Bisbee daily review., 1920-06-12

l but not so much as did Mrs. Douglas Robinson of New York, still in mourn l ing for her brother, Colonel Roose- welt, when she took the platform to second General Woods nomination.
 Lowdenites Get Ready While the demonstration was run ming, plans for the Lowden counter | part were in progress. At the heads of aisles were men with flags and | Lowden Autographs ready to be un- | furled as soon as the Illinois gover- | nor's name was offered Mir. Knox, a former private of the Rough Rid | CTS, told the convention that New | Hampshire, the generals native state, ! regarded him not as a son of the ] state, but son of the whole nation" Nominates lowden When Arkansas was called, the state yielded to Illinois for the nom- ination of Governor Lowden. Repre- sentative Rodenberg of Illinois took l the platform to deliver the address. A big man with a big voice, Rep resentative Rodenberg spoke without manuscript beginning deliberately and then warming up the Lowden SUD- kporters to repeated cheering. AS soon as the speech was over the Lowden demonstration began, his delegates among his supporters carry ing large pictures of the candidate tackled to wooden standards. A pro- | cession got under way almost immedi- l ately, headed by Iowa delegates, bear ing aloft a six-foot Autograph of the governor.
 A long banner urging business man for president" was carried in the Lowden procession.
 The Lowden supporters apparently were as well organized for demonstra- tion as the Wood forces and they car Tied on an uproar on the floor and the galleries.
 Five Delegations Parade Miss Dorothy Disney, daughter of a Muskogee, Oklahoma, delegate, was carried about the hall on the shoulders of two of the Oklahoma delegates.
 
 be making some accessions of support CTS from the various state spaces as it moved about the hall The Connec- ticut delegation fell in line with pie lures of Lowden.
 The Illinois, Iowa, Oklahoma, Con- nectcut, Arkansas and Kentucky dele cations showed up among the Lowden pictures in the parade; again the lights went on for the movie men and it aroused another wave of noise.
 POO Delegates Join Apparently there were upwards of two hundred delegates and maybe more taking part in the rumpus. (Which went on past the twenty-five minute mark without sign of abate- ment
 At forty-four minutes the demon stration finally was stilled and Chas. E Pickett, of Waterloo, Iowa, sec onded Governor Lowden's nomination.
 Now It's Johnson's Turn
 Then when California was called, cheers broke out. Senator Beveridge presented Chas. S. Wheeler, of San Francisco, who made the speech nomi- mating Senator Johnson.
 MT. Wheeler said it was gratifying that he should begin at high noon." He spoke without manuscript.
 Scattered nipples of applause came during the early part of MT Wheeler's address when he spoke of party unity and recognition of the west The first real burst of applause came when he spoke of Senator Johnson's opposition to the league of nations.
 When Mir. Wheeler declared the next president would be the man in whom the average citizen has the most faith, there were few cries of No" but MT. Wheeler reiterated his declaration.
 Senator Beveridge had to pound tLe table and urge the convention give the Caiifornians sponsor right of way. More laughter came when MT. Wheel CT spoke of newspaper publicity of campaign and voice shouted there's Hearst"
 Fireworks loosened
 The Johnson fireworks broke loose as MT. Wheeler finished at 1:16 o'clock. A big picture of the Cali fornia candidate was unfurled from the gallery rail facing the speakers platform and many smaller pictures were raised aloft as the convention floor became once more picture of pandemonium.
 As the demonstration continued the variety of nOise-making devices in. .creased. Big megaphones were brought into use to magnify the dis