Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1924, Page 5

. THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTO D. C., FRIDAY. JUNE 27, 1924 Vote on Candidates Before Platform, McAdoo Backers’ Plan Democrats Clear Balloting Tenight or Tomorrow (Continned from Fourth Vage) « down again. and the ch: ogni; Samuel 15 Shull of who seconded the nomination of Underwood demonstra- it the et inother brief tion for Senator Underwood speech, but ) hrought anvention to ¢ and_recognized Mrs. Clarence of Pittsburgh, I Mrs. Renshaw seconded the nomi- nation of ( Ritchie of Maryland. Plea for Smith. Mrs. Carroll Miller of Pittsburgh, taking the platform to second the nomination of Gov. Smith, devoted most of her speech 1o a plea against diserimination against her mandidate because of his retigion mith supporters cheered her to the cho and afterward started a p around the hall Ixcept for the Klan issue, the day's succession o nominating and seconding :pecches * was almost featureless. Supporters of Gov. Silzer of New Jorsey staged @ long. carefully planned demonstra- tion for him. but it did not involve many of the delegates, and a demon- stration for James M. Cox of Ohio | lasted only long enough for the dele- gates 10 pay personal tribute to the party standard bearer f four year aRo. While the flood of oratory flowe on through the afternoon. the leader zreed @ hold a night =ssion to de bate and adopt the prrty platform. rumpus over Rooster Failx to Rouse. There was no prolonged demonstration ' on that. for the acting chairman once more gaveled it_back to business and recognized Mrs. Mary Herbert of Allen- town, Pa. ~Mrs. Herbert w small woman with a large voice. difficulty in making herself heard, a A young wom coverer with ta; denly appeared o aring aloft Nobody nd the | retire nized Daniel F. City, Pa. He zot umpus from 4 delegates. Then the inan of hanoy some van ong the Sceonds MeAdoo Nomination. He reminded the delegates that ‘respective of their personal prefer- ences among the candidates, it was their duty to nominate a candidate who could be elected The convention know who he was king out, and Chairman Walsh, who had returned to the gavel. had twice to .Quiet the convention so the speaker “ould proceed. He was good-natured about the interruptions and the con- vention was in good-natured mood Somebody made the point that the speaker had eded his time limit oF five minut Chairman Walsh ruled the point order was well taken .and ordered the speaker to finish up. With a few more oratorical flourishes h ed_the nomination of The roll call pro South Carolina Mrs. Leroy took the speaker's space to the nomination of McAdoo. Mrs. Springs began reading a poem which as she proceeded turned out to e her séconding speech. She wound up the poem in a half dozen lines, however, and got into the stride of the usual seconding speech | Rhode Island Passes. | William S. Flynn of Rhode Island had be pected to second the nomination of Smith when Rhode | Isiand was called, but the state passed on roll call and delegates said they would not send a second to the platform Mrs. George F. Milton of Chatta- nooga, Tenn.. then took the speaker was impatient to d and from second McAdoo. Then the chair recognized Al King of St. Lake City. Utah. He also seconded the nomination of McAdoo. | Every time somebody seconded Me- Adoo or somebody let out a cheer the woman with the Red rooster pranced out to the of the platform. and it was prety rooster. The c front Nobody got the idea | rough on the | nvention g King {and when her hame | tor recoznized | for or | second- | Springs | |ed with spectacular moments | demonstration place and seconded the nomination of |Colorado " STUDEBAKER Way toyBegin by the time his five minutes was up | 1d hurled cries of “Name him” and Who is he.” The chairman calicd the convention to order repeatedly while he was speaking. STime's up” velled the delegates When the chairman told them to let the speaker proceed. Glaxs Is Nominated. There were vells of “Sit do King was per. tent and in ted on finishing his spe h. He succpeded in doing so in storh of talking, laughter and applause which drowned him out Vormont ' but called yielded to the Rev. Roland of Ware, Mass., Seconduel | nowination of Brow at the outset that his would be brief, Virginia stood next on the roll call, was called Sen- ator Swanson took the platform nominate his collvague, ilass, The Virginia delegation some of its neighbors cheered. and the Virginians unfurled two large banners carrying the assurance “Glass will win.” Ten Put in Nomination. Ten candidates had been placed al!ly before the convention prior mption of the roll call for ons today. and it had been | tha the remain 4 t five morc n white that ywever, today's session offer 1 this respect shavp contrast and a ure of rest. formal prog | provision for rat | caue ele comn m for today made ¢ ion of the state - the new national nd for taking up the plat- form, but when the delegates assem bled ‘there was iittie prospect of a report from the platform commjttee until late in tke day, if then. ' The drafting subcommittee had been or- dered to try once more to reach an | agreement on' the Ku Klux Klan and lexzue of na-ions planks, and the | plattorm committee as a whole was called tc receive its report until formally in nvention William G. McAdoo litorni Alfred 1. Smith York, Senator Underwood of | Senator Robinson of ator_Ralston of Ind candidat nomi- »n when the included: | former | Delaware, Gov |k ov. former Secretary Kerris of Michigan Jonathan Da of Ritchie of Maryvland, Houston, Senator Munagers Pleaed. s contending reached degree of on ‘one point, at least, this They were all willing to v were well pleased with how went their way vesterday. Otherwise, though all seemed to be working 2 little harder, their una- | nimity in this respect was disrupted | | by theig adherence to the variety of ve maintained. The Smith workers pointed to |terdiy's ndjournment until toduy a victory in the first test of strength with the McAdoo forces. which had favored a night session to finish the nominations. The MeAdoo managers, | |at the same time. cxpressed tifi- Cation over the same vote, 538 to . on the ground that it gave the convention an indication of their candidate’s strength. Delexates Wearsy. Others, meanwhile, saw In the vote certain amount of thoroughly hu- | wearin. that no | inter g A or Smith wanted some amusement or | slecp, and were far from willing to 0 into a night session after a seven- hour meeting by-daylight Those seven hours had been crowd- begin- with the revival of the MeAdeo Sweet of | morni ay tl out nse ning when Gov. made a seconding speech in his behalf, and passing through the hour and a_half of din _and con- enator Willard Saulsbury of |~ fusion that greeted the name of Gov. Smith from the lips of Franklin D» Roosevelt, to smaller demonstration: for « Ritchie and other candi- dates, and, as a climax, thc tusslc over a night session. Klan Ruling Sought. The move for a night complets nominations was led by vid Ladd Rockwell, Mr. MeAdoo® campaikn manager, and Natl Committeeman Kremer of Montana, a leader in the Californian’s camp, and countered by John J. Fitzgcrald trouklyn and others among the Yorker's supporte During the negotiations 4 that the New York i f- forts were based on o avoid stast on the balloting until the Ku Klux Klan issue had been disposed of in the platform, and that the Me- Ad trategists wanted to get the balloting under way prior to the plat- form coming before the convention. The Smith and MeAdoo managers were not the only ones to express pleaxure last night over the day's developments, the Underwood sup- porters professing to see a friendly disposition toward their candidate among many large delegations now counted in “the Smith_column, and Thomas Taggart of Indiana expres- sing his opinion that events had transpirred entirely to his likeing, in so far as they might affect the ances of Senator Ralston. y for John meanw claimed as- second cholce support s of a western delega- analyzed the situation sho McAdoo-Smith dead- lock that would, they maintained, give their man the nomination. OFFICE SEEKING COSTLY. 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