Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-03
DEMONSTRATION
FOR W. c.. M'ADOO
ECLIPSES OTHERS
ny ROGERS WINTER
(Staff Correspondent of The Journal
SAN E,R a NCISCO- Cal IulN l.

their candidate. The Georgia ban :,
ner was born aloft in the stalwart
Gainesville. Levi Reeves. of At
lanta and Gainesville, took off his
| glasses and yelled himself perfect,
| ly blue in the face as he marched
| around the hall
Neyle Colquitt, of Savannah, grab
bed fair young thing who wore a
| Palmer badge and was slim enough
| to tote on ones shoulder. He bore
| her around for half an hour, and
quit, Her name and address were
| a minor consideration. He pranced
around with her like Kentucky
| saddle horse in a show ring, while
shouted herself hoarse. Certain bold
| members of the Georgia delegation
| tried to take her away from Col
| onel Colquit, but he wouldn't stand
| for 1t.
Cochran whoops EN- Up
But while the Cox demonstration
| exceeded in enthusiasm the Palmer
demonstration, which gave the i'm
precision of manufactured pyrotech-
MICS, it remained for that veteran
orator and Democratic war horse,
w. Bourke Cochran, of New York,
to LAUGH the first burst of real spon-
| taneous enthusiasm which up to that
moment naQ occurred Since the COL-
vention opend.
Mr.. Cochran placed in nomination
the name of Governor AL Smith, of
New York, the remarkable Democrat
who was peddling fruit and selling
newspapers along the east side less
than twenty-five years ago. He gave
thrilling and dramatic recital of
| the governors rise in politics. He
cited AL Smith as the ultimate an
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the proposition that an American
does not enjoy absolute equality of
| opportunity with every other Amer
lean. He declared that Governor
Smiths nomination would demon
| strate the power Of conversion as
dealing with all varieties of malcon-
tents and agitators. He wound up
by saying that the Democracy of
New York, while offering Governor
Smith, was Offering him Reluctantly,
and If he was not the choice of this
States, he would be again the choice
of New York Democracy for governor
OF the state, as a means of insur-
ing Democratic victory in that state
in the next election.
AS the grand old lawyer finished
his speech, the monster pipe organ
| plunged into the magic melody of
Rosy O'Grady," and the Tammany
delegates stood up and waived Amer
lean flags. Presently, the conven-
ton seemed to catch on fire with
a teVer OF enthusiasm, the Tammany
delegation left their seats and be-
gan march around the hall. New
Jersey followed them. Vermont Join
ed In, Iowa Joined, so did Connecti-
cut, so did Georgia, so did Cali
fornia, and Louisiana, and West Vir-
g1n1a, and Mississippi, and Missouri.
and pennsylvania, and Illinois, and
SO on down the line until every
that marched through the aisles,
whl!e the pipe organ continued to
peWltch the mammoth crowd with the
meIodious strains of Irish songs.
~ was perfectly spontaneous and
Unexpected 1t was tribute to Irish
bourke Cochran; to Irish melody as
prayed by the organist, with the band
joining in; to Tammanys good spirit
ana good manners, as splendidly ex-
pressed IN the great lawyers speech,
ana, finally. as a sign that the dele
gaIes wanted to get up and stretch
their legs. Verse after verse. and
chorus after chorus the organ PLAYED
on the tune of "Rosy OGrady,"
t MA9s ~ a5fle4 great convention hall
Vo!ces,I1Join1ng in the song.
Veteran politicians and newspaper
men declared they never saw in any
convention such remarkable upris-
ing OF sudden enthusiasm, totally I'M
premedltated, implanted and indirect
ed. AS a fitting climax to the dem
onstrat1on, Mrs. Lillian Sire, a New
YORK delegate, seconded the nomina-
ton OF Governor Smith in a speech
expressing their grateful apprecia-
ton OF the tribute paid to him, and
The Virginia standard bearer march
ed to the rostrum and presented her
gorgeous bouquet of flowers.
Georgians' Second Choice
The Georgia delegation talk diff
ferent ways concerning their second
choice in the event Attorney Gen
real Palmer cannot be nominated.
Some are holding for Palmer to the
finish, as the hard-headed members
Of the Georgia delegation held out for
Underwood at the Baltimore conven-
ton eight years ago, while others
are in favor of going to McAdoo
after few ballots, and third ele-
ment favor going to Cox. While the
Palmer demonstration was quite
spectacular in many ways, it did not
have the pep or spontaneous enthu-
siasm of the Cox demonstration, and
was not in class with the demon
stration for Governor Cox, of Ohio,
or Governor Al Smith, of New York,
or ex-Secretary McAdoo.
The after demonstration swept the
convention into a furore of excite
ment. Practically every delegate on
the floor was on his feet for forty
five minutes, either participating in
the demonstration or watching it in
tently, and the press box was in
state of pandemonium for the first
time since the convention opened
The Palmer forces had employed a
tall and raw-boned and red-haired
cheer leader from the University of
California to lead their demonstra-
ton, and he certainly earned his
money. The Cox forces came along
with another cheer leader, who hailed
one better by climbing to the top
of the chairman's pulpit and dane
ing like a snake-bitten Indian. He
was certainly the goods, that Cox
cheer leader. He also had a shock
ers and a white shirt with sleeves
rolled up, and carried a megaphone.
He kept the Cox demonstration going
for thirty-siX minutes, which was
| four minutes longer than the Palmer
demonstration. 7 The Cox band also
contributed materially to the festivl-
| ties by playing Are You From Dixie"
until the entire convention was ready
| to dance.
And then came the perfectly de-
vastating demonstration for McAdoo,
which eclipsed everything that had
gone before. Rev. Burris Jenkins,
! the Kansas City publisher and poll
| tician and preacher, was introduced.
He was greeted with cheers. He
lifted his hand for silence. II had
intended" said he, "to make an ad-
dress presenting the name Of a dis
,;nguished Democrat for president
e the United States. But on &C
cunt of his persistent requests
nave decided not to nominate him
in speech. feel sure, however,
from the spirit manifested here, that
we shall draft him for the service
of his country. We know if he is
drafted he will accept the nomina-
ton. Any published statement that
he will not accept the nominations
is a Islander perpetrated by enemies
of the party. I, therefore, place in