Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1912 — How He Found Out. [ARTICLE]

How He Found Out.

"Mr. Chairman,” shouted one of the delegates to. the convention, “I move that the nominating speeches be limited to one minute each!” “Second’the motion!” yelled a dozen others. , .’T* - A storm of protest arose, but the chairman put the motion. It was lost by a vote of 47 tq 45. “I merely wished to find out, Mr. Chairman,” explained the delegate who had made the motion, "how many ambitious orators there are in this convention. There are forty-seven.”