Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-09
HUGHES NAME IS
CONTINUED From Page ons.)
as folloKs:

our constant aim to live in friendship
with all nations and to realize the aims
of free government secure from the
interruptions of strife and the wastes
of war II is entirely consistent with
these aims, and it is our duty to make
adequate provision for our defense and
to maintain the efficiency of our army
and navy. And this I favor. No one
could better express the fundamental
doctrine which underlies our national
defense
He above all other men, can bring
home to the people the fact that the
democratic party has failed miserably
in its stewardship.
He, above all others, can bring
back to the party the confidence of the
people. He above all others, can bring
to the country prosperity, happiness
and honorable peace. 4"
Applause for Taft.
Mention of the name of William H.
Taft on the contrary evoked the only
real rousing demonstration Of the meet
ing so-for the first time the delegates
all over the floor stood up, waved their
hats and yelled wildly.
After it had continued for three min
utes, the bands services were requisi-
toned. The blare had its effect and or
der was just about to be restored when
Al F. Williams of Kansas, delegate and
a picturesque figure with long flowing
hair, stood up on his chair and waved
like mad man, organizing the cheers
The demonstration lasted about five
minutes.
The greatest demonstration to date
however, came when Whitman finished
at 1912, not mentioning Hughes name
until the last words of his speech.
Then the din broke loose. The Vermont
delegates were the real cheer leaders.
They stood on their chairs and whooped
it up strong. Oregon's representa-
tives-the only delegates instructed for
the justice by a primary, were hardly
second in their enthusiasm. The band
was started in an effort to stop the
noise, but only succeeded in adding
emphasis to the din Henry G. Boyer,
of Portland Maine, produced a paper
mache elephant which he carried aloft
down the main aisle, causing another
Tremendous outbreak. The Oregon crowd
started parading on the floor.
The Vermont delegates got the fever
at the same moment Mississippi next
came along, the delegates roofing up
their standard and marching along, a
raving, cheering mob
Oregon Starts Parade,
Oregon's standard held aloft was GOV.
cred with red Hughes banners, Michi-
81 Il 3. 1
fectly apparent from the delegates de-
meanor that they weren't Ford pacif-
lists even if instructed to vote for the
automobile manufacturer They got a
good deal of good natured kidding as
they marched, some delegates mocking.
ly adding to the general uproar by
cheering for Ford ,"
At 1919 the demonstration subsided
a little and the band stopped, little
exhausted, but moment later four
New York delegates, standing on their
chairs and led by some one with a
watchman 3 rattle, organized cheering
gang and rent the air with shouts of
" Hughes Hughes!" 1t was taken up
all over the hall, the syllable burst
forth again and again explosively
against the vast dome of the hall.
"Prince" Cupid Kalanianaole, of
Hawaii, delegate from that territory,
led also in the cheering His swarthy
face distorted with the labor of yell. /
ing.
Ohio s delegates sat stolidly by, grin
ming at the noise, but unmoved.
Senator Harding waited for the dem
onstration to yell itself out, making
no attempt to check it, BY this time,
the noise was only sporadic-but plenty
noisy to make it by far the biggest !
ovation Of the entire session so far
By 1926 when the noise had been !
on IA minutes, it thinned out in spots |
Then the Vermont boosters got on the
job and things livened up again. All |
the paraders had by this time return
ed to their seats. The Vermonters next
produced a watchman's rattle as aid
to vocal vociferousness, punctuating
the yell "Hughes, Hughes, we want
Hughes" with twist of the rattle
each time.
After q while the delegates seemed to
tire and at 1929 there were @ few
bushes of admonition. At 1890 tn dem
onstration died out. 1t had lasted Just
90 minutes.
1t was the biggest chrowd Of the ses-
sion as well as the nOisiest.
Root Is Named.
AZ 1888 Chairman Harding intro.
duced DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler of
New York, to nominate ex-senator
Elihu Root.
Butler dwelt at the outset on the
world upheaval and characterized Root
as the greatest statesman Of all time.
"Just now our very difficult prob.
lem merges into that Of finding the real
American, he said
"Amercanism as he sounded it,
was only sparingly applauded and he
plunged quickly into biographical
study of Root
Miller's mention Of Roosevelt 5 name
evoked only on yell and q tiny patter
of hand plaudits. The DUPONT demon.
stration continued Al seconds.
Idaho passed on the roll call and
when Illinois was reached the crowds
began cheer for the fayorite son,
Senator sherman II
Colonel William J. Calhoun was (
spokesman of the Illinoisan.
Calhoun concluded at 1856 and Il was
Illinois turn to do the shouting.
Governor Willis Of Ohio. helped out
because, as he shouted, "Sherman was I
born in Ohio" The band played the