Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-28

Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag
and Smile, Smile, Smile
Mr.. Ball asked the convention to
give its unanimous approval to the
selection of Miss May Kennedy. of
the Bronx, for vice chairman of the
convention. There was no objection
and a woman for the first time in
party history took that place.
While the reading of the report
was going on Chairman Hull reach
ed the Platform and took his seat.
He looked a little rested and refresh
ed after his sick spell, but it was
evident that the chairman was still
suffering from heat and oVerWork.
The report Of the committee was
adopted without objection and the
next order of business was the
presentation of the permanent chair
man.
Senator Walsh Presented
Senator Ferris, Of Michigan; Alice
Campbell Good, Of New York; j. y.
Sanders, of Louisiana, and Cover
nor Trapp, of Oklahoma, escorted the
senator from Montana to the plat
form.
The senator, who attracted the at
tention of the country and the world
with his work investigating the Tea
pot Dome oil scandal, took the plat
form while the convention gave
three cheers for Walsh.
Mr.. Harrison presented Mr. Walsh
"as a great Democrat and the great
est investigator in the history of
this country" while the convention
roared "atta boy"
Chairman Walsh promptly took
the gavel and began whacking for
order, but the convention wanted to
do little demonstrating in his hon
or. While the delegates took up the
state standards and began walking
about the hall the band took up an
appropriate air, keep the Home
Fires Burning"
Mr.. Walsh decided to improve the
opportunity to rest, so he took a
chair and calmly surveyed the
marching throng as it passed in re-
view before the speakers stand. A
Kansas woman sent him a bouquet
Of sunf1owers which the senator
smilingly accepted.
1t was pretty hot for milling
around and the demonstrators were
not long getting tired of it. The
band kept whOoping it up, but the
marchers began to get back to their
places.
1t wound up with cheers, bowls
and rebel yells for walsh" as the
band was swinging into california,
Here [ Come"
The chairman gave the delegates
little time to get settled and then
resumed whacllipg with his eavel.
He finally got the hall quiet and
went ahead with his prepared adj
dress.
Hurls Challenge to G.. O. p.
Senator Walsh aroused a demon
stratlon when during his arraign.
ment Of the admins tration in con-
nection with the Teapot Dome scan
GAL, he thallenged the naming Of a
single Democratic office holder in
volved.
AZ that the band struck up again
and the chairman took the oppor
tunity to get a breathing spell. In
a minute or two, however, he waved
for quiet and went on with his ad.
dI ess.
While he was speaking somebody
sent to tie speakers platform an
deliberately prepared little black
satchel. 1t contained such inscrip-
lions as graft inn," Thousand oil
ands'' and "Doheny Falls"
When Senator Walsh got to the
conclusion of his speech the audience
broke into his peroration when he
said the honor our country, the
prosperity of our people demand that
we return to the ideals of Woodrow
Wilson" The demonstration broke
loose with the aid of the band. 1t
continued for a moment and then Mr..
Walsh silenced it so that he might
tlnlsh the sentence that eve resume
the place he won for us, the moral
leadership of the world
At that the demonstration broke
out anew and the delegates quickly
tromed another marching club. Prac-
tloally all the state standards as
usual went into the Wilson demon
Stratlon and the band as it did yes
terday helped it along by playing a
medley OF airs which We're popular
during the war days.
Dove Circles Hall
While the Wilson demonstration
was continuing a white dove, which
apparently had gotten in through
the apertures in the roof, flew over
the delegates and made three cir.
cles of the convention hall before it
cameto rest on a gallery rail- A
spectator took it in hand there and
rested the bird for a moment and
then turned it loose. This time the
dove, with every eye in the hall fol
lowing, its flight, made another turn
and came to rest on one of the fla
standards in the balconies.
When the delegates got through
with the demonstration they regard
ed the interval as an opportunity
for a seventh-inning stretch. The
band kept up its medley and the
convention officials apparently not
anxious to hurry the proceedings
chatted and waited on the platform
FOR things to quiet today.
Davis r. Francis, Of Missouri, one
OF the veterans of the party, came
up on the platfor mand chatted with
Senator Walsh while the convention
was getting settled again. The word
! was passed to the band to stop
despite the calls for East Side,
Walsh began Whacking for order he
did it so vigorously that the head
flew off the gavel and landed in the
mass of people on the floor in front
| of the speakers stand. Luckily it
missed all the heads.
During the interval a good many
| of the old-line party leaders went
up on the platform and did little
handshaking with the convention
managers. Judson Harmon, of Ohio
was among them. John j. Fftzger.
| aid. of Brooklyn, former chairman
Of the house appropriations commit.
! tee, was another.
Finally, Chairman Walsh called
| the convention again to order, and
permitted Police Commissioner En-
right to make an announcement.
He announced at the conclusion
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