The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-11
ALIENS SPEECH
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standards got into the parade. as it
was discovered the posts had been Sc
curely fastened to the floor and could
not be uprooted.
At 10:49, Lodge again pounded for
order. His reply was a renewal of
the Wood chant.
The horn blasts broke out anew.
They sounded like New Years eve on
Broadway.
Could not Hear GaveI.
Lodge repeatedly banged with his
gavel but was unable to get any atten-
not be heard very far from the plat
form at the height of the demonstra-
ton.
Many state standards were decor
ated with Wood feathers. They in
clude Arizona, Maryland, Rhode Is
shire, Texas, Idaho and Maine.
The Philippine standard was
crowned with a Wood banner.
At 1852, the Wood demonstration
was still going on, tho there seemed
to be some diminution in the uproar
and all but about fifty delegates had
resumed their seats.
Band Drowned Out.
The band again played manfully but
just then the noises welled up again
and while the musicians could be seen
going thru the motions. their notes
could not be heard.
The New York, PENNSYLVANIA, Con-
necticut. Arkansas, Massachusetts,
Iowa. Illinois and other delegations
which were not much excited about
the proceedings. remained seated,
many of the delegates with bored ex-
pressions, glancing at their watches.
we want Wood" was the next
chant started, but it failed to make
much impression.
Despite valiant efforts to keep It
going, the demonstration showed sig7s
of fading out. There was still a steady
undercurrent of sound but it was being
kept up by a comparatively few.
The Wood adherents had kept up
their clamor for twenty-five minutes
by TO- 81 o'clock.
The sound, however. had dribbled
away, and was manifestly being kept
up by main strength.
Other Delegates Showed Ennui.
The delegates who were not taking
part in the show, manifested increas-
ing symptoms of ennui Some pro-
duced newspapers and read them in a
bored manner. Others gossiped quietly
together.
Many of those who took part. in the
original outburst had returned to their
seats and sat hopping their faces and
tanning themselves.
The Oklahoma delegation staged a
little circus of its own. A pretty girl
in pink dress appeared among the
Oklahoma delegates and mounted a
chair, waving a Lowden lithograph
and shouting. Illinois and Iowa dele
gates applauded her and shouted en-
couyagement. almost drowning out for
the moment the dwindling Wood
cheers.
Galleries Wouldn't Join.
The Wood demonstration reached
the half hour mark at 1902 a. m.
Most of the enthusiasm had gone,
however. and the galleries were fur
nishing most of the noise. Disinter-
ested delegates stood talking in the
aisles while clusters of Wood men
tried to revive the noise.
There were several attempts to get
| the galleries to chant I'VE want
| Wood" but the people couldn't be led
that way
The Wood demonstration logged
along and steadily grew just a little
bit less full-bodied as it entered the
AS Chairman Lodge came forward
with his gavel. he was greeted with
the Wood chant. shrill cries, whistles
and more horn blowings.
At 1905, Chairman Lodge again
mounted the rostrum and waited pa
| tiently for the mechanical cheering
to cease.
Lodge Couldn't Be Heard.
At 11:O7 the demonstration had
reached the thirty-five minute point.
At times 1t had descended to a low
hum, to be revised by sharp outbursts
from the sections occupied by the
Wood delegates.
Lodge smiled as a renewed burst
/ of noise drowned out his raps for or
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mered with fresh vigor. The tin horns
responded and once more the chair
man retreated.
! There were cries for silence. and
| calls for hush but this provoked the
Wood adherents to new efforts.
! At 11:11 a. m. after 1t had contin-
ued thirty-nine minutes, the Wood
demonstration ended. Chairman Lodge
then asked for seconds to the Wood
nomination. He announced each sec
onding speech would be limited to five
| minutes each.
a former Rough Rider" took the
rostrum and began a seconding speech
| for Wood. He seconded Wood as a
citizen of the United States. He has
provincial qualities Knox said.
Sister of T. r. Seconds.
| Another seconding speech was made
by Mrs. Corrine Roosevelt Robinson
New York. sister of Theodore Roose-
welt. 1t was the first time a woman
had made a seconding speech IN q
national convention. She was received
with generous applause.
Mrs. Robinson, said that thousands
! Of American mothers felt that the
foresight and vision of General Wood
sent their sons overseas "fit fighting
machines instead Of cannon fodder"
She said she supported Wood, not
because he was a friend of the late
Theodore Roosevelt, but because he il
Of the Roosevelt type.
Wood has courage combined with
common sense, Mrs Robinson said
Her voice rang clearly thru the hall
She was dressed in black. with a small
black feathered hat. She had the
true Roosevelt gestures She haired