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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-12
TheBigShow
Bryan Drinking.
Mrs. Bolt Bolts.
Hoouer's Airpldne.
Liquor Abundant.

CHICAGO. June 12.--Btll Bryan
stood UP to the bar in the Coliseum
yesterday. probably for the first time
in his life. and asked for drink.
Yes. grape juice. The lone barkeeper
thus became famous as the only one
Of his race-now fast becoming ex.
tinct---to shove q goblet to Bryan
over the mahogany.
Included IN the committee OF Mich.
igan Delegates that called upon Sen.
ator Johnson early today to inform
him that the delegation would
bolt" him was Mrs. Orrin Bolt, OF
Muskcgon. an alternate.
An aerial bomba rimcnt Of the
Coliseum was staged by Hoover
workers today. Thousands Of leaf.
let's we're thrown from an airplane.
The liquor supply seems TO be
more abundant as the convention
drags on and the delegates drag
YEARLY around. More shappy
DRINKS" we're In the Hobbies last
night than Mt any time since the
convention opened.
The speakers platform wus much
sought after point Of vantage. Wis.,
itors wanted to climb so they could
tell tho grandchildren: II stood
where Lodge stood on that fumous
June IL, 1890"
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Rogers:
Cheers Us. Votes.
The Golden Gate.
Wood Got Something.
What Boies Forgot.
ny WILL ROGERS
Insous OklahosnA Cowboy Humesis'
tCopyright, 1890, by N. r. Al

ny WILL ROGERS
Famous Oklahosna Cowboy Humestst
Copyright 1890. by N. r. A.
SOMEWHERE IN PHrI.ADEr.
PHrA. June LISTING In SanAtos
rssross1 living room yesterday hs
turned 70 mo and Eaid: "Biii. DO you
want to hear . little fun over the
phoner~
said: why. -. I ought To get
something 10 repay me for the yeaf
! have been in Philadelphia this
week"
SO Pen aid: IAN right. viii
phone them out IN the Chicago
chau;auaua they can 90 ahead"
I said: But Amt you going q
listen over the phone too. 20 you will
know what's happeningr"
Pen said: Say. don't make me
laugh. Bill. ave rehearsed those
ballots for weeks"
I said; why. rowden II winning
They chcercd him for ~ minute~-"
Pen said; Yes. but the American
people are the only ones who cheer
one way and vote another"
Governor Allen made the speech
FOR Wood and said Wood started to
the war and got as far as New York
when Wilson told McAdoo not TO sell
him a ticket.
Some bird named Wheeler nomi
mated Johnson. and Il took him %
long telling where California wa
and how you could reach there that
the audience thought he was nomi
mating the Golden Gate
said: Pen. there Is a blind con
gressman sure boosting Johnson"
Pen said: Yes. could tell he wa
blind. the things he said about John
SON."
said: Penny. that baby Sproul
of yours amt getting very far"
Pen said: mo. forgot to give him
a letter OF introduction to anybody
Boies said: II might just N well
sent Connie Mick out there, hi
couldn't finished any farthes
back"
Wood led on the first ballot, show
ing fhat II he did spend money he
got something for Il.
said: What makes the delegates
changer Don't they stay with theiI
man?"
Pen said The delegates vote the
why their people told them the first
ballot, but after that they sell to the
highest bidder"
said: But that's not honest
h 1T"
Pen said. No. tt,st r,ofiticss
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out a place for himself. OF sue
stuff are the leaders Of men.
SAYS POINDExTER
~ GOOD DEBATER
"A lawyer by profession and se1&I
tor Of the United states. he stands
the forefront In debate In that gro4
est Of deiiberatve assemblies. o.
and IL and IL years ago he pionee91
In tho liberal movement within a.
party. In these latter days Of ~
ment and unrest, he has thrown ~
self without reserve athwsrt e.
forces Of sediuon and revolution
He believes in popular soverelDlQ
~. He trusts tho people. He nev1(
moves by indirection. He In the M
man In ali our history 10 announ4c
directly 10 the people his ambition -
serve them M president.
His capacity and genius for -
ership appeared thru his political q
II was he who first called upon
countrymen not 10 accept the g.
nant Of the league of nations ~
they had read once more Waa51
toms farewell address and the D.
iaration Of Independence The Ar
lean people paused and read. |
They have not yet accepted e/|
covenant. They VIII never for
his great service Of statesmango
In helping TO save the country ne
precipitate action on the most tC1
msndous question that has confruGo|
ed II since Abraham Lincoln refuG6
to permit this nation 70 be dividod
This. then. is the manner % 81
man. A. the zenith Of his poWoQ11
simple in his tastes, approacha1oo,
direct, self-reiiant, courageous. -
terfuL trained and experienced n
public life. one who has never knouQ
defeat. one upon whom the -
have bestowed the habit u su0oouE.
For president Of The United 0tn1nD,
tho state Of Warrington offers -
and the nation the name Of its 5un1ur
United States senator, tho Hen.
Miles Poindexter."
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FALL Of SAILOR
PROVES Fatal
Albert White Dies After
Tumble Down Hatch

Albert White. II. shipping board
sailor. died In Providencs hospital
Saturday after sustaining a fractur'
ed skull In n fail down n hatchway
on board the trimming ship Brook
dale. locked Mt lander ut. terminal
Capt. o. Beaton. of the Brookdsie,
was unable 20 explain the cause OF
Whites fall. White was picked ur
unconscious and rushed 10 the hos
pi,ai. He died soon after.
c. A. White. father OF the dead
sailor. lives In Roundup. Mont
White was enlisted I'm tho stewards
department..
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Bride Of Eighteen
Suing for Divorces

Winnie v. sloan and her Husband
Joseph. started on the road Of Ina1l1.
mony In Oakland. Cal They wat
but = short distance when Mn
Sloan says she discovered that her
husband had married her within 49,
than the six months stipulated BY ~
law after his divorce from the Dirt
Mrs. Sloan. Also she declares ~
was Is and didn't quite understo44
what WIS ahead Of her. So now ~
comes with q suit for divorce ~
Saturday In the superior court -
ing for Der freedom and her un01D0
name. Cox. LA
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BY MABEL. ABBOTT


CHICAGO. June i2.--Nominatine
a republican candidate for presi-
dent on n hot day In Chicago In
a swcaty. grimy. wiid.eyed Job.
The first republican national con.
vention. In which more than one
or two women have participated.
last night had broken the record
for some years back In the num-
Der OF ballots taken, and held the
possibility Of n hitter struggh or
even . deadlock.
IT began rs taSnely and perfume
torily as Il has done everything
elsa. But before II adjourned Il
was . bowling mob Of hungry,
thirsty. excited. feverish msn and
women. hardly willing to stop even
after nearly 10 hours Of unintsr.
rupted work.
But tho women stuck m %
tersminediy ~ the men. and they
are on the Job again this morning.
. little pale perhapa but With
their wffted gowns changed for
fresh ones. and e1,eir intGesi
undated.
COLISEUM WAS
PLACE or TORMENT
The Coliseum was . place Of tor.
ment yesterday. The temperature
WIS like = Turkish bath. the At.
mosphere was like . steerags. and
the noise was like . day Of 5udg.
msnt. Most Of tho men shed
their coats early In the day. and
many Of them their collars shortly
Afterwards.
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First Customers
Punched the Outfit

with 10-gallon still set up and
$50 gallons OF raisin mash nicely set,
Earl Webb. OF Riverton, was all
ready to turn out an individual
brand OF hooch. Friday night
But II happened tnat his first GUS
toners we're deputy sheriffs and a
couple OF prohibition officers. Rails.
ms, still and Webb arc now In the
clutches OF the federal law.
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Lineman Injured
in Fall From Pole

Failing from the top Of a telephone
pole ut Lowman drive and Gate
wood ave-. A. Il. Swab. 81. cable
spiicer. sustained q possible fracture
OF the skull and other injuries Satur-
day. lie was taken to the city hos
pital. Swab's wife lives at 2is s.
32nd St. Tacoma. He was employed
by the Pacific Telephone 4 rsle-
graph Co.
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Women Win in Talks
Before Convention

xo,c. a. ~. .>c,~t.- ..,,sS 49, =
-. .sr..ss.- --e~- y
-a- ~.-s.m 49, -
Huntington. Tenn. roe hafJor. -
steady In her suuars.uecked
gown and made the balIo4 e ~
statA heard. n then $500 n
for Wood ara ooe for 49, q y
49,. $500. So
..,.a.s.. 49, - 49, vs.sss2
1900. $500. -. 49, -. &
-- 49, - - - -
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Someone relieved DIR. r. NJ. Park
Of his ''Troubles'' Saturday morn.
Ing. Troubles" was In an auto at
Second ave. and Cherry st. IL. f..
Hull. Standard Oil Co.. would like to
hear from anyone who finds or has
Troubles" Troubles" Is a Boston
bull terrier. with white breast and
face half white. He wore o. pearl.
studded collar.
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She Finds It Warm
at the ConventioI
~ MARY CANRETT HAY

BY MARY GANkEIT HAY
CHICAGO. Juno 12.-About -
most outstanding impression ! hnSo
OF the convention Ia the irkscmnooo
and irritation OF the delay. II soe1na
the convention has dragged
The heat - bad. sthe hotels nro
crowded. the prices are exorbltn1t
and delegates. alternates and vis1aogo
have objected to the delay.
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SUNDAY

1sroo-Baiiard Presbyterian church
Chiidren'r Day.
DR.. A. n. Thrapp. speaker. At Chill
dren's meeting at First Christian
church.
Morning asA Evenisg-Music and
Chiidren's day program At Pill
grim Congregational church.
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DEATHS

Barnes. Chris O.. go, $40 s0th ~
Weaver. Aiphcus H.. 5s. N02 Eastern
ave.
Rustad. Otsiia a.. Sc. 3o4 2sth s.
Sehmitz. Peter. e2. Providence hos
pttaL
Malone. Kathleen. 1. Tie Mob Hill
ave.
Watanabe. Massage, ~, 2oS 10th &
Freeman. Lydia H., 30. b23+ 18th ~.
Winters. william D.. IS. s27 r.. ssth.
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MICHIGAN DELEGATES
LEAVE JOHNSON

A Michigan delegate demanded a
poll OF the delegation on the sixth
ballot. This was the first indication
Of possible break In tho Johnson
Michigan strength.
A rumor was about before the con.
vcntion went into session that the
sixth ballot would see changes In the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-12
Tense, Thrifty Time
Was Enjoyed by All
Observation-Disclosures

was about TO say that. consider
ing her sex. she made a great speech.
That would be unfair 20 her ana "a
all women. and her speech was by all
odds the finest bit Of oratory OF the
session. including that OF the men
She sspndcd tho nomination 81
Wood. and held that vast audience
spellhound. not because they saw In
her the sister OF their beloved leader,
who lies In his grave on Sagamorc
I'm. but because In her own person
she has those qualities OF magnetism
which set him apart from the other
leaders Of men.
Her references TO her brother and
to his friendship for Leonard good
were so delicate that they never ap
preached the danger point Of maudiin
scntimcntalism. There IL no doubt
that she helped the cause OF Wood.
other women spoke for several Of
tho other candidates and all OF them
won't thru the trying ordeal with dig.
nifty and credit Co themselves and 20
the millions of women whom they
represented.
In word. the average OF their
oratory. what they said and the
manner OF saying II. was much
higher than tho average OF the men.
Former Governor Willis. OF Ohio.
In presenting tho name Of Harding
took FIRST prize among tho ne.
orators. lie made friends for Hard,
ing.
c. 3. Wheeler. OF California. who
nominated Johnson. took the BOBBY
prize. Instead OF starting a STAN
pcde for the California senator he
almost started ~ stampede away
from him.
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Dentist Fined $50
in Justice Court

Harry Macy. Seattle dentist.
won't pull any more teeth until he
gets license. After paying a $50
fine Saturday In Justice Drinkers
court he promised To obtain a license.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~->~ ~-~-~~~~~~~~~~~>~~~
Arishin. John. Seattle ..........u
Aronaon. Rosie. Seattle ......so
Aircy. Frank J. oyama. u. Co.. 80
Dowie. Margaret H.. Seattle ......is
Larsen, Sam A.. Vancouver.
H. q. ......s......s.. sI<gnl
Toms. Janet C. Vancouver. DC. Legal
Mclean. Jack Hartley. Vancouver
rs. =. ........ ......... ~
Mcklnnon. Sylvia ISucretia. Van
couyer b. q.
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PENR0SE MEN
FOR HA1sDlNGy

fa'IFbsfofAa W t@lttf'a o'tahNt
ial drive for HarYux. II was ru-
morcd that the organization" nom.
insiiy headed by Senator Boiex Pen,
rose had finally decided To ret be,
hind Harding and Governor william
G. SprouL
Should the Delegates reaction
prove unfavosbie. u was believed
the guardsmcn. who claimed 10 hold
the balance Of power. would throw
their full strength to Lowden and
tell Johnsou TO do his worst.
All of this wus based on the az.
sumption that Woods vote would
reach lis peak early today with a
gain Of not more than 90 over the
sf<n he policd on the last hallo,
yesterday. The big upset to date
has been the tcnacity with which
Wood chung to hts delegates
The FIRST bolt from the Johnson
support was looked for from the
Michigan DELEGATION. which eaue,issed
last night
johnson sent Congressman Louis
Champion. OF Michigan. 10 tho eau.
Gus. He was denied an audience.
The delegation insisted that com.
mittee should rec tho senator per.
sonAily. This Was accompiis he'd
early today. The delegates lef,
Johnscn's headauarsers. declaring
that he was trying to hos tho vote"
and that the bolt would b carried
out today A. planned.
Tho Pennsylvania delegation con.
fer~nos was said 10 have resulted In
decision 10 stand by Sproul altho
there Was soms Wood sentiment APP
parent
New Yerk's - delegates were 70
confer before tcday's session.
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MONDAY

r00-Broadway high schooI--Meet-
ing TO urge school tar levy to
be addressed by DIR. Matthews.
Supt. Cooper and others.
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OLIVER ID. PIER. "a. Civil war
veteran. died late Friday at the
home Of his son. Levi Pier. 47O2
45th ave. s. w.
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BIRTHS

BIRTHS
Luddlngton. H. g.. 2tss Dexter ave.
girl
Imaoka. J., 500 King IT., boy.
Meyers. J. IL. l2zs Mead St, boy.
Russell. w. s.. 2ii,h weimors St.
Barber. p. c. 1910 tsnd n. boy.
Ludiow. II; X. Seattle General hos
Fredesn. l. N. 4o4a 18Th 8. w. girl
Burt T.. ala Lynn st, girl
Newman. r.. A.. s2z2 First ". w.. boy.
Anderson. O.. I'LL II. Denny way.
Jo s;,:' &C, 6 NJ. Seattle General hos
Tuesley. w. H.. sosI Fourth n W..
o.Ds.n. A. ss7 sist w. girl
Field. w. j. Swedish hospital. boy.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Name and Residence. Age
Humble, Lawrence j.. seAttis ~
Parke. Lora O.. Seattle ..........1s
Miller. Ernest e.. Seattle AT
Itahe. Mildred. Seattle .........lo
Knoph. Deibert l.. Seattle as
Briggs. Oieita H.. Seattle .......22
KeeIey. Roy. Enumciaw .......,21
womach. Mary Catherine. Seattle 40
Conway. James W.. Seattle Legal
Turner. Mabel r.. Seattle Legal
Daniels, william s.. Seattle ....1s
Heyen. Dorothy Gertrude. Seattle. Is
Witte. Louis J.. Seattle .......... 2s
Willard. Frances &C., Seattle rs
Parsons. Arthur Robert. Seattle AZ
Gauthier. Amelia Grace. Seattle "a
Smith. Merrill woiterton, Be-
attic ........ .IfEai
Mcintyre. Mary searles. Seattle Legal
Ekstrand, william b., Tacoma "a
Taylor, Mildred r.. Tacoma ..... 30
Gamble. Joseph H.. Brewster. Legal
PulisphcT. Myrtle. brewster Legal
Scott. Eugene l., Chicago ........2i
Elliott, Marguerite r.. Chicago ...1s
Berry, Richard, Charleston AZ
Watkins. Jeanette, Seattle ........32
Yerion. orvilie j. Park Rapids.
Bell. Ruth l.. Kent 49,. :. Legal
MickeIssn. Christian A. San Fran
cramsr. Anna G.. Dsliinsham .....n
Eastman. Roy, snohomish ........z1
Bcheibe, Louise. Snohomish .......27
Donoghue, Fred W.. Seattle ..... "a
Paust. Edna LBsrta. Kent ..-....zS
Gregory, Clyde O.. Everett .......2e
wiese. Hiidagard O.. Everett LIB
Mclean. James Glover. Seattle. "a
Davis. i.ocada. Seattle ............20
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HARDING BOOM
BEING PUSHED
Senatorial Group Working
Hard for Him
ny HAROLD u. JACOBS

CHICAGO. June 1.-THE senator
ial group was reported today 10
have decided TO attempt to seize the
relns OF the republican national con.
vention and win tho presidential
nomination FOR Senator Warren q.
Harding
The alleged decision said TO have
been reached shortly before dawn
was understood 10 have beon influ.
encei by the declaration of Senator
William y. Borah. spokesman for
Senator Hiram Johnson. that he
would not support Major General
Leonard Wood or Governor Frank q.
Lowdcn,
Attending tho overnight confer
enoe In Senator Brandegec's suite
were Senators Lodge. Watson.
smoot. Charles Curtis. Mediil Nc.
Cormiek. New. wadsworth. Frolins.
huysen. Spencer and Calder. Hard.
ing spent some time IN the meeting.
johnson was at the hotel but II was
not learned whether he was In touch
with the senatorial cahal.
New. smoot and Watson were al.
rectine q powerful drive for Harding
support on the delegates themselves.
This offensive move was alleged TO
have cut into the Lowden support
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LOWDEN TAKES LEAD
ON FIFTH BALLOT

Gov. Lowden. for tffe first time
since balioting began. supplanted
Gen. Wood in first place on tho NTH
ballot for the republican presidential
nomination, with an unofficial total
Of 3o3 votes. The Illinois governor
topped Wood by four votes. Hiram
johnson retained third position in the
list. tho he dropped seven votes from
his total after yesterdays final bal
lot.
When the Official count was read
there was n great Lowden dcmonstra-
ton. Gillett restored quiet with dim.
entity
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COMPERS CRILLS
C. 0.P. PLATFORM
Charges Party Has Turned
Its Back on Labor
ny RALPH y. COUCH

MONTREAL. Que, June IA
President Samuel Gompers virtual
~ biistered the republican part,
today In n special report 70 the a
y. Of l.. convention here.
THE republican convention
turned It's back upon labor.
charged Gompers. The republi
can party platform ia defiant IL
It's defense Of the enemies OF labor
and calculated to secure for then
fresh advantages and greatest priv
ileges."
Gompers report" will he spread
broadcast among labor's four mil
lion members In tho United States
II IN intended 20 direct the entir'
political strength Of labor against
the republican party.
Compers took up the republican
Platform. plank by plank. and com
pared II with the demands OF Ia
tor.
Concerning tho plank on strikes
Gomper- said:
THE entire plank constitutes q
denial Of iabors demands. The
entire plank In n denial Of free
dom and In In addition subversiv'
OF the best interests OF the re
public.
cost or LIVING
ISSUE Is EvADED"
1T wiil be noted that the plat
form Is silent on the essential poin'
Of the right Of wage earners u
organize into trade unions and u
elect their own representatives.
I'VE call attention 10 the fac'
tina, specific proposals. on this sub
l~ct onigh cost Of living submitted
by labor. arc ignored. The declar
alton OF the republican platform
eyndes tho issue and offep NJ
remedy.
Labor said Compes. hold
that In our republic any attemp'
20 overthrow the government b,
violence In unnecessary and inde
fensible."
Tho platform is silent. Gomper'
said. on the following demand,
put before II by labor:
Vigorous enforcement Of the SEA
mems act: enforcement Of all tn,
federal maximum eighthour law
ard extension Of them 20 all civt
DEPARTMENTS: enactment Of a com
pensation law for federal employees
election Of federal judges and elm
ination of tho authority Of feiern
courts TO declare laws unconsti
t,rional.
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ny N. n. RICKEY

CHICAGO, June ts.---Wheu Chair
man Lodge, ax ,;is Friday evening
declared an adjournment until 10
o'clock Saturday morning. one OF the
most thriilingly interesting convcn'
ton sessions IN the history OF
American politics was ended.
For nearly 10 hours. without re
cess or interruption OF any kind. the
emotions OF $4,000 delegates and vital
tors had been played upon until,
during the final hours, while four
ballots were being taken. the entire
aSsemhlage was tense with excite
ucnt and expectancy.
Tho session began with tho air full
OF rumors as to the strategic plans
Of the thrce leading contendcrs Tor
the nomination. Wood. Lowden and
johnson.
Of the discovery OF the plot OF the
big Eastern steel and financial In.
terests. headed by judge Gary. Of
the United States Steel corporation,
20 force Woods nominn ton at what,
ever cost. In spite Of the protests OF
many leaders and delegates that 10
Ndo 50 would be to court defeat IN
November.
The great question that everybody
was asking was. could they do II. or
could the other candidates, by back
ing Lowlen, keep the nomination
from go&E 10 Wood on an early
ballot and then later put them both
out OF the running
IL was a tremendous situation. and
the heat charged air OF the Coliseum
was fairly vibrant with the sense
OF IL.
IL promised to be q battle royal
TOR the greatest prize that the Ancri.
can democracy offers to her sons,
and the event fully justified the cx.
pectations.
DELEGATES AwFD AND
SOLEMN At CLOSE
When the great audience filed on,
Of the building. after four ballots had
demonstrated the tenscness and close
ness of the struggle, with Wood and
Lowden fighting every inch OF the
way. they moved quietly and orderly
as tho they would live in history.
The nominating and sccondins
speeches gave the orators the first
chance the convention has offered
them.
In way. they were disappointing
Mostly the honors went to tho wo.
men. particularly to one woman. Mrs
Douglass Robinson. sistsr Of Theo-
oore Roosevelt.
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9utii u HtNpfA W Wv tt@'ss so w.
particularly incenaed at the Indiana
delegation. which paid absolutely no
attention 20 his bombar dment
The convention finally came 70 or.
der and Lodge introduced Bishop
Nicholson Of Chicago. who uttered
an invocation.
VOTES TO HARDING
ARE NOW TALKED
the hot weather continued and
the Coliseum was stuffy from the
tense hours yesterday.
A delegates assembled there vas
increasing talk Of move being
afoos 10 throw big blocks OF votes 10
Harding.
Despite reports that Chairman
Lodge Intended TO start tho session
exactly at 10 a m. that hour paAsed
unnotioed.
Al 1915 the star spangied Ban
ner brought the vast asscfnblase TO
It's feet.
Members Of tho Wisconsin delcea-
ton said that they planned 10 throw
all Of their ~ votes TO Johnson.
They al, voted for la Toilette yes
terday except on the last ballot.
when two went 90 Johnson. Soma
tor johnson and Governor I>owaen
were in their suites at tho Black.
stone hotel. connected by special
wire with the Coliseum.
Tho minister prayed for delivery
from prrtrnAe and hypocrisy and
asked Divine Providence TO lend WIS.,
ion 20 the Delegates ON the floor aud
Undue them with n sense OF their
great responsibility.
20, God" Haid the bishop. let
every vote be cast with u very deep
sense % the responsibility that at.
tsches to the man who casts IT,"
May the men chosen here today"
the bishop continued. be worthy Of
the best traditions OF our great rc-
public and the declaration OF indie.
pendence.
When Bishop Nicholson concluded
the uprcar again broke out. and
Lodge had his usual difficulty in
bringing the delegates TO order.
At this tuncture the New York
delegation filed into their seats.
II waa headed by Senator wads
worth. who wore n wide smile.
The New York delegation wns the
center OF an inauisitive group nj
once. Replying 10 questions, Senator
wadsworth said that "fsowdcn prob
ably viii show a gain on the first
ballot" He refused to explain OF
amplify his statement.
The delegates still miilcd about In
the aislos, while Lodge stood beside
Gleason. gaveling with rythmie
beats and croscendo.
Quiet xns finally restored.