Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-13
Continued from page one)

UR
CONTINUED from page one)
utes before the gavel was to fall.
the convention band. hidden away in
the rafters. unable to see anything
or hear much but their cwn music.
cut loose with a rollicking air that
sounded out Of harmony with the
drab and weary monotone OF CONVEX
sat;on among the delegates far down
below.
Get Late Start
Ten-thirty. the hour set for i've
ing. came and went without a sign
Of action. At that nour not half of
the delegates were in their places
and the spectators galleries were not
n quarter filled. Senator Moses, aft
er yainly trying to summon one of
the three messengers theoretically
assigned to his service. had climbed
down into The delegate arena and dis
appeared up u side aisle. The tempo
rary chairman. Senator Tess of Ohio,
who was to preside at the beginning
Of the session only. was in his place
on tie platform thumbing over some
notes on the opening formalities and
talking with other party leaders.
1t was ten thirty-seven when Sem
ator Fess finally detached himself
from the group of leaders who had
gathered about him and began to
hammer for order.
Hoarse from trying to make him
self heard throughout the big hall
IN the delivery of his keynote speech
Yesterday, he repeatedly besought
the delegates in husky tones to take
their seats and quiet down. They
paid very little attention at first.
but under the repeated rapping of
the gavel they slowly came to some
semblance of order.
A. this time the thousands Of seats
reserved for spectators still were
more than half empty. The late
comers were pouring in in increasing
numbers, adding to the confusion
and noise.
Without waiting for any real
quiet in the hall. Senator Tess. with
p last desnairing whack Of his big
wooden hammer introduced the Right
Rev. Thomas II. Lillis Of the Roman
Catholic diocese Of Kansas City, who
offered the opening prayer while
the delegates stood and became sill
ent as a suffering kleig light
threw the bishop and the chairman's
platform into binding relief.
While the prayer was being offer
ed, the farm demonstrators after a
morning pep meeting showed up out
side the convention hall.
Farmers Ask Hearing
While the band played, the farm
relief bloc from the Northwest made
its first bid for a hearing in the
convention hall. Z. ID. Norton of the
North Dakota delegation, trying to
make himself heard above the music.
shouted a parliamentary inquiry
whether it would be in order TO have
someone address the convention.
1T would not" said Senator Tess.
Norton continued vainly TO address
the chair and then undertook to
climb up for a personal talk with the
chairman. But a group of delegates
from other states intercepted him
and after a short and apparently
good natured discussion the North
Dakotan desisted.
Thereafter Senator Tess remained
out of sight until he was brought
again TO the front of the platform
by a great outburst Of cheering in
one section of the gallery, discovered
to be mainly a chorus of demands for
a speech by Will Rogers. Laughing
ly the rest of the assemblage craned
us neck 70 see what would happen,
but the Oklahoma cowboy humorist
kept his seat in the press stand and
the chairman pounded for order until
the outburst had been quoted.
All Of this time the parliament
tary situation, as they say in the
senate, was that the convention was
waiting for the report Of its COM
mittee on delegate credentials, which
had been in session most Of the time
since yesterday afternoon. The chair
man Of this committee was Mrs.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt, the first
only woman assistant attorney
general The convention had been
waiting for her for nearly an hour
when she finally walked down a cen
ter aisle and was escorted to the
platform.
Looking as fresh as a daisy after
the trying work of the committee
which she presided, Mrs. WILLIE
was presented to the con-
v%ention by Senator Fess while every
delegate took notice and most of
them cheered.
Report on Delegates
In a voice as clear as any heard in
the big hall the lady chairman made
a brief preliminary statement Of
the committee had done, and
then began reading fro mthe formal
report of the committee, typewriter
a sheaf of legal sized bond. The
report began with Florida, explain
ing the circumstances which led up
the delegate contest in that state.
and then proceeding similarly with
the other states from which there
are delegate contests. The word was
about during the reading that
there was a possibility that the con-
Wurzbach faction from Tex
as, unseated by the credentials COM
might take its figh. TO the
convention floor itsea. but that none
Of the other disappointed would-be
delegates would appeal.
Texas Delegates Cheered
When Mrs. Willebrandt announced
approval Of the Creager-
Hoover delegation from Texas. n
shout Of "Atta boy came from a far
where a Hoover booster
perched.. That. and an occasional
spatter Of handclapping was about
al the interruption the assistant at
general met as she continued