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i prrr t; t r: . : HIS WEATHER i WATCH LALZli North Csrollnet Genersllj falf "Tsesdsy sad Wednesday, not t sascb change U iMfttltM. M Sap.. " tvl I mi a a ems- mn, VOL CXI. NO. 181 SIXTEEN PACES TODAYV V RALEIGH, Nrr C., TUESDAY MORNING,-JUNE- 29-1 920 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAYr PRICEr FIVE CENTS DEMONSTRATION FOR PRESIDENT J. BRUCE KREMER, WHO OPENED THE CONYEMTION AT S AN FRANCISCO WILSON FEATURE FIRST SESSION; WITH BICKETT Oil amjMiwiiM.sm! MORE TALK OF McADOO SHOWS UP SUFFRAGE MR Oil LEAGUE ISSUE WJr mJr JUL V vJLJL - - - -: ------ -- -- - 1 BRYAN OFFERS HIS n P A FnR V flRY. . I 1 s fc ss s s w n mm w w a mm-. i Delegation at Frisco In Accord With Hope Tennessee Will Ratify First B ELI EV ED TEN N ESSEANS WILL RATIFY AMENDMEN North Carolinians Guests o: Secretary Daniels at Dinner :. Aboard Snperdreadnought . ' New Mexico; Watching; Mc- Adoo Boom With Interest : Beady To Nominate Him By JOHN irXITCTCStOXt " (Staff Cerretrpondent.) San Francisco, Cal., Jobs 2& Ths North Carolina delegation at Ban Fran- eiaeo it in thorough accord with tho position of GoTcrnor Bickett in s Dressing ths hops that ' tha Teaneana Wglalature will ratify tka eonsUtuUonaX suffrage amendment and tku stave aff pny-nght; in the Old North State. Tka aetion of ' tka Democratic Na tional lamsniltee Jn aakinf tka Tennes-" aea lawmaker! to ratify tka amendment kaa caused a lull in the diseuasioa of ths subject. It ,ii believed hers tkat Tennessee will likely nasi the amend ment and give tka women of tka nation tha ballot. Guests Of Secretary Daniel. Eeventvflve Tsr Heels forgot all about rJolitica for. several konra evening while they were the guests of Secretary Josephns Daniels at a diaaer aboad tha superdreadnanght New Alex loo. It was the first time many of them had aver been on a battletkip and tkey enjoyed tka novel experience. 8iz bat tleships and a flotilla of smaller fight ing craft are anchored in the inner Har bor. .- ' North Carolinians spent moot of Son- day taking sightseeing tripe around Sea Francisco. B. 0. Everett and Edward E. Brittoa ware guests along with twe kandred other newspaper men at the coantry home of Mayor Bolph. WaUhlag MeAdoo Baaan. . The Tar Heel delegation is watching witk the keenest interest tka boont for William 0. MeAdoo and staads ready with Tsue and other seotkern statss in Watting his across. Tka eeati ment for Governor Cox, of Ohio, is atrong in soma quarters, bat North Car olinians thing it better to giro him second fltM Ni' saeonragemeat for the Palmer boom appears to be in sW dence. " '. '. i - BeCTctary JHnleTs has been the center V. UWMWB mm mbw Hotel, where a number of prominent North CartrtlBlane attending the eon veution art staying. " Baa Traneieed xtewtpapers are playing up tha Secre tary's arrival and his views . promin ently. Ths Calif orniant apparently have a strong liking for tka Tar Heel Secretary of the Nary. , Colonel Al Fairbrother, formerly edi tor of tha Greensboro Record, is spend ting sometime in Friaco. Scores of North Carolinians hare found their way to the Grand Hotel, the beadanartera for-the North Carolina delegation, "ttt the IfMn-ra homer" and talk ever aid times. r National Committeeman Wilton Me xican hat been untiring in his efforts Award 1 arrangements for the ' Tar 'Heels and has secured admission tickets to tha convention for all of them. Con gressmaa Lee Kobinson, ef Wadesboro, is here to attend the convention aad will sail Monday for the Orient with the Congressional inspection party. MEANS RENEWS HIS FIGHT ORJTHE KING MILLIONS He aad Mrs. Vary 0. Melvin In volved la Case Over Lum berman's Will ! - Chicago, June 28. Gaston B. Means kind Mrs. Mary C. Melvia today renewed their fight in the courts for the millions f tke lata James C. King, millionaire lumberman. Mrs. Metvin is a sister ef ' tha late Mrs. King, who died of a ballet wwBd' ar"3roiv N ;C Meana bar attorney.wasried. for murder and acquitted. . Their ease is based ea an alleged will leaving King's estate to kis wife. Tke will was declared spurious by tke Cook county probata court and another testament, leaving tha balk of the estate to a horns for aged men, admitted. The new ease is based on tha story of Florence Isabel lee, n New Tork ateaographer, that ahe copied the al leged will for King a few weeks before bis death hers November 1. 1905. Miss - lies was expected bars today to testify. JOSEPH J. KERNER DIES AT KERNERSVILLE HOME - Winston-Salem, June IS. Joseph J. : Kerner, one of the county's oltrest elti- cens, died last might at kis kome ia Kernersville after several weeks illness. Mr. Earner,1 wko was 80 years old, served one term as county commis sioner. Be took an active part ia tke building of tke railroad between Winston-Salem and Greensboro. His wife and three children survive. ' """ J. Eamptoi Bieb has been heard from again. Ha is sojourning abroad aad sends s sard to President BUE. Bond thaler of Salem College, it being mailed from 6tratford-OnAvon, ths horn af Shakespeare. He says ke kaa delivered one lecture on mob control. ; PRISONERS ON SUNKEN BOLSHEVIK SHIP SAVED Stockholm, Jane 28 All the two thoe and war prisoners oa board a Bols hevik steamer which sank recently in he Ner Rier Were saved, according to dispatch to tke Dagbald from Hehung- I V Mr, Kremer is vice-chairman of the from Butte, Montana. Ho was selected conclave because of the fact the convention is being held in the wet.., riTADOO DECLINES TO TALK POLITICS Will Not Deny or Affirm State ment That Nomination Would Be Accepted Hantingtoa, N. T-June 8. William G. MeAdoa inf ormef S newspaper man. with whom ha consented to talk at bit heme bare tonight, that he does sot waa to be "bothered" about politics. Ha refused absolutely to discuss the Democratic national convention or the statement ef Thomas B. Love, National committeeman from. Texas, that he would BOt refuse the "presidential born- laatioa if the convention tendered it. The newspaper man waa stopped by watchman,1 who forbade entrance to tha grounds, but be was induced to com municate with Mr. MeAdoo,' who appear ed ahortly after. 'Now what is oa your miadl Mr. Me Adoo asked. Ths caller explained' he desired to discuss the Democratic convention and tha question of Whether Mr, MeAdoo would accept the nomination, where upon Mr, alcAdoo ' stated be would have nothing to say on these subjects for publication. The former Secretary of the Treasury said be had no means of communication with the convention and that he prefer red to "Meara ef its activities through the newspapers like any other interested citizen. He declined the reporter s offor to keep him informed of convention, de velopments; declaring he preferred net to baVe the privacy of bis home in. vaded. 7 " " "Should a very important develop ment take place at San Traneiseo may communicate wrtk jo r the inter viewer a iked. "No, thank you, I would not answer tke phone. Tha reporter the a volunteered to bring the message, and MeAdoo declined tha offer. "I muck prefer, and shall have to in siat upon not being1' disturbed ba de clared. MrMeAdc has taken, a tlueajreM lease on a residence here and it ia aaid Dlaanina? to build a boms about a mile from the town. DELEGATES TO SUFFRAGE CONGRESS RETURN HOME Mrs. Josephns Daniels Among' Party That Attended The Genera Congress - New Tork, June 28. American 'del gates to the International su- Inge alliance congress,' neia in venevs . . ,.j.j Ti-r n i- rv. un .n-u, s. yj y" " Woman Suffrage Association, and Mrs. Josephns Daniels, wife-of the Secretary rf the Navy, returaed hers today oa tne steamship Lafayette. "The achievements or the alliance la rnininc political equality 'for womta waa evidenced by reports from S3 na- taaa that tkey bad been granted equal suffrage since) the last - congress in 181.V Mrs. Daniels said. "This prom ises well for tke success of a program of legislation for political economic, ttrU and educational equality which was adopted at this meeting at tha work tka organization until its next con gress In Inria la 1922. ; ; ' . EXTRA SESSION OF TEN N. ' LEGISLATURE AUGUST 9 Nashville, Tens, Jana to. A a extra semioa af tha state legislature will be called oa August 9, when ratification of tha federal suffrage amendment will be considered, it waa announced today" at Us capital. ... . ,,: ; , t Democratic National Committee aad is for -the honor of formally opening tke Confident Tennessee Will Ratify Amendment; Open South. Shipping District. The Newi and Observer Bureau, . lu 003 District National Bank Bldg., I: -v .Br Btowsit. i' (By SpecUl Leased Wire.) Waahingtoa, June - ' tsV-Suffraglsts here" appesred today ta be fully eon H dent that Tennossee would Iniab the job and make it possible, for the women of Nortk Carolina to vote in tka No- relb"ilons,'''ethsr"s"special session acts on the smendment or not. Argument in North Carolina now Is wasted, in the opinion of the suffrage leaders. Tennessee is so certain to rat ify the amendment that ' it is all over but . the shouting and the "votes for women", advocates here tonight are. on tha verge of building a big bon fire. Party leaders sre also well pleased. August 9th ia a little later than they hoped for bur it means that the Dem ocratie party has saved tha dar unless Vermont or Connecticut ' or Delaware ratifies first. Word that a. special session to set! on suffrage would be called for August ninth by Governor Roberts of Tennessee brought the following comment tonight from Alice Paul, Chairman of tha Na tionnl Woman's party i . Misa Paul s Comment. Ths thirty-iixtS atktei is in sight "At once sa act of justice to ths worn. en of ths country and .an act bringing extraordinary prestige to ths Democrstie partyrthe setting of a deflBit"date for the suffrage in Tennessee makes suffrage victory almost certain ia'tims for women to vote in the next elections. Our esmpaien in Tennessee has now become much simpler. We hsd feared that a campaign would be necessary to force the Governor to set a sufficiently early date for the session. Now we shall have only the task of making a thorough canvas of the legislature, to a, tbkt the majority.. which voted for presidential suffrage in ths State' last year, supports ratification. Shipping' District Opened. The new South Atlantic shipping dis trict, with headquarters at Savannah will begin to operate on July rirst, se- eording to a statement from ths ship ping board today announcing ths ap pointment of B. A. Harnett, formerly with the Paeifio coast steamship com pany. as the. district-director. . In this new district will be ths ports of . Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick and Jacksonville, -Ths de cision to ereate it was the culmination of a twelve months f.ht to separate these vvi.m irom we nor ports irom the ftonolK district DurlngTlnrrorld war Mr. Harnett the new director, aerved in the Quartermas ter's department of the army. Be be came a supercargo on a shipping board vessel and was brought into ths office at Washington from this position with a view, to working up the passenger ser- vies in (us xacmc. Um has shown himself to be a man of mature steamship experience and ex eeptlonal qualiflcations. He is familiar witk both the operating and traffic fea tures, and his sreviees have been' in valuable in following through compli cated esses of demurrage, quarantine, stowaway, etc' SOUTHERN SWITCHMAN : IS INSTANTLY KILLED, Asheyille, June 28. Thrown beneath ths train when seven cars broke sway from a freigkt train inline locnf yards today, Eugene Hays, aged 40, a switch- man in the employ of the Southern, wss instantly killed. All the ears passed over: his 'body "and be 'was "dead whes fellow, employes reaebad ths, body, 1 SUFFRAGE FORCES TURNING TO TENN Gives Text of His League o . Nations Plank and Outlines n-rr-r Benefits of Plan- WOULD INVOLVE CHANGE IN CONSTITUTION AGAIN Commoner Asserts His Program Would Give DemocTttio Vt ty Power To Batify The League and Treaty; Say Division - Amons; Delegates Merely Difference On Method By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. (Copyright, MM, by W. J. Bryan.) San Francisco, Juns 28. Tke division among the delegates oa the treaty plank Is not fundamental. If is merely a dif fsrenee of opinion as to the best means of reaching an and which all desire. No Democrat in the convention would to world peace, universal and everlast ing.. -But Jiowean. vcuridLpeacs be se-. en red? Ths President brought back from Paris a League of Nations plan with, a covenant thf embodied the best but he eould secure and when we eonsid er the newness of ths plan, the nun ber-ef nations agreeing -to it and the diversified interests st ths conference, ths wonder is that it was as nearly perfect as it was. - The Repabllcssi Attack. Ths Bepublicans immediately attack ed it and magnified what they regarded as its dangers. If the matter eould have been -considered merely as sa interna. tional question, without partisanship being injected Into it, ths President sad Senate would have had little difficulty in reaching an agreement as to, reserva tions. Partisanship is as - partly-seeing to calm thinking as aleokol and the person effected is aa nneonsieous of being af fected. .It ia one of tha curious char' aeteriaticf of partial intoxication, that ths man ander its influence is quite sure thst hs is at hia best. If be shooting' st a - target bs congratulates himself on his accuracy even if bis bullets endanger others. , So with par tisanship. Ths mors partisan a man is ths mors bs feels that hs is setnated by a patriotic purpose) almost holy in its disinterestedness. Now A Partleas Issae. : ; Both Democrats and Bepublicans were- convinced that " - their opponents weald agree with them, but for their partisanship and ths President wss tke uneonselous of all of any partisan in terest in ths result. Now, we are enter ing upon a campaign and the leaders of each party feel cars they can win a-- partisan 'advantage-, by -dragging this issue into a partisan struggle aad taey congratulate themselves that they sre doing it for a great unselfish and pa triotis purpose. ' ' It s a great national good that they are bent on achieving and it is merely coincidence that in the opinion of both sides this can only bs secured through a party victory. - The deluded they are staging a sham battle over the shsm issue, knowing while they do so that neither side can possibly secure two-thirds of the Senate a tthe coming' election . and knowing therefore that there must be a compro mise at the end of the campaign, if any agreement is to be reached. Just aa the exhilarated toper deeeives nobody but himself, so these uncon sciously partisan leaders are fooling themselves only. A lnrge majority of the American people are infinitely more interested in getting this tresty ratified and the League of Nations established and out of the way than;1, they are in the phraseology of reservations,' and itls to this msss that our party ought to appeal. Need of Relief. Tie partisans ft both parties will vote the ticket anyhow, no matter what the party does or does not say. But we have never bad so many voters in tke doubtful column as ws havs todsy. They do not care through what party relief comes, if it . only comes quickly. Just as the Allies would rather have us come into the league with any reservations whatever than to stay oatr so ths aver age voter will regard time l the ma terial factor and support the party that gives tne promise or reuei. It is. to that large element that our party ought to appeal. and to this ele ment I had ia mind in urging a course different from any that has thus far been proposed. I venture to put on paper for the first time an outline of a plan which, in my judgment, will tnaks the Demo cratic party victorious in this cam paign, because it puts the country above tha party and includes the civilized world in its. calculations, . The plan : ; Bryan's Victory Plan. TTie Democratic -party demands aa amendment to the Federal Constitution providing foe ratification- of treaty by a majority vote, so that - it will be as easy to end a war as it is to declare war, planting ourselves upon ths' most fundamental principle) of popular 'gov ernment, namely, the right of ths people to- rule. A doctrine ia support of which ws have recently spent ovsr $25,000,000, 000, and for Which we have sacrificed E5.000 precious Urea. I Ws favor an im mediate reconvening of the senate that this principle may bo applied to the tresty: controversy and ratification . se cured with such reservations ss a ma jority of ths Senators may agree upon, reserving for the future the making of such changes as we may deem .necessary. We favor appointment by ths Presi dent, with the consent ef ths Senate, of delegates to represent this nation is ths league until regularly ehosen dels gstes are elected and qualified. " 'Wi far or - the selection . of - the na tion's delegates in tba League of Na tions by popular vote ia districts In srdcr that ths people may spesk through (Continued on Page Two.) S5Kfar Actual Standing of Candidates in The Open Appears To Be About The Same M'ADOO BOOMERS HOPED FOR SOME ANNOUNCEMENT However Tomer Secretary of The Treasury Is Keeping To Policy of Silence; Palmer, Cox' and MeAdoo Will fight It Out Apparently, With Sit uation Somewhat Complex more MeAdoo talk- ia tke air tonight, tnt thersis sppargntly as change tn the --real situatloa among the various candidates. Tonight shows th e first signs ef a movement among the leaders' and man agers to round sp sentiment among the uninstrueted delegations antl compute the possibilities of nominating some body. Principally the night is given ever to meeetingsof the four big commit tees in the great building which also houses the convention suditorium. The leaders and eandidats managers are all under the same roof and although they arer engaged in Committee business tkey sre not losing the opportunity to con fer and possibly get together on the makinss of a slate of their own, or possibly decide to accept one which the drift among ths delegations may be forcing on them. , Hoped for Aanoaacesaenu MeAdoo boomers hoped all day that their candidate would make some state ment amplifying ' ths declaration of National Committeeman Love, of Texas, that the nomination would not. be je- jeeted. Boms were disappointed, and others thought Mr. MeAdoo, la view oi repeated previous declarations of de clination, was pursuing a wise course in remainine- silent. Palmer people continued their efforts to make a strong showing on tne open ls "ballots, an, ths. Co people were doing the same. About the sniy point ths three, forces would agree opoa was that .thers would bs no nomiaatioa oa tha first ballot, aad most of them seemed to agree that there would bs no nomt nation in less than three to nv. The MeAdoo people today agreed upon Sam B. Amidbn, Wichita, Eas as their floor leader." and at- ths same time be gan picking out a representative oa enck state delegation. His selection was made at a conference of MeAdoo suDDorters. wko described themselves as "bitter enders." Cone Johnson, of Texas, former solicitor of the State Department, Bepresentative Whaley, of South Carolina, and Mrs. reier uesen, of Minnesota, were among the assistants selected for Amidon. Talk of Meredith Grows. Most MeAdoo boomers are saying they do not expect any support from the Tammany delegation or Kew lor a un leu it becomes apparent that tne former secretary will be nominated. . Talk of Secretary" Mereditb for second piece, as Mr. MeAdoo s running mate, eon tinned in the convention gossip. Ths talk on candidates tonight ia al most where it was rast week, without any appearance of sttsngth enough for a nomination st sny corner of the tri angle. Mr. Bryan and some other still feel that the Question of candidates esaaot become an active one until the Dlatform issues havs been disposed of. Administration supporters said tonight they wers confident tnat tba platform would be written ia thoroughgoing terms of support for President wuson ana his administration and many of them predicted that it would contain neither a wet nor a dry plana. POOL WILL UNDERWRITE -U. S. MERCHANT MARINE Organization of Pool of Ameri can Insurance Companies , Is Effected Washington, Juno 28. Organixstion of a pool of American insurance com panies to underwrite the Americsn mer chant marine was virtually effected to- dsv at a conference of officisls of leading insurance concerns aad mem bers of the Shipping Board, ' r Cbntracts will be signed in ew Tork Wednesday, it was announced, and. lliaaaaoeiation will stsrt function ing at aa early date. Co-operatia of American shipping companies has been promised, it was stated, and ths Ship ping Board is to stand behind the new organization in order, that the insurance of both government owned and private owned America i vesscrs msy be written in the future without the participation ef foreign underwriters. ' FORMER DURHAM GiRL MEMBER RICHMOND BAR Richmond,' va. June S3. Enjoying the distinction of being the first wo men ever admitted to the bar in Rich mond, Mrs. Benjamin Lovenstein, wife of a local attorney1, 'who before mar riage waa Miss Rebecca Pearl Greenl rg. of Durham, N. C qualified today before Judge Richardson in Bastings Court. Judge Richardson told her that he was ftlnd to welcome her Jnto the f rsternlty. Mrs, Lovenstein passed ths State bar examination- at Roanoke last week. LikeTrer husband, whs was ones located in Durham, she will-specializs ia crimi nal law and will bs associated with him'. CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE TO -HEAR CASE OF SENATOR SEED San Francises,' Jans 28vTke cre dentials commutes f the Democratic National Ceaventmn decided toalght to) hear aad review the claim of Sen ator Reed, of Missouri, to a seat as Reed'a opaeneata contended tka sommittee bad no Jurisdiction, bat their claims were Saally dismissed aad tba case set down for bearing la Its tarn eae boar being allotted to sack eld. The credentials cemmlttooL elected W. T, Aaker, Iowa, ckalrmaa and proceeded to hear tke argument in ths Georgia ease In ykleh tke na. tional committee already had seated Palmar delegates aad ntlSed tke se lect la of Clark Hawaii aa natloaal Msnmlttceman over Ike ewstteet of the Saaltn-Wstaoa factlsn. Oregon wss expected to present a contest wbea its nsme waa reached ea the roll eaU. ' .. SFSXLACT NAMED CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON RULES. San frsmlmu, Juao t.Ths torn aaittee on in Us for the convention sleeted Thomas J. Spellacy, of Con aeclicat, chairman, and immediately took as the question of whether the convention should ... praccced to1 ths asssinatloa ef a ticket before adopt ing a party, platform. It was sag. gastod that this bo dona la order to exswdlts the arscoedlags ef tha can. vrattea ss It wss (rally ander. stood tbst tke drafting or the plat form would take some time. J . After s general discission, the -rales committees adopted a reaolatioa BTered - hy former Represent stive Fltxgerald ef New York, providing that apeechee aosnJnatlng presiden tial candidates shall bs nude before the presentation of tke platform, bat that the balloting for the candidate shall not take place an til tka plat form has beea adopted. A motion to nominate ia advaace ef the action oa the platform wss voted dowa. Oil RESOLUTIONS Senator Robinson Selected For Permanent Chairman; Wil son Forces Control Ban Fraaeiseo, CaL, June 28. By th unopposed choice of Senator Glass, of Virginia, as chairman of the resolutions committee, which will draft'the platform of the National Democratic Convention, aad the selection of Senator Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkansas, for permanent chairman of the convention, adminis tration forces demonstrated tonight that they were in complete control of (ho convention machinery. Any planks which William J. Bryan n:ay aesire to nave inserted in tne plat form and which fail to pass approval of the resolutions committee will, there fore, have to be brought into the eon. vention with the endorsement of only a minority report. ' Senator Robinson is accounted a thor- eughgoing administration man and he wilt be wielding the gavel when any at tacks are msde oa the administration program. " These two developments, demonstrate ing the control of the administration forces, while not lessening the ehances of a fight on the floor of the eonven tion, were pointed out by-hs adminie- tratioa foren as evidence that they bad the convention in hand and in support of their predictions that they would carry it through to the end. In supporting Senator Ulass nomina tion. Senator Walsh -said that while he had been a candidate for the chairman ship, he felt he could do his party greater '.service by withdrawing in favor of Mr. Glass. Mr. Walsh, according to reports of the secret session, also stated tht his candidacy had been based solely on a desire to reader party service. Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts, was (fleeted eeretary h com itteeWIh hearings, begun immediately in the open session were before the full committee, Governor Stuart, of Montana, opened the hearing- with suggestions for planks. Other temporary officers of the con vention were recommended by the eon" Vntion to continue their duties as perm rnent officers. Senator Robinson was placed in nomi cntion by Mrs. W. A. MeDougal, of Oklahoma, and hia nomination was see ended tiy all the States and then made unanimous. , Britten Assistant Secretary. The committee decided to recommend the 'addition of an associate secretary of the convention to the list of officers and K. E. Britton, of Nor.th Carolina, private secretary to Secretary Daniels, wss chosen for that office. At the opening of the session of the committee former Uovcrnor Kaiston, oi Indiana, was chosen chairman'. Platform gab-Committee. The sub-committee appointed by Chairman Glass to drsft the platform follows: Senator Glass-, eba i row s ; Senator,. Walsh, Montana; Vance McCormirk, Pennsylvania; Secretary -Colby j II. M. Crane, Texas; Senator McKellar, Ten nen.ee; Uorace Hawkins, Colorado; Wm. Pattengall, Maine; Geo. H. liodgej, Kansas." The fact that Secretary Colby, aa acknowledged administration spokes man, got a plaes oa the sub-eommitteo of nine which will draft the platform, while Wm. J. Bryan did not get a place the drafting committee, was pointed out ss additiftnal evidence that the ad ministration forces were in full control. Secretary Colby, admittedly, will repre sent. President Wilson's views oa the League of Nations plank. J . ;,7 ; ; GLASS CHAIRMAN TTRIBUTETO ii Demonstration Is Staged That Sweeps Democratic Gather- ing Off Its Feet 4 ' ' 1 HEAR KEY-NOTE SPEECH t BY CHAIRMAN CUMMINGS Display of Portrait of President Wilson Starts Thirty Minute -, Demonstration for The Ixec-1 utive; Send Greetings" To White House . . San Francisco June 28. Front the1 GREA PRESIDENT WILSON dt Gats therhoclt "' . of Democracy sent' roaring tribute, "' v serosa the country todar WilsTn. ' , " ; .- The national convention fliin for ths moment the business fcef are . it. wmte aciegatea carried. ..oa. a, demon. stration that swept tne great gathering ' off its feet. It was a half hour before tits-outburst evoked by "a sudden dis- . plsy of the President's portrait eould bo stilled. Again and nln n hie nam a 4. " was mentioned theJefrs broke-out -anew to i culminate Jfcrthe shout of ap-- proval that adoptedand-'senl16Tthev White House tonight a striking testi monial of his party's faith and prids ia the man who has led : it- through ' troubloui years. ' . ; ; -; ArrangementeWcl, Mede.'. ; Arrangements for the" first national -political convention to he held ia tho Far West had been well made. - The great hall its ermn architectural-lines ' almost urnnarred by added decorations, , was ready and through a doxen wide " entries where thousands pound' with , little delay or eongeetlon. - They found ' a wide octagon-shape awaiting them, - with a raasslvo organ rearing its stork de of pipes above the platform and tke' ' ' " othlr' sides rising to a far lias f - seats under high windows framing squares of California's bluest skies. In the center of the ball where dele -gates sst railed within a wide square of seats, an inner ceiling was suspended, -colored In soft, old blue that rested ths -'eys-and -lent something ef quiet dignity to ths scene. ' r ? Below a, forest of standards bearing the names of states and territories was tha only reminder of national eonven' tions of ths past. ' Perched high beside ths organ in a special gallery, a military band whiled . away the ,time. , i As the hoon hour and the opening time approached, a color guard of Ma-' ' rines appeared on the platform. - A aix foot sergeant, with the glesming' folds of a regimental flag in bis hand, made a vivid spot of color on the platform.. At bis side stood the armed non-com' missioner officers of the color guar J. ! thd with them two Marine buglers. Kremer Calls for Order. When Vice-Chairman -Kremer, of the national committee, gave the signal, a bugler, sounded "attention," the sharp, staccato call rang out over the uproar' of conversation. The first notes of the' Star Spangled Banner" rang out from the band and the organ together, and as delegates, alternates, spectators and attendants stood in tribute, a monster flag dropped from tho ceiling to form a wall of color behind the platform. It '.: obscured the view of the band gallery,' and organ loft, but as it fell, tho boom ing tones of the organ rose from be.' hind it, joining with meje-tie-thundt-e in the national anthem. From floor and galleries, delegates and spectators 'joInd;jR.lhe TTj- Portrait Starts Shouting. ' Then eanre" tliff touch" thst-eet the -- convention off with a wild shout' of1 ' " exultation. The great flag was gather1 ed slowly-upward irnliersttBgs,-nd a " it rose, it uncovered a. flag draped and illumined portrait of Presidont Wilson,; placed against the high pipes of the or-, gan. For 'a moment there was a brief, . V- pause. Then came the tumult. , . A wild. Lout rang ftum tha floorJt aa,c,ughtrMtftil..i!felJBgdf;om.side to side. Kising with hysterical force, the sound grew itnd grew, a formless, tone less thing that had in it something that stirred the blood and pulled at the emo' tions. Delegates leaped oh their chairs. waving and shouting. They stampeded into the aisles, jostling and cheering in a packed mass before the plstfonn. - Over in the Virginia section a dole'.' gate ripped the stanebjd from the loop and charr-d toward Imreakers' stand, . waving ijtliigh in th a,iriOther States . followed Borne of rtiWur werb slower to get in motion, but as the shouting and, tumult continued, standard after standard earae up and the march around the hall begun. In the fiew-Tork ser. ion, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt seized the standard end rush ed Into the crowded afsle, battling witk others who sought with eager hands t uphold the sign. .- But there were some among the New York delegation who struggled . with Roosevelt to prevent him esrryins carrying the state standard in the de monstration for the President. Then was a liveley serimmage skinJosj een. tcr rush in a football game, in whiek fists were flying and there seemed das. ger of bloody noses. A policeman wbe interfered got a pumnveiing, one tnaa got his coat dragged off and scversl men lost their nose glasses. Ho on wal hurt, the protesting delegates changed their mind and Roosevelt triumphantly marched off With the New York stan dard to join the . Wilson ' demonstra tiari. (-''' V '"7'' ' -' ' It was long before order eould bs rs-- stored. Even :. when - .Vies Chairman. Kremer had launched upon his speech, ' (Continued sa Page Two.)
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 29, 1920, edition 1
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