The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-11
With Oratory, Sweat and Cheers the Faithful
At Chicago Seek 70 Name the Man of the Hour
For First Time in Nations Political History
Skirts Firt WithTrousers Ostrich Plumes MnSle
With Waving Banners; Who will Be the Man?
Fl RST DEMONST RAT |ON
.EV|DEN CED WHEN WOOD
IS IA NJ Ed AS SOLDIER
CA AND|DATE OF c. D. P.
EARLY THIS MO RN n c

Coliseum. June 11.-Late again
in getting under way, the repubn-
can national convention met nm.
Ger an agreement to stay in ses-
sion until presidential candidate
has been nominated. The pros
poets were for an AL day and
possibly a night session.
The delegates kept impatiently swing
ing their fans and shuffling their feet
during the prayer and afterward
Senaror Lodge raped hard many times
before he got the convention quieted
down. By a rising vote, and in a roar
OF applause, the convention then
adopted a resolution offered by Alsa.
ander +. Moore Of Pittsburgh, ex-
pressing "inexpressible loss over the
dealh OF Theodore Roosevelt, ''lovef
as long as our nat.Cn cherishes its
noble patriots"
Senator Lodge announced amid more
NhSSto hAiae AANo SOAiiC kSh eho
convention 20 near nominations for
the presidency.
AT 1906 o'clock the secretary began
caiilng the roll OF states for nomina.
ton.
Alabama passld when the roll call
OF states. Arizona yie'ceJ 10 Kansas.
In noisy demonstration, Governor
Allen was escorted to the platform
and began his s;.eck nominating
General Wood.
Governor Allen Names Wood
Senator Lodge shook hands with
Governor Allen and the crowd cheered,
waving Wood penants, hats and hand
okerchiefs.
During Governor. Aliens recital OF
General Woods record Of public serv.
ice( the Wood supporters interjected
frequent cheers
There was much moving around
among the delegates, however, and a
mild rumble of conversation kept up.
There were many Wood boosters in the
gallery, and they kept breaking in
with applause as Governor Allen re-
counted the achievements of his
candidate.
Nominated by Governor Allen Of
Kansas and seconded by Frank Knox
Of New Hampshire, and Mrs. Douglas
Robinson Of New York, the candidacy
OF General Leonard Wood was placed
before the republican national Goa.
vention.
When the governor made crack a,
William J. Bryans celebrated dictum
about million men springing to arms
over night, he looked at where Mr.
Bryan was sitting in the press boz
But the Nebraskan had his nose 10
his manuscript trying to write In.
dustriously while plump woman
writer was showing through the mar
row aisle behind his chair. II he heard
the reference he did not let on.
Ovates and Perspires
Governor Allen worked hard at his
speech and the perspiration rolled
down in cataracts over his quickly.
wilted laundry.
While the speech was going on ar.
rangements were made for Governor
Lowden's nominating speech to follow
General Woods.
Arkansas delegates next on the roll
said the state would yield to Illinois.
California, next in line, was to narne
Senator johnson disposing Of the ''bis
three"
Embossed Convention" Rolls On
AS the unbossed convention rolled
on, everything according TO schedule,
Senators Lodge and Smoot Of the
old republican school, sat inscrutin.
able side by side behind the chai.-
mans table.
At the concluding word Of the nom.
mating speech, thousands of many
colored turkey feathers which have
been the convention badge Of the Wool
people, were loosed from the ceiling
fthe Coliseum and noated down over
the cheering delgates.
The lights were turned on to give
the photographers a chance while
many of those on the floor mounted
chairs and waved Wood banners.
approximately 200 delegates, perhaps
more or less. were taking part In the
cheering and flag-waving. Many Of
those on the floor yelled like real In.
dams and they looked like Indians
with the hair Of the women and the
collars of the men decorated by the
falling feathers.
TITS Wood; Let's Go"
IT'S Wood; let's CO." seemed to be
the motif running through the con-
fusion Of shouting, In one corner =
bunch of rcoters kept up a continual
tom-tom Of Igorote Philippine muxie.
IT'S Wood; let's CO." also was
printed on many Of the blue and
white banners waving over the Wood