Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 78, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1924 Page: 1 of 4
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tory of the great parties.
Roll call of the elite brought ■ a
surprise when Got, Sweet of Colorado
seconded the nomination of McAdoo
it wa* a • Smith
the con ventiotf adjourned until 10: jo
tomorrow. ” ■
A metnb
appointed
1«, alate m
,a motion to move the <
♦ heard to say ae She flounched ♦
♦ out bf the audience. Many bth- ♦
♦ era of the women from the va- A
♦ riou* anti-Smltb audience ob-
♦ jected to the spirit of tho Smith
♦ women who would invite the
♦ delegates from all of the camp*
♦ .to hear an Al Smith "revival"
♦ they said.
♦ Many of the national commit*
♦ teewomea and hard working
peeked. McAdoo' follower* staged a
i parade for a few migutea, wifh Smith
i rooter* bowling “Oil, oil, oil” from
i the gallerk* Oov. Sweet refused to
♦ claiming that they came to ♦
♦ work and haven’t time to be ♦
♦ worked on. ♦
ID. Roosevelt stopped jt with a wave
of his hand, 1“
absolute silence, but the noise broke
keep atop Wgfches on the Smith up-
rmn ...—jXknow at the outeet |t . .
would endure for more than an hour.
The great worry was that It might
continue throughout the day. Any-
how-it was tho show, anticipqfiop of
.iiursanos or people tl
New York, It was the think that
made it artsy for some wealthy Indi-
viduals to pay 11,500 for a box seat
to see. J"Li
speech.
McAdoo boomers late yesterday
managed tp jeep the wind up for
(doo . ■
Indiana waa called next and Fred-
erick Van Nuys of Indianapolis nam-
ed Ralston, getting much applause.
Indiana delegates sang apd shouted
Iowa sent up the blind statu eeaa-
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,■ By Robert J. Bender
United Press Staff Correspondent
Madeon Square Garden, New
York, June 2«.—This ie Al Smith’s
day at the convention. There may
lie other nominations made—depend-
ing, on how Ipua lbw. Smith demon-
strgHon'^iasbb—-tnft they'll probably
be forgotten by nightfall. Whenever
there are two or more outstanding
candidates tor a nomination the first
test of their respective popularity is
(Unite
f New York,
i > sion was beii
♦ “We’ll ail go voting for Al” ♦ 8weet’concluded.
♦ the aong written by Irvin Her- ♦
♦ *Mn, especially for the occasion ♦! yielded .to New York
♦ waa the ta4 s|raw ‘ : “J
- -^.en. some bf whom-arose In JOBUIIIIIIllli/««d wierd,
♦wrath and left before it Was ♦
♦ over. < «,
,♦ "I’m not going to let any- ♦
e’» York
Roosevelt concluded his speech for
“Our Own Al Smith" touching off ar
explosion of noise -unprecedented in
the history of convention*. From ev-
jery part of the hall at the same time
♦ sirens shrieked, horns blared, -.men
♦ shouted am! r 4, with several
♦ bands trying vainly to be heard thru
♦,the general bedlam. T.he demonptra-
♦ tion was ' perfectly organised, aua-
♦ taining the noise throughout. Thou*-.
thousands packed in the parks, H
tening to radio reports, added the
voices. Thousands of radio* rdfiyt
the noise through the entire git
Crowds jammed the streets, sinjrin
old songs, volunteer band* paraAs
children daneed, and confetti shov
'llnol* seconded briefly the nomins
(ion of Smith, referring. to the pili*1
aeandaia for the first time dWtiy **J*5'
affecting a candidate. James A. ,*4
“CONVENTION WILL COME TO ORDER”
able to secure the votes of progres-
sive republican senator* should the
election of the next president be de-
cided by the senate being forced to
elect a vice president ’'
AL SMITH DAY-BUT
TAGCART VERY BUSY
BEHIND THE SCENES
♦ TACTICS OF SMITH ♦
♦ WOMI \ RESKNTKD ♦
♦ New York. June fg.—The ♦
♦ rising reeentthent of the anti- ♦
♦ Smith women at the democratic ♦
♦ national conclave has wrecked ♦
♦ the ’’conventional thermome- ♦
♦ ter” and the gueats are panning ♦
♦ their hostess**.
♦ For the numerous social func-
♦ tion* staged by hospitable New
♦ Yorkers for the entertainment
♦ of the visiting delegatee have
♦ developed into Smith vote-get-
♦ ting cruMdes. the out of town
♦ women < hgrg
There* the
gallon for instance, they point ♦
out. They’ve attended every ♦
function on the calendar and ♦
recently at their meeting they ♦
♦ vBtST 100 peF
♦ Smith. - +
♦ Another thing that has rankl- ♦
♦ ed them ie the fashion show ♦
♦ given on Monday by Mis* Elisa- ♦
♦ both Marburvfc ’ib^iw 'iBfatjbert '♦
wtion Wednesday showed that the already time for the democrats ti
tan fight is likely to destroy demo- begin work on the selection of a can
wtic victory in November.
Before the convention met, Bren-
pn dared the McAdoo leaders to
bolish the two thirds rule. At first
key declared they would, but it shook
ke McAdoo organisation to its fouti
ption and the issue was suddenly
pepped. A
^Neither Brennan nor anyone else
in stop the klan fight now.
tit i* running through the McAdoo
jtritory like a prairie fire and some
(eAdoo delegates are more bitter at
peh other over the klan issue than
are over the differences as to
demonstration Tor Thomas J,
of Montana, showed that the
know the oil scandal reve- '
are the weakest point in the
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doubtful Me-
galvanixes the
on every side.
procession of state standards
passed the speakers stand
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lift ^romlfei nomination
( would continue throughout the day.
. They may begin and begin with
- Smith’s—carrying the completion of
the nominating program--over, into
the tomorrow—but there will be llt-
t tie it any other business transacted.
A couple nouynating speeches to-
day promised to plung* the delegates
into absolute nnconsclousne**.
i - Behind the acene* and over th*
1 convention-Xioor, however,..in old.
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| long-drawn out sirens, until Frauklir mother city unleo* order was reator-
■ ” J ~’‘u ■> ed. Michigan named Woodbridge N. ”
He bcuran speaking in TwrtM Next j Bruw Kramer> M(t «
1 J- J ’ *H.«w»n- Z’
.m.mdment to adjourn until 1«:IO
tomorrow. Tho roll was called on utn(
Fitsgerald and Kramer together, and Houl
Wainn Was prvwntea to ittp 10 ue me uuraiion oi int*
evention waa simply a spontaneous demonstration accorded the mention
of the delegates as appre- of their name in the nominating
ktion of what Walsh has done for
irty victory in November.
It 'Was a richly deserved Reward
Hrir dYrtog Wbe
<»~ys of last December’- —S" « <
ben newspapers and fallow senau,.,
pre saying that nothing corrupt
Mild be discovered in connection
th the oil scandal.
'That demonstration was good for
u'^rt^a -
Sts appreciate services so well per-
*med.
The klan demonstration was en-
Mly different. ' It was passionate
IDd and bitter which filled it with
len the McAdoo, state delegations
fused to join in it, the probabilities
pds nomination grew less than ever,
id his chances of election even if
, seemed now to have van-
pletely. ’
th is that this klan fight is
he party from one end of
y to the other. If the plat-
tions the klan by dame it
ite hundreds of thousands
en - If it contains onl}' a
tatement Without mention-- ----- r—- -,i7.___. kiKi'
an and Smith is not nomi- j j?(0 quiet but complete oanlrol of
catholics probably will not th* situation. That i* Tom Taggart,
ie ticket. That would mean rront’nneA nave f^n-»
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Demonstration Even
(United From Report)
New York, June M.—The eonven-' Houston. Michael U Elgao of U
tion was caUed to order at 11:23 af-
ter Chairman Thoma* J, WaUh had
been pounding since eleven. Walsh
handed the gavel to Miss May Ken-
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Robertson, Ruby. Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 78, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 26, 1924, newspaper, June 26, 1924; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1179599/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.