Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-06-26
sident. Poor old misguided

sident. Poor old misguided
sou.x-,s1e did not realize what an
insufferable bore he was. Imagine
10000 people at 1880, without supte
tired and impatient. and then to have
seconding speech Of three-quarters
of an hour inflicted upon them. sel-
ator Penrose will never bring John
Wanamaker clear over from Europe
to do another job like that. His
speech made the crowd mad. Ihey
shouted for him to quit, but he read
right along. He might as well have
read it to himself--nobody heard II.
Chairman Root handle him card,
and the man sitting next to the Wri
ter offered to bet that it read "sit
Town. Here Wanamaker fo'd d up
his manuscript and put it in his poe
ket, and the audience shouted its zap.
proval. But Mr.. Wanamaker had his
climax committed to memory. and 1t
look him ten minutes to get rid OF
:. He received hearty applause when
ne sat down.
Michael B.. Olbrich of Wisconsin
placed in nomination Robert NJ. "a
toilette. His speech was typica.ly
.pread eagle. His voice was strong
ind he made himself heard. 1t wa
good, but it will be better apprs ciat.
ID when read. Mr.. Olbrich's manner
vas radically dramatic. His ply Ca
movements and g stures Were a rcos
between the contortions Of tight
.oDe walker and Romeo beEea h the
,alcony. He had a lock of hair six
nches long. dropped over his left eyf
Jhich he left there throughout his
ipeech. This, we take it. is one of
he so-called tricks Of oratory.
The balloting was entered upon
With evident tens ion and ner. Gus ness
the part of the delegates. Teddy
vas not licked yet, and many a Taft
nan dreaded the last show down for
iear the colonel might have a joker
ID his sleeve. But their fears tegan
wither and their confidence was
.estored as the roll call progressed,
howing that the Taft delegates were
,taying in line and many OF the
roosevelt adherents refusing to vote.
.,he count showed Taft the winner by
i majority. and twenty:one votes to
pare over all.
It is said that the nomina ion for
lice president was passed around On
platter to Borah, Hadley and De-
leen, all refusing. Nobody else ap-.
bearing to care for it, the name OF
he present incumbent was the cn'y
me presented. 5s..,..
There were no return tickets gf'-
out at the doors at this show.
when anyone Went in, he stayed IN
Until he was ready to go out an
.lay out. The afternoon session
continued into the evening without
in intermission for. supper, SO IT.
vas a tired and hungry crowd that
eft the convention hall at a quarter
Il ten Saturday night.
K You would suppose that such
lay would be enough for any ordinary
person, bit the real show was just
starting down town. Those who Won
lered what Teddy was going TO 40
..bout it went down to the Congress
1otel to find out The Congress ho-
tel housed the headquarters during
week OF the national com,
nittee, Taft. Roosevelt, Cummins,
iowa and several other states. In
his magnificent hostelry centered the
activities of the leaders of all fac
tons. Everybody, went there after
The, convention. The tables in the
famous Pompeiian room were filet
With revelers, men and women
thinking drinks of all colo's
f the rainbow. If they
frank all they had on the tables,
hey must have made arrangements
in advance to have their bodies sent
ZONE. At the Taft headquarters up
stairs bands were playing, men and
women were singing, and the spirit
# the victor penetrated the atmos-'
phere. Around in the Rooseve
headquarters an equally large and
more enthusiastic and noisy crowd
had gathered. Teddy electrified the
gathering by suddenly appearing IN
the balcony and delivering short
speech. He was as cool ard calm
as May morning. He looked as
fresh as though he had just arisen
from a good nights sleep. He did
not rant or appear in the least as
Lurbed by the proceedings OF the
week. He spoke, but as he sro~ e
the crowd was carried with him. u
was not his voice that moved them,
for it rasps like sand paper. 1t was
not so much what he said, cut l.
was his manner of saying it, his en-
gaging, magnetic and irresistible per
sonality.
Later in the evening, after eleven
o'clock, a Roosevelt meeting was
held at Orchestra hall. The tine
for this convention, if it may be SO
termed, was called for Late hour
to allow the delegates to eat ard
drink and take on a load OF extra
enthusiasm. Such a demonstration IS
seldom seen. Thousands and thou
sands Of people lined the streets !
the neighborhood OF the Rocsevelt
gathering. Mounted officers md an
army of police were required to han
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