The Ocala evening star., 1920-06-08
CROWD TOD GREAT
FOR THE COLISEUM.
At 1874 A. NJ. Today the Republican
National Convention Opened.

Coliseum, Chicago, June 8-The re-
publican national convention was
called to order at 11:34 a. m. Soon
after Chairman Hays appeared on the
platform and was greeted with rounds
of applause and shouts. After Hays
had raped for order, Bishop Wood
cock, of Louisville. KY, offered the
opening prayer. At it's conclusion
three cheers were called for the great
est country on earth, the Omitted
States of America" The rolling
cheers rocked the hall. After the of
fetal photograph had been taken,
Secretary Miller read the convention
call. Secretary Hays then introduc-
ed Senator Lodge as temporary
chairman and after the cheers had
died down. Senator Lodge began his
keynote speech.
UNBOSSED AND UNBRIDLED
Chicago, June 8.-Unique in The
annals of the party the republican ma
tional convention assembled today M
bossed and unbridled and no presiden-
tial candidate having enough votes in
sight to assure his nomination. The
convention promises to be a record
breaker in all respects. 1t may cast
more ballots than any republican con-
vertion since Garfield was nominated
in 1880, when thirty-six ballots were
cast before the party standard bearer
had been named.
WILL BEGIN WITH A DEADLOCK
Overnight reports and rumors from
the camps of the different candidates
and delegation headquarters shed no
new light on the situation. The tri-
angular deadlock between Wood,
Lowden and Johnson still appeared
certain on the first trial of voting
strength on Wednesday or Thursday,
with probably more than a score of
favOrite sons, dark horses or individ-
uals sharing more than half of the
total vote. The roll call will give,
however, the first clear intimation of
what the mass of uninstructed dele
gates have been thinking.
CONSIDERING A SHORT CUT
Talk of cutting the convention
preliminaries by making the tempo
rary organization, with Senator Lodge
as chairman, the permanent conven-
tion structure, had taken no definite
steps before the first session today.
CROWD TOO GREAT FOR THE
COLISEUM
Hours before the doors opened at
the Coliseum thousands were waiting
hoping to get in. Only a fraction of
these applicants for seats were ad-
mitted despite the capacity of the
building for more than ten thousand.
Political activities moved out of the
hotel district into the Coliseum itself
with the assembling of the first ses-
sion.
Today's proceedings in the hall had
little to do with the actual nomina-
tion, merely routine but preliminary
to the sessions to follow. The keynote
speech by Senator Lodge, temporary
chairman, was really the big business
fthe day.
While last minute arrangeme
were being made no change in the
lineup was visible and the various
managers admitted they saw no evil
dence of which way the wind is going
to blow, looking to the first ballot to
develop to point the way to a course
of action.
The convention actually opened its
first session at II o'clock. Chicago
time.
NEGRO Committeeman FOR
GEORGIA
Henry Lincoln Johnson, of Atlanta,
negro, who led the fight of the Low
den delegates before the republican,
national committee, was elected COM
mitteeman from Georgia by the state
delegation. The Wood delegates an
nounced they would carry the fight
to the credentials committee of the
convention in favor of Roscoe Pickett,
the defeated committeeman candidate.
COMEJTvTEFMEN FROM THE