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noise. Senator Lodge naQ gwen the
chair to former Senator Beverage, of
Indiana, and the latter landed his
gavel on the table so that it shook the
platform, but the Lowden forces
thought they ought to make the dem
onstration little longer. Senator Bev
eridge sent for some of the leaders of
the owden delegations and asked
them to use their influence to quiet the
conventioIl floor so as to speed up.
StiIIed at AZ Minutes.
At AZ minutes the demonstration
finally was stilled and Charles E. Pick
EFT, of Waterloo, Iowa, seconded Gov
ernor Lowden's nomination.
The Illinois candidate, Mr.. Pickett
said represented no particular sec
ton, and made his campaign on no
narrow issue but on platform as
broad as the nation itself. Like
Rodenberg, the speaker had full,
ringing voice, and he kept the crowd
well in hand.
There was a rousing cheer from the
floor when Mr.. Pickett said the nation
needed a practical man and that Gov
ernor Lowden would fill the bill.
Governor Morrow, of Kentucky,
made another brief seconding address.
The convention then called for NOM
nations from California, and the NOM
nation of Senator Johnson was pre-
scented. 1t was 12:40 o'clock
Forcing the convention along at ex-
press speed to make up for time lost
in settlement of the treaty issue, eff
forts were made to hold time of dem
onstrations down.
Charles s. Wheeler, Of California,
who nominated Johnson, got roars and
cheers from the convention when he
referred to Wilson as the royal fam.
lily" and McAdoo as the 'crown
prince"
Are you prepared for four years
more of them?" he shouted
Don't Want Four More Years
The crowd answered NO! No"
When Wheeler referred to Johnson
as having had inadequate funds the
crowd let go rounds of boos, jeers and
outlaws.
During the latter part of the address
there was confusion from converse
ton. When he said he was nearing
the end there were several cries of
Good, Good" and he replied: "Uncork
your ears for just one minute and
for the first time in your life learn by
| listening what this man stands for"
Fireworks Break Loose.
The fireworks broke loose as Wheel
| er nnlSned at 1:16 p m.
A big picture was unfurled from the
gallery rail facing the platform and
many smaller pictures were raised
aloft as floor became picture of
pandemonium.
The flag, however had been selected
as the chief banner of Johnson forces
and the parade of Johnson supporters,
all armed with flags, began
1t was impossible to judge how many
were roofing because nearly all the
floor got up, whether to cheer or bet.
ter see the demonstration.
Many in the galleries also stood and
strained their lungs. At first there
was no attempt at organized cheering,
however, and everyone that wanted
Johnson seemed to be taking his own
sweet and noisy way of showing it.
80 Minutes Sees End
Twenty-Five minutes after John.
sons noise had been let loose, Senator
Lodge tried to quiet it, but at first he
had little luck The demonstration
was just half hour old when the
hall was still enough for Sentor
Lodge to present Representative
Schall, the blind member of congress
from Minnesota, who seconded the
nomination.
A continuation of the heat wave
which has enveloped Chicago for the
past two days officially was forecast
for today.
The highest temperature yesterday
was 90, a record for 1920 and led tC
comparisons with weather conditions
at the last Republican convention here
in 1916, when it rained for sixty con
secutive hours, a record for Chicago
One death from heat, the first OF
: the year. and three prostrations were
reported yesterday.