Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1924, Page 3

FARMERS OBJECT TO CONSERVATIVE Demand Dry Nominee Who Stands Firm for Agricultural Relief. DAVIS, BOOM IS GROWING 0il Taints McAdoo and Rum Smith in Minds of Many Progres- sive Delegates. aft Correspondent. W YORK, June 23.—As the del- egates to the Democratic national convention troopeld into Madison Square Garden today one thing stood out in bold relief—"east is east and west is west.” . Whether the two can meet—on a candidate for the presidency—and meet harmoniously is a problem upon which the chieftains of the party are busily enga; ? “rom the west comes the dem®nd for a “pro- gressive, western progressive, who can T ize the needs of the great agricultural states, which have been bearing the brunt of tRE post- war_readjustment. The west rallied to William Gibbs McAdoo as the most outstanding of the progressive leaders in the p But the oil s revealed in the senatorial investigation, justly or unjustly, have drawn the name of McAdoo into unfavorable light. This circumstance gave to the opponents of McAdoo in the east—and the are many—the ammunition with which to attack his candidacy. They have done so relentlessly. The east has put forward Gov. Al Smith of New York. It has put forward Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama. But for one reason or another the west #o0 far has been unwilling to consider them as presidential pssibilities. East Makes New Bids. And now the east is making an- other bid for the nominatien with John W. Davis of West Virginia, with Senatot Ralston of Indiana, who has, fo be sure, a middle-western flavor, ,and Senator Carter lass of Virginia.. The question today is—with Me- Adoo climinated—as many claim he w ce of his success at the polls ovember, Tt is a tough nut. It is a problem Whic the delegates themselves must solve, now that the pre-convention campaign is over. Or it must be solved by the leaders meeting in con- ference much as the leaders of the Republ party solved the Repub- lican tangle in 1920, Progressives from States suggested as include Gov. Jonathan M. Davis of Kans: nd Gov. Sweet of Colorado. HBut what appeal have they for the east? They have not been national fizures. They are not known in this part of the country. There is, too, William Jennings Rryvan, who is attending the conven- tion as a delegate from Florida, but who really belongs to the entire country. "He is dry and he is essive. Might Draft Cox. Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio, the last nominee of the Democrats for President, might be drafted if his followers had their way. But he has against him the memory of defeat four years ago, when he crusaded for the league of nations. In the backgroun action taken by vention is the the western awaiting the the national con- progressive group, headed by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, Robert M. La Follette, jr. who was a delegate from Wis. consin to the Republican national convention in Cleveland, is on_the ground here, watching events. He is ing little for publication, and In- s that Senator La Follette will make no statement regarding his pos- sible candidacy on a third and inde- pendent ticket until after the Demo- erits have written their platform and nominated their candidates. Mr. La Foilette is an object of the keenest interest to the Democrats. The Democrats are figuring that one of two things may happen in re- rd to the La Folletfe group. Either at_group may decide not to put a ~ SPECIAL NOTICES. 7924 TOURING—Four-wheel months brakes: extras. Getting closed car. “ral-Ames National Bank—A qoarterly d:vidend of $2.50 per share has been declared, pasable July 1. 1924, to the stockholders of ord as of the eloke of busi 1 CLEAN AND REPAIR ORIENTAL OR DO- tic rugs at a very reasouable pri Very good price for rugs that sell. P. B. 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C., TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1924, West Contests With East in Battle for Democratic Candidate at New York 3 Today’s Convention Program Called to order at 12 o'clock noon, daylight saving time, by National Chairman Hull. Invocation by Cardinal Hayes. Singing of national anthem. Official photograph. Brief address by Chairman Hull. Reading of the official call of the convention. Recommendations for tem- porary officers and their elec- tion. ] Appointment of a commmit- tee of three to escort Senator Harrison of Mississippi, the temporary chairman, to the platiorm. Address Har- rison. Appointment of committees and transaction of sundry business. Optional speeches. Presentation and adoption of resolution of respect in mem- ory of Woodrow Wilson. Adjournment. by Senator third ticket in the fleld, because it is satisfied that the Democratic plat- form is progressive and its candi- dates are progressive, or it may run Senator La Follette 'for the presi- dency. In either case the Democrats figure they will attain advantage from the position taken by the Pro- gressives. If La Follette apparently assents to the progresiveness of the Democratic platform and nominee, it will mean votes for them, they think. And if Senator La Follette runs on a third ticket it will take votes away particu- larly in the northwest. A labor leader here for the con- vention said today that in his opin- ion the oil scandals had done for Mr. McAdoo as a candidate for President. Had it not been for the McAdoo con- nection with Doheny, he said, McAdoo would have been nominated beyond doubt. A representative of a great farm organization. also here for the con- vention, said, too, that the farmers had not gotten over the oil episode in McAdoo's law practice and that they would not support him if nom- inated to the extent needed to bring success. The labor leader, discusing John W. Davis of West Virginia, expressed the opinion that Mr. Davis would scarcely be acceptable to tie pro- gressives in the party because of his employment by the house of Morzan. The farmer, on the other hand, seemed to think that Mr. Davis might, after all, make an appeal to the farming element in the country. The labor lcader said that informa- tion had come to him from what he considered a reliable source that Senator La Follette would surely run if the Democrats named a man like Davis of West Virginia, but that if a real Progressive wera chosen, the ‘Wisconsin senator would not head a third ticket, but would content him- self with seeking to aid in the elec- tion of a Progressive Congress. Alcohol, mot oil, is the in_the ointment ‘so far as Gov. Al Smith is concerned, according to the western- ers here. The southerners do not like him because he is a Catholic. If it were not for these matters, Gov. Smith, in view of his record, might well be considered the Progressive leader who would be satisfactory to the party generally. ‘The question is being asked many quarters, “just how Progr sive is John W. Davis of West ginia?" Much that appeals to the delegates has been said of Mr. Davis. A new slogan was heard today, “Davis and decency.” BRYAN CARRIES POINT IN DRY PLANK ROW Blocks Action by Florida Delega- gation of Opposite Stand on Volstead Act. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 24.—A row over prohibition enforcement broke out yesterday at a caucus of the Florida delegation, with William Jennings Bryan at ome end of the argument and former Gov. Albert W. Gilchrist on the other. In the end Ar. Bryan had his way. The tilt was precipitated after Bryan had been placed on the com- mittee which will frame the platform. Mr. Gilchrist offered a resolution de- claring it the sense of the delegation that there should be no prohibition plank. After twenty minutes' dis- cussion, marked by exchanges of per- sonalities, the resolution was reject- ed. Gilchrist and Thomas J. Apple- yard, also a delegate at large, were its only supporters. Several members of the delegation joined with Bryan in declaring it would be a mistake to tie his hands with instructions. The former Secre- tary of State pointed out that the res- olutions committee would be made up of divergent elements and the draft- ing of a platform would be a “give- and-take" proposition. His supporters declared they were willing to trust him to urge adoption of a satisfactory law-enforcement plank. Mr. Gilchrist, admitting he was out- numbered, insisted that his resolution be put to'a vote. Mr. Bryan referred to both him and Appleyard as “wets,” a term which Mr. Appleyard resent- ed because, he said, he had not taken a drink of liquor since he was eigh- een years old. Mr. Bryan told his colleagues that if_the Democratic convention did not “go as strong” on law enforcement as the declaration in the Republican par- ty platform, the Democrats in the coming campaign, would find them- selves on the wet side of the fence. Wayne B. Wheeler, general coun- sel of the Anti-Saloon League, ad- dregsing a meeting of Congregational ministers, today, said that “a dry in plank will not help prohibition en- forcement laws on the statute books at Washington.” “Congressmen,” he continued, “look to their respective districts ‘rather than to planks for instructton.” | are short and narrow. WILLIAM G. McADOO. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 24—The sand- man and woman Democratic leaders are going to the mat over what shall be bedtime for the children from to- night until the close of the conven- tion. The women have arranged a special radio condention service for women and children, to begin each night after the convention closes. Woman leaders are hopeful that the children will be kept up to hear the convention story regardless of how late it comes. Louise Graham Harding, a former Cleveland newspaper woman, who now handles women’s publicity for | the Democrats, will be the sandwom- an of the convention service. She will sit in the press section throughout | all sessions, translate convention high lights into the language of in- ( experienced politicians and begin broadcasting a few minutes after the | convention closes. Completion of the | WOMEN AT CONVENTION | NEW YORK, June 24—“Fashions for Men" may have been a success- ful play, but the delegates of the Democratic convention flocked to the Shubert Theater literally to see styles for men as well as women at Miss Elizabeth Marbury's fashion show | today. | This elaborate event was the high | point of the day’s events. Campaigns and candidates, caucuses and quarrels | paled into insignificance before Ben- | del hats and Winchester gowns, the | latest thing in_what the men will wear from Wanamaker's London shop. The theater was crowded with delegates and committee women and other convention officials and visitors when the curtain was rung up on| Billie Burke in a ravishing sky-blue | frock with a beige and blue hood | hanging from the back. Women politicians forgot their problems and their importance in the contempla- tion of the latest thing in sport models, and the newest kink in eve- | ning clothes. They made mental notes of the correct thing for their sons and husbands as the handsome men showed off turn-down Panamas and powder-blue golf socks horizontal tan stripes. | Bobbed Hair Scarce. | The delegates are taking home some | well-defined ideas from the conven- | tion—white evening gowns can be set off with a dash by red slippers; white short frocks are smartest when they hidve red trimming of some sort, preferably of leather; shoes and stockings match; long feather boas either harmonize With evening clothes, or make a contrast- ing note, and no formal toilet is com- plete without its bit of ostrich; skirts And—bobbed hair is going out. Few of these, the handsomest man- nequins in New York City, from the greatest modistes and milliners in the country, had shorn locks, they wore their hair with amazing sim- plicity, without ornament. Other and totally unimportant de- velopments of the day included the election of Mrs. Kellogg Fairbank as committeewoman of the Illinois dele- gation to the delight of her enemies, who_are hoping that with one job safely pocketed she will cease her activities to gain the vice chairman- ship of the national committee, oust- ing Mrs. Emily Newell Blair; the calm reflection of Mrs. Bernice Pyke as committeewoman from Ohio and a spectacular fit of temper on the pdrt of Miss Mary Archer, committee- woman from Pennsylvania, staged at the caucus of the Pennsylvania dele- gation. Adjournment Halts Contest. Miss Archer was announcing all day long that her colleague, Joseph F. McGufty, Pennsylvania committee- man, has signed her name and taken all her tickets for the convention. Rumors were prevalent during the day that she was going to have him arrested for it. Women cheered when she presented her case before the delegation, but before it was half explained the meeting was declared ed. \ 2 ey prominent women are present in behalf of the League of Women Voters and other _organizations. Among them are Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Marion Parkhurst, also of Washing- ton; Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunningham of Texas, Miss Charl Williams of Washington and others. They will be heard before the resolutions com- mittee probably today. e STUDEBAKER Just Drive It; That's All Few Women Can Resist Women Hope to Keep Children Awake Late to Hear Radio Convention Story ‘logg Fairbanks of Chicago for Mrs. with || LEADING DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AND “DARK HORSE” SAMUEL M. RALSTON radio arrangements pleased the wom- en immeasurably and caused them to boast they had scored over their Re- publican sisters. Women Seek Chatrmanahips. When Mrs. Harding wasn't writing her initial radio speech today she was busy denying rumors that Mrs. BEmily Newell Blair, vice chairman of the Democratio national commit- tee, was about to be displaced. Re- ports weré to the effect that George E. Brennan of Illinois, leader, was quietly preparing to spring Mrs. Kel- Blairs place at the close of the con- vention. Mrs, Harding issued an au- thorized statement of denial of the truth of the reports. Women are particularly pleased with the progress they are making toward getting the chairmanship of the credentials committee. They have decided to_recommend Mrs. Leroy Spring of Lancaster, S. C, and the South_ Carolina_delegation yesterday placed her in line for the position by electing her to the credentials com- mittee. Plans of the women to capture also the chairmanship of the committee on permanent organization has been somewhat at rest while principal at- tention was turned to the credentials fight. It is said, however, that a western woman, still to be chosen, will make the race for the permanent Will Trade or Use Second Trust Note in Sale of in Columbia Heights 6 Rooms, A. M. 1., Near 14th and Park Hoad CYRUS SIMMONS 3118 11th St. N.W. Col. 9636 Evening, Col. 2031-J MADDEN’S ‘ECONOMY? BOAST HIT BY.BYRNS G. 0. P. Kept Faith in Retrench- ment, Says One — Signally Failed, Other Retorts. WARREN CREDITS BUDGET Total of $2,773,470,000 Given to Disabled Vets, He Declares. Assertions that “the Republican party has kept is faith in its prom- ises for retrenchment of government expenditures and financial reform,” as made by Chairman Madden of the House appropriations committee in a formal statement, are disputed in an- other statement by Representative James F. Byrns of Tennessee, the ranking Democrat on the committee, while Senator Warren, Republican, of Wyoming, chairman of the Senate committee, without party comment, declares that the budget bureau was “deserving of the highest praise” for the reduction of expenditures. “Republican control has signally failed to meet the hopes and- expe tations of the peopie for retrencl ment of public expenditures,” Repr sentative Byrns asserted. Arms Pact Is Cited. The arms treaty, Mr. Madden said, had a “far-reaching effect in the ef- fort to keep down public expendi- tures” and resulted in a saving of $254,550,000. His Democratic col- league countered with the assertion that the treaty was an “egregrious failure,” adding that the cost of scrapping American ships was $182 264,000, while Congress this sessio had appropriated $180,000,000 for a new shipbuilding program. ‘Since the Republican party began its program of retrenchment and financial reform,” Mr. Madden said, “the reduction in the annual appro- priations, from $7,046,000.000 in 1920, to $3,823,000,000 for 1925, is $3,223 000,000. This has been accomplished nothwithstanding _the increase approximately $132,000,000 for next fiscal year for the soldiers’ bonus." Holds G. 0. P. Responsible. Declaring _the Republican party must be held responsible for the “reckless use of public money” dur- ing the period beginning in March, 1919, Mr. Byrns asserted the “great- est retirement’” of the public debt was $1.185,000,000 in 1920, under a Demo- cratic administration. Madden at $4,131,000,000 less than the total at its peak, and $2,950,000,000 less than in June, 1920. The Republi- can party, he said, effected tax re. ductions "in excess of $1,250,000,000 and made rates the lowest since 1917. Mr. Byrns assailed the Republi- cans for failure to give relief to the farmers, declaring the farmer must sell his products at cost in the world market and buy under the “exorb- itant” prices of a protective tariff. Vast Sum for Disabled. “Under Republican control,” Mr. Byrns said, “fraud and corruption have found their way into the high places of the government, vast pub- lic resources have been exploited for private gain, and those who are zuilty have not been brought to ac- count.” ‘Making an opposite view Mr. Madden declared, “appropriations have been reduced, expenditures have decreased, taxes have been reduced, the budget has been balanced each year, and while other nations are struggling with overwhelming debts, the United States is enjoying the economic benefits which arise from sound financing. Senator Warren in his statement pointed out that since October, 1817, $2,773,470,000 has been appropriated for allowances and benefits to dis- abled world war veterans, exclusive of the bonus bill of this year. 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