The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1908-06-26

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for SONG formal OCCASION Yesterday
afternoon the sihilaatIsp Of the erea
.cyowd in the Coliseum fell lke q great
Mage on the shores q. the place, ip
He. conversation, as the p~roaeedingB
OF the s~ongantion droned ont. Tbs
committee on credentialsrmade rkEre
port, and the great crowd Tapped Il
up as the sea FLAPS up he sasd--7mr
rperson1lft ,-uifiRcerestedp utterly tdlA
There was no fgtrr, and evfaenGytths
crowd Knew thete would be no Tight
The regular nrder-proceeded. and
Senator Lodge was Installed as per-
,nlaRent chalsman. and the great crowd
the: great buzz sea. rocked Idly to
look at him: He began to speak with
some fervor. anda little fipPIes OF aps
plause played across the tide. His
earpestless ~deepened the pillows
slightly. wi = t s.a
And the waves lulled and were quiet
And'then, NOT while ne WAS at a ell
mat. but as the man before them was
reaching deeper and deeper into the
soul OF the place and the occasion, the
slbrAnf nsb Of tHe:croFG htsss4ssAA
id .theIgrsa silsncs the. mag spqsS
simply and strongly and without ora
torical flourish oF-emFhasis. He has
enforced the flaws as be found them
and SO he is the best abused and most
popular man in-America."
1t was not, much of a, tribute. But .
wave Of sincere feeling swept, oves
the quiet tide Of humanity. It was not
a strong wave-not much stronger
thar the first wave that came rolling
in. But another wave followed it. ann
another higher and stronger came AZ
ter II. The speaker. who did not'rear
lie what was about to come, put out
his hand to beg silence. hut a huge
wave OF applause came over him, and
he ducked and backed on good-na-
turedly and let the wind of emotion
play as 1t would across the restless
sea before him.
At Flood Tide.
In another minute. perhaps two. Sem
ator Lodge rose again to face the rio
ing tide, but it rolled In on him with
a great roar. and men knew that tho
storm of applause had come which
Theodore Roosevelt's work as IA
American citizen had corjdred. So
they let 1t rage, and for nearlynnshoanr
the waves Of that-sterm-broke and
roared N that place. .c~-.g
Then the crowd, in that hour OF Joy
gathered individuals In and they
ceased to be individuals and becxmS
the crowd. At times the ~sdelegates
were swept of their feet State after
state rose, like black pillows on the
face of the waters. and cheered and
waved pennants and sank to equilibrt
I'm only to rufle up again and cheer
with the crowd. No state was able to
keep its mooring. And in the tumult
and the shouting there were no r..
dictionaries. New York was as bois-
ferrous as Wisconsin. and Kansas.
Joined Pennsylvania
Roosevelt, Roosevelt. four years
more" they roared, and the CRY.
skinned over the waves of applause
like a gull. and like a gull 1t was cyan
scent. 1t signifed nothing. And them
slowly, when the deep answered dAsp.
the calm came and the speaker went
on with his speaking. .r,
It was all SO simply and SO pAtunr
ally done, all SO evidently sincere.
without claque or prearrangementSS
that there was In its undercurrent ~
element OF sadness. For it seemed z
good-by rather than a bait to Thee
dore Roosevelt. and those who have
feared him feared him no more. apa
those who have trusted him wef9 hap
py, but rather sad than joysul. II .
Once. the big show--thss prebidsntAns
nomination-was over.1Ae remaindss
Of the work Of the convention, thu ~.
lection Of a running mate for SSoss.
tary TAFT. was edtnplstsds INF sAeet
order on Friday ,mornins whom. HnaI
James 8. sherman Of New York eaa
named for second place on the tlehsk.
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