The sun., 1908-06-18
After First 0uthurst and Then
Hiss tho Noisy Boosters :
In the Galleries.
Lodge Says>In Ms Speech That No
Friend ofsihs President Will
rry'te Rsnemlnats MIN.

The Chairman, Apparently Pleased with
HIS work Of startsnS me Dcmonstra-
ton. Makes No Effort 20 ssop the
Noise TIL tne.DeleSations Tire Of me
Annoyance-Ansons the Deiegsses the
Demonstratave, Ones wcro Those From
the South and Southwess-PcsF OF .
Roosevelt Stampede Aroused-CReden-
tlsis Committee Seats tart Delegates.
CHICAGO, June H.-The second session
OF the Republican national convention
witnessed tumut for Roosevelt which
lasted forty-nine minutes.
twas brought outaby this part Of Senator
Lodges speech a. permanent chairman
Of the convention:
The President 10 the best abused end
the most popular man IN the United States
today
During tho demonstration. which was
a marvel in every particular. Permanent
Chairman Lodge let II go. He did nos at
tempt to stem it. Neither did he produce
from his pocket that letter which tho Pred
dent gave to him,and which was to be read
If there was tho slightest effort to create
stampede for a renominstion for the Presi-
dent
This. also from Lodges speech, created
the profoumdest sensation In the convention
and led to.a renewal Of the cannonading
cheers:
The President. who has led his party
and the people IN great work. retiTos BY
his own determination from his high ofnos
on the 9TH oftMaroh nsxt. His refusal Of
q nomination. dictated BY the loftisss
motives and by a noble loyalty to A1nsri-
can traditions. is final and irrevocable.
Any one who attempts to vse his nams
as a candidate for the Presidency impugna
both his sincerity and his good faith. two
Of the Presidents % greatsss and most oon-
splcuous qualities. vupon which no shadow
has ever been COST
That man In no friand to Theodore
Roosevelt and doss nct oherish his name
and fame who now. from any motive.
seeks 10 urge him a. q candidate for the,
great ofaoe whidhihe has finally declined
oRrHrrp BrssToRM OF HrssRs.
The demonstration for President Roose-
velt was not quellsdshy the presiding officer
Of the oonventton. II was Quelled by q
storm Of hissos from the delesates thesn-
selves, In whiah4many.of the people in the
galleries Joined.
In he fney-uins. naiuutes. that Il lasted
Chairman Lodge tappsd tho tahso with
biz savel esutiy iust i've times. Most Of
tho time hs kept- his ssaAin . chair which
he had ed.broushtup soon after the,
cheering broke ous.
While It lasted and when n got 70 the
point where 10 was plainly evident that
certain groups Of shoutsrs arranged about
tho hall were endsavoring to prolong II
Mr.. Lodge turned 70 those near him and
mildly chidsd the people In the galleries.
Several times Senator Nathan Bay Scott
Of West Virginia and ex-dov Franklin
Murphy Of New Jersey pleaded with Mr..
Lodge to exercise his power a. presiding
officer, use his savel little more neroely
and bring the CONVENTION 10 order. but
Mr.. Lodge evidently did not caro- TO mako
the attempt.
I expected an outbreak at this point,
but nothing like this aaid MIR. Lodge 10
those near him az he sat back IN his chair
smiling
Mr., Lodge did not depart one iots fHToai
the wrtten speech he bad prepared for
this occasion. He had his Roosevelt sem
tsnoes In II, and he evidently expected
that IL would lead to . demonstration In
favor Of the President It certainly was
not the delegates that did the bulk Of the
cheering. 1t was the spectators, people
In the Eallsriss particularly who had come
prepared 10 SEQ show and who did their
best TO get II.
cHnEnrso Lxp N oAiIxHY.
Whenever tho cheers showed aigns Of
sussidenos 10 would bs an individual or q
Group higa up over ths ouOwd ~ dalesutsa