The Washington herald., 1908-06-18


Fisher. OF Pittsburg. sitting under the
/ east gallery, jumped up, produced a big
American flag. and waved It at the
crowd OF delegates taking up the same
/ cry.
! The Oklahoma men and a good many
! OF the Western and Southern delegates
Z seemed 20 join In this cry. but the gal
leries were still doing most of the work.
/ There were enough folks shouting this
/ cry OF -Four. four years more" together
10 make II something OF a noise. You
/ could not get away from that: but those
who were looking for the frenzied stage
70 come did not get il.
/ After the shouting had been going on
| thirty-three minutes Mr.. Lodge got out
Of his chair, picked up the gavei. and
| raped for order. but no attention was
paid him When the outburst had lasted
/ forty minutes the Teddy bear Incident
/ was sprung That started UP the old
chant OF four years more again for
few minutes. Senator Scott, OF West Vir-
ginia, who had apparently been waiting
an opportunity, rushed UP 10 Senator
| Lodge, saying:
Wen never get anything done here.
/ The delegates and alternates are not
/ doing this. Why don't you stop it,"
If you'll devise some way OF stopping
/ il, III do It," responded Senator Lodge,
with a smile
Wants Racket stopped.
Franklin Murphy. OF New Jersey, also
| appealed 10 Mr.. Lodge 10 stop the racket.
Ex-GOv. Herrick sent q note 20 Senator
Lodge. suggesting that Senator Lodge
ask the secretary Of the convention 10
I explain 20 the assemblage the reasons
J why order was necessary.
Il can DO that myself without MoUoy's
help" was the chairman's reply.
At the forty-fve minute mark OF the
outburst some OF the delegates began 10
hiss, out the cheering still kept up.
IF 1 had my way. I'd clear that gang
In the galleries out" said Nj Lodge 20
those around him. They ought. 10 be
put out by the police"
Nominate him now. Nominate him
now.'' came from a bunch OF men tust
above the stage on the easterly side.
! This was the last gasp. The shouters were
all tuckered out and they did not have
steam enough left 10 fight for supremacy
with the delegates and others who were
keeping up perfect storm Of Kisses. i
was forty-nine minutes, by the watch.
when Mr.. Lodge really got going on his
speech and announced that Mr.. Roose-
velt's decision not 10 run again was ir-
revocabIe
When he said that any one who at
temped 10 use Mr.. Roosevelt's name as
candidate impUgned his good name and
his good faith. two OF his most conspic-
uOus qualities, the convention. or the ma
Ior part OF II. set the hall ringing again.
this time with good, genuine burst OF
applause that seemed TO come without ef-
tort from men and women, spectators
and delegates alike. There was another
cheer. too. when Mr.. Lodge spoke of the
courts 8fr. Lodge ended his speech eight
minutes after he resumed il.
The delegates and the other folks were.
tired nOw-tired OF the noise. tired of flag
waving. tired OF all the accompaniments
OF the demonstration Senator Bever-
idge. Of Indiana. jumped up with a reso-
luton inviting John Ade, who is eighty
years OF age. and a Fremont voter. 10
take the platform, and Join him there.
Mr. Ade is the father OF George Ade. one
OF the Indiana delegates. Following him.
more of these old fellows were pushed
upon the platform 10 be cheered by the
convention.
NOt Ready to Report.
There w;-s q hi' cf "a ruusc then u .ho
convention r-ocee6ings t,cause the COM
nlttee on rules. which lad been fighting
over the es'luticn Introduced by Repre-
sentative James Francis Burke. or Penn
sylvania, 20 cut down the representation
from the Southern States. was not ready
to report. To I'LL up the time the names
OF the new national committeeman were
called out.
Oppose Burke Resolution.
In the committee the vote on the Burke
resolution was Il 10 o against cutting
the Southern representation.
The vote in the convention was s7l
against sos for the majority report. While
the roll call OF States was going on Mr..
Hitchcock went around among the dele
gates showing them a message he had
received from Secretary Taft to the ef-
feet that he CMr. TafO and President
Roosevelt also viewed with great alarm
this effort to cut down the representation
from the Southern States.
A coed many of the delegates who
seemed inclined 10 break away from the
Taft forces on the proposition quickly
came back into the fold when shown
tie message from President Roosevelt. II
Hitchcock had not shown that message.
Representative Burke would have won his
fight
II was very evident from this vote of
the convention II let alone would have
carried out the wishes OF Republicans ex-
pressed for years. that their national con-
ventions are too much dominated by a
Southern rotten machine. which can give
no electoral votes to Republican Presi-
Dental candidates. Immediately after the
roll call on Burke's resolution the con-
vention adjourned till noon tomorrow.