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Show I BY HARRY C. HUNT ' j: H- NEA Service Staff Writer. '' : P : TASHI-xCTOX, B. C All jazz ' ' rcconU will be shattered and J all demonstrations of bediam out-j out-j distanced when the name of Al t IJ Smith, Xew York's popular gov-IT gov-IT ernor, is presented to the Domo-jj Domo-jj cratic national convention as t ho i Empire Smt'a "luvfrue son" for t the- presidentud Humiliation. , - t'i Al's friends have- everything all set for a full union day of ear-, ear-, splitting jollification on that occa-! occa-! j eion. Eiyht solid hours, the sched-I sched-I ' JJf ule provides, is to be consumed in ' n c:amor i-11'jwms the prcseiua- C tion of bis-name. i l "The biggest and best in his-: his-: ;jjtor''" is the order that has gone ' ;.tt.(out to Al's gang. New York's ;3" noisiest will be on the floor and in mt J the galleries, and if noise could ..' nominate, the candidal would be j - 3 j chosen then and theio. . 3 "Working in relays and joining !n ,J3jfrom time to timo in a grand ' 1 ! E " choral ensemble of deafening 3 j racket, the uproar will be pro-. pro-. : 3 longed to the point of complete t ;S 1 auditory and voonl exhaustion. - j3 r -o 14 ' r'P'10 thc early stages of tho f-J Smith noise-making, the con-3 con-3 fusion will be made more contused 3 J by the organized effort of tho Mc-'' Mc-'' J Adoo boosters. 5 3 New Vork's hostility to the Mo T 3 1 Adoo candidacy is to lx answered, . - 4 whcn Smith's nantc is presented, 3 ty tho McAdoo forces chanting, for 4 two hours, the supposedly damning . refrain: "Murphy! Murphy! Mur- , i 4 phy!" '.' 3 During this period the job of the j Smith cliaue will be to drown out rthe jibes of the McAdoo contingent ' ' I . When McAdoo's name is present- 1 Governor Al's bunch will pay 1 (Its respects in a similar two-hour !:": thant Of "Oil! Oil! Oil!'" ' 1 : CENSING' in ad anco the weari-' weari-' w ness with which such pro- ' - longed demonstrations for Smith tnd McAdoo will afflict delegates .' (orablo to other candidates, eX-" eX-" l 1 I ; 1 forts have been made to induce tliese hostile camps to modify their plans. Four hours for Smith, they suggest, would be enough to dem- ; onstiate New York's loyalty to its governor candidate. Eight houra will only make a lot of delegates sore and turn their votes else- ' whore, it is argued. Eut such suggestions get no- ' where. Eight hours is the period " planned and eight, hours it will be unless they decide to make it 10! o SINCE his recent showing of strength in Wisconsin and else-' where, backers of Smith are de- ' daring that now is the time to settle for once and all two muca-mooted muca-mooted questions. FIRST. Can an avowed "wet'' be elected president? I SECOND. Can a Roman Catholic Catho-lic be elected president? ( But why, the Smith opposition wails, make the Democratic party the goat in such a test. j Why, particularly, saddle both-Issues both-Issues on the party in one cam-, paign? With a wet Tammany Catholic j heading the Democratic ticket, all ; the advantage that has been gained : through" recent disclosures affect-' ing Republican rule would avail , nothing, say the objectors. ! As a result of this viewpoint. Smith's nomination undoubtedly will bo blocked. But nothing short of death and disaster will prevent him jetting the greatest ovation, measured by volume and duration of sound, evet accorded any "favorite son." . i U 'HY was it, politicians Inquire, i that five of the eight "presV i dential possibilities" slated to at ! tend the Jefferson Day dinner ar New York failed to show up? Smith, Ralston. Copeland. Under ; wood and Joe Robinson were at ; sent. John W. Davis, and Govqti j nors Silzer and Ritchie attended, i Some suggest they feared Um I comparative applause they mt&L i get j |