Evening star., 1924-06-27
Kan and League Pnks Remain Stumbling Blocks Builder

| III foiCe Whlch sounds out above
All others. At. San Francisco four
Years ago it was a fellow who ex-
| claimed 'WonderfuF' in a tone which
penetrated every part of the hall. At
cleVeland 1t was Bull Moose rooter
IN the gallery who beloved hoo
ray, with the accent on the shoe
Iodays champion, who conducted a.
one-man demonstration for Gov.
brown, merely let il go at ray" but
the volume of his tone and the ex-
plosive force Of his delivery attracted
as much attention to himself as il
did to the candidacy of Gov. Brown.
Even Chairman Laughs.
Even Chairman Walsh got a laugh
| out of it 1t was the first time the
| chairman had cracked a smile since
the convention began. The rooter
| connded to those about him he did
| not know who Mr. keefe was nomi-
natlng, but he was friend of Keefe's
| whoever he was The Missouri dele
cation promptly adopted the gentle
| man; one Of te delegation members
held him up on d chair and let him
| holler.
Then somebody pinned a Silzer but
ton on him and he let out a few
| Whoops for SilZer After that the
| Missouri delegation decided it had
| enough of the visitor and he was led
| away by the hand. very gentle crea-
| ture for such great voice.
Nominates SilAer.
Il w
sey was called and John y. Matthews
| took the platform 10 nominate Gov.
| Silzer.
With the mention Of the name OF
| burst out, having some % the at
| tachments which made the Smith
! demonstration so n1isy. IRE New
| Jersey delegation promptly piled out
| into the aiSles With the state nag ami
| the standard at It's head and began
d march around the convention hal.
Fire Truck Sirens Used.
Some professional demonstrators
had been arranged, waiting in the
aisles, and they joined in. Some FIRE
truck sirens which had been used in
| the Smith demonstration were in
place in the New Jersey delegation
| space and one of the delegates in
dustriously turned the crank while
the siren let out it's variety OF
| screeches- The New York and Massa-
| chusettS standards fell into the pro-
cession and soon were Joined by
! Illinois.
The hard boiled bouncer, who had
been chasing high officials off the
| platform all morning. evidently was <
Jerseyman, because he made no OBJ
lection when party of Silzer demon
strators rushed the platform stairs
".
A blonde in black was hoisted high
on to one of the tables, waving tin
New Jersey state flag.
Music by MeIodeon.
A small melodeon. such as is used
by travelling evangelists, was brought
to the front of the platform and a
trio of professional singers sang d
song to the tune of Marching
Through Georgia" The words were
about Silzer marching TO the White
House
The singing was good and the con-
vention stopped the racket and noise
of the demonstration to listen to it,
/ was novel relief from the smash
and din and racket of the fire sirens
the tin horns and the blaring of the
the relief on the ears.
The songs over, the musicians fold
ed up their melodeon and departed
as they came They had entertained
the convention for five minutes.
When the entertainers finished, the
band took it up and soon had the
lot OF demonstrators prancing around
to the crashing rhythm of THE Stars
and Stripes Forever" 1t was obvious
that the Silzer demonstration was
getting some help from friendly quar-
ters and that it was not drawing any
approval from the sections counted
as favorable to McAdoo.
WALSH Walks Out.
Chairman Walsh took the Silzer
demonstration for an opportunity to
get some rest and food. He turned
the gavel over to Representative
Alben w. Barkey of Kentucky, put
on his hat, picked up his walking
stick and departed for the quiet of d
nearby cafe, leaving the convention
to quiet down and get ready for buss-
ness by the time OF his return.
Ovation Subsidies.
The SfIzer demonstration finally
subsidized. being partly quieted down
by its boomers and partly because IL
was wearing out.
REPRESENTATIVE Elmer H Geran of
New Jersey took the platform TO
make the seconding speech for Silzer.
Make it short" called a voice from
the floor. Il will promised Mr.. Ge-
ran and the convention gave him a
round of applause in apprecia tion.
on the resumption of the roll call
New Mexico and North Caroiina
passed and North Dakota sent j. +
IT. Connor of Grand Forks to seconG
the nomination of McAdoo.
Starts Khan Outburst.
During the course of his speech. as
had been arranged by the McAdoo
managers, he referred to the religious
aspects of the convention under
currents set swirlinS by contest over
the ku klux Klan plank.
Mr.. O'Connor quoted from an ad-
dress delivered by MIR. McAdoo at
st. Patrick's day celebration in which
he declared himself for freedom OF
religious worship as provided in the
freedom Of speech, freedom of the
press and the right of peaceful as
sembly.
II am opposed in the name of SOL
dierS and sailors %ho sleep in death
less silence" said O'Connor-"in their
name, who offered their all, in the
n n
an American citizen | condemn the
order known as the Ku klUX kIan
Thus Mr.. OConnor announced him
na W.l ePpesfa esiat ne she nIs9ds6 g u
were glad of the opportunity to make
before the convention.
Noise Soon auieted.
The convention went off into
spasm Of cheering and racket. with
the band, as usual. instigating the
noise. The Silzer people, not yet out
of the mood of demonstrating. eager
ly Joined the procession. which start
ed with the New Jersey banner.
If the demonstra ton were to he
accounted an anti-klan demonStra-
tion one would be bound to report
that it YVES neither as vociferous nor
as spontaneous nor as genuine as
that which marked the speech of
Forney Johnston of Alabama on the
second day of the convention
A few good wallops of the gavel
quieted the noise and let Mr.. O'Con-
nor proceed. He only proceeded far
enough to say he seconded the nomi
nation of william G. McAdoo" and
the McAdoo people took the oppor-
tunity to break loose again with
another hurricane of "wah- h-hoos" and
"hoop-las," handclapping and cheer
ing. Representative Barkley. how
ever. was determined to have the CON