The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-19
NAMES ARE PRESENTED,
BUT NOT MANY VOTES GIVEN
Speeches Nominating Cannon Fairbanks and Hughes
Tire Delegates Who Plainly Manifest Their
IInpatience.

CHICAGO. June 1S.--There was a
great cheer when at 1916 Chairman
Lodge declared:
The next business is the presenta-
| ton Of names of candidates for the
! Office of President of the United
| States, The clerk vii call the roll"
| The clerk ran rapidly down the list
! OF States and there was no response
until Illinois was reached.
| Then Representative Boutell, of ILL
nols, swept to the platform to nomi-
nate Speaker Cannon. The enthusiasts
| tc cheers were quickly hushed as Mr..
Boutell began his address.
| Just as Mr.. Boutell commenced his
| address. Chairman Lodge yielded the
gavel to Senator Hepburn. OF Idaho.
| The mention of the name OF President
burst OF cheers, Which soon, however,
died away.
| The mention Of the name of Cannon
! was the signal for an uprising of the
Illinois delegation. They mounted
| their chairs for a few seconds. Here
and there throughout the hall a flag
! or handkerchief was raised, six or
seven OF the New York delegation
Joining in. Illinois cheered In loyal
fashion, but its following was scant
and the entire demonstration was over
The convention finally broke In on
the speaker with cries. Time" and
Chairman Lodge was compelled to in
terpose with loud whacks of his
! gavel.
| The Crowd Impatient.
The peroration OF Mr.. Boutell was
interrupted by impatient cries OF
Time" and stop" and he FASTENED
to the conclusion of his address.
| Illinois was up again as Speaker
Cannon was formally placed in nomina-
from Now York paid to Illinois the
tribute of cheers and the waving OF
their flags. The explosion OF enthu-
siasm, however lasted only about a
minute
IInnly Names Fairbanks.
indiana called the clerk. and Will,
an upshot of colored bunting the dele
gates Of that State were on their feet
with cheers for Vice President Tair-
banks. a delegate. In the Connecticut
delegation lent practically all Of the
moral support that was given the
| Ioosiors.
Governor ]. Frank Hanly, OF In
diana, who was to present the name
| of the Vice President to the conven-
ton, mounted the rostrum and was re-
ceived by Chairman Lodge, who pres
scented him to the convention.
Governor Hnnly Is a tall, black
haired clean-shnven man. with Il
clear ringing voice, Ills delivery was
deliberate, He drove home the points
of his address W stabbing tho air
with the first finger Of his right
hand and BY nervous sharp Jerks OF
his head.
Representative J. w. Fordney OF
Michigan. made tho seconding speech
for Speaker Cannon, taking the plat
form Immediately, Mr. Boutell had
=, concluded his tribute to the candidate
OF Illinois as "tlle strongest and
hravest ally Of President Roosevelt"
MT Fordney's speech was brief, but
he did not escape Interruptions by the
aoolamatIons OF the gallery visitors
who We're anxious to see something
done. Mr.. Fordney concluded amid
some applause. silence was soon re-
stored.
After Governor Hanly had been
| speaking fifteen minutes. tho galleries
| again grew FESTIVE and began to cry:
Nominate him; name him" Chairman
Lodge raped for order, and when re-
fstored, the speaker resumed.
The cries broke out nfresh five min-
utes later, but Governor Ilanly paid no
heed to them
All CLAIMED Hands.
FINALLY, however. Governor Hanly