The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-08
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delegates wanted to break forth when
something worth yelling about came
| up. The resolutions committee eX
pected to make report OF it's plat
| form draft this afternoon, furnishing
| the only high spot development ex.
! pected.
The convention hadn't been in ses-
sion fifteen minutes when the new
pep" showed in really spontaneous
and prolonged demonstration for Sen
ator Warren G. Harding when he was
chosen permanent chairman.
The cheers and applay,ses continued
five minutes, although Harding strove
to stop it by frequent pounding of his
gayel.
The report OF the credentials COM
mittee passed sailingly and the ses-
sion then turned to the work OF
permanent organization.
VIM. Hahn, Of Mansfield. Ohio,
reported the organization committee
Recommendation to make the temp
orary lineup permanent and this was
adopted.
Then came the cheering.
After jockeying for position, the
crowd worked up to the point OF
arising-in spots-and cheered en-
Enthusiastically if sporadically.
Harding stood modestiy smiling.
banging his gavel on the two inch
oak plank and striving to head off his
friends.
Its a very great honor" said
Harding, in accepting his new JOB.
I'm a believer in the keeping OF
compacts and it was insisted if l
were made permanent chairman that
wouldn't make a speech and I'm
going to keep that compact
1.-THE chair calls for a report from
the committee on rules and order of
business"
The committee on rules wasn't
ready at once to report and SO the
convention marked time while the
band contributed some catchy strains.
1t was noon when Chairman War
rem OF Michigan, of the rules commit
tee, hustled on the platform with his
report He read the long formal re-
port, outlining the rules Of the 1908
convention and adopted as the rules
of the present convention while the
audience politely sat quiet.
The rules committees report was
adopted.
chauncey Depew Speaks.
Chairman Harding then appointed
Ex-Secretary of War Stimson and
Speaker Sweet of the New York as
sembIy, a committee to escort Chaun
cey N. Depew to the platform for q
speaking bee. The object was to kill
~, ti,,o $hn M
buttons committee as we'll as to cut
loose some good, old.fashioned ora
tory.
Harding's introduction of the grand
old republican from New York as q
"staunch spokesman of republication
for more than fifty years." was re
ceived with a tremendous burst OF
cheers.
Depew reminisced in his best style
This is the sixtieth anniversary OF
my preaching Of the creed of republi
canism," the senator observed, cor
recting Senator Harding.
More than eighty years of age, the
New Workers. voice was clear and
his gestures vigorous as youngster
He drew a glowing parallel between
conditions of 1860 and today
declaring Americanism was then also
an issue.
He recounted other historical Incl
dents where a forceful foreign polio!
had kept America out OF war.
"The world has always understood
us to now" he added, and the con
vention cheered.
He referred to President Wilson as
the professor and repeatedly poked
fun az hio fOreipn pOffcieS
Wilson. Depew insisted, could have
prevented the Lusitania disaster by
one word" The aged speaker KEEP
the convention internationally cheer
ing and laughing at his stories.
The former senator sprung two
Ford jokes and got big laugh on
both One was:
A Ford machine is like bath tub
everybody wants one and NOBODY
wants to be seen in 1t.
The other was: | turn now to the
greatest pacifist who is here near me
Mr.. Bryan-for his definition Of q
pac!fst. My idea is that they think
il any oreign foe should attack us.
million Americans in Ford machines
would meet them and drive them
back
The former senator excoriated the
democratic tariff law. predicting dire
results to the country IL 1t re
NAMED in effect after the war ended
He gave several "reminiscences OF Lin
coin and then wound UP with a joke
that brought the crowd to its feet
with cheers.
I He suggested he was an elder
! statesman" like those in Japan and In
. timated that if they wanted an elder
statesman" as a candidate they could
( take him.
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Uncle Joe Cannon.
Harding next called on Uncle joe
( Cannon and the galleries yelled insist
+ ent demands for him. The former
/ speaker was given a great ovation.
God bless you" yelled one dele
| gate as the grand old man OF the