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^-/ VOL. 54. NO. 11. OMAHA, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1924. *’ TWO CENTS" v-_/
[Smith Crowd Crashes Convention Gates
!Means Fails
n Attack
)n Mellon
nunRel for Sleuth Unable to
Show That Secretary, Who
Testifies, Implicated
in R um Deals.
[! Gutzon Borglum on Stand
I -
ft New York, June 28.—With Andrew
jlMellon. secretary of the treasury, on
ttie witness stsnd. summoned by the
| defense in the trial of Gaston B.
Means, former Department of Pustice
agent, and his secretary, Elmer W.
| Jarnecke, charged with violating the
!lbition law. counsel for Means
i failed In an attempt to show
Means wls dismissed because he
sed an illegal withdrawal of
ky from a distillery in Pit ta
li partly owned by Mr. Mellon,
iretary Mellon admitted that he
had owned an interest in the
holt Distillery, hut said that his
knowledge of Means’ investiga
of the distillery had come when
ead the testimony given before
•enate committee. Mr. Mellon
1 that the distillery company
had been liquidated and that
ow had no connection with It.
enles Forged Permit Charge,
questions as to whether forged
Its for withdrawal of 42.000 gal
!o f whisky from the distillery
been deposited for a man named
man as tollateral for a loan
the Mellon National bank of
burgh, In which the secretary is
ested, Mr. Mellon replied that
was not true.
inquired of Pittsburgh bankers,"
aid. "and was informed that no
ky certificates were held as eol
al for loan or otherwise in any
s there, and no certificates had
held for years."
hen these forged permit* were
le office of the Overholt Distil
company?” asked Thomac B.
>r. attorney for Means,
understood so,” answered Mr.
rman C. Todd, specitl deputy at
•y general. Interposed many ob
>ns when Felder sought to ques
Recretary Mellon about his busi
affairs. and Judge Wolverton
to Felder:
repeat what I told you yester
that the governmenti s not on
(, trial in this case.”
Gutzon Borglum Testifies.
Mr. Mellon testified that John W.
; Hubcard, New Jersey steel manufac
j turer, had told him he had paid some
■ money for release of whisky, but had
got neither the whisky nor the re
, turn of the money. The matter was
referred to Internal Revenue Com
missioner Blain for investigation, the
secretary said.
Mr. Mellon told of a visit paid to
i him by H. T>. Rcaife. Washington at
1 iorney and former Department of Jus
| tice agent, w ho asked the secretary to
[ assign him to investigate prohibition
: affairs. Mr. Mellon said Scalfe would
* not put his proposal in w riting and
t that he later misrepresented the con
versation.
t Gutzon Borglum, sculptor, was
called to testify as to the existence of
I a letter, which Means said President
Harding had written 1dm (Means) di
tecting him to make a prohibition in
quiry.
Borglum was not allowed to answer.
WOMAN DENIES
, DRIVING BANDITS
Chicago, June 28. — Margaret
™ P.vrnes, held by th» police as a
pandit queen" today declared the
* were all wrong.
T.rgaret, according to the police,
scied as chauffeur of a cgr for three
young men who are alleged to have
held up a drug store last week. Mtss
Byrnes, with black bobbed hair and
• big blue eyes, insists the police are
mistaken. She says she operates a
rooming house and that Louis Ber
nardo, one of the suspects in the
holdup, is a roomer at her house.
"A bandit queen? Well, J should
say not," laughed Miss Byrnes. ”1
know nothing of the rolbery.”
We Have
With Us
Today
Bob Simmons,
Sivtli District
Congressman.
, Bob Simmons of Scottsbluff. Ne
hraska's "baby" congressman from
Nebraska's giant Sixth district, ar
rived In Omaha from Washington by
auto with his wife and two children,
Buddie and Jean. They had been
on the road for seven days.
From Omaha, Simmons and hla
family, will drive directly to Scotts
bluff. Simmons will make his first
speech In his campaign for re-elec
tion at Kush villa on July 4.
Kiminar -was successful In getting
on the Irrigation committee of the
'ower house, a committeeship vary
necessary In order to serve constltu
i ii'^n Ills district successfully. He
looked upon as one of the hard
WfflKP Hoi king congressmen In Wash
^"Ington, his chief alma bping better
' Itig the irrigation condition* In his
dist rlet.
Ttls secretary, Bawrence Malone,
will remain at the Washington office
during the summer.
Goulds Again Battling for Gold
The legal war on executors of the *80,000,000 estate of the late Jay
Gould renewed In New York has hopelessly tied up properties willed by
George J. Gould to his second wife, Vera Sinclair Gould, and their three
children, George J., jr., Jane and Baby Guinevere, shown above. She’s inno
cent victim of bitter battle for millions.
Youth on Trial
for Life Tells
of Suicide Pact
Says Dead Sweetheart Was
Determined to Take Life*
Tried Drowning and
Then Took Poison.
Srottsbluff, Neb.. June 5«.—Peril
Corbin took the witness stand in hi«
own behalf late today in his trial
for the murder of his sweetheart.
Laura T>uff. and recited details of hi?5
friendship for the girl and of the
“suicide pact" which resulted in her
death and his present trial. The trial
started Monday.
Jle told of their engagement, of
Ihe trouble in which they found them
selves, and of the Kiri’s determination
tc end her life. lie related the first
attempt, when she tried to drown
herself into Lake Minatare. and told
rlf tails of the trip into the hills where
both ate poisoned food In an effort
to die together.
Corbin's story was brought out by
careful questioning of his attorney
Details which socnied a* variance
with his statement made th* day frd
lowing the girl s death were explained
by Corbin as due to his disturbed
state at that time.
The youth s testimony w as all of
fered by the defense. Arguments of
state and defense counsel followed
and the case was expected to go to
the Jury tonight or tomorrow* morn
Irg.
Convention Program
of Democrats Today
Convention railed to order by
I’ermanent Chairman Walsh at
I0:SO a. in., eastern daylight time.
Invocation by Itev. Dwight W.
Wylie. Central I* r e a li y t e r i a n
rlinreli, New York.
Continuation of roll call by
•dates for nominations for candi
dates for president. At least five
more presidential nominations are
expected.
Resolution for the election of tlie
national democratic committeemen
and rmmnlltoewonirn, and provid
intr for their tenure ol office.
Re|v»rt of platform committee.
Adjournment for the day.
Legionnaire* to Meet.
Bedford, I« , June 26.—American
Legion annual Taylor county conven
tion will be held at New Market July
3. Dan Stack of Ottumwa, past de
partment commander and democratic
candidate for United States senator,
will be speaker of the day.
Hebron Docket Short.
Hebron, Neb., June 26.- June equity
term of the district court will con
vene next Monday, with Judge ft. D.
Brown on the bench, only 3! canes
are llHtc*il for trial this term, the
shortest docket In several years.
Fireeraeker Injure* Hoy.
Morrowvllle, Kan., .lime ' The
"III son of Neal Moore. Morrow
villa butcher, will probably lose (he
sight of one eve ns the result nf 1 he
explosion of a large firecracker in the
h.'inde of a boy companion here
Wednesday.
Woman Ousts
Police Chief;
Takes Charge
Bcnttl#, Wash.. June 26.— Mr#.
Henry Lande#. wife of the dean of
science 1n the University of Washing
ton. and acting mayor of Beattie in
the absence nf Dr. Edwin J. Brown,
mayor, at the democratic national
convention in New York city, todav
took personal charge of the police de
partment.
M re. Land** designated Police
Capt Claude G, Bannick. formerly
chief nf the department, to be her
aide She gave Bannick the title of
acting chief.
Mr#. I^ande# yesterday removed
William B. Severyns from the office
of chief of police, after she had given
24 hour# to effect reforms in the citv
and In his department and he defied
her. She issued a proclamation today
which stated that an emergency ex
isted and that In this emergency “I,
Mrs. Henry Landes, acting mayor,
was put in charge of the depart
ment.”
In a dispatch published here today.
Mayor Brown was repotted to have
declared:
“Severyns Is all right, and will he
put hack just as soon as I can get
home."
MISTREATMENT OF
AMERICANS DENIED
Washington, June 2«—Report* of
mistreatment of Americana tn Japan
are entirely without foundation, the
American aaaoclatlon at Yokohoma
declared today In a cablegram to the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
State*. An Inquiry by conaular of
ficial* into alleged caae* proved each
of them erroneous, the dispatch said,
adding that “even the most radical
element” In Japan had declared pub
licly against Interference with for
eigners.
The association called attention to
press dispatches, printed In Japanese,
relating to maltreatment of Japanese
on the American west roast “In re
taliation" for Incidents In Japan, hut
asserted that official dental of these
also had been tesucrd.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
AFTER SOLID SOUTH
Washington, June 26 Republicans
will direct an attack on ihe demo
cratic solid south In the approaching
congressional’ campaign, Representa
tive Wood of Indiana, chairman of
the republican congressional cam
paign committee, said today after a
call at the White House.
The campaign In the south will
be centered, be said, on Texas. Ala
bnnia, Tennessee and North t'arollna.
Married in Council Itluffn.
TIip following porsons oMitnsd tnsr*
rinse llConses In Count'll Bluffs yeatsrday:
K I1 <*ollstiu»r, Omnhn 17
Kdlth Putlsr. oniutin 11
Perry Kins Trrumseb, Neb. .,,.,17
Mol hit Vtuimlo, (IrrMnn, Wh •
• Kiln** Mather Omaha .......ft
Alphri-tfa V|errfwesther, iiitmln . .... 1 a
A tvs Whli- Omshn „,f4
tin 'el I .*»f f ii-s wolf Omaha .. . . . ?1
t'mnk by tie. Council ilhiffe..?4
Helen Hnrl.lt. Council bluff* ....21
Keren < 'hrl*f*n*rn. Mmaht ....,.,..51
[Kern Jacobean, Oiflltia .... t2
K l. Hlnsherg Kansu* l*i»v. Me 3t
y*r* 7* vln Council FP tiffs 1|
H T Ps*-* Kansas CMy, Me 44
Anns Cools. Kansas City. Mo ......... 3|
Canadian
Elected to
Head Lions
Harry A. *' ——" Toronto,
Defeats u_
n Cl
Fresidf e3N
Delegates Start nome
Canada was accorded the honor of
the presidency of the International
Lions clubs at the eighth annual con
vention which closed late Thursday
afternoon. Harry A. Newman, Tor
onto, Ontario, is the new president.
Cedar Point, O., won out over
1x38 Angeles for the 1925 convention in
a close contest. Cedar Point polled
359 votes and Los Angeles 332.
"This was the biggest and best con
vention in the history of Lionlsm,”
said retiring President John 8. Noel
of Grand Rapids, Mich., as he thank
ed the convention for a gold and
diamond emblem presented to him for
his services in the past year. The
Lions emblem Joins a similar emblem
given Mr. Noel after serving as grand
exalted ruleV of the Elks.
Committee Thanked.
The convention called to the plat
form J. Dean Ringer, president of
the Omaha Lions club; Frank Myers,
chairman of the general committee,
and V. C. Hascall and Merle Taylor,
vice chairman, and amid rousing
cheers, the delegates gave a rising ,
vote of thanks to the local Lions and
the city of Omaha for the hospitality ]
and entertainment enjoyed here. This
demonstration followed a resolution of .
thaaks adopted with loud acclama
tion earlier in the day.
Mr. Ringer in turn said succesa of 1
the convention was due to th^" fact
that members of the olub pitched in
with hard work and had the co-oper
ation of all other clubs in the city,
the press and the public in general.
He expressed the committee* ap
preciation for assistance.
Mr. Newman's election to the
presidency came after it had been
freely predicted that W. O. Higgins of
San Antonio, Tex., would gain the
honor. Mr. Higgins has for live
years been president of the San An
tonio club, the largest in the world
Other O Hirers.
Withdrawal of W. A. Westfall of |
Mason City, la., simplified the presl- ,
dentlal race. The withdrawal was
made without explanation. The vote
kas 426 for Mr. Newman end 265
for Mr Higgins.
Benjamin F. Jones of Newark. N.
J.. stepped up from the office of sec
ond vice president to that of first vice
president without opposition. Mr.
Westfall was chosen second vice
president. Irving L. Camp of Johns
town, Pa,, was elected third vice
president. New directors are Dr.
M. M. Nielson, Salt Ixike City: Fred ‘
N. Redheffer, Kansas City; Mason
Forties, Duluth, and Thomas Halli
burton, Macon, Ga. Mr. Halliburton
will serve out the unexpired term of
Mr. Newrnan, who was elected presi
dent.
On motion defeated candidates, all
election were mad# unanimous. Ef
forts were made to close the conven
tion noon, but the chair ruled that
the election could not he held until .
the fixed hour, 2:30 p. m. Results were
announced at 5 p. m. Many delegates
took evening trains for their home.
While motorists remained over until
Friday morning
last Frolic Yesterday.
The nams of Earnest L. Kreamer
of Chicago, proposed in a caucus held
on a special train speeding to Omaha
Monday wag not submitted for the
{•residency.
While waiting for election results
to he announced, talented delegatee
end visitors were heard for the last
Uma, and stunts evoked the final
laughter. J. Adam Bede, humorist
end former congressman from Minne
sota, kept the audience in continuous
uproar during en address. He was
scheduled to speak Tuesday but was
delayed by railroad washouts. Miss
Maf-y Stewart, former grand opera
singer who accompanied the Han An
tonio delegation, appeared again, as
di<4 the singers of Pittsburgh, Mis
souri, and California. Lieut. Col.
Charles Graham of Ixjndon, Ont , told
l,ow' he waa feted In France as "ex
!f>rd mayor of London”. The host
finally learned that It was Ixmdnn,
Canada, and not the seat of the em
pire. and what was worse, when a
map was produced. Ixindon, Ontario,
w*» not on the map.
Reports Adopted.
Fun snd frolic ouch *s this is en
Jeved si few conventions marked the
entire session. Songs came to a cl I -
rnux at the closing hour when "Chief
If. Rosroe Martin, cowboy song leader,
called for "Adeline."
Merle Smith of Kansas City was
speaker of the Thursday forenecn. lie
spoke on "Putting Pep Into file Ianal
Club" and showed how dubs ran tnkr
part In local activities and be bene
fited thereby.
Reports of committees were nnanl
moualy adopted. The report on
activities urged dubs to adopt sonic
major activity amt suggested aid tic
given blind, crippled and 'iindeinolir
tailed children.
No firlevances.
The chairman of Iho committee on
grievances came on the stage without
a scrap of i^pcr. Ills report was atm
pie: "No grievances."
"Hokum." the city leveled by an
earthquake in the burlesque at the
Ak Sai Men den. was placed In nom
Inatlon for tha 1926 convention.
Senator Walsh Via Telephone
-•■■■ ' 'r. . *.*
mn 3*e*
Senator Thomas .J. Walsh of Montana, permanent rhairman of the
lemocratlr national convention, as he looked just before the big meet got
inder way in Madison Square Garden. The photograph was transmitted
ly phototelephony by the Bell svstern for distribution by International
<ew« Servire.
Sorlie Cuts Lead
of Nestos in \ ote
in North Dakota
jovernor Hay Margin of
9,186 Votes Out of 1,243
Precincts Re
ported.
Fargo. V. Tv, June 28,—Governor
?. A Nestos, who sought re-nomina
lon on the republican ticket in Wed
teeday'* primary was being* hard
tressed by A. G, Sorlle, his nonpar- |
lean league opponent, as additional j
■stums came in tonight from rural (
treclncts.
With nearly two thirds of the ml**
ng precincts in admitted league ter
■itory. Nestos had a lead of 8,1*81
-otes when 1,243 of the state s M«« :
trecincts had reported the count
tending: Nestos. 51,735; Porlic, 42,346 .
nd I. J. Moe, who ran Independently !
l,*o*.
SWEETHEART SAYS
BOY SLAYER SANE
Chicago, June 28.—Lorraine Na.
han, 20. avowed sweetheart of!
Richard Loeb, who will answer with |
lls university pal, Nathan Leopold
r., to the charge of murder of I
Robert Franks, today appeared on i
lummons at the state's attorney's of j
Ice and declared her belief that 1
Uoeb was sane.
Her belief was seconded bv her ;
pother, Mrs. Jennie Nathan and her j
4 year old sister, Rosalind.
Misa Nathan broke down w hen i
L.oeb confessed the killing and left .
Chicago for a rest.
SLAYER ADMITS
DEATHS OF SIX
Raton Rougs. La , Juns 28.—Eusebe
nirlne. whose execution for the mur
ler May 19 of Robert E. Wiggins, Jr.,
n Evengellne pariah, was set for
Sugust 8 today by Governor Fuqua,
tas admitted in a book he has wrlt
en in prison at Villa riatte the slay
ng of six men In Louisiana, nccord
ng to report* brought here.
It Put the “Act” in
Action
IVhen business was at its lowest
ebh; when Jealousies ami mison
derst a mil Mgs kept Omaha and the
rest nf Nebraska apart. \k-Sar
Ben put the "*01" In the action
that every hnd.v knew should he
taken. That art brought renewed
hope, i-rnrwrd murage and re
newed faith, and knit the bonds of
fellowship too strong ever to he
sundered.
Harley t'onant, president of the
fonaiit Hotel company, says:
“What Ak Sar-Ben has done for
Omaha, for Nebraska and for the
middle west may not l>e computed
hi dollars. V\ hat It ran do in the
future If properly supported Is lie
>oml human calculation. This is
hut the problem of the hoard of
governors. It is the prnldrm of
every limnI1.111 who claims to have
local pride ami a willingness to co
operate In forward movements.
Surely there are more than .I.IMMI
men in Omaha who have enough
pride III their city and enough love
in their hearts tor Its greater ml
v-1111(1110111, who will come across
will* the evidence in the shape of
an application for mrnihrrship in
the world's greatest aggregation
of city and commonwealth boost
ers, Nk Xar llen '
V---p
Kellogor Expected
to Play Part of
m
Advisor at Meet
Macdonald Expects No
Change of l . S. Polirv in
Prc miers' Conference
on Dawes" Plan.
•
Bv ROBERT 4. PREW.
f nii»r*al vrtki1 Staff .( wrrespondent.
London, June —Ambassador
Kellogg is awaiting Instructions from
the State department regarding the
part he |s to play in the London con
ferelire on the Dane* report It is
believed here that he will serve sole
ly In an advisory capacity, reflecting!
the views of th» administration re I
garding the application of the terme:
of the report
Premier MacDonald has stated 1
privately that in attaching great im-:
portance to American participation in j
the conference he doee not expect any
change in the policy of the I'nited
States for the present. In the
premier e view, frank and full co-op
eratlon must come unsolicited from
America and not as a result of Eu
ropean Import unities.
Premier MacDonald believes how
ever, that the mere presence of Am
bassador Kellogg and Col. James A.
I.ogan will have a great moral ef
feet, lie Is doubtful if the European
experts would have been able to
reach an agreement on reparations
except for the presence of the Atner-1
leans, Dawes and Young Therefore,
thinks the premier, it increases the |
chances of suci e«s for the London I
conference to have the American ob-1
servers sitting in
FLOODS ENGULF
' RUSSIAN TOWNS
Leningrad, Jun* 28.—Flood* In the
Ijika Ladoga region hav# engulfed
81 village*. The water roae 14 feet,
oaualng enormou* damage. Many
live* are leported to h*\e been loat
and many are homeless.
Bond Issue for Filtration
Plant Proposed at Beatrice
Beatrice. Neb , June 28.—At a meet
Ing of the city commissioners it was
decided to hold a special election here
August 5 or August 12 to vote on
the proposition of installing n filtrn
lion plant In the Blue river at this
|H,in! The proposition . alls for a 870,
000 bond issue
\ isitors "Drop in**
Bedford. 1a . .Itirtr '.'c Mr. and Mr?
Bam R xl^rr* of Dr? Mninea are ms
jtitiE here with relative?, having
"dropped in * by airplane. Mr. Rod*
era i? a professional aviator. Hr
wan forced down her* by plane
trouble and hie propellor waa broken
in landing when the machine tipped
forward
Monkey \ ictim of Flood.
Atlantic, In., June — A carnival
company that wha making a eland
along the hank? of Indian creek at
Audubon loat part of ita pnrnpher
nulla yeaterday when the at ream over
. spread ita banka amt went on a ram
page. A lone nionkcv tied in a cage
1 trialled.
Cross Burned ill Norfolk.
Norfolk. Neb , June ?ti \ large
crowd of Norfolk citizen? wltncaaed
i he burning «»f a fiery erou*A here
lf*at evening. The croon waa placet!
near 1 he htiaineaa aeclicn of the city
b\ unknown peraona Bo fur a a known
•here la nn Ku King Klan organ
uuttion here.
p ~l • ~
Hirelings Crowd Oat
Ticket Holders as
Governor Presented
Pandemonium Breaks Loose When Name Offered in Nomi
nation—Roosevelt Cheered in Speech hv
Delegates Admiring Pluck—MeAdoo
Given Second Demonstration.
10 Candidates in Ring; Meet Recesses After Snarl
By A«wl«t«d Pm«.
New York, June 26.—In a seven-hour continuous ses
sion today, always noisy and sometimes tumultuous, the
democratic national convention advanced its work to a
point where 10 candidates for the presidency had been
placed in nomination.
It witnessed two demonstrations of note—a renewed one
for William G. MeAdoo, and a prolonged and original one
for Governor Smith, and then it got tied up in a snarl over
whether it would recess until 10:30 tomorrow morning. It
decided to do the latter, after a roll call w’hich might in
some sense be accounted a test of strength.
Alternative Planks
on League and Klan
Offered Committee
Lleven Platform Drafter? Un
able to Rearh Agreement ;
on Two Issues After
20 Hours.
B» Associated Brew.
N>w York, June 26.—After more -
than 20 hours of deliberation, the 11 I
men commissioned to draft a plat
form for the democratic national con
vention found themselves so far
apart tonight on the Ku Klux Klan
and the league of nations questions
that majority and minority reports
were made to the entire platform
committee when it assembled to whip'
the party declaration into shape.
Reports coming from the room
where the 11 committeemen labored
were that there was a division of
eight to three against denouncing the
klan by name. Those holding out for
mentioning the invisible empire as
such were Senator David I. Walsh of
Massachusetts former Secretary of
War Newton D. Baker and Joseph A
Kellogg of New York
Both Senator Walsh and Mr Baker
were under Instructions from their
"ate delegations to insist that the
klan he named. Senator Walsh offer
ed a plank to accomplish that end.
hut his was onlv one of nearly doren
that had been prepared All of these
were placed before the entire com
mittee.
Threats Renewed
Anti-klan leaders in the convention
followed closely the battle in the com
mittee and renewed their threats of
s fight on the convention floor unless
there was a clearcut declaration in
the committee draft. They said they
had been having informal polls of the
delegations made and expressod con
fidence that they could muster a maj
ority in the convention.
In the long hours of discussion In
the subcommittee, Newton P Baker
was reported to have conducted a
single handed fight for a declaration
for tile league of nations practically
Identical with that adopted at San
Francisco, four years ago. Aligned
against him were William Jennings
Brian and other "wheel horses" of
the party who favored a very much
modified expression.
Committeemen, generally, looked
witt> much favor upon the world
peace and league plank submitted
by Owen D. Toung of New Tork,
formerly a member of the Dawes
reparations committee, but eome ad
ditions had been made to It by a com
mittee of three A member of other
league planks hsd been submitted
and all of them were laid before the
entire committee when It assembled
early In the night.
Agree on Other Blanks.
Aside from the klan and league
Issues, the subcommittee was In
agreement on the remaining *2 or S3
planks In the platform. Neither the
agricultural aid nor the railroad
problems proved as difficult of soht
tlon as some committeemen had
anticipated
Some ronunltteemen described the
railroad plank as declaring for the
repeal of the so-called rate making
provision of the transportation sot:
abolition of the railroad labor board
and restoration lo stale commissions
authority over rales on traffic with
in the state*
Ths agriculture plank dev lares for
government stimulation of organisa
tion of cooperative marketing or
ganisations on a national scale; for
revision of the tariff lo aid the farm
er: for reduction of rail and water
freight rates and establishment of an
export marketing corporation or com
mission and for obtaining for agricul
ture equality with other industries.
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rranKun ij. liooseven s speecrt
nominating Governor Smith was the
feature of the day's proceedings, tout
It did not come off quite according
to the program, as it had been un
derstood by the majority of the dele
gates.
It had been arrang'd that when
the name of Colorado was called for
presenting nominations, the state
would pass, and that when the clerk
called Connecticut, the state would
yield to Xew York, and Mr. Roose
velt would nominate Governor Smith.
But when the name of Colorado
was called, the delegation announced
from the floor that it would pass,
and then suddenly Chairman Walsh
interrupted to announce that the
chair recognized Governor Sweet.
The governor delivered a speech
seconding the McAdoo nomination
and the McAdoo forces got away to
a fre»h start on their demonstration
at the point from which they left off
yesterday afternoon.
Meanwhile the Smith people waited
The McAdoo demonstration quited
down after a few minutes, however,
and Mr. Roosevelt placed Governor
Smith in nomination.
Cheered for Pluck.
Delegates who four years ago saw
Mr _Rooi*ev£jt standing before them
at win Erapciaco. seconding the nom
ir.aV.on of'Governor Smith and win
ning a vice presidential nomination
for himself, had in their minds a pic
ture of a young man in the flower
of his manly vigor stepping briskly
to the platform. Today they saw him
virtually carried there, crippled by
the creeping inroads of infantile
paralysis, and obliged to prop him
e*If aramst the speakers desk once
he had been lifted to his feet.
There he stood laboring under a
great physical infirmity, but with his
mind functioning the same as ever,
and smiling gamely in response to
the cheers, which undoubtedly were
as much for his pluck and his cour
age as they were for his nominee,
Governor Smith. It was noticeable
that the convention paid closer atten
tion to Mr. Roosevelt than it had to
any of those who preceded him with
nominating speev hes and that he hail
hi* audience ur.Ar control. When
he waved for siimer, he got it: and
■When he signal-tl to the c ^a-ing^ A I
rooting galleries to wait and*S^ hint If 1
go on. they obeyed. Tf
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But It w-* noticeable also tint the
managers of the demonstration wht<3i 1
was to follow for Governor Smiut '
had worked their plans out quite as
extensively as had the McAdoo man
agers the d*v before and that they
had net failed to equip their prefes
slonal demonstrators with all the
noise making and enthusiasm raising
devices at their command.
Even before the session began, long
lines of Smith shoutera began appear
ing in the top galleries and by the
time the convention was called to or
der they were packed In like sar
dines Very soon, large bodies of
men and boye and some women wear
ing Smith banner* began appearing
at the various doors of the conven
tion. although police were supposed
to atop at the guard lines a block
away all those who held no tickets to
Madison Square Garden. At some of
the doors the Smith enthusiasts in
blocks of 200 and 300 rushed the
doorkeepers and polio* and in they
oante. equipped with Ivin tiers, flags
and other equipment for the demon
stration about to tie staged.
Ticket Holders Barred
1 he\ rilled the seats of delegate*
and alternates who had not arrixed
|nr,d they everflower into the sections
. f reserved seats and occupied them,
and finally they packed the aisles
standing five and six abreast. Police
nnd fire authorities closed the doors
of the convention bait on the ground
that there was no more room inside
and left clamoring in the streets out
aide hundreds If not thousands of
legitimate ticket holders whose seats
had already been occupied by the
Smith demonstrators inside
When Mr Koosevelt's peroration
signaled to the end of hla nominating
speech, the racket cut loose, In vol
ume of noise produced it exceeded
tie \h\doo demonstration of \ester
dav, but it bore all the same accent
liniments of profesatonal demonstrs
t< rs and wa* lacking in the same wav
of participation of any great body ot
delegates Some delegate*, to be sure,
headed by the New Yot keys, pranced
about the hall tearing their state
standard*, but they were followed h>
hundred* of men and women wearing
no delegate* badges ant decor*te<
only wtth Snuih caa p* vn buttons