Evening star., 1924-06-25
Reporter 'sSees' Convention by Radio;
'Choice" Language Drifts in From, Air
'sSonaebody' Irked as Harrison Fails to Get Order
Jim Preston Authorizes Fe,U Statistics-WaIsh
Furnishes Food for Coolidge.

Listening in on the Democratic
national convention is a good test Of
ones hearing, patience and persever-
ance.
If the tuning-in is done at home,
experience yesterday: Send Junior
out or the room. find a sensitive spot
on the galena, IL yours is a crystal
set, or put in a new. tube il other
wise, and settle back prepared to be
free guest of the Madison Square
Garden performance.
When 1t Is about time for the con-
ventfon to begin, strain your ears
for any one or all Of the following her
aiding signs:
Sharp buzz of telephone calling
wrong number.
Re-entry Of Junior astride Fido.
Klaxon sounding for young lady
next door.
Grandma giving vent to sneeze.
Static.
One Way to Listea.
Then disconnect aerial and ground.
paper and take the whole outfit down
to your office, where, by leaving the
telephone receiver of the hook and
putting an Away for the Day" sign
on the door; the convention may be
That is what Star reporter did
today. and he sat through a morn
ing of bliss. listening to the witty
remarks of the announcer. several
band concerts, scheduled operate
solos. that didn't take place, and. IN
cidentally, an activity or two OF the
Democrats themselves.
The announcer today was called
of of the irief radio fans because Of the diia-
tory progress of the. convention.
The weather was his favorite topic
during the lulls, the fans being kept
informed throughout the morning as
delegates joined in the general move
to discard coats.
some .sRecOrds' Established.
Prior to the actual start of the pro-
ceedings it was announced that SEN
ator Pat Harrison was born in MIS-
sissippi and Senator Walsh IN Wis
consin This Information was fol-
lowed by the statement, that Jim
Preston was sponsor for the decla-
ration that the convention is attendeo
by more newspaper correspondents
than any in history. 693 perspiring
knights of the pen having registered.
for order. at 1890, pandemonium
broke loose in the ear phones. all the
delegates apparently assisting the
senator in rappinE. Order was not
Harrison's voice could be heard faint
ly above the tumult shouting, Clear
that aisle; sit down." We won't say
it was the senator, but some one,
after continued shouting to the mill
ing delegates, used some language re-
markably similar to that heard now
and then on the cotton wharves of
Mississippi when stevedore steps
on a nail.
Repeated assertions by Senator Har-
rfson that the convention was in or
der were discounted by the delegates
not even the listeners-i in, be-
lieved him.
Bishop Thomas F. Gayior of Ten
neSSee in the midst of the noise in
voked Divine aid on the convention:
and the delegates finally quieted
down slightly.
About this time something must
have gone wrong with the micro
woman of the credentials committee
was lost in a weird mixture of gufps
and whispers. as though she were
for the third time. AS she
was introduced cher name could not
be distinguished the band struck
up "Oh, You Beautiful Doll"
The apparatus got Strengthened out
in time for fans to hear the commit
tee on permanent organization recon-
mend Senator Thomas ]. Walsh for
chairman of the conven-
ton. The melee that followed short
ly after turned out to be the formal
ity of escorting the permanent chair
man to the platform.
March AroAd Hall.
Delegates apparently like inves-
tieators, for when Senator Harrison
Chairman Walsh as the
greatest investigator in the history
Of the country the delegates hoarse-
ly joined with the band in tune
that sounded something like the Tea
pot Dome Blues. AS the din increased.
the announcer explained that every
one was marching around the hall,
with the exception, at first. of dele
gates from "one or two states, for
some reason i don't know. Even the
rooters finally were
drawn into the riot. he later an
nounced, for another reason, which
he did not know.
Five minutes of agony, during
which the ether appeared to have
gone wild with static, howls and
electrons that had over-imbibed with
ozone, led to the belief that the radio
set had got crossed with one of those
broadcasting features,
How Boilers Sound in the Making"
1t was merely a continuation of the
Walsh reception, however.