The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-28
DEMOCRAT
Meeting
BEGUN BY
OvA1IONI
Demonstration Is Startot
Sharply on Calling Con-
vention to Order

AUDITORIUM. SAN FRAN IA
CISCO, June 2s.-With . fhr0
ling fanfare by two marine corr
tr7mpeters and the unfuriing q "a
big United States flag. carrie1
by detachment Of Uncle 6asn'D
sea soldiers. the national deDG ;3
cratic convention was called -
orsler by Vice Chairman Bruoo
kremer nj 1926 p. m. today. 3
The delegates were In = cheer
ing mood ~ they went into t1De ~
opeping stages of the big qnndI
rennial political event. Fur ~ 4
hour before the gavel fell they n 4
wbooped IL up with college sings
and yells, yelled thru msgS
phones.
Following the notes of the mariG11
bugiars the band broke into f11
star Spangled Banner" while TIL
crowd stood up and sang. The gru1&
organ swelled into time with t
hand and huge American flag W&1
dropped across the wall back OF tM&|
platform. II was a mammoth a3xaDE3
As II was rolled up again the hnn1
played Hail to the Chief" ami n
huge oil painting OF President. W11<z
son WIS revealed A deafening che&I5
came from the crowd and In nsiuulG
4 Wilson demonstration swept ~.
hall.
Hats were waved and TOSSED IN IL
air. The great cheer almost 4fowp11.
out the hand. The galleries Jo(11
but nsodcstIy, however. T.
vlRGINTANs START
WILSON PARADE
The whole turbulent sceIle w11'
flooded in the Unnatural white gln6G
OF the searchlights while the muxIo
men cranked their cameras. Tn0
band stopped playing but the deu3&
onstration went on. kremer hax<e
mered for order.
Virginia delegates started Z -
rade yelling: ''Hurrah for Wilson,
and waving Palmer pcnnants.
Montana. Oklahoma South DsikooA :
and Nevada were the next to sW1n9
into line. The cheering thinned o0t
bit. but welled back as strongly -
ever when kremer banged for order.
He grinned at the cheering crowd
Georgia Joined the Wilson parado.
the Michigan Hawaii. North Caru-
lima. Mississippi. Florida and Yer
mont.
Cheer leaders ran around over u
chairs calling out ''One solid hour
now. boys: one solid hour"
-. .t.kt - ~r>-
ming and Arkansas swung into lima.
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
CARRIES n. Y. STANDARD
Most of the state standards were
moving about the aisles. The sers
geant-at-arms was ordered to clcoD
the center aisle. but his efforts made
no impression.
At this point the demonstratioo
had lasted seven minutes. The Vlr.
ginia standard was carried to the
'''ntform and planted in the press
box.
lne crowd surged around the plat
form while the cheering. which
showed signs of dying down. broke
out again with renewed Violence. lt
" aS iodtti Aitdfi at tiAt START
The Virginia delegates stormed the
platform, trying TO plant their stand
ard on the rostrum. Kremer refuse
TO lift 1t up TO the bridge and q
Palmerites yelled wildly at hi
Finally their standard bearer climb
into the stenographers' box diret-
before the rostrum, carrying "A.
him the heavy standard. and IL
planted it.
Franklin d. Roosevelt. assistsD
secretary of the navy. carried tn
New York standard. Every standard
was in line by this time. moving
around and around the hall.
Delegates said they considered It .
demonstration of loyalty to the prcsi-
dent, not demonstration for him a.
a candidate.
DEMONSTRATION LASTS
SEVENTEEN MINUTES
shouts of ''Hurrah for the League
OF Nationsr broke out over the hall.
The Wilson demonstration lasted
II minutes. 1t took the delegates
some time to get into their seats. and
Kremer continued to pound for or
der. Policemen helped to clear the
aisles.
BE decent! Be dccentr' Kremer
shouted. as some over-enthusiaetic
virginians tried to launch another
outburst.