The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-18

will show their loyalty when the first ballot is taken.
 The scene within the coliseum today repeated that of yesterday in the mag nitude and brilliancy of it's spectacular features. Again every seat was occu- pied and 1400O people, packing floors and aisles and galleries and platform, joined in the enthusiasm. Temporary Chairman Burrows called the conven- ton to order promptly at 1920, but the delay of committees in reporting gave an hour for diversion before the seri- ous work of the day was begun. This time was given over to the visiting clubs with bands and vocal choruses. bearing banners and strange devices of G. o. P. elephants. In front of tue delegates paraded this motley throng, eliciting laughter and applause. The hit of the parade was glee club whici, halted before the Ohio delegation and varied the enlivening strains of Billy Taft, yep, that's me- with melan choly dirge for Bryan.
 Credentials Report.
 This diversion over, the convention turned to the committee reports. First was that of credentials. the very foun dation on which delegates held their seats and voted. It was presented by Senstor Fulton of Oregon in three minute speech stating that the action of the national committee had been full ly justified and upheld. For a moment delegates looked about for the fire breathing Bookwalter of Indiana who had led the minority forces, and had promised a lively fight on the floor. But MT. Bookwalter sat with the In- diana delegation, shaking his head in answer to inquiries and announcing bat 6ob ba haa Jxo, only three delegates would undertake to bear the brunt of contest on the floor. The report was quickly ap- proved with only few scattering votes in opposition. The presentation of the report on permanent organiza- tion was the signal for Senator Bur rows to yied his place as temporary chairman and to escort to the platform the permanent chairman of the con Yention, Senator Lodge of Massachus- etts. MT. Lodge, trim and business. like, looked as from later genera ton than the white haired retiring chairman. His voice, too, had that resonant New England twang whicn made it ring out to the furtherst cor ners of the galleries.
 An Uneasy Dream.
 "The fervid fancy of an uneasy
 
 against the visionary policies of oppo- sition parties.
 The applause had hardly died away when MT. Lodge launched his sentence which electrified the assemblage into its first real demonstration of wild enthusiasm.
 ''The President" exclaimed MT. Lodge lis the best abused and most popular man in the United States today"
 This was the long awaited signal. Instantly shout broke from the gal leries and was echoed back from the floor, at first only a tempest of de- tached yells and cat-calls and shouts of Teddy" but gradually gathering force and valume until it swelled to a whirlwind of sound and motion, as delegates and spectators rose en masse. mounting chairs, waving banners, hats. handkerchiefs, flags, newspapers-any- thing which could be seized upon to add turbulence to the scene.
 Amid the tumult the band struck up, but the clash of brass and drums was completely lost in the babble of sound which welled up from 14,O0O throats.
 For the first minute Senator Lodge stood waiting to proceed. occasionally raising his hand for silence, only to awake defiant yell twice louder than before.
 Five minutes past, and, instead of abating, the uproar was increasing Sem ator Lodge sank back in his chair to await Hull in the storm.
 Five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen min- utes-there was no lull, no abatement A hoarse roar had taken the place of the detached yells.
 Fou Years More.
 -Four, four; four years more!" came In Hoa ba f,,II sweep of the galleries, as if preconcert- ed; each -Four, four!" exploding like the boom of heavy artillery.
 Fifteen minute, twenty minutes, twen- ty-five minutes. Now delegations were joining In the outbreak, Some had mounted chairs-Texas, Kentucky, Ten