The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-01

After Cox, Palmer. Gerard, Cum
 mings, Hitchcock and others had
 been placed in nomination Jenkins
 took the platform and told the con
 vention that in view of that per-
 sistent and insistent demand from
 McAdoo that no nominating speech
 be made for him, le would acccde
 to that request, but that it might N be necessary to draft him for the
 service of the nation.'
 Any rumors that McAdOo would
 not serve if nominated, Jenkins told
 the convention, could he dismissed HIS the ''work of enemies,
 Jenkins merely said; II nominate
 William C. McAdoo'' and the pent-
 up enthusiasm oI the McAdOo
 forces broke loose in loud and
 noisy demonstrations
 as parade around the convention floor started as soon as the short speech was concluded and soon the standards of Washing ton, Delaware, Louisiana, Ala - bama, Utah, New Mexico, Arkansas Oregon. Wyoming, Maine, Arizona, Tex as, Idaho. Michigan, Kansas, Nevada Hawaii, Wisconsin and South Dakota were in the parade, bowling in line.
 FIST FIGHT DEVELOPS
 Spectators in the Missouri dele
 gations tried to put their standard
 In the parade and the move deveI- Oped fist fight in which the po-
 lice interfered. Bennett Clark. son
 of Champ Clark, among those
 who tried to keep the banner out of the procession. In the mix-up the standard was trampIed to the floor
 and torn in two, but the. McAdoo
 men rescued the letters "ouri" and
 bore them triumphantIy into the
 line of marchcrs.
 There was a good deal of scrimmag- ing and fighting for possession of other standards which McAdoo boomers wanted to get into the demonstration and which members of the delegations wanted to keep out.
 George Dunkley of the Colorado dele gation carried the state standard in after, it is said, there was an agree ment to keep it out. Helen Grenfell former superintendent of schools of Denver, announced her intention of talk ing it away from him and took up a position in wait. Dunkley saw the situa- tion and tucked down another aisle with the standard. Miss Grenfell and  finally forced it back to it's 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 demon strators paid little attention to tho music they whirled around on one anc elSrs goes. whooping and hurrah.
 NOISE UNABATED
 Iii Hfseen minutes the parade hat sboul run Us course, but nearly all tn, uSlHGatea weS on their feet and a few tats standards were still in motion The noise- making kept up unabated tiae galleries taking big part in it.
 A little of system finally was put into the demonstration by group of Mo. Adoo enthusiasts who mounted the higt speakers table with a big American flag and a trhegaphone. They led th' crowd in singing Hail, Hail, the Gang! All Here" and We Won't Go Hom, Till Morning." but the lattempt to keeI the demonstrators together in thei singing was drowned out by the whoop of those in other parts of the hall.
 Part of the paraphernalia of thu group on the speakers stand was al emerald pennant bordered in orange apparently home made, with HMcAdoo printed across it in white letters a foo high. A woman climbed up on tn, speakers table and held it aloft whil the crowd let1oose with a renewed roa of enthusiasm.
 The outburst was the signal for tn clustering of state standards around the speakers stand, which was almos in the center of the big auditorium More than thirty in all were brough