The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-18


him. The expression of the crowd,
so far. When he retired the calling Of
the roll of states was resumed.
New York Next.
When New York was reached there
was a cheer when the form of the ven
cradle Stewart Woodford was observed
going to the platform to place Gov.
Hughes in nomination. Woodford is
an old jury lawyer and he employed
the old jury style in his address. He
had not rre~"red set address. He
is a lawyer OF the old school and I'M
like the legal lights of today he holds
to the classics rather than to the law
briefs. He developed the first en-
thusiasm by the following declaration:
There are two men who can carry
New York state one is in the White
House at Washington, and the other
is in the State House at Albany"
Gov. Hughes record on the insur-
ance investigation and his prosecu-
tions, was placed before the conven-
ton, but there was no enthusiastic
recognition of this claim to popularity
and support. He also referred to Gov.
Hughes fight against race-track gam
bling which brought forth rather puny
cheers. The point he made was that
the man who upheld the state consti-
tuition in this manner could be en-
trusted to uphold the national consti-
tuition.
When General Woodford finished,
the New York delegation waved
Hughes banner and large silk flags.
There was no second
Great Cheer for Taft.
Then came Ohio. The clerk empha-
sized the name of the state, but it was
not necessary The great mass of Taft
delegates sprung to their feet, and the
galleries taking it up, made a greater
volume of sound than was heard at
any time during the Roosevelt demon
stration yesterday.
Indiana, New York and Pennsylva'
MIA delegations sat in grim silence
Frank Hitchcock lost his stolidity for
the first time since the convention as
sembled. When Burton mentioned the
Hduc vi ItoooCNCll lhCi "uo u SiASSi
but it was just a flash. While Burton
was speaking the hall became insuffer-
ably warm, the sun beating down upon
the metal roof converting the great
building into a bake oven.
The Taft Demonstration.
The name of Taft started a demon
stration. The Ohio delegates led and
the others followed The candidates
picture on banner was brought in and
carried through. "As pants the hart
for cooling stream, so Texas pants for
Taft" was the slogan on another ban
ner Silk flags were waved by almost
all of the delegations supporting Taft,
including several in the New York del
egation.
Gradually the people went on to
chairs and the cheering settled down
to what might be called medium en-
thusiasm. A Flash light explosion
brought up the building at a time
when the demonstration was at its
height Kansas and Arkansas were a
little slow. but they made up for 1t
after they got started.
For the first time since the nomina-
tions started, the band struck up as APP
plause, as times began to wane, a wave
of the banner was all that was needed
for an impetus. Then came chorus,
Taft Taft. Taft, Taft which thun-
dered through the hall. Several ladies
who occupied seats among the dele
gates jumped upon chairs, and waved
handkerchiefs wildly. 1t was not a
gallery demonstration, but the dele
gates had charge of it and kept it 60
ing.
Form Taft Procession.
The shrill rebel yell and the shout
ed cowboy yell of the westerners We'd
with each other in making noise for
Taft. When the demonstration had
lasted for ten minutes a delegate
seized an Ohio banner with Taft's
picture on it and started about the
hall. Delegates grabbed up their
state markers and joined in the pro-
cession, which was formed in this or
der: Alaska, Ala bama. Virginia, North
Dakota, Washington, Ohio, Mississippi
Arkansas, Oregon, California, Kansas,
Minnesota, Kentucky, West Virginia,
South Dakota, Philippines, Georgia,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Ok.
lahoma, New Jersey and the other
states indiscriminately New York,
Pennsylvania and Indiana stood up
quietly watching the fun.
After about twenty-five minutes the
delegates had begun to tire. but the
galleries were determined to have
more fun and paid no attention TO the
vigorous attempts of Chairman Lodge
to restore order. From this time how
ever, it was a gallery demonstration
and gradually subsidized 1t was just
short of thirty minutes from the men
ton of Taft'S name until the mighty
voice of George A. Knight, of Cali.
fornia, who was to second the nom.
ination of Taft, brought the crowd
down. Mr.. Knight exercised the best
voice heard in the convention up to
this time. His speech was decorated
with flowers and it rolled otu in fancy
figures as was to be expected from a
man of the sentimental golden state
He eulogized Taft in the highest terms
and promised the vote of California
if he