The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-08

tremendous cheers ''for the greatest
country on earth--America
Photograph Taken.
At 11,44 Chairman Hays announced
that the official photograph OF the con-
vention would be taken. While Pho.
Itographers, assistants on the floor and
in the galleries told the crowd what
to do and how to act, there was a
fgreat rumble of laughter. Another
roar Of laughter assembled when the
! big fashlight bomb went on and dele
gates and spectators settled in their
places.
At the instruction of Chairman
Hays, Chairman Miller chen read the
call for the convention in pursuance
of the rules governing convention pro-
eedure.
During the reading of the conyen-
| tion CALL the aisles again became con-
gested with the belated delegates seek
ing seats, and hundreds Of spectators
We're standing on the main floor, en-
croaching on the outside rows OF dele
gates reservations. There was much
conversation and nobody paid much
attention to the reading.
| Chairman Hays got big cheer
when he came forward to make his
speech. The New York delegation
leaped to it's feet and gave the 1ndl-
anan three cheers. Other delegates
in the gallery joined in the cheering
and it was fully a minute before Hays
could make himself heard. His
speech was frequently interrupted by
applause and cheers.
Hays then presented the name OF
Lodge as temporary chairman and he
was elected amid great cheering.
Hays appointed as a committee to
escort Lodge to the platform. Chaun-
cey M. Depew, New York; Myron I.
Herrick, Ohio, and Mrs. J. B. Hume,
of California.
Lodge had great difficulty in getting
to the platform, owing to the failure
of attendants to raise properly the
floor of the rostrum, which covered
a concealed stairway from the con-
vention floor. The senator finally
gave it up, and he was conducted to
the rear platform to make his appear
ance through another entrance.
Depew walked on to the platform
first, shook hands with Hays, then In
troduced Mrs. Hume and Herrick to
the by-standers.
Senator Lodge followed and walked
to the front of the platform with
Hays, where they shook hands warm
ly. The convention gave three
cheers for Lodge, and Hays proceeded
with his introduction. Hays intro
duced Senator Lodge as 1.-The Hon.
Henry Cabot Lodge of the United
States"
Lodge talked several minutes be-
fore he got his first response from
the crowd.
He stood about midway down the
runway extending toward the crowd
from the main platform, reading his
speech slowly from a manuscript
which he held in his hand.
The senator was dressed bit more
formally than he is usually attired IN
the senate AS he read, he slowly
warmed up 10 his work and empha-
sized his points with gesturse OF one
arm.
A stenographer stood at Lodges
shoulder as he sounded the g. 0. P.
keynote and several others were
standing In the crowd Just In front
of him. The audience, back to the
rearmost recesses OF the Coliseum
was unusually quiet. There was
hardly a cough. A few patters OF
handclapping greeted Lodges first
thr,lsts at the democratic party.
There was brief cheer when
Lodge said: 1--WE must not, we shall
not fail now"
The first roar came when he de-
clared the democrats must be driven
from power.
The cheering continued several
minutes. There was another out
burst as Lodge called Wilson I'M
American.
The crowd continued to applaud h1s
excavations and his thrusts drew
laughs and more frequent applause.
Mr.. Wilson must be put aside, .
declared Lodge, frowning and shaking
his finger. He kept closely to his
manuscript and deviated from 1t but
slight y.
The chief magistrate must realize
he must abide by the nations laws,
Lodge said, and delegates taking il
as a thrust at Wilson broke into
handclapping at this point. The gall
leries were silent
A democratic free trader Of social
istic tendencies, the next description
of Wilson given by Lodge brought a
big laugh. There was another lapgn
as Lodge described what he termed
the presidents incompetency and tho
speaker paused to look over the
crowd with characteristic wrinkling
of his brow.
There was considerable moving
about the side aisles at this point
belated arrivals hunting seats,
Lodges demand for punishment ot
profiteers in the courts instead of "'n
headlines of newspapers, IN the man
ner of the present attorney general
gained spatter of applause.
The crowd obviously was not In
much Of lurrahing mood. They
wanted to hear, and for the most par:
attention was riveted on the speaker
as he slowly. methodically and with
out excitement or dramatic effort de-
livered smash after smash at Wilson
and regime and told what the repu5-
licans would do about domestic dues-
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