The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
OPPOSITION RISES TOCOMPETITION IN NOlSEMAKING McAdOO And Smith Dem onstration May Face
 Ruling
 WALSH THREATENS TO MOVE CONCLAVE Hired Enthusiasts Held To Blame For Pro-
 lOnged Turmoil
By HERBERT COREY. fSnneial tN The ARn-Herald. ]

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, June 26.--Well, they demonstrated for Al Smith-just like they demonstrated for Nc Adoo. The same utterly silly per formance. There is one hope-a faint one, but still a hope--to be gathered from this prodigy of fool ishness.
 This may he the last of the hour long orgies of horns an cowbells at national conventions. Every one's patience is exhausted. Chair man Walsh, who has one of those chevy chase tempers, anyhow, lost 1t completely. He punched. his biceps and whacked the sounding board.
 q will entertain motion to transfer this convention to another city," said he.
 Heard the Motion He heard the motion, all right. He did not entertain it, but as result of the hollow hypocrisy of the "demonstra- tions" of the last two days a con victim of their essential foolishness may sink into the American political brain. There was never more obviously machine made racket than that for Smith. Not even the one for McAdo0. Neither could deceive a blind man who had fraction of one good ear. Neither could have been duplicated by turning into boiler factory.
 Every one know that Smith packers proposed to outdo the noise made by the AIcAdo0 hollers and they did. They had foghorns sirens, automobile signals and cowbells. After the first five min iltes whatever noise may have been made by the human voice was drowned out. The band could scarcely be heard through the tumult. fAnd while this ilsenaate tumult was being kept ID .tbe ~ {; h their setts chew ffsx EtSiiis Neither deihOnstratien nteaf1t eyerythifsg, Except gallery competition ExpeCE Rule
 The delegates7 believe that hired noise makers were responsible for both. As a consequence it is fairly certain that rule will be offered in the next national convention rigidly limiting the time for these affairs. That would end them automatically for it will extract the element of rivalry.
 Friday, will presumably, indication how long the bailoting will last, al- though it is significant that more at tention is being paid to such hitherto almost unremarked candidates as Glass and Houston. It is the conviction of a large element of the convention that neither of the two. leaders can win, and there are efforts by the delegation leaders to get together in an effort to select the one of the remaindes who will be strongest tthe polls.
 Ritchie Welcomed
 It is worth observing that the well come given the name of Ritchie of Maryland seemed to have greater element of sincrity than that given either McAdoo or Smith. Only the balloting will show how strong he really is,
 Once the fight on the head of the ticket is over, that on the anti-klan fight begins, the one thing to be said is that the leaders of the element hostile to the klan declare themselves more certain than ever tha ta plank naming the klan will be put in the platform. There would be no point. They say, in lodging the question in an effort to save the susceptibilities of the klan, after what will be said on the floor has been said.
 My won belief is that the anti-klan fight may not be as physically strenu- Ous as has been predicted. But that is pure guess work.