Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-07-03

10000 people at 1880. without sup.e.,
tired and impatient, and then to have
seconding speech Of three-Quarters
Of an hour inflicted upon them. se--
ator Penrose will never bring John
Wanamaker clear over from Europe
to do another job like that. His
speech made the crowd mad. They
shouted for him to quit, but he read
right along. He might as we'll have
read it to himself nobody heard it..
Chairman Root handed him card
and the man sitting next to the wri-
ter offered to bet that it read "sit
down. Here Wanamaker 70 DID up
) his manuscript and put 1t in his poe
ket and the audience shouted its ap.
prevail. But Mr.. Wanamaker had his
climax committed to memory, and it
]. took him ten minutes to get rid Of
l.. He received hearty applause when
! he sat down. .s
Michael B. Olbrich of Wisconsin
Placed in nomination Robert NJ. la
Toilette. His speech was typica ly
spread eagle. His voice was strong
and he made himself heard. 1t was
good. but 1t will be better appreciat-
ed when read. Mr.. Olbrich,s manner
was radically dramatic. His phys.ca!
movements and gestures were a cross
between the contortions of tight
rope walker and Romeo benea h the
balcony. He had a lock OF hair six
inches long, dropped over his left eye
which he left there throughout his
speech. This, we take it, Is one Of
the so-called tricks of oratory.
The balloting was entered upon
with evident tension and nervousness
on the part OF the delegates. Teddy
was not licked yet, and many Taft
man dreaded the last show down for
fear the colonel might have joker
up his sleeve. But their fears began
to wither and their confidence was
restored as the roll call progressed.
showing that the Taft delegates were
staying in line and many OF the
Roosevelt adherents refusing to vote.
The count showed Taft the winner by
majority. and twenty. one votes to
spare over all. An
1t Is said that the nomination for
vice president was passed around On
a platter to Borah, Hadley and De-
neen, all refusing. Nobody else ap-
pearing to care for it. the name OF
the present incumbent was the only
one presented. Az,
There were no return tickets CIV
en- out at the doors at this show.
When anyone went In, he stayed in
until he was ready to go out an
stay out. The afternoon session
continued into the evening without
on intermission for supper, so 1t
was q tired and hungry crowd that
left the convention hall at a quarter
CT ten Saturday night.
You would suppose that such a,
day would be enough for any ordinary
person, but the real show was just
starting down town. Those who won
dered what Teddy was going TO do
about it went down to the Congress
hotel to find out The Congress ho-
tel housed the headquarters during
convention week OF the national COM
mittee, Taft, Roosevelt, Cummins,
Iowa and several other states. In
this 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 filed
with jewellers, men and women
drinking drinks Of all color
OF the rainbow. II they
drank all they had on the tables,
they must have made arrangements
in advance to have their bodies sent
home. At the Taft headquarters up
stairs bands were playing, men and
women were singing, and the spirit
Of 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 a short
speech. He was as cool and calm
as a May morning. He looked as
fresh as though he had just arisen
from good nights sleep. He did
not rant or appear in the least dis
turbed by the proceedings Of the
week. He spoke. but as he SPOKE
the crowd was carried with him. It
was not his voice that moved them.
for 1t rasps like sand paper. It was
not so much what he said, but u
vas his manner Of saying It. his en-
gaging, magnetic and irresistible per
sonality.
Later in the evening, after eleven
o'clock, Roosevelt meeting IVES
held at Orchestra hall. The tine
for this convention. il It may be SO
termed, was called for q late hour
to allow the delegates to eat and
drink and take on a load Of extra
enthusiasm. Such demonstration is
seldom seen. Thousands and thou
sands OF people lined the streets in
the neighborhood Of the Roosevelt
gathering. Mounted officers and an
army of police were required to ham