Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-21
Waiting FOR COMMITTEES
FIRST SESSION ONLY LASTED TWO
MINUTES AND THE SEC
OND -FOUR.
IT WAS A NOISY CROWD
For an Hour They Checrcd Meaning
lcssly While the Rain Poured
In Torrents.

CHICAGO, June 20.-Fiye minutes
was the entire duration of the Two
sessions Of the republican national
convention today with recess of four
hours between. The first session con-
Vcned at noon. lasted four minutes
the second convened at -FOUR oclo'N
and lasted one minute.
The feature OF the noon session was
the prayer of the very Rev. walter
4. Sumner, dean of the Protestant
Episcopal cathedral of SITS Peter ana
Paul. of Chicago, and the applause
which followed It. This prayer dlf-
fered from that offered at the open
/ ing session on Tuesday when Father
Callaghan adhered strictly to the usual
form of the Roman Catholic ritual,
! likewise from the Invocation ycsler-
day by Rabbi Stolz. which was color
less and general In It's terms.
Checred the Prayer.
Dean sumner dealt quite directly
with the sensational factional conflict
present IN the minds Of every person
/ In the enormous audience In whise be-
| half he spoke and prayed that there
should be granted 10 the members OF
tho convention self restraint cool
! Judgment and all wisdom, that their
/ deliberations may insure to the nation
civic righteousness, Industrial peace
and social Justice The entire gather
/ ing, both on the floor and platform
and in the galleries., stood during Dean
Summers Invocation and as he closed
broke into quite general handclapplng.
The afternoon SCI ion was remark
a BILE, not so much for the fact thal IL
lasted bit less than one minute, as
/ for the extraordinary conditions which
ensued upon its adjournment
The Crowd Went Wild.
Almost with the fall Of Chairman
Roots gavel, there broke out a pam
/ demonium Of cheering which lasted
almost as long as that Of yesterday.
II had scarcely definite cause al
though its Immediate cause was the
effort of a man in the west gallery
to swing the great gathering into uni
son with the cry, I'VE Want Teddy
II started all right but almost Inn
mediately the La Toilette, Hadley ana
Cummins enthusiasts began an oppo-
sition turmoil with the result that
within less than a minute there was
simply one meaningless chaos Of noise.
| Presently group of men In the south
gallery back of the platform brought
! four or five megaphones into play
with We Want Taft
A smashing rainstorm was In pro-
gress outside, SO the people Simply
stood where they We're and shouted,
each to his taste.
Under cover of the racket and at
| first unnoticed by the crowd, there be-
gan to gather on the platform a body
Of big policemen first one, then an.
other, then three; till. in a few min
utes. there were ranged along tho
curved edge and at the back OF the
platform some twenty police. And
| they were under the personal CON
mand OF Assistant Chief Schuettler.
Then It began to be noticed that
| Chairman Root, Secretary Gleason,
Sergeant at Arms Stone and his as
sistant. Colonel Thayer. had never left
the platform. And the crowd began
| to understand the reason for this con-
spicuous show Of force.
Ready for Emergency.
One reason for the immense crowd
which gathered today was the general
impression that Colonel RooseVeIt
would come to the convention and
make n speech; also there was con-
siderable reason TO assume from the
morning newspapers that today would
bring to pass the much discussed bat
tlo between the factions, perhaps a
bolt of the Roosevelt adherents; pos
sibly an attempt TO hold rival con-
ventions on the floor Of the same hall.
The police force had been almost dou-
bled and IN the morning Chief of Po-
lice McSweeney had taken his COM
mand.
The crowd which waited for the
storm to cease was good humored, but
II was a situation full of possibilities,
and the convention officials were tax
| inc no chances Assistant Chiei
Sohuettler was 10th to turn the people
ont into the storm. So, for good
deal more than an hour, the police
guard surrounded the platform and
! the convention officers kept their
places on the stage, while the crowd
yelled itself tired.
At last the rain began to slacken
land the police got busy at once;
gently but firmly edging the people
out BY that time they were ready
to go.
In the Coliseum annex the creden-
tials committee was hearing the first
of the contests. II was the word from
the committee that the work could
not be finished In time for any ses-
sion today, brought about the quick
adjournment. Whether business VIII
proceed tomorrow when the cOnven-
! tion Is called TO order at ] ! a. m, Will
depend on whether the expected all
night session OF the credentials com
mittee completes the work OF prepar-
I ing the roll Of the convention.