The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-26
East Side, West Side"

Now ana then from out the bed
lam a group of men would manage
to be heard in uuison-"the side
walks Of New York" a band would
pass a given point. East Side, West
Side" it played, and then passed
from sight II hearing.
When the demonstration had been
under way for twenty minutes. ii
was precisely as enthusiastic and
loud and unanimous as il was with
the opening shrek.
There was real enthusiasm, by
hundreds of men and women, only
a relatively few OF them, however,
delegates.
The deafening demonstration for
Smith was not confined to the con.
vention han. but soon began to
spread throughout the lower end Of
town. particularly all about the
Gardens.
Volunteer bands began p~arading.
Thousands Of persons were packed
in Madison Square Park listening to
the radio installed there. Straw hats
were thrown into the air; men and
women started marching and singing.
Autos and special wagons. with
radio equipment erected on top.
moved slowly through the streets
so hat the noise Of the Garden dem
%onstration was soon reaching every
nook and corner of the city.
The greatest crowd that ever
packed Madison Square Garden was
damned into the structure by noon.
Police lines were thrown about the
building.
What seemed to be thousands
crashed through the doors without
tickets and flooded the galleries. All
of them were Smith boosters.
Doors Barred
By 1915 the police cancelled all
credentials. Newspapermen were
barred and delegates and reporters
who happened to leave the hall could
not get through the line again to
return.
Another band. This time it was
"Tammany." another famous Tam
many campaign air. Cheers for
Roosevelt. Cheers for Miss May Ken
nedy. the convention vice chairman,
The demonstration when it reached
the thirty-minute mark was stll sus-
tained. Miss Kennedy started
throwing her roses from the speak
er's platform.
Parts of the Missouri dele cation,
ell Of the Kansas delegation, re
NAMED seated throughout the demon
stration, either out Of respect for
their W favorite sons or in loyalty
to McAdoo.
A similar course was followed by
Idaho. Utah. Wyoming, Colorado,
Indiana. Alabama, part Of Illinois
and most Of Texas, Oklahoma, New
Hampshire, Maine, Tennessee, South
Carolina, West Virginia, California,
Oregon, Canal Zone, Maryland,
Louisiana. Michigan, Mississippi,
and North Dakota.
AS a matter Of fact there were
relatively few delegates in the
marching hosts-most of them here
for the most particular reason to
vote and were Of the opinion that if
they left their seats they would
never get back from the milling
throng alive.
Tex Richard Watches
Tex Richard looked on the scene
within the Garden in amazement.
Tex has put on some Of the biggest
fights the world has known, and has
staged many big shows, but he de
clared the sight presented in his
Garden today surpassed anything he
had ever witnessed.
So tremendous was the pressure
of shutting, dancing feet that the
massive beams and rafters Of the old
garden swayed and creaked and
the air in the basement below was
filed with a fine dust shaken from
walls and ceiling.
George Brennan Of Illinois took
part in the procession, shouting
with the rest of them.
Confetti, dropped out of the gal
leries on the crowds below was
buoyed up by the wind over the
skylights and dropped like snow on
the roof of the garden. 1t gave the
appearance that it was showing out
side.
Senator Copeland, who is mself
mentioned as a possible dark horse,
joined the procession and kept in line
for five laps around the garden.
When the demonstration had last
ed n hour there wasn't the slight
est evidence of abatement. A huge
basket of flowers was taken from
J the speakers platform down through