The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
WOOD GOES STRONG IN 4 BALL OTIS
AT STORMY CHICAGO SESSION

Chairman Lodge. gavel in hand.
went to the front and tapped gently
for order. The only result was the
renewing of the demonstration.
II was 4:14 when Chairman
Lodge finally secured quiet and in
troduced r. B. Creager, of Texas.
who. In a very brief speech. sec
onded the nomination Of Harding.
creager declared he spoke "as
one who followed the banner OF
Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. We
must demand candidate who, In
every fber Of his being, believes
our country comes FIRST and the In
terest Of every other country comes
second" ne declared. This man
can carry Ohio-he can carry
Texas. and break the Solid South
and carry the nation
sproul Nensinated.
The secretary called the roll of
States again and Penhsyivania got
cheer as j. Hampton Moore,
mayor of Philadelphia. arose to put
Gov. Sproul in nomination.
The delegates were willing to
listen to Moore. but the gallery
crowd began gossiping so II was
difficult to hear the speaker.
Moore read his speech very rapidly
from manuscript. interrupted at In
tervals by shouts in the ranks OF
the Pennsylvanians.
There was no response from the
fioor.
There was no response from the
floor other than these outbursts
from Pennsylvania and the pass
ing of water bottles up the aisles
caused more interest than the pre-
sentation of the Sproul candidacy.
The delegates were thirsty but not
particularly keen to hear more
speeches. The noise steadily IN
creased. Moore's peroration was
the signal for three cheers from
the Pennsylvania delegation. Will
lam ]. Schaeffer. attorney gem
eral. of Pennsylvania, in seconding
Sproul told the delegates II was
their duty to nominate that great
business man with experience as
broad as the land. Governor
SprouL"
Schaeffer kept the crowd quiet
The cheering was led by a man
who had a Murray" voice that
made him a center of attraction.
The next nominating speech was
that of George H. Walker. placing
In nomination Senator Poindexter
of Washington.
The crowd heard Walker through
without a single burst of applause
There was a cheer of courtesy as
he closed. 1t was fairly evident
that both delegates and the crowd
had cheered themselves tired and
were stirred to no great outburst
until the serious business of the
day-the balloting-began.
Jules Bache. of New York Sec
onded the Poindexter nomination.
Sutherland Speech Brief.
James John Marshall, of West Vir-
ginia, seconded the nomination of
Sutherland on a one-minute speech
which drew a round of applause for
its brevity.. The secretary conclud-
ed the reading of the roll of States
and there were no more names pre-
sented for nominations.
AS the call Of the roll was con-
cluded. delegates sureed into the
aisles. Chairman Lodge raped for
order and announced that the aisles
must be cleared before the roll cali
of the first ballot would start.
Balloting Begins
The call of the roll was then be-
gun. The only disturbances were
in Oregon and Georgia. a poll of
the delegates being demanded in
each case.
On the second ballot Wood gained
two votes, Lowden. 4s. and John
son. 13.
Delegate Neylan of California
came to the rostrum to ask IL the
agreement to adjourn after two
ballots still stood. Senator Smoot
protested that the voting was pro-
ceeding so rapidly that il thought
1t inadvisable to adjourn. Neylan
contended that an agreement was
being violated. Borah. Neylan and
Smoot and Mccormick engaged in
a hot argument, the outcome of
which was to take another ballot.
After the fourth ballot, when
Johnson was showing a gain and
Woods lead had been cut down
slightly. adjournment advocates
won. The convention hall soon
was emptied of its mass of swell
tering humanity.