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4 et THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1924.. —_—_—_— e e e D ., A TURDAY, S e e National Referendum on United States Entry Into League Urged by Party Heads 'ADOO MEN TAKE ALL SMITH WAGERS Will Go Back to California With Empty Pockets if New York Governor Wins. BETS NOW FOUR TO ONE Edward N. Hurley Prominently Mentioned for Vice Presidential Nomination. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. (Copyright, 182, by The Star.) NEW YORK, June 28.—During the world war, when fighting was heavy on the western front, an official artil- lery report would read something like this: “We heavily shelled the enemy's works in the vicinity of Lens, and some attention was paid to Clery Woods.” So it is here at the Democratic convention. The presidential trenches are being heavily shelled, but a few of the leaders are paying "“some at- tention” to the vice presidency. And underneath the surface a good deal of activity is going on. About the most prominent of the vice presi- dential “suspects” on the ground is Edward N. Hurley of Chicago, war- time chairman of the United States Shipping Board and at present a member of the international debt funding commission under appoint- ment by President Coolidge. Mr. Hurley is said to be the unanimous choice’ of the Illinois Democracy for second place on the ticket, for it is believed he would be an effective foil for Hell and Maria Dawes, especially in labor circles. For, despite his pres- ent great wealth, Mr. Hurley still holds his card of ‘active membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Holds Strike Record. Furthermore, Ed Hurley holds the long-distance strike record. He went on strike with the engineers in 1888 and has not gone back to work yet. An inventor of maghine tools him- self and head of several large cor- porations which bear his name, Mr. Hurley brought invaluable expe: ence to the war cabinet at Washing- ton and his work there won him high praise. Theodore Burton of Ohio, temporary chairman of the Republi- can national convention, and also a member of the debt funding com- mission with Mr. Hurley, is here to sail with the latter for Kurope early in July on official busines: If Al Smith ould by any chance be the nominee of the Democratic na- tional convention the McAdoo cohorts from California will not only go home heartbroken at the fate of their idol, but they will cross the het sands of ‘the western deserts dead, flat broke. Picked Up Bets. When the McAdoo men arrived in New York they were amazed to hear that the friends of Gov. Smith were willing to bet §1 to $2 that he would be the nominee of the convention. The Californians were unable to fig- ure it out that way at all, and to them it occurred that the easiest way in the world to get rich quick was to take up all the Smith money in sight. They asked themselves why any one should go to California looking for gold when so much of it was to be picked up in the betting places of Wall street. Immediately some of the Califor- nia delegates raised a pool of $50,000 and offered to bet it against $25,000 that Smith would not be the nominee. They could not get the money placed at those odds, but finally they did &et some_brokers in the “street” to put up $20,000, so the bet stands $50.000 (o '$20,000 against Smith. Since that time ‘the McAdoo support- ers have been betting against Smith in lots running from $1,000 to $10,000, and are still trying to get more on. The New York papers say the Smith people are still willing to lay 2 to b on ‘their favorite, but the McAdoo people say they are being compelled now to put up $4 to win $1 of the Smith “smackers.” But even at that they believe it 10 be easy money, and say the Wall street smart ‘guys"” are nothing but “boobs” after all. Gatekeepers Cleared. Some one has solved the crashing” during the big Al Smith demonstrations on Thursday. The gatekeepers have been exonerated. They did not let any one in without a “ticket.” But the tickcts happened to be cigar store coupons. The reg- ular tickets to the convention do not look unlike the prize coupons dis- tributed all over the country. There- fore, a wise-cracking son of New York conceived the idea of arming a flock of gate crashers with the cigar store credentials. hey went big. The gatelicepers cashed them all in. There is a deep suspicion. however, that they knew exactly what they were doing All of the delegates to the present convention have about reached the conclusion that in the future some sort of limit must be placed on nomi- nating and seconding speeches—not a time 1imit, for that supposedly has been done. but @ numerical limit. Retreated Under Fire, The camel's back was broken when five different delegates from the sov- ereign state of Dennsylvania arose one after the other to sccond five ferent presidential candidates. Three of the Pennsylvanians were women. McAdoo, Underwood. Smith and Ritchie had been seconded when the Afth Pennsylvanian took the speak- ers’ stand. The crowd would not stand for him, and although he plead- ed to be heard, no one knows yet just whom he intended to “sccond.” for he retreated under fire without men- tioning any names. The consensus of opinion seems to be that in the future a state should have the right either to propose one candidate or to second one, and no more. Delegates who sweltered through four days of nominating oratory on the presidency are worried as to what may happen in connection with the vice presidency. Any guy who at- tempts to occupy more than two min- utes in suggesting a nominee had better look out. During the parade for Gov. Silzer of New Jersey one of the enthusiastic admirers of the mosquito executive shouted to the other delegates through a megaphone: “Don't you know a band wagon when you see one?”" ' “Did_vou say beer wagon?”’ de- manded a hard-boiled man in the Texas crowd, for Jersey is known in the southland by the threat of former Gov. Edwards to make it “as wet as the ‘Atlantic ocean.” The rules against selling soft drinks, near beer, peanuts and chew- ing gum on the floor of the conven- tion have been suspended during the long hot spell and the long hot sess sions. Ige cream and sandwiches also are to be had. It was supposed at first that the venders hawking their wares would disturb the dele- gates. But there has been so much noise and confusion on the floor from the very beginning that the pop mer- chants cannot be heard above the din. e b A coroner's jury composed entirely of women recently returned a verdict of murder against a London woman who had entered a suicide pact with a man. “gate CONVENTION SIDELIGHTS| | DEMOCRATS SEE BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. NEW YORK, June 28.—The great Democratic handicap, political classic of the present decade, will be run off —with luck—during the nbxt three days. Sixteen starters go to the r0st, regularly entered and weighted. There may be added starters. Fa- vorites are McAdoo and Smith. A dark horse is likely te land the money. These Democrats always are start- Ing something new. Now they are going to put the first woman In nomination—by either of the major parties—for the vice presi- dency. Not seriously, of course, but just to give the women a whirl Should she go across, by any chance, there would indeed be a campaign. Mrs. Leroy Springs of South Carolina, one of the picturesque and most decorative figures of the convention, is the selection. There may be others once ice is broken for the women. But suppose for a moment that Mrs. Springs were elected and should pre- side over the Senate as President of that body. I ask you, could “Tom" Heflin of Alabama be expected not to ask for recognition of the chair at least three times every day? Onme thing might be accomplished, how- ever —absenteeism probably would diminish with Mrs. Springs in the chair. Out at Cleveland convention former Senator du Pont of Delaware, a mem- ber of the rules committee, raised strenuous objection to the appoint- ment of woman members of the Re- publican national committee with full voting power. He made the sugges- tion that perhaps the women, to be logical, would ask that a woman President and a woman Vice Presi- dent be elected along with men for those offices. But here the women are putting forward a candidate all by herself. One record, at least, has been shat- tered by the Democratic national con- vention now in session. The conven- tion is going into its fifth day with- out a ballot having been cast for the presidential nominee. Old-timers who have attended national conven- tions of both parties for many years do not recall such an occurrence. But if the convention has been short on ballots, it has been long on conversation. For four days the dele- gates have listened with varying de- grees of patlence to speeches and more speeches. Of all the nominat- ing_speeches, none was listened to with more respectful attention and real interest than the speech propos- ing the name of John W. Davis of West Virginia, made by Judge John H. Holt, and the secondini speech, made by Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown, one-time_idol of Washington theater- goers. The delegates, it seemed, really wanted to hear something about this “dark horse,” the man who _didn't run when somebody called attention to the fact that he had among his clients the house of Morgan, but announced that he thought an attorney was entitled to have such clients as he desired, or who desired him. Mrs. Brown's speech Was delivered with telling effect, and she received real and spontaneous applause. But_if there was a plethora of speeches in the convention. it was nothing compared to the volumn of talk which kept the platform com- mittee busy for three days. The committee turned itself into a debat- ing society. J. Ham Lewis, former senator from Illinois, he of the bushy whiskers, is attending the convention, his whisk- ers a little paler than of yore, but bushy as ever. W. T. Fitzgerald of Boston, a dele- gate to the convention, met Senator Lewis in the corridor of the Waldorf today and reminded the senator of an incider.t that occurred when Fitzger- ald was chairman of the Democratic city committee of Boston during the campaign twenty years ago to elect William A. Gaston Governor of Mas- sachusetts. In those days, as now, Senator Lewis was famous for his whiskers. One young woman rushed up to Mr. Fitzgerald, demanding an introduction to Senator Lewis. “I've been told that his whiskers are bushy enough to use for a pow- der puff”’ said the damsel. not no- ticing that Senator Lewis was stand- ing behind her. “My dear young lady, T would be charmed to have my whiskers used as a powder puff on your lovely face,” was the commert from the =enator, as he stepped forward, while the young woman blushed in confusion. _The value of the kiddies in any picture was emphasized by Bennett Clark, son of the late Champ Clark, defeated for the presidential nomina- tion in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson, who is row attending this convention. Up on the stage, during the demonstra- tion for Gov. Al Smith, stood three little tots, a girl and two boys. The boy was a typical New York newsie, Just such a one as Gov. Smith was himself early in his career. Col. Clark said that he felt a lump come into his throat as he watched the voungsters waving Smith banners and told himself he was a fool. But as Le looked around he found the same feelirg for the kiddies had touched others. and one big man actually had tears in his eyes. “Yunkee Dood— ‘Al'™ is the title of the latest Smith campaign song to make its appearance here. It is sung to the tune of “Yankee Doodle" and gors as follows “We'll send Al Smith to Wash- ington to govern this great nation. The fact remains Al has the brains to meet the situation. Course Yankee Dood Al is our pal, Yankee Dood—Al stands for Al Yankee Nood—Al Tresident for nineteen- twenty-four." Every one is helpful to the dele- gates at this convention. Now one of the telegraph companies has put out a printed pamphlet containing thirty-one _well phrased congratu- latory mesrages to be sent to the successful candidates for the presi- dential and the vice presidential nominations, something like the sample list of in memoriam para- Eraphs that every newspaper has for those who wish to register their feel- ings on anniversaries of thé death of loved relations. The telegraph com- pany, however, has not supplied the names of the candidates to be con- gratulated. Cy Cummings of Chevy Chase, Md., than whom, as Sam Blythe would say, “there is no finer repre- sentative of the Oriole state ex- tant,” is the biggest man in the con- vention. He hopes to grace a chajr in the next Congress, which Honorable Cyrus declares will be Democratic. He is also the “highest authority” in the Maryland legis- lature, where he has been a member back to the time when the memory of man runneth not. He has under- taken to set forth to the delegates the fine points in Gov. Ritchie, whom Maryland puts forth as an ideal com- promise candidate. “He's regular and progressive. and that's the sort of a man the Democrats are looking for. as I understood it,” said Cum- mings to a group of delegates this morning before the convention opened. While the Demacrats were throw- ing the harpoohs into the Republi- cans from the speakers platform at Madison Square Garden, _William M. Butler, manager of President Coolidge’s ' campaign was holding hands with @ number of New York representative leaders on the local political situation not far away in the Waldorf. The presence of 5o many unofficial observers connected with the Republican administration is believed significant. Mr. Butler, it is d, wants to get first hand impressions from his own represen- tatives as to the reaction the Dem- the | ocrat convention will have on the country at large. The Silzer demonstration wasn't as big as Smith's or McAdoo's, but it was pretty good while it lasted. The Jeraey Glee Club scampered up to the stage and pleased the good natured convention crowd with their Silzer songs. The name of the Jersey Gov- ernor lends itself to punning and a delegate shouted ‘what's the matter with Bromide and Seltzer for the ticket” as the demonstration began. Then an elderly Jerseyite with a full set of real whiskers started to run about the hall and put a little to- basco into the Sllzer boom. When he rcached the Maine delegation he called out “what's the matter with you fellers. Don’t you know a band wagon when yer see one?” As soon as Silzer had been put in nominution a comely young woman on the platform mounted a table and hoisting Gov. Silzer's framed picture above her head kept it in sight of the delegates for upwards of thirty minutes turning as if she were stand- ing on a revolving table. LEAGUE PLEBISCITE DEMOCRATIC PLAN (Continued from First Page.) practical plan was devised, under which fifty-four nations are now operating, and have been for the past four years, while the United States government for the last four years has had no foreign policy, and con- sequently has delayed the restoration of political and economic conditions in the world, which has impaired self- respect at home and diminished pres- tige abroad: has curtailed foreign commerce and ruined agriculture. It is of supreme importance to clvilization and mankind that Amer- ica be placed on the right side of the greatest moral issue of all times. “The Democratic party declares its principles of rendering assistance in the high purpose of establishing world peace through the league of nations and the World Court of Justice, which it recognizes as institutions rep- resenting the supreme effort of states- manship. Sees No League Substitute. “Therefore, the Democratic party declares the purpose of the next ad- ministration to do all in its power to secure that moral leadership in the family of nations which, in the provi- dence of God, we are called upon to assume. “There is no substitute for the league of nations as an agency operating for world peace. There- fore, we declare, in the interest of peace, that we will establish a prom- inent foreign policy unGer which these supreme questions may be set- tled, not subject to change. “It is desirable and wise and neces- sary to lift this question out of parti- san politics, and that we take a census of the American people by a referendum election, advisory to the Congress, to be held officially under action of Congress and free from all contentious political questions. “Shall the United States become a member of the league of nations upon such amendment to the covenant of the league as the President may pro- pose and the Senate may ratify? “Immediately upon an_affirmative vote we will carry out such mandate.” States for Plank. It is reported that those states and territories which voted for the refer- endum. through their membership in the committee on resolutions, were: Alabama. Arizona, Arkansas, Colo- rado, Connecticut, Florida, lowa, Ken- tucky, Kansas, Missouri, lllino North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan. Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey. New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Alas- ka_and the District'of Columbia. Voting against referendum: Delaware, Idaho, Louisiana, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, Indiana,” Maine, North Dakota, Ohio, Hawaii, the Philippines and Porto Rico. W. J. Bryan was one of those who strongly urged the adoption of the referendum plan with regard to the league. Anti-Klan Plank Test. The plank urged by the group de- manding denunciation of the Kian reads: “We condemn political secret so- cieties of all kinds as opposed to the exercise of free government and con- trary to the spirit, if not the letter, of the Constitution. No member of such society can justly claim to be a disciple of Thomas Jefferson. “We therefore pledge the Demo- cratic_party to oppose the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan or any similar organisation that interferes with po- litical freedom or religious liberty, or which engenders racial preju- dices.” The plank further declares that there shall be no effort to arouse religious dissension and that a re- ligious test should not be applied to any candldate for office under the government. The plank put forward by Bryan leaves out mention of Klan by name. It reaffirms the de- votion of the Democratic_party to the principles of the Constitution providing for religious liberty, free- dom of the press and the right of assembly of the people. A third plank put forward by Ala- bama, denouncing the Klan by name, gives the history of the organiza- tions of secret character similar to the Klan and recites the opposition of the Democratic party to the “Know-Nothing Party” of 1856. Mr. the By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 28.—Far be it from Thomas Taggart to bribe any one to favor Senator Ralston for President, but— If Ralston is nominated, Taggart promises to ‘give the first national Pawpaw banquet in the history of the world out along the Wabash to { defeated candidates of both partles, the Democratic national committee and the newspaper men covering the con- vention. One reason for the feast will be to show his appreciation, but the more important one will be to make the pawpaw known nationally. Taggart has been amazed and pained since coming to New York to find that the pawpaw, commonly known as the “Hoosier’ banana,” has not -been eaten by most folks in these parts. He would correct this by first-hand-to- mouth information. Product of Hocaler Woods. The ' pawpaw, Taggart explains, ETOWS on trees from eight to fifteen feet high in the Indlana woods, reaches maturity at the first frost and then drops off. Persons who are lucky enough to intercept it half way to the ground find themselves in ‘possession of a soft ripe fruit about the size of a banana, but shaped like a runty and bloated hot dog, with a yellow skin_marked by large brown freckles. The skin is thin and freckles easily. Once the skin is bgoken, the in- side of the fruit runs off in PROSPECTS HURT Inter-Party Strife Feared in Campaign—Prayer |s for Harmony. CHANCE FOR CONCILIATOR Each Camp Believes Own Favorite Helped by Continued Warfare. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. NEW YORK, June 28.—Battle is at length joined. TIts roar and rumble are reverberating through Madison Square Garden as this dispatch written. The Klan and the league are the strategic positions which are being stormed and defended. The outcome no man knows. Generals of the rival forces have brought up every gun and every trooper they command. The fight is to the finish. The fear that haunts the Democratic party at this hour is that the com- bat may rage not only to its own finish, but to the finish of Democratic prospects in the 1924 campaign, to such a menacing height have pas- sions risen at this convention. Prayer for Unity. The fervent prayer of the moment is, therefore, more for harmony than it is for victory. The man who can assure Democratic unity, after to- day's_embittered history,’ may have an’ irresistible claim upon the nomi- nation for the presidency. Having lashed themselves into an ungovern- able fury over party principles, the Democratic hunt now is for a way of compoing them, in orGer that De- mocracy may present at least the semblance of & united front to the common foe. Hitherto, during this hectic week, this observer has ex- pressed the opinion that only a mir- acle can bring about such a result. There is no occasion for altering that judgment. Republican hopes that Pawpaw Banquet, Taggart’s Pledge, Should Ralston Win Nomination the enemy would vindicate his repu- tation for doing the wrong thing at the right time are dangerously on the brink of realization. That is the atmosphere in which the Democratic convention now enters upon its final and decisive stage. wvery Mancuver Selfimh. Tt is, of course, in such an atmo: phere that treasons. strategy and spoils are plotted and planned, and from now till the bitter end every maneuver will have a selfish purpose. There are sixteen candidates for President formally in the field. The rules do not prevent the list's ex- pansion ad libitum {rom bailot to ballol. Delegates can vote for any man or woman they piease, irrespec- tive of whether they were placed in nomination before the conventlori or not. In the camp of every single one of the formally proposed sixtees and in the camps of the unnumbered others hope now springs eternal. The situation is so chaotic and so kaleidoscopic that, literally, anything can happen to anybody. kverybody dreams that anybody in this case means him. It is astonishing, if not convincing, how thé bIg’ fellows con- tinue ty hug the delusion that victory in no circumstances can be snatched from their grasp. Both Sides Confiden: The two leading aspirants, McAdoo and Smith, insist that their lines are so firmly held that defeat is out of the question. The McAdoo people had rather the best of the optimism argument today. Their victory in securing their candidate a league of vations plank in the committee on resolutions _shows that the Cali- fornian's influence is far from being destroyed, as his foes assert. McAdoo- ites declare that when balloting for President sets in, tonight or Monday morning, the convention speedily wiil discover that not less than one-half of its total strength, or 549 votes, is securely and solidly in McAdoo's con- trol. His managers scoff and snort at the suggestion that McAdoo votes Will scatter like autumn leaves in a gale, once a couple of ballots have been taken. The Smith contingent, claiming up- ward of 300 first ballot votes, col tends that the New York governor's strength will grow like a snowball rolling down hill as soon as one roll call begins to succeed another. There is no lack of spontaneous Smith en- thusiasm among the delegates. Every time his name is mentioned or hinted at the convention gives forth a Vesuvius-like explosion. It Madison Square Garden is capable of being stampeded. a suggestion which nearly every leader doubts, Smith probably can come nearer doing the celebrated “Bryan act” than any other man. But there is probably more than enough Klan strength to mobilize an in- vincible one-third against Smith, even if a wave of emotion should sweep him that close to victory. Strength Is Cited. That “Smith is the only Democrat certain to win” remains the most potent argument of his backers. “"Whom else have you got,” they ask the doubting delegates. 'who can carry New York and New Jersey, threaten Calvin Coolidge's hold on Massachusetts, capture Maryland and. Kentucky, endanger Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Wisconsin for the Re- publicans, and retain the solid south for the Democratic party?” supporters don’t maintain that their idol is best the convention can nominate, but they vociferously con- tend he is the "best bet.” Yet as balloting impends, few au- directions, not infrequéntly leaping. like an antelope, from crag to crag. In the hands of an inexperienced operator, parts of a single pawpaw have been known to park themselves on the ears, the Adam's apple and the cuff links. However, hardened pawpaw suckers, Taggart explained, usually 'sink interiors of the fruit without a trace, save the skin and seeds. The seeds are the size and shape of a lima bean, but black and of a far more acrobatic nature, H Invitations by Telegraph. It is probable that the feast will have to be called by telegraph, as the ripe pawpaw season Is short,” Taggart explains. “To obtain the fruit in its most luscious state, it must be caught as it talls. If picked, or permitted to fall to the ground, it pines away and dies. You may depengs tHough, if we win, I shall man the pawpaw belt with an army of catchers and summon all my friends when the pawpaws fall” In the height of the season, Tag- Bart says, he eats two PAwWpaws every day. { - Many Travel by Plane. LEIPSIC, Germany, June 28.—More than 1,700 patrons of the Leipsic fair me by airplanes. Express rvice was maintained between Leipsic, Berlin, Hamburg and other isrge cities and several thousand ap- plicants for air passage were refused for lack of planes, Smith | Champions Glass DR. KATE WALLER BARRETT, Who with Gov. E. Lee Trinkle Virxinia seconded the nomination ef Semator Carter Glass, thorities in New York see the re- motest chance of either McAdoo or Smith winning out. They have en- gondered mutual antagonisms that <re practically certain to result in mutual destruction. Today, more than ever before, faith In the triumph of a dark horse is deeply rooted. Davis, Glass, Ritchie. Ralston—from among that quartet the conqueror is seen coming down the home stretch. In Ralston's case, the outcome of the Klan {ssue is bound to be of decisive influence. Ralston Is in Danger. Anti-Klan leaders, represented by the New York World and the Smith captains, allege categorically that Ralston is the “under-cover candi- date” of the Klan and always has been; declared the ‘Invisible Empire’ has, in reality; never hoped to nomi- nate McAdoo, and that, as soon as the Californian has made his early ballot spurts Kian support will be diverted, in half a dozen states, to Rulston. This suggestion may only be a propaganda effort to depop- ularize the joosier at the eleventh hour, and to destroy his chances of becoming the compromise candidate. The atmosphere s so highly charged with passion and bitterness that it is casy to pofson men's minds. If it turns out to be true that Ral- ston really is hallmarked by the Klan an acceptable candidate the Indi- anian's fortunes will, at least, be handicapped, if not jeopardized. To- day’s unofficial count of noses tabu- lates 00 anti-Klan votes In the con- ntion. The fate of any candidate suspected of being a Ku Klux darling can easily be guessed. John W. Davis' friends are confi- dent that the Biblical maxim of “the last shail be first” is going to work out in their candidate’s case. Davis was the last man placed in nomina- tion for the presidency. There was no spectacular demonstration in his favor. But that accords with the whole nature of his candidacy. Davis refuses to go gunning for the nomi- nation. As late as this morning, when ieaders of various camps began sparring for position, and hinting darkly at deals and 'trades, Davis authorized the announcement that under no condition would he be a arty to star-chamber bartering. avis will take the nomination, but refuses to haggle for it. See Plot Against Davia. The West Virginian's managers scent a senatorial conspiracy to crowd Davis out of the way. They openly charge the Senate leaders now in New York—men like Robinson, Pitt- man. Copeland. King. Harrison, Owen, Walsh and others—with “oligarchic” intentions to capture the nomina- tion for somebody in their own set. Thus, Democrats are accusing Demo- cratic senators of the same crime with which Democrats like Cox, in 1920, charged the Republican ' senatoriai “oligarchy” which nominated Hard- ing. Gov. Fields of Kentucky is nam- ed as one of the senatorial co-work- ers against Davis. Whom the sena- tors prefer is not disclosed by Davis supporters, but presumably any mem- ber of their club—Ralston, Robinson, Copeland or_Underwood—would be acceptable. Whether the Davis allega- tions or fears are well-founded or not, there is certainly enough of a senatorial contingent in the conven- tion to veto any man upon whom it frowns. Davis' second choice sentiment is everywhere among the delegates. The West Virginian doesn't expect to cut an impressive figure for many ballots. But after Smith's strength has been turned for a while to Underwood, or perhaps to Walsh of Montana, and after the McAdoo bloc has begun to crumble into its consti- tuent parts, Davis lieutenants confi- dently predict their man will become the beneficiary. Such expectations are not confined to their own camp. Sunday, known of the religiously inclined and the law-abiding as a day of rest, will be the busiest day of rest the Democratic party ever ex- perienced. It will be a Sabbath of conference, consultation and conces- sions. When the convention reas- sembles next week, it may not know it, but the die will have been cast. The men who rule behind the scen will have made their arrangements, and the delegates in due course will ratify them. That is at least one bit of political history almost certain to repeat itself in New York before the year of 1924 is many days older. UNDERWOOD STANDS FIRM FOR SHOWDOWN Declares Determination to Force Vote in Convention on Klan Issue. By a Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, June 28.—Senator Underwood of Alabama, whose de- mand for definite denouncement of the Ku Klux Klan In the party plat- form has brought the issue to a head at the Democratic national conven- tion, #ald today after the convention had recessed: “So far as I am concerned, the question of naming the Klan in the platform plank dealing with rel glous freedom must be settied by the convention {tself. It is my under- standing that a minority report will be made to the conventlon naming the Klan, though I am not a member of the committee. “There is only one way to deal with a question llke ‘this after it has been brought to the attention of the convention, and that is to have.a vote on it.” 2 : Senator Underwood said that he had heard the atatements made to the convention . by Chairman Cum- mings of the resolutions committee today urging a peaceful settlement of the question. It had not changed his determination to force a vote on the matter, he said. 5 In some quarters the suggestion is being made: that it might be pos- sible to deal with the Klan issue through a separate resolution, keep- ing it out of the platform, but put- ting _through a resolution lllll’ the Klan. Senator Underwood sal he had not heard this suggestion be- fore. What he wants, he i Convention Proves Good Dress Universal Among U. S. Women Suitability and Good Taste Govern Choice of Garb—Designers Find Little to Show That Is By Consolidated Press. NEW YORK, June 28.—By their gloves ye shall know them. The na- tional Democratic convention here made it obvious to the most unob- servant how universally well dressed are the women of all sections of this country. The state delegations from far and near were dotted with well and appropriately dressed women, and the New York stylist and de- signers found little they could show that was new and strange to the visitors. But apparently every convention delegate and visitor of the feminine persuasion signalized her arrival in New York by buying one or more palrs of short gloves, surmounted by a ruffie or a row of petals about the wrist. These they wore with grim determination through rain and hail, demonstrations, bursts of applause, wavings of banners and every other function of the convention which did not involve food. In some cases a combination of fat bare arm and short tight glove was remiscent of youthful attacks of hives or poison ivy, when scratching was interdict. Good Taste Governs. It was remarkable the extent to which these prominent women of the nation let suitability and good taste govern their choice of costumes. On days_this week when Madison Square Garden was a stifing oven frocks of tub silks of charming sim- plicity and attractive designs ruled favorite. The majority were made in the prevailing straight simple sil- houette, some without semblance of waist line, but cool looking and at- tractive. This was varied by some of the older political leaders. for the slim lines are scarcely applicable to the battle monument and anish- KLAN ISSUE BRINGS CONVENTION CRISIS; WOULD AVOID FIGHT (Continued from First Page.) all-night session or of the plan to recess the convention until this afternoon. As the news spread over the floor there were many expres- sions of disappointment and discon- tent. Hotel bills were mounting, the delegates are anxious to get home to take care of urgent private affairs. and they are anxious, too, for & showdown on candidates. It was upparent that the plan to recess without any action at this morning’s session would arouse oppo- sition and possibly a stiff fight Weather Warmer. While the political atmosphere in- side the Garden was heavy with signs of the approaching storm the weather outside had cleared, and while the band was discoursing the overture from “William Tell” as a part of the usual preliminary concert the sun came peeping through the high glass roof, throwing the center of the dele- gate section into bright relief. It was warmer than on yesterday, but the heat was not yet oppressive. A baby grand plano was pushed out from beneath the stage and placed in the wide aisle, in front of the lowa delegation. Anticipating the possibilities of a long wait, the convention officials were preparing to provide entertainment for the dele- gates and keep the hall quiet, if nec- essary, under the spell of some fa- mous soloist. Again the big bertha adding machine was wheeled into piace on the platform. ready to go into action when tabulation of the ballots began. Few Delegntes Present. At 10 o'clock the arena still was occupied only by a handful of dele- gates, who gathered in small knots earnestly and gravely discussing the | piight in which the convention found itself as a result of the row over th. Klan. No one seemed to Kknow whether the proposal to adjourn would command the NeCcessary strength or whether a majority woula demand that the convention go ahead with other planks in the platform and with a few ballots on a candidate. New Regulations Fail. As the crowds thickened it became apparent that in spite of all the best laid plans of convention officials something had slipped somewhere in the machinery set up to keep the floor clear of those not entitled to admission. Many different kinds of badges began to appear in the arena. and some of those on the floor had no badges at all. The situation ap- peared to have changed little as a re- sult of the new regulations. Three-quarters of an hour after the time set for opening the session there was not'a ghost of a sign that a call to order would come at any time soon. Chairman Walsh, who had been taking a leading part in the all-night effort to extricate the party from the snarl over the Klan issue, was on the platform in conversation with other party leaders, but he remained at the back of the stage and left the proceedings to the band, which kept up a succession of opera selections. ‘Walsh Calls for Order. At 10:37 Senator Walsh rapped for order. By that time moést of the delegates were in their seats, but there were some empty patches in the delegate arena. Dr. John Roach Straton, Calvary Baptist Church, New York city, pro- nounced ‘the invocation. He prayed that the convention would find_courage to “not com- promise with evil but stand four square for old fashioned Ameri- canism.” At the conclusion of the prayer Senator Walsh presented Miss Edith Bennett of Concord, N. H., who sang “The Star Spangled Banner” while the audience stood. “The gravity of the situation that confronts us,” said the chairman in introducing her, ‘“suggests that we have inspiration from song as well as from prayer.” Delegates Catch Meaning. The delegates caught quickly the meaning of their chairman and stood with grave upturned faces during the song, except where little groups con- tinued in earnest conversation over the convention tangle. Under the Qhle standard Edmund Moore and Newton D. Baker had thelr heads to- her in excited discussion. B rocmer Gov. William A. McCorkle of Charleston, W. Va., was recognized after the song was over and offered the customary resolutior covering the organisation of the natfonal commit- tee. It was read by the Secretary, and there was a short discussion, during which a phrase or two was added to perfect the resolution. It was then adopted. During the delay one of the dele- gates velled “Platform,” and there ‘were cheers. Homer Cummings of Connecticut, chairman of the platform committee New to Visitors. mission type of feminine architec- ture. The standard bearer who waved the gonfalon of Virginia from the platform after the nomination of Carter Glass wore a tub silk_of charmingly simple blue and white plaid the ‘sole break in the lines of which was furnished by a panel of pleats on either hip. With this she wore a cloche of white and blue grosgrain silk, dainty organdie collar and a wonderful old Paisley shawl which must have been about six times the age of the shoulders it covered. Suits Missing. Among the older women the simple straight Lanvin green silk crepe dress worn by Mrs. Carroll Miller of Pennsylvania, whose speech sec- onding Al Smith threw the conven- tion into a riot of enthusiasm, stood out as eminently appropriate. Its material sofetned its simple lines and blended remarkably with the speak- er's gray hair and charming smile. Suits at the convention were re- markable by their absence. The weather seldom made them thor- oughly appropriate and the delegates evidently felt that the days when an aggressive demand for an equal foot- ing with men in business and politics as signified by mannish garb had gone by. The notable exceptions were several newspaper women who impressed on all observers that they were there on business. g Frocks of the convention' visitors at the evening functions were of in- finite variety, but one of the most charming noticed was worn by a woman of perhaps thirty. It was of beaded net over silver tissue, the beads arranged in horizontal panels, through one of which was passed a girdle of pink silk ribbon gathered in a huge bow at the left hip. The frock was long, within seven inches of the ground, and was extremely decollete, with a deep wide V neck- llne and bead shoulder straps. LIST OF CANDIDATES By the Associated Press NEW YORK, June 28.—The list of candidates formally be- fore the convention included: Oscar W. Underwood, Ala- bama. Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas. William G. McAdoo, California. Willard Saulsbury, Delaware. Samuel L. Ralston, Indiana. Jonathan M. Davis, Kansas. Albert C. Ritchie. Maryland. Woodbridge N. Ferris, Michi- gan. David F. Houston, and New York Charles W. Bryan, Nebraska. Fred H. Brown, New Hamp- shire. George S. Silzer, New Jersey. Alfred E. Smith, New York. James M. Cox, Ohio. Carter Glass, Virginia. John W. Davis, West Virginia and New York. Missouri in the committce. He had a grave face as he spoke. The chairman began by saying that what he was about to tell the conven- tion related to a subject “which may in a very large way affect the des- tinies of our party He then re- cited how the committee had organ- ized and began its work immediately after its appointment on Tuesday: how its subcommittee had been in al- most continuous session until last night when it reported to the full committee. Praises Subcommittee. “I have never seen a subcommittee that worked together with greater harmony,” he continued. “Every member has worked faithfully to draft a platform that would be com- mensurate with the opportunities of the party in this campaign. “The platform wiii be ready for submission to this convention within a few hours. T think it will be proud of that platform and I think you will regard it as a winning platform.” Apologizing for the weakness of his voice, Mr. Cummins said he hpd had only six hours’ sleep since Tues- day “I refer to this.” he said, “so that you may know we have wasted no time. We have dealt with all of the questions before us except two in a vay that has met the approval of every one of the fifty-four members of the committee. Cites Two Differences. “In two instances there has been a difference of opinion. There was & difference as to the phraseology to be smployed in the plank rezarding the league of nations. The plank the ma- jority report will carry with it the signatures of a large majority of the committee. “A minority report will be submit- ted, 1 understand, by Mr. Baker of Ohio. “But these differences are but a part of the story. There was one plank on which a great difference arose. The subcommitier was un- able to agree and last zht the full committee went into session to dis cuss the plank dealing with religious freedom. “We discussed that plank all night. until we adjourned at 6 o'clock this morning. 1 regret to say that as the discussion went on it became more heated. The discussion became some- what acrimonious. And when we saw that the committee disagreed in that way, we began to wonder what would happen if the convention itself were asked to discuss that question. “In other words. we began to think of the Democratic party. We thcaght of all that might be involved. And then we grew closer together arsund the council table, friends, seeking to find a way so that the country might have the service of a united Demo- cratic party. Asks Further Conference, “We céncluded we ought to have on that particular subject an opportunity for further conference. “In all the years 1 have known political events I have never witness- ed such a scene as took place in the committee room at 6 a.m. When we began to feel the spirit of fraternity again in our breasts one of the mem- bers of the committee arose and re- cited the Lord’s prayer and then Mr. Bryan Iifted up his voice in a plea for divine guidance. “At the unanimous request of the committee, 1 ask this great conven- tion in the interest of ‘the party to adjourn until 3 o'clock this after- noon.” There had been a burst of applguse when the name of Mr. Bryan was mentioned, and an interruption a little later from a delegate who shouted that the speaker was indulg- ing In_argument, and not the an- nouncement for which he had been recognized. Motion 0.K.'d Unanimously. the whole, however, the con- vention listened with unusual at- tention, and when the Qquestion on Mr. Cummings' motion for a recess was put it was adopted with only a murmur of dissent. On and keynoter of the 1920 convention, ppeared at the s ers’ stand and - n n. , Slowly, amid expectant silence, “he “began 2 short address, outlining the situation Wealthy widows and spinsters in Germany who are seeking husbands demand that . they be university tralned men of musical ability. BRYAN GIVEN POWER BY KLAN FACTIONS TO FIND A COMPROMISE (Continued from First Page.) committee had labored for days and nights, realization came that there could be no immediate solution of the problem. Hopeless and weary, the commit- tee members were summoned in prayer on their departure by the Breat commoner, who for hours had Wwaged an earnest fight against what he repeatedly declared was an fssue that not only would rend the party but would array man against man Adjourn Until Afternoon. Before seeking rest the committee directed Chairman Homer S. Cum- mings to notify the convention that the resolutions committee had been unable to complete the party decla- ration for 1924 and to ask for an ad- journment of the convention from 9:30 o'olock until 3 o'clock this after- noon. Meanwhile the committee was to meet at 1:30 p.m. to receive the re port of Mr. Bryan, who was clothed with full authority to bring about a settlement satisfactory to the ocom- mittee and—it was hoped—to the convention. A number of leaders will give him their support. They were parties tno conferences last night which wers designed to bring together the con tending factions on a plank accep able to all Before coming to the Klan the committee approved a plank posing & referendum on the lea of nations and pledging the party to a policy of co-operation with the other nations in the promotion nf world peace. This plan was the sub- ject of five hours of discussion with Newton_D. Baker, Secretary of War under Woodrow Wilson, contending to the last for a repetition of the 1920 declaration calling for imme- diate American membership in the league. Uncertatn About Fight. The former War Secretary prepared a rough draft of a minority report, but when the committee adjourned he had not reached a final decision as to whether he would take his fight to the convention. The plank finall approved showed several important changes from a draft submitted by a subcommittee which had been in- trusted with the task of writing the declaration on the basis of various proposal Three Klan planks were taken un- der consideration. One b Bryvan omitted the name of the invisible em- pire; a second, which was a com- posite draft of the suggestions of several of the anti-Klan leaders, de- nounced the Klan by name, and the third, which was presented by the member from Alabama, referred to the ~“Know-nothing party,” recalled that “the Democrats had denounced that organization in 1856, and de- clared that there was no reason now why it should not specifically oppos: the Ku Klux Klan. The composite plank. which had the support of a minority in the plat- form committee says issun Reads Klan Out of Party. Ve condemn political seeret cieties of all.kinds as opposed to the exercise of free government and con- trary to the spirit, if not to the let- ter of the Constitution. No member of such society can justly claim to be a disciple of Thomas Jefferson. “We therefore pledge the Demo- cratic party to oppose the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan or any similar organization that interferes with po- litical freedom or religious liberty, or which engenders racial prejudices.” The devotion of the Democratic party to religious freedom as guaran- teed under the Constitution fs re- affirmed in the Bryan plank, which makes no specific’ mention of the Klan With these three planks before them, the members of the committes decided to follow the same procedure as in the debate on the league, allot- ting five minutes to each speaker, with the exception of Bryan and Rep resentative Finis J. Garrett of Ten- nessee. the party leader in the House who were voted as much time s they might care to take. Delleves Klan Will Die. Opening the debate, Bryan said he did not believe the Klan was a neces- sary or a permanent organization, and that if left alone it would be forgot- ten four years from now. He added that the inclusion of the name of the Invisible Empire in the platform would result in the wrecking of (h Democratic party. “If the Klan is named,” Mr. Brian sald, “the Democratic party will cease to exist as a political entity and wil g0 to the country with religion s the chief issue. Joseph Kellogg. the member from New York, argued that the fssue would not be dodged and that the Kian should be named. If the part: did not name it, he said, the people would feel that Democracy is afraid of_it. Lending his voice to the position taken by Mr. Bryan, Representatir Garrett declared the Klan was temporary thing that would disap pear in a few years, unless it con tinued to recefve undue publicity by political conventions. He argued that since Congress cannot legislate on the matter it would be futile for the Democratic party to recognize it in its platform; that it is a question for states to regulate by prohibiting the wearing of masks Complaint From Maine. A charge that the Klan had dis- rupted the social, religious and po- litical life in Maine was made by . R. Pattengall, the member from that state. He insisted that the Klan | be_named. Senator Owen of Oklahoma told the committee that to mention the Ku Klux Klan in the platform would ruin Alfred k. Smith us a candidate and abolish McAdoo. He asserted that in his state the Klan was fading away and that the same condition obtained in other southern states. The discussion be- came so general that the five minute rule was abolished and there was an agreement that the time should be limited to fifteen minutes for pro- ponents and thirty minutes for op- ponents, but this agreement later was abrogated and debate became un- limited. About this time one member of the committee said he had come from his delegation instructed to vote for a resolution naming the Klan and urged that a solution be arrived at before davlight. “Hell, its day-1ight now!" exclaimed another committeeman. This sentiment, at least, found gen- eral support, and soon afterward the committee adjourned. ey British Professors Coming. LONDON, June 28.—The senate of the University of London has ap- pointed three representatives to the Anglo-American conference of pro- fessors of history to be held in De- cember at Richmond, Va. They are Profs. A. F. Pollard, R. W. Seton- Watson and Hubert Hall. S i 3 Accidents in 10,000 Flights. SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 28.— A total of more than 10,000 airplane flights from Clover Field in twelve months resulted in only three accl- dents, according to the records, and from this the argument is ad ced that flying is safer than automobile riding. The reckless aviator and the stunt fiyer are said to be responsible for the prevailing delusions about the danger of fiylng.