Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-11
DELEGATES IN UPROAR
AS NOMINATIONS START
Wood Followers Stop Proceed
ings for Long Period While
They Cheer Candidate
~ Associated Press 70 Every Evening

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Nominated ~ Governor Men of
Kansas. and seconded by Frank Knox IF
New Hampshire and MIS- Douglas
Robinson. lziztns cf tie late Thcodarc
Roosevelt ~ New york thc candidacy
of General leonard Wood wa placed
todoy before tho Republican National
Convention
The convention was late again IN get
ting under way bit # mrt under IN agrco-
mont to stay IN scesiau until p presidential
candidate had beon nominated The
prospects were for an all day and possibly
d night session
At 1905 O'Clock the secretary began
calling the role If States for nominations
Alabama passed and ATzpnn Yielded to
Kansas for thc nomination Df Genera
Wood bv Governor Henry Allen
In spite II the euc'tcrrF temperature
inside tho Convention Hnll, The dolcEatrs
hegan IT, pile into their plarcs fnll hatf
hour before to-day session was to bF ho-
g,in They were al anxious tn havc o
over with md The possibility that the
nominations nRht FL made today and
convention ended seemed to take sofne
NJ the edge dF fheif distress from the
gave promise If hrIne The hottcet DIV u
the convention IN al ragperts
The delegates Roi f. work With a vigor
exceeding evcn the efforts 0f candidates
dates managers in their eleventh hour
efforts t. line up winning combination.
pELreArEs DISCARD coAr7
Most of those III the convention f0or
and in the galleries caruc with fans and
many of the delegates stripped off taeir
coats before they took their seats For
the time being at least the hot weather
was tie big feature In the convention.
AZ go O'Clock however when the
convention should have been called ~
order there still were great patches e
empty seat in the delegates section and
the platform was almost onpte The
crowd sent ID an ever growing rumble
of conversation while # waited for the
parfv leaders ~ get through wlth their
conferences In thc fr hotels 4 rl5e a~ay.
WOMAN ro sEcoND WOOD
During The want he drieRa'es -tiil
we're asking one another VINO was n He
nominated and the usual reply ra7 dla-
tlnrtlv ii ire dataIana character Gn
managers for aiI the candidates f1rd 'o
putdo one mother II confluence over the
result TIE Wood people wcre claiming
victory ~ the thIrd or fourth aliot
The predictions 81 the others we're iess
definite
Tie Wood managers who had planned
70 havr string ai secondlnE speecneS
for their candidate revI=e.l their program
Il fhe last minute - fnat outY frank
Knox. ii Ncw hampshire. md Mrs.
Douglas Robinson, II Ncw ork, sister
81 Col Roosevelt Wos.4d second treneral
Wool nomination.
N.L51 "a + = 9.4..4 4 .as ssclrCata@ 9-sa 3
was pretty ae hiled aut not IS Single
one oi The first ane leaders had put n ais
appearance The band sllie8 IA wlfa
something thai sounded like 3 itilabr
For the FIRST tune since the convention
began, candidates lor the presidency We're
missing from the floor i)r BGtIcr ef
NeW York gave bis proxy rs woman Tho
sat Ia box tSovcr.ec ~prD1I dropped
ia for il ieW uHasfss }Nt announced he
would return ~ hls hotel Haen oaliotlDZ
started
The friends = ~eHaeer Io9uson SaI6
they 3ld not expect tae3r candidate + .
snow himself IA he Coliseum.
pu POST >or ro ee ENTERED
Delaware delegates 7s.i the Y.an So
nominate T Coleman IA Poat had been
abandoned. bar the delegation would vote
Tor hin on 'aa hrst ballot
Re-. John NIeyer II Chicago offered
prexer
Tn, delegates sept nnateEtir ,0aylng
fae.r fans and Saaifll0Z theIT tret during
the pravey and afterw3rJ. Senator Lodge
rappei hard mary times before he got
the convention quleted down
ptY rRler rs - aao-EvUTr
81 rising vote snd II B roar # ap-
plausc the convention then adopted a
resolution bv Alcxander Moore ii
] PittsbQrg. expressing indispensable loss
over the Geath II Theodore RncSeveIt,
lowed unutterablt uoY and 10 be loved
As long s> oar nation cherlShCs Its uocie
patriots
Senator Lodge announced amid more
cheers that the tine had come iat the
convention 10 hear nominations far tae
presidency Alabama passed when &e
roll eall 81 states began arizona welded g
Kansas
KANSAS GOVERNOR NoNg>hIE@ WOOD
Il NOISY DEMONSTRATION Governor
hlien was escorted ta thc PLATFORM and
began his speech nominating General
4 Nood
! senator Lodge salaL haai,Nth Govern
0r Alien and the crowd cheerrd. waving
+ Mood nenantS. hats and handkcrchlcfs
DuunE Governor Aliens recital n
General Wood record 81 public service
+ the Wood supporters INTERCEPTED ire.
queuj cheers
rnECsr Ar BRYAN.
/ When the governor made q thrust al
1 William ] Bryans celebrated Ohctur
about million men springing to arm,
overnight he looked down AZ where Mr
Bryan was sitting i'll the press box Bui
the Nehraskan had his nose to his MANN
script. TRYING to write on nduStriouSly
while plump woman writer was Showing
through the narrow aisle behind his char
IL he heard the reference be gave y,
| Indication of il
Governor Allcn worked hard at hn
speech and Ills collar quickly uiltel
While the speech uas gong on arrange
/ mnnts we're made iar Governor l0wden'