Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1924, Page 11

KLAN PLANK SPLITS PLATFORM MAKERS Likelihood of Committee Ac- cord on Declaration Held Extremely Remote. CONVENTION ROW LOOMS Choice of Candidates Guesswork at This Stage, Says Senator Robinson. BY FREDERICA WILLIAM WILE. NEW YORK, June 25.—“The unter- rified Democracy” has not waited for the 1924 campaign o open before donning the fighting clothes pre- seribed for it by Keynoter Pat,Har- rison. Tt is fighting now, fight is within the Democratic party and not against its Republican foe. The bone of contention is the Ku Klux Kian. For the moment the squabble over that issue biots out the contest for the presidential nomina- tion. The Klan batt opened at the romantic hour of 1 o'clock this morn- Ing in the committee on resolutions Through a sweltering afternoon evening session Chairman Homer Cummings’ platform makers were subjected to an avalanche of male and female oratory on almost every po- litical subject now under Gotham's broiling sun. Other Issues Put Aside. Not even perfervid league of nations from p: like john Hessin (lurke and Hamilton Holt, or for equal rights for women from th ‘Pau of the National Wome ¥ for un- diluted prohibition from Wayne B. Wheeler and Bishop Cannon. or for Filipino independe : for laws from pt. Richmond Hobson, or any other policy gram or panacea aroused anything but desultory interest. William ~ Jennings through the dull pro to unlimber an o against who might law-enforecement bre; h no opposition that it onsider worthy of its steel body waiting for the troversial issue to bob up. came of it the c: Pearson sixteen- pronhibition open de met med to Ty real con- Midnight Looked Like Fair Sailing. It began to be apparent that Homer Cummings. Key Pittmen and other McAdoo leaders at t platform committe possible. to head off Decision had prev ed to hear only ° organizations” posed plan cemed ready the opponents of a manifesto we: late themselves been crossed wi Then. just as the st pro- to congratus thikt the rubicen had 1out « clash. clock was crawl- | ing toward 1 am. Representative| Harry B. Ha ot Missouri en-| iivened proceedings.by-demanding to | be heard. He insisted that the Dem- ocratic party must condemn the In- Visible Empire by name in its 1924 platfo ar fa ertain -defeat in | November. Iliven after “Hawes had | spened fire on the Klan conserva- tives they fough have the | smothered, or. at debated 1 Ther in executive session. But Hawe who had valiant support in the p . Moore. the Ohio-Deme sted de Way Out. | that line so| as such a note | tion in his re- clement that | the Kian issu s frecdom recess and o | dy hammered and th determin He vigorousiy of bitter monstrance, that wants to “pus into an innocu plank decided thet : period of deliberation were the only recourses now safelv to taken. Thereupon the committee adjourned to renew its open hearings on the | Klan and other planks today These open sessions will be followed by executive sittings, at which the ccmmittee will vote on controversial | questions, and then, if harmony can he | chieved, report out a plat general ~ convention's There are bound to be minority reports. = Tiw Lody, like the convention its At least three ways on the Klan issue, There is no prospect whatever that it will be settled in’ the committee. | Indeed, to pillory. stismatize and in- dict the Klan by name in the party | platform. or not to do s < become the single proposition on which a fin- Ish fight on the convention floor is now in prospect. All the fighting blood that Pat Harrison poured into the veins of the Democratic hofts on Tuesda: be invoked in Madison Square Garden before the Klan issue passes into his- tory or into the 1921 platform. Harmony Has Hard Ran. Harrison counseled harmony his flagellations of the G O b \Q%Ldt he had mainly in mind was the im- Ffi""y’;‘“ Kilkenny over the Klan. If e Democrats quit New Y\ hetben York in the tt the consequence of their internecine strife over Klanism, they will have achieved something en- titled to be knowm as a_political mir- acle. At this writing, it looks as if there could not be any such animal. The league of nations' brigade, marshaled by Justice Clarke, is put- tng up a gallant fight for an outright chapter-and-verse lcague plank, but is _encountering stern _opposition. _In the omission by Pat Harrison, key- noter, of any direct mention of the league before the convention, the pro-leaguers smell the rat of a con- spiracy. They fear that expediency rather than idealism is dictating Democratic strategy at this witéh- ing hour. There is more truth than imagina- tion in these qualms of the leaguer: ‘The astute leaders here have th eye on victory in November. bittle else is In their minds. They want to win the presidential clection. They are determined to fight shy on any- thing or anybody that seems at all capable of marring the sunny pros- pect the Democrats have painted for themselves. That applies not only to issues like the league, but to candi- dates regarding whom the party feels it would have to be on the defensive from the hour of their nomination. Cholce Really Uncertain. Chaos and uncertainty with regard to the convention's choice for Presi- dent grows greater as the zero hour appoaches. The chances of hopes of this, that or the other leading as- pirant or favorite son fluctuate with each new recurring_hotel lobby ru- ! mor. The New York newspaper headlines .declaimiag - that--—“Smith boom is on_the march” or “Raiston now leading dark horse candidate” or “McAdoo chances withering stead- ily,” of “Davis movement definitely checked.” are simply somebody’s guesses and nothing else. ‘With the delegates in complate state of flux, even where supposedly #led and ticketed with instructions, R is impossible to say what is going to happen when balloting _begins. This writer asked Senator “Joe” Robinson, Democratic Senate leader and Arkansas' presidential darling, where things stand today. Robinson is on_the inside of nearly everything now happening at New Yorkfor he is a’ cool counselor and dispassionate O hare st arth at this + " “There isn't a_man.on earth a o sald. Rotinson, “who has the ghost of a notion whom this conven- tion is going to nominate. It is still only the | ana ! pro- | fire. | and went without any signs ofy Listener Obtains Wrong Slant on This Conversation Tho scene is a street car. The talk- ers aro in a seat ahead. The observer is supposedly reading a_newspaper. Really he is listening, keeping his finger on the pulse of public opinion. This is what he hears: “Do you think they can win with him?” “Ah,” remarks the astute observer, sotto voce, “this convention stuff is on everyone's tongue.” “I don't know,” comes the reply, “I oxpectdd Mac to have more of a chance. but it looks as If them fel- lows of his s goin' to sleep.” (“Why, that sap!’ soliloquizes the opgerver. “McAdoo has the best chince of any of them." “New York is strong. but I think Washington is stronger,” replies the sage. (Neatly put. The White House holds much more power than Madison Square Garden.) “I wish they'd given this fellow Smith more of a_chance at Washing- top. though.” (The sap is probably a Wet, thinks the observer.) Then follow a number of state- ments relative to strategy and speed that didn't seem to sit just right As the car reached the downtown section, the astute observer discover- ed he 'was suffering from a severe case of diverted eavesdropping. “or here's the way it wound up: Now ' Matthews may be a good fielder, but Smith is a lot bettr than Le is ‘given credit for being. They ought never have let this guy EO. And poor old Connie Mack still seems to have a chance, in my opinion, for you can never tell what he's got up his sleeve.” The astute observer left the street car feeling like the little hoy who tried to solve the riddle of the wheels in a watch. He was all wrong. - It wasn't William Gibbs, but Cornelius Mack; and not Al but Carr Smith. Watch yourself, it may not be the convention these ‘days, but base ball that they're talking about. WOMEN AT CONVENTION | NEW YORK, June. jrush in where politicians | tread Never was this demonstrated than by platform drafted by the country and presented to the resolutions committee of the Demo- cratic national convention on Tues- day evening. Flat and_unequivocal opposition to the Ku Klux Klan emphatic de- mands that the Volstead act be pre- served and enforeed and a ringing request that the United States ente: the league of nations and the P mors perfectly the complete the women of | manent Court of International Jus! these were the fearless planks in the program drafted by the national ad- visory committee on planks of in- terest to women. This committee, formed of the most outstanding women in various pro- fessions and positions in the Sountry, with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt as its chairman. drew up a platform which for ~ sincerity of expression. scope and sthtesmanlike outlook, would be a credit to the party if adopted in toto as its official pro- gram. Among the women who were re- sponsible for the document are Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cupningham of Wash- ington, D. C.. and Dallas. Tex.: Henry Moscowitz. New vork Cit Miss Mary E. McDowell, Chicage, Ill.; Miss Olive Jones, Washington, D. C.. Miss Jane Addams. Ch Trenholm Abrams. Washington. D, C. Mrs. Otto P. Wittpenn, Jegsey City, N. 7. Mrs. Hersey P. Pennybacker. Austin,” Tex.. and Dr. Rachelle S Yarros, Chicago. Il Proves Sphere Wide. The platform, supposed to indicate the interests of the women of the untry, proved thit women's sphere the world. For the problems at- tacked are almost As numerous as those which will probably be touched upon by the party platform after the committee of the best brains of the zo: Mrs. Kate i Democracy are at work upon it. With true féminine slant, the first plank sent by the women concerns itsalf with conservation. advocating conservation of all public resources. Only second is the plank on inter- national relations, and a demand for the reduction of the rates of the present Fordney-McCumber tariff and an expert and unbiased commission suggested. A department of education with a secretary in the-cabinet. civil service reform. an advanced Indian program, 4 child welfare and social hygiene plank, prison reform, the eight-hour day and minimum wage for women weres all asked. Dry Plank Definite. There was nothing flabby about the wwomen’s dry plank. They come out for prohibition enforcement. under its own name and not politely veiled a Jaw *enforcement, and their stand against the Klan, while not calling it by name, is direct and unmistak- able. Other organizations represented their separate planks to the resolu- ions committee. ” Hirs. William G. Hibbard of” Chi- cago, director of the league, present- ed its plank favoring America’s en- france into the world court as at sresent organized, and Miss Larue Brown of discussed league's child labor ‘plank. Miss Charl Williams of Washing- ton: asked the committee again for a federal department of education. The case against prohibition was sub- mittsd by Miss Helen L. Baughan. e ol Two Killed in Building Collapse. CHICAGO, June 25.—A man and a woman were killed and an arm torn oft a girl by the collapse of a portion of a building at Wells and Van Bu- rean streets in the downtown whole- sale tailoring district today. - - has the bit in its own teeth, and will keep it there till adjournment sine aie.” New Big Four at Work. Notwithstanding Senator Robinson’s view, reports that the boises are steadily at work to take things into their own hands at the psychological deadlock moment are in persistent circulation. Gov. Smith's organ, the Néw York World, announces today on a show of authority that a new “blg four,” comsisting of Tagsart, Brennan, Cox and Underwood, is ready to swing the convention to “Al” Smith {f and when they can be shown that the votes they control are suffi- clent to put him over. This is the quartet of major forces aligned in @eadly opposition to the aspirations of William G. McAdoo. “Thelr determination ~to overwhelm the. Californian is flercer than ever. They will do almost anything and take almost anybody *fo stop -Mc- Adoo.” The whispering campaign| against the Californian is unabated. One of its most potent arguments is that McAdoo “privately” has aiready thrown up the sponge. Anti-McAdoo Propaxanda. Another bit of propaganda against | their leader, according to. McAdoo licutenants, is $hat he would hardly be nominated for Prewident pefore he would be “indicted” in connection with certain alleged activitres of his. The McAdoo folk say that the ven- detta against the Californian has now assumed the phase of a blessing In disguise. They ¢laim they wouldn't stop it if they could. -They believe it has become so violent that dele- gates are disgusted with it, and that it is now destined to be a boomerang. Certalnly dence apparent in the McAdoo citadel at Hotel Vanderbilt. - ‘As _the balloting hour hastens on the Californian's devotees refuse to see anything but victory ahead. But they have no monopoly of optimism. Indeed, wherever axes are being ground in Gotham this week,. espe- clally on behalf of favoriie sons. optimism 18 as. freely dispensed as badges, buttons and ice water. It anybody’s victory. Of one thing be certain. This is not a bosses' con- vention_or @ bossed-conveation. Li-liy i 2 is New York's favorite indoor sport for the nonce, and everybody's there is no-lack of confi- |- Reporter “Sees” Convention by Radio; “Choice” Language Drifts in From Air ““Somebody” Irked as Harrison Fails to Get Order. Jim Preston Authorizes Few Statistics—W alsh Furnishes Food for Coolidge. Listening in. on the Democratic national convention is a good test of one's hearing, patience and persever- ance. If the tuning-in is done at home, here is a tip from one who had some oxperience —yosterday: Send Junior out of the room, find a sensitive spot on the galena, if your's is a crystal set, or put In a new. tube if other- wise, and settle back prepared to be a frec guest of the Madison Square Garden performance. When it is about time for the con- vention to begin, strain your ears for any one or all of the following her- alding signs: Sharp buzz of telephone calling wrong number. Re-entry of Junior astride Fido. Klaxon “sounding - for young lady next door. Grandma glving vent to sneeze. Static. One Way to Listea. Then disconnect aerial and ground, wrap up your set in the morning paper and take the whole outfit down to your office, where, by leaving the telephone recelver off the hook and putting an “Away for the Day” sign on the door, the convention may be fully appreciated. That is what a Star reporter did today, and he sat through a morn- g of bliss, listening to the witty remarks of the announcer, several band concerts, scheduled 'operatic solos, that didn’t take place, and, in- cidentally, an activity or two of the Democrats themselves. The annauncer today was called on frequently to keep up the spirits of the radio fans because of the dila- tory progress of the convention. The weather was his favorite topic during the lulls, the fans being kept informed throughout the morning as delegates joined in the general move to discard coats. Some “Rocords” Established. Prior to the actual start of the pro- ceedings it was announced that Sen- ator Pat Harrison was born in Mis- sissippi and Senator Walsh in Wis- consin. This Information was fol- lowed by the statement, that Jim ‘reston_was sponsor for 'the decla- tion that the convention is attended by more newspaper correspondents than any in history, 6393 perspiring knights of the pen having registered. When Pat Harrison began rapping for order. at 10:30, pandemonium broke loose in the ear phones, all the delegates apparently assisting the senator in rapping. Order was mot had for several minutes, and Senator Tlarrison's volce could be heard faint- Iy above the tumult shouting, “Clear that aisle; sit down!” We won't say it was the senator, but some one, after continued shouting to the mill- ing delegates, used some language re- markably similar to that heard now and then wharves of Mississippi steps on a nail. Repeated assertions by Senator Har- rison that the convention was in or- der were discounted by the delegates. Nobody, not even the listeners-in, be- tieved him. Bishop Thomas F. Gaylor of Ten- nessee the midst of the noise in- Voked Divine aid on the convention, and the delegates finally quieted down slightly. About this time something must bave gone wrong with the micro- phone, and the report of the chair- woman of the credientials committee on the cotton when a stevedore ! was lost in a weird mixture of gulps and whispers, as though she were king for the third time. As she s introduced (her name could not be distinguished) the band struck up “Oh, You Beautiful Doll." The apparatus got straightened out in time for fans to hear the commit- tee on permanent organization recom- mend Senator Thomas J. Walsh for permanent chairman of the conven- tion. The melee that followed short- 1y after turned out to be the formal- ity of escorting the permanent chair- man te the platform. March Aromd Hall. Delegates apparently like inves- ticators, for when Senator Harrison characterized Chairman Walsh as the greatest investigator in the history of the country the delegates hoarse- 1y joined with the band in a tune that sounded something like the Tea- pot Dome Blues. As the din increased, the announcer ' explained that every one was marching around the hall, with the exception, at first. of dele- gates from ‘one or two states, for some reason 1 don’t know.” Even the recalcitrant rooters finally were drawn “into the riot, he later an- nounced, for another reason, which he_did not know. Five minutes of agony, during which the ether appeared to have gone wild with static. howls and electrons that had over-imbibed with ozone, led to the belief that the radio set had got crossed with one of those educational broadcasting features, “How Boilers Sound in the Making.” 1t was merely a continuation of the ‘Walsh recep however. Senator Walsh's speech, which fol- lowed, showed the effects of his probing mind. Ile perceived, he said, that the country needs a leader. It L{ck him ten minutes to express it that way. though, in his senatorial oratory. He announced he had reached the conclusion that corruption in government should be etamped out. He piotured a dire outlook for the country's next President, with mer- cenary grafters lying in wait among the bushes at the White House. The senator also announced that he had definitely located and placed the blame for the oil scandals. We dislika to mention names, but duty makes it necessary. The whole busi- ness was started by the G. O. P., Sen- ator Walsh averred. “To See Ourselves,” Ete. As the chairman proceeded to re- count the Teapot incident and the re- sulting investigations thoughts of local radio fans probably wandered back to the evenings of the past win- ter, and they for the moment lapsed into the belief that Frederic William Wile had the floor. The senator is to be complimented on his Wily voice. As the oratory grew more fervent, however, the chairman’'s aesophagus broke under the strain and the latter part of his address was punctuated by intermittent spells of coughing and a general hoarse condition of the vocal cords. We wonder if President Coo- lidge was listening-in when the sen- ator began to say a number of things not particularly compliment- ary to the G. O. P. standard bearer. Complimentary or not, there must be a certain thrill in hearing one's name mentioned over the radio. Many a rfan, during Chairman Walsh's speech, must have wished that those inventors would hurry up with their radlo vision devices, so that listeners-in might case their restlessness during a long address by noting approximately how many more pages of notes are in store for them. Woodrow Wilson's name, at the end of the Walsh discourse, brought forth a long and loud spell of cheering, mingled with such airs as “Tipperary"” and “There's a Long, Long Trail.” An- nouncer McNamee's smilind voice here bobbed up again with a description of the demonstration staged at the close of the address. It was a frenzled shout of a mob gone wild, and even the unusual attraction of three doves flying above the audience, if the an- nouncer’s word can be believed, failed to bring peace. As it grew worse, rumors began to circulate that hun- ger and the heat might have gone to the heads of the politicians assem- bled. Every one was talking at once, as though, some one suggested, it Was a woman's party convention. The Tower of Babel had nothing on this. Senator Walsh, it was announced, lost his grip on his gavel in trying to restore order. the weapon landing among the delegates in the first row. Apparently it was an aceident, but the first row immediatély became si- lent and so, shortly afterward, did those in the back. Offers Blunt Hospitality. Police Commissioner Enright then came forward and spoke on a sub- ject near to his heart—the New York police department. He expressed the hope that the delegates could meet personally every man on the force before they returned home. It would be a pleasure for his men to arrest such gentlemen, he indicated. Com- missiner Enright invited the delegates to his estate for a little visit. The chairman of the rules commit- tee sounded & popular note when he recommended that speeches be lim- ited to one-half hour, except upon unanimous consent of the delegates. Not a no was heard when the motion was voted upon. Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, showed that he doesn’'t need such a rule vhen he startled the convention by announc- ing that he had a resolution which he hereby moved for adoption and ‘would the secretary read it. The sec- retary made short work of it and the motion was carried immediately. What the resolution was, was for- gotten in the surprise of the mo- ment. Putting through of a number of routine resolutions had begun to weary the listeners-in when an an- nouncemet by the chairman that the next order of business was selection of a candidate for President of the United States caused every one to sit up again and take notice. In the confusion, it had been thought by those on the outside listening in that the convention had decided not to name a candidate in view of the heat and a rumor that water was going to be turned on_ in Tex Rickard's swimming pool. But the chairman ruled otherwise. 'With the roll call of states begun, fans who wished only to hear the music and racket hung up their head- sets. They did not realize, it seems, that the music war just beginning. CONVENTION SIDELIGHTS NEW YORK, June 25.—With another hot day in prospect delegates to the Democratic national convention, before entering Madison Square Garden today, took a look about for “the mothers of New York,” a group of women who yes- terday distributed fans to all those at- tending the convention. These women yesterday were about thie most popular “in the convention as they distributed armsful of strong paper fans, which later in the hands of dele- sates and others, by their steady flut- itierony trom ‘The S Francisco mest- ing of four years ago, When no fans were needed. The secarcity of tickets appeared to continue togl.y '-.h. on tho on'lnm‘ day esterday, but the supply of !flmdmb‘onmlncmmmm- terprising gentlemen having discovered that a badge is almost as good as a ticket. Hotel lobbies last night were pretty well sprinkled with persons wearing of- ficlal badges of one sort and another, ‘which will get them into the convention. Visitors were eeen dashing to dinners and theaters in luxurious automobiles ‘who probably could not be induced to carry a message to the President of the United States, but who wore h;dfi: label “them as * of R enEion. Tnere aiso was a plethora of “sergeants-at-arms.” Gov. Smith today has the base ball bat ‘intended by “Babe” Ruth for the || late President Harding. When here to speak at the annual luncheon of the As- sociated Press in April, 1923, Mr. Hard- ing attended a ball at 'the Yankee Stadium, and in talking to “the King of Swat” expressed a desire for an auto- graphed bat. But Mr. Harding died be- fore Ruth could deliyer the bat. ~“Ruth yesterday called at-the Smith headquarters and offered the New York-governor the bat he had auto- graphed for President Harding and the offer was accepted. “Governor, I'm glad to gee you set for a home’run,” he remafked. “If T can handle the delegates the way you handle a bat, the result will be all right,” sald the governor, re- turning the compliment. Vance C. McCormick of Pennsyl- vania, former Democratic chairman, says “he {8 having the time of his life, “sitting on the side lines watch- ing the fun. Mr. McCormick, who managed President Wilson's second presidential campaign, said he was not taking any part in the conven- tion activities, had no candidate and -didnot - know -who -would win the presidential . nomination. While serious-minded men and women from all parts of the ocount dolnslwau presenting matters for the wel- - ' the nation emocratic fare of to the D platform committee in a swelteringly hot hotel room last night, other men and women, attired in gay evening clothes, were dancing in the adjoin- ing small ballrcom. Frequently the pounding of the gavel by Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the platform committee, kept time with the music, unknown to the chairman, when the door of the committee room was opened and the pounding penetrated 10 the corridors. : The Arizona delegation, which was deadlocked yesterday over organiza- tion, agreed unanimously on one thing, and that was that their state flag had been hung upside down in the lobby of its hotel -quarters.” One of their number was sent to the hotel management and the flag soon was re- arranged with hte sunset right side up. During _ the demonstration_ that came at the conclusion of the Walsh spsech an incident happened that brought applause and cheers. A white dove circled over the heads of the marching delegates, flying up and down through the huge building until finally he came to rest in the hands of one of the men sitting in press balcony, just under the roof. “A good omen,” the Democrats de- clared. A dove of peace is what is needed here indeed. ——————— ARIZONA DELEGATION BREAKS ITS DEADLOCK By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, June 35.—The Arizona delegation to the Democratic national convention, Which been dead- locked over the question of organis- ing, freed itself from the shackles of uncertainty last night by break- ing the tie and naming all its com- mitteemen despite the fact that two of the four committees had completed their work and adjourned. W. G. Bowman was ‘elected chair- man of the delegation and Fred T. Colter wlfi named &8 a member of the resolutions comiaittee. The ether two named, who will have no dutles to perform, weré C. W. Herndon, com- mittee on permanent organization, and C. C. Gunter, committee on rules. Earlier in the 'day David Hopking ‘was named a member of the creden- tials ‘committee. There were nine of the twelve dele- gates presemt last night when another attempt was made to or- ganize. Among the absentees was Hopkjns, who was said to be attend- ing the credentials committes meet- ing. Tem) Chairman Lutz re- fused to proceed with business with a member absent and resigned as temporary chairmap and left the meeting. He was suceeded by Colter. James L. Edwards also left the meet- ing. The seven remaining delegates, constituting & quorum, procee to organiza. UNDERWOOD BADGES PUT IN APPEARANCE Senatory Chief Interest in Plat- form Declaration on Klan Issue. WORKERS TELL OF SERVICE Carlin Quiet in Efforts to Sew Up Votes. By the Assoeiated Press. NEW YORK, June 25.—Yellow badges marked “Underwood” put in an appearance as evidence that the backers of the Alabama senator were busy. They were handed out at Un- derwood headquarters together with remarks about the senator's logical claims for Democratic preference on the basis of his quarter century of public service in Washington. The meetings of the platform com- mittee had unusual interest for the Underwood supporters, however, due to his spoken stand on the Ku Klux Klan issue. The Alabama senator has made It entirely clear that he wants nothing to do with the nomination unless the party goes on record in a strong denunciation of the Klan's po- litical activities. He would prefer that the Klan be denounced by name and the Underwood people are put- ting up a fight for adoption of the plank thus dealing with the situa- tion. Keeps Hand Under Cover. So far as definite results in the usual pre-balloting game of canvass- ing sentiment in delegations tied up in tavorite son bonds or loosely knit- @4 into the machinery of the Smith and McAdoo ‘campaigns was concern- ed, there ':.l no comment available at’ Underwood headquarters. If For- mer Representative C. C. Carlin, na- tional campaign manager for the Ala- bama senator, has cards of that sort up his sleeve to play at the right moment, he is still keeping his hand under cidie cover. There was the usual coming and going at the headquarters yesterday Possihly the political staff on duty there saw some significance in it; but to an observer it was without definite meaning beyond the fact that a good many people seemed to be interested in the senator's candidacy. TAXGCUTSPESSENTIAL SAYS SENATOR ROBINSON Dark Horse Candidate Explains Democratic Policies at Banquet in His Honor. NEW YORK., 25 —Senator Robinson of Arkansas. whom former Gov. C. H. Brough will nominate at the Democratic national convention, set forth last night at a testimoniai banquet in his honor what he con- sidered the planks his party should incorporate in its platform. He sajd: “The main subjects to be given prominence include honest adminis- tration of the national government: further reduction of taxation with particular reference to inheritance or estate taxes. and surtaxes on in- comes; straightforward and consclen- tious restraint and prevention of monopoly legislation to secure equal- ity of rights and opportunities to all citizens: prompt reduction in tariff taxes for lowering the cost of living and improving foreign trade; sub- stantial reduction in freight rates and the elimination of the Pullman surtaxes; strengthening the co-op- erative marketing system: the estab- lishment of sound methods for financ- ing agricultural export, and for the Improvement of foreign market con- ditions. “It is fair and just to accord agri- culture heroic reilef from the pres- ent disturbsd conditions comparable to that which in emergencies has been granted other indispensable in- dustries. Ill-considered paternalistic schemes are to be discarded because in the end they will result in more injury than benefit At the speaker's table were thir- teen United States senators, four gov- ernors and other public officials, in- cluding Mayor Hylan of New York. e T FIREMEN PROMOTED. Four Advanced to Fill New De- partment Positions. Four members of the fire depart- ment today were promoted to ser- geants upon recommendation of Com- missioner Oyster, to fill new positions created by the District appropriation act. The men rewarded by promotion are: Privates D. I. Reilly, O. R._An- derson, F. H. Weaver and John Sheahan. — e Mrs, Henry Davison, widow of the New York banker, has established a scholarship fund to enable under- graduates from Oxford and Cambridge o obtain part of their education at Yale, Harvard and Princeton. JUNE 1924. . RALSTON KEPT FAR FROM PUBLIC’S VIEW Taggart Smashes Plans to Bring Senator From Farm to Convention, 25, OPPOSES UNDUE PUBLICITY Indiana Leader Even Tyrns Down First Ballot Votes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 25.—Plans of en- thusiastic Ralston supporters to bring the senator to the .convention to dis- prove etories that he is in poor health were quickly smashed today by Thomas Taggart. “Senator Ralston is not coming to the convention,” Taggart said with emphasis when the plan was broached to him. “He is out home, and he is going to re- main there.” Taggart, among other Indiana lead- ers, thinks that the fact that Ralston is making no active drive for the nomina- tion 6 vastly to his benefit, and they are £0ing to do everything they can to keep Fim personally out of the fight. Wil Refuse Second Place. Taggart declared last night that the old Illinois-New York-Indiana coalition Wwas not operating at this Democratic convention, and that under no circum- stances would Senator Ralston accept the vice presidential nomination. “Ralston for_ President or nothing,” £, was the way Taggart summarized the situation. “I have entered into no al- liance with any one. True, the leaders of the various candidates have called on me, but I have not called on any of them, and 1 have not made any deal of any kind. If the convention should see fit to nominate Senator Ralston for Vice President I shall decline in his behalf, as 1 have been empowered to do.” L, Sees’ Many Leaders. aggart is playing a waiti Ralston, and will continue to ds so. 1ie €pent all of today, except the time he was in the convention, at his hotel re- ceiving leaders who came to discuss the Indiana senator’s chances, and feel out Taggart on a switch of the Indiana dele- gation and Taggart's personal sup- port. All of them got the same answer- That Taggart is golng to stand pat on Ralston and he is unwilling to con- cede now that any one else will be nominated. Therefore, why discuss Such a bossibilits, he’asks blandly nd with that ' the. convers: n And a . conversation Fear is expressed among Ralston" friends that he may be pushed too fast, and Taggart is guarding par- ticularly against such an exigency. Taggart explains his strategy to the hr‘\}-r;’e folks In language which s easily™ understood . s sastl d out along the Playx Waiting Game, “We don't want to work this colt into a lather too soon.” he told well wishers today. “We just want to have him well eurried and walk him around the track a little bit. Let the other | managers breeze their colts all they like. We will play the other game.” Taggart's strategy is to keep his | workers quiet for two or three more | days in ordér to permit the outstand- ing candidates to wear themselves out. He is understood to believe that present outstanding candidates will pass the peak of their strength after a few ballots and then the drift will start to Ralston, if hix su porters do not become too active in the meantime. Taggart particularly does not want any one offended by overgealous Ralston boomers. Theres fore, he is holding a tight rein on his workers. Hopg Is entertained in the Hoosier delegation that Ralston may not have more than the thirty Indiana votes on the' first ballot. "It is probable, | however, it is said, that he will have a few more votes. Various former residents of Indiana on delegations which are not bound by instructions have gone to Taggart and expressed their desire to vote for Ralston from the outset. He has told them to use their own judgment, but not to pile up too large an initial vote for the senator. It is declared by Ralston followers that he could have seventy- five votes on the first ballot if he wanted them. 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