Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-26

OF the tapping waves. Inset is Of
strengthen weak levees.
Grayson. personal physician to Will
son through his eight years in the
White House, walked together
among the delegates greeting old
friends.
The band played "Dixie" and from
throughout the now aalf filled nall
rose a brief and feeling chorus Of
rebel yells.
There was g cheer in the con-
~vention when just at the hour set
for converting the California delega-
tion ~unfurled a large silk banner,
announcing that California was for
al" The New York governors
picture was in the center of the ban
ner.
We Are For Al
As they shouted Eve are for Al"
the delegates from the state of Her
bert Hoover, the republican presi-
Dental nominee, removed the plain
standard bearing the word Califor-
MIA to guide the delegates to their
right place in the convention and
put the big blue silk banner its its
place.
The convention was late getting
under way while Chairman Shaver
Of the national committee conferred
with other leaders regarding the
program.
Five minutes past the hour set
for converting, all the seats on the
floor were filled and the aisles were
packed and jammed with a jostling. !
moving crowd, but the galleries were
nowhere near filled.
Just before noon John w. Davis,
who was nominated for president on
the 103rd ballot at Madison Square |
Garden four years ago, edged mis-
way through the slowly moving
crowd massed before the platform 10
his place with the New York dele
CATION. He paused for a to |
greet Josephus Daniels, former sec
rotary Of the navy and a delegate
from North Carolina.
Jimmy Cheered
A cheer went up as Jimmy Walk |
er, New York's dapper mayor. push ,
ed through the crowd TO the Empire
State section. 1t was a little after
the noon hour but Walker found that
Re wasn't late. With him arrived
George r. Van Nance, Smith pre-
convention manager, who was on
hand to watch Developments. al
though he is not a delegate.
At 1919 p. m. Chairman Shaver
stepped up in front of the silver
mike" and began to hammer with
his gavel h three inch plank placed
beside the speakers stand. at the
extreme front of the little f~lag-drap-
ed pier .
He had no luck, for the hall re-
NAMED anything but orderly rs DEL
egate greeted delegate and thou
sands of late spectators were shown
10 their places In the bleachers.
Even a real granddaddy gavel.
three times as large as the one first
used by the chairman. and big
enough to be dignified by the name
Of mallet without INDUCING in a fig
ure of speech, failed for a time 10
get results. Then, as the little
grey-haired. grey-suited head OF the
national committee launched into a
tattoo and a convention band placed
on the floor itself just down in front
OF the chairman blew attention the
babble Of talk began to die out
slowly.
Prayer Gets Silence
Finally Chairman Shaver got si-
lence BY bringing to the front Of
the platform Bishop s. X. Hay Of
the Methodist Episcopal church.
south, who pronounced the opening
invocation. While the delegates and
spectators stood and a battery Of
binding photographers light play
ed on the little platform group the
bishop prayed that divine wisdom
should guide the decisions Of the
convention and finished by asking
that the audience join with him in !
the Lords prayer.
Just as the convention was opeE-
ing, Mrs. Alfred K. Smith entered bv
a side door almost unnoticed and
was escorted to a front box on the
left, about half way back. She was
wearing an ecru lace two piece dress. |
a big black hat, with straw brim.
She famed herself violently with a
large magenta-colored fan.
The prayer finished, Miss MaIvina
Passmore of Houston led the crowd
IN the Star Spangled Banner, America
and then Dixie. AS the last words
died out the hall rang with the first
real cheering of the convention.
Charles A. Greathouse, of Indiana
secretary of the democratic national
committee, then was presented 70 the
convention and read the call for the
convention.
Holcombe Gets Hand
The democrats finally had settled
down with most of the delegates in
their seats awaiting for the welcom-
ing address by Mayor Oscar +. Hol-
combe of Houston.
The mayor was given a big hand
Holcombe said that for him "a saw
q word OF welcome would Be SUPER
fluous as the city had shown its hos
pitality by building the great cor
vention hall for the convention. ave
feel that the greatest honor has baar
upon u.s." the mayor said. ~
satisfied that here in Houston .tha
greater piece Of history in recent
years will be made and that il that
the next president Of the United
States will be nominated"
The official convention raval
fashioned from hickory grown on ths
andrew Jackson estate in Tenres-
see a presented to Chairman
by Representative Joseph ~
byrns Of that congressional distriet
making the presentation. he called
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