Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-05
HOT TIME IS
FOR
AT TODAY s
CONVENTION
Scenes During the Closing
Hours of Saturday Nights
TumultouS Session Are
Expected to Be Repeated
CLASHES OCCURRED
AROUND STANDARDS
Rival Partisans Fought to
Force Banners Into the
Parade, and Then Fought
to Force Them Out OF 1t.


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San Francisco, Calf, July A.
Protraction of the convention has
caused many embarrassments To
delegates and visitors including
swollen hotel bills and disrupted
railroad and travelling plans.
The extension. however. disar-
ranged plans of San Francisco for
civic celebration of the Fourth of
July tomorrow The convention
auditorium had been engaged by a
citizens committee for public
dance, with afternoon fireworks
and other entertainment In the
park outside.
With more fireworks promised
inside than outside the auditorium
tomorrow, the citizens committee
was arranging to hold their dance
on the asphalt.
The closing hours OF Saturdays
tumultous session were prophetic
of the scenes VIII ch might be ex-
pected when the battle Is resumed
tomorrow.
Demonstrations began with the
switch of a handful of votes The
band and pipe organ Joined In re-
peatedly and wrought nightly to
stimulate the efforts of partisans.
Scrimmages occurred around state
standards where support for the
candidates was divided. Rival par
tisans fought to get them into the
parades that lurched through the
aisles or TO keep them out,
Piacards Destroyed.
Frequently the big placards that
mark the place of state delegations
were destroyed in the struggle,
When an announcement from
the platform showed Cox's strength
to be approaching 500 there came
a tumult of Cox enthusiasm rival
ing the earlier outburst when New
York broke and planted seventy
three votes behind the Ohio gov
The red coated Cox band,
the red headed yell leader, and the
leather-lunged rooters jumped into
the uproar.
McAdoo supporters scent danger.
As by magic, they organized on
the floor in opposition and with
the Texas standard leading began
a parade of their own. The big
Lone Star flag of Texas came out
Of retirement and a flock of south
"a Ia hs.Y tIa
thrust into line. The Cox band
1egan march around the gallery
lisle. Ahead of them capered an
elderly but agile Ohioan exhorting
spectators to join in the uproar.
ohio delegates on the floor joined
n. Followed by group of mid
western and eastern standards and
ed by a big Cox banner, they
wung through the aisles in one
lirection, while the McAdoo pa
ade surged slowly and jerkily
head through the crowd In the
ther.
Bands Get at Odds.
The Ohio and the regular con-
pention musical forces got at odds.
rhey hurled musical bombardments
1T each other over the heads of
he delegates. A terrific din and
oare of sound was the result, No
BODY thought the musicians knew
what they were playing, and ap-
nobody cared.
When the storm of noise and ac-
ion reached its height Palmer
,osts in the Pennsylvania de.ega-
ion again got into action. The
maroon pennants associated. with
demonstrations for the attorney
General appeared again. At the
.allery rail somebody let loose q
'icture OF Senator owen of Okla
iona.
Georgia Causes an Uproar.
When Georgia's twenty-eight
vent over to McAdoo as a comph-
nent from the state of his nativi-
y, a new uproar came. McAdoo
ollowers leaped to their feet all
yer the hall prepared to begin all
yer again, even while still draw
,g breath from their last effort.
here were some looks of agitation
mong the Cox groups as they
'atched the poll, when order was
The change of one vote
aused a roar.
The ballot showed distinct
ain for McAdoo and some loss for
lconunasd on Pags FOut,l