The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-06-10
Sweltering Hosts at Con-
vention Take Notice when
Woman Takes Platform.
WORK ON RESOLUTIONS
Session of Convention Lasts
Just Fifty-seven Minutes and
DePew Tells a Story.
(B1 Ernest F. Marlatt.l

Collseum, Chicago. II The hoped-for
thrill came to the Republican conven-
tion just before noon today. It was Of
the feminine gender and it was a real
thrill. It was Mrs Margaret Hill
McCarter of Kansas and she had the
distinguished honor Ct being the first
woman to address a Republican con
vention and she upheld the honor Of
her sex.
The second day Of the Republican
National convention was not exactly
a convention session but Republican
revival. About the only real pep in
the session this morning was the pep
Ply way that the sun-heated up the
Coliseum and for just 81 minutes the
big crowd which packed the convention
hall to the roof sweltered. It came
near being a shirtwaist session as even
the cold-blooded standpatters found it
necessary to shed their coats and in
stead of the "sea Of flags which fea-
tured the opening session it was a sea
Of fans today
1t did not take fifteen minutes to get
through with the business Of the ses-
sion. There was unanimous action on
the report Of the credentials and the
rest of the committees and progress
was reported or the platform which is
being frsm d BY committee headed
by Senaess n Watse si-
a9@. &c were tualnss oe
deals being put over 1T was said that
Henry CABOT Lodge was retained as
permanent chairman and that Senator
Watson landed as head of the platform
committee as part of deal which
would bring the elements of the party
together on a platform agreement
which if not satisfactory to all would
be acceptable to most Watson and
his committee were eight" when it
came to handing out news and 'prog-
ress" was the only report. The plat
form is to be ready, it was stated,
when the convention convenes at II
o'clock Thursday morning. After the
delegates got through with the one
session of 81 hot minutes this morning
they were satisfied to have the an
nounced afternoon session called off,
and anyway the lake front right down
where the waves came up was lot
more inviting than the humid atmos-
phere of the Coliseum.
You Guess on Candidate.
Slipping about the hotels a person
can hear lot about deals and rumors
of deals. but out Of it all no one vol
unteered to saw who was to be the
beneficiary of the deals. No one APP
peared to know at two o'clock this af-
ternoon who was going to be nomin-
ated and while all of the candidates
expressed a lot of confidence. all of
them were making feverish efforts to
get hold of delegates. The dark horse
booms were being punctured just as
fast as editions of Chicago papers
could be issued and the politicians
smiled as they nominated candidates
and then withdrew the nomination.
Some interest was shown in the fact
that the New York delegation was
holding caucus to see who they might
vote for after Butler was eliminated
and the call for the caucus seemed to
suggest that possibly the New York
delegates had reached the decision
that the Republicans might be shy Of
offering college leader as presiden-
tial timber.
Women Busy at Convention.
Women were coming into their po-
litical legacy today and there was a
full contingent of women at the con-
vention. They were everywhere and
they had the front seats. They were
busy with the resolutions committee
and it was the foregone conclusions
that the Republicans would be strong
for suffrage if for no other reason be-
cause the women were so insfstent.
Up to the time the sweaty crowd left
the Coliseum no woman had been sug-
gested as a candidate for vice-Presi-
dent, but you never can tell.
The election of Senator Lodge as
permanent chairman was comfort to
the old timers and led them to believe
that possibly after all they had not.
slipped as far as some Of the more
radical elements had suggested.
Always First Time.
There always has to be first time
for everything and it came this morn
ing to a Republican convention when
a woman made a speech. She was Mrs.
Hill McCarter Of Kansas and
she made speech which was Just as
full of pep AS any man could have
made. She swung out the Stars and
Stripes and declared that women had
been trained for this new citizenship
and could be depended on to take their
full part in the responsibilities Of the
nation. Mrs. McCarter was stunningly
dressed. She wore taupe gown with |
a close fitting turban and a neckpiecs
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