The Washington times., 1920-06-11

rises and names the national commit
teeman In the delegation, who is the
delegation boss.
When Illinois's turn comes. SEN
ator sherman is named and cheered
loudly. II the delegates here were
made up OF the soldiers whose bonus
sherman helped to take from them,
the cheers would not be so loud.
Now Boise Penrose is named, and
believe II or not. the hrst real dem
OnstratiOn of this cold-bloOded con
! vention IL started. There is roar OF
applause. men in many delegations
jump to their feet yelling. And the
galleries that don's know what 1t is
they are cheering, hoping that some
| thing Is happening, take up the cheer
ing also.
1t doesn't last long. however. only
a minute or two. Even this kind OF
convention can't get up much excite
ment about Mr.. Penrose-
Now Mr.. Hilles. of New York. pre-
sents a resolution limiting speeches
in support of candidates to two
speeches for each candidate, not more
than five minutes to each Of the two
speakers.
to second a nomination. each OF them
shall be limited to two minutes.
The resolution is adopted, with a
few groanS Mr.. Bryan wants to
know what do we get for our money
and what is to become of Senator
Beveridge with such a resolution in
force?'
The resolution, of course. is a new
little attachment put on the steam
roller to hasten its work and prevent
the making Of speeches sufficiently
long and enthusiastic to have any
real effect.
Mr.. Bryans famous speech about
the Gross Of Gold in 1896 lasted 80
minutes. He was asked just now If
| he could have got the same result in
| five minutes, and he replies mo, not
| in twenty. You must lay your foun-
dations first"
The steamroller doesn't intend to
\ have any intimat Of the @cross Of
gold, here
Now Mr.. Joe Cannon. not quite
eighty-hve years old, is amusing the
crowd intensely, with glass of
water. An excruciatingly funny
pantomime. He drinks half of the
water. shudders, holds 1t up in his
hand for the crowd to see, believeing
that they will share his contempt
for it. 1t is good piece of acting
for a man of eighty-four years old,
and the crowds reward him with
roars Of laughter.
| The rest of his speech is good,
sound, republican doctrine" and you
don't want space given to that.
| Before Mr.. Cannon began speaking
Lodge had announced that there
would have, to be delay OF forty
minutes while waiting for a commit
tee to report. Mr.. Cannon is put up
to keep. the crowd pacifed. He knows
it, and says so. and when he gets a
little tired, after fifteen minutes. he
turns around and asks the manage.
ment, Haven't you got somebody
else ready tp bring OUT"
Mr.. Cannon retires and the crowd
yells for Beveridge. That orator could
now escape the fve-minute fate that
Mr.. Bryan imagined for him.
Bevcridge doesn't however. re
spond. Perhaps he isn't here. Now
the crowd yells for Teddy, Jr." No
his father at the same age, Teddy
Sr., would be on the spot
| Nobody appears to say how much
better the Republican party is than
anything else, so the band plays while
fourteen thousand proud sovereigns
that have nothing at all to say about
their own Government or their own
President, fan themselves and listen.
| At this moment your correspondent
receives memorandum from the
committee room, telling that william
Allen white got only eight votes In
| % A.. n~-
publican platform indorse uweauivc-
c~ily the prohibition amendment and
the enforcement Of the volstesd act.
Absolute prohibition Is killed. or
| rather allowed to die, as far as the
C0nHtifutton Will IA A. n khin Nn0r