The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-11

president, mot because he was my
brothers friend but because he is his
type of man"
The crowd cheered when she said:
1--WE want not the man who takes the
psychological moment, we want the
man who makes them"
With emphatic gestures she said:
I'VE must have the kind of man for
PRESIDENT who will look from America
out and not from Europe in
mo man can tell me-" said Mrs.
Robinson, that had Roosevelt or
Wood been in the Whitehouse the
Germans would have marched through
word of protest. We never want again
and neutrality
She was loudly cheered at the end
of her speech.
Senator Lodge soon got a hearing
and the roll of states was continued.
likens Lowden to Wood.
When Arkansas was called, the
state yielded to Illinois for the nomina-
ton of Governor Lowden. Represent
ative Rodenburg. of Illinois, took the
platform to deliver the address. 1t
likened Governor Lowden unto Lincoln
and told the delegates that once be-
fore many years ago Illinois was
called upon to furnish a man when
the nation was in dire distress.
Three score years ago." Congress-
man Rodenberg said, 'at a time
when the passions of men were stirred
to their depths, the nation turned for
leadership to Illinois. We gave them
Lincoln and grandly, nobly, he met
the test. Illinois in 1920 stands ready
to consecrate to the service Of the
Republic another of her great sons.
We present the patriotic governor of
patriotic state, Frank o. Lowden." ."
Representative Rodenberg got his
greatest applause when he came to his
enconium of Governor Lowden as a
business man and an administrator of
ability in economic and financial af-
fairs.
AS soon as the speech was over the
Lowden demonstration began. His
delegates among his supporters were
carrying a large picture of the candi-
date tackled to wooden Standards A
| procession got under way headed by
! Iowa delegates bearing aloft six foot
! Autograph of the governor.
Urge Business Administration.
! A long banner urging "a business
man for president" was carried in the
| Lowden procession.
! The Lowden supporters apparently
were as well organized for demonstra.
/ ton as the Wood forces and they car
ried on an uproar on the floor and in
TIE galleries.
Miss Dorothy Disney, a daughter OF
A Muskogee. Okla. delegate was car
,.;~ 1l@
of two of the Oklahoma delegates.
The Lowden procession seemed tc
be making some accessions of support
ers from various states.
Some of the delegates chairs were
| overturned in the demonstration
which followed the presentation OF
! Lowden, and the parade became more
riotous, there being much smashing
of straw hats as the enthusiasts s
pushed their way through the crowded
convention floor.
Fifteen minutes after the demonstra
ton began. it apparently was gaining
! headway and Senator Lodge was max
( ing no effort to stop it.
Recently, however, some Lowder
cheer leaders got busy and loosed re-
peated roars from the galleries. Fol
lowing the example of the women in
the parade, Albert 5. Smith, gray
whiskered delegate from Springfield
| ILL.,. mounted to the shoulders of two
delegates and was carried about the
tortuous course of the procession.
200 Delegates Take Part. :.
Apparently there were upwards OF
200 delegates and maybe more taking
part in the rumpus which went on pas'
the 25 minute mark without a sigr
of abatement.
At half hour the parading had beer
broken up but the noise was still
fierce The Lowden delegates de
clined to resume their seats, ever
| though they were not moving abou
the hall and they whistled through
their fingers after they had torn ou
their vocal chords with yelling.
When it had gone 40 minutes, JUS
as long as the Wood demonstration
the first attempt was made to stop the
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