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DELEGATE DELLA: Mr. President, I would

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like to recognize the presence of Anne Hopkins' husband

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in the balcony, Sam Hopkins.

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(Applause)

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Hardwicke.

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DELEGATE HARDWICKE: Mr. President, ordinarily

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I don't take the Convention's time, but I would think I

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have to in self defense; otherwise, when I get home I

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will hear about it. I would like to indicate the presence

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of my wife, Mary, my daughters, Sandra, Christine, and

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Heidi Hardwicke, and my sons, John and Timothy, in the

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balcony over the President's head and my daughter, Sue

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Jill, who is serving as a page in the front there.

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(Applause)

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THE PRESIDENT: Delegate Pullen.

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DELEGATE PULLEN: Is that thing working?

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THE PRESIDENT: Yes.

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(Laughter)

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DELEGATE PULLEN: I wasn't going to do this,

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but I would like to note in these closing hours the

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presence of my wife who is supposed to be up there and