The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-18


Of days in Chicago. At yesterdays ses-
sion the way was cleared for tire great
work, and the only thing which stands
IA the way OF final adjournment is
prOt-acted str. ggle ever the platform
OF a deadlock over the Vice President
The former IS a possibility, the latter
a very remote contingency.
The great Roosevelt demonstration
| yesterday, following the WORKS OF Sen
ator Lodge, that 1.-THE President IS the
! best abused and most popular man in
/ the United States today, stiu IS gener-
ally discussed
Lasted FOTty-nine Minutes.
IS matter of TACT. the shouting was
( largely the work OF the galleries. While
the delegates Cid demonstrate. as was
natural, II II Iad been left 10 them tho
/ whole thing would have been over with
/ in ten minutes, instead Of forty-nine,
thus breaking all records.
/ The majority Of the delegates. after
/ the first fifteen minutes, were interest
/ ed spectators rather than eager partt-
cipants, and with few exceptions even
those who demonstrated. did not do it
with that air Of frenzied excitement
which wI,uld make stampede possible
/ Taft managers were not at all worried
during the time Of the shouting
Force Bill Revived.
A surprising thing was the BIZ vote
polled in favor of Representative
! Burkers resolution TO dIsfranch se he
/ Southern States so far as the RaI.db-
/ lican convention is concerned. It s al
/ together possible that the resolution
/ would have carried had it not Deen
! for the exigencies Of the situation from
4 the Taft standpoint. There is a hint
/ that the vote In the convention presages
a strong attempt by the Republican
! party to either enact another force bin
( or to cut down Southern repTes entaUOn
! in Congress.
One thing the demonstration ac-om-
1 pIished was that II convinced the iele-
/ gates that they can cheer and vhoop.
/ Up TO that time the delegates seemed
/ to think IT was bad form to cheer very
( loud or 10 make much noise around
I the hotels. Last night the convention
spirit seemed to take hold and the air
/ of funeral gravity was dissiDated to a
/ large degree.
Chicago and the surrounding country
! IS enjoying the convention much as It
would a circus Crowds of VVol..en
! throng the various hotel Hobbies and
[ headquarters and stare at the big men
or those they think are big men with
avid curiosity In many Instances,
mothers, fathers. and all the children
come in and squeeze through the crowds
| much as they would on circus day at
! home. Uncle joe CannOn's headCuar-
| tiers and the Annex lobby seem 10 be
and children.
Stampede Planned.
Distribution Of Roosevelt literature,
Roosevelt flags, Roosevelt buttons and
| Teddy Bears continued this morning,
and their appearance developed keen
| expectancy in all who are IN attend
| ance at today's session.
| BY. one of the leading figures in the
/ hHbuster force It was said that Roose-
/ velt would be named for nomination
/ whether he wanted to be or not. The
man who nominated him would chal-
/ lenge on the strength OF the utterance
| of the President's-'A public official
/ is not his own master"
| Every detail of the plan for the nomI-
nation has been completed, It vas said.
/ A magaphone would be used by the
delegate who launched the attempt at
/ stampede. so that the galleries could
| instantaneously take up their share
! Of the burden and create pandemonium.
/ The demonstration yesterday was
/ premature. so far as the stampeders
! were concerned. and there is a suspi-
/ cion that the Taft managers, craftily
/ enough, arranged Il so that the edge
| would be taken off before the critical
/ time arrives. If nominations were IN
| order when the storm broke yesterday,
4 the result might have been disastrous
| 10 the Ohio candidate. The Taft peO-
| Die. seeing the smoke of the prairie fire
| in the air, started a back fire fog pro-
l lection.
/ The supreme moment Of the second
| days session OF the Republican national
| convention came at that period Of the
: midafternoon when the dense crowd
| filled every scat in the Coliseum.
For fOrty-niue minutes 50 per cent of
/ the 5000 men and women in the East
auditorium raised their voices IN A
| mighty tumUlt Of adulatiOn for Presi-
| dent Roosevelt, Having inspired Il
1 himself. Senator Lodge viewed with