Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-19

who seconded the nomination
BY this time every one In the hali Wa
dog tired. The humidity had continued
all day long and its was now after :
O'Clock. No one had had anything TO eat.
and few who had brought lunches began
to partake of food. Others went In search
of the lunchroom i'm the basement ana
got sandwiches. The scene was remark
able. Delegates and newspaper men. Al
ternates and guests, here and there were
eating sandwiches and drinking soft
drinks out of small bottles. rams were
going everywhere. Men. thousands OF
women. evidently distressed and uncom-
Portable. were looking determined and IN
tent on seeing the show out
Pennsylvania Presents Knox.
The Pennsylvania delegates got their
opportunity next. and Lieut.. Gov Robert
S. Murphy put i'm nomination Philander
c. Knox.
There was repetition OF the cheering
and the shouting and the yelling. the
Pennsylvania delegation being large
one and Ioud-voiced through long prac-
tice in booming Knox. doing it steadily
for a week here in Chicago.
Taft Methods Criticised.
Next and last Senator La Toilette was
put in nomination by Wisconsin. Henry
F. Cochems had been chosen for the task
and he made a speech that smacked
strongly of Organism and was derided by
the crowd. which was very tired and OBJ
jected to the length of the address.
In concluding his speech. Mr.. Cochems
sharply condemned the methods taken 10
nominate Taft. Describing the sort OF
man who should he chosen. he said:
I'VE hold it to be dangerous for a cabi-
net officer Of an administration. equipped
with the power of federal patronage. to
exercise his personal power so that can
didate, before the fight is started. shall
he able to guarantee in his column the
vote in this convention from every state
south of Mason and Dixon's line and east
of the Mississippi. not one of which Will
add one vote to the republican electoral
college,"
Following Mr.. Cochems came c. A. A
Magee of Milwaukee, bent on secondlng
the nomination of La Toilette. He took a
different tack. and broadly discussed the
Roosevelt and La Toilette policies side by
side. When he closed the crowd was
pretty enthusiastic. and instantly the
Wisconsin delegation was on it's feet
As the Wisconsin delegation began its
demonstration there was an immediate
change in the temper of the crowd. 1t
had been swayed by the plea for radical
ism. Enthusiastically. The Wisconsin dele
cation gave the cue, and in the middle
of the hall men rose in their places and
began TO cneeT- 1Hen the galleries look
up the cry. The third-termerS rushed in
with their organization of rooters, who
were placed all over the house in con-
venient places. and from the La Toilette
demonstration the outburst changed to
one for Roosevelt.
Another Roosevelt Demonstration.
That part of the outburst which was
rightfully La Follette's lasted about thirty
seconds. At the end of that time a man
sitting in a prominent seat in the bank
of chairs back of the Dress tables rose
and held up on a stick an old Autograph
OF Roosevelt 1t was a signal, though
whether bFsAsz-asFgesf Or Get @cotff6 ffor DE
learned. At any rate, it served its pur-
pose.
The crowd in the building again. with
the exception OF the delegates just roared
their approval. The uproar was every
bit as loud as had been the outburst of
the day before. 1t was at first only
steady shout of approval for Roosevelt,
cheers mingling with whistles. shouts
with handclapping and the whole consti-
tuting terrific volume of sound.
At first those on the speakers platform
and at the press tables. from which the
Roosevelt picture was invisible, did not
understand. 1t was felt that the applause
was for La Toilette, but it was realized
that it was lasting remarkably long. 1t
SWelled back and forth and around the
big building until every one was on his
feet looking and listening for some sound
that should give the keynote of what was
to follow.
Then every one saw the picture and I'M
derstood. Senator Lodge was not pleased
He raped hard for order and with the
first sound of the cavel on the box the
crowd raised mighty voice with a slight
tone of anger in it and went on with it's
demonstration. 1t would have none of
Lodge at that stage. 1t wanted only to
Hrnll foy
calism rolled into one, and it yelled to its
hearts content.
Roosevelt's Portrait Displayed.
Senator Lodge walked back and forth
and rubbed his forehead with his palm.
at loss what to do He gave some or
ders and once more raped for order, but
unavailingly. Just then there came into
the gallery behind the speakers platform
two men carrying a great American flag
on each side of which was fastened a
Autograph of Roosevelt.
Great and deafening as had been the
noise before, that which followed the ap-
pearance of the flag was of twice the in
tensity. The effect was remarkable. 1t
blinded. deafened and stunned 1t caused
the senses to reel and almost bereft one
of the power of movement. 1t created a
dizziness that resembied nausea.
The intensity of the uproar diminished
slightly very soon, but still the demon
stration was so great that it was impossi-
BILE to hear. Senator Lodge, distracted
was at a loss until Senator Burrows and
Senator Scott of West Virginia went to
him and shouted in his ear. Then he
cOnverSed energetically with Secretary
Molloy, and the latter went to the edge
Of the gangway and began to talk to the
crowd
Molloy held in his hand a paper. but
what he said the crowd could not tell, and
apparently did not care. He kept on talk
ing, though his voice. which is very
loud one indeed, could not be heard two
feet away. He turned from one part of
the auditorium to another and turned back
to the Secretary's table. Then he turned
shouted something back at him. He
turned to another part of the hall and
shouted in that direction
All the while the noise for Roosevelt
kept on. and the men in the gallery were
waving their flags and shouting with the
throng.
Roll Call Amid the Uproar.
Slowly but Enthusiastically it was borne
in upon the crowd that the nominations
had been closed by the calling of the
names of the states and territories that
follow Wisconsin on the roll, and that
now the vote for the various candidates
was actually being taken That this was
the fact was made doubly evident when
man with megaphOne came to the
front of the gangway to help Mr.. MOlloy.
Still the noise kept on. and it was
wholly impossible to hear the secretaries
speaking.
The roll of the states proceeded quietly