Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-12

| During Governor Aliens recital of
| General Woods record of public serv-
ice the Wood supporters interJected
| frequent cheers.
There was much moving around
| among the delegates, however, and a
mild rumble of conversation kept up
! There were many Wood boosters in
the gallery and they kept breaking
| in with applause, as Governor Allen
| recounted the achievements of his
| candidate.
When the governor made a crack
at William j. Bryan's celebrated die
tum about a million men springing
to arms overnight, he looked down
| at where Mr.. Bryan was sitting ir
the press box. But the Nebraskan
had his nose to his manuscript, try
| ing to write on industriously while
| plump woman writer was showing
| through the narrow aiSleS behind his
| chair. If he heard the reference he
did not let on.
Demonstration for Wood
Governor Allen worked hard at his
speech and the perspiration rolled
| down in cataracts over his quickly
wilted laundry. While the speech
was going on arrangements were
mating speech to follow Genera,
| Woods. Arkansas delegates, next or
the roll, said the state would yield
to Illinois.
California, next in line, was Il
name Senator Johnson, disposing OF
the big three"
AS the Embossed convention rolled
on, everything according to SEIZED
ule, Senators Lodge and Smoot OF
| the old Republican school sat inscruta-
BILE side by side behind the chair
| mans table.
At the conclusion of the nominal
ing speech thousands of many col
ored turkey feathers which have been
| the convention badge of the Wood
people, were loosed from the ceiling
of the Coliseum and floated down
over the cheering delegates. Tho
photographers a chance while many
of those on the floor mounted chairs
and waved Wood banners.
approximately 200 delegates, per.
haps more or less, were taking part
in the cheering and flag waving.
Many of those on the floor yelled
| like real Indians and they looked like
Indians, with the hair of the women
and the collars of the men decorated
| by the falling feathers.
ATS Wood, let's CO." seemed to
be motif running through the con-
fusion of shouting. In one corner
bunch of rooters kept TIP a con-
tinual tom-tom of Igorote Philippine
music.
"It's Wood, let's CO." also was
printed on many of the blue and
white banners waving over the Wood
groups When the demonstration
had been on about ten minutes the
| inevitable procession started. 1t
was led by delegates from Minnesota
and it started shaking its way about
Lodge had come to the front of the
platform and raped for order. He
went back again and sat down as
the parade gathered momentum.
No Signs of Breaking
It looked strange to many OF the
time among the marchers. Chang
Wood people took up 1--WE Want
| Wood as their marching cry.
The convention managers saw
prospects of a very long session
| when the demonstration went on ana
on. They guessed the supporters OF
| the other candidates would try to
Guido the Wood people with the re-
suit that balloting might be long
+ delayed.
started yelling Wood, Wood, Wood
in an endless rhythm while some
enthusiast unmasked a noise-maker
that kept time to the, yells and
sounded like a big buck saw.
When the. noise had lasted for fif-
|
again to get order but the demon
| strators only replied with a renewed
outburst of noise. At that time the
parading had about died down, but
the generals faithful were not will
ling to keep quiet or SIT down.
At the twenty-minute mile-post
| the delegates showed signs OF quit
ting but the galleries kept up the
din, cheer leaders standing in many
of the sections and whooping 1t up
every time there seemed any posi-
bility the demonstration would end
During the demonstration Frank
Hitchcock, supreme chief of the
| Wood forces was on the platform
comforting with Frank Knox, his
floor leader.
When the noise-makers had beer
at it for half an hour, they still were
going strong and the chairman was
making no further attempt to put
on the lid,
A few minutes later, however, Sen
ator. Lodge renewed his pounding
with the gavel, but all the good il
did him was the gymnastic benefit
Sister of Roosevelt Seconds
i Most of the delegates seemed te
be willing to agree with Senator
Lodge that the convention ought te
go on with it's work. For the most
part they sat glum and emitted
|
piled to the chairman's rat-a-tat with
a renewed burst of noise.
At thirty-five minutes the frs
hushing was attempted by the dele
gates and galleries themselves. The
demonstration quoted down some
what as the noise-like escaping steam
pervaded the hall, but there were
also many renewed cheers.
The delegates cheered when Sen
ator Lodge at the end of forty min
utes, sad the delegates all were in
their seats and that the galleries
would be cleared unless they quoted
down.
The announcement got the desired
result and at once Senator Lodge
presented Frank Knox, of New Hamp-
shire, to second General Woods nom
| ination.
While the Wood demonstration
was running plans for the Lowder
counterpart were in progress. Al
the heads of aiSles were men with
flags and Lowdne Autographs ready
to be unfurled as soon as the I'LL
nois governors name was offered.
Mr.. Knox, a former private of the
Rough Riders, told the convention
that New Hampshire, the generals
native state, regarded him mot as
a son of the state, but son of the
whole nation"
The speaker got a lot of cheers
but not so much as did Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, of New York, still ii
mourning for her brother, Colone
Roosevelt, when she took the plat
form to second General Woods nom
nation. The first woman ever t.
perform that function in nationa,
convention, she got rising ovation
when she was introduced by Senator
Lodge. To stop the demonstration
Mrs. Robinson waved her hand.
She spoke with clear, carrying
voice with crisp enunciation, appar.
emily heard with ease to the depths
of the hall.
Mrs. Robinson declared she wanted