Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-11
GEN. WOOD NAMED FIRST;
LOWDEN, JOHNSON FOLLOW;
NOMINATION SET FOR TODAY
Convention Meets in SwelIering Heat With Agreement to
Finish Chief Work Before Adjowning Sister Of Colonel
Roosevelt Seconds Woods Nomination. Governor Allen
of Kansas Sponsor for General

nominating speech 70 fallow Cenorll
Woods Arkansas Jcngate7 ou thr
roll aaid the state would yield fo Illinois
California next in line was - unuo
Senator Johnson disuosing - fho t'g
three
wooD rrREgY FEhrHYR7 r'tt
At the concluding word ~ Allen,
nominating spoc-h th9Is1nds p' rnnut-
roloro1 turkey feather wh.,h haee boon
the convention badge of hr Wool Hofe
were loszcd from the ceiling 81 'hr o0llerln
and foatod down over thc cheering dele
gates The lights wore furucd nr Is
give the photographer q chance ~h'@
aapy of those On the floor mounted rb7r-R
end wavcd Wn1d banners
Approximately two hundred Delegate
perhaps, were taking part i7 hr chrcr.rZ
nnd flag waving MANY of those sn ttr
fnor YELLED Ike real Indians ard 'hrr
looked Ike Indians with thr har II flr
women ard THE coIars - ihe wou ir
Grated hy M falling feather
itz wood irte Rof seemed ~ h0 4 4
motif running through confusion II snrr
ing a bunch ~ ronfers kept 'lp rcrf'rtirl
tofn-tam IF IRorrote Philippine musr
wooD DELEGATES ptgspr
cts Wool. irt'z g," 7lzp -raa ur,r'o
IN many III the blue and white banner
waving over thc wood groups Whom.
the demonstration had been ~ ahoUt er
minutes thr lnryltgblo procession cf1r
~ IT Was Tea bv delegates frorn Nfnr
sota and II etnrted snaking its wa~ annrt
the convention hali uvt ~ Senator Fodgr
Rad come ~ tnn front II 'rr platform
and rauped for order fle wcn' back aga.7
and sat down as he parade gathered nn-
meutun
"wr VAST woon sroct~
h looked strange ~ many ~ fhr aId
timers to -ee women for the first tlne
among the marchers Changing 'nerr
slogan tbe circulating Wood people tooS
up We want Wood"' AZ their march
ing crv
California supplied Tags to varioIs
friendly delegations IN be waved r. ttF
interest of Johnson The several dapgatrs
from Nebraska favorable ~ w ocd u
1nndiately comrnandeered them when ttH
procession started.
The convention managers saw prospect
of very long session when tne demon
stration went % and on. They guessed
the supporters Of the other candidates
would try ~ outdo the Wood people Tif1
the result that baliutIng might 1e .nny
delayed
WOOD OrTPrRsT PROLONGED
IN the gallery behind the platform
blg group af men and women tavtF1
yelling Wood. Wood. Wood EN-
endless rhythm while some enthusiast
unma-ked b NOISE maker that kcrt time tp
the yeils and sounded ike big icksaW.
when the noise bad lasted 1fteen
minutes Senator Lodge tucd again ~ Zat
order, but the demonstrators lnlv replied
with 4 renewed n4tourst % ulise
that tlnl. he DaraaIug .a4 about dsed
down but the general faithful aere NOT
willing to Fsep qulet or slt down
tt Tile twenty-mlnute mue post inc
delegate showed iZns II quitting, tNt
the galleries. sept Ip tae din. eneer .eaders
standing = many cf 'ac -"ctlOns AMI
yaoopinE + uu every time mere seemed
aav possibility that the demonstration
would end
TOM TOM AND HrcKsAw rSJTED.
The Mood Wood Wood repetition
made au easily recognized imitation &
soldiers Il broke out intermittent
and combined WITH rhe tom som and tHr
bugasaw rontraption almost drowned The
bIAr.ng of Tin ho-u9 and the cheering
ia tse ather parts ii the aaN.
During hte demonstration Frank HitcL-
cots. supreme chai-maa Of The Wood forces
WAS on the platform oonterring wlta
Frank Knox, bis tooT leader
NasG the UoIse-m4Ser, had been at 2
for half .a hour they were sfii -ol1y
strong ana -ae chairman WAS maxim 3
another attempt To uur 0G tce lt
Mrs ROBINSON -GgoNo~ Haap.
Ibe administration wr t0l1we 4
General Wood Q0miuAt.o .9stal .ar' !.
minutes When 3 gIr.ea down Fans
Knox. - New Hampshire the 3od -iao (
manager and Mrs. Douglas Robinson. Z
New York made speeches aa.n5
C,enerai Wood nomination
\ few minutes later however Senator
Lodge renewed his pounding WITH '1t
gave. hut All the gcod h did hm 9as no
gvmnastc benefit af tie evcre.Se
The galleries responded {" re ona.r-
man $ rtt-tat wfb a renewed eu-au--
of noise.
At thirty-tve minutes the ar>t hu-h,- (
was attempted cv he delegates ana
galleries themselves The demonstration
4uieted down somewhat but here we're
also MANY renewed cheers.
The delegates scherreG Uheu Senator
Lodge II the emf af 40 minutes s4ld the
delegates a)l where Il ther scats and 'h.-
i he galleries would he cleared unless taav
qaete1 Ionl
The hi1agn Convention nroaaa.r
ue begin balotIng tor nominees ocs. Il
fve or Sly = clock, this afternoon A-.-
mgutou tlmc.
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