Evening star., 1928-06-15
WILD OUTBURSTS FOR HOOVER
ALL CAME BEFORE NOMINATION
Exhausted Delegates Have No Real Pep
Left After Great Victory-Fadc Away
With Show Over.

shire, Vermont, oregon, Colorado. Ohio,
Massachusetts, Georgia. Tennessee, Ha-
waii and even Wisconsin
All this time Senator Moses was
pounding with his gavel at intervals
and smiling the rest OF the time. AIy
/ McNab stood beside him. large pic
ture of the Secretary Of Commerce was
raised on the platform. The American
flag was waved across 1t. Such things
seemed only TO start the racket all over
again.
After IS minutes the delegates got
quiet again, and fir. McNab started
once more. He had his speech spread
before him on music rack In front of
| the nlicrophones. and read IT, The
! delegates were very quiet.
/ The elephant from Utah was the
/ creation Of Harry s. Joseph, former
/ Speaker OF the House of the Utah I.egis-
latnre. Mr.. Joseph was celebrating his
sixtieth birthday anniversary. and be-
tween shouts explained that the ele-
phant was true copy Of Princess Utah,
an elephant that graces a public park
in Salt Lake City. Helping him carry
the elephant, II ANYBODY wants 10 know.
was John e. Booth. mayor OF Spanish
Fork, Utah. The elephant made big
hit
Demonstration Starts Again.
The end OF his speech was the signal
for the hullabaioo to begin all over
again. The delegates stood on chairs,
the galleries rose. The parade started
again, this time California taking It's
Fightful place in the lead, followed BY
Texas, Utah. Montana, Wyoming, WASH
ington. Massachusetts,. Tennessee, New
Hampshire. Florida, Nebraska. Arkan-
gas, Louisiana, Missouri Ohio, Rhode
Island, New York. Michigan Kentucky,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Hawaii, Dis
/ trtct OF Columbia. Colorado and Porto
Rico And those which couldn't get
into the parades eventually included
every delegation except Kansas West
! Virginia. Connecticut, Indiana. Illinois.
Minnesota, Oklahoma, Iowa, North and
South Dakota.
aThe members Of the non -paraders sat
inp dignified silence. Their banners were
not raised aloft,
Chairman Moses stood pounding at
intervals with his gavei A singing out
At yelled a song into the microphone
and then marched about the hall sing
ing The demonstration lasted more
than 20 minutes.
Applause Greets withdrawal
When the tumult died down Arizona
yielded to Illinois, and the. chair recog-
nized Otis r. Glenn. Mr.. Glenn read
former Gov Lowden's message OF with
dFaWai from the race. The hall was
Quieter during this reading than at any
time since the convention began, The
delegates were rap. in their attention.
When the message was read there was
a burst Of applause, but for the most
part the delegates sat silent
/ The roll Of States continued. on
/ reading Indiana the chair recognized
/ Representative win r.. Wood. Mr..
/ Woods speech. nominating Senator
Watson was regarded with something
| approaching apathetic indifference. The
old hum of conversation began once
more.
| Mr.. Wood spoke directly oYeF the
/ large portrait Of Herbert Hoover that
/ had been left leaning against the speak
ers' platform after the Hoover demon
stfation Mr Wood read his speech
! AS he proceeded the audience became
more interested In tee efforts Of the