The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-07-02
BRYAN PET DRY PLANK'EAGER 10 HEAR Battle
CROWN 7,HRONG cONVEN-
TON MALL TODAY
GALLERlEs ARE FILLED
Prospects eaiIoting Will Start
Late Thle Afternoon Unless
n<bate Opens

IAsso<e<ed Press Dispatchl
Auditoriu1n San Francisco. July /.
-Galleries lied early in expectation
of SNOWY hit on the platform issue.
The delegal came more slowly and
at eleven o<<Ipck the hour set for re-
Stunning the 86ssion the floor and dole
gate spaces ~ usual were only par
TALLY filled Nth chatting members.
The band. the; organ and the singers
as usually enttrfained the crowd while
things were Waiting to be started UP.
Beside thu kpeech placing Ambas-
sador Davis ~ Nomination 1t was I'M
derstood thSf Eenator Glass would be
placed In 41}nation by Representa-
tive Floor or the Virginia dele
gates. Sosfd{As the convention Off
Gals had ht@o advised early today.
that ended Ne list Of nominating
speeches. anf<he next business would
be to take u1 he platform IL the reso-
lutionS coml1<[ftee were ready to re-
port. Remind cent of the happy sing
ing carnfyalW yesterday, that held
the conventfoh IN its joyful mood an
hour, the band went back to some of
the old time sH}r that had put the big
audiences In c4rnival spirit The band
master tried The Sidewalks of New
York." but the spirit was lacking and
he got no rzsponse. but when he
producer, u1kte.' he drew the usual
crop of yells.
Whole sectichs In the state spaces
were still unoccupied In some parts
OF the hall. The delegates who were
present wanted to talk rather than
come to order and Chairman Robin
son had to A some vigorous and
continued wha<klng with the gavel.
So Scsston Is Opened.
After sendfnx the police through
the aisle to cloar them, the chairman
got the deiega<fs seated and Bishop
Nichols OF the Episcopal diocese OF
San Francisco Tered prayer. con
Guiding by leae1g the convention in
Star ns sOansjsd Psas and 4 the cons one
yention choruae q The strains Of the
majestic air s. 8 3 e. Il
Afuras 4 3 n . s. a. Il Z
place at the Speakers stand and re-
cited the Battle Hymn OF the Repub-
1ic. while the great organ softly
the melody Of the martial
air in accompaniment.
The Judge recited the first stanza.
Simmons Is Named.
The Judge recited the nrst stanza
while the organ trembled out its
melodious strains, and then coming
to the chorus, turned his eyes TO a
Tar galleries where a clear toned So
prano rang out with the refrain, be-
ginning soItly at hrSt and then JOIN
ing in the peal or the organ as it purst
OUT into the mighty thunder of Glory,
glory Hailelujan." Then, the audience
Joined In the rolling chorus and the
great auditorium was nlied to the
very roof with song. AT the conclu-
Sion OF the singing the secretary OF
The convention continued the cal OF
the roll Of states for nominating
speeches.
New mexico, first on the call, sim
ply seconded the nomination OF VIII
liam G.. McAdoo. 1t was the signal
Tor a demonstration which started in
the galleries and spread TO some dele
cations on the floor put dld not last
long. North Carolina sent w. q.
hewland OF Lenoir TO the platform
10 place in nomination Senator SIM
,DouS for whom the North Carolina
Martha Nelson Mccain OF California
made seconding speech tor Sim
u,oi,s. merely saying:
Ladies and gentlemen of the con-
vention: l rise 10 second the NOM
ination of Senator Simmons or North
Carolina"
AssaiIs Glass Choice.
The public record Of Mr.. Davis, gov
ernor Cornwell said, assured that If
nominated he would not be the can
didate ''of any class. any section or
any sroup. $50 :. .,,u oo.,u,
ton" he said. Ito nominate a man
merely because he is supposed to be
popular with one particular group of
people III the country at the sacrifice
Of leadership. II you do that you
make the democratic party sectional
NE convention contrued the gov
pin.rs remarks as a thrust at the
McAdoo boom. At the same time
Governor Cornwell by indirect refer
ence defended the labor record of Mr..
Davis which has been attacked.
He closed with a reference to the
close relations between the president
ing associations of the peace treaty
the president had kept Mr.. Davis ''at
his elbow"
Mrs. Julia Brown of West Virginia
seconded the nomination Of Mr.. Davis.
Woman Made Hit.
- MN Brown was dressed In white
orrandie GOWN with a corsage of roses
and looked like debutante as she step
ped out to the speakers platform. Mrs.
brown. who before her marriage was
Izetta Jewel, a stock actress In the east,
began by telling the convention a funny
story which ran to the effect that while
man was asleep In the Garden of Eden
the Creator took his brains to create
woman The men Of the convention took
the thrust and laughed heartily.
Women will select man. she said.
whose past life can stand the search
light test and whose whole present life
measure up tt women'c Scale"
May Get to BaIlotting.
Late this afternoon the roll of
states for candidates to be nominated
was about completed before the con-
vention. Following this. II the res
olutions committee was not ready to
report 1t was expected that rules
would be suspended and balloting on
candidates start. Should the COM
mittee be ready to report however a
warm fight on the league, prohibition
and the Irish questions was antici-
pated On the floor of the convention.
Mrs. Brown made a hit with her
audience and when she concluded the
hand fliayod "Oh What g. Pal Was