Evening star., 1924-06-12

| refer to attacks upon the Supreme
Court and proposals to have judicial
decisions overridden by legislative
action.
''This.' he said would be vicious
attack on the fundamentals of Amer
icanism' while the convention rose
and cheered.
This man is an out and out ma
diminished and untrammeled sover
eighty of the United States of Amer
| ica. We have here not only man
with a character We can trust. we
have here a man who knows that law
must be observed and one who in all
respects and in all circumst ances
will never suffer any diminution of
American independence. He is superb
ly, supremely American
Delegates start Parade.
DR.. Burton's peroration brought
the convention to its feet with an
outburst of cheering and applause
and the procession of delegates start
| ed around the floor, with Vermont in
| the lead.
other delegates quickly followed.
carrying their state standards. and
| soon the aisles were choked with a
marching. cheering. shouting throng.
There were some rebel yells inter-
| spersed in the demonst ration.
Boys from Plymouth. VT. carried
| banner reading We are all MEM
bers of the home town Coolidge Club
At first the onstrators did not
them on, but soon they got going
| to the accompaniment of the band,
which played a gallop. The demon
stration was all for Coolidge. a noisy
but hearty one The North Dakota
which there are six La Toilette dele
| gates. was carried into the process
sion, but the South Dakota standard
from the delegation having Johnson
deIegates failed to get in.
The great pipe organ took up the
| music and the electric lighting effects
were used to good advantage. bathing
the hall and the swirlins. milling,
| mass of cheering delegates in differ
| ent shades of light. ranging from
bright sunshine to a twilight blue.
Hymn sung by MarcAer..
The organ swung into the sonorou
chords of Onward. Christian SOL
diers.'' and the marchers took up the
words Of the grand old hymn as they
marched about. When the organist
paused a second, the crowd whistled
| for more and joined in another
| stanza
The dem on stration for Coolidge was
marked by its orderliness. Demon
strations for candidates in conven-
| tion often result in considerable
| scramble and roughhouse, but it was
/ not so with the demonstration today.
After Onward. Christian Soldiers 20
| had been sung with all it's stanxas.
| the delegates began taking their
sta tions in their sections but the Old
Home Town Club encouraged new
march Women were conspicuous in
the procession.
Then the organist swung to the
Battle Hymn of the Republic" The
| cheering crowd got an inspiration
/ out of that and soon the roof was
ringing with GLORY, Glory, Hallelu-
jah." Gov. Cox and Senator Lodge,
| carrying the Massachusetts standard.
marched around the hall with the
other demonstrators.
wisconsin Holds on.
! Then the singers, led by the sorgan,
turned to Marching Through Geor-
| gia-' During it all the Wisconsin
| delegation sat silently in its seats
| and a member of the South Dakota
delegation standing on chair folded
| his arms over the top of the state
standard to keep passing delegations
| from snatching it away and taking 1t
| into the procession.
The musician at the organ console
concluded with Maryland. My Mary
land" and after the demonstration
| had been going on fifteen minutes
! Chairman Mondell began rapping for
order. Most all the delegates read
| lily went back to their places, the
| positions and the convention got
| ready for the business of hearing
| DR.. Burton's nomination of the Presi-
| dent, seconded in some five-minute
speeches
Ne Other Nsniaatiens.
| No other nominations were Offer
| ed when the chair called for them.
Neither the lames of Senator La Fol-
lette nor Senator johnson being pre-
| sented.
Mrs. Florence c. Porter of South
4 Pasadena, Calf, came 20 the plat
/ form ito make the first seconding
speech. Mrs. Porter, motherly lady
| with white hair, wore a lavender
! gown and a black lace shawl thrown
about her shoulders. She spoke clear
! " and earnestly and smilingly. The
| convention frequently Interrupted her
with applause when she was decaaI-