Indiana daily times., 1920-06-11

display Of good sportsmanship won him
hearty round Of applause.
Newspaper publicity is valuable. but
! there are other means through which
the people learn. Of the men God ordained
/ to be their leaders" said Wheeler
: The crowd half cheered and in tha
midst Of lull there was a cry OF
Hearst" from the gallery reference
to Hearst's newspaper support of the
/ Californian
! The convention roared with laughter
/ at The jibe-
SPEECH DISAPPOINTING
TO CALIFoRNIANs.
The Wheeler speech was an obvious
B disappointment 10 the California dele
cation and 10 the Johnson supporters in
the galleries
The speaker adopted a somewhat sing
song tone.
His voice weakened and he was fire.
Quently forced to moisten hts throat
and lips with water.
Thc result vas wave OF restlesSness
which swept the hall and gradully
mounting murmur and buzz of conver.
sation whirA further reduced he effec.
tiveness Of the speakers Efforts
EndeavorInE 20 show that Jshnson's
candidacy was representative Of wide in
terests, Wheele- said there w,re three
bankers in the California delegation. the
combined deposits Of whose hanks Were
$40. .0G0.o 600
Renewed laughter 4wept the hall,
finally growing into confusion
The delegates evidently were getting
back at the speaker for his reference to
the dnaacia. backing Of other contenders
for the nomination.
uounced he WAS nearing the close and
deviatins from the te2t of rs address, no
leaned over the rail erd s1akirg his 1st
down at the crowd, ne shouted:
Yes heart Uneock your p-ejud:ced
ears. and hear, for the first time in your
lives. what this man stands fer
There was scattered cheer from tbs
gallery, but from the place where eat the
men with the nominating vote, zlokAsO>e
but silence.
EETERENCE TO
BOSSES ALSO BoOED.
The time has come 70 drive the bosses
from this temple Of repubiicanism,' said
Wheeler
Hoots and jeers from the delegates
were the floors response.
Wheeler concluded at IS ard the Cali
fornia delegation leaped TO It's feet with
great American flags to start the denon>
stration.
They began procession around the
room, shouting Hiram" through mega
phones.
The Michigan delegation also was up
waving flags.
The Johnsonites produced dozens of
large American flags and signs bearing
Johnson slogans and pictures.
From the center gallery an enormous
picture of Johnson was unfurled- 1t wns
obvious. however, before the demonstra,
ton had been long, loyal Californiania
could not atone for the deadly dampen-
ing effects of the nominating speeches.
The volume of the cheering did not
compare with the noise that greeted the
names Of Lowden and Wood, and the
great mjoritv of the delegates stood in
the aisles and conversed or mounted their
chairs to see what was going on
The California persisted in an effort
to recruit delegates from other stabes
to their parade with little success.
The Californians shouted Hiram, we
want Hiram" and urged other vocansts
to join in the refrain, but with m-suc-
cess
The surprise of the demonstration was
the comparative apathy Of the galleries.
johnson has had strong newspaper
support in Chicago and it was expected
that, regardless OF the attitude OF the
delegates, the galleries would accord
him a spectacular greeting.
MAYBE 1T WAS
HOT WEATHER.
1t speedily became evident, however,
that the weather and the humidity, or
some other phenomena more closely re-
lated to politics was having a bearish
effect and the galleries were decidedly
slow in taking up the work of tha
demonstration.
At one point In the cheering a woman
clad in a black lace gown and seated
directly behind the press section seized
a large American flag that draped tha
balcony and hanging high over the rail.
waved 1t frantically in the faces Of those
below and shouted for Johnson.
She met with considerable encourage.
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