Evening star., 1924-06-26

and the floor and the galleries were
more attentive.
| When the speech ended the McAdoo
people went into another mantle sta
tion of approval. They shouted their
| appreciation, and IL few sought to
| tut on another real convention dem
| custration, but the effort was short
| lived. In a minute the hall was
| quieted again. and the secretary call
| ed the name of Connecticut. That
| state yielded to New York. and the
Smith noisemakers cut loose with a
blast that rocked the ancient garden.
Franklin ID. Roosevelt, responding
for New York, had been given "A place
| on the platform just back of the
chairman, and he had to be lifted
from his chair when he rose to max e
his nominating speech for smith On
crutches he made his way forward to
the speakers stand and stood there
supporting himself by leaning for
ward over the pulpit-like table that
had been placed there for him
Roosevelt Gets Tribute.
1t was five minutes before the
| cheering stopped and he began his
speech The demonstration came
from both floor and galleries. nor was
it confined to those who are in sym
| rathy with the candidacy of Gov.
Smith. There was in il the touch of a
personal tribute to the man who had
fought and lost with James NJ. Cox
in 1920, and who for years had been
loyal party worker AS he start ed
speaking the convention was quieter
than il had been at any time since
it entered upon its major contest over
the presidency a yesterdays session.
Both delegates and galleries listened
attentively and the Smith delegates
with sharp crashes of applause.
Lincoln Quotafiou Cheered
One of the passages most loudly
applauded was an Interpolation that
the delegates and the galleries in
terpreted as referring to the Khan
issue.
with all the sincerity in my
heart" he said, Il entreat you in bal
loting on your party platform tomor-
row to guide your decisions by those
words of Lincoln: With malice to-
ward none, with charity toward all -
The former assistant secretary of the
Navy put d great deal of emphasis in
his speech and used vigorous ges-
| lures despite his physical infirmities.
His soft but clear voice apparently
the Garden, and even the usual rum
bling of conversation that accom-
panies nominating speeches was al
| most entirely absent.
AS Mr. Roosevelt approached the end
packed the Garden applauded more
and more frequently his thrusts at
the opposition and his recitation of
the record of his candidate Again
and again there were bursts OF
cheering. led by the New York dele
CATION and the Smith workers, as the
speaker described the rise of Al
Smith from a poverty stricken home on
the East Side to the governors man
sion at Albany.
All Isles ahmed.
Meantime the aisles on the conven-
ton floor and in the galleries had be-
come more and more crowded with
| those who were to take part in the
demonstra ton that would follow the
conclusion of Mr. Roosevelt's address.
Scores more were grouped beneath
the platform, ready TO file out into
the delegate arena and join in the
noise making. The doors of the Gar
| den had been locked to all except
delegates because of the crush that
continued about all the entrances
after every seat and nearly every square
foot of standing space had been oc-
cupied.
All Afsles damned.
AS the speaker at last pronounced
the final words of his address, the big
show began amid din seldom equaled
| in convention halls. The New York
standard was jerked from it's place
to head the parade around the hall.
Close behind came that of New Jersey
and then followed Connecticut, Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Rhode Is
land. Pennsylvania, Vermont, Iowa,
North Dakota Nevada and Hawaii.
score of ten-foot Autographs of
Gov. Smith were borne into the pro-
cession along with thousands of
| American flags The convention band
galleries swung into the Smith cam
paign songs, but the screech of the
paraders almost silenced them.
Show Is Spectacular.
In dense streams the boosters pour
ed out from beneath the stage into
the churniEg mass of yelling march
ers. They brought with them a band
East Side, West Side and 1t led
the demonstrators around and around
the big arena. The McAdoo delegates
stood on their chairs the better to
see the spectacular show being staged
by their rivals.
Up at the speakers stand four chill
dren, two of them garbed as east
side newsboys. had been lifted up be-
side Mr.. Roosevelt and they waved
American flags to the tune of the
EAST Side" song as they reviewed
the passing throng. Another IN the
group of children was tive-year-oid
Baby Peggy Of Hollywood, the movie
prodigy.
Din Is Terrific.
A part of the paraphernalia that
went into the parade was sectonal
banner bearing the name of Massa-
chusetss, with each letter borne by a
different marcher. 1t wobbled and
squirmed about through the denseiy
crowded aisle like great white ana
black caterpillar. The great volume
of noise, that went on and on like
continuous shrek in disregard or
the efforts OF the band to bring the
marchers into cadence was heard for
blocks and mounted up to the tops OF
the skyscrapers circling the garden,
whose occupants responded by show
ering down bits OF white and colored
paper and confetti. 1t came in
through the opened roof of the great
hall and f1oated down like snow
among the demonstrators.
The demonstration had been going
on for fifteen minutes before the
marching crowd got together and
fen into ftnes with the band ia sinE-
ine East 6i0o, West 0l1e."