The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-06-26

journ after the demonstration until to-
morrow and many delegates had taken
advantage Of it. Chairman Walsh
whacked vigorously and persistently
and the cheering and yelling stopped
but the aisles were still full Of mill
ing throng which had to be herded
here and there by the floor managers.
Amid the disorder and turmoil a
motion was put to adjourn until 1890
tomorrow morning. Amid more con-
fusion and noise the motion was put
and carried with roar of ayes.
The convention piled out of the doors
into the fresh air and called it day.
The demonstrators for the various cam
didates were soaked and exhausted
and voiceless.
The delegates, alternates and every
body else who had been watching the
proceedings were cooked.
Then quite unexpectedly the chair
man announced that the next order of
business would be presentation of can
didates for the presidential nominal
ton. 1t had been hoped by many of
the perspiring delegates that the con-
vention might recess before taking up
that work
There was an interval while the
speakers place was arranged for the
speakers who will do the nominating.
The clerk called the roll Of states
for the presidential nominations and
Forney Johnson took the platform to
nominate Senator Oscar w. Under
wood.
Tba oor,op+;ox 5;SnIavad ~ rooyo
interest in the first nominating speech
than it generally does to any, until
Mr.. Johnson got along to the point
where he began to make references to
the Ku Klux Khan issue. Then the
convention began to sit up and take
notice.
Khan Starts Trouble.
Once during the course of his adj
dress when Mr.. Johnson brought the
convention into demonstration by
the most direct reference to the Khan
he had yet made, about half the dele
/ gates stood up and cheered and the
| other half remained silently in their
I,seats. 1t was noticeable that most all
the delegates from Georgia, Missouri,
/ Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma and California
remained seated while the demonstra-
ton was going on.
The anti-Klan element in the con-
vention openly regarded the demon
stration as an anti-Klan demonstra-
tion and pointed out the delegations
which were not participating. In con-
GLIDING his nominating speech, Mr..
Johnson read the anti-Klan plank he
had proposed to the platform COM
mittee. When he got to the phrase
which specifically named the Ku Klux
Khan another demonstration broke out.
After a little milling, a parade started
in the aisles and there were some OF
the usual contests over whether GER
tain state standards were to go in.
There was q scramble around the Mis-
souri, standard. John Keegan of St.
Louis, a Smith delegate, against the
protests of nearly all the delegation
raised the state standard and several
women rushed to take it away from
him.
Colorado Has Scramble.
In the Colorado delegation there was
another scramble approaching the pro-
portions of fist fight. One delegate
was determined that the state stantl-
ard would go in the anti-Klan demon
stration and another was equally de-
termined that it should not. In the
melee in which some clothing was torn
and much hair was rumpled the stand
ard was wrecked and the contenders,
when separated by the police, We're In
possession of the pieces.
When it got to looking a little too
/ scrappy on the floor, the band swung
into the Star Spangled Banner and
that invariably brought all the sc-amb-
lers to attention.
Pent Up Fires Break Loose.
The pent-up fires of Democratic en-
thusiasm, fed by the rivalries that are
moving beneath the surface, found a
tumultuous outlet again today in the
big convention hall.
4 This time it was Senator Walsh of
Montana, the oil committee prosecut-
or, who set the convention afame