The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-11
DELEGATES PLAN
ALL-DAY SESSION
OF CONVENTION
All Determined to Make Nomi-
nation Next Few Hours.
AH-Night Session on Schedule
if 1t Is Necessary.
'EVERY ONE WAS LATE
Convention Called to Order by
Lodge at 1O:O6 O'Clock.
Hottest Day of Convention in
Prospect for Delegates.
All Determined to Make NOmi-
nation Next Few Hours.
AH-Night Session on Schedule
if 1t Is Necessary.
EVERY ONE WAS LATE

Chicago. June 11.-Late again in
getting under way, the Republican ma
tional convention met under an agree
ment to stay in session until a presi-
dental candidate has been nominated.
he prospects were for an all-day and
possibly a night session.
in spite of the sweltering tempera-
tire inside the convention hall, the
delegates began to pile into their
places a full half hour before today's
session was to begin. They all were
rearing to have it over with and the
possibility that the nominations might
be made today and the convention
ended seemed to take some of the
edge off their distress from the heat.
1t gave promise of being the hottest
day of the convention in all respects.
The sun got to work with a Visor
exec eeding even the feverish efforts of
candidates managers in their eleventh
hour efforts to line up a winning COM
bination.
Most of those on the convention
floor and in the galleries came with
fans and many of the delegates strip
ped off their coats before they took
their seats For the time Deing, at
least, the hot weather was the b,g
feature in the convention picture.
At $50. however, when the conVen-
ton should have been called to order
there still were great patches of
empty seats in the delegates section
and the platform was almost empty.
The crowd sent up an ever-growing
rumble of conversation while it waited
for the party leaders to get thru with
their conferences in their hotels a
mile away.
Everyone Was Late.
When nine forty-five passed the del
gates space was pretty well filled but
not a single one of the first line lead
ers had put in his appearance. The
band filled in with something that
sounded like a lullaby. For the first
time since the convention began can
didates for the presidency were miss
New York gave his proxy to a woman
who sat in box. Governor Sproul
dropped in for a few minutes but an
nounced he would return to his hotel
when balloting started. The friends
of Senator johnson said they did not
expect their candidate to show himself
in the Coliseum.
During the wait the delegates were
still asking one another who was to be
nominated and the usual reply was
distinctly of the 'damifino" character.
The managers for all the candidates
tried to outdo one another in conf
dence over the result. The Wood peo-
pie were claiming a victory by the
third or fourth ballot. The predictions
of the others were less definite.
The Wood managers, who had
planned to have a string of second
speeches for their candidate, revised
their program at the last minute so
that only Frank Knox of New Hamp-
shire and Mrs. Douglas Robinson of
New York would second General
Woods nomination.
Delaware delegates said the plan to
nominate T. Coleman Dupont had been
abandoned but that the delegation
would vote for him on the first ballot.
A robust delegate from West Vir
ginia apparently preparing for a tenn
pestuous session, took off his galluses
and put them in his pocket. Just
about that time the band played,
, Reuben, Reuben. I've been thinking.
At few minutes to ten, heat, mu-
sic and conversation still constituted
the sum total of the conventions
business. The lateness of the leaders
caused much speculation among the
rank and file who wondered what
deals to break the nomination dead
lock might be under way.
Two minutes before ten Senator
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