Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-31

and IL went back to its home station.
The Reed parade was not NO strong
4. numbers. perhaps. but 1T had noise
"a spare. incldding the eternal CHATTER
AZ The cowbells. It also had the aid
Of ell three bands and the row was
terrific. -,
demonstration started, a. ~nen lhe
tired voices of sweating, steaminE
Reed boosters were beginning 70 faii'
Senator Robinson reached for ms
bung-starter gavel and let 50 2
mighty bang for order. The bands
signed off promptly but the heea
folks on the floor kept going JUST tne
same. The cowbells never paused-
Robinson waited a while, then Oe-
Gar shouting for order with 10
evidence that anybody heard nlm-
Hitchcock Named
Convention officials and houston
cons Succeeded in getting the man
floor section quiet but the heea
ar.5ers INST moved back into the
r-ItarnateS suburban sections and
vent "a until Robinson ordered the
yolI raII 81 states to go ahead. He
-oroynized Eugene ID. O'Sullivan Of
nmahs Nebr.. 10 place former SEN
..or Gilbert Hitchcock Of that state
~ nomination for the presidency.
hiy man. IN the trueSt sense OF
tbe word with still the sommon touch,
Svas the description given Hitchcock
~ oisulIiyan, Omaha lawyer.
eat this tine, If ever, the proposed
chief executive Of this nation should
NJ 4 tolerant man. he said, sand Mr..
Hitchcock is sUch-a mHR.p-
Citing Mr.. Hitchcosk's record Of
having been elected fer three terms
n me nationals house OF represent
atives from a repvhlicsn congression-
al district and for two terms as
United States senator rs the only
democratic senator Nebraska eve
had, Mr.. 0'Sullivan said he was
to his country and sustained
the policies OF the country during the
war even though to do so
cost him his seat in the United
senate
Reed Noise Outlets
II was not until O'Sulliyan actually
got going that the Reed noise sub
sided entirely. His naming of the
Nebraska faYorlte son brought a
round of shouts and hanGclapping
that lasted bat a moment. and U'Sul-
plowedf ahead with his. speech
while the big hall hummed and
ouzzed with a thousand different con
yersations that ail' but drowned ms
..GAs4.
Ii was quite ,clear that the conyen-
ion as a whole was growing tired Of
ne massed -oratOTy, 10 which II was
subjected all last. night and today
There were columns OF folks coming
md going i'm the aisles and e~onversa-
ion reached almost. roar proportions
IL il the hope of convention man
,rers to get the nominating speeches
over with and the platform itself
adopted before. night, and then NOM
the party's presidential nomi-
nee a. an evening session. mat
make a final adjournment
tomorrow
Nebraska stood up and clapped lts
hands when the nominating speech
was ovsr and the hand played a
short quick tune TO help them.
Then William Noodburn Of Reno
New. took the platform and seconded
the nomination of Smith. lie said
the New York governor was loved
and admired in the west Tor many
reasons.
With one or. two Of the nominal
inc speeches still TO be heard. the
convention adjourned at 1881 until
3 d. M. The motion vas made by
John II. McCooey, OF Brooklyn and
Chairman Robinson ruled II carried
with A bang Of his big gavel, despite
4 chorus Of protests from the dele
gates. most OF whom apparently had
~ get the nominations al
over with 1t the morning session.