The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28
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Continued From Page One.) F.. other speakers had hinted at and brought down the house.
 Mrs. Carol Miller was her name. There was nothing impressive, about her-she was a motherly looking wom- an, but wore no spectacular costume, as many of the women orators do.
 My fathers family were Method ists," She began. Instantly the Garden became tensely silent. -:
 My mother was Presbyterian. I married an Episcopalian. Some of my best friends are Jews. My son was born ln Japan under the shadow of a Budd- hist temple. '''r>. =, '
 And here I have the privilege of seconding the name of man who wor- ships God in still another form. Dur ing the World war we were neither Jew nor gentle, Catholic nor protest ant. At.i~. ". ...'
 we were all Americans" f.@-
 That set off aydemonstration. t'74 v All Sleep Side By Side
 All races and religions sleep side by side on the battlefields of France" she continued after quiet had been re- stored. Righteousness springs from the heart-from the divinity that is within us and is made manifest by the service we render to others
 Because of his tenderness to his mother, the devotion to his wife and children, the conservation of his public life to the welfare of his fellow man, because of his untarnished honesty and courage, know this man to be one who has completely builded his life upon the ten commandments and the teachings cf his Lord and Master.
 Therefore, as a true Christian and a true American, L second the nominA tion of Alfred E. Smith,"
 The effect of this short, simple speech on the crowd was electric. She received five-minute ovation. .'
 Critics Klan
 Just previously the. klan had been critized by name in McAdoo seconding speech by J. F.. T, O'Connor of North Dakota. ..v
 O'Connor made his attack on the klan before he revealed who it was he was seconding. So the anti-klan states, many of whom are anti -McAdoo, set up a great cheering, leaping on chairs and waving their hats. McAdoo states like kansas sit silently through this. Then, Tn his next sequence OGonnor an- nounced that he seconded the nomina- tion of McAdoo. The applause. was re- versed. The eastern anti-McAdoo states who a moment before had gone wild, sat still, while Kansas, Texas and the, other McAdoo sections hopped up cheering.
 Pennsylvania made seconding speeches for Smith, McAdoo, Underwood and Governor Ritchie of Maryland. Dur ing the latter speech, Mrs. Mary E. Herbert, a young Philadelphia matron, appeared on the platform holding up a husky Rhode Island Red rooster.
 Cox Given Ovation
 Cox received a big hand. Newton D. Baker brought the crowd to it's feet several times with his indorsement of the League of Nations, Woodrow Will sons policies and the qualities of Cox.
 John w. Davis was presentded as a progressive by Judge Holt of West Vir- ginia and the nomination. was seconded -hy Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown, former actress, whose striking voice made an impression on the throng, despite the 1act that she came at the tag end of an exhausting siege of oratory.
 It was a hard day, but there was vet one more speaker to be heard-Martin l.. Lueck of Wisconsin. He had a thun- dering voice which could not be drowned out by the cries of the impatient dele gates who wanted to get out and eat, Having subsisted on chewing gum since Il 80 a. m. This was the end of the nominating speeches.
 Ed Moore of Ohio moved adjournment until 8 80, eastern standard time, Sat urday morning. He explained that the platform committee would be unable to finish Friday night. A Tennessee dele gate moved that the motion be tabled. If the platform. committee can't agree, we can '" he shouted. Walsh overruled him and put the question, which was carried with an almost unanimous shout.