Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-29
3-DAY WAIT ON
PLATFORM FACES
. CONVENTION At
. SAN FRANCISCO
Fights Over Prohibition, the
League of Nations and the
Irish PIanks Expected to
Be Long Drawn Out.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
DELAYS ALL BUSINESS
Cummings Address Is Inter
rupted BY a Woman Who
inquiries About Ireland;
Makes Momentary Stir.

tsv roRniao JouRhkL srsciAL tRAsEo "'esl
San Francisco, June 2S.-Dur-
ing it's one brief session today the
democratic national convention
heard the keynote speech delivered
by National Chairman Cummings
and delivered several prolonged
demonstrations for President Will
SON.
When adjournment was taken
until tomorrow, after three-hour
session, the real work of the con-
yention began among the com
mittees delegated to write the
platform, decide appeals of con-
testing delegations, and select
set of permanent convention OH
GERS.
Demonstrations for President
Wilson began as soon as the ses-
sion opened, and every mention
of his name thereafter was re-
ceived with cheers. Display or a
portrait of him at the back of the
platform stirred up twenty-mln-
ute uproar, during which nearly
all of the state standards were
carried about the floor in the first
parade of the convention. Men
tion of the league of nbttons also
aroused prolonged outbursts OF
appreciation and the convention
adopted unanimously a. message
of congratulation and greeting TO
the president.
Mostly Routine Business.
Aside from the keynote speech,
today's meeting was given over to
hn
through the motions of approving
committee selections already made
by the states.
Virtually no further business
will be done until the committees
are ready to report All of them
held meetings tonight and all ex-
cent the resolutions committee ex-
pected to finish their work by
tomorrow.
Fights over promotion, the
league of nations. ana lrelaho
however. promised to pTOlong the
task of writing the platform IT
the resolutions committee, and
some of the members thought 1t
might not be able to report iol
three days.
None of these questions came
sharply to the surface during TO-
days convention session, although
Chairman Cummings argument
for the league of nations was IN
terrupted by a woman at th'
back of the hall, who wanted L
know something about Ireland. |
made only a mOmentary stir.
Arrangements Well Made.
Arrangements for the first ma
tional political convention to b.
held in the far west had been wei
made. The great hall, its cleai
architectural lines almost unmarret
by added decorations. was ready
and through a dozen wide entries
the thousands poured in with litti'
delay or congestion. They found ;
wide octagon space awaiting them
with a massive organ rearing W
stockade of pipes above the plat
form and the other sides rising tt
a far line of seats under nigh win
dows framing squares of Calitor
MAS bluest skies.
Over the center of the hall wher
delegates sat rallied within a wild
square of seats, an inner ceilin
was suspended, colored In sot'
old blue that rested the eye an
lent something of quiet dignity t.
the scene. Below, a forest of stou
standards bearing the names of tn
states and territories was the onl
reminder of national convention
of the past.
Perched high beside the organ i
a special gallery, military BAN
whiled, away the time.
Bugler Sounds "Attcnfion."
AS the noon hour and the open
ing time approached, colo