El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-01
TACTICS
ARE DISGUSTING
by G. A. MARTIN.
Continued from page L.

clate from the Panama Canal Zone.
The convention unanimously seated
them and provided for the future rep
resentatiou OF the zone
When the roll was called for n0mi-
nations. a surprise was sprung Ehen
Arizona. instead OF yielding to Mis-
souri, TO nominate McAdoo. IS had
been expected yielded to Oklahoma
1or the nomination OF senator Robert
l. owen. II then became nOised
about that McAdoo's name was 10 be
held back It was rather an unfor-
tunate thing Tor the convention that
the name Of owen was first pre-
scented for IL did not arouse the en-
thuslasm that the presentation OF
Gen Woods name did at Chicago and.
instead Of setting . precedent for
demonstrations when other names
should be presented il @fliTYered- In
less than a minute Il died out The
Chicago nominations started off with
the big demonstration for Wood first,
then "1liYTered" towards the end as
the nominees grew less and less
prominent This convention just re-
versed the order. The enthusiasm
gathered momentum as the day wore
on eliminating with demonstration
for William Gibbs 1fcAdoo at $50 in
the evening that made all other dem
onsrrations Of the day look sick and,
for sustained enthusiasm, either man
utactured or genuine, put in the
shade anything that took place at
Chicago.
1t Was Dull start.
It was 2 dull start Wednesday,
Governor Brough, OF Arkansas.
seconding the nomination OF Owen.
went to the Republican party for
great men % compare his candidate
with William Mckinley William
Howard Taft. and Abraham Lincoln
were referred to as men whose tenn
perameuts and good qualities the
Hns1 HaHH
saying his state is the only one Of
the American union mentioned in the
Bible, for the Bible says Noah
looked out Of the Ark and saw"
A great contrast between conven-
tons came when Mrs Susan Fltz-
gerald, Of New Jersey, got up and
virtually sang a second for Mr.. Owen
Contrasting this first woman sec
2nqer with Mrs; Corrlne RooseEelt
Robinson, who IN clear, ringing
voice, seconded the nomination OF
Wood at Chicago, would be like con-
trastinE a talloW candle with the sun.
Thla woman suffrage stuff is
an right for those who Ike IT,
but haven't -et seen man
who admits that the participation
OF women In these conventions
has increased his respect for them
60 added TO his feeling Of chiTalry
Disgusting spectacles greet the
people every night in hotel lobbies
where women harangue the CROWDS
in the name OF various candidates and, /
when heckled. often resort to the re-
quest for courtesy due the sex.
A big "rouEh-neck" man from Ne Z
vada in the lobby Of the St Francis /
last night replied TO such an appeal I
from a woman speaker BY shouting I
You've fought to wear or pants I
Vow be sports enough 10 quit hiding /
behind petticoats-
The boasted silver tongued oratory /
Of the party OF Jefferson was slow TO 4
appear in the nominating speeches
e. s G. Cherry, Of South Dakota /
who placed the name Of Gerard the /
man who came back" (frOm Ger I
many, before the convention. is I
slim little fellow with a black chin I
key talks like tin whistle. and 4
could not by his own personality or 1
orarory generate either enthusiasm or {
applause enough TO get votes Tor W 4
J Bryan as a street cleaner one
began TO wonder il all the orators
OF the party belonged TO that great
army Of federal O41iceholders now i
silent, directing the work OF the con-
vention, but oDediently eliminating
themselves from public view
silence Is Impressive.
Gerards name did not get as much 4
applause as prohibition speaker
would draw IN Joe Dunno precinct
in Fl Paso- If the band had not i
helped out the silence would have /
been impressive inside OF 10 seconds
When John F. Crosby, Of COnnecti- ]
cut arose TO place the name Of ma
tioual chairman Homer Cummings be- 4
fore the delegates he started out I
much like zach Cobb paying tribute /
20 his ancestors who died at the 4
Alamo ftree in Georgia.. Later he i
grew as eloquent as Claude Hudspeth.
in baEEy breeches and SLOUGH hat.
telling the cowboys Of Alpine how
he acquired his Democracy sleeping
beneath q chuck wagon with a me
teor for a pillow and the stars FOR q
cover
Growing eloquent over the duty Of
this country 10 other nations, the j
speaker asserted that America be-
longs TO the world" The man he
was nominating claimed Il on Non
day for the Democratic party. De-
flying the efforts Of the women to
pull themselves down to the equal Of
men politicians. he threw the con-
rention into its first real burst OF
enthusiasm and Tag waving ap-
plause By elevating her TO the old