The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10

from New York joined in. Vermont dele. gates joined the procession. The march CTS shouted We want Hughes" and wv want Charlie"
 in the line.
 Governor Whitman stood and cheered but Senator Wadsworth remained seat ed. The paraders stopped in the aisles and joined in an outburst of cheers and shouts of Hughes" and "Rah, rah rah!" meter. Ten minutes of demon- stration showed no indication of an end
 THERMOMETERS IN LEAD
 Some of the New Workers sat down and let the others carry on the noise, which the Vermont delegation led most of the time. The demonstration ebbed and flowed. coming up with renewed wave vigor from time to time
 Kansas, New Jersey. California and Tennessee men took up the cheers. man on the platform started, Hughes, Hughes; we want Hughes" and the enthusiasm caught the point and the crowd took up the shout
 The chairman shouted calls for or der and mauled the block with the gavel. Some delegates on the floor also called for order and the police were directed to get delegates seated Mir Hardng then recognized Nicholas Mur-
  Elihu Root under the yield of place by Arizona.
 Dr. Buffers speech was punctuated with frequent applause.
 When pr. Butler finished at 12:55 o'clock by nominating Mr. Root an- other demonstration began. The cheer- ing in the New York delegation was led by former Secretary Stimson. Many of the delegates who had cheered for Hughes cheered just as Justify for Root
 There were whoops, handclapping and a din from the noise making ma chine. woman in the guest gallery stood in her chair and screamed a shrill trble, attracting all eyes in the hall. Waving a flag in either hand, she frequently revived the demonstration
 When the uproar had been going on 10 minutes Chairman Harding rapped for order, but the screaming woman in the gallery aroused another outburst
 BURTON IS NOMINATED
 A delegate from Oregon answered the shrill challenge from the gallery and the two had yelling contest Quiet finally was restored and when Arkansas was called the state yielded to Ohio and Governor Willis was rec ognized to nominate Theodore E. Bur ton.
 In the middle of Governor Willis speech the sun came out for the first time in four days and flooded the Coliseum. He was speaking of a re- publican party with its face turned to the future.
 And as an omen of that" said he "the sun is shining, thank Godw
 The delegates caught the point and cheered.
 When Governor Willis closed his speech at 1:45 o'clock the Burton dem 0r c on hoc the Ohio standard from the floor and began marching around the hall. The Ohio men followed in force, but no other delegation joined in. The Chicago Hamilton club, about 800 strong, were admitted and paraded around the hall headed by "Uncle Sam" and "The Spirit of 'T6," and a live baby elephant.
 In point of time the Burton demon stration exceeded that for Hughes. lasting 33 minutes, but not in point of numbers.
 California and Colorado passed and Connecticut yielded to Massachusetts Senator Lodge nominated Senator Weeks. He finished at 2:30 o'clock and a Weeks demonstration began. It sub- sided in two minutes and Representa- tive T. w. Miller nominated T. Cole man Dupont ..
 LUNCH ON SANDWICHES While Mir. Miller was speaking, sand wiches made their appearance on the floor and the delegates lunched There was a general hum of voices. Brief ap- plause greeted his conclusion. The roll call was resumed.
 The states were passed until Illinois brought a round of cheers. Col w. J. Calhoun was recognized and placed Sem ator Lawrence Y. Sherman in nomina- ton.
 As the afternoon wore on the dele gates became restless. There was steady flow of men going out to lunch and gentle hum of conversation from floor and galleries persisted.
 MT Calhoun finished at 255. The band played Illinois as the Sherman demon- stration began. When the demonstration had been in progress 13 minutes the chairman tried to stop it in order to nasten the nominations but the Sherman adherents resisted the attempt to check their favorite son demonstration.
 When 9 minutes had passed MT. Suth- erland pounded vigorously and raising his voice ordered the roll call to proceed, which it did in great noise and confu- sion.
 Indiana shouted the clerk trying to life his voice above the confusion. Cat calls, cheers and misses sounded. But the chair persisted. Indiana was called ana representative wood or that state ascended the platform.
 It was some minutes before he could proceed. The police were instructed to restore order, but apparently the dis turbance was largely in the galleries. Fairbanks was nominated by MT. Wood
 MT. Wood finished at 34 and the In- diana delegation began cheering. Pa raders bearing a large American flag and banner inscribed Fairbanks for President, marched around the hall while the band played "On the Banks of the Wabash"
 Some of the Kentucky delegates joined in as the' band played "Old Kentucky Home"
 BAND DROWNED OUT
 While the Indiana and Kentucky dele cations still were para ding, the galleries joined in and drowned out the band The republican leaders took opportunity to confer and find out what the progress sive convention was doing. There were constant inquiries to know if Colonel Roosevelt had been nominated there.
 Inquiries also were made as to whether any state had agreed to yield to New Mexico, so that Senator Fall might he