The sun., 1908-06-18
CHEER ROOSEVELT
FOR 40 MINUTES
Continued from Firss Pass.

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oouue,h ~ a, ue'esn'os se ~ ..,n W Sa,., 800,
ory, uu' tho eane.ics 10, "olo sun uoS ~ ~.
OF the work. There were enough toMa
shouting this cry Of "Four, four, four years
more" toRether to make it something OF
a noise You could not get away from that
~. ~ - s ,.,,.,s.. o.. a.. Sr~n.,.a
nut hoso VINO were iookink io' 'i' '''-
stage to come did not get IL.
After the shouting had been going on for
thirty-three minutes Mr.. Lodge got out OF
j hi. no,,to.t.h ~. nh.,r rioLsd I'm tha gaval
tnat wouio nave maae u Ten'eh"ou' hoi'e
| IL 1t had been asked to and sounded two
| light taps on the table. Then he sat down
again The table did not suffer at all.
ine hoise wan oyMs awsy as ~ "S Tess.
the forty minute period out came tue eooy
bear. That started UP again for q few min-
| utes the old chant Of -Four years more"
| rvoroyr ~ r,vv m srop
fhoo"ni AZ iA"D ="
Senator Scott Of West Virginia, who had
apparently been waiting for little use OF
that gavel, rushed to Senator Lodge. who
| was comfortably esconced in his chair.
.wajI nsver oet ANYTHING done here.
r "on hosei so' on' 'e sS,.
me aeiesaCes ana aieeihA.eo Aio NV s sW
don't you stop it?"
aIs you,l devise soms udav OF stoppine Il
| TIL - 4, ia s.na.or "a no v;tb Z smi,s
w ~, oaiu ool' ~ t.s s,.
pus ne dia not 8eS OUT Oh ms cn1 ala.
Franklin Murphy OF New Jersey aiso iso
taxed with Mr' Loage WtnouI w 1 Iny Wy.;n,1 ine
peing put IN tnat eavel' E1ov. ti'oa ne.tLos
sent note to Senator Lodge suggeetihs
that Senator Lodge ask the secretaty OF
the th oomven'ioh % 70 wsS sS tne nenasssrv
can 90 that myseii wthout Mohoy heip'
was the chairmans reply:
Senator Lodge did hate TO stop that snow
ne TOOK nice littie WaMs on inc piatIorn
paper men. had talks with nus Irienas on
the platform ana frequently wlPeu tne
persPiration from ms race; put ne oia not
touch the gavei; Az the iorty-hve rhinute 70
mark, with the delegates now IN tneiT see.s
almost without exception, the Misses pegah
Senator Lodge MT the tapie WIN h's saVe'
once
II the representation was. CUT IN Ins
South there would not be 80 much OF ths'
remarked ex-Gov Herrick.
HITCHCOCK GETS NERVOUS.
When the CLEARING still kept up General
Manager Hitchcock of the Taft boom had
hurried conferences with Mr. Herrick and
Mr. Torvs in the Ohio delegation and looked
anneaiinelv to Mr.. Lodge.
aIf I had nv way I'd clear that gang in
the galleries out" said Mr.. Lodge mildly
to those around him. moment later
Mr. Lodge tapped his table once more and
actually tried to speak The galleries sun
were trying TO make some noise: MY COG:
they ought tt to be put out 9y tns a ponoeI ,.
OF noisemakers curiously.
Nominate him now! Nominate him now!'
came from bunch just above the stage
on the easterly side. But TINS was the last
gasp. The shouters were all tuckered OUT,
and they did not have steam enough left
to fight for supremacy with the delegates
and others who were keeping up a perfect
storm OF Misses.
1t was forty,-nine minutes by the watch
when, Mr.. Lodge really, got going on ms
speech and announced that MIR. hoosevelts
decision not to run again was irrevocable.
Then he said that any one who attempted
to use Mr. Roosevelt's name as candidate
impugned ms gooo naine ana MS Rooo ialsh,
convention, or the major part OF IT, set the
hall ringing again, this time with a good
genuine burst Of applause that seemed to
come without effort from men ana women.
spectators and @ delegates @ alKei Mr d mere , was
Of the courts. MIR. Lodge ended his speech
eight minutes after he resumed u.
The delegates and the other folks were
tired now, tired Of noise, tired OF flag wav-
ing. iredof all the accompaniments OF the
demonstrate
ApE A spRY OLD VETERAN.
tor peveridge of Indiana iumped IN
w;th a resoIu t;on inviting ,John ide who IL
A. vears old and a Fremont voter, to take
Tho nlatform and ioin him there. Mr..
,l HS ha fathsr ~ Seorua Ade one ~ the
Indiana delegates He proved to be the
spryest Of ali the veterans. The way he
Climbed M over the press seats to get on to
that platform would have done credit TO a
Renkiioan stripling.
Followinp him. more of these old fellows,
their ewes shining with the keen satisfaction
thew were taking in the sudden distinction,
were pushed upon the pla torn to be oheered
Inv tho convention,
w. X. Tripp Of wisconsin, ss years old,
delegate to the conv en- ton that nominated
Lincoln. and wearin z whislers of the Horace
Greeley type. was q little shalry, but he
managed to get there with the rest.
There was bit of pause then in the con-
vention proceedings because the conn
mittee on rules which had been lighting
over the resolution introduced by Repre-.
sentative James Francis Burke Of PENN
svlvadhia To cut down the representation
from the southern States was not ready
To report. To fiIl up the time the names
of the new national committeeman were
called out. little row started when Gen.