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gates would stsnd for. the present
heat and discomfort.
Representative SchaIl described
now his little son when four years
old crept to his knee and asked Ii
ne could see him
Blind Speaker Cheered.
Cant you see me. daddy the
7 boy asked. and the father replied,
: not with my eyes. but with my
, heart. IL Is the heart of the people
/ demanding Johnson Schall declared
and shout went up from the gall
,lcries.
Schall referred &c Senator Pen
, rose, sending from Philadelphia q
} message that the convention should
| nominate the man who could win
{ That can mean 10 other man than
, Hiram Johnson" cried Schall, and
there was real cheer.
Schall had the crowd with him
! from the minute he started speak
ing. Had penetrating voice and
an energetic personality not unlike
the 'andidate he was there 10 Sec
ond. His success in putting a bit
of Jazz into the proceedings stirred
the galleries anC caused frequent
murmurs Of approval and rounds Of
applause.
Granted Time Extension.
Schall, his sightless eyes opened.
struck his knuckles on the table as
he spoke and his enthusiasm
seemed contagious.
Schall reached his time limit
and was reminded of 1t. Lodge an
nounced his time had expired.
cant / have a moment" plead
ed Schall. turning his blind eyes
toward Lodge.
"Go on: go on" yelled the CALLER
Lodge explained that 4. was nec-
essary to enforce the five-mlnute
rule. AS the crowd started to hiss
his apparent intention to adhere to
the letter of the rule, Lodge grace
fully asked unanimous consent to
the granting of an additional two
minutes to the speaker. A chorus
of Ayes" swept the hall and Schall
went on with his speech.
As Schall spoke an attendant
stood behind him, ready to clutch
his arm whenever he stepped too
near the edge of the narrow plat
form.
As SchaII concluded Richard
Dougherty. of Jersey City, stepped
forward to make the last second
ing speech for Johnson.
Dougherty made an elaborate
apology for coming from the State
of New Jersey. which had sent
Wilson to the White House, but be-
came SO tangled in a long sentence
explaining his guiltlessness that
the crowd missed the point There
was a dead silence where a laugh
was intended.
Claims Democrat Votes.
Dougherty declared that the con-
hdence of the Republicans in the
force and integrity of Hiram John
son was not confined to that party,
but declared that the same conf
dence in his ability is to a very
marked degree within the ranks of
the Democratic party.
Lodge dropped the gavel on the
speaker before he had concluded,
but relented and gave him an extra
moment to conclude his sentence.
The speaker concluded BY nery-
ously turning to Lodge and saying:
And SO, sir. second the nomi-
nation of the Honorable Hiram w.
Johnson, OF New Jersey"
The crowd got a real laugh from
the speakers twisted geagrophy
Phillip O'Neill. of Michigan, was
then allowed two minutes to make
the third Johnson seconding speech.
He was a clean-cut looking young
ster. with penetrating voice ana
rapid-fre delivery. which won the
crowd and brought forth 1usty
| cheers.
Speaks for Pritchard.
The roll of States was resumed.
Marion Butler, of North Carolina,
placed in nomination Judge J. C.
Pritchard. of North Carolina.
This was the first dark horse"
nominating speech. 1t was delivered
by a tall man with a bristly beard.
The gallery seized upon the occa-
sion for a social hour and soon the
rumble Of conversation and scrap
ing of chairs left the speaker on an
island in a sea of sound.
Butler urged the nomination of
Pritchard as a step that would put
an end to any sectionalism that
may remain as a result of the civil
war.
The war, Butler said, wiped out
the last vestige of the Mason and
Dixon line and cleared the way for
the election of a Southerner on the
Republican ticket.
The nomination of Pritchard, But
Ter urged. would end the claim that
the Republican party Is sectional
and hates the South.
Butler became so emphatic that
one of his gestures knocked over a
glass of water, sprinkling news
paper men in the press section.
As Butler concluded the confu-
sion had become so great that his
voice was scarcely audible.
When New York was called, Og-
den Mills, Of that State, placed in
nomination the name of Nicholas
Murray Butler of New York.
Butler Gets New York Cheers.
The New York delegation gave
the favorite son candidate hearty
cheer. Butler, who heretofore had
been sitting with the New YORK
delegates, was not in his place
when he was placed in nomination.
Mills, young and vigorous. made
strenuous speech, gesticulating
with a clinched fist of business-like
Z appearance. He read his address
from a typewriter manuscript, but
referred to 1t seldom.
The Turkish bath atmosphere or
the Coliseum obviously was max
ing 1t Increasingly difncult for
speakers to stir up the crowd to
any enthusiasm. Mills got more at
tention however than the speaker
who preceded him but the dele
gates were beginning to get tired
The hum of conversation continued
smoot Takes Gnvel.