Evening star., 1924-06-26

Smith rooters, who had been in their
places from the start, We're whoopine
away for all they were worth
Most of the delegates were in their
seats, although the procession OF
state standards continued unbroken
Smith Band Breaks In.
After playing all the old tunes over
once. the convention band stationed
above the stage started them over
again in jazz time. The band march
ing on the floor swung into "Yankee
Doodle" and moment later a new
Smith band which heretofore had
been blocked outside. broke into the
invention floor to the tune of over
There"
AS the Smith musicians pas ed
along in front of the speakers stand
group of woman delegates from
Missouri who are for McAdoo STOOD
dropped big wadS of paper into the
mouths of the wind instruments. Bu1
that did not lessen the din in which
the hall had been engulfed from the
beginning of the demonstratjon.
badges to identify them. Many of
them had paper hats of bright colors
which had been passed around be-
forehand AS they shuffled along il
became evident that they also haC
been provided with more varieties ol
noisemaking apparatus than a gang
And they were using all Of them tC
full capacity.
Mrs McAdoO Spectator.
From her box in the rear of the
delegate section Mrs. McAdoo watch &C
the demonstration, chatting with 3
group Of men and women from hel
husbands s campaign headquarters.
Din Increases
AS the demonstration passed tbs
three quarter hour mark, the dir
seemed to be increasing Father thar
diminishing. A battery of fire sirens
and bells of many kinds had beer
brought into action at one of the
entrances, and it was almost impos-
verse with one another at all be-
cause of the continual clatter anc
screech with which the supporters
of the New York governor were re-
affirming their faith in him.
The air above the garden was thick
by this time with the flying bits of
paper that had been dumped out of
office buildings as a part of the dem
UnStration. 1t was evident that the
Smith people, both inside and outside
the convention hall. were determined
to SurpaSS by a safe margin, both in
noise and in elapsed time. the one
hour demonstration yesterday for Nc
AdoO.
Roosevelt Cheers MnrcherN
Mr.. Roosevelt remained al the speak
er's stand, supporting himself with
his arms and waving TO the passing
marchers during most of the parade
Then two men helped him to a seat
while the show went on, and he re-
freshed himself with a light lunch
brought from the restaurant back
stage.
No Sign of AbatinE.
When the demonstration had reach
ed an hours duration it was going as
strong as ever. \ few of the state
standards had been returned to their
places by the marcherS, but most OF
the original company of them re-
manned in the parade. mostly carried
by men who were not delegates. a
delegate badge at this stage was d
rarity among the demonstrators.
II was apparent that the duration
of the parading and noisemaking was
only question of how long the
Smith mana gers might decide to let
it go on before closing down the
sirens. calling off the bands and pass
ing the word to the rooters to file
out.
an enormous bouquet of flowers. car
ried high above the demonstrators,
was sent from the platform to Mrs.
Smith, who was in box with Mrs.
Roosevelt at the rear of the hall,
near that occupied by Mrs McAdoo-
Roosevelt Takes Hand.
At the hour-and-a- quarter mark
Mr.. Roosevelt waved to his lieuten-
ants on the floor to quiet the demon
mering with the gavei and Mr.. RooSe-
Welt was lifted up beside him. Sup
ported on his crutches ne raised a
hand for silence. and slowly the great
hall began TO quiet down
Anna Case. the Metropolitan Opera
star, was brought to the front of the
platform and brought the crowd al
last to complete order BY singing
, The Star Spangled Banner" Most
of the demonstrators remained in. the
hall and Joined in the chorus. how
ever. The aisles still were crowded
solidly. and sergeantS-a at arms who
went to work to clear them made
little progress.
Mr.. Roosevelt retired from the plat
form, apparently believing the dem
onStratlon at an end. but just then a
band somewhere around the edge OF
Side, West Side" and the whole per-
formance started over again. The
Autographs of Gov. Smith and the
state standards once more began their
bobbing progress about the hall. The
yell leaders in the galleries rallied
were set shrieking and the demon
stration was on in full force.
Band Play Defantly.
haIT, nfI ioI Ic
order Mr.. Roosevelt returned to the
stage and personally addressed to
those on the floor a request that they
remain quiet and let the convention
go on.
Most of the demonstrators appeared
ready enough to follow his advice
for they were tired and hot after
their long and fervid labors. But a
band far over on the right kept up
a throbbing march and detied all ef-
forts to quiet it.
with his colleagues on the convention
platform on the problem of clearing
the aiSles. On the surface the job
looked almost hopeless. The hun
dredS who had trooped into the del
egates' arena to stage the Smith DEM
onstration stood in solid phalanx in
every aisle, SO that sergeants- alarms
and special officers could scarcely
move an inch through the dense jam.
FINALLY, they appealed to the police
and got results. The band quieted
down at last, the demonstrators be-
gan to roll up their Smith banners
and those who did not belong to the
convention personnel were thrust out
through dozen exits.
Salisbury Nominated.
1t was just an hour and half from
the time the demonstration started at
MIR. Roosevelt'S mention of the name
of "Our Own Alfred E. Smith" that
Chairman Walsh directed the secre-
tary to continue with the call of. the
roll. Delaware was next on the list
and Senator Bayard took the speak
er's stand to nominate Willard Sauls-
bury, former Delaware senator.
At the conclusion of the nominating
on it's chairs and cheered, and there
was handclapping from many parts