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Show nous ' I POINT; NIL IS I NOT PRESENTED I Last Minute Change in Plans H Made at Former Secre-i Secre-i tary's Request H SENATOR OWEN IS H FIRST IN NOMINATION James W. Gerard, Former Am-bassador, Am-bassador, Is Next Candi- H date Before Democrats fl SAN FRANCISCO, June 30. jH Definite- and final instructions ' came from the cast early today that William G. McAdoo's name was not formally to be placed be- fore the Democratic national con- Burris Jenkinr. of Kansas City, who vas prepared to make a nom-inating nom-inating speech for McAdoo, re-vised re-vised his plans again and decided jH to accede to the wishes of the Mc-Adoo Mc-Adoo managers. M NEW YORK, June 30. "This jl action was taken with my entire jH approval," William G. McAdoo H said today when told that "defi-nite "defi-nite and final instructions" had been received in -San Francisco iH that his name was not formally to-- . be placed ' before the Democrat; ll national convention b ewqufd, ' make no further CQmttlent:5,. -f- AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO. June 30. At noon today San Fran- cisco time, the Democratic national convention was on the business of I hearing nominating speeches. Sena- tor Owen of Oklahoma, had been placed in nomination and speakers Ave re ready to make nominating speeches for all the other candidates excepting William G. McAdoo, whose name by a last minute change in-ar- IH rangemcnts, was not to be presented, At 11:14. Chairman Ttobinson be- " gan whacking the gavel and called on the delegates to get Into their scats. IH "We're ready," came the shout from several places on the floor. The Cox delegation, however, In- slstcd on having a demonstration and a song first, and the convention, wait- IH ed until they got through. There was a Cox demonstration of short dura- tion at its conclusion. A Cox band, garbed in brilliant red uniforms, vied with the convention band in blaring out airs from a point in' one of the galleries. Chairman Robinson wanted to start up but was in a tolerant mood and let the music go on. The glee club 'H which accompanied the Cox delega- tion Joined In the music and enter- iH talned the convention. iH Meanwhile the platlorm framcrs got word that AVillam J. Bryan had- ,no I intention of abandoning his fight for I a dry plank and that he was more jH determined than ever to carry his jf , fight against any "slightly moist" I plank on to the floor of the copven- Bands In Content. -ijl Tho convention band and the Cox 1 I band soon got into a contest,' The i convention band played "Over There" ;H ' and the Cox band came back ' with 1 "Dixie" to the delight of the south-i south-i ern delegates. The convention band countered with "Hail, Hall, the Gang's I All Here," and the organist played a neutral part, joining in with oachi IH Electricity was In the air. Suppress- IH 1 ed expectation of a, noisy and -spec-I tacular day pervaded the hall and I found its outlet i songs at time?. i When the Cox band started up "Old H Kentucky Home," and the rolling M tones of tho great organ thundered H into the chorus the delegates Joined In with a mighty wave. I Owen Is Named. I jH ! While Chairman Robinson stood pa- I tlently at the speaker's desk waiting J for a chance ).o start up the conven- I tion, the songfest went steadily on. ' "Maryland, My Maryland," and other IH j airs flowed in a steady stream. IH I Finally Chairman Robinson got tit? J convention quieted and it heard ap 'H opening prayer by Rabbi Meyer of San 'H Francisco. The singing of the "Star I (Spangled Banner" with the band and I organ accompanying followed. H I At 11:36 o'clock Chairman Robin- i son called for nominations and direct- ed the secretary to call the roll oi The name of Senator Owen of Ok- i lahoma was i the first lo be placed be- J fore tho convention. jH On. motion of Senator King of. Salt IH Lake City, the convention adopted a 1 IH resolution fixing the representation of IH the Pan ami a canal zone at two dclo- H gates in future conventions.' First Good Laugh. IH Alabama passed and Arizona yield- IH ed to Oklahoma. IH D. Hayne Lincbaugh of Muskogee, took the platform to place tho name of Senator Owen In nomination. , H Llncbaugh spoke seventeen mlnutas IH placing Senator Owen In nomination and at the conclusion of his speech the Oklahoma delegation broke out with a demonstration which, :how- IH over, was not prolonged. The band tried to help it out with a .H galloping air. ,- .'- When it subsjdgd GovernorTJrgh IH (Conllnuedion page-Sjjii'-' lfl I oo i j McAdoo Gains Points; , Name Is Not Presented i (Continued from page 1.) of Arkansas seconded the nomination of Senator Owen Gerard Is Named. "Arkansas," said the governor. "Is the only state mentioned In the Bible because we read there that 'Noah opened op-ened the window of the Ark and saw.' " At that the convention got its first I good laugh of the day. I At the close of Gov. Drough's seconding sec-onding speech there was another Owen demonstration which the band helped out again. I Mrs. Susan F. Fitzgerald of Massa- chusetts. the first woman to make a ! seconding speech In the convention. I then look the platform. The con von -i tlon stood and paid her a tribute with applause and cheers. Mrs. Fitzgerald, Fitzger-ald, gowned in a plain blue dress, stood smiling at the desk as the band played "Oh, You Beautiful Doll." When the noise quieted down she bp-gan bp-gan her speech in a clear, distinct foice. The call of the states was resumed. . Arkansas yielded to South Dakota and V. S. G. Cherry of Sioux Falls. S l.. presented the name of James W. Clerard, former ambassador to Germany Ger-many Cherry proposed that the convention nominate such a man as Gerard for "the-top of the ticket and another for the bottom of the ticket," and the convention con-vention construed that as word that Gerard was a vice presidential candidate candi-date as well. There were no seconding second-ing speeches for Gerard and the roll of the states was called again. California Cali-fornia and Colorado passed, Conncctl-rut Conncctl-rut was called and John S. Crosby presented the name of National Chairman Chair-man Homer S. Cummfngs. - Demonstrations for Cummings were lather frequent as Mr. Crosby got Into his speech and mentioned the national chairman's name. He drew a particularly par-ticularly loud outburst when he referred re-ferred to the chairman's keynote' speech of Monday, the opening day of the convention. Praise for Ciinn:iliig. Mr. Crosby t.old the convention that Mr. Cummings was the one man upon whom all the factions in the party could unite and referred to him- as the man who could follow "the spiritual leadership of Woodrow Wilson." As the speaker delivered that sentence he turned and raised his arms to tho portrait por-trait of the president hanging before I the audience. The delegates and galleries gal-leries responded with a demonstration demonstra-tion of applause and cheers. At the conclusion of the nominating speech the band broke into the Stai Spangled Uanner and tho Connecticut delegation led a demonstration In which scattering delegates from the spaces of other states Joined. Mrs. Force Parker of California, seconded the nominutlon of Mr. Cum-' mlngs. Mrs Parker, who came from Los Angeles, spoke less than a minute and the delegates in .appreciation of her brevity gave her a rising demonstration demonstra-tion of thanks. Ira C. Rothborger of Denver, Colo., also seconded the nomination of Mr. Cummings. Characterizing Mr. Cummings as th "Harbinger of hope for the oppressed oppress-ed pooples of the world" Rothbergr closed his seconding speech, the band whooped it up with the "Red. White and Blue." and the Cummings men among the delegates went in for "three cheers." and more demonstrations demonstra-tions for the national chairman. Then the call of the states was resumed re-sumed Delaware yielded to Nebraska Nebras-ka and former Governor Schallenber-ger Schallenber-ger presented the name of Senator Gilbert M, Hitchcock, the administration administra-tion leader in the treaty fight in tho senate. Palmer Demonstration. There was no seconding speech for Mr Hitchcock and when the call -if the states was resumed Florida yielded yield-ed to Pennsylvania and John H, Blge-low Blge-low took the platform and presented the name of Attorney General Palmer. While Bigelow was speaking the Palmer forces throughout the hall were busy quietly organizing their demonstration, distributing flags and noise-making devices, and getting their rooters Into place. The convention conven-tion was looking-forward to tho demonstration dem-onstration as the first tangible evidence evi-dence of how great the Palmer strength was. |
