The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-08

popular airs, and the aisies became so blocked that no one moved for several minutes While the marchers stood still ir the jam they kept up the din, and after it had been go1ng on one hour | George ". Perkins went to his hotel to wait for it to subside The Michigan
 delegation tramped in frora the rain out tside and their leaders demanded an out door demonstration.
 l Teddy is not afraid of the rain," they /, shouted, ''get out and marc h." And in
 body they filed from the hall into the
 deluge outside chanting Freddy, you're a bear. Some of the delegates returned ! in the soggy garments with banners and I flags bedraggled and dripping but their enthusiasm was not dampened for they joined the marching, roaring throng again.
 1 The leaders impressed by what they realized might have been the difficulty 1 of preventing the convention from pro. ceeding immediately to nominations, then discussed means to quiet the uproar. Let them yell,'' counselled one of the leaders. Now that they have shouted | it will be easier to delay action of nomi- nation'
 AFRAID OF POLICE 1 A proposal to use the uniformed police to quell the demonstration was discussed
 among the leaders, but it was decided
 that the experiment was too dangerous. l By this time some of the enthusiasts who had been waving bandannas became dis satisfied with their efforts so they took I off their coats and waved them about | thelr heads. One delegate put black slouch hat with a bandanna around the
 rim or tall pole and paraded around. "Whoo-ee" he roared She's in the ring The delegates from Washington state wrapped an American flag about one of their women members and car ried her up and down the aisles. | Other western women took the cue, and
 for the next few minutes there was a continuous flag demonstration. Mean | While scouts came in with the report that the republican convention at the Coliseum l had adjourned and had not been marked | by special enthusiasm. Their arrival was the signal for another outbreak.
 Chairman Robins finally gave up the i gavel and took up ''big stick The | crowd caught the point and began to 1 quiet down. i Finally at 2:37 o'clock MT. Robins re- stunned his speech after telling the leaders 1 that he would not risk mentioning the
 coloners name again During the remain l der of his address there were outbursts and demonstrations, but they were short. l When MT. Robins declared the American people were waiting for the progressive | convention to name leader the dele gates chorusued: "We'll name him." When MT. Robins referred to the colonel l at another point as the favorite son of l the nation" there was another outburst and at the close of his address there were yells of Three cheers for Robins" The l chairman rapped them down with the gavel and announced that the convention would proceed. He explained that it was | necessary for the committees to have l time for their work. If the much dis cussed uncomfortable element had any l idea of brooking no delay and proceeding
 at once to the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt they gave no evidence of it. NO UNNECESSARY DELAY
 T for one promise that there shall
 be no unnecessary delay" MT. Robins told them. We shall move just as fast as possible With that the convention ad- journed until tomorrow afternoon at Z 1 o'clock.
 ! The only suggestion of discord came
 with movement against the selection
 of Walter Brown of Chicago, as perma- nent chairman. Those behind it wanted
 to present Governor Johnson of California
 in Browns place. The governor quickly
 sent word that he would be party to
 no discord. That ended it.
 The announcement of temporary com ! tCeatinsed on Page Niae)