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THE MOTTNTNO OREGOXTAJT. fnURSDAT, JUNE 8, 191 G. " a CONVENTION STILL IS PUZZLE TO COBB Divulging of "Great Secret' by Secretary Impresses Writer Strangely. REYNOLDS' DUTY IS DONE 3Iien Ensue Other Formalities, and After Them Keynote Is Struck. , Chairman's Physical Pro portions Impressive. BT JRVIX S. COBB. tCopyriffht. 1918. by the Central Press Asso ciation.) CHICAGO. June 7. (Special.) Meta physically, this Republican convention, which got under way here today, re mains a puzzle yet. Its outcome is on the knees of the gods, the little tin Bods. But physical ly I deem It to b worth a passing paragraph or so, for regardless of Its merits or Its de merits, the specta cle of either of the majority parties In convention assem bled is the sight of si lifetime, even though it does par adoxically recur very four years. To get the pic ture in your mind, you are to create the Image of half 3 , , -linrrwtsrrari i &$ " xl I II llll Illlll l tffl.ll ISM e.n enormous suear cask. It Is the larg- lrv,n S. Cobb. st sugar cask that ever was. This cask has been sawed through Its mid dle circumference from end to end, and set on its flat surface with the rounded part uppermost for a roof. Kxcept that the staves run crosswise Instead of lengthwise, the semblance is perfect. The. half moons of the barrel headings form the two ends. The main platform is at one of these ends, the bandstand is at the other. Coliseum Semblance Completed. Now then we cut any number of little holes in the sides and ends, close to the earth, and we adorn the interior of our great half hogshead with flags and favorite sons and other decora tive and patriotic objects, and. behold! there is your Coliseum all ready for business. It is the hour of opening the vast building. As yet it Is practically empty, being populated scatteringly by neu trals, meaning by that, policemen, early bird correspondents and ushers. It is possible now to get an adequate Impression of Its main physical fea tures the low gallery fronts heavily bandaged with bunting, the clusters of electric lights hanging in clumps like to many big, luminous damson plums; the standards of the various states rising" at intervals like leafless sap lings In a plowfield, with the rows of vacant chairs below to suggest the furrows. Onry" one picture hangs upon the walls. From behind the main platform, high up in the rounded vault, a portrait t Abraham Lincoln gazes down. Viewed from a distance, there appears to be a pensive, indeed a melancholy expression in the face of the great emancipator. Perhaps his painted like ness is reflecting upon the large num ber of present-statesman who are en caged in looking as he looked and the excessively small number who are engaged in acting as he acted. Running lengthwise of the building, following the roof combing and run ning crosswise of it, following the rafter lines and extending down to where the rafters turn into arched girders, like ribs, are frillings of cloth, the cloth being either lemon colored or pumpkin colored. . The result is the spine of the Coliseum is outlined with a broad, yellow streak, this, I take it. being a subtle tribute to the cnler characteristic or the average party leader, be his party whichever one it may. Band Arrives. Crowds Poor In. The bandmen enter, and, ascending to a little gallery which clings like an overgrown mud-dauber's nest against the far wall, they begin to earn their pay by playing a medley of patriotic aire. lor a while they perform mainly to the echoing spaces. The sound of their playing rumbles and. roars In waves away up there under the dome. But not for long. Through all the openings the crowds are pouring In. the leaders and the led the boomers and the boomed: the un crowned kings and the unbranded wild asses; the big man that everybody rec ognized by sight and the little man that got a gallery seat, heaven alone knows how, and every "fifth man Is woman. The balconies cease to be vacant ledges in a cave and they become. In stead, long circling strips of honey comb all acrawl with black and. white human bees.- The floor spaces sprout up thickly with a close stubble of dele gates and alternates, the platform re eerved for the National committeemen and for the notables of the party turns magnificently Into an enormous hang lng garden filled with a growth that appears to waver and nod as those al ready in tneir places shirt to per mit the passage through the narrow aisles of more belated arrivals. Quiet Reigns, for Time. Except, though, for the mingling of the thousands of voices, the clatter clatter of the thousands of feet upon the floors and stairs, and the rustle -of restless bodies, the building is qule with an almost uncanny quiet, in this. the first phase of this, the first day of the convention. liven me aeiegates, tiling In group cy group, are strangely silent; of cheer lng from them there is mighty little. But, then, we must remember that, po litically speaking, the average Repub lican does his cheering these times on an empty stomach. He has been herded away from the patronage trough for a distressingly long three years and more. Half an hour has passed. The for mal preliminaries of opening the con vention in due and tiresome form have been concluded. The invocation has been delivered, by a Presbyterian pas tor. On succeeding days, following a set custom, prayers will be said by a Roman Catholic clergyman and by a Jewish rabbi and another Protestant minister. If the Mohammedan vote ever attains any considerable size in this country, it will be necessary to expand the sessions of our National convention. Jimmy Reynolds, secretary of the National committee, reads the call for the convention. This is Interesting In formation and timely, perhaps, but It does not exactly come In the nature of a surprise, the call having been promul gated some months ago. -Nevertheless, It is customary to have it read in order to make things regular, just as in cer tain states the pleasing ceremonial yet prevails of reading the full text of the death warrant to the condemned man Just before marching him out and hang ing him. The Sheriff takes no mean advantage of the condemned. Ha seizes upon this suitable opportunity of informing him of what Is contemplated in his case. In effect the procedure with regard to a National convention Is the same hereafter. No delegate can have any excuse for getting up and saying that he was lured here under false pre tenses. The news is being broken to him, officially and in due form. Call Confidentially Imparted. Mr. Reynolds has a voice better adapted for conferences than for Coliseums. He makes a confidential matter of his statement. Resting his manuscript on his mezzanine landing, for Mr. Reynolds has one of those fig ures that are built in our lapping tiers, superimposed one upon the other, he reads her through page by page, to the bitter end. in a voice audible only to a few close friends sitting imme diately behind him. Nevertheless, the purport of his dis closures stands plainly revealed.. He has done his duty, the convention has not been caught unawares. It knows now that it is here to make nomina tions and adopt a platform and trans act such other business as may come before it. , Another half hour has elapsed, and the temporary chairman. Senator War ren Harding, of Ohio,, is making the keynote speech. (See complete details In another column.) One may or may not agree with what Senator Harding is saying. One may even feel that as a keynoter Senator Harding Is inclined at times to flat a little. But consider- ng the picture which he makes stand ing out there on the little roped-in runway, one is bound to admire his physical proportions. He has the eye brows of a Bourke Cockran, the spine of a John Philip Sousa, the profile of a matinee idol, and the motions of an Annette Kellerman. Mostly he uses the long overhand stroke, but once in awhile, in moment of excitement, he employs the Australian crawl stroke. It is to be seen that he has a great face for registering emotion, an excellent voice for records and a splendid figure for draping a frock coat on. He holds a copy of his speech in his hand, but consults It only at rare Intervals, speaking, as it were, more by ear than by note. Familiar Chord Sounded. Among other interesting things he says tms is the most momentous con vention had since the one which nominated Lincoln. Far be it from me to accuse Senator Harding of plagia rism, but I fear that stuff. According to the preserved literature on the sub ject every keynoter for 50 years has expressed the firm conviction that the particular convention for which he did the keynoting was the most momentous convention since the one that nomi nated Abraham Lincoln or Andrew Jackson or somebody. Also, when In doubt for a proper be ginning or ending of a sentence Sena tor Harding falls back on a favorite prescription of his predecessors in this role. He takes a deep breath, raises his right arm to full length and col lectively calls the audience my coun trymen. Time passes, and yet more time, and then some additional time on top of that previously accumulated time. Sen ator Harding is still keynoting. It is apparent that his speech will take up wards of an hour to pass a given rolnt. Senator Harding may be a dark horse but, take it from me who was present, he is no silent one. He may be taut, but he is not terse. He concludes with a rippling perora tion. The applause is suffciently hearty for all purposes, but not so hearty as the outbursts which marked some of his earlier passages. One in clined to criticise might venture the thought that keynoting may be pro longed Just a trifle too far. That, how ever, would be biased observation -of person committed to the belief that when any orator, however oratorical, orates for more than 40 minutes he spends the remainder of his time answering himself. BUSINESS FIRST, IS REPUBLICAN PLAN Convention Quick to Dispatch . Preliminaries and There Are No Outbursts. OLD LEADERS UNNOTICED Be Careful in Using; Soap on Your Hair Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali, which Is very injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes the hair brittle. The best thing to use is Just plain mulslfled cocoanut oil, for it !j pure and entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and beats the most expensive soaps or any thing else all to pieces. You can ge this at any drug store, and a few ounces will last the while family for months. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in. about a teaspoonful is all that is required. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thor oughly and rinses out easily. The hal dries quickly and evenly, and is sort, fresh looking, bright fluffy, wavy, and easy to handle. Besides, it loosens and takes out every particle of dust, dirt and dandruff. Adv. Many Who Once Formulated Party Policies Are Unknown to Major ity of Delegates -Temporary Organization Permanent. time for "recrimination, but a day of reconsecratlon. He referred seldom to his manu script, and was interrupted by ap plause and cheers as he scored the Democratic Administration for ineffi ciency, incapacity and extravagance, and declared the Republican party's "allegiance to protective tariff and Na tional defense." He closed with a peroration on Americanism and . Re publicanism, which was marked with applause. The delegates rose to their feet, some cheered, some hats were thrown into the air and there was some waving of handkerchiefs, but they set tled down quickly and the temporary chairman recognized in rapid succes sion ' speakers from the floor who of fered the ' customary resolutions for perfecting the temporary organization. That was quickly over with, the meet ing places of the committees were an nounced, and at 1:25 o'clock the con vention was . declared adjourned until 11 o'clock tomorrow. All the temporary officers will be come permanent officers when the convention assembles tomorrow. - DR. ANDERSON SEEKS CHAIR Father of Dry Law Is Campaigning for 1917 Speakership. Men's Week in the Suit Section 1 ARIZONA WILL YIELD GOVERNOR, WHITMAN TO PUtCE HUGHES IN NOMINATION. Ex-Senator Knlton, of Oregon, Gets Honor of Making Only Second ing Speech for Justice. CHICAGO, June 7. The Republican National Convention assembled in the Coliseum today, heard a keynote speech delivered by Senator Harding, of Ohio, perfected an organization and ad journed until 11 o'clock tomorrow.- It all took two hours and in its lack of demonstration or outburts and its strict attention to the business in band was reminiscent of the Philadelphia con vention of 1900 that nominated Mc- Klnley and Roosevelt. For an hour and twenty minutes Senator Harding, the temporary chair man, ' delivered a carefully-prepared speech, punctuated in the telling points with brief periods of hand-clapping and applause. At no time did a demon stration occupy more than half a min ute by the watch, i Old-Time Leaders Unrecognised. The convention was 25 minutes be hind the hour arranged for its assem bly, but when Chairman . Hilles, of the Republican National Committee, brought .down his gavel at 11:25 o'clock events moved quietly and with precision until adjournment at 1:25. Those of the old-time leaders present who used to march down the aisles to their seats to the tune of an uproar walked In today almost unrecognized, W. Murray Crane, Senator Lodge, Reed Smoot and a lot of the others came in unnoticed, probably because a maporlty of - the delegates did not even know them by sight. Chauncey Depew was surrounded by a small admiring group. Senator Penrose got a reception from his own delegation. Governor Whit man was recognized by some, but on the whole the convention was more occupied with wondering what was go ing on in the Auditorium than it was in the arrival of the men who hitherto have decided what the convention should do with itself. Opening la Uneventful. The hour for assembling was set for 11 o'clock but there was no semblance of order at that time and no one made any pretense of securing it. The dele gates stood about the floor and talked, the spectators overflowed Into the spaces reserved for the delegates and hundreds of seats on the floor and In the galleries were empty. Finally Chairman Hilles gave signs of calling the convention to order and the uni-: formed police began moving about, urg ing the delegates Into their places. Finally Chairman Hilles brought down the gavel with three resounding whacks and quiet settled down over the big hall. "The hour of 11 o'clock having ar rived and a quorum being present.' said he, "the convention will be in or der. Paraphrasing a remark made by the late President McKinley. this Is year whatever may have been true of past years when politics is patriotism and patriotism is politics. Therefore the audience will please rise and sing two verses of America." Formalities Are Completed. The band launched into the air and, led by a male quartet, the floor and galleries joined in a mighty chorus that swept through the big Coliseum. There was a moment of confusion at the end of the singing as the dele gates found their seats again, and then Rev. John Timothy Stone, of Chicago, read a prayer. The big audience re mained seated at his request. Secretary Reynolds then read the call for the convention,- wnicn was published last December. It was only a formality. None of the delegates wanted to hear it, so they talked and moved about while Mr. Reynolds kept on. That over. Chairman Hilles pre sented Senator Harding, of Ohio, as temporary chairman and put the ques tion, A rolling chorus of "ayes" swept the hall, and ex-Senator Crane, Senator Borah of Idaho and ex-Representative McKinley were appointed a committee to escort Mr. Harding to the platform. The Idaho delegation announced that Senator Borah was unavoidably absent, so Mr. Crane and Mr. McKinley marched up with Mr. Harding. His appointment was' the signal for the first genuine outburst of applause, but it was brief, and he plunged Into his prepared speech, appealing for harmony, coun selling the delegates that It was not a THE DALLKS. Or.. June 7. (Spe cial.) Dr. J. E. Anderson, the author of the Anderson bill, which formed the foundation of the present state-wide prohibition law, has announced his can didacy for the speakership of the 1917 Legislature. Dr. Anderson, following out the Idea of R, N. Stanfield. of Umatilla, has inaugurated a state-wide letter-writing cam pa gn. He is writing to nominees. warmly congratulating them and ask ing their support for the speakership. The advent of Dr. Anderson in the field gives Eastern. Western and Cen tral Oregon each a candidate. R. N. Staifield, of Umatilla County, and L. K. Bean, of Lane County, previously had been announced. It Is said here that George C. Brownell. of Clackamas, also will be a candidate. RIVAL TICKETS PROBABLE Continued From Tttut Ps,k.. all delegates instructed for others. They became eager to go to him as soon as they could secure release from their pledges. The Hughes managers tonight re Iterated their assertion that he will have about 300 votes on the first bal lot. Frank H. Hitchcock said there would be no attempt to nominate the justice on the first ballot and that it was their desire to have all the favorite son delegates deliver their complimen tary votes. He believed, however, he said, that the second ballot, with the release of many delegates from their obligation, would swell the Hughes vote to such proportions that his nomi nation would almost certainly be made on the third ballot. Many of the Hughes supporters were even more op timistic and said they thought that be fore the result of the second ballot was announced the drift would be ap parent to all delegates and there would be enough changes of votes to bring a nomination on the second ballot. Contingency Not Considered. When the Hughes tide became ap parent late tonight many inquiries were made of those who are supposed to speak for him as to whether his ac ceptance, in case of nomination, would be in any sense contingent on a third party nomination by the Progressives. The answer was that such a contingency vou!d in nowise be taken into consid eration by Mr. Hughes. It Beems practically certain that the Progressive convention wjll again tionii nate Colonel Roosevelt as its chief standard-bearer, and it is not at all unlikely that Governor Johnson also will bo drafted, so that their ticket will be the same as in 1912 Roosevelt and Johnson. Many of the Progressive leaders argue that they have no course other than to name their former ticket, as efforts to reach an agreement with the Republicans for a return to the older party have failed. The more conserv ative representatives of the Progres sive party hope to forestall action In their convention until f rlday. The convention today having gone over until 2 -P. M. tomorrow, they plan to occupy the entire afternoon ses sion. If they can, with a discussion of a platform and other questions The effort to delay making a nomina tion is because a few of the leaders still profess that there is some pros pect of reaching an agreement with the Republican managers. Conference Plan Opposed. Neither the Republican nor Progres sive convention appointed committees today to confer with each other re specting peace plans, as had been ex pected. They may do so tomorrow, but there is opposition in both conventions to such a course. Both feared diffi culty in selecting the personnel of any conference committees. Before the demonstration for Colonel Roosevelt in the Progressive conven tion today it was suggested that the party might name a candidate other than Colonel Roosevelt and that later. if the Republicans named Justice Hughes and his letter of acceptance proved satisfactory, the Progressive candidate could withdraw In the Inter est of harmony and a united front to the Democratic party at the polls would be presented. This plan, however, has been abandoned. CONVENTION HALL. Chicago, June 7. (Special.) By common consent of the Hughes delegates, including those from Oregon, Governor Whitman, of New York, will make the speech plac ing Justice Hughes in nomination be fore the Republican convention, and by the same consent and agreement ex-Senator Fulton, of Oregon, .will ' make the only seconding speech. For a t.ime the Oregon delegation con tended that by reason of its unique position in the convention one of Its members should nominate Hughes, but this idea was abandoned when it was found that Hughes supporters gen erally held to the view that the New Yorker should be named by a delegate from his own state. As a majority of the Alabama dele gation is not now favorable to Hughes, the plan is to have Alabama pass on the call of states and Arizona, the second state, will yield to New York. Whitman, as chairman of his delega tion, will be recognized. There has been considerable clamor from various delegations for recognition that they might second the nomination of Jus tice Hughes, but It was agreed this af ternoon that only one seconding speech would be made, and by practi cally unanimous consent this honor was accorded ex-Senator Fulton, in rec ognition of Oregon's part In furthering the Hughes candidacy. It also was decided today by the Hughes delegates that no attempt will be made to force the nomination of Hughes on the first ballot. Delegates favoring Hughes, but pledged or in structed for other candidates, will cast their first ballots for those candidates, but with the complimentary vote out of the way. the Hughes procession is scheduled to start- It seems possible that Hughes may be nominated on the second ballot; his nomination on not later than the third ballot is predicted by prominent members of his following here. In fact, there is no expectation among Hughes men that the balloting will go beyond a third roUcall. l.eward Offered in Idaho. GRANGEVILLE.' Idaho. June 7. (Special.) Governor Alexander today offered 1100 reward each for the cap ture of the two convicts who escaped from the convict camp at White Bird Sunday. 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