New-York tribune., 1920-07-01

sistent demands from McAdoo that no
nominating speech be made for him ne
would accede to that request, but that it
might be necessary to draft him for
the service of the nation"
we know that if so drafted he will
accept the nomination." said Jenkins,
"and any rumors of tciegrams supposed
70 have been received denying that he
would accept the nomination are false
hoods, perpetrated by the enemies of
our party. | therefore place in nomi-
nation William G. McAdoo"
: A parade around tue convention floor
started as soon as the short speech
vas concluded. and soon the standards
Of Washington, Delaware, Louisiana,
Alabama. Utah. New Mexico, Arkansas,
Oregon. Wyoming, Maine. Texas. Idaho,
Michigan. Kansas Nevada. Hawaii.
WISCONSIN and South Dakota were in
line
:, spectators in'ihs Missouri delegation
parade and the move developed q fist
fight in which the police interfered.
Bennett Clark. son of Champ Clark,
also a candidate for the nomination.
was among those who tried to keep the
banner out of the procession. In the
yNiN-up the standard was trampled to
the floor and torn in two but the Nc
Adoo men rescued the letters "our''
and bore them triumphantly into the
;.ine of marchers.
. There was q good deal of scrim-
Maging and fighting for possession of
other standards which McAdoo boom
ers wanted to get into the demonstra-
Zion and which members of the dele
cations wanted to keep out.
George Dunkley. OF the Colorado
delegation. carried the state standard
in. it is said. after there was an agree
iient TO keep II out. Helen Grenfell.
former Superintendent of Schools of
Denver, announced her intention of
taking it away from him and took
up position in waiting. Dunkley saw
the situation and ducked down another
aisle with the standard. Miss Gren-
fell and George l.. Bradley, of the dele
cation. finally forced it back 20 its
position.
The demonstration was as noisy as
any of those preceding it, but there
was no effort at concerted cheering.
The pipe organ played various airs
without any apparent system. but the
demonstrators paid little attention to
the music. as they swirled around on
one another's toes, whooping and
hurrahing.
In fifteen minutes the parade had
about run its course. but nearly all
the delegates were on their feet and
L few states standards still were in
motion. The noise making kept up
unabated. the galleries taking big
part in it,
A little Of system finally was put
into the demonstration by a group of
McAdoo enthusiasts. who mounted the
high speakers table with big Amer
Jean flag and megaphone. They led
the crowd in singing, Hail, Hail, the
Gangs All Here" and We Won't Go
Home Until Morning" but the attempt
to keep the demonstrators together in
their singing was drowned out by the
whoops Of those in other parts of the
hall.
Part OF the paraphernalia of the
group at the speakers stand was an
emerald pennant. bordcred in orange,
apparently homemade. with "McAdoo''
printed across it in white letters a
foot high. A woman climbed up on the
speakers table and held it aloft. while
the crowd let loose with renewed
The cutburst was the signal for the
clustering OF state standards around
the speakers stand. which was almost
VI the center of the big auditorium.