El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-01

We turn 10 the golden west. where our
sun sets and our prosperity rises" he
SAID, Tor city in which TO nominate
our candidates" (Afore applause).
The nomination OF secretary Of
agriculture i. T. Meredith aroused
very little enthusiasm and was sand
Wiched In between the Palmer demon
stration and the nomination OF gov
ernor James II. Cox, Of Ohio.
OF course, the Cox demonstration
Just had TO last as long as the Palmer
affair, and, 10 make sure OF II, the
Cox people brought their own band
into the hall, afraid 70 depend on the
regular convention band. already ex-
hausted in the Palmer service. The
Cox band opened with Beautiful
Ohio,' really a tunefuI, nice-soundfng
thing Tor state song. and then alter
mated with almost every well known
popular song except How Dry I Am
Which Cox delegates sing SO much in
the hotel corridors.
aHe RambIed,s made n favorffe
OF the band during this demon-
stration. Dir. Cox viii have to
ramhle lot before he gets the
nomination unless BY some mir
acle the Wilson Etrangle-hoId on
the delegates Is broken. The
great pipe organ bounded in the
Cox demonstration occasionally
to break the monofouy.
The demonstration took things
philosophically for What The Hell
Do We Carer was occasionally
played and sung. evidently as a renlv
70 what they know the federal en-
ployes are going TO do TO their can
didate.
Senator Pat Harrison. Of Bfississiupf.
one Of the seconds for Cox referred
10 an insidious Republican lobby
staged In the hotels Of san Francisco
in the interest Of certain Candidates
and denounced certain newspapers"
OF san Francisco as such that dele
tention TO them"
What Is good for the Democratic
party, these newspapers do not de-
sire" said he. As he said certain
newspapers" there were calls OF all
OF them" and loud applause for the
speaker.
The trouble IS that all the san
Francisco papers have been bold
enough TO expose the presidential /
control Of the convention. II has /
made the leaders mad.
They Pass The Oranges.
He referred to the Hospitality OF |
the good people Of san Francisco. Cod ]
bless them" as in no way being as
sailed and the convention gave this 4
as much OF a demonstration as It 1
had accorded anything during the 1
among the newspaper men.
The silver tongued ". Burke Cock
ran. with enough Irish accent to
leave no doubt Of his nationality.
nominated governor Alfred =. smith,
of New York. in a speech that was
lowed him with a wonderful waltz
that had 10 60 to waste for lack OF
floor space It was the old time New
York political seug. "Eastside. West
side" The crowd yelled and sang and
waved banners enthusiastically. The
aroused them The hand swung into
Good Old Summer Time" After the
Ball" and all the old time wsltzes.
One after another OF the state dele
cations Joined in the demonstration
with banners and state standards.
got the marching enthusiasm under
The spell Of that "Eastside, West
side. All Around the Town" music.
The Cox band chimed in with THE
Wearin' o. the Green" as the conven-
lion band stopped for breath Tam
by the convention band. soon
drowned It. however, and was merged
into the "There'u be a Hot Time IN
The Old Town Tonight" It looks less
ike a staged demonstration than auv-
thing Of the day as the delegates
hoped, shouting around the hall. TO
minutes the band swung back TO che
Did eEastside, Westside" waltz and
the convention would sing. The
demonstration lasted over half sn
hour.
Franklin Roosevelt. secondiuE
the nomination, asserted that ethe
nominee Of this convention viii
not be chosen at ? n. m. in hOteI
room.5 evidently wishing to con-
firm what the convention knew
that the nominee had already
been selected in the white house.
The convention went wild when /
the chair announced that he took |
pleasure in presenting the name OF I
he Rev. Burris jenkins, OF Missouri, /
for It meant the presentation OF Nc I
Adoo's name and the convention had
been waiting ali day for that-she
galleries frequently calling for Mis-
DR.. jenkins said "Over persistent
and fnsistent requests from the man
I had wished TO nominate, have de-
cided not TO make speech in his be-
half"
GO on. go on" came shouts from [
all over the house. then applause.
I'VE should draft this man." said
the doctor. And I say II we draft /
him he viii serve, though I have no
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