Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-09

ord.
The first spontaneous outburst greet.
ed his remarks as he urged strong
Americanism.
"'ResOlute, just all-absorbing" type
of patriotism, which should stand as the
keynote of generations to come. was
the substance of his message on this
point.
E. Daughter-in-Law Yelled.
A storm broke loose Immediately aft.
er Butler closed 4 woman who said
she was Mrs. Thomas Root, daughter.in-
law of the senator, in the gallery back
of the speakers stand, cut loose with
the widest, most maniaeal yells so far
heard by the delegates and the dele
gates We're so interested in watching
her that they forgot to clap.
Chauncey III. DePew, 80 years of age
stood on his seat, lifted his voice in
yowls and waved flag.
! DePew and the woman in the gallery
divided attention and finally DePew,
always gallant, subsided, so that the
crowd could concentrate its attention
of the feminine rooter. She was main.
lly responsible for keeping things go
ing after the demonstration had been
going five minutes The band almost
drowned out the other cheering.
Then some one handed the woman two
flags and she started in with renewed
voice and enthusiasm. Her glasses flick |
cred in the light of the skylight and
her bonnet was showed back at queer
angle-but she was having a good time.
and making a lot of noise.
An old gray haired lady in front of
the feminine cheerer leader sat with her
hands to her ears, and a Mortified ex- |
preston on her face due no doubt to
the glare of the limelight that she drew
because she sat so near the yelling wo- I
man.
Some Rooter for Root
The Root demonstration queted it. |
self at 2:05 after lasting 10 minutes. !
but just as Chairman Harding was
about to speak, Mrs. Root started anew
her screams and it was all off again.
R. S. Hopkins of Tennessee, then
started an imitation of the San Fran
cisco fair siren and he and she divided |
attention, the delegates being unable
to decide which yell was the more blood |
curdling.
It was four minutes later before roll
OF the states could be resumed having
lasted in all IA minutes
Willis Names Burton.
Arkansas, next on the list yielded to
Governor Willis Of Ohio to nominate
ex-senator Theo. Burton He got a good
hand.
The governor has about the loudest
voice in capacity and he had his au-
dlence with him from the start. His
powerful tones reverberated back and |
forth III the hall in voluminous echoes.
He was the first orator garbed in
anything other than the customary cut
away or frock coat He wore busi.
ness suit and tan shoes.
" If we take a little of the pep of
the progressives, with the logic and the
organization of the republicans and 4
combine them, all hell can t beat us. -
he shouted and the audience yelled
back its approval 9a
Another outburst came when Willis
declared that if the convention did nof
amalgamate with all factions and "put
aside factiOnalism it would nbp tbe
greatest political crime in the history
of this republic" "
Willis put more "pep" and good
humor and enthusiasm into the conven-
ton than it had seen at any time. Alt
thls Juneture after the Ohioan had fin
lshed an eloquent peroration to the flag
some one yelled: aI
" What s the matter with Willis?n
Willis resumed and the demongtra.
tion was cut off A single shrill fem.
mine voice yelled " He's all right. ="
Good bless the Ohio women.V Willis
responded, 8alutng the gallery, where
the fair rOoter sat.
Burton Gets Glad Hand.
Willis concluded at l:45 and tho !
Buckeye state 3 delegates swept the an.
plause along as they stood on their
chairs and waved flags. On the plat.
tion. {
West Virginia delegates helped swell !
the Burton cry, but the band drowned |
all of the noise out with the exception '
Of the reiterated yell: "We want Bur. !
tom"
Ohio had the demonstration largely to
itself with the exception Of some of
those in the galleries.
Governor Willis left the stage. and I
picking up the Ohio standard. led the r
delegates in a parade about the floor. a
The demonstration had been going on @
for IS minutes when Harding. himself
an Ohioan, leaned over and urged them I
TO go to it,"
West Virginia delegates gave fresh d
impetus to the exhausted Ohioans
moment later. Chairman Harding fin. c
ally pounded for order as the Hamil-
ION club Of Chicago came through the
lisles parading with Chin Chin, di
nunitiye elephant, with Uncle Sam in
iull regalia, leading.
1t was the usual courtesy accorded !
he most prominent republican club in
..hieago, that Of Visiting the conven. :
ion. - v
The noise finally subsided after "a
more than the demonstra. i
ion given Hughes. =
The roll call proceeded to Connect. -
.ut, when that state yielded to Sen.
ltor Lodge, Of Massachusetts, to name
Weeks. The Weeks' demonstration
itarted at 2:3O and lasted two minutes.
During his speech nominating Du- f
'ont, Miller mentioned the "smell of II
powder" but the smell in the eonven. b
ion hall was rapidly becoming that Of a
liant lunch room. Theremos bottles ap. p