The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-06-18

1--WE heard from him no platitudes
about million men springing to arms
over night" cried Allen, and everyone
strained for look at Mr.. Bryan, who
sat in the press stand close to the
speaker.
The governor went on to describe
Woods skillful training of an army
and his unselfsh and uncOmplaining
devotion to duty when he was kept
from going to Europe in command of
the boys whom he had taught how to
fight and conquer. He also recounted
the generals success in quelling labor
and race disturbances within the last
year or so, and dwelt on his popular
ity with the very men whom he had
been sent to quiet.
Woods Feathery Ovation.
AS the governor ceased speaking
storm of applause broke out. and an
other storm of red and green feathers
fell from the rafters all over the
house. The Wood delegates marched
through the aisles, led by Beveridge
of Indiana and Frank Hitchcock. and
the tumult continued for half an hour.
IF Wood drops feathers, 1 suppose
johnson will drop light wines and
beers from the rafters,' laughed Mr..
Bryan, and someone said: Get your
cup ready then. William"
The demonstration was Gained at
last-really 1t did not seem very spon-
taneOus-and after Frank Knox of
New Hampshire had made seconding
speech, the first of the conventions
woman orators appeared. She was
Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson of
New York, sister of the late Colonel
Roosevelt. With much of the coloners
fire and vim, she told why Leonard
Wood should be the next president, and
she told 1t SO well that prolonged ap-
plause rewarded her efforts.
Governor LOwden's turn came next.
and the honor of presenting his name
was entrusted to Congressman Roden-
berg of Illinois, a big man with a big
voice who made an oId-fashioned
speech that hit the audience in the
right way. He, too, had an excellent
subject, whose cause was handicapped
only by the revelations of excessive
expenditures brought out by the SEN
ate committee at the instigation of
Johnson and his friends.
Lowden's ovation outlasted that for
Wood. but was no more enthusiastic.
1t was featured by display of ban
ners and portraits of the candidate
and by pretty girl In cerise sweat
er who was carried on mems shoulders
at the head of the paraders Lowden.
too, had woman among his second
ers, Mrs. Fletcher Dobyns of Chicago.
clever politician and good speaker.
Then Governor Morrow Of Kentucky
told why the Republicans of his state
president.
Johnson's Sponsor Failure,
Charles S. Wheeler of San Francisco
had been deputed to place Senator
johnson in nomination, and much was
expected of him, because q reputation
for fiery eloquence had preceded him.
But though his address was smooth
and his voice pleasing, he scored the
WOiot ldhuAC VI tiC CHlllt convention.
He evoked some cheering from the gal
leries by denunciation Of the League
of Nations, but soon after made the
gross mistake of twitting the reserva-
tionists on having been worsted BY
Johnson in the committee on resolu-
tions. The delegates did not relish
that nor did most of the others in
the hall. Then he made an unfortu-
nate allusion to the campaign expendi-
ture revelations, and as those had hit
most of the candidates, their friends
resented 1t with boos and Kisses. Mr.
Wheeler smilingly waited for the row
to cease, and proceeded to finish an
address that was fully twice as long
as it should have been. His poor per-
f0rmance cast wet blanket on the
planned demonstration. and the Cali
fornia delegates, accompanied by few
others, marched rather sadly through
the aisles. listlessiy waving flags.
Far better than Wheeler's was the
speech for johnson by Thomas D.
Schall, the blind congressman from
Minneapolis, and better, also. were the