Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-11


minor details have been completed. nm
iShed and otherwise done away with,
the great Republican convention. which
has been nicknamod tn" g.. q. L. con =
clavc by comiral humoriStS, will take up
some unfinished business today and
name some gent to act rs possibility
for future presidency Of tho United
States.
Judging from the speed shown in the
sessions thus far. tho nominations
should be made in six minutes. This Is
according to the dope. Here are the IN
side facts
On the first day, the convention would
have been over bCforC Il started II Henry
Cabot Lodge had not taken M two hours
of perfectly good time in telling the
( delegates he was much obliged for be-
ing named temporary chairman.
On the second day the delegates stuck
around for ono half hour and then left
the Coliseum because they found them
selves entirely unnecessary.
On the third day. which was y"~t"r-
day. the morning session was one of tn
most popular ever held. Cardinal Glib
hons offered th" opening prayer. begin .
= ming at II IL n. m After he had fin
O iShcd. Mpdill Mccormick spoke n dozra
words. and at II :22 II. IN. the drlcgat,s :
/ left the arena to see more of Chicago.
Beautiful Ballad Entitled -
The evening session. called Ia order
/ at 20 p. m. was delayed somewhat
, by the absence of committee on rrSo-
| lutionS report, hui the time was filled
in by singing The delegates sang S0mo
swell songs. such rs "liow Dry ! Am.
Then. after couple Of hours wait.
. linn W Nut~nr ftf'. N.npnl DVnrf,iSn
hour and seven minutes, speaking few
words which will be referred To later.
Now. il Jim hadn't been around there
wouldn't huv" been any reason for the
singing. and IN" delegates could have
taken some NOR" auto rides and tel
themselves that politics amt so bat
after all.
With that dope. fellow citizens. yor
can readily >rc how easy il would bC
to nominat' a raudidatr. All the en-
Il les ar" ~ tho post. willing to run {
great race. Perhaps they will, bu
everything DEEPER is upon the starter
whoever thnt j..
All. star Cast and Full House
Yesterday the delegates were uShereC
into the munlrITHl Turk ish bath. whiCl
is nu0the" way Of referring to the Coli
scum. I'll" weather was hot and il wa
hotter III In" arena. Even the prcSenr
of Senator Hon Lodge did not lowe
the tcmp"r&Iur" to any noticeable eN
tent, TIL" delegates. Scribes and limo
: cent spectators lost much weight au
would hav" lost more, only they wer
NOT given chance.
One thing. however. must be sal
for tho production and all star cast. |
played 10 capacity both in the mornin
. and afternoon and II j. said the Specu
latorS did thriving business. Perhap
III" manager will insist on Il return en-
gag"mcut. but YOU meyer can rClI. AftP
the show iS over the original cast
likely to spend the rost Of thp summc
4 in a rrfrgerators and gigglO at Il
offers
9 hope to- be with them.
Yesterday afternoon there was n
~ afternoon session. II was well attended
! a. was said before. hut there seemed I
he un reason for il. Everybody wa
4 seated when Hen Lodge said hc was Gla
? to s"r ulI Of In" folks. bur that III
> report Of the committee on resolution
+ would not be ready for an hour. II
rvidrurly was referring to western tint
. which j. one hour slower than ours.
In the meantime, something had
}, be- done. Joe Cannon. well know
= Republican from Danvile. H.. who hG
. large following in Danville, made
- speech about something and caused
lot of laughs when he raised gla'
II Of water to his lips and said il vi
- brcwed in the clouds and therefore WI
' very light. He drank 10 the delegaI,
=, and those who were not delegates, bl
=, il was a silent toast,
II After this the delegates. Impress
with their own importance and rcRli,
! ing they had the fate of the nation {
their shoulders. Grimly and serious
sang new song entitled "IiOw dry
am" This was done with variation al
=. cncOros.
Jim Speaks His Little Piece
-. Then the professional chCey lead
" started recent song hit about son
u old folks at home, but nobody car
- to hear it. and ho was pushed of 4
s. platform to make way for Jim Wats0
= Marathon speaker from Indiana, WI
is had Il few thousand words TO say ahO
/ the platform and planks and things Ii
lg that. Jim was all right and kept t
re delegates one hour and seven minute
,h Pretty nice Of jim, we'd say.
m Jim spoke about the principles Al
nj chorus and minor parts Of the Rel u
lirnn platform and il was good stu
cs However it will take long time
j. read IT, so have expended lot of tin
and lahor on IL and will stIhmit in co