Show mJ lilli f rJ J Rill r l IJ Rill J. J fill J KEY N pY CU CUMMINGS I. I r. r 1 rt J J CURTAiN TAIN U UP U AT EVENT Scenes Scene at the Opening of f Quadrennial ConcIa Conclave Con Con- cIa dave clave ve of Democracy in Coast Metropolis Editors Editor's note The note The full full text of- of f Chairman Chairman- n t 1 f fI I will vill be found on page 10 of f this edition diton it on of The Th Telegram gram By Marten Marlen E. E Pew International N News ws Service Staff Correspondent nt E EXPOSITION EXPOSITION AUDIT AUDITORIUM Rt u JL-i JL San an Francisco June 28 When the op opening ning session of th the Democratic convention was called to order at ut 12 1228 2 28 within the confines con eon fines of this this' spacious auditorium i today J. J Bru Bruce Bruce- e. e Kremer pounding I II mightily with his redwood redwood gavel gavel i I hundreds of spectators spectators' seats were I II vacant but thousands of ot persons I were milling around in the sunshine outside unable to gain entrance as they had no tickets I The scene presented was declared to be the brilliant in t the e history lof of the D Democratic party du due dud somewhat some some- some j I what to the novelty of holding a a. I co convention in th the heart of a vt mighty empire of the West and and very verv much to the presence pres of a vast num- num I ber her of ot women came as duly elected i delegates and alternates alternates' or as invited I guests S SI I It was a happy throng and for Cor a II half naIf hour before the gavel sounded I the delegates were singing patriotic i i songs and cheering in good old fash- fash lone P style I MELODIOUS P PENNSYLVANIA t I The delegation started the musical numbers by impromptu i singing of ofa a parody oti Oh n the old arm army I song Alt AH We We- Dp I 1 Is Sign the PayI Pay Pay- I roll dedicated pf pt course to A AI A A. i I Mitchell Palmer A A A piece forty band I carried on the the enthusiasm The I Pennsylvania delegates el gates were full of ot music as a fiddle riddle and they hey continued continued con con- to to entertain ln in the crowd with fireside selections f The first dramatic came ame five spick and find span span pan United States I I marln marines s. s In sparkling blue lue uniforms and looking evel every eve Inch their soldier sailor p parts Ined up on the thc speaker speakers bridge One a taT tal standard Rigid as steel sled the marine raised th the standard while two i er by his s1 slav 1 presented arms arm Two Two- other marines then tJien ble v ble a long blast blaston on h hI 1 I bugles bugles' and the Convention thus ren- ren ered 4 h I r J JI COLBY BUSY While the convention was wan fiddling riddlIng I the delegates held receptions in the aisles and the more of them themI I ha had a good time throwing tl multicolored balloons In the air These were provided provided pro pro- vided by the P Palmer raimer shouters Secretary of State Stat Colby was one of the busiest d on the tIle floor goIng going go- go Ing tr from m. m Delegation to td delegation n talling talking tall talk ing in earnest tones A hit In convention scenery was vas made by a bevy y of beautiful girls dressed d in snowy white acting as usher ush er ers It H was tI the e fIrt t time Um h lir hr political hl history ry that had bee been played such a part parr and they h Y a acted ed with dignity dig dlE- alty and lency- lency They were vere coeds from tile the University of California al aria add I IL L Leland Llana land Stanford I tWe Ve will be In order shouted Fre mer men mer For the i first firt t time ilme th the pipe organ C blared Jor forth h In unison with th the bund and andIn in a rendition oT the national anthem m and then bul burst burs t Interview w. w by use of an n mechanism a flag said to be the l largest ever made and covering cov covering ering ening th the the face tace of the convention convention conven conven- tion hall hali A The fla flag fell over the th heads pf pt th the Continued ion on p page ge 12 0 3 I 5 t 5 t i I rf k ic ir j C r j I 1 GU CURTAIN UP I Continued from page pagel I l. l i dignitaries on on the platform p and c concealed concealed con con- n- n i them from View Presently I II however it was was r raised raised- and nd an error enor- nor I Imo I mo mows mows' s' s oil painting of ot President W Woodrow Wood Wood- d- d I row Wilson row Wilson w was s revealed to view I The delegates cheered madly and waved flags The They sto stood d and ch cheered ered I The spotlights played on n the features of ot the president and the demonstration j I tion increased in volume Virginia delegates seized their standard standard standard stand stand- ard and started to tp parade through the aisles Kremer pounded to call them back Montana and Georgia Joined the parade and to them was added Pennsylvania Instantly another nother dozen doz- doz en standards were raised and the convention was thrown into sion slon WOMAN IN HER GLORY Feminine attire took on the glory of ot flowers California women go in for style The visitors met serious rivalry rIV There were nearly women in the convention galleries or on the floor of ot the number being duly dilly accredited delegates delegated or alternates However pa- pa minded they may be lie e they did not today neglect any fluffy ruffled details and every daughter wore a flor floral l corsage Their Theil presence made the scene strikingly brilliant For the first time at a woman acted as ushers iOn Otis One hundred of the prettiest coeds coed from from the University of ot California and from Stanford university all in white had the honor and functioned with grace grace and dignity The men ushers were students from the same same universities The first sight to strike the eye I within the convention hall was th the ab absence absence ab- ab abI I I sence of any post or pillar to obstruct the view the view of ot th the vast Inverted bowl I. I I From the dome dome- completely covering the auditorium like like- a a g glant ant parasol I r there was suspended a canopy of ot soft I I burlap painted in the blanket art of of the Aztec Indian with checkers of at dark blue a and d white in conventional q designs designs- and great garlands I MUSIC AND DECORATIONS The eye next caught caught sight of ot the I pipe organ which presently began to flood lood the auditorium with mell mellow w I II sound sound patriotic patriotic airs Jazz jazz along with tunes one expects to I hear from the I II I pipes r rI Two f piece forty pl ce brass bands placed I on on high platforms on on either elther r side of the I organ were i reminders of of t old Flag decorations were less elaborate than at the Chicago auditorium owing to the te canopy ete effect t b but t a wealth of red white and blue bunting was draped along the galleries g s. s and big flags lags were dr dropped around the platform platform platform plat plat- form and the speakers speakers' high bridge was smothered in In natio national al colors and flowers Foll Following g the theop op opening ning prayer prayer of ot L. L Ry Ryan n. n vicar Ica g general of the diocese of San Francisco of ot the Catholic ch church church- the official photograph of the convention n was Vas made by flash flashlight flashlight light J Vice Chairman Kremer Bremer spoke briefly I The acoustics acoustic's of the auditorium auditorium were we're were perfect the s same me reni remarkable kable de device de- de I Ivice vice used at the recent Chicago fl r en 1 being employed The sound s nd of t the sp speakers speaker's a ers voice was conveyed from the speakers speaker's stand to the base base base- men meat ment t on copper wire ire and there p put t through a device which magnified it I more than a million times and returned re ret returned re- re t turned rne it within an Instant to a battery battery battery bat bat- bat batI I tery of m megaphone transmitters transmitters' suspended sus- sus sus- sus suspended J from the auditorium arch archi j Even the low tones f ot of t Chairman Cummings s co could ld be heard at the rear of ot the hall han Many old familiar fac faces s were n the convention picture I William Jennings Bryan who sat satin satin in the Hie press gallery a at the Republican convention raised his shining dome behind the standard of at Nebraska Francis Francis- Murphy wearing a mask masl of silence sa sat t with the Tammany crew and was much talked about Also In Inthe inthe the New York delegation were Vere Morgan Mor Mor- Morgan I g gan n J OBrien O'Brien and Bourke Cockran Democratic orators who are expected I to give the coast a verbal erb ll handout fit t to make make make-it if stop and listen Govern Gover- Gover over over- I I n npr r Smith of f N New hew w York Just as as busy I as an indulgent mother cat was m much ch In evidence I thoUgh Although not a L delEi delegate te Senator James Hamilton a lIton I Lewis q lie the otAl pink whiskers' whiskers and and- excited generally 7 t 1 J ments was here bound to have some part in this show if it Indeed he Is Ig 1 not prominently mentioned d for for- second place on the national ticket The elo eloquent eloquent elo- elo quent Carter Harrison Harrison- of Chicago I elo-I seemed to be be bea a all l tuned up for a burst of verbal pyrotechnics Secretary of ot the Navy Jos Josephus Daniels with his expansive smile and and- his hat attracted attention and anil warm h handshakes et Secretary r of State Colby was genial and an interesting interesting inter inter- e esting Ung figure Former Chairman Hurley Eur Eur- Eurley Eurley ley of ot the shipping shipping- board was going aroun around 1 in circles just like a p man about to lay a a. keel He was credited with being a third ter term shouter vor von of Woodrow Wilson I |