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...Smith presented a basket of flowers to Mrs. Roosevelt and the crowd began to shout, "Speech! Speech!" Said Mrs. Roosevelt: "I never make speeches...
Next morning, less than a quarter of the delegates had reached the hall. Nonetheless Governor Allred of Texas nominated John Nance Garner for Vice President. The convention gave a shout of approval. Pictures of Garner were dragged out for another great demonstration. It collapsed. So did the Convention. The delegates had nothing left to give...
...morning Senator Wagner's job was nearly done, the platform was hastily sent to Washington by plane to be examined at the White House. By evening it was back, amended. The platform committee approved it, a stenographer retyped it, the Convention adopted it with a conglomerate shout. If politics were not so largely composed of headlines and hullabaloo, President Roosevelt could have issued it direct from the White House over his own signature...
...half-baked immediate program." First excitement in the divided convention came when the Right delegation from New York appeared on the floor to claim seats already occupied by the Left delegation. A sergeant-at-arms stopped them. Pandemonium burst. Rightist leaders from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut began to shout together at this physical attempt to exclude their comrades from New York. Norman Thomas finally brought temporary peace by saying: "Mr. Chairman-since there doesn't seem to be enough room on the floor for the 'Old Guard' delegation, let them sit on the platform." The debate that then...
...Harvard Narragansett season has opened on Plympton Street. Crowds roar and shout as favored entries speed down the home stretch, carrying the hopes and silver of many an enthusiastic bystander. The quiet of a Sunday evening gives way to the carnival spirit of a gaming crowd (Mass. Racing Commission please note). Not yet equipped with the full paraphernalia of the track, a shrewd Good Humor man would do well to seek such a lucrative location before the monopolistic possibilities of concessions are exploited...