Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-01
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strued that as word that Gerard
was a vice presidential candidate
as well. There were no seconding
speeches for Gerard and the roll
of the state was called again. Cali
fornia and Colorado passed. Con-
necticut was called and John $
Crosby presented the name of Ma
tional Chairman Homer S. Cum
mings.
Demonstrations Frequent.
Demonstrations ror cummings
were rather frequent as Mr. Cros-
by got into Ais speech and fire.
quently mentioned the national
chairman's name. He drew a
particularly loud outburst when
ne referred to the chairman's s
keynote speech of Monday, the
opening day of the convention.
Mr. Crosby told the convention
that Mr.. Cummings was the one
man upon whom all the factions
of the party could rlite and re-
ferred to him as the man who
could follow ''the spiritual leader
ship of Woodrow Wilson" AS
the speaker delivered that sem
tence he turned and raised his
arms to the portrait Of the presi-
dent hanging before the audience
The delegates and galleries re-
sponded with a demonstration OF
applause and cheers. At the con-
clusion of the nominating speech
the band broke into the Star
Spangled Banner and the Con-
necticut delegation led a demon
stration in which scattering dele
gates from the other states joined.
Mrs. Force Parker, of California,
seconded the nomination of Mr.,
Cummings.
Mrs. Parker, who came from
Los Angeles, spoke less than II
minute, and the delegates in ap-
preciation of her brevity, gave her
a rising demonstration OF thanks
Ira c. Rotherber of Denver,
Colo, also seconded the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Cummings.
sHarbinger of Hope"
Charaeterizing Mr.. Cummings rs
|the "hafhinIrer OF hope for the
oppressed peoples or the world =
rn,tt. -sAI .sr ai.e,1st j y gerogain"
speech, the band whooped II mp
with the "Red. White aud Blue,
and the Cummings men among
the delegates went in for "Three
Cheers" and more demonstrations
for the national chairman.
Then the call of the state was
resumed. Delaware yielded to
Nebraska and former Governor
Shallenberger presented the name
of Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock,
the administration leader in the
treaty fight in the senate.
There was no seconding speech
for Mr.. Hitchcock, and when the
call of the states was resumed
Florida yielded to Pennsylvania
and John II. Bigelow took the
platform and presented the name
of Attorney General Palmer.
While Bigelow was speaking the
Palmer forces throughout the hall
were busy quietly organizing their
demonstration, distributing flags
and noise making devices, and get
ting their rooters into place. The
convention was looking forward to
the demonstration as the first tam
gible evidence of how great the
Palmer strength was.
Bigelow was interrupted ny
Thomas A. inland, of East Boston,
Mass, who demanded the privilege
to ask q question, and threw the
convention into an uproar. Cries OF
"sit down" and throw him out"
cut the air and Palmer supporters
advanced menacingly on the man
Above the uproar Chairman ROD
inson shouted that the delegates
was out of order and could not In
terrupt the speaker. The conven-
ton gave a roar Of approval to the
chairman's ruling and inland sub
sided.
II revere this man." shouted
Bigelow when he got attention
again, "because his enemies are the
enemies of our government, ana
his foes are the foes Of our govern
ment."
Palmer Demonstration.
The conclusion of Bigelow's
speech was the signal for the
Palmer demonstration to cut loose.
The Georgia state standard was
first up and In the procession Penn
sylvania followed.
1t was the first real noisy and
prolonged demonstration of the
convention. 1t seemed as IL about
half the delegates on the floor were
standing but as many obviously
were up to see the spectacle. The
voting strength of the Palmer
forces could not be assessed by the
size of the demonstration. The
band whooped up GLORY. Glory
Hallelujah," and the Palmer men
pranced about chanting the cele-
brated parody, "Glory, Glory Penn
sylvania."
There was the usual amount of
flag waving, hip-hurrahing, ring
ing of COW bells, din of noise max
ing devices. singing and Yelling AS
the procession went on the Rhode
Island. Florida and Hawaii stand--
ards came up from the floor ana
went in the line.
The Standards of Maine and Por-
to Rico also got into the parade. as
II churned around the convention
floor. The maroon Palmer pen
nants and small American flags
were carried by the marchers as
thew cut lanes through the crowd
of delegates and sang their march
ing song over and over again. The
same tune was kept up by the band
in the organ loft and in between
times a crew Of cheer leaders kept
the convention floor popped up.
Green Skirt Stirs Delegates.
After 1t had been on for fifteen
mintes the demonstration showed
not a sign of diminishing In enthu-
siasm or the volume of the noise II
PRODUCED. woman with a bright
green skirt got lp on the SPEAK.
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