The Washington herald., 1920-06-12

crowd. The whole scene was Hood
cd with the glare Of arc lamps while
the movies were taking picturss.
: Repeated blasts from horns
sounded in the galleries. Hundreds
Of delegates were on their chairs.
The rain Of feathers continued for
several minutes. Evidently baskets
Of them had been concealed In the
girders. Delegations In the center
Of the hall including Michigan.
Iowa, New York. Massachusetts,. III
inois. Pennsylvania, Ohio and most
of New Jersey remained sested.
During the excitement Frank Hitch
cock. one sof the Wood managers.
appeared on the platform. He car
ried q blue feather. He was ner-
vous and constantly licked his lips
as he paced ba, Y and forth.
During the Wood demonstration
many delegates from Arizona, New
Mexico. Tennessee and New Eng
land were on tboir feet. The KAN
sas delegation and the Nebraskans
were In the midst Of the cheering.
The Wood hackers kept the ova-
tion going. chanting in unison
Wood. Wood, Wood" and when IL
chowed signs of losing eny OF its
strength the band began playing.
Only an occasional note could be
heard. Shrill whistles cut through
the roar of cheers.
Noise Continues Sweep.
At 10:t5 a. m. the demonstration
had continued six minutes with no
signs OF abating. Wood delegations
gathered UP great bundles Of the
colored plumes which had come
huttering down. The choruses OF
horn blasts were taken UP In all
the galleries by sections and sud
denly a great blaring OF horns came
from the spectators section In the
rear of the platform. Then the
cheers swelled up again louder than
ever and nothing could be heard
but a great confusion OF human
voices with shrill overtones.
The galleries took little part In
the demonstration beyond blowing
the horns.
A cIattering on tin pans and tom
toms broke out in the rear OF the
platform.
While the demonstration was at
its height Lowden workers slipped
through the crowd. distributing
pennants bearing Lowden's picture
in preparation for the Lowden oVa-
tion.
There were cheer leaders in some
of the delegations.
A Wood procession started around
the hall chanting Wood, Wood.
At this juncture Lodge hammered
for order. He didn't get 1t.
Wood men from several delega-
tions Joined the procession, waving
the many -colored Wood feathers.
American nags and Wood pennants.
Lodge gave up his efforts to restore
order and went back to his seat.
Wood Procession Tangled.
The Wood procession was in dim
Guilty. getting all tangled up in the
aisles as tributary streams of deie-
gates poured into II.
Mrs Fosseen, of Minnesota, was
the one woman in the procession
when Il started.
South Dakota's standard was
jerked from It's post and carried In
the procession.
The Kansas standard came next
and former Lieutenant Governor
Morgan carried IL.
At l0:47 the demonstration had
continued fifteen minutes and was
still going strong.
Around and around the Coliseum
the procession shouldered its way.
In the middle of the delegates sec
tion many stood on chairs watch
ing but not participating.
The chant Wood, Wood" was
started in the gallery and spread
to the floor. where it came in
steady beats that seemed to jar
the building.
Only the top portions of State
standards got into the parade. as
it was discovered the posts had
been securely fastened to the floor
and could not be uprooted.
At 1O:4s Lodge again pounded
for order. His reply was a re-
newaI of the Wood chant.
The horn blasts broke out anew.
They sounded like New Year Eve
on Broadway.
Lodge repeatedly banged with his
gayel but was unable to get any
attention.
Many State standards were deco
rated with Wood feathers. They
included Arizona. Maryland. Rhode
Island. Florida, Nebraska. New
Hampshire. Idaho and Maine. The
Philippine standard was crowned
with a Wood banner.
At 1852 the Wood demonstration
was still going. on. though there
seemed to be some diminution in
the uproar and all but about nifty
delegates had resumed their seats
The band again played manfully
but just then the noise welled up
again and while the musicians
could be seen going through the
motions. their notes could scarcely
be heard. The New York. Penn
sylvania. Connecticut. Arkansas.
Massachusetts, Iowa, Illinois and
other delegations. which were
not much excited about the pro-
ceedings remained seated, many
OF the delegates with bored express
sions. glancing at their watches.
We want Wood" was the next
chant started but it failed to make
much impression.
Noise-Making Slows Up.
Despite efforts to keep it going
the demonstration showed increas-
ing signs of fading out There
was still a steady undercurrent of
sound but it was being kept up by
comparative few. Chairman
Lodge sat at his desk with a re-
signed look, waiting patiently for
the noise to cease. his repeated ef-
1orts to get some attention having
failed.
The Wood adherents had kept
up their clangor for % minutes
when 1857 O'Clock came. The
SOll0. however haA drihhiod