El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-06

night and wrote 50 furiously that she
could not enjoy the show
Bryan Grows Sarcastic
Irwin Cobb, referring to the iollity
and the demonstrations here, remarks
that while at Chicago the Republi-
cans used steam roller on delegates,
here the delegates had been riding on
a merry-go round He says there has
been too much activity on the floor
here and too little from the men who
should control. At Chicago, he says.
only two motions were made on the
floor-one by senator WacsWorth TO
adjourn and one by a white delegate
from Georgia toward his hip pocket
during a debate over who would be
national committeeman Cobb main
tains that here there have been too
many delegates trying to give their
pledged support 10 one candidate and
their private support to another
while they vainly listened at the
leased phone wire from Washington
for the masters voice.
W J. Bryan, disguised, his defeat
still singing, grows sarcastic this
morning and says:
The ideal candidate, measured by
the standards OF this convention. is a.
man who viii let the president direct
him on every question excepting fin
ance and liquor. and who on these two
questions will submit his views 70 the
liquor interests and Wall street for
revision"
He does not say he means Cox. but
readers may guess who, If he means
someone else
minnesota Delegates in Fist Fight.
Sometime the delegates got excited
over very small things last night and
sometimes they refused TO be excited
over big ones Cone Johnson got
tired Of the bands continued playing
Of He Rambled" and asked does the
band belong to one candidate or 10 the
convention ?" Just for that, the band
played the national anthem and made
the Texan and the others stand
During the evening, n lively fist
fight occurred in the Minnesota
delegation TO keep the standard
ont Of n Cox parade. Some OF
these delegates ought to be wear
ing boxing gloves instead Of
badges.
As the delegates swayed their
votes from one candidate to another,
they occasionally cast a vote for a
darker horse than anybody had an
ticipated and helped TO keep the con-
vention IN good spirits For instance,
Kentucky cast half a vote at one time
for Irwin Cobb, and another half for
Ring Larduer, thus putting the two
literary candidates" on an even foot
hearts of other well known typewriter
dsmolishers- Things got so slow that
the galleries were more than three
fourths cleared oy one o'clock this
morning. the affair being too tame TO
keep those who did not have 10 re-
main from resisting the call Of the
OstermOor. As against a dry conven-
ton. even a bed spring has an appeal
The convention kept on voting re-
eardless OF its lack OF an audience,
for since the heart Is where the home
brew is a lot Of delegates wanted 10
get back to home and family (cellar.)
Most Of them were getting tired Of
having TO 90 to the hospital to get a
drink. From the sunshine OF Caiitor-
MIA they wanted to get back 70 the
moonshine OF the native heath Pro-
longation OF the orgy was growing
unpopular.
Naturally everybody but the Nc
Adooistas cheered the 43rd ballot Civ
ing Cox 56s and McAdoO 412, for Il
looked like progress and everybody
wanted progress A lot didn't care
how IL progressed just as long as II
progressed toward the end Shouts
began 10 rise that I'VE wont go home
until morning" and blinky eyed.
tired spectators listened without en-
thusiasm, while newspapermen wrote
and omitted the usual sallies OF wit.
Bitterness Is Absent.
As the 44th ballot progressed there
was tensity-
Oregon casts its solid Il votes for
that Democratic idol OF the middle
west. the next president Of the United
States the cheering drowned out the
name Jimmy Cox" as the Oregon
chairman made his speech Several
delegates, as a protest against the
two-thirds rules necessary for q nom
ination, announced as they cast the
votes Of their states that they we're
voting for Cox because he had re-
csived a majority Of the votes OF the
convention on the previous ballot
Nobody seemed bitter over the result
and as they went downtown from the
convention hall McAdoo men would
shake hands with Cox boosters and
say. well, I lost but we nominated
a good man anyhow
Democrats have become SO sccus-
toned TO losing that they have
learned how 70 be good losers