The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-21
TWO MEETINGS OF A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES CONSTITUTES
 DAYS PRoCEEDDlNGS.
WAITING FOR CREDENTIALS
Delegates Raise Din While Waiting for Rain to Cease so They Can Leave-Rivsl Camps Taunt
 Each Other Merrlly.

was the entire duration of the two sessions of the national republican convention today with recess of four hours between. The first session con- vened at noon. lasted four minutes; the second convened at four o'clock and lasted one minute
 The feature of the noon session was the prayer of the very Rev. Walter T. Summer, dean of the Protestant Epis- copal Cathedraal of Saint Peter and Paul of Chicago, and the applause which followed it. This prayer diff fered from that offered at tine open ing session on Tuesday when Father Callaghan adhered strictly to the usual form of the Roman Catholic Ritual; likewise from the invocation yesterday by Rabbi Stolz, which was colorless and general i'll it's terms.
 Dean Sumner dealt quite directly with the sensational factional conflict present in the minds of every person in the enormous audience in whose behalf he spoke and prayed that there should be granted to the members of the convention self restraint, cool judgement and all wisdom, that their deliberations may insure to the nation
 
 and social justice"
 The entire gathering, both on the floor and platform and in the galleries, stool during Dean Summers irivoca- ton and as he closed broke into quite general handclapping.
 The afternoon was remarkable. no. so much for the fact that it lasted a bit less than one minute, as for the ytYnr tsan h at,.t. sued upon its adjournment.
 Almost with the fall of Chairman Roots gayel there broke out pan demonium of cheering which lasted almost as long as that of yesterday It had scarcely definite cause though it's immediate cause was the effort of man in the west gallery to swing the great gathering into unison with the cry We Want Teddy"
 Immediately the La Toilette, Hadley and Cummins enthusiasts began an opposition turmoil with the result that within less than a minute there was simply one meaningless chaos of noise Presently n 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 were and shouted, each to his taste
 Under cover of the racket, and at first unnoticed by the crowd, there began to gather on the platform a body of big policemen; first one, then another, then three: till, in few minutes there were ranged along the curved edge and at tIhe back of the platform some 20 police. And they were under personal command of Ss- sistant Chief Schuettler,
 Then it began to be noticed that Chairman Root, secretary Gleason. Sargeant-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 spicious show of force. One of the reasons for the immense crowd which had gathered today was the general impression that Colonel Roosevelt would come to the convention and make a speech also there was con- siderable reason to assume from the morning newspapers that today would bring to pass the much discussed battle between the factions perhaps bolt of the Roosevelt adherents, possibly an attempt to hold a rival convention simultaneously on the floor of the same hall. The police force had been almost doubled and in the morning Chief of police McNNeeney had taken personal command. To the person uniformed as to the swiftly changing developments of the day, the promise of excitement was except ionally alluring.
 The crowd which waited for the storm to cease. was good humored, but it was a situation full of possibilities, and the convention officials were talk ing no chances. Assistant Chief Schuettler was loath to turn the peo- pie out into the street So, for a 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 sIaeken and the police "got busy at once gently, but grimly 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 It was the word from the committee that the work could not 'be finished ii tilie for any session today, brought about the quick ad- iournment. Whether business will proceed tomorrow when the conven- tion is called to order at II a. m. will depend chiefly on whether the expect. ed all night session of the credentials committee completes the work of pre- paring the roll of the convention.