutes shall* he allowed to each. The Roosevelt people had sent to the chair early in the session a list of eight speakers to make seconding speeches. Kendall departed from the text of his prepared speech, devoting his talk to a plea for harmony with the Pro-1 gressives and reciting why the lowaj delegation offered Senator Cummins as the man best equipped for that ' work. The lowa delegation broke loose when he finished at 4.37. The Minne sota delegates joined the lowa men in a parade. South Dakota joined the: Cummins demonstration, as did Ne braska. Montana got into the parade, too. and the recruits were welcomed with cheers. The Alaska and Porto Riean delegates also joined the tramp-I ing line. The demonstration was about like all the others. The march ers paraded a.iout the aisles shouting themselves hoarse, while the galleries roared and whistled. The Indiana and Kentucky delega tions were still parading, but the gal leries joined in the din and drowned out the band. The Republican lead-, ers took opportunity to confer among themselves and find out what the Pro- j gressive convention was doing. There were constant inquiries to know if Colonel Roosevelt had been nominated , there. Fall Names Roosevelt When the cheering had lasted 18 minutes order was restored and the roll was called down to New Mexico, and Senator Fall took the platform to nominate Colonel Roosevelt. Chair man Harding presented Senator Albert B. Fall, who speaks for New Mexico." j Senator Fall opened by saying that the convention has adopted a platform that can be supported by all loyal Americans, and through its action any loyal American may be nominated here. The tirst applause came when Sena- j tor Fall referred to Colonel Roosevelt without mentioning his name as aj "colossal figure of American manhood" ! and "one great American." It seemed as if Senator Fall's refer ences to Colonel Roosevelt brought generally more applause from the gal-, leries than from the floor. There were cries of "Hughes." and the convention was in an uproar. A wave of hisses swept over the hall. Senator Harding rebuked the hissers, and threatened to clear the galleries. When Fall resumed he told the con vention that at any rate the candidate for whom he spoKe would be "heard by all the people of the United States." Gallery Demonstration The noise subsided, and then in a! few words Senator Fall concluded his j speech at 5.08 o'clock by mentioning! the name "Theodore Roosevelt." The, racket began. It appeared to be large ly a gallery demonstration, the great 1 body of the delegates remaining seat-i ed. The Roosevelt workers distri buted flags and "T. R." pennants in! the galleries. Some few delegates on the floor joined in, but the great ma-j jority remained in their chairs. North j Carolina lifted its section standard and marched. Nevada and New Mexico! followed, while the din grew in vol-' ume. Soon from the galleries came the steady beat of "We want Teddy; we want Teddy." Flags waved from the! upper balconies, and hundreds of wo men and men were on their feet, flap-1 ping handkerchiefs, banners and flags. 1 A count at 5.13 made by several per- 1 sons showed 7fi delegates on their feet ' as demonstrators, but many others stood on the i hairs to watch the show.! Catherine Rutherford, a t'hicago: suffrage leader, jumped into the press stand and. waving two flags, led a part of the demonstration. In a black gown, cut low. and wide black straw hat from under whose brim showed 1 a mass or iron gray hair, shf made a striking picture and the crowd re sponded. Tie demonstration on the floor did not seem to grow, but the galleries kept up a deafening roar in which wo-j men easily were the leaders. Many ; national committeemen ani convention , j officials stood 011 their seats on the! platform or crowded close to the rost-) \ rum and watched the demonstration with great interest. \\ omen in the far galleries began | I tearing the tiags from the decorations! !tid waving Hum. Chairman Harding j sent officers to stop them. Gallery irrepressible The police made their way to the I I gallery, rstored the bunting and cau : tioned the women who had torn it down. Soon Mrs. Rutherford threw! ; olt her hat and, laughing and cheer- j j ing. led a fresh outburst. At 5.45 o'clock Mr. Harding gaveled hard for | j order, and a renewed roar from the 1 galleries answered his efforts. Mrs. : Kutherford. with 1 a Pnai wave of flags, lowered he-rclf into the. background. Mr. iiard; spoiled a megaphone at the gulierier. . u ho was entirely drowned out. J£;r.Tcant-ai-arinis Stone picked up tht heavy gavel ami vound- | ed the ta'.)ie, but the din went on. By j this time not a single delegate was on his feet, but the gallery crowd persist- ; j ed, and for a while seemed irrepressi- j ! ble. At 5.47 o'clock Chairman Hard- I j ing made himself heard, and got out j i Just ten words when the crowd shut j him off. Lasted 4 1 Minutes A handsome woman in the fire row j of the east talcony tore loose a large .flag and swung *t over her head. Two officers pushed ti rough the jam and strove to stop her. She gathered the ; flag in her arms and refused to sur ' render it. There was a gentle strug »gle while the >es of the whole con- , vention were focused on the byplay. Suddenly the big flag slipped from her j hands and fell to the floor of the hall, j The woman placed her hand to the , I brim of her big hat and bowed low :to the retreating officers. The hand swung into "The Star-Spangled Ban- 1, ner," and the crowd cheered that until 'he windows rattled. Then it played! "America," and a mighty chorus joined. Chairman Harding stood behind the I speaker's table and smilingly watched the demonstration. Many of the dele ' gates who had risen to get a better 1 view of the show finally sat down, and soon all bu. a half-dozen rooting dele gates were seated and quiet except in the galleries. ; Governor Whitman went to the plat form and told Chairman Harding some steps should be taken to quiet them. At 5.50, the crowd responding to the chairman's appeal, quieted down, the 1 demonstration having lasted 41 min utes. I a I'ollette Is \aiticd The rollcall went on, and North Dakota yielded to Wisconsin, and M 15. Clbich nominated Senator l.a Fol -1 letto. The burden of »>lbrich's speech : was against preparedness and the gal leries were disposed to jeer, but the> , were arpped to order. The delegates rebuked the galleries by calling to Ol jbrich: "Go on. you're all right!" •Olbrich finished his speech, nomin ating Senator l.a Follette at 0.2S o'clock. There was no demonstration. Hrumbausli Is Presented The rollcall went on and Mr. Collins presented the name of Governor Brumbaugh. It was growing dark j when Mr. Collins began, and 'he hall, j with its ceiling of white and yellow! bunting, behind which the light shows softly, was even more beautiful than ! in daylight. Since there were no other nomina tions. Senator Wadsworth, of New- York, moved his special rule to allow . live minutes for any two seconding ! speeches for the same candidate and two minutes each for any others.. Amid shouts of "Good, good.'" the rule; j was adopted. Delegate Weinberg, of Frederick. Md.. made a speech seconding Gov- | ernor Whitman's nomination of Jus-1 tice Hughes. Judge Bynum, of North I , Carolina, and E. W. Britt, of Califor- j nia. made seconding speeches for Fli- j hu Root. Delegate C. W. Fulton, of' < 'regon. also seconded the nomination of the Justice. I. M. Meeken. of Eliz abeth City, N. C., made a seconding! speech for ex-Senator Burton. Frank R. Stewart, of Arizona, also seconded i the Burton nomination. Ex-Representative Thomas Settle, of; North Carolina, seconded the nomina-' tion of Senator Weeks, of Massachu ; setts. Ernest Lundcen, of Minnesota. ] and ex-Senator S. E. Wilson, of South I i Dakota, seconded the Cummins nomi- ! ( nation. Ex-Representative McGuire, of Ok-' 1 lahoma. also seconded the nomination | of Senator Weeks, and so did W. J. i Emery, a negro, of Georgia. Edward | P. Morrow, of Kentucky, seconded the nomination of Fairbanks. | The chairman announced his inten- | j tion of recognizing 10 seconding! | speakers for Roosevelt, and introduced j i ex-Senator Marion Butler, of North ! 1 Carolina. The crowd was getting rest- I less and a delegate demanded to know whether there would be a recess for ■ dinner. A. M. Stevenson. "Big Steve." of 1 ; Colorado, then seconded the nomina -1 tion of Colonel Roosevelt. There was I 'a wild demonstration for the Colonel' as "Big Steve" closed, and Chairman Harding announced that ho proposed 1 to recognize nine others to second the 1 Roosevelt nomination. Ex-Senator ■ Marion Butler, of ..orth Carolina, was j the tirst of the nine. Robert M. Pol- 1 lock, of North Dakota, seconded the ! nomination of EaFollette. and W. S. Vare. of Philadelphia, seconded the! ' nomination of Brumbaugh. William Potter, of Pennsylvania, ex- 1 Ambassador to Italy, and Henry A. Wliitaker. of Maryland, had -poken for the Colonel when the Roosevelt 1 speeches were interrupted. The sec onding speecnes wore then closed without hearing the Roosevelt 10 mid j I the balloting began at 7,45 v. ni. I I co^ J>jzca/S£XS.'VE, CCMVEJVTtOH Ift SSSSfOM. Exclusive photograph of the Progressive party delegates in national convention in the Auditorium, Chic here a third ticket may be slated if the Republicans nominate a man not acceptable to the Progressives. I BETTER TOBACCOjj||| I famous. J^EIIETUI SHERMAN-WEEKS RELEASE BACKERS Withdrawal of Favorite Sons Has Potential Influence i on Convention By .Issociated Press Chicago, June 10. Senator Weeks of Massachusetts to-day released his delegates. In the balloting yesterday Weeks had I*s votes. The announcement of Senator Weeks' withdrawal followed closely on the news that Sherman had released his 56 delegates. The decision of the Weeks and Sherman leaders to aban don their candidates and in the case of Illinois, to support Justice Hutches, be came known early and had a potential influence in deciding the court of the followers of other favorite-son candi dates. Senator Weeks announced without hesitation that he would no longer continue the fight, and when pressed for a statement, said simply that he ■while he greatly appreciated their loyalty, he desired now that they should cast their votes for some other candidate. Majority (io to Hughes A large part of the Massachusetts delegation indicated they would stay with Weeks unUl the end. but it is un derstood that nis supporters from other States generally will be for Jus tice Hughes. No one would undertake to speak specifically for Senator Fair banks' followers, but it is quite well understood that they will no longer the senator's candidacy. Involved in his case is the question of the vice-presidency and even the Senatorial race in Indiana. Two sen ators are to be elected in that State this year and in whatever the Indiana delegation does, it will have regard to this fact. The leaders, therefore' are anxious that the former vice-presi dent should be again asked to allow his name to be used for this office, believ ing that with him on the national ticket, the election of two Republican senators from the Hoosier State would be practically assured. At last ac counts they hatj received nothing from him or his closest friend's indicating that he would accept the nomination for second plate. "Under the cir cumstances we have just got to have him and we'll make him take It," said one of the Indiana delegates. Senator Burton's adherents are dis posed to go down with banners flying. Leaders were slow in getting out this morning, but the men holding second ary positions expressed this opinion with derision. They declare that Ohio is not easily influenced by appearances and say that at any rate nothing is to be Rained by a change at this time. Hefore the time set for th Republi can convention it seemed probable that most of the New York delegates who have cast their votes for Senator Root will continue their allegiance to the end. The Sherman following is expected to go almost solidly to Hughes and most of the Cummins delegates, especially outside of lowa, will follow in this direction. There is a peculiar contest over the vice-presidency. The two men most prominently mentioned in this connec tion arc Mr. Fairbanks and Senator Borah, of Idaho. Neither of the men wants the position. Senator Borah could not be seen early to-day, but he has consistently said that it would be especially undesirable for him to be named for the vice-presidency. Form er Senator Fairbanks for several days past has declined to allow his name to be used in this connection. 3
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