Convention. The proceedings appear to have been for the most
part a carnival of music, megaphones, and flag-waving.
According to the Daily News correspondent, who gives a most lively account of Wednesday's meeting, neither Senator Root nor any one else could keep order, and a free fight was only saved by the band playing "Every little movement has a meaning of its own." But the climax of enthusiasm was reached during the debate on Governor Hadley's motion to sub- stitute the Roosevelt list of delegates for the temporary roll drawn up by the National Committee.
" While the speeches were in progress this evening a delegate mounted the platform and called for 'Three cheers for Hadley, the next President of the -United States I "nese were given with vim.. . Then a lady in the front row of the balcony suddenly displayed the first picture of Roosevelt seen at the Convention. Instantly the Coliseum burst into wild enthusiasm. Hats were flung in the air, men hugged one another, and tears streamed down ninny cheeks. It was the first hysterical wave, and cheering without cessation lasted forty-ono minutes, till the exhausted Convention could shout no more."
The feelings of Mr. Root, the chairman, one of the coolest and most intellectual Americans living, can better be
imagined than described. One wonders how long the sober sense of America will endure the continuance of these exhibi- tions at the Party Conventions.
