Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-07-03
NEbRASKAN HAS
SAME POWER To
SWAY CROWD AS
IN OLOEN DAYS
Bryan Almost Turns Con-
vention Upside Down With
His 0ratOry in Favor of a
Dry Platform Plank.
DELEGATES STAGE A
BIG DEMONSTRATION
''BOy Orator." With Tears
Streaming Down Cheeks,
Reviews Monster Process
sion of Pro Enthusiasts,

Auditorium, San Francisco, July
2.-William Jennings Bryan, with
one of his ld-time speeches in
support of bone dry plank for the
democratic convention almost up
side down late this afternoon with
the magnetism and force of his
oratOry and started one of the
greatest and noisiest demonstra-
tons the assembly had yet seen.
When Bryan had concluded his
reply to the advocates of a wet
plank the demonstration cut loose
on the floor and wholly unaidcd
by the band or the organ or any
of the other instrumentalities
which had been effectively used to
keep other demonstration going,
it proceeded spontaneously and re-
sisted all efforts to get the conven-
ton back to order.
Battle for Standards.
Bryan, standing smiling in the
limelight at the edge of the speak
er's platform, and with tears of
emotion coursing down his cheeks,
reviewed a procession of prohibi-
tion enthusiasts who tore up state
standards and startod a moyils
column of delegates about the hail.
There was more than one fight
over whether a state standard
should go into the demonstration
A particularly spectacular battle
ragged around possession of the Cal
ifornia standard where Mrs. Geor-
gia C. Ormsby of Oakland attempt
ed to carry the standard into the
demonstration and a number of
men attempted to prevent 1t.
Among them was an assistant ser
geant at arms. Francis J. Heaney
pounced on the man and threw
him into the crowd. All that re-
mained of the standard when the
wreckage was cleared away was u
tattered part of the pasteboard top
which had once borne the letters
of the state name.
Alabama's s standard suffered a
similar fate and the bits were tri-
borne about the hall by.
the prohibition forces.
During the demonstration some
one bore the standard of Bryan'sI
home state to the platform ana
reaching out, Bryan lifted it high
above the rest while the crowd
roared.
Glass Is Recognized. =,
Finally, after the crowd haH
been quieted, Chairman Robinson
recognized Senator Gass.
Chairman Robinson had ham
mered long and loudly with his big
redwood gavel and tried to make
a speech beseeching the convention
to be in order. but he was howled
down. At last, however, ne got
hearing and declared he would
clear the galleries unless they
ouieted, down. That got results ana
after twenty-three minutes of dem
the dry enthusiasts let
the business of the convention goI
on. Senator Glass, in charge OF
the defense of the platform as pr
sented from the commlttee' the'i
presented Bainbridge Colby, Presi-
dent wilson's secretary OF statS'
and the floor manager OF the au-
forces in the conVeh-
tion. He was greeted with cheers,
and began his address by tribute
to the ability and past achleVe-
ments of Mr.. Bryan.
"VideIy Unread Newspaper.
81 am not very much cpncefhen
with this idea of a government
owned newspaper" he continued.
aWe've got one or two OF those
things. We've got the Congression
Al Record for instance, Which
has described as the
most widely unread newspaper OF
the country.
ssWith regard to the liquor que9
,ion I suppose that all of you Will
Vote your convictions, fut 40
want to saw a word about Mr.. BrV-
ans new plan about the league ol
nations. For some time MT. ihfya"
was for the treaty and theh ne pe
gan to emulate the republicans anu
ak about reservations. Ihey are
Tor the treaty, too, but they aii
nave reservations In their pockets.
rhey remind me Of a group OF peo-
Die who have been described as
meaning well feebly.
Colby Twits Bryan.
Replying to Mr.. Brvan's deciara
ion that stand ror an lmmeu',
,te compromise ratification would
,ull the bulk of the republican par
v over into the democratic fold'
he secretary said that the demo-
rats had been trying. to do some
hing like that for long time,
'And Mr.. Bryan he addea.
has been as successful
IS any one else at that
''Mr. Bryan says in so many
continued the speaker,
that no one could have brought |
,ack a better treaty than President
wilson did. He says no one could
rave brought back so good trea-
v. Then If that's true, for Gods
axe let's ratify it."
The senate, led by Mr.. Colby,
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