New Britain herald., 1916-06-07
New York, Pennsylvania and Ic The seats were filled.
 Ready for the Gavel.

1 aisles at 10:59, and the police began moving out all who were not dele gates and forcing the delegates to 1 their sections.
 Sergeant-a -at-Arms Stone asked the delegates to be seated but his voice being carried above the noise of con- versation and cries of his assistants on the floor.
 Confusion in Aisles. ! The order was given to clear the aisles at 10:59.
 At II o'clock the aisles were crowl 1 ed with delegates who were making every effort to get seated. 1 There was a noticeable lack of dem onstration for well known men. Sena- tor Lodge came quietly in and took his ! seat. The same was true of Senator Murphy, Governor Whitman and oth- CT well known men,.
 Great sight, said MT. Murphy to Secretary Reynolds, as he surveyed the | crowd from the speakers platform. Chairman Hilles conferred on the platform with Sergeant-at-A Arms Stone and Secretary Reynolds as the band l played.
 Governor Whitman, standing in the New York delegation, shook hands with friends and had some confer 1 ences.
 Chauncey Depew was the first of the well known men to be applauded by l the delegation spectators as he made his way to the first row of the New York seats.
 At 11:15 the floor was in as much confusion as ever. The band played the Star Spangled Banner at 11:25 and everybody rose.
 Hilles Bangs Gavel.
 At 11:2S Chairman HiIles brought down the gavel. This brought ap- plause.
 The hall was still as Chairman TIil1es spoke saying a quorum was present and the convention would be in order.
 MT. Hilles said:
 The hour. of Il o'clock having ar rived, and a quorum being present, the convention will be in order. Para phrasing a remark made by the late President Mckinley, this is year whatever may have been true of past years-when politics is patriotism and patriotism is politics. Therefore, the audience will please rise and sing two verses of America"
 A male quartet led the singing. The voices of the delegates swelled through the big hall in a mighty chorus, almost drowning the band.
 There was a moment of confusion and the delegates took their seats and then the Rev. Timothy Stone of Chi cago offered prayer.
 A report that Colonel Roosevelt had said in Oyster Bay that he would fa- vor a third party ticket if Hughes were the republican nominee brought cto men.
 Governor Whitman, leader of the Hughes faction of the New York dele gates, smiled when he was told of the reported Roosevelt statement
 The governor said he knew nothing of reports that the justice would de- cline to run if a third ticket was put into the field
 There was deep silence as he read At his request the convention re- mained seated.
 At the end of the prayer the con- vention was asked to rise and be pho tographed.
 The next proceeding was the read ing of the call for the convention.
 The hum of conversation swept over the hall again as Secretary Rey holds read Finally the talk of, the floor grew so that his voice was not heard beyond the first row of seats.
 It took six minutes to read the call. Applause greeted it's end.
 Harding Presented
 When Secretary Reynolds had fin ished reading Chairman Hilles pre- sented the name of Senator Warren G. Harding as temporary chairman.
 There were no other nominations and MT. Harding was declared elected
 Chairman Hilles presented Senator Harding, temporary chairman, to make the keynote speech.
 The first loud applause and cheers of the convention greeted Senator Harding.
 w. Murray Crane of Massachusetts, Senator Borah of Idaho, and W. B. Mckinley of Illinois were selected to escort MT. Harding to the platform. Applause greeted the mention of all the names as Chairman HiI1es an- nounced them.
 Prolonged applause and cheers greeted Senator Harding as he mount ed the platform.
 Chairman Hilles presented him in a few words. MT. Harding bowed, smiled and began delivery of his pre- pared speech, reading from manu- script as follows:
 The Keynote Speech.
 Referring to the administration for eign policy in the European war Sena- tor Harding declared that it had spok- en with more rhetoric than resolution. Mexican negotiations he described as the greatest fiasco in American foreign relations. He paid tribute to Ameri- canism of foreign birth with brief ref erence to the few zealots who would