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Show 'CUMMINGS FLAYS REPUBLICAN PARTY I WILSON P1GTURE I AROUSESCROTO I Fight on Prohibition, Treaty H and Irish Laid Aside But Not Forgotten H COX DIVORCE USED ;l AS POLITICAL MISSILE Report Circulated Bryan Treaty H Plank Is Acceptable to Ad- H ministration Leaders H SAN FRANCISCO, June 2S. Op- H posing forces in the Democratic na- I tional convention declared a brief rB truco today while they assembled -in IJ ' the opening session to perfect prelim-Snarl prelim-Snarl es for the west's work. The big fight over prohibition and JH the lesser fights o,-er the league of Illations and the Irish question were 'laid aside, but not forgotten while tho fM I party chiefs and delegates met in the j IB auditorium to hear National Chairman . fM Cummings sound the keynote. 11 I Issues rather than candidates con- VM ! linue to be foremost, but the an- i nouncement that William G. McAdoo , would not reject the nomination put niw life into hla boomers and todav they began where they left off last H night perfecting an active organiza- 11 Utile Change in Lineup. Little change was apparent in the lB lineup of strength between . the Cox ffM and Palmer forces anl the chief.-? of each -.were w'drklng Kj '-riiaUc the best pomiicKilojs?ng -Qii rjuxearly ballots. fM Tnvvo w tain of acojnblnatloii igaliwtMjoAdob biil 'it'Was ' Hi the realm of gossip'. The attitude of Mie Cox managers toward publication here on the eve of the eotncntlon of the governor's di- JM orce tf-n years ago was to ignore it ontlrely. Kdniond 11. Moore, manager of the 'u candidacy, aid he had no state- JH ' ment to make and referred Inquirers to "anybody from Dayton," Governor Cox's homt town, to learri what cjhio people most familiar with tin 4r- jH , cumslanccs thought. ' Dlvoix'o Stir-; lanaurs. : Cox delegates pointed out thct in a IH . long and active political career againsr bitter ojipositiou the divorce case had never been brought into a cnmpaiii. Ohio leaders insisted that the pub- IH Halted slory was an attempt to pi"' IH i on any senlinient against divorce tha. 'might exist among women delegars i The Cox i)eopie today were conduc - ing an investigation to develop v ho f brought out the story at this lime ind IH j lo make plain the object. ' .'Vssurances of election of Senator t , Robinson as permanent chalrmai vms Vt ; indicated today, when W. J. Bryan met IH I him at breakfast and extended con- IH ! gratulations, stating that he was glad j the Arkansas senator's choice was "to jH I bo unanimous." tt Scene at Convention. IH AUDITORIUM. SAN FRANCISCO. I June 2S. Thirty minuten before the hour set for the opening of the con- IH vention the brass band reside tho o.- IH : gan loft was blaring popular airs and I the delegates were beginning to trail into the hall. Tho stood about in groups discussing candidates and m- IH . sues. None of the convention offlcltls IH or leaders had urrlved at that hour case with all conventions it probably would be late in starting. A supply of California redwood gavels made from iH the celebrated burls of the redwood iH trees wore brought to the platfo.ni jH ready for use. Official photographers JM and movie men were busy lookln" for notables with little success. Wotnrij composed a great part of the spo jH tors in tho visitors galleries. TV song leaders also wero on the jjb I early all primed with materlil. Po it'- IH cal paradics on popular airs prhitd IH on leaflets were scattered anion ; the IH delegates and visitors. "The Long, IH Long Trail," "Smiles," "Over There" and "Where Do We Co From Hero," all were supplied with words of pollti- IH cal meaning, predicting Democr.iMc harmony in the convention and ic-tory ic-tory at the election. Fair co-eds ush-erodv ush-erodv the womon delegates to then seats and tho mon mostly toOk their chances on finding thoir own. Ban-ners, Ban-ners, flowers and California frtiifs wero all through the hall. l1nc lecture Prcscntexl Completely refitted for the conven- tion, the great auditorium prcscntivl IH a fine picture of neatness and pollen IH unusual in convention halls. jH The big dome which hitherto had IH been a handicap to acoustics was cut IH off with a new false celling of drab colored canvas decorated in blade nnd while figures like an overgrown fancy parasol. The scats and gallery floors also wero in drab and there was only enough flags and bunting to complete the harmony of the scene without a IH touch of gaudlnoss. It looked much different than when IH President Wilson made his speech here in September for the leaguo of nations. On that occasion there was nothing but confusion, tho acoustics IH went to pieces and only a few of tho IH many thousands who came in could hear tho president's words, iosidea the false colling, a. system of tele- phonic megaphones was in placo to IH carry out tho voices of tho speakers. Organ Jn Background .The monster plpo organ, which IH formed the background of the whole IH platform, added another softening (Continued on Page 3) ( I Wilson Picture Arouses I Crowd to Wild Scene 1 (Continued from page 1.) touch to the picture. A great gold decorated and high backed velvet arm chair placed near tho front of the stage accentuated the cathedral impression. It was explained that the chair was meant for the chairman, but it looked as though it had been built for a potentate. Delegates working for special causes they hope to have recognized In the party platform were busy early circulating cir-culating among delegates distributing literature. The leaflets and cards related re-lated to tho causo of Irish freodom and other questions which are being presented to the resolutions committee. commit-tee. The band swung Into a mcdloy of national airs and when it struck "Dixie" the southern delegates got their first chance to let oul tho rebel yell. They ctood on chairs and waved' their banners, boating time with the music. News' of the maneuvering still In progress among the platform, makers on the outside drifted Into the halli with tho ascmbling delegates. H was said that those expecting a hard fight from Bryan on the league of nations Plank would be agreeably disappointed, disappoint-ed, as Mr. Bryan had drafted a league plank which tho administration forces would accept and support. It was also, reported about the convention hall, much lo the relief of some of tne ad-i ministration leaders that Mr. Bryan would not make any fight for a plank j for government ownership of rail- roads. Taggart Arrives i When Tom Taggart arrived in tho ' space set apart lor the Indiana delegation dele-gation he got a reception from his own j crowd, -winding up with three chcera and a tiger. ' The Palmer men from Pennsylvania enlivened they roceedlngs between the band selections with a cnorua of songs. Some or tho attorney general's supporters sup-porters In another part of the hall responded re-sponded with a roaring P-A-L-M-I3-K. Exactly at 12 o'clocK, the hour at I which the convention was called to convene the color guard of marines j detailed to take part in the opening 1 eremonlea lined up behind the chairman's chair-man's table. Thero were two buglers,1 a color bearer and two sergeants armed with service rifles and their dress uniforms added another pretty touch of color. Colby Arrives at it: Most of the delegates knew for what purpose the devil dogs had taken I post, and their appearance did not. causo a stir. Balnbrldge Solby, secretary of state, the administration floor leader, ar-j rived promptly at noon and took his scat with the District of Columbia del-, cgatlon. The Palmer delegations seemed to be monopolizing the preliminary dem- onatrations. h.very few minuter a new song for Palmer would burst out from 501110 part of the hall where a group waved Palmer flags and pennants Then it would be answered from a Palmer group in some other corner Meanwhile the aisles were becoming crowded but there still were many empty scats. TlekcLs Arc Missing The galleries particularly nad whole tiers empty and it .- 3 said ihey were slow in ulling be'eause of the close inspection in-spection to wnlch all admissions were subjected. There wore reports of whole blocks of tickets having disappeared disap-peared and tho convention officials were irymg to check up. A good solid table, which looked as though It would stand up undei a great deal of gavel punlsnmont hadl uecn provided for tho conention, chairman, and the little square en-' closure where it stood, jutting out from the front of the platform, looked for all the world like a boxing arena, fenced off with three inch ropes, tied In great frazzling knots at tho corners. ; At 20 mlnuies past 12, platforsu of- ficlals said the delay In starting the convention was due to the contusion around the doors. Chairman Cummings and other oC-, ficlals of the national committee were) in the committee's office back of the siase waiting for the door-keepers- to get the ticket situation stralgntoned. j When the band swung into "I Love j You California." the California dele-j gates and spectators let out a roar of applause and cheers. Just before 12:30 Vice Chairman Bruce Kreiner! ot the Democratic national committee got into position at the desk and made an attempt to call ihe convention to, order. Immediately the shrill, clear notes of the marines' bugle rang ouL . tnrough the hall, and the band and j organ together swung Into. "The Star Spangled 'Banner." A tremendous j ! American flag rolled up high to the celling wan unloosed and rolled down In back of the speaker's platform. The grent audienco Joined in the rolling throbbln noies of the national I anthem. . j . , Plc'lulf! of ."WIlMlll. Then as the slnglrig was concluded,; the flag was rolled un again, dlsclos-: Ing an Immense portrait of President1 Wilson. It was tne signal for an out-! burst of cheering and continued ap-Iplause. ap-Iplause. the delegates standing on clialrs waving flags, shouting and ap- plaudlng. I Cheers, rebel yells and shouts cut I tho air of the big hall as the band whopped up "Hall to the Chler." When I a demonstration had been rolling along for five minutes. Vice Ohalr- man Kremer mado an- attempt toj ! bring the convention to order and go 'ahead with business, but the delegates I would have none of it. The applause! and cheers kept on coining In rolling waves and tho repeated rapping of the gavel was only answered with cries of "Sit down!" and "Hurrah for Wilson!" Wil-son!" Noise Continues. Standards were puilcd up from the 1 places marking the delegations on the1 floor and the demonstrationists began j organizing a procession aobut the aisles such as always takes place in ai convention hall when a candidate Is! being placed In nomination. Mr. Kremer Kre-mer rather rravo up the idea of getting get-ting the convention in order while It wanted to demonstrate for Woodrow Wilson, so he smilingly stood at his desk and let the noVe go on. After a fow more minutes assisted by tho band, Kremer made another uttcmpt to quiet the tumult and got the con-' entlon going. He was only answered by more rolling choruses of shouts of "Hurrah for Wilson!" While thej demonstration was going on, tho galleries gal-leries sat In an Interested way, but took little part In It. The whooping, roaring delegates parading on the floor, however, drowned out the band at times. I Roosevelt Gets In Bad. Whllo tlie demonstration was at its height, Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant assist-ant secretary of tho navy, picked up the standard of the New York delegation delega-tion and got into the Wilson parade. Other members of the delegation ob-j Jccted and there was a scramble. In 1 which a policeman took the part of the delegates who tried to stop Roosevelt. Roose-velt. There was a lively scramble for a moment in which Roosevelt won out and went off with tho standard, joining join-ing the demonstration. Fists flew thick and fast for tho moment and It looked as if .oinobody was going to be- hurt. As it turned out no damage' was done. .More attempts at order and more car-smashing whackln of the gavel brought only more cheers. The delegates dele-gates evidently wanted to demonstrate for Wilson and did not Intend to be stopped until they had finished. At 12: -15 o'clock the demonstration began dying away find the vice chalr-jman chalr-jman gave the orders to the scrgeants-jat-arms lo clear tho aisles. I Mr. Kremer finally succeeded In I making himself heard and Monslgnor j Ryan, vicar general of San Francisco, offered a prayer. |