The Washington herald., 1920-06-12
Republicans Quit Voting
After Heated Session to
Meet Again at 10 O'clock
Today.

ceCf 1ieSsoh 10 REMIND the
speaker Of the hve-minute rule. 4
Lowden's supporters played for
the suffrage support by sending In
Mrs. Fletcher DobbinA, of illinois,
to make the second of the second
Ing speeches for their man.
Gives Terse Appeal
Mrs. Dobbins was attired in =
plain black gown and q straw hat.
the latter making q vivid spot Of
color.
In the shortest speech Of the con-
vention Mrs. Dobbins scored a tre-
mendous hit by paying a tersely
worded tribute to her candidate
seconding his nomination and with
drawing after using less than two
minutes of the allotted five.
In the name of the women Of
| America" she said, Il have the
honor of seconding the nomination
of Governor Lowden."
Governor Edwin Morrow, of Ken
lucky. mentioned as q vice presi-
Dental possibility, was the next to
! second Lowden.
Fully conscious of every respon-
sibility of this great hour Ken
lucky, Republican Kentucky. brings
you this message" said Morrow.
Give US to lead the Republican
, battle in November, Frank Lowden
and with him to lead. we'll smash
the Hindenhurg line Of Southern
Democracy forever.
Kentucky is the neighbor of H.
linois. 1t is said in the Holy Book
| that blessed Is the man who Is
loved by his neighbor," continued
Morrow. Without division, of one
mind and with one heart Kentucky
! will vote for Lowden until he is
! nominated by this convention"
Charles Wheeler. OF California,
put in nomination the name of Hi
ram johnson.
/ At the outset wheeler's speech
/ was quietly received. Several Of
/ his pauses passed in silence.
! A quotation from Lincoln-"Gov-
! ernment OF the people for the peo-
] pie and by the people got the
! first applause for Wheeler.
! When he asked if the people
wanted four years more of the will
son family in the White House there
were cries of No" He demanded
whether the people would force
! the head of the dynasty to abdi-
cate" and then take on the Crown
Prince?"
! II took his hearers a minute to
get" it. Then there was a laugh
and then a murmur OF 'McAdoo"
! ran through the crowd.
| When Wheeler predicted the NOM
! ination of Johnson would assure
/ victory there was only scattered ap-
: plause. But when he said that
Johnson had won great victories with
nut big financial backing there was
a chorus of laughter, boos and hiss
! es. Wheeler was forced to stop in
, his speech to wait for quiet and
several spectators called to him
from the gallery. 1t was the first
evidence of open display at any can
! didatc's name by the delegates on
the floor.
The Wheeler speech was an OBJ
! vious disappointment to the CALI
! fornia delegation and to the John
! son supporters in the galleries. The
| speaker adopted a somewhat sing
ing tone. His voice weakened and
! he was frequently forced to moist
/ en- his throat and lips with water.
1 The result was a wave of restless
ness which swept the hall and a
buzz of conversation which further
reduced the effectiveness of the
speech.
Confusion Reigns.
Endeavoring to show that John
sons candidacy was representative
of wide interests. Wheeler said
there were three bankers in the
California delegation. the combined
deposits of whose banks were $24o,-
100000. Renewed laughter swept
the hall, finally growing to general
confusion. The delegates evidently
: were getting back at the speaker
for his references to tn financial
, backing of other contenders for the
nomin ton. There were cheers
! when Wheeler announced he was
nearing the close and. deviating
from the text of his address he
: leaned over the rail and shaking his
finger down at the crowd he shout
7 ed: Yes, hear! Uncork your pref
udiced ears and hear for the first
time in your lives what this man
stands for"
There was scattered cheers from
the gallery.
wheeler Hooted.
The time has come to drive the
bosses from this temple of Repub-
licanism." said Wheeler. Hoots and
jeers came from the floor.
Wheeler concluded at 1:16 and the
! California delegation leaped to its
feet with great American nags IL
start the demonstration. They
shouted Hiram" through mega
phones. The Michigan delegation
also was up, waving fags.
From the center gallery an enor-
nous picture of johnson was un-
furled. 1t was obvious, however
after the demonstration had been
on FIVE minutes. that the enthusiasm
of the loyal California delegation
could not atone for the dampening
effects of the nominating speech
! The volume of the cheers did not
compare with the noise that greet
ed the names of Lowden and Wood
and the great majority of the dele
gates stood in their places to see
| what was going on.
| The California delegation made
an effort to recruit delegates from
other States to their parade. with
little success.
The Californians chanted Hiram,
| Hiram" I'VE Want Hiram" and
urged others to join in the refrain,
but with i'll success.
/ The surprise of the demonstration
was the comparative apathy Of the
! galleries. johnson has had strong
newspaper support in Chicago and
, il was expected that. regardless OF
| the attitude of the delegates, the
galleries would accord him q spec