Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-21

the motion was put ana announced
carried by the chairman. Many in the
audience and among the delegates got
to their feet and started as though to
leave the he'll, and the band struck up
a march to get them out quickly.
Roar of w Want TeddyI"
Amid the noise of shutting feet and
the buzz of conversation and the loud
what a shamel' and other similar re
marks from the many ladies present
there suddenly came a cry of 1--WE
want Teddyr' 1t was shouted by a
man who stood in the west gallery
about twenty feet from the spot where
Mrs. Davis had made her convention
debut. No one did more thar look and
laugh at first Mt this stout, smooth
faced, middle aged man standing there
waving his hat from side to side and
yelling out in a regular sing song style,
1--WE want Teddy! We wank Teddy!
We want Teddy"
1t didn't take much more than a
minute, though, for some Of the Roose-
welt delegates to take up the cry. They
were all on their feet, and it was not
possible for a minute to see just
where the shouts came from, but as
soon as they got In the swing one
could pick out the main groups. The
Pennsylvanians were the first to get in
swing, and then in quick fashion fol
lowed the C~alifornians, Ohioans, Tex
ans, the men from Oklahoma and the
scattered Roosevelt delegates in other
states. The cry grew steadily in vol
ume. The main cry of 1--WE want
Teddy" soon proved too mOnotOnous
for many of them and they varied 1t
with whats the matter with Teddy
He's all right" who's all right?
Teddyi" and this was picked up by a
body of Wisconsin men in the east
gallery. who still further varied it
with their regular Wisconsin yell of
"Rah, rah, rah, Wisconsin! Rah, rah,
rah, Wisconsin,"
Demonstration Renewed.
in tho noise, and people In the gal
leries began to file slowly out. The
delegates were getting tired of the
fuss, 1t seemed, and some of them left
their places and made a dragging pro-
cession toward the exits. And all this
time the men In the west gallery
never ceased their efforts, and at 4:25
they commenced to bear fruit again.
The cry of 1--WE want Teddyp' was
taken up again by the Roosevelt men
and began to be heard from different
parts of the gallery as well as on the
floor. Even the telegraph messenger
boys Joined in the cry and helped the
excitement, such as it was, along.
Apparently there a to be something
doing, after all - something worth
~while-was the general idea, and even
the delegates caught the excitement
and the Roosevelt men redoubled their
efforts and their shouts. The shouter
in the west gallery was talked to by
a policeman for a minute, but imme-
diately resumed his shouting and
waving. His voice was fast going,
however, and at 4:2S all he could do
was to wave his hat and move his
lips as though he were shouting. At
4:30 he quit doing that even.
Then the Taft men began to wake
up a bit. A small group in the rear
gallery, high up back of the platform,
began to shout 1--WE want Taft"
through megaphones and made quite
a bit OF Roadway against the Roose-
welt men, who were beginning to get
tired. Something had to be done to
start them up again, and the Callfor-
mans tried to turn the trick. They
pinned a picture Of Roosevelt to the
big American flag they carry with
their delegatioh and hoisted it up as
high as they could.
March Around the Hall.
Down the middle aisle they came in
lockstep, shouting rather family be-
cause Of the WEAKNESS Of their throats,
1--WE want Teddy" In monotonous reg
ulrrity. Round they marched down
the east aisle past Pennsylvania,
Texas, Ohio and away around to the
back, past he southern and western
delegations, the territorial delegates
and back again to their own seat.
But never another delegation or ever
a single delegate Joined them. They
were greeted with some cheers.
Then the man In the west gallery
tried to start things up again. He
was successful In a~rousing the crowd
TO feats Of noise making. and that was
all the demonstration really amounted