Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-01
DEMONSTRATION FOR
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they placed Mr.. McAdoo before the con-.
vention in the light Of a leading candidate
who could lay no claim to being the
'.favorite son" Of his State.
HuRRAHs FOR PALMER, cox, ETAL.
First came the demonstration for
Palmer, which was noisy and impressive,
and continued for nearly forty minutes.
Then came the Cox demonstration,
vigorous, wildly enthusiastic, and about
equal to Palmer's in length also. 1t was
spontaneous and sincere. largely an ex-
preston Of approval and admiration by
his fellow citizens who three times in
succession had joyously participated IN
electing him governor of his State.
SMITH SWEEPS CONVENTION.
But Governors Smiths demonstration
was the great surprise of the day. Inspired
by the eloquent presentation of his name
bv Bourke Cockron, who still retains the
magnetic quality OF his famous oratory,
it began with gracious outburst of
cheers and flag waving by the new York
delegation, in which few others also
joined for awhile. 1t appeared like no
more than merely n perfunctory compli-
ment to the capable governor OF great
State, but il did not stop at this, nor did
it cease in few minutes, but kept right
ahead, growing in volume and force
Suddenly. as the New Workers started
what seemed like n modest march around
the hall, the Palmer delegates fell in line
behind them The Cox delegates fol-
lowed suit. Other delegations took place
in the line and the example became con-
tagious. until nearly half the State banners
were waving for Governor Smith. Then
the MoAdoo managers began to sit up
and take notice, and word WAS passed to
their delegates to join in the Smith parade,
which was done. Then was seen the re-
markablc spectacle of almost the entire
convention joining in the demonstration
started for one candidate. IL looked as
though Governor Smith needed only
motion to nominate him by acclamation
to make him the Presidential candidate.
OF course, this was out of the question,
but he got great ovation.
M'.poo MEN CONFIDENT.
The McAdoo demonstration came next,
and undoubtedly was the largest in the
number of participants, while It was
unf.valled In vigor and enthusiasm. No
doubt the MoAdoo managers felt vastly
relieved when it had passed away with
such manifestly successful showing The
appearance of delegates from Maine and
Other uninstructed States also gave Joy
to the McAdoo contingent. But shouts,
and music waving banners and crashing
brass bands do not take the place of votes IN
making nominations. so that the outcome
of the balloting is still a problem. Very
confident are the McAdoo men. Some of
them were indulging in the extravaganza
OF declaring they were really afraid he
would be nominated on the first ballot
while they did not desire to reach the
climax until the third.
No one really expects any candidate to
be nominated on the first ballot. That
kind of talk is all moonshine Nor is it
certain McAdoo will he nominated on any
ballot Much will depend upon manipula-
ton, intrigue and combinations. The
McAdoo forces are now being handled
with much more skill than was at first
manifested, while there has not vet APP
peared any evidence of capable campaing
for handling the scattered votes of the
opposition and concentrating them upon
any one candidate when the breakup
comes. Meanwhile McAdoo's surprising
good standing with the far Western dele
gates continues and counts largely IN his
favor. Early today it looked largely like
McAdoo, but this afternoon may tell
another story.
= That the platform committee will be
able to report today is uncertain and il it
does, the time its consideration will claim
in the convention cannot be estimated in
but nearly everybody is anxious
for the balloting to begin and all hope
for nomination by this evening.