Milford chronicle., 1924-07-18

w7ro sovrIeu Ill the Committee on
Resolutions, but on these matters the
contending factions were so deter
mined that the fight was carried to
the floor of the convention, where it
ragged from o'clock Saturday after
noon until o'clock Sunday morning.
Throughout these long hours the
} throng that filled the Madison Square
Garden to the roof remained in ex-
cited attention, and to restrain its pos
sible over-enthusiasm about one thou
sand policemen stood shoulder to
shoulder in a solid ring between spec
tators and delegates and massed
themselves at the entrances.
Chief Incidents Day by Day
Perhaps as good a way as any to
tell of this convention is to relate it's
chief incidents day by day. OF course
Senator Pat Harrison, Of Mississippi,
was the important figure on Tuesday,
since he, one Of Democracy's leading
orators, was temporary chairman. Fol
lowing the usual preliminaries and the
beautiful singing Of "The Star Span
gled Banner" by Anna Case, while
thousands of tiny silk flags fluttered
down from the rafters, Senator Har-
risOn was installed and proceeded to
deliver his long keynote speech. It
was to be expected that he would ex-
coriate the Republican party, and so
he did. But somehow he did not |
arouse either the delegates or the |
galleries so much as one would have |
thought he might. Perhaps it was
the heat.
On Wednesday, to prove that the
women were being given their share
of the work, Chairman Harrison intro
duced Mrs. Leroy Springs, Of South
Carolina, chairman Of the Committee
Z / Credentials. Handsome, calm and
cool in white silk, she took the plat
form, waved greetings to cheering
friends and read her report in fine,
clear voice. Then the star of that
day, Senator Thomas J. Walsh, OH
Montana, was presented to the conven-
ion as it's permanent chairman. "He
s a real Democrat and the greatest
Investigator this country has ever
said Senator Harrison, and
he crowd howled its approval. And
gain the state standards danced
bout the aisles and were massed in
ront of the rostrum, for here was the
nan who had done more than any ,,
ther to supply campaign material for
is party this year and whom that
arty gives credit for having done
reat service for the nation. Walsh :
J known as one of the best speakers
! the senate, and his address was
ell written and vigorously delivered,
lough again the heat served to les
IN it's effect with the audience. Not
} sharply. perhaps, as Harrison, but
lite as effectively, he too set forth
. length what his fellow Democrats
1nsider the delinquencies of the Re-
lblican majority in congress and the !
epublican administration. I
Roll Call of States D
More formal business, including a !,
of thanks to "Our Pat" the
mporary chairman, and then came :,
e roll call of states for presentation 4
candidates. Alabama" cried the 4,
ERIK, and Alabama responded in the 4
rson of Forney Johnston, a business 6,
le, snappy looking gentleman who, Il
q business-like and snappy speech
Id the delegates why Senator Oscar
Underwood was their ideal candidate y,
him fell the honor of arousing the p
invention to the first really spOnta. W
ous demonstration so far. (That x
)rd demonstration" is overworked, n,
t it is the only one that fits.) Mr.. IN
hnstOn said Mr.. Underwood had q,
ked him to place before the conven- cC
n his views on a certain matter in Al
language. He did so, n,
d when he named the Ku Klux Klan 20
he first outspoken mention of the +b
half the delegates A.
ped to their feet with a wild war no
oop that indicated they shared en- IN
in the Alabaman's con- sb
attitude toward the "in- oo
ible government" The shouting Sr,
| like wildfire through the hall and en-,
} after another state standards were m
enched from their sockets and car fro
4 into the procession that quickly he,
med. Not all of them, by any
ans, and there were bitter struggles
r some that did get into the parade.
st of the New England, northern sal
western states followed Alabama a
New York into the anti-Klan dem the
tratiOn. AS a general thing the viii
ing McAdoo delegations kept their the
is and held their standards fast. Fra
until the band leader, showing mo
7onted tact. started uD America" "a