Word: flooring
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...will halt, and each couple of men will separate, each member facing inward thus forming two ranks with an open avenue between. The last two men, the oldest members, will then pass up the aisle, the others following them in reverse order, so that the oldest members enter the floor of Sanders first and take the front seats...
...Medill McCormick, had reached an agreement. Save for a slight ripple of applause which swept over the assembly, the debate in the main committee was uninterrupted. Johnson and Borah, excited and talkative, were still holding their irreconcilable position. So heated, indeed, was the debate that a fight on the floor seemed likely at any time. Johnson, backed by Borah, held a threat of a bolt over the members, who in response sat defiant, waiting it seemed for the storm to break. But outside of heated words nothing active was done...
...suggested by the honorable Elihu Root and welcomed by a committee ready to grasp at any straw in sight means anything definite is debatable. Its adoption has saved the impending pother which the formulation of such a resolution would arouse if left to be settled by debate from the floor of the Convention. It has met with the acquiescence of party leaders. When the news of its passage reached the delegates, it is said that a "wave of enthusiasm swept the assemblage...
...Guard" is firmly in the saddle. Lodge has been confirmed as permanent chairman and the enthusiasm which was lacking on the first day has grown to big proportions. Feeling between the Wood-Johnson delegates has reached a high level, with cries of "Hiram" coming from all parts of the floor...
What takes place on the floor of the Convention Hall from now on will be mere puppet-play, actuated by the wire-pulling from behind the scenes. Stirring puppet-play it will be; the Old Guard, divided against itself, making what may prove to be its last stand in a presidential nomination; Senator Penrose from his sick bed trying to let his voice be heard once more; Senator Lodge facing the struggle of his career with the half-hearted applause at his speech mocking his efforts; and conflicting groups from every state and section dubbing their favorite sons "dark horses...