The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-08

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Political activities moved out of the
hotel district and into the Coliseum it
self with the assembling of the first
session. Ii was the first opportunity
for the, various managers to meet the
delegates altogether, and instead of
buttonholing them singly and in groups,
they went after them in delegations.
To-day's proceedings in the hall had
little TO do with the actual nomination,
they were merely routine but indis.
pensable preliminary to the sessions
to follow.
True, the preliminaries include the
keynote speech by Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts, temporary chairman,
and that is the really big business of
the first day. Whether the temporary
organization with Senator Lodge as
chairman is TO be made the permanent
one was still undetermined to-day.
The crisp, cool weather, which kept
Chicago chilly all during pre-conyen-
tion week, suddenly disappeared to-
day and the sun came out with blis-
tering blast and flooded the town with
a temperature which sent the thermom-
eters bounding upward Everybody
agreed, however, it was better than the
constant rainfall which covered the
city during the convention four wears
ego.
While last-minute arrangements were
being made, no change in the lineup
was discernible and various managers
frankly admitted they saw no tangible
evidences of which way the wind is
going 10 blow. They were still looking
forward TO the first ballots, which viii
come during the middle of the week,
20 develop, to point the way to courses
of action
The convention actually opened its
first session al ! o'clock, Chicago time.
Forty minutes before the convention
was due 10 open, the band struck up
end the delegations began getting into
position. The hall was filling rapidly
and many of the notables were arriv-
ing. There was a remarkable absence
of confusion. The old timers said it
looked almost as tame as four years
ago.
Unlike former conventions. the old
guard came early. In the old days they
were the last TO arrive, being held back
by conferences. As many of the lead i
crs took their seats without causing a
ripple Of excitement, the band played
a mournful air.
There were many women delegates
and slternates on the floor.
Connecticut Up Front.
The seating arrangements we're al
taqether different from what they we're
four years ago. In the front rows were
delegates from California. North Da-
koia. Arkansas. Connecticut. Colorado
and Virginia.
The platform was slow in filling up.
Apparently the leaders were IN eoufer-
rfire elsewhere ta determine what was
60 be done on the question Of perma
nent organization. The women dele
gafes were eagerly sought BY the scouts
of the campaign managers and held
quite hard shaking affair Of their
own. They seemed 20 BE- enjoying their
FIRST bartiripstiom IN a national con
vrntion The band continued t. blsre
~ popular airs with regularity and
the delegates and altcrnates continued
10 pour IN AZ al the doors The gal
Ieries were 6lled early with the fortu-
natr hundreds who MANAGED @ Crf ID
ID the disappointment IS the unlucky
thousands who lost aut on the tickets
The oprninc moments wcrc spent a
informal conference arlong the dele
rascs on the foor end renewals 81 cid
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