Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1924, Page 5

'ADOD FORCES CONSIDER BOLTING 1f Given Unfair Deal They Might Go to La Follette, Enthusiast Declares. KLAN [ISSUE RUNS HIGH Other Questions Falling Into Eclipse for Time Being as Bigotry Blazes Away. BY FREDERICK WILLIAM WILE. NEW YORK, June 24.—Amid ex- ternal calm and limitless enthusiasm, but saturated through and through Wwith strife and enmity, the Demo- cratic national convention at length is under way. If it ends as it has be- gun, in apparent harmony, it will mean that the age of miracles is not Past. Few conclaves of any great party ever swung into action amid an atmosphere so heavily charged with the dynamite of discord. From the principal storm center, the besieged McAdoo camp, there already ema- nates the warning of a bolt if its leader is worsted in an unfair fight. MceAdoo's friends say he Is ready to take a licking, administered by hon- 3t Loes in an honest combat. But it ;al;;‘.dgn I'a “slaughtered,” his parti- rev;"(t;r‘lar& they may take ruthless tabhey would not shrink, u aln circumstances that ma: :v;‘v’m-n;‘ at New York, from turning their backs on the Démocratic party ;mhd marching en bloc into the lines Where Robert M. La Follette's forces 4‘4’1'4:‘ arming for battle. Assurances b, » this sensational effect ares Eiven © the writer by one of McAdoo's clos- €st, though most fanatical supporters. Drive Against McAdoo. _The drive against McAdoo and the Ku Klux Klan dominates the ope ing hours of the convention. They are the twin paramount issues. There are other issues of priime importance, like the league of naticns and prohi- bition. But until McAdoo and the disps d of, nothing eise ur It happens that ¥ are a pair of birds which the massed opposition thinks it can kill With one stroke Prohibition link for McAdoo acclaimed by h as incarnating the situation—progres sm_and prohibition. representative's platform will fight 1 lions to mocratic magna charta i not specifically anti-Klan and dry. William Jennings Bryan sees eve to eye with McAdoo on that Lrinity of propositions. He will sup- port them with fire and fervor in the lutions committee and renew his e, if necessary, on the conven- up with them, too, herents Ps* of Protestan Californ committee keep the T . liberal, not leaders don't know whether to rejoice or regret that the religious issue has been permitted to become the Frankenstein monster of the convention. It has been the fash- on to wish that it should be thrash- ed out “here and now, once and for all.” but in the presence of the sharp- ened knives and the bolomen and the rumble and roar of clashing ideas, the more sagacious chieftains wonder whether the Klan should. after all, have been allowed to achieve sky- scraper dimensions. Effect on Irish. They wonder, for instance, where it is going to lease the “Irish Democ- which Gpv. Al Smith personi- fies. They wonder if the vast voting population represented by _Tom Walsh of Montana and Dave Walsh of Massachusetts and the other big Democrats who sprang from_Irish loins may not quit Madison Square Garden next week (or the week after) embittered and enraged. They won- der if Smith is turned down for the prosidential nomination and, with him a definite anti-Klan plank, if the Democrats of the Catholic faith may not consider themselves rebuked and Tebuffed and turn to Coolidge and Dawes in November in both consola- tion and revenge. If a great party <ver was perched on the horns of a dilemma, that shaky pinnacle is to- . day occupied by the Democtats in convention here assembled. The league of nations forces, which are marching almost exclusively un- der an Ohio banner, are now in the field in the full panoply of battle. Their candidate is James M. Cox, in- trepid crusader in the lost cause of 920. Their spokesman is Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of War, who will place Cox in nomination for the presidency. Their chief of staff is John Hessin Clarke, former associate judge and president of the League of Nations Non-Partisan Association. Their aider and abettor—though far from the scene of conflict—is Col. Edward M. House, Woodrow Wilson's right bower at Paris and Versailles. House Prepares Plank. Col. House has placed in the na- tional committee's hands, for presen- tation to the convention, a plank call- ing for the entry of America into the league of nations as an “asso- ciate member,” on terms which shall “in no way commit the country to the covenant.” Thus, in Col. House's words, “the fears of the timid could be dispelled regarding a super-state and an en- tangling alliance.” The Democratic convention is full of timid souls, though not of the kind House en- visages. Their timidity has less to do with super-states and entangling alliances than with 1924 political ex- * pediency. They are men who don’t believe in any unnecessary fooling with explosives. They think the league demonstrated its vote-losing capacity so effectively in 1920 that its friends ought not to ask the Demo- cratic party this sear to do anything but damn it with faint praise. In . the widely divergent views prevalent in Madison Square Garden on the league are the seeds of strife almost as violent as the klan controversy. Again, it is a contest between the pussyfooters and the straight-from- the soulderites. As this is likely to be a convention of compromises, they probably will begin with the league and the Klan. Davis Looks Best. Presidential fortunes fluctuate from here to here, almost from minute to minute. This observer has no reason to alter his conviction, previously expressed, that John W. Davis of West Virginia will be the nominee. The writer has no monopoly of this belief. It is almost the one_ bit of crystal-gazing that is more or less universally induiged in at New York. Down the homestretch of the con- vention, when present-hour leaders and favorite sons have run their respective courses, most authorities at Madison Square Garden see dashing toward the winning post two outstanding figures. One is John W. Davis and the other Samuel M. Ralston of Indiana. One is almost the youngest entry in the race, the other nearly the eldest. Youth has a habit of being served. It is expected to The Franklin Sq. Hotel Coffee Shoppe DI-N-N.ER 31 14th Street at K Il e PP BURANT “Just a Real Good Car” 777777772 II SIS L L L L L L G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY Rules, Resolution and National Committee’s Members Selected By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 24.—The folliw- ing committee members have been chosen by caucuses of state delega- tions: National Committee. Alabama—Walter Moore. Arkansas—Virgil C. Pettie. . California—Isidore Dockweiler, M C. A. Donohoe. & .Fu)nrudo—dohn T. Barnett, Gertrude A, Lee. Delaware—Andrew C. Gray, Mary Eskridge. Florida—J. T. Louis K. Mayes. Georgia—John H. Cohan, Mrs. Bar Alexander. I1daho—Robert H. Mrs. resa Graham. Tllinois—George E. Kellogg Fairbanks,. Kansas—Sam B. Amidon, Mrs. Flor- ence G Mrs, Mrs. G. Crawford, Mrs. Ed- Elder, Te- Brennan, Mrs. ‘Woodson, Mrs J. Campbell i A sachusetts—KEdward W. Quinn. Minnesota—Joseph Wolf. Nebraska—Arthur E. Milier. New Hampshire—Robert C ie, Mrs. Dorothy B. Jackson. w Jersey—Frank Hague. orth Carolina—Mary Owen ham Ohio—E. H. Moore, Mrs. Pike, Oklahoma—Scott Ferris, Mrs. B McDougal. South Carolina—John Hur- Gra- Bernice A G. Evans, Dakota—W. W. Howes. ee—Cordell Hull, Mrs. Ben- an. Texas—Thomas B. Love, Mrs. I. T. Bloodworth. Washington—George < Hugh C. Todd laska—Thomas J John W. Troy. Panama Canal Zone—Frank Hamlin, Mrs. . R. Keenc. District of Columbia—John F. C tello, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman Resolutions. Alabama—F. J. Thompson. Arkansas—Senator T. H. Caraway California—David S. Ewing. Colorado—Chester B. Horn Connecticut—Homer S. Cummings Delaware—Senator Thomas F. Bay- ard. Florida—W. J. Bryan Georgia—N. A. Norris. Idaho—James P. Pope. Tilinois—Francis X. Busch. lowa—J. Ray File Christensen, M Mrs T Donohoe, record one of its traditional triumphs if and when the contest narrows down | to the solon Davis backers discern a frank avowal of Republican fear of their hero in the front page headlines of the New York Herald-Tribune. That highly official mouth-piece of the Re- publican party, on the day of the convention's opening, announc a flare of typographical trumpets the “Davis boom is weakened Attack of Paper. Tn explanation of that as: the Herald-Tribune’s chief convention reporter discloses that “the Standard Oil brand has now been fastened on John W. Dav There is no bill of particulars, eXcept a subsequent statement that Davis has just been “exposed as an attorney for the Standard Oil Company The West Virginian's “fool friends"—their own description of the Davis campaigners in New York—deciaro that the Herald-Tribune’s attack is an un- blushing avowal of the G. O. P.s anxiety over a Davis nomination They call it a transparent attempt to smear Davis with the same uff that has tarnished McAdoo. Carter Glass stock is looking up. The jump in it is attributable to authentic hints from McAdoo quar- ters that the Virginia senator i man to whom the Californian's votes are to be given when McAdoo sees his own race is run. Virginians are almost as much in evidence at Mc- Adoo headquarters as Californians and Georgians. Robert M. Woolley and Stephen Bonsal, both sons of the Old Dominion, are on the McAdoo firing line, and there are others who speak their dialect. Glass, like Davis and Ralston, is busily engaged in lying low. The official explanation of his masterly inactivity is that he is now con cerned exclusively with platform matters. But Carter Glass badges are being distributed and worn, and “Morgan lawyer” and the Hoosier rtion, | nobody on his behalf is denying his receptivity. : The vice presidential aspirants are trotting up and down the convention paddock _as nominating days ap- proach. Maj. George L. Berry, hand- some young labor leader and legion official from Tennessee, is prominent- ly out in front. Through the lobbies stream scores of men with the hat- band slogan: “Pick Berry.” The New York papers are friendly to his cause. It was he, as president of the pressmen's union last year, who broke the strike that paralyzed Gotham journalistic activities for so many days. Mayor Dever of Chi- cago is being conspicuously men- tioned as an alternative running-mate on a John W. Davis ticket. George Brennan, Illinois Demo- cratic czar, is not unkindly di posed toward a “Davis and Dever’ combination. Brennan incorporates the view that Davis' corporation- lawyer connections, the stereotyped argument against him, “is old stuff.” Says Brennan: “What lawyer of parts in America is not a corporation law- yer? Davls recently became counsel for the Irish Free State in this coun- try. That does him no harm among the sons of Erin prominent in Madi- son Square Garden. Flowers at Their Best —are specimen blooms or plants from Gude, 1212 F.—Advertisement. Killed by Own Auto. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va., June 24—Fred A. Sanders, a merchant here, sixty-five years old, was killed by his own automobile today when it started while being cranked and impaled him against a building. -He leaves a wife and five children. the | \WEN LOWE of Ball- ston, Va, hauls sand and gravel on Goodyear _Heavy-Duty Truck Tires, in a report on their performance speaks highly S g and the powerful, ngn-nldd traction they have. “Goodyear’s suit me,” he concludes, We sel all three types of Goodyoear AlU-Westher Tread Tywok Tires, Heavy- Preumatio Kentucky—Louis C. Humphrey. Maryland—E. Brooke Lee. Massachusetts—David 1. Walsh. Michigan—Alfred Luckin. Minnesota—James A. Nowell. Missippi—Hubert D. Stephens. Missouri—Charles H. Mayer. Nebraska—Gilbert M. Hitchcoek. Novada—Senator Key Pittman. New Hampshire — Raymond Stevens. New Jersey—Harry Heber. North Carolina—Gov. Morrison. Ohio—Newton D. Baker. Oklahoma—Senator Owen. Pennsylvania—John H. McCann. Rhode Island—P. Henry Quinn. outh Carolina—Edgar A. Brown. South Dakota—John T. Cogan. Tennessec—Representative Finis J Garrett. Texas—Alva Bryan. ray Hosker Washington—George Fishbarne. West Virginia—John_J. Cornwell Wisconsin—John F. Kluwin. Alaska—John W. Tro; . Panama Canal Zone— ing. District of Columbia—Frank 5. Perry. Rules Committee. —W. H. Arnold Californ R. H. Fitzgerald. Colorado—Julius Aichele. Delaware—Josiah Marvel. ¥loridi—Jerry W. Carter. H. H. Dean. B. Wilson. Igoe. Daniel F. Steek. Kansas—W, H. Carpenter Kentucky—E. N. Dishman. aryland—Carvill D. Benson S s—Daniel J. Daly. a Claude S, Charney. ota—-Thomas E. Cashman. <ippi_—-Sennett Connor. W. R. Hollister. T, S Allen. eorge B. Thatcher. Hampshire—Frank M. Arkans Rich ardson 3 New Jersey—Alfred A’ Stein. Ohio-—Senator Atlee Pomerene. Oklahoma—E. M. Semans. nsylvania—Samuel E. Shul hode Island—William H. Thorn outh Carolina South Dakota—W..W. Howes. Tennssee —Lee Douglass. Texas—W. L._Thornton. irginia- E. Holland. . shington—H. D. Herritt. | West | Alaska—Robert W. Jennings. Panama Canal Zone—Richard Rob. erts District of SMITH TRIES LINE-UP lumbia—C. | OF SOUTHERN VOTES A: ted Prese forces, Mack, the Democratic party, ing today to delegates under the Al Smith ban ner. “We Mr. Mack, | sentiment former national chairinan o | | were still try | are making progress.” ~and that Virginia—Repvesentative J. Mur- . C. Hush- Fred H. Dominick. Virginia—Charles R. Wilson. Cartin. | W YORK. June 24—The Smith | under the direction of Norman | round up the southern said it is surprising the is developing among THREE FARM PLANKS BEFORE DEMOCRATS Merger of Widely Divergent Points of View Sought Today by Resolutions Body. WORLD MARKET DEMANDED Mississippi Valley Group Hits De- flation by G. 0. P. Dy the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June ‘Three ETOups seeking a strong and practical agricultural plank for the Democratic national platform came together in conference today in an effort to frame a declaration for the resolutions united support of the farm interests .|in the party. Three distinct planks drawn in as many meetings of farm groups yes- terday were thrown into the melting pot for amalgamation into what was pre-determined to be “a declaration of party policy on agriculture, which will be sound, practical and of real significance to those who are await- | Ing enunciation of a program to re- | store the industry to its rightful e in the economic structure.” While three fundamentally diverg- ent views on the essentials of a help- ful policy of farm relief were repre- sented in the meceting, participants expressed the opinion that an agree- ment could be reached Forelgn Markets Urged. One group, composed chiefly of gov- ernors of middle western states, and headed by Carl Vrooman of Illinois, former assistant secretary of agri- culture, viewed as essential to “agri- | cultural restoration” the reopening of foreign markets through govern- mental credits to foreign buvers. An- |other, in which congressional lead- ers from the farming states of the Mississippl valley were the guiding spirits, urged the Yoakum plan of governmental assistance in the or- ganization of co-operative marketing - | agencies. The third group organized around the leaders of the American Farm Bureau Federation, urged better cred- it facilities for rural communities as the keynote of its program. A tentative draft of a plank sub- mitted to the joint meeting today by the Vrooman group condemned the Republican “policy of deflation. pledged aid to co-operative mark_e.l- ing organization, demanded action “to open the markets of the world to farmers’ surplus crops.” denounced “the present maladministration of the federal reserve act and the Federal Trade Commission.” -/ STICKS WITH UNDERWOOD | Alabama to Vote as Unit Until Released by Senator. NEW YORK, Juhe 24.—The Ala- | bama delegation in caucus yesterday the delegates, many of Whom Say| ;.4 to uphoid the unit rule and to they are going to make Smith thei second choi: their friends with tickets to the con vention. Mr. Mack said he was hav. ing more trouble with the question than he gates in line for his candidate. Gov. Charles W. 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It was originally planned to hold the progressive convention in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers’ Auditorium, but it was feared that because of its seating capacity of only 1,500 many delegates would be crowded out. = Gray's armory was found unsatisfactory for the same reason. The convention is expected to draw 2,000 delegates, besides scores of | newspapermen. JUNE 24, 1924 RALSTON TAKES LEAD FOR NOMINATION IN _DARK-HORSE FIELD (Continued from First Page.) ed over. There are radical views and demands on both sides of the ques- tion, but between them, some of the big leaders say, thers must exist a twilight zone of compromise, and the welfare of the Democratic party in November must control its selection. Both Threats Mintmized. Already from many quarters come threats of bolting the party if this or that is not done. Well, don't worry much about these threats. 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