Evening star., 1924-06-26
Demonstration
Exceeds Hour
in Length.
McADOO GIVEN
NEW OVATION
Saulsbury's Name
Presented to
Convention.
BY the Associated Press.

a.! lHP associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 2o.-Wh:le a
demonstration for Gov. Ritch:e
of Maryland was going on the
hoor managers agreed on a re-
cess after Michigan had been
called. Under the plan the con-
Hention would reconvene at
O'Clock tonight to continue hear
ing the nominating speeches, with
. the hope of clearing them all out
of the way.
By tho Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 26-Ploddne
through another day of oratory
demonstrations and racket, the Dem
ocratlC national convention was
tsteadily working its way to the
point of balloting for a candidate
After an upset OF the days plans
at the outset had started the pro-
ceedngS with renewed demonstra-
ton Tor William c. McAdoo. the
. smith people got squared around.
and with the nomination of the gov
crnor by Franklin T. Roosevelt. thev
staged the longest, loudest and lus-
ticst demonstration OF the conven-
ton to date.
1t was not wholly delegate DEM
onStration. to be sure, but as was
the case with the McAdoo demon
strat1on OF yesterday, it was an at
talr built up by the use OF large
numbers of banner bearers. shouters.
no1semakers. hornblowers and spe-
clahstS IN the art of arousing en-
thuSIaSm.
Many Seccnding Speeches,
Nevertheless. it served the purposes
al the Smith managers and held the
1OOr longer than any which had pre-
ceded it. After the Smith demon
stration SubSided the convention went
ahead with the roll call of states for
presidential nominations, taking sec
onding speeches as they came along
FLAMING to hurry the business to-
ward the point of nominations, the
convention managers were planning
L. hold the session through until all
nominations were in. and then prob
ably take a brief recess and get a
start on the ballotinE
such d proceeding might make it
necessary to begin balloting before
lHt PLATFORM committee makes 1tS
report, and there was some question
as to whether such IA plan could be
carried out. At all events. it was ex-
pected the platform would be ready
tomorrow. and, with some contest in
prospect over some of the plankS, the
halloting for President, if not begun
tonight, would not be reached be-
fore Saturday.
Platform Is Spceded.
The platform builders worked
steadily today while the convention
was in session.
In the morning, eastern daylight
tune. worked on through the after
noon without stopping for rest or
food. in the effort to complete the
long string of presidential nominat-
ing speeches.
No sooner had Franklin D. Roose-
Welt finished his speech placing the
New York governor in nomination.
han the racket broke loose. Bands
rooters armed with megaphones
cheer leaders. singers and others with
all the equipment of professional
demonstrators burst out into the
jammed aisles and began process
sion about the hall From points of
observation on the speakers stand it
appeared that probably half the dele
gate space was taking part in the
demonstration either by contributing
| to the marching parties which bore
various state standards or by stand
ing on chairs and waving hags and
joining in the cheering.
Children Take Part.
The other section of the delegate
space apparently interested in look
ing over the show, stood up, too, but
gave no evidence of joining the
Smith movement. In the machinery
vice seen heretofore and many new
ones appeared. Children young as
three and four years. We're used.
Some of them were dressed IS raga-
mullins, others as newsies. all of them
had automobile license plates hung
around their necks, bearing the words,
'Al smith,
Fathers, who presumably had rent
ed the children out for the occasion,
tried to balance some of them on the
high rail about the speakers stand,
fifteen feet above the floor, with the
result that the youngsters were
scared to death and beloved listily.
After some experiments the children
were removed.
smith inning Starts.
Long before the convention con-
vened preparations for the Demon
stration for Gov. Smith were going
forward systematically. Several hun
dred men and women wearing Smith
for President ribbons and equipped
with cowbells and many other de-
vices for raising a racket filed into
the unassigned upper sections of the
galleries and got all set to give the
convention a lively hour to rival that
taken up yesterday by the McAdoo
demonstration. Some of the rooters
could not suppress their enthusiasm,
and, after much scattered shouting
for their favorite, group after group
burst into Smith campaign songs,
answering each other along the long
stretch of gallery under the caves Of
the old garden. Bundles of small
American flags were passed around
and the gallery was a-fiutter with
color as the demonstrators warmed
up. 1t was to be Al Smiths inning in
the big convention. and his New York
friends were determined to make the
most of it.
The early, hour of. assembling and
the cooler weather helped to pep up
the Smith men, both in the. galleries
a IN don the floor. Yesterday the Nc
.Adoo demonstration was staged in
sweltering afternoon blaze of sun
light flooding in through the glass
roof of the halk But thunderstorm
after last nights adjournment had
cleared the air perceptibly. and, al
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