The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-12
SESSION
Of CONVENTION
full Of THRILLS
Woman Orators We're Bet
ter Than Men as a
Rule.
JOHNSON NAN A DUB
Hoover Had Many Friends
in the Galleries of the
Coliseum.
6y H. N. HICKEY.

lSpeclal DlSpdtCu " WSss tAoAnHAH'
CHICAGO, H., June r. WheL
Chairman Lodge at tbs Friday even.
ing declared an adjournment uEtl 10
O'Clock Saturday morning, one OF the
most thrillingly interesting conven,
ton sessions In the history OF AmeFt'
can politics was ended.
For nearly ten hours without re-
cess or interruption Of any kind, the
emotions Of 1900 delegates and vlsi-
tors had been played upon until dur.
Ing the final hours, while four ballots
were being taken, the entire Assem-,
blage was tense with excitement and
expectancy.
The session began with the air full
Of rumors as to the plans Of the three
leading corlenders for the nomlna'
tion-Wood, Lowden and johnson.
The great question that everybody
was asking was could the Wood peo'
ME nut their man over or could the
otber candidates by backing Lowden
Keen Keen the nomination from going 70
Wood on an early ballot and then H.
Ter nut them both out Of the running.
II was a tremendous situation anu
the heat.charged air Of the Coliseum
was fairly vibrant with the sense Q,
Il, It promised to be a battle royal
for the greatest prize that the AMER
ram notifies offers 10 a person and tine
event fully justified expectations.
When the great audience tlleo ous
of the building after four ballots had
demonstrated the tenseness and close,
ness Of the struggle, with WOOD anu
Lowden fighting every inch OF tne
way they moved quietly and orderly
as though they fully realized that the,
had been participant In an even
that would live in history.
The nomination and second speecn'
es gave the orators the first chance
tbe convention has offered them. In
a way they were disappointing. MOST
" the ,lonors went to the women par
tiicularly to one woman-Mrs, Doug.
lass Robinson, sister Of Theodore
Roosevelt. ...,;do-;ry
her seq She made a great speech;
That would be unfair to her and 70 az
women. Her speech was BY an ooos
The finest bit Of oratory OF the ses-
sion. including that Of the men. Sne
seconded the nomination Of Wood anu
held that vast audience spellbound not
because they saw in her the sister
Of their beloved leader, who lies IN
his crave on Sycamore Hill. but DC.
ca,,se in her own person she has those
qualities Of magnetism which set MN
anart from the other leaders OF men.
Her reference to her brother and 70
his friendship for the Leonard Wood
were SO delicate that they never ap'
.sssoached. the danger point Of raudlln
Observation-Disclosures no doubt tnat
she helped the cause Of Wood. Other
y women spoke for several Of the other
Candidates and all Of them went
through the trying ordeal with dignity
and creIi. to themselves and to the
millions Of women whom they repre-
scented. :. .,,,, mn.
tory what they said and the manner
of i saving Il was much higher than
the average Of the men. ,,,. !,
'-t Former Governor wills. Of Ohio. IN
presenting the name Of Harding, TOOK
Hrst prize among the decorators. ne
made friends for Harding. Z. >;
1 Wheeler. Of California, who nominated
Johnson took the BOBBY prize. IN
stead Of starting stampede for the
California senator he almost started
a A stampede away from him. All o.
Johnson's friends regretted tnat
Rnrsh hadn't been selected tor the
iob. he at least would have had the
yocd sense and the good tact not 70
attack the other candidates and tnelr
delegates considering that the only
chance Johnson has for the nominal
tion Is that after the first few ballots
he can get support from them.
Judge Miller, Of New York, present.
cd Hooyer's name in a speech that
was a master piece Of logical arsu.
ments. He asked for Hooyer's nomi'
nation on the ground Of his proven
oh;tties az an administrator and
statesman and emphasized the TACT
mat Of all the candidates before me
Convention Hoover would be the sur.
e e Of election II nominated. When
Miller was introduced by Lodge and
before he began speaking. he received
a five minute ovation, the most en-.
thusiastic and spontaneous greeting
accorded to any Of the nominations
when introduced. Thcn a. the con-
clusion he named Eoovcr, the audi.
ence-not tho delesatas-burst Into
cheers and for thirteen minutes the
building fairly rocked and the CALLER.
les were a sea Of waving Hoover
flags The demonstration was In full
swing and would have continued IN.
definitely had NOT Chairman Smoot
stopTed it with his gayel. During the
whole time the delegates with the e1.
s..t;o, ~ tvro mr. three sat mum. The