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parently resented the fact that
Senator Martin, who came here as a
favorite-son candidate, had abdi-
Gated in Mr.. Dewey's favor, taking
40 or more Pennsylvania votes with
him.
| At the beginning of Senator Mar
tins speech, the opposition took its
cue from a young man in pale
gabardine suit, sitting in the bal
cony on stage left of the rostrum.
When he had been elected as
gate-crasher, however, and Speaker
Martin, convention chairman, had
asked the audience to stop making
unusual noises" the heckling
gradually subsidized.
Fails to Bother Martin.
None of it bothered Senator Mar
tin. Talking fast, in a fiat, hoarse
voice, he spoke his praise of Mr..
Dewey-the leading candidate here,
the man to stop" The Dewey
forces gave tongue before the last
echo of Senator Martins voice had
died away, and in few seconds
the hall was mass of tossing pla-
cards and State standards.
Up and down the narrow aisles
streamed the jam-packed, swelter-
ing mob, drowning out two brass
bands with shouts of eve want
Dewey" The excitement built as
the moments passed. Now and then,
out of the group, an individual
caught your attention.
Here was a woman in straw hat
with big red flowers on it. Behind
her a man with a horn in his
smouth using both hands to hold
a sign. At every other step, he
knocked her hat over her eyes
with the horn. He couldn't help
it-neither could she. Every time
he did it. She Strengthened the
hat, never looking back. never
stopping her chant Of I'VE want
Dewey" And he never stopped
blowing the horn.
Here was another woman-the
grandmother type, very self-con-
scious and embarrassed. Obviously,
i she had not the faintest idea what
she was doing here. She had that
"What-Am-I-Saying" look on
her face. But she not only joined
the I'VE want Dewey" chorus-She
even waved her right arm in a
gesture vaguely reminiscent of the
trucking" dance step. If she sees
herself on the news reels, she will
not believe her eyes.
Ives Swings Sign.
Here was Senator Ives, swinging
New York State sign. There was
DR.. George A. Parker, dean of the
Robert Terrell Law School, with the
District standard.
And the total effect of all these
individuals was bedlam, pure and
simple. After 20 minutes, Speaker
Martin undertook to quiet things
down. Mixed cheers and boos met
his every pronouncement. He tried
to get the Dewey band to leave the
hall. When it kept playing. Mr.
Martin shouted: THE chair will see
the band leaves If 1t does not leave
voluntarily"
His admonitions only added fuel
to the flames. After more than half
an hour, he finally restored order
by introducing a gray-haired beau
ty, Mrs. Charles w. Weis, New
York's national committeeWoman
who wanted to second the Dewey
nomination.
This same scene. with variations
in degree and detail only, was re-
enacted six times before the dele
gates finally staggered back to their
hotels.
The demonstration for Senator
Taft lasted a little longer than Mr..
Dewey's-the one for Harold Stas-
sen was a good deal louder. Instead
of horns the Taftites used cowbells
and the Stassenites, sirens. The
Taft cheering section wore ice
cream salesmen's hats-white, with
green trim and cheese-cloth tops.
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ones children wear at birthday par
ties. But they all were about the
same business and-with the pos
sible exception of the Vandenberg
and Macarthur groups-they all
went about it in the same way.
Gallery Crowds Give Up.
! The gallery crowds, which seemed
to favor the Stassen and Vanden-
berg candidates. most but which
did more watching than roofing,
had largely given up and gone
home by closing time. But most
delegates stayed to the end, or at
least until their particular favorites
had been honored.
1t was hard to tell whether the
different mood in which the con-
vention received the Vandenberg
and Macarthur nominations was
owing to the hour or to the sober
key of the speakers boosting them
Senator Vandenberg. the least dark
of the dark horses available in case
Gov. Dewey can be stopped, was
quietly extolled by Gov. Kim Sigler
!, Of Michigan. The applause was
warm. His supporters dispensed,
however, with the usual nonsense in
favor OF group singing. by the
whole convention, Of "God Blesa