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VOL. LIX NO. 18,594
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Potoff1ce an Scond-CIa?s Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE ' 29, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DR. BROUGHER STORM
CENTER OF BAPTISTS
FAIRBANKS - PICK.FORD WED
DING CAUSES TROUBLE.
BRYAN FOR TREATY
AS SENATE WANTS IT
WILSON MEN SEIZE
McADOO LEADING IN
BOOKMAKERS' ODDS
OLD-TIME BOSSES
TRAIN ROBBER SHOT
WHEN LEAVING CAR
PLi.VXK URGES RATIFICATION
WITH RESERVATIONS.
16-TO-l IS TOP PRICK IjAID OX
BRVAX'S CHAXCKS.
PASSENGER GOES TO AID OF
ATTACKED CONDUCTOR.
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WILSON TRIBUTE
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TUMULT LUSTS HALF HOUR
Roar Gathers in Volume as
Crowd Sees Illuminated
Portrait of President.
DELEGATES IN PARADE
State Standards Ripped From
Places and Carried in Pro
cession Around Hall.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28.
From the shadow of the Golden Gate
the hosts of democracy sent a roar
l ing tribute across the country today
; to President Wilson.
The national convention flung
I aside for the moment the business
1 before it while delegates carried on
i a demonstration that swept the great
S gathering off its feet.
; 'f It was a half hour before the out-
burst evoked by a sudden display of
the president's portrait could be
stilled. Again and again as his name
g was mentioned the cheers broke out
J anew to culminate in the shout of
1 approval that adopted and sent to
y , s lne mie nouse a striking testi-
mony of his party's faith and pride
- in the man who has led it for seven
.' troublous years.
" ',' Convention Hall Attractive.
; , Arrangements lor tne nrst na-
" . ,'s tional political convention to be held
' ." S in the far west had been well made.
The great hall, its clean architec
tural lines almost unmarred by
added decorations, was ready and
through a dozen wide entries the
thousands poured in with little delay
or congestion. They found a wide
octagon space awaiting them, with a
massive organ rearing its stockade
of pipes above the platform and the
other side rising to a far line of
seats under high windows.
Over the center of the hall where
delegates sat railed within a wide
square of seats an inner ceiling was
suspended colored in soft old blue
that rested the eye and lent some
thing of quiet dignity to the scene.
Below, a forest of stout standards
bearing the names of the states and
. territories was the only reminder of
national conventions ox tne past.
Marines Open Convention.
Perched high inside the organ in
a special gallery a military band
played away the time. As the noon
hour ana the opening time ap
proached the color guard of marines
appeared on the platform. A six-
foot sergeant, with the gleaming
folds of a regimental flag in his
hand, made a vivid spot of color on
the platform. At his side stood the
armed non-commissioned officers of
the color guard and with them two
marine buglers,
When Vice-Chairman Kremer of
the national committee gave the sig
nal, a bugler sounded "Attention."
The sharp, staccato call rang out
over the uproar of conversation. The
first notes of "The Star-Spangled
Banner" rang out from the band and
the organ together, and as delegates
alternates and spectators and at
tendants stood in tribute, a monster
flag dropped from the, ceiling to
form a wall of color behind the plat
form. It obscured the view of the
band gallery and organ loft, but as
it fell the booming tones of the or
gan rose from behind it, joining .with
i majestic thunder in the national an-
them. From floor and galleries dele
ij ' gates and spectators joined in the
'3 mighty tones.
J Picture Causes Tumult.
A Then came the touch that set off
z the convention with a wild shout of
exaltation. The great flag was gath-
ered slowly upward in its slings and
as it rose it uncovered a flag-draped
I and illuminated portrait of President
Wilson placed high against the great
I pipes of the organ. For a moment
there was a breathless pause. Then
J ame the tumult.
sT A wild shouting came from the
j floor. It was caught up and echoed
1 from side to side. Ttixino. thp Kniim!
Immediate Reconvening of Con
gress to Take Action Is
Also Recommended.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 28. Ratifi
cation of the treaty of Versailles with
such reservations as a senate major
ity approves is proposed in the plank
of William Jennings Bryan dealing
with the treaty and league of na
tions. .
The Nebraskan tonight made public
his plank which is to go before the
resolutions committee. It follows:
"The democratic party demands an
amendment to the federal constitu
tion providing for ratification of
treaties by a majority vote so that
it will be as easy to end a war as
it is to declare war.
"Planting ourselves upon the most
fundamental principle of popular gov
ernment, namely, the right of the peo
ple to rule a doctrine in support of
which we have recently Bpent more
than $25,000,000,000 and for which we
have sacrificed 100,000 precious lives
we favor an immediate reconvening
of the senate that this principle may
be applied to the treaty controversy
and the ratification obtained with
such reservations as a majority of
the senators may agree upon, reserv
ing for the future the making of such
changes as we may deem necesary.
"We favor appointment by the
president, with the consent of the
senate, of delegates to represent this
nation in the league until chosen del
egates are elected and qualified.
"We favor the selection of the na
tion's delegates in the league of na
tions by popular vote in districts in
order that the people may speak
through representatives of their own
choice in the august tribunal, which
will consider the welfare of the
world.
"These delegates should be instruct
ed not to vote for war without spe
cific instructions from congress or
from the people, given by referen
dum vote.
"Our nation's delegates should also
be instructed to Insist upon the dis
armament of the world in order that
the burden of militarism may be lift
ed from the shoulders of those who
toll and the foundation of an endur
ing peace laid in friendship and co
operation." The plank follows Mr. Bryan's de
mands for majority rule and was re
garded as fundamentally opposed to
the administration's desire for a dec
laration for ratification without de
structive resolutions.
Mr. Bryan's league plank is re
garded by administration democrats
at the convention as embodying much
the same proposals as he brought out
at the Jackson day dinner in Wash
ington and which signalized a rift
between the president and Mr. Bryan
over the issue. His proposal that the
treaty be ratified with such reser
vations as a majority of the senate
might agree upon was rejected then
by all administration leaders in the
treaty fight.
40,000 SEEK LICENSES
125,000 to 150,000 Motor Drivers
In State Expected to Apply.
SALEM, Or.. June 28. (Special.)
More than 40,000 applications for
motor vehicle operators' licenses had
been received by the secretary of state
tonight. Employes of the department
are working day and night -to keep
up with the rush of applications, but
despite this effort it is not probable
that more than a few thousand of the
licenses will be issued before July 1.
Based on the present registration
of motor vehicles in Oregon, Secretary
of State Kozer predicts that between
126,000 and 150,000 applications for
drivers' licenses will be received.
MILLIONAIRE'S SON SHOT
Tragedy Takes Place While Hav
lng Dinner With Father.
TONOPAH, Nev., June 28. J. L. Gl
roux, millionaire mine operator of
Los Angeles and founder of the town
of Ely. Nev., is under arrest at Mln
on a charge of having shot and killed
his son while they were at dinner to
gether there yesterday.
According to the police Giroux said
his son demanded money in addition
to $60,000 he had given him during
the last year. The police said a quar
rel ensued.
The elder Giroux was one of the
pioneer operators in the Nevada cop
per mining industry.
WALLA WALLA HAS LOSS
Population of 15,503 Is Drop of
19.9 Per Cent.
WASHINGTON, June 28. Census
figures announced today were:
Walla Walla, Wash.. 15,503, decrease
3861 or 19.9 per cent.
Oklahoma City, Ok la., 91,258, In
crease 27,053 or 42.1 per cent.
State of Delaware, 223,003, increase
20,681 or 10.2 per cent.
Newcastle county, Delaware, includ
ing Wilmington, 148,239, Increase
25,051 or 20.3 per cent.
BOMBS SHAKE HAVANA
One Hurt by Flying Debris; Police
Escape Dynamiters.
HAVANA. Cuba, June 28. Down
town Havana was shaken at midnight
last night by the explosion of two
bombs tn apertures in the walls of
the second precinct police station.
One man was injured by flying debris.
Police officials found tn the wall
of the police station another bomb
that had failed to explode.
Glass at Head of Resolu
tions Committee.
ROBINSON GETS CHIEF CHAIR
Arkansas Senator Is Perma-
nent Session Leader.
BRYAN IS SIDETRACKED
Place -on
. form
Subcommittee on Plat
Not Given to Pres.'
ident's Critic.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 38. By the
unopposed choice of Senator Glass of
Virginia as chairman of the resolu
tions committee which will draft the
platform "of the democratic national
convention, and the selection of Sen
ator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas
for permanent chairman of the con
vention, administration forces demon
strated tonight that they were In com
plete control of the convention ma
chinery. Any planks which William J. Bryan
may desire to have inserted in the
platform and which fail to pass ap
proval of the resolution committee
will therefore have to be brought into
the convention with the Indorsement
of only a minority report.
Robinson Is Administration Man.
s.nstnp Robinson is accounted a
thorough-going administration man.
and .he will" be wielding the gavel
when any attacks are made on the
administration programme.
These two developments, demon
strating the control of the administra
tion forces, while hot lessening the
chances of a fight on the floor of the
convention, were pointed out by the
administration forces as evidence that
they had the convention in hand and
in support of their predictions that
they would carry It through to the
end.
The fact that Secretary Colby, an
acknowledged administration spokes
man, got a place on the sub-committee
of nine which will draft the platform,
while William J. Bryan did riot get a
place on the drafting committee, was
pointed out as additional evidence
that the administration forces were
in full control. Secretary Colby ad
mittedly will represent President Wil
son's views on the league of nations
plank.
Walsh Fight Is Abandoned.
Senator Walsh, who was understood
to have the backing of Mr. Bryan, had
been urged for the chairmanship of
the committee on resolutions by a
group headed by western delegations.
They abandoned the right when a
canvass of the committee revealed a
majority against them. With the
choice of the chairman, the commit-
(Cot.clu.led on Pane 7. Column 1.)
SAN FRANCISCO WEATHER FORECAST: FOGGY TODAY. STORMY TOMORROW.
Actnal Cash Not Coaxed Out for
i Bets, Though Wet Plank
' Wager Is Made.
NEW YORK, June 28. (Special.)
Betting odds quoted in Wall street
made William G. McAdoo favorite for
the presidential nomination by the San
Francisco convention, where 2 to 1
had been offered against his chances
Saturday. Two to one was today's
price. Governor Cox receded in the
odds from 2 to 1 to 2 to 1, thus
becoming second choice because of his
"straddle" on the prohibition question.
It must be remembered, though,
that these odds were purely "offers."
Not one actual wager was laid. Be
sides, the "shortness" of the prices
would make a regular bookmaker
laugh aloud. Some of the "close-held"
candidates ought to be- quoted 1000
to 1; but the top price, offered was
16 to 1.
This was the layout:- McAdoo, 2
to 1; Cox, 2 to 1; Palmer, 3 to 1;
President Wilson,' 4 to 1; Marshall.
4 to 1; Burleson, 5 to 1; Bainbridge
Colby, 7 to l; Meredith, 8 to 1; Sen
ator Hitchcock and Senator Glass, 10
to -1; Gerard, 11 to 1; Senator Sim
mons and Justice Brandeis, 12 to 1;
Bryan, 16 to 1.
In Brooklyn Fred Schumm placed
S400 against 8500 that a wet plank
would be adopted and said he had
$800 to wager against $2000 that Har
ding would not be elected. He had
also $5000 to lay at 2 to 1 oa a Har
ding victory.
IRISH HOUSES ARE SACKED
Soldiers Commit Reprisals for Kid
naping of General.
L1SMORE, Ireland, June 28. Sev
eral private houses and places of
business here were sacked Sunday
evening by soldiers in reprisal for the
kidnaping of Brigadier-General Lu
cas Saturday night. There was Borne
firing in the stieets, bnt nobody was
killed.
DUBLIN, June 28. The utmost en
deavors have been made by military
patrols, aviators and the police to
trace the whereabouts of Brigadier.
General Lucas. Up to this evening,
however, all the efforts had failed.
2000 REPORTED SAVED
All War Prisoners on Sinking
Steamer Declared Rescued.
STOCKHOLM. June 18. All the
2000 war prisoners on board a bol
shevik steamer which sank recently
were saved, according to a dispatch
to ' the Dagblad from Helslngfors,
Finland.. ; .
The sinking was in the Neva river.
CHURCHGOERS USE AXES
Break Into Lutheran Edifice and
Chop Pews-and Pulpits.
DIXON, III., June 28. Dissension
among members of the Perkins Grove
Lutheran church of Dixon resulted
In some of the members breaking
into the church during the night and
with axes and 6aws destroying pews
and pulpit.
Opposition to . Election Develops
From Those " Opposed to Mar
riage of Divorced Persons.
BUFFALO. N. T., June 28. Wheth
er the Northern Baptist convention
will frown upon the marriage of di
vorced persons by refusing to elect
the ' Rev. ' J. Whitcoiub Brougher of
Los Angeles as a member of the ex
ecutive committee will not be known
until tomorrow. .
Dr. Brougher performed the mar
riage ceremony for Douglas Fair
banks and Mary Pickford. The names
of the moving picture stars were not
mentioned on the convention floor
when the nominating committee's
ticket was submitted, but it was con
ceded that the opposition that de
veloped to the election of Dr. Brough
er was due to his attitude on the di
vorce question. The chair ruled the
names might be written In by dele
gates opposed to the nominating com
mittee's slate.
The other candidates named on the
ticket, headed by Ernest L. Tustin of
Philadelphia, for president, were un
opposed and their election is assured.
The tellers had not finished counting
ballots when the convention ad
journed until tomorrow.
Affiliated societies also held their
elections today. Mrs. Helen B. Mont
gomery of Rochester was elected
president of the Women's American
Baptist Foreign Missionary, society;
Mrs. John Nuveen of Illinois, presi
dent of the Women's Home Mission
ary society; Governor C. E. Milliken
of Maine, president of the American
Baptist Foreign Missionary society;
Charles R. Brock of Colorado, presi
dent of the American Baptist Home
Missionary society, and Frank H.
Robinson of Pennsylvania, president
of the American Baptist Publication
society.
The convention adopted a resolution
declaring for the strict enforcement
of the prohibition act and declared
Baptists would not support any polit
ical party that sought modification
of existing dry laws.
DIMPLED KNEE LATEST
Paris Women on Bathing Beaches
Decorate Knee With Dents.
NEW YORK, . June 28. They've
taken to dimpled left knees on the
Paris .bathing beaches.
That's the latest fad, according to
Mme. Eleanor Rubensteln of this city.
who returned here today on the
steamship Savole. ,
. "Because of the short skirts many
fat women are seeking to reduce the
size of their legs, and dimpled knees,
though many of the dents are artifi
cial, are all the rage on the beaches."
she said.
AERIAL MAIL TO START
39 Letters to Be Carried
From
Here to The Dalles.
THE DALLES, -Or.. June 28. (Spe
cial.) Aerial mall from Portland to
The Dalles will bring 39 letters to
prominent citizens of this oity Mon
day, July 5, according to plans of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce.
This will be the first mail to come
to this city by air route.
Steam Roller Crushes All
Free Thinkers.
POPULAR VOTE IS DEFIED
Georgia Farmers Threaten to
Go Over to Harding.
FEDERALS ARE ON JOB
Factions Working for McAdoo and
Palmer Are Being Paid by
Public While They Plot.
BY CHARLES C. HART.
Washington, D. C. correspondent for The
(jregoaian.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28. (Spe
clal. ) Behold the steam roller. When
that mammoth Implement was entire
ly missing at the recent Chicago con
vention, some wondered what had be
come of it.
It must have been on the way to
San Francisco, because here It is. But
democratic ingenuity has made U
over into a tractor device which not
only crushes all opposition but at
tempts to dig graves for its victims.
In running the steam roller over
every man with a mind of his own
who sees fit to oppose the Wilson
administration or the party bosses
the plans have not been well thought
out. One of the victims who has re
fused either to be crushed or buried
is Charles S. Barrett of Union City,
Ga., president of the national farmers'
educational and co-operative union,
with 1.000,000 farmer members in all
parts of the United States.
Wilson Opponents Barred Ont.
Mr. Barrett was - of the delegates
from Georgia to whom a Seat was
denied ia the convention, although
they represented two-thirds of votes
cast in the . state-wide primaries
recently. The offense . of Mr. Bar
rett and his fellow delegates was
that they were opposed to the league
of nations convenant as bVought home
from Paris by Woodrow Wilson and
aiso mat they declined to support
Attorney-General Palmer for the
presidential nomination.
The farmers of the country are to
be told by Mr. Barrett something
about the manner in which the Wil
son administration and the big liquor
bosses are running this convention
He said today:
"I am afraid that for the first tim
in her history Georgia will denounce
mo democratic party and go over to
Harding.
Three Block 100,000.
We came here backed by 100,000
majority and we find ourselves de
feated by a coterie of about three in
uiviuudiH who nave no popular sup
port in Georgia and who established
an aosura rule without consulting
tne voters
"1 cannot understand why a com
mittee supposedly representative of
democratic sentiment should delib
erately refuse to recognize and honor
the voice of the majority in Georgia."
President Barrett Is well known
among the farmers In the west, hav
ing addressed farmer organizations in
every section up and down the Pacific
coast on two or three trips, fae has
been the most active promoter of
agricultural legislation at the national
capital, where he spends much of his
time while congress is in session.
But he is only one of many victims
of this new mechanical device Intro
duced here for the first time. It is
more deadly than the steam roller of
other conventions, because not one of
Its victims has emerged fit to func
tion in the convention.
Another example is John L. Schuyle
man of Oregon, who received 10,439
vote lor delegate-at-Iarge in the
state-wide primaries.
Next 1b Line Isrnored.
He was nosed out by George T.
Baldwin, who died a few days after
the primaries. Thirteen members of
the democratic state central commit
tee met and and chose a rank out
sider, a federal office holder, to fill
the vacancy, totally ignoring the
claims of Mr. Schuyleman. The na
tional committee promptly ruled that
the voice of the 13 politicians spoke
louder than those of the more than
10,000 ordinary good citizens who sup
ported Mr. Schuyleman.
But so it is all the way so far In
this convention. The average man
has not a chance in the world. The
big bosses have effected a combina
tion with the federal machine to
crush out all independent thought and
action. Even William Jennings
Bryan, the one man who still retains
title to his own soul, may be a polit
ical corpse by tomorrow night, but
the reaction following in the wake of
the Btea.ra roller which crushes Bryan
is likely to last until sometime in
November.
Nothlns; Vet Is Sarc.
It Is amusing to hear how this
or that candidate has forged to the
front. 'Since sometime yesterday It
has been McAdoo leading, according
to local newspapers, but no one
knows much about it. It may be
true, but there is so much of mys
tery around here that it may require
three or four ballots to determine
the leader in the race.
This convention is so unlike the
one held two weeks ago at Chicago.
, Will H. Hayes, chairman of the re-
Concluded a f ge a. Column l.i
Man, Getting $200 and Jewelry,
Falls From Door With Four
Shots Fired Into Breast. I
SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 28. A
lone robber who boarded the second
section of the Southern Pacific At
lantic express tonight by climbing
onto the rear of the observation car
at Davis, near here, was shot and
probably killed by Al Rodell, a pas
senger, of Cleveland, O., after the
robber had shot twice at Conductor
Muldowney of Oakland. The robber
toppled from the forward platform of
the observation car. where he had
opened the door to jump oft at a
crossing.
The robber obtained about $200 in
cash and jewelry valued at several
hundred dollars from passengers in
the observation car and the Pullman
next to it. He compelled a brakeman
at the point of a revolver to pull
back the curtains of the berths.
At the third coach Muldowney was
locking the door to prevent the rob
ber from entering when the robber
fired at him. Rodell followed the
robber back to the front end of 1
observation car and fired three shots
directly into his breast. Officers
have gone out to find the man.
SEAT IS
Credentials
DENIED REED
Committee Acts After
Xcarly Four Hours' Debate.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 28. The
credentials committee tonight denied
Senator Reed a scat in the national
convention after it had listened to
nearly four hours of argument.
The vote was 73 to 9.
The credentials committee elected
W. T. Asher, Iowa, chairman and
proceeded to hear the argument In
the Georgia case in which the nation
al committee already has seated Pal
mer delegates and ratified the selec
tion of Clark Howell as national com
mitteeman over the contest of the
Smith-Watson faction.
WOMEN GET INTO UPROAR
Kentucky Delegate Objects to In
dorsing Cummings Speech.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 28. A dec
laration by Miss Laura Clay, a de
scendant of Henry Clay and a dele-
gate-at-large from Kentucky, that
Chairman Cummings' speech should
not be indorsed threw a caucus of
women delegates into an uproar to
night. Eventually the speech wa
indorsed.
Miss Clay attacked the league of
nations portion of the address.
counsel you to go slow." she said
with great emphasis.
SUGAR TRUST PROPOSED
Comoration to Have Control of
Philippine Output.
MANILA, P. I., June 28. A corpo
ration embracing all sugar producers
in the Philippines is being planned
by planters and islanders. The or
ganizers aim to have the corporation
control the sugar output of the Phil
ippines and place It on the market a
the most opportune time in limited
quantities.
It was estimated that the projec
will be financed by SI, 000.000 capital
ization.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAt'S Maximum temperature.
79 decrees: minimum. u6 decrees.
TODAY'S Fair and cooler: westerly
winds.
Domestic.
Charles F. Murphy, Tammany boss. repu
diates Governor Cox or Ohio, saying hi
confidence has been betrayed. Fas
Bryan offers plank for treaty as senate
wants It. Page 1.
Old-time bosses In control at San Fran
cisco. Pax 1.
Platform builders clash over Issues. Fsxe 3
Cumming-s Is declared fine Wilson choice
for nomination. 1'in 2.
Palmer likely to lead on first democrat!
ballot, but choice Is quite uncertain.
Page 2.
Ir. J. Whltcomb Brougher storm center of
Baptists over ceremony performed for
Douglas rairDanics ana jaary ricxiora,
Page 1.
Wilson picture draws ovation at San Fran
Cisco. Page 1.
McAdoo refuses to deny or affirm state
ment by Thomas B. Love that ha will
accept nomination, fags o.
Wilson ovation at convention appears clev
erly staged, rage i.
Mnra McAdoo talk heard at convention
but situation practically unchanged.
Page 4.
Wall street makes McAdoo favorite I
betting odds. Page 1.
Washington delegation in right Is com
pletely tied up. Page 7.
Speech of Homer S. Cummings. tempo
rary chairman of democratic nations
convention, i-'age .
Wilon men seize convention reins. Page 1
Page 1.
Pacific Nortbwest.
Rev. Fither A. Hltdebrand of Oregon City
receives honor from Vatican. Page 16.
Sports.
Vernon climbing upwards and now tied
with Salt Lake lor first place. Pago 14.
Three former champions to help re-present
Portland at tournament juiy a. rife l
Amateur status of Aileen Allen, dive
again caJled In question. Page 14.
Mike O'Dowd signs to meet any opponen
on July 9. ! l.
43 Pacific coast athletes picked for Olym
pic trials. Page 13.
Commercial and Marine.
Eight steamers to load last of old wheat
crop at this port. Page 22.
Export demand for wheat and flour sub
sides. Page 23.
Portland and Vicinity.
New York delegation expected to support
Chamberlain. Page 9.
Dismissal of Miss I -aura Kennedy, former
clerk of municipal civil service board,
ta sustained by circuit court. Pace 12.
Bankers ask state highway commission to
pay contractors twice a month. Page 13.
Arrangements made for banks to cash
drafts for woolgrowers. Page la.
President A. R. Gephart of social workers
association, declares Immigrant girls
less delinquent than American, saying
they are stronger-minded. Page 8.
Sweeping republican victory predicted be
fore Roosevelt club Page 7.
Y M. C. A. plans great educational pro
' gramme. Fa& li.
Domination No Longer
Wanted by Party.
AREWELL ALSO SHOUTED
umult at Start Has Arti
ficial Aspect Despite
Zeal Displayed.
RIUMPH ONLY SENTIMENTAL
Cummings Delivers Speech,
Some Phrases of Which
Seem Like President's.
BT KDGAU B. PIPER.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28.
( Editorial Correspondence.) The
opening of the democratic national
convention was sentimentally a tri
umph for President Wilson. It will
be different at the close. For this
convention wants the climax and the
end of Woodrow Wilson's domination
of the democratic party.
The delegates and the spectators
acclaimed Wilson with dutiful zeal.
At the same time, they bade him a
long and perhaps a fond farewell.
The control of the convention by
the president is absolute up to the
point where it will unqualifiedly ac
knowledge his leadership, praise his
record and permit him to define the
issues of the coming campaign. The
new candidate must stand or fall by
what Wilson has done. But the very
last thing-that the party wants to -
do, and will do, is to permit Wilson
to be both the issue and the candi
date. Galleries Only Half Full.
The first session today had no
great novelty for the seasoned par
ticipants and veteran onlookers of
other conventions. When the hour
of noon had arrived the main floor
was nearly filled with swarming
delegates and their alternates, but
the galleries of the magnificent audi
torium were only about half full.
Apparently the democrats were to
have the occasion pretty much to
themselves.
The arrangements were, however.
nearly ideal, and reflected great
credit upon San Francisco. The
weather was pleasant, as it has been
for five or six days, in marked con
trast to the sweltering heat and
male distemper of Chicago.
There will be no great anxiety to
get the job done here for the mere
reason that the members of the con- .
veation would be making a sacrifice
to be anywhere else.
When the vice-chairman finally
mounted the platform and pounded
the table with his gavel he had no
special trouble in procuring order.
But it was different a moment later
when "The Star-Spangled Banner"
had been sung by those who could
sing and mumbled by those who
couldn't, and when a great American
flag had been lowered from the ceil
ing only to be raised in a moment
to disclose a great portrait of Presi
dent Wilson.
Stage Management Fine.
It was fine stage management, for
the crowd immediately set out to
play its assigned part. The tumult
and the shouting had at the begin
ning the aspect of artificiality, and
it looked as if the crowd was anxious
to pass on to the regular order. But
when the vice-chairman, after a few
minutes of rather perfunctory cheer
ing, wielded his trusty gavel, he
merely gave the cue for what devel
oped into a real demonstration.
The louder he pounded the bigger
the roar from the crowd. The tides
of noisy commotion rose and fell at
regular intervals, only to be inter
rupted by the tattoo of the elegant
redwood emblem of autnjrlty. It
had the invariable result of setting
things going again, and altogether a
gcod 'time was had Vy all. There
was something like a '-uii an hour
of ordered disorder, which it may be
hoped was duly transmitted to the
listening ear at Washington. The
vice-chairman got hold of proceed
ings by the easy anu .mple device
of laying down his beautiful hammer
and motioning the delegates to their
seats. Then he made a speech.
The curtain-raising keynote from
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