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Show TODAY'S DOINGS IN CONVENTION HALL j AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISC. :Jul- l With fourteen candidates I placed liefore it for the presidential liomlnntlon the Lemocrtlc national convention nftei- a lrlef session today, . found the platform committee unable to make a report ami adjourned until & o'clock tonight. An attempt to suspend the rules of the convention and go ahead with the I balloting was met with such obvious disapproval by the convention that it ; was not pressed. The name of John V. Davis, American ambassador to tjreat Britain, wound up the list ot I names nri the program for nominating I speeches, but at the last minute thi.-namrs thi.-namrs of Senator Simmons of North Carolina. Senator Glass of Virginia and Francis Burton Harrington, governor gov-ernor general of the Philippines, were added, and when the call of the states had been completed the names of fourteen men In all had been placed formally before the convention. The circle f thlrteens nhlch has run through the administrations of Woodrow Wilson was narrowly avoided. AUDITORIUM, San Francisco, July 1. Galleries filled early in expectation expecta-tion of a showy fight on the platform Issue Band Works Hard. Reminiscent of the happy singing carnival of esterda that held the convention In. its Joyful grip for an hour, the bund went back to some of the old-time airs that had put the big audience in carnival spirit. The band-maeter band-maeter tiled "The Sidewalks of New York," but the spirit was lacking and he pot no response. but when he switciieH to his stock demonstration producer. ' Dixie' he drew the usual crop of yells. Whole sections in the stale spaces were stHl unoccupied in some parts of the hall The delegates who were present wanted to tulk rather than come to order, and Senator Robinson hnd to do some igorous und continued con-tinued whacking with the gavel ' Why in the world should ja 4ke ; man five raiifctitus to sit $own? he remurked to some of his assistants. Police t lean V lslCS After Bending the police through the aisles to clear them, the chairman chair-man got the delegates seated and Bishoj) Nichols of the Episcopal diocese dio-cese of San Francisco, offered u prayer. concluding by leading Iho convention In the recitation of the Lord s prayer. Then the organ pealed off "The Stm i Spangled Banner," and the convention i chorused In the strains of the majestic majes-tic air. At the close of the singing. Judge. Murasky ui Sun Krancisco, took a place at the speaker's stand and recited re-cited The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Re-public, while the great organ softly throbbed the melody of the martial all in uccompanlment. Poem Thrills Crowd The judge recited the first stanza while in., organ trembled out Its m lodlous strains, and then coming to the chorus turned his eves to a far gallery, where a clear bell-toned so-1 P rang put with the refrain, beginning be-ginning softly at first, and then joining join-ing in the peal of Ufa organ as it1 murst ..ui Into the mighty thunder of! "Glory, Glory Hallelujah.' Then the1 audience joined in the" rolling chorus' and the great auditorium was filled to' the very roof with song. Throughout the rendition of the im-n. im-n. octal hymn the convention beard the s. fi voiced tones of the loan reciting! th,. lines with the soft tremble of the1 organ, th-u tin echo from the gallerj as the soprano voice joined in and Sent back the refrain, and then the, roaring ehorus of the convention. It was an impressive rendition whjehi l-'lded !'.. heail.s!, ,np, ,md moused tl:v II,, -i patriotism in ln-art. Me Moo Demonstration. At the conclusion of the singing (he aecreUm pf the convention continued the call of the roll of states for nominating nomi-nating Speeches. New Al.-xi.u. i't.n! on tlie ran simply sim-ply seconded the nomination of William Wil-liam O Mc-Adoo. it was a signal for a demonstration which started in th galleries and spread to come delegations dele-gations on thq floor, but did not last long. North Carolina sent . Newlattd of f.nolr, to the platform to place In nomination Senator Simmons, for whom the Xorth Carolina delegates arc instructed VCTJ Short SK-cch Mrs. Martha Nelson Mc ann, of California, made n second speech ' for Simmons, merely saying ; "Ladles and gentlemen of the convention. con-vention. I rise to second the nomination nomina-tion ot Senator Simmons of North C.-iroltna." Noith Dakota passed and Oregon announced that the delegation loine.l the movement to draft the Honorable William (i. McAdoo." The McAdoo boomers, helped out bv the band, nu.de that the signal for anothor brief demonstration. I tnli Tor McAdOO. Rhode Island passed, so did South Carolina. Tennessee and Texas, and Ftah announced that it seconded the nomination of McAdoo. Vermont passed and Virginia sent Sep Flood to the. platform to nominate nomi-nate Senator Glass, chairman of the resolutions committee. Des-rlblnc Mi ?s as the 'warm supporter and lo,. political advlRor of Wrio.ii.m Wiieon. Mr, Flood to,i the convention conven-tion thai Senator Olaas' home town, Lyndhburg, Va., w.s a monument tri his abllit ' Mr Flood reviewed the work of I Glass in the House .f Representatives. I the treasury department and finally in the senate, and end,j by declaring he I offered to the party the experienci ; and the capacity of a brave man whose democracy w,l nePr wane and whom- patrioti.-m will never be questioned.' ques-tioned.' Washington was called and passed i Continued on page 9.) Today s Doing in Convention Hall (Continued from Page 1) and West irglnia sent Governor Cornwall to the pis form to nominate John W Davis ambassador to Great Britain Dtivli i- Named Governor CbrnweU told Ihe convention conven-tion that If the campaign wis merely B ontest to keep control of Hie gov-' ernmcnt for the Democratic party "to1 keep some people In political office, and to put others nto office, then I am ready to null now." The public record of Mr. Davis Governor t'.,rnvell said assured that if nominated he would not be the candidate ,ii inv clnss. any section or any group. You cannot afford In this convention," conven-tion," said lie, "to nominate a man merrlv because he is supposed t.i be; popular with one particular group of people In ihe country at the sacrifice Of leadership. If you do that you makt I the Democratic party a sectional organization or-ganization The convention eon-trued the gov-; ernor's remarks as a thrust at the M Adoo boom. At the same tune ;iv-srnor ;iv-srnor Cornwell by indirect reference defended the labor record of Mr. Davlfl which lias been aPaekcd He closed with a reference to the close relations between the president and Mr Davis and the fa'cl th.u during negotiations of the peace treat 'he, president had kept Mr. Davis at his elbow" c.ir-. Prett) Gown Miss Julia brown of Wct Virginia,! . - r i. l ,.. v-i Mrs. Brown was dressed in a white organdie gown With a corsage of r. -and looked like a debutante as she I stepped out upon ihe speaker's plat ! form. Mrs Brown who before her mar-1 Iriage was setts Jewel, s stock actress, in the east, began lv telling the con-j ventlon S funny story which ran to the effect that while man vvas asleep In the Garden of Eden 'he Creator itook his brains to create woman. The! man of the convention took the thrust! and laughed he.irtil i "Women will select a man" said, I she, "whose pas; life can stand the searchlight test and w hose present life I measures up to women's ideals ) "This man,' said Mrs. Brown, isj not a preacher, although In his life he i practices what preachers preach He is bomebied and a well rounded I American statesman-1 Mrs. Brown made a hit with her j .nidi" in i and when the concluded the ; band played ' Jh What a Pal Was Mary." Piorden Burr, of Alabama, seconded I the nomination Of Mr. Dav is Mrs Guilford Dudley, ot Mashvllle, Tnn..! also delivered a seconding speech fori Mr Davis. ! Wisconsin. Wyoming, Alaska the District of Columbia. Hawaii and the! 1 PhllippneS were called and Miss Bcs- j sie Dvvyer of Manila was escorted to; 'the speakers stand to make a noml-' 1 nating speech for Francis Burton Harrison, Har-rison, governor general of the Philip-, pines She did it expeditious) and much to the point. Porto Rico and the canal zone had; i no candidate! to present. 1 Chairman Robinson announced that i here win be a meeting of delegates interested In Ihe Irish question at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The presentation of nominating; speeches was ended and unless the convention decided lo suspend Its rules and begin balloting, it would have! nothing before it except consideration of the platform winch was nut ready-Secretary ready-Secretary Hoffman announced that the platform would not be ready to report until S o'clock tonight. Mayor M. IJ. Snyder of Los Angeles,' was Introduced and Invited the con-' ventlon delegates to visit his city on' their way home. Mis. Gould B Blakeley, of Ptah. a1 membei of the stale legislature, pre-! sented a resolution calling on the Louisiana legislature to ratify the suffrage suf-frage amendment to the constitution. Governor John M. Parker was asked in a telegram to transmit a special, message to the legislature. Objection was made and the resolution reso-lution could not go through. Wilbur W Mar.di, of Iowa, moved a suspension of the rules so the convention conven-tion could go ahead with balloting. Then- was objection from many parts of the hall. |