Show y t tI k I ERES ERE'S E ES E'S the first picture picture picture-of of tl the op opening Peng ning of th the e 19 1920 O G. G O. O P. P P convention conventi n in the historic Coliseum H e m mr in r Chicago It Ya was taken tak n especially f. f for r The TheT and and ru rushed hed H with T all V all VP P possible e speed d to Salt S It Lake City City- This unusual Dually y fine photograph p p was was was' taken after aft after r. r the tl opening prayer praye and andrt tf s t the e vast crowd end and the vast b display of t e red white and blue bue with which the 1 inside of the Coliseum y of t e o is u was deco decorated at i. i In the he center cen er back back- ck- ck nd rt IS i the h- h parTs immense soundIng board that looks like a sq square are m mouthed i megaphone It makes it possible for tor th the strong lunged g lunged orators to be Orl p d in all ll parts of th the great hall i k r. r I J 4 t 4 s J 4 1 4 5 j z f t tj tz i i s tw 3 ds Fitt S A. A r n N. N I ti 4 a I f y k 9 S q 4 Y 44 L. L S z 1 A k 4 t y s sr r y SS TH tJ ARE AR fI T Con Conclave lave Assembles Assembles' i in ii 1 Hope of Nominating ting the Next Next Next- President of These S States ates COLISEUM Chicago Janet Late Lat Late again in getting nde way the Republican national ti ti nal convention met under an agree agree- gree j I to stay in session u until a a. Presidential i c has een I nominated ted The prospects ver were j for or an an all l d day i an and possibly PC s a n. 1 night mg t session fC lS l I I Chica Chicago Tune l' l 1 11 The T bIg three three- three Lowden I j J Johnson an and l lV Woody Wood V oo wee ere all placed place pl c tl l in m in before r the Republican convention today i during the first four hours of or a aI I sweltering session I Each ot of the nominations was dc ac ac accompanied companied with tumultuous demonstrations demon demonstrations I on the floor and in the tale galleries in which the usual conven conven- I i I tron scenes ot of marching shouting sweating delegates prancing abo about t the I hall hail fl flags gs banners and nd like likenesses liken nesses of their favorite candidate were witnessed Forcing icing the the the- convention along at I express speed to make up for tor the time lost in setU settlement ment of the treaty issue efforts were made to 10 hold the thet t time given to tp d demonstrations down to toa toa o a a a. minimum on one secondi seconding speeches were limited to five minutes and to toJ two wo minutes hen When there were Vere J than h n two two sec Effort was to Teach reach the Ahe balloting before adjourn i ment meet tonight READY RESPONSES rAil f r fAH r AH Ail the nominating speakers speakers' got get ready responses fr from m the convention I Charl Charts Charles s S S. Wheeler of California who wh nominated Johnson got Sot roars roArs of 0 cheers from the convention when he referred to the administration as the royal rojal family and by Inference inference inference infer Infer- ence to William G G. McAdoo as the cr crOwn prince I Are JAre you jou OU prepared for for foul oui years jears ears more mor of them he shouted The The crowed croWl answered No No No No No- But I when Mr Wheeler referred to Senator ena or Johnson a having had an inadequate cam campaign fund funds the crowd let let go go a 8 around around I round of boos bobs jeers and guffaws Former Senator Beveridge admonIshed admon admonished Ish d. d the crowd to t remain quiet and let the speaker proceed 4 r 2 With the nominating speeches speeches' foG foe Johnson Lowden and Wood Woo 1 ot out t bf bt the way Connecticut Conn was all d. d and n yielded to J I Massachusetts Speak Gillett of the house hous of representatives took ook the the platform and placed in hi n nomination Governor Go ol dg ge ot of Massachusetts t 4 EARLY IN ARRIVING f I In spite of the sweltering iem tempera er ture tare inside the convention convention- h 11 ul the ther I delegates began to pile into fth th r r places laces a full fun half hour before session was to begin They all w rp re rearing r to have ha it over and the pok P i that the nominations lie le made today toda and the convention ended seemed to take some of the edge edgo off their distress from from the 11 heat at i It gave promise of being th the hottest day of ot the convention conventi n in all respects The sun got to work with a a. vigor A- A even the feverish efforts effort's V I candidates candidates' s' s managers in their eleventh eleventh- hour efforts to line Une up upp a winning g coin coin- i f SHED SHE INT INTEGUMENTS INTEGUMENTS 5 Most of those o on the convention I floor and In the galleries galleries' came wi I h fans tans and many of the delegated stripped off their coats before they took their seats eats For the time bein at least the the hot weather was th the big 11 lg convention picture f fAt feature t ture in the At 9 30 a a. a m Tn however when convention hould should have be been called t t ta ord order r there still were great reat p patches o of ot empty scats seats In th the delegates delegates' and the the platform was almost empty The crowd sent Bont up an an ev ever r growing rumble of of- conversation f. f while It u Continued on page 2 2 I 1 3 J Fm T 1 sCAN D I DA If 1 it II NAMED A urn lU I v 1 G Go t v n or Allen Alien of Kansas r f L s General in In 1 n I I Continued d romp roma s e 1 1 W waited li c f of r tl the party part s t a r to get P through wl wih h- h their conferences conferences' in n their hotels s a mile PRO PROPHETS LACKING burling the wait waft the me d delegates legat s still I were Asking one an another th t who was to b d and the u usual ual reply waSi was i 1 distinctly of 01 the damfino Character The managers Th m nag rs for a air aU l' l Jh the can ean candidates tr tried eq tb to t outdo one snot oter er in hm conferences conferences confer confer- OV ove the over er l the e. e result The The Wood peo- peo eo- eo pIe plc were cl claiming i a Victory by the third or r fourth ballot The predictions of of- H the e oth s 's s were less Jess definite rh managers who had pla have a string fitting of seconding speeches cI s' s for their candidates r revised H their t if program at tine the last minute to t that tl that t only Franko Frank Knox of New Hampshire Hamp Hamp- shire re and Irs Do Douglas glas Robinson of X Nel York would woul second General W Woods Wood's ads ad's d' d nomination 9 45 pass passed d the Delegates Delegates' tes' tes space spice was pretty well welt filled but not a of the tho first line leaders had hall put lit In lii li Ins Ills js appear appearance nce T. T The bah bang band J. J filled d iii Something th that t sounded d lik like a lul ab I C CANDIDATES ATES ABSENT ABSENTs s 's lOl Ifor 1 tJi tT t st i-st sl ce Since the the c tiOn tl n began candidates for the thc prest- prest dc cy w were re missing from th the floor Dr B Butler of New York gave agave his proxy toa to a woman who sat in lit a box bok Gov- Gov Sproul dropped in for a a few few minutes utes b but t announced he would re- re ruin to his hotel when started eTKe iTh friends fri of S Senator f Johnson said aid they ld n t exp expect ct their candidate to sop si show w i fu J the th aware il delegates leg i said the plan to o nominate 7 TV I Coloman Du Pont Du-Pont Pont had abandoned the tho delegation l vy o. o vote for Mm him on the first balI bal bal bal- I 1 I 3 I st st. del delegate from lom West Vir- Vir ln m i lt sUY preparing r p for a t tern rii p s ous time took took f off t liis g s arid and put t ti nt IIi fri I his is pocket Ct Just alio about t the band played R Reuben n Ive I've Been Deen lh Thinking inking inking- Tr THE Tyl E CALL TO x At t a a. few minutes to 10 heat musical music al aril and l conversation still constituted u. u the sum total of the business The laten late late- I n l ot of th the leaders C caused us d much s spec spec- eQ ul H Ji- Ji lion ni two rank aid file me who t i t deals to bre break l the 4 U r i Deadlock IJ adl k might be under way r Teo 6 minutes fore 10 io Senator Senat r the hc ah and Will Hays Hay y ap appear appeared I the platform but In ing b delegates ates hardly noticed Th e ban band was choked off and a later th the thet t 2 was t to tb order r. r S Sena Sena- na I 1 r. r I t tor r Lodge rapping for tot order on on a a. newly 1 made gavel pl plank Xe Yesterday he had i n nearly arly smashed smash d the thin table top Rev John l Meyer leyer eyer of offered Chicago offered i prayer The new nea pUnding riding Do Board rd t for r S Sen Sent nt I ator Lodges Lodge's g gavel v l w was was s an in c I II It was Composed of several plaints t I as a a. shock absorber for the t table ble but b f it lacked the the- tables table's punch IMPATIENT IMPATIENT- DELEGATES The del delegates gates l kept ept impatiently IY swinging their fans Sans and shuttling their feet during the prayer and afterward I Senator Lodge rapped hard many times many times before ll lie got the quieted i down By Dy a rising vote and in a rO roar r of ot applause the convention then adopted t pt d a T resolution s l tion offer offered d by Al Alexander P. P Moore Ioor of at Pittsburg expressing inexpressible inex In inexpressible x- x loss over th the ll death th of Theodore Theo Theo- Theodore dore Roos Roosevelt vett loved Javed u unutterably J blY now and to be l loved ved as long longas as our natien na- na tien tieu cherishes its nobl patriots ALLEN NOMINATES WOOD Senator Lodge announced c im dmore cheers that the time had come for tor forthe forthe the thIS convention to Hear 1 nominations f foi for 1 the pr presidency Alabama passed when the r of states began and Arizona yielded to Ka Kansas sas In a noisy I demonstration Governor Allen was es esI escorted es- es carted to the platform platform- and b began gan his I speech ch nominating General Woods Senator Lodge shook hands with Governor Allen and and- the crowd Che cheered r d w waving vIng Wood pennants hats h ts tsa a and d handkerchiefs handkerchief During Governor AlI Allens Allen's ws recital of ot General Woods Wood's re record ord of bf public s spi- spi vice vic the Wood supporters rs interjected ted frequent ch cheers ers the governor m made d d a crack at William m J. J Bryans Bryan's cel celebrated d dictum about a n million men i springing to arms o Overnight n fie be looked down at where whre e Mr 1 Bryan was sitting in the tho press box But the Nebraskan had his nose to o his manuscript trying to write on ori a plump n wrIt writer r W was s shoving sh through th the narrow arrow aisle behind his chair chair- j Jf If h he Heard heard- td th the l' l reference fer n e h ho he did not DOC let on Y GALL GALLERY RI BRE BREAKS KS IN J there h here r was much moving around aro around d da a among nong ng th the d delegates legate and a 2 mild rums rl rum rumble 7 ble of ot conversation rs k kept Pt up u P Th There re were m many ny Wood boosters in the gallery gallery gal gal- gal gal- lery and th they y kept breaking in with ap applause laus as Governor Allen n- n recount recounted d the achievements of his candidate Governor Governor Allen Ailen worked d hard at his speech and the perspiration n rolled d dd d win in c cataracts over his fits quickly quickly- wilted laundry While the speech ech was going on ar arr arrangements arrangements ar- ar r ng m w were were r made d for G Governor v Lowden's n nominating sp speech ech to follow General Woods Wo ds Arkansas Arkans s d delegates g tes next on the r roll ll sa said d th the stale state w would tild yield to Illinois California n next in line Unel was to name Senator Johnson disposing of dl the big jig three As S the convention convention roU rolled d on n. n everything moving according to schedule Senators Lodge Lod and Smoot of the he old Re Republican n SCh school Ol sat inscrutable inscrutable able side by bV side behind th the chairman's chairman's chair chair- mans man's table WOOD DEMONSTRATION At the concluding word of t e n nominating nomi- nomi mi- mi sp speech ch thousands of man many v colored col col- colored ored turned feathers which h have ve been the convention Ion badge of oc the Wood people were W re l loosed from th the Ceiling of the Coliseum Mid arid floated down ov over over r the Peering cheering ch eri d delegates s The lights wire were turned on to give the photographers a a. ch chance nce while many of t those os on the tl floor or mounted moUnt d chairs an and waved 1 Wood W od bann banners rs ty 00 OO d delegates delegates' t gates perhaps perr per per- haps less lesii were w re taking part in In th fh the ch cheering an and flag waving Man Manot Many of ot those on the floor yelled like real In Indians ians and th they thoY Y looked like Uke Indians with the hair of the women and tH tHc the c Hars of ot the in men n dec decorated rat by th the f falling feat feathers rs lets let's 0 be bethe Its Ils W Wood od go seemed the motif running through h the thc c slon sion of ot sh shouting In one corner a bunch of ot rooters k kept kepi Pt tip a continual tom tom-tom of ot Philippine music STARTS Its It's Wood l lets let's ts g gd go also was as printed printed print print- c ed on many of ot tb the b blUe tia and white b banners ban banners ban ban- n- n ners waving over the Wood groups groups Wh When n the the demonstration had had ben been be n on ab abOUt ten minutes the Inevitable jn procession pro procession cession sf started rt d. d It It led d del W was J. J by dele 7 gates gate frOm Minnesota sota arid and it started starred I snaking Jt its V way about the ri hall nall just as S Senator L Lodge h had d come coin to th the front of the platform and rapped app d for order lie He w went nt b back ck again and sat down as th the p parade gathered morn momen momen- n trim It took looked d strange to many of at th the old old- rs to s see o wom women n for the first time among th the marchers Ch Changing th their lr slogan n th the circulating Wood p people p e et took fook t ok up We w want nt Wood as their thelt rrt marching cr cry California supplied d tl flags gs to various rt S fr friendly ridly d delegations leg to b be w waved vM In th the interest rit r st of l Johnson Th The several sever l d delegateS dole dele 1 gateS from Nebraska ka favorable to W Wood od immediately commandeered omm nde th n Wh rl the pr procession tess st started rt d. d WHAT IT rr PORTENDED ED Th The convention managers g rs s pros i poets of a very Vety t long n session itt wh when n the t. t demonstration t w went on on arid and On Th They y gu guessed ss d the tM su Of bl the tM Other i ic c candidates would try to outdo th the W Wood p d t with the tM result U that at i billeting t I would b bb lorig d delayed 1 d. d j fit 1 the g gallery tl ty b th the pi platform itt a it abig t big lg jt groUp Up of t men n arid and women started d yelling W Wood Wood Wood Vo d jn In do tt et dt ss ch chant while th thousands uh- uh a hols noisemaker tn k r tJ that it Kept 1 ept timo td Iti th the yells yetis arid and sounded like lUe a big bu bucksaw I w. w n the n nOise se had i lasted st d f for for i fifteen fifteen t teen n minutes s Senator S Log Lodge t tried d again to g get t order ordet r H but the tt Only replied j with A It r renewed h 1 w c d I bi of noise At that t time the grading ig had shout about ut died did down wn bUt bilt the g generals general's f et ls l's f faithful wet not Dot no g to keeP keep quiet t or or r sit down f t At th tho tw twenty minute nty milepost the thed d delegated s sn showed d signs Igns of ot but butth th the gaU salter galler r els pt tip tI the din dint dinc c dicer cheer cheerleaders e 1 leaders ders standing in rt ny of the se seer see tl ns arid wh whooping it Kb tip ev y i-y tl time dine 1 there seemed Deemed s med tiny possibility any pO th therein therein- e n ri v. v wOUld Uld end M. I II AND ND THE NOISE KEPT KEPT ON Tn h. h rile Wood WOod W repent l' l p tri Made de easily l recognized i t i t I don tion |