The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-11

At 10 o'clock the secretary began
calling the roll of states for nomina.
tions. Alabama passed and Arizona
yielded to Kansas for the nomination
of General Wood by Governor Allen.
Gov. ALLEN described Wood as the
outstanding candidate in the minds Of
the whole people"
"A plain blunt man, with blunt
belief in facts Governor Allen said
of General Wood, "he is to-day the
best known American.
"No man in America has been given
so many constructive things to do in
this generation and no one denies that
what he has undertaken he had done
superlatively we'll
"An unexpected period of confusion
had come up on us in the aftermath of
the great war. Old ways are lost and
leadership, hesitant and indecisive,
drifts upon an uncharted sea,
Under the weak hands of a timor
ous government the social disorders
and class s-minded isms caught from the
world struggle have grown to alarming
proportions.
THE unchecked encroachment of sim
lister greed the appalling waste Of pub
lie money, the immoral pandering to
class interest and class prejudice
have brought us to a point where the
nation demands and the world expects
from this great council a leader cho-
zen out of the great need and not
through the cunning of political ex-
pedency.
'Tn seeking for the initiative and
the prophetic wisdom TO guide us in
an hour .that must be wholly construc-
tive, we are fortunate in a candidate
whose record reveals the qualities
needed for the task.
at is not necessary to ask for as
turance from General Wood. There /
Ia the witness of his service"
Woods Supporters cheered 40 Minutes.
The demonstration which followed I
General Woods nomination lasted 40 /
minutes When it quieted 1own,I
Frank Knox of New Hampshire, the |
Wood floor manager. and Mrs. Douglas |
Robinson of New York, made speeches
teconding General Woods nomination.
When Arkansas was called the state
yielded to Illinois for the nomination
of Governor Lowden Representative
Rodenberg of Illinois took the plat
form TO deliver the address
Lowden Likened to Lincoln.
Likening Governor Frank O. Lowden
until Lincoln and telling the delegates
TO the convention that once before
many years ago Illinois was called
upon to furnish man when the ma
lion was in dire distress. Congressman
William A. Rodenberg of Illinois placed
The name Of the Illinois war governor
IN nomination.
Three score wears 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
ronsecrate 10 the service of the Re
publicans another of her great sons
We present the patriotic governor Of
patriotic state. Frank o. Lowden.
In closing Congressman Rodenberg
,aid;
Delegates. a solemn responsibility
rests upon the Republican party to
isy. Many difficult and perpleNing
problems. social. economic and indus
Trial growing out Of the World war
are pressing for solution. The hest
sonstrurtive ability Of our great con
g,ructi.e party must be utilized in the
,olution Of these problems. In thst
lrurial and critical period upon which
Ee have now entered the nation de-
mands as its chief executive a man -
ilear brain and steady nerve, q man
y vision but not 4 visionary. q man
" ideals but net an idealist. = man
4 works and not of owrds
Johnson "SoouTFe Of Bosses"
Hailed a. the man 20 ~scourge the
at of the bosses from the trTnplc of
he Republican party. senator Hiram
Johnson wns formally nominated l,y
-aaries = Wheeler II California.
The great responsibility is vours
~ speaker said So the convention del /
,ratss. THE American voter every I
> here is saving 81 California; son inst !
h Roosevelt sasd II him-of all the
suhlir men ~ this rauufry TO-DAY. o. .
= the ame Wsfh ahom aud rsy-clf F,
y most cg~irlate sEmapfhg
10 the rn athat men and unt u1as ,
~ shah alninistsr the r-cat trustee Z
Aip a fhe Republican party. 10 the q