The Washington herald., 1908-06-18

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best hit OF all the songs they sang was
a parody on Harrigan.
Singing Is Appreciated.
This the glee club sang in perfect time.
/ II was such good music that the conven-
ton became very quiet so that they could
enjoy It. OF course. Charles P. Taft had
the Ohio men give that gIee club a great
cheer.
The parade OF the marching clubs en-
! tertained the convention for about thir-
/ ty-five minutes. Then the convention got
down 10 real work
/ Senator Fulton. OF Oregon, climbed upon
the stage TO present the report OF the
| committee on credentials The report up
/ held the work OF the national committee
in every contest and declared that the
temporary roll Of delegates should be
/ made the permanent roll. The fight which
/ the Foraker men, the Fairbanks men. and
I the Knox men had threatened 20 make
on the floor OF the convention did not
materialize No minority report was pre-
sented.
When the question OF the adoption Of
/ the credentials committee report was
/ put 20 the convention by Senator Bur
rows, the noes were very weak. Most
Of them came from the Fairbanks men.
I The allies had plainly decided TO save
their strength for the report Of the COM
mittee on rules at this session OF the
! convention.
Lodges Name Announced.
Charles r Brooker. Of Connecticut
chairman Of the committee on permanent
| organization, had clerk read his report.
which recommended the selection Of Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodge, OF Massachu-
setts as the permanent chairman and
making OF all the other temporary officers
permanent
This report was ADOPTED unanimously.
and then Senator Burrows announced that
Senator Stewart L. Woodford, OF New
York, and the Hon Charles S Deneen.
Of Illinois. would escort Senator Lodge 10
the chair. Out OF his seat in the front
row, where sat the big four OF the New
York delegation. hoped Gen. Woodford
with sprightliness.
Massachusetts started the cheering as
Gen. Woodford and Gov. Deneen marched
down the aisle TO meet Senator Lodge. As
the rather attenuated form Of the Senior
Senator from Massachusetts appeared
from among the delegates surrounding the
platform there was a renewal Of the
cheering.
1T affords me the greatest pleasure 10
present TO you as permanent chairman.
the Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge. Of Massa-
Chusetts. said Senator Burrows. and
then there was the rustic heard in the
hall as is heard in church when the people
sermon But II was not a sermon; Il was
good speech, eulogistic OF Mr.. Roosevelt
and the Republican party Senator Lodge
has much better speaking voice than
Senator Burrows and one that reached 70
nearly every corner OF the convention
hall His delivery was such that IL Is
impossible 70 miss a single point which
he made.
Takes Fling at Bryan.
His reference to the Democratic party
and the fling he took at Mr.. Bryan in
speaking Of persons OF self-confessed
superiority and chronic discomfort" were
all received with cheers Then ne began
to talk about the President until ne got
of his torch-like remark which set fire 10
the hall.
yelled a man in one Of the galleries. The
Taft people watched this little outburst
and saw it subside, but then a second OF
two later the real bomb exploded.
1t was 1.5S when Mr.. Lodge. with a
sweeping, graceful gesture. spoke OF the
President as the best abused and most
popular man in the United States to-day
1t was 2:42 when he resumed his speech.
h a..
points in the galleries and around the sides
Of the hall. swept through the edifce at
times with the roar Of a storm. 10 die
away and be resumed again with almost
cyclonic force. After II had been going
two minutes. Mr.. Lodge raised his hands
at the crowd in front Of him and sat
down.
Spreads to the Delegates.
It had not been going but few minutes
before It began TO spread among the dele
gates. the Wisconsin men. the Okla
homa men, and some Of the Southerners
sitting in the northwestern part OF the
floor getting up to join in. Two Connec-
ticut men got restive and jumped up with
an American flag. Mr.. Lodge smilingly
waved his hands again and then walked
back and whispered something to Gen.
Woodford on the platform who stood I'D
to watch the thing better.
A man. who was afterward said to be
n. H. Fairbanks. a brother OF the Vice
President. who was sitting on the plat
form near Mrs. Longworth and her hus-
band. got up and led the yelling waving
a newspaper. He was one Of several men
and women who at different points kept
it going. The Knox men. who had pa
raded through the hall with their col
ored umbrellas, were scattered ali
through the place nov. and they did very
effective work with their umbrellas.
After the thing had been going on for
ten or fifteen minutes. somebody gave a
signal to the band. Hail to the Chief
was what the band played. Then came
an attempt at "A Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight" but this was a failure.
because there was a hot time already
and the band ceased and took no further
part
-Four Years More"
The applause had been going twenty
seven minutes then and had become spas
modic. when John o. Sheats. Of PennsyI-
vania, got UP in the Pennsylvania dele
CATION. and turning on the horsepower.
began shouting -Four, four years more"
4 Tomsg, said 70 be q Mrs, E, w.