Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-08
COrnmittt On Credentials
and Tha :. Rules Submit
Their Reports
RULES OF 1908 ADOPTED
THEN ORATORS GOT BUSY
"UnCIe JOe's" Statement That
1t rs a Republican Con-
ventiOn" Cheered
By Perry Arnold.

\OhANNh 1888 pluAA NOlANSpuuhNAlsJ
Coliseum, Chicago, June S.-The re-
publican national convention marked
time today, awaiting its platform franz
ers' report, In the marking time pro.
cess, tho delegates were treated to
session of oratory by such old time
wheel horses of the party as Chaun-
cey M. DePew and Uncle Joe Cannon,
with Senator William +. Borah of the
newer day, thrown in for good mea-
sure.
IF tho plans of the G. o. P. leaders
go through as per the schedule on
which they were arranging things in
the early afternoon, the session begin
ming at 4 p. m. to which hour the
convention adjourned at 1881 will be
two hour discussion of the platform. 1t
was first reported all over the CON
vention hall that q scheme was being
fathered by number of the old guard
to continue the session right through
the afternoon and evening until a can
didate was nominated Chairman Hard
! ing, however, gave it as his opinion
that there would be no nominating
o nllIGbAEo NAbAA lUiuOiIOM luOIAluSs
Colonel Roosevelt IS announcement
from Oyster Bay that he would journey
to Chicago if the republican convention
invited him to do so, did not get a rise
out or the republicans. The big leaders
read the statement with uneOncealed in
terest but none had any comment to
make except Chairman Harding who
said that only the convention had the
authority to invite Roosevelt to make
an address.
Crowds Gather Slowly.
From all outward appearances the
convention was no nearer its choice of
nominee this afternoon than yester-
day. There was, however, very notice
able increase in pep among the dele
gates-in the number of persons in the
galleries and in the spontaneity of the
cheering. And this was despite the fact
that the weather was every bit as cold
and wet and uninspiring as yesterday.
Today, however, the convention seem
ed to find itself 1t was like real old.
fashioned republican gathering-the
yOwls of derision at oratorical pokes
aimed at democracy, plenty OF good old
G.. o. p bombs thrown by good old.
fashioned orators and the general set
ting Of other years.
At lO:H, three-quarters of an hour
before the convention was scheduled to
start there were not more than 500 peo.
pie in the hall Music of the band
echoed and re-eehoed through the giant
spaces of the hall and reverberated
against he bunting draped roof. Out.
side, it rained increasingly. An unend-
ing flock of taxicabs poured out their
stream Of delegates and visitors.
Straw Hats and overcoats.
But the crowds that stepped from
takes and street cars was good natur.
ed. Used to being wet, many men had
not even taken the trouble to change
their straw hats. Panamas and rain.
coats were almost an official uniform.
Out of the thousands of visitors there
were probably only dozen or so who
picked the right entrance by which to
get into the convention-but not more
than dozen. "Quite the proper course
was to find that your entrance was lust
block away.
There was neither the usual conven.
tion jam or the tense feeling engender.
ed by the bitter rival candidates to
create bad temper.
AT l0:40 there were perhaps 1000
people in the hall and of these, not 70
were delegates. Saddest of ALL the rain
drenehed throng were the ticket spec.
tators. There was an awful bearish
feeling in the ticket market.
The Coliseum was lighted inside. as
for night session-and it was entire
ly necessary too. The band changed
tactics today and instead of playing
Chopin and other classic. put little
more pep into things by swinging off
occasionally into Good Bye. Girls"
" Wearing of the Green" and some Of
the more lively tunes of the day.
Uncle Joe's Face Enough.
Senator Harding arrived at Hos.
with his faithful parliamentariau. Rep.
resentative W. 5. Bennett, of New York.
as always during convention time. at
his elbow. One usher had the hardi.
hood to stop Uncle Joe Cannon as the
former speaker was meandering down
the aisle toward the space marked off
for the Illinois delegation.
" Where s your badgei" the Jealous
guardian demanded.
Uncle Joe suffered
Young man." he remarked, shift.