Evening star., 1924-06-26

were passed around IN the New
York delegation.
The gallery watchers spotted these
preparations and let out another
cheer. Trumpets and cowbells
chimed in with a raucouS accompani-
ment to the band as it attempted to
play grand opera selections, and the
delegates greeting each other on the
floor had to shout to one another to
make themselves heard
The preliminary stages of tribute
to Smith were riding a rising wave OF
noise and disorder. From its first
feeble squeaks and scattered yers
echoing across the vast amphitheater,
1t had mounted to continuing
growl that kept the long steel gir-
derS of the garden reverberating and
took complete possession of the pro-
ceedings-
Gavel Head Flies Into Crowd.
At II o'clock Senator Walsh began
pounding for order. pounding so hard
that the head few off the gavel and
landed in the crowded aisle ten feet
below him Almost by a miracle
nobody was hurt. Senator Walsh
slammed the headless handle of the
gavel down on a chair beside him,
seized another and went to work
again.
'Eastside, WestSde. All Around
the Town" answered the Glee Club
to the chairman's best efforts and
then they wound up with three
cheers for Smith and took their seats.
and Wsm 1assr M 1hs ortea ball guiet ct
the board of lectureship of the
Mother Church, the First Church of
Christ, Scientist. in Boston, was pre-
sented to pronounce the invocation.
He asked the delegates and spec
a moment, and to Join with him in
repeating the Lords Prayer.
Resumption of the calling of the
roll for nominations for President
then was in order, but there was
secretary read some announcements.
including an invitation to delegates
to attend a reception this afternoon
at Ia mmany Hail.
Woman Addresses Crowd.
Miss May Kennedy of the Bronx,
named vice chairman of the conven-
Senator Walsh and made a short
speech thanking the delegates for the
honor and predicting that the women
of the nation would help to swell the
Der. She was dressed in pleated
white gown trimmed in red and car
ried a large cluster of pink roses.
The convention gave her cheer
edly interrupted her with applause.
Then Senator Walsh turned over the
gavel to Miss Kennedy and for the
first time in history national con.
vention was in the guiding hand of
a woman. She directed the secretary
to continue the roll call.
Sweet Seconds McAdoo.
Colorado, the first on the list, did
not respond at first, but a moment
the platform. Himself urged by his
friends to accept the support of Colo
rado Gov. Sweet seconded the nomi-
nation Of William G. McAdoo on be-
place Mr.. Sweets name formally be-
fore the convention and give him the
states vote for the first two. or three
ballots before going to McAdoo ap-
parently had been abandoned.
There were several minutes of
cheering when the name of McAdoo
was pronounced by Gov. sweet, and
several delegations undertook , to or
delegates took up the state standards
of George, California and Texas and
started a parade around the nall. put
the aisles were so badly crowded with
difficulty in marching. The McAdoo
people manifestly had stolen march
on the partisans of Smith by inject
Ing the name of the former Treasury
Secretary into the proceedings at an
unexpected point
d. C. Standard In March.
The standards of the Canal Zone,
Nevada Kentucky, Co., arfzGna, iona II, sGE.n ni.n
trict of Columbia. Oklahoma, Wash
ington, South Carolina Florida. New
Mexico, Utah, Oregon and North
Carolina eventually were brought
STANDARD. despite GOV. sweets pres
ence on the platform to second the
McAdoo nomination, remained In its
place, held fast by half dozen anti
McAdoo delegates.
was punctuated throughout by cries
Of .Oil, oil, oil!' from the organized
Smith rooters in the gallery. When
Gov. Sweet went on with his speech
the Proceedings and he had to stop
while Senator Walsh again took over
the gavel and sought to restore order.
'1Ofl, oil, OIL OIL" few the shouts Of
the Smith men from gallery to gal
Senator walsh finally got the audi
ence quiet, and when he said he hoped
the guests in the gallery would
courteously treat all Of those who
appeared on the platform the New
York delegation took the lead in the
applause from the floor. Standing in
their places, the New York delegates
clapped their hands and cheefed the
chairman. -
Proposes Hecklefs Re Ousted.
A delegate from Texas, a McAdoo
state, shouted up to the chair, a
motion that II any speaker were In
terfubtAd again tAose feapon6iblA be
put out of the hall. but Senator Walsh
ruled tAAk no such step was neces-