Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08


 naticnaI convention held a session of exactly two hours at the Coliseum here today. listened for one hour and twenty minutes to a carefully prepared key note speech by Senator Warren G. Harding, the temporary chairman ed until Il o'clock tomorrow morning. The initial session was brief, eventless and precise.
 A mile away at the Auditorium the national progressive convention met in a tumultuous session. Fired by Tenn porary Chairman Raymond Robins 6rst mention of Theodore Roosevelt, they broke loose in demonstration that exceeded all records for pretty near two hours broke all records in cheering and parading.
 The chairman and the sergeants at arms surrendered helplessly to the tide and let them have their way. When he finished his speech an organization was effected. committees appointed and an adjournment taken until o'clock to- morrow afternoon.
 Delegates Drsnehed by Rain.
 A cold. wind driven rain that has fallen ceaseiessly3 on Chicago since yesterday afternoon placed vehicles at a premium, drenched delegates and spectators who were compelled to make their way on foot to and from the convention halls, and dampened any attempts at out of door demon- strations except for the women. Five thousand of them sufffagists, from many states trudged for two hours through the downpour.
 Hotel corridors reelted with wet raincoats and mubrellas, bunting hung draggled and stained from staffs and walls and booster clubs and booster bands quit discouraged with nightfall. Chicago, June 1.-The republican na-. tional convention assembled in the , Coliseum today, heard the keynote i speech delivered by Senator Warren 1 c. Handing of Ohio, perfected an or eanization and adjourned until Ii O. clock tomorrow morning. It took just two hours, and in it's lack of demon ! stratl0n and It's strict attention to the business in hand, was reminiscent of the Philadelphia convention of 1900 that nominated Mckinley and Roose- welt.
 For one hour and twenty minutes Senator Harding, the temporary chair man. delivered a carefully prepared speech, punetuated in the telling points with brief periods of hand clapplng and applause, but at no time did demonstration occupy more than a half minute by the watch.
 The convention was twenty-five minutes behind the hour arranged for It's assembly, but when Chairman G14AACE OA tuG IGpuD1Cdn national COT1- mittee brought down his gavel at ii .2s o'clock 1t moved quietly and with pre-. cision until adjournment at 1.25.
 Leaders Almost unnoticed.
 Those of the old time leaders pres. ant who used to march down thu aisles to their seats to the tune of al uproar. walked in today almost un, recognized. w. Murray Crane. Sena tor Lodge Reed Shoot and a lot 0 the others came in virtually unnoticed probably because a majority of tn. delegates did not know them by sight Chauncey MI Depew was surrounde by a small group. Senator Penrose 20 a reception from his own delegation Governor Whitman was recognized b some, but on the whole the eonventio was more interested in wenderin what was going on in the auditorium than it was in the arrival of the me who hitherto have decided what tn convention should do with itself Tn hour for assembling was set for il O clock, but there was no semblance order at that time and no one mad any pretense of securing it. Tn delegates stood about the floor an talked. The spectators overfowed ir to the spaces reserved for the delt gates and hundredg of seats on u floor and in the galleries were empt Proceedings Opened With America
 Finally Chairman EIilles brougl down the gaveI wit hthree resoundir whacks and quiet settled down ovi the big hall.
 "The hour of II o'clock having al rived. and a quorum being presen said he, "the convention will be
 order. Paraphrastng a remark h the late President Mckinley, this a year-Whatever may have been trl of past years--when politics is patr otism and patriotism is politics, ther fore the audience will please rise al slhg two verses of America IT band launched into the air and l. by a male quartette the floor and ga leries joined in mighty chorus tn swept through the big coliseum 1T Rev. John Timothy Stone of Chscas read a prayer
 Senator Harding Delivers keync
 Speech.
 Secretary Reynolds then read t call for the convention which w published last December. If was on a formality None of the delegat wanted to hear 1t. so they talked al
 moved about while MT. Reynolds Ike on That over Chairman HiIles pr sented Senator Harding of Ohio,
 tennnorarY chairman and put t question. A rolling chorus of "aye swept the hall and former Senai Crane, Senator Borah of Idaho a former Representative w B ATcKi ley were appointed a committee
 escort MT. Harding to the platfor The Idaho delegation announced u Senator Borah was unavoidably a sent s0snfr. Crane and MT adclSinl Hnn nha6 inR,