The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-28
BRYAN STORM CENTER

bh AN SlOhM CENI EEK | Out of all the preliminary skirmish- l ing stands the fact that Bryan is again the storm center. The prospect of be-
 ing in minority disconcerts him not a bit, in fact the men who have watched 1 his methods for years say he rather l enjoys that position, because it places him on the battle line with an oppor- tunity to lead crusade into the con- l vention for a cause which he is by years of training, preparation and ex- perience best qualified to represent. l When his prohibition plank became
 known today it was dubbed the Mo |, Jave desert plank" because it was so | dry.
 1 Opposed to that view, and with their fighting clothes on, are administration
 meE who want to see the prohibition
 enforcement law 1iberalized and in the 1 last analysis they might compromise
 on flaw and order plank" merely
 declaring for the faithful enforcement
 of all constitutional laws. The repub- l .icans prepared such plank. but left
 i. out of the platform somewhere be- l tween the hotel committee room and the Coliseum.
 RESEMBLES G. o. P. CONVENTION The convention, with it's great bulk of
 uninstructed delegates and talk of dead l dark horse to break it, bears a marked resemblance to the republican convention. l In many other respects it is markedly l dissimiliar. It is more ''old timey." It savers of marching clubs, and brass 1 band serenades with less of the button- sticking and badge pnning work in which women workers were a large ele-
 ment at the republican convention It does, however, carry with it the same great army of delegates and camp fol- 1 lowers who mill ceaselessly about the | streets and hotel Hobbies day and night i searching for crumbs of information of
 what is really going on and getting very 1 little.
 1 San Francisco has opened wide it's | hospitable arms and is entertaining the visitors in every conceivable way Al it's first national convention the city feels
 that it may have the honor of having | president chosen within it's gates and | IS making the most of the opportunity I Tomorrow the delegates have their first
 meeting and get their first look at the in I side Of the great convention hall which 1 stands Tn the civic center. It is one of | the permanent buildings which will be | recalled by visitors to the exposition. The great wide floor of the main assemb- iy room has been filled with rows of 1 chars Tor the delegates and alternates and in the commodious galleries, thous- ands of seats have been placed The great pipe organ, with brass band will play during the dull moments while the convention is marking time waiting fol committees to finish work, for the thous- ands down in front and behind the plat.
 form where the speakers and party no. ] tables will be seated. Electric amplify- ing devices to carry the voices of the speakers to the fartherest corners of the hall, have been installed.
 | For light, ventilation and general com. fort, the auditorium is probably the tmost satisfactory place in which na. I tional convention ever assembled
 MILES OF WIRES
 l Miles of special telephone and telegra pl wires have been strung into the sec. tion set apart for the newspaper cores I pondents leading directly up to the base l of the speakers platform and wher l Chairman Cummings brings down hi. | gavel about noon tomorrow, the fact vii
 be known almost instantaneously all ovel i the country.
 , If the convention holds night sessions
 which seems certain, it will be at work while the eastern half of the country i.
 asleep. because of the difference of time | Normally San Francisco is three hours behind the Atlantic seaboard and two hours behind the middle west Loca
 daylight saving laws, however, have add.
 ed an hour, making it four a m in New
 York and three a. m. in Chicago, wher it is midnight here.
 II When the stock tickers in Wali Stree
 begin grinding off their daily story o
 fortune and ruin at ten o'clock in the
 morning, the clocks in San Francisco
 will be striking six and sleepy delegates
 will be taking forty w<nks more. Wher
 the sunny side of Beacon street in Bos N ton is having its quiet luncheon houl
 between one and two. the delegates ir
 San Francisco will be crowding in thu
 palm rooms and grills for breakfast
 When the pit in Chicago is winding III
 it's tumultuous day at three o'clock tn,
 delegates in San Francisco will be talk
 their seats in the convention hall for tn,
 opening of the days proceedings. Thing
 will just be warming up in the conven
 ton hall when the Manhattan subways