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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1924. Religious Intolerance Is Said to Prevent Nomination USED AS WEAPON AGAINST LEADERS Ralston Also Cut Down by Suspicion That He Is Klan Friend. MAY INJURE CAMPAIGN Drift Is Definitely Headed Toward Issue in Election in November. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,. Staff Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, July 4.—The dele- &ates to the Democratic national con- vention—and the country at large— are getting a taste of the religious warfare into which the national po- litical campaign is fast drifting, if something is not dome to halt it. More than any one factor which is preventing the nomination of either Gov. Al Smith of New York or Wil- liam Gibbs McAdoo is religious in- tolcrance. It is responsible to a great extent for the deadlock in the con- vention. Not only is the Catholic and anti- Catholic sentiment—the latter is now being termed here Ku Klux Klan sentiment—preventing the nomina- tion of the two leading candidates in the race, but it is being used against other candidates as well. For ex- ample, Senator Samuei M. Ralston of Indiana, former governor of that state, is being looked upon askance by the Catholic or anti-Klan group because only a handful of the Indiana delegation voted in favor of the mi- nority plan, proposed to name the Klan® in the Democratic platform, when the vote was taken last Satur- day night, Denial Ix Ignored. The fact that Se or Ralston has declared repeatedly that he is not a Klansman und has nothing whatever to do with that organization is ap- varently having little effect. In the cnd, should kalston show _sufficient strength, he may “go over,” but the feeling against him today is largely along the lines indicated. The supporters of Gov. Smith say that it only the anti-Catholic sen- timent that is preventing his nomina- tion-—that the so-called Klan bloc is holding hi They forget the strong cntiment in the west and south ‘is also operating against the governor. . Ix Barrier to McAdoo. On the other hand, one of the big- gest barriers against McAdoo is the charge that he represents the Klan group. The Klan part at this the candidacy is question was raiged in convention to Kkill off of McAdoo. It was raised also in part by men who re- sent the attack on Gov. Smith be- cause of his religivus belief: That the Democratic party should come to grief over the gquestion of tne freedom of religious belief seems incredible in this country, which has stood for such freedom since its foun- dation. But that is what is threat- ened. Politically it suggests the old “rum, Romanism and rebellion” re- mark which killed off James G. Blair years ago. Day of Suggestions. is a day of “suggestions.” Suggestions of how to break the deadlock thrcugh adoption of a kind of modificd majority rule, proposed by E. H. Mocre of Ohio; suggestions that the convention be moved to some other city where the feeling may not run so high as in New York; sugges- tions of how to finarce the stay of the delegates to the convention in New York—delegates whose purses have grown lean in the two-week stay already mad Mr. ‘Moore's suggestion is that a majority of the voting strength of the states, plus the 36 votes of the ter- ritories and District of Columbia, be fixed as the strength necessary to romination. This would make the ssary to nominate 568. He takes this plan rather than a straight out majority of the strength of the convention so as to minimize the im- Today SPECIAL NOTICES. SSITY—WE HAVE IT. RN T S and sold by us for 35 years. Call Main 918, say silver polish Your name and address. It will be delivered promptly c.o.d. 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Cleveland Invites Democrats if They Leave New York By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 4.— The Cleveland Hotel Men's Asso- clation has extended an official in- vitation to the Democratic na- tional convention at New York to adjourn to this city should it de- cide to leave New York because of the deadlock over the nomination of a presidential candidate. portance of the territorial vote. ‘William Jenning Bryan's rame is connected with the proposal that a general expense fund be raised to pay the expense of the needy dele- gates. Judge Rockwell, manager of the McAdoo forces, approved the plan and prepared to lay It before - the Democratic national committee. Another suggestion put forward is the elimination of the lowest candi- date on each ballot until only the ‘leaders are left to fight it out. This has failed to extended approval. ANIMOSITIES GROWING, STRONG LEADER LACKING IN.NEW YORK CONVENTION (Continued from First Page.) of the Democratic party in this strife. It is always unsafe to ven- ture to analyze the motives behind the actions of men, but in this case they, seem reasonably obvious. In the case of Mr. McAdoo, it would seem to be personal ambition and pride. He had a wonderful “come- back” from his slump at the time of the disclosures of his connection with Doheny. He has demonstrated that he has the larger number of votes, actual votes, supporting his candi- dacy, although up to the close last night he had not been able to pro- duce a majority, which might be reasonable ground for persevering to the requisite two-thirds. With Gov. Smith it might be said that superimposed upon his claim that he should have the right ot way because he thinks he is the only can- didate who could deliver the cast to the Democratic party over President Coolidge, 1s resentment against the suggestior that religious discrimina- tion, clcthed in the white garb of the 'Klan, should debar him from as- piring to' the presidency cf the United States. Clatms of Smith Camp. ‘The Smith forces, aside from the religious question involved, have one strident note to harp upon. It is the’ claim that he could carry New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachu- setts and the remainder of New Eng- land. Many candid politicians are willing to admit that he could. But in that convention are thought- ful delegates, with a know'edse of conditions in the territory wes: of the Hudson River. an area which it is the vogue among most New Yorkers to underestimate in Importance and influence, who are convinced that Gov. Smith has a handicap in being both a Cathollc and a recognized The viewpoint of these cau Democrats is that the assets of Gov. Smith, in his assumption that he could beat President Coolidge in the Qesirable eastern states. is offset by the probability that he would lose to the Democratic ticket the bulk of all_that western territory. Getting away for a moment from the chaotic situation existing this morning in the situation obtaining in the convention, it is in order to take a glimpse westward where the La Follette combination is expected to function today. Pay No Heed to Cleveland. So far as I can ascertain, ruling spirits in the Democratic convention are not disposed to pay much atten- tion to the Cleveland meeting of as- sociated Independents. They have troubles of their own, very immediate and very acute. At that, however, the most discerning among them have for several weeks been discounting the Cleveland meet- ing, feeling that the outcome—that is to say, Senator La Follette heading a third ticket—was inevitable, and that they might as well go ahead with their own Democratic game, roll as it might, regardless of Senator La Follette's plans. Obviously, the Democrats cannot begin to assay and assess the poten- tialities of the La Follette great ad- venture until they have their own foundation laid, which up to this writ- ing they have not. Republicans in New York—and I've talked with several important lead- ers—are watching gloatingly the pre- dicament of the Democrats. They are agreed that all this friction among the Democrats is water over the Re- publican mill wheel for next Novem- ber. - ROSENBLUTH-POTHIER TRIALS TO BE SEPARATE Alleged Slayers of Maj. Cronkhite to Be Tried in Fall—Many Witnesses Named. By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash., July 4—Separate trials_ for ' Roland H. Pothier and Robert Rosenbluth, charged with the murder of Maj. Alexander Cronk- hite at Camp Lewis, in 1918, were granted by Judge E. E. Cushman in federal court yesterday. James H. Osborne, special government prose- cutor declared if joint trials were ordered he would™ dismiss the in- dicement against Rosenbluth, try Pothier and then seek a new indict- ment for Rosenbluth. Pothier's trial will start Septem- ber 30, and that of Rosenbluth im- mediately thereafter. Attorneys ~ for _Rosenbluth and Pothier filed a long list of witnesses they desire brought here. Among witnesses named_ for Rosenbluth were Secretary of War Weeks, Secre- tary of Commerce Hoover, former Attorney General Daugherty, Wi liam J.” Burns and former Senator W. M. Calder of New York. L. L. Thompson, former Washing- ton state attorney general, and at- torney for Rosenbluth, told Judge Cushman those witnesses were de- sired to prove a conspiracy against Rosenbluth on the part of the prose- cution. Character witnesses asked Rosenbluth _ included _ Julius H. Barnes, Clifford R. Peters, state forester of New York; Prof. Charles W. Cobb_of Amberst’ College; Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, and James A. Foley, surrogate of New York, Other witnesses sought were main- 1y former Army officers and soldiers stationed at Camp Lewis when Maj. Cronkhite was shot and killed. Mr. Osborne objected to the list of witnesses and Judge Cushman order- ed the defense to show cause why they should be called in the case. TS T T 0TIS RATE UNCHANG: NEW YORK, July 4—The street for rofeksed disappointment when Otis levator directors failed to increase their dividend rate on taking action on_the initial disbursement for the new shares. It was estimated in some quarters that earnings for the first half of 1924 were at the rate of $10 a share on the new stock now rep- resented in a $50 par against thé for- mer $100 certificates, but this esti- mate, it was said, falled to tell the full story, as these earnings were after plant account had been in- oreased by about $1,500,000, equal to another $6 & share. CONVENTION IMPRESSIONS BY BERRYMAN NEW YORK, July 4—"Get the boys out of the Garden before Christmas' is the new slogan of the peacemak- ers in the Democratic national con- vention. Three groups the convention seem to have “dug themselves in” for the rest of the year, The McAdoo | faction. the Smith faction and a thira | group which is voting for favorite sons, including Ohio for Cox, Arkan- sas for Robinson, Virginia for Glass, Indiana for Ralston, Alubama for Underwood, West Virginia for Davis and Delaware for Bayard en states, which during the sixty-odd ballots taken have never failed to| Vote for their favorite sons, total 165 | votes. As a matter of fact, it does | no good to eliminate the favorite | sons as long as the two big leaders in the convention remain in the run- ning. Not until either McAdoo or Smith, or‘both, have been eliminated will & choice be possible. | in These sev- An appeal. which struck upon the | ears of the delegates with telling force, was delivered in jest by Hol- lins N. Randolph while the fifty-sev- enth ballot was being taken. Mr, Randolph, who is the chairman of the Georgia delegation, stood on his chair to announce in stentorian tones that “Georgia casts its 26 votes for William Gibbs McAdoo.” He seemed to loath to get down, and, turning to the delegates beneath him, he para- phrased: Friends, Americ; ns, lend me your money.” countrymen, After a two-week stay in New \'ork.i | many of the delegates are wondering | | how ‘the bills are going to be pald. | | . Mr. Randolph, whose home is in At-| |1anta. is a descendant of Thomas | |Jeflerson, founder and patron saint of the Democratic party. _ Today, July 4, is President Cool- idge's birthday. ' Perhaps the Demo- crats assembled here in convention | will present him with a birthday gift —the nomination of a Democratic candidate for the presidency—on this, his natal day, if they have luck. “The nomination of any Democrat, after this rumpus, will be a good birthday present for hi <aid a weary and disgruntled delegate as he entered the hall. “Hop to it, Florida fleas,” was the rallying cry that went up Saturday night in "Madison Square Garden when William Jennings Bryan of the Florida delegation was believed to be in danger of being roughly han- dled because of his stand in opposi- tion to the proposal to include in the Democratic _platform a plank naming the Ku Klux Klan, Perhaps you never heard of the Florida fleas. More properly they are known as the “Ancient and Loval Order of Hopper Fleas of Florida.” There are 37,000 members of the or- der. Jerry W. Carter of Tallahassee is the supreme fantastic hopper flea, and Col. Bryan is the second “hopper flea” in prominence. The order, it is sald, was organized as an_ offset to the Klan in Florida. When Col. Bryan offered himself as a candidate for delegate at large from Florida, thousands of letters were sent out by the order to its members all over the state, saying, “Hop to Col. Bill,” etc. They “hopped” and Col. Bill has been a prominent figure in the con- vention. “T1l be glad when this convention is over,” confided the head barber of the McAlpine to a customer this morning who was being shaved. “How come?’ said the customer, considerably surprised. “Should think you'd like to have it go on.” “I would,” remarked the head bar- ber, “if there ‘was anything in it for the shop, but business is rotten and some of the delegates go several days without shavihg. I haven't succeeded in prying a halrcut, a {shampoo or a facial massage out |of one of them. Our regular cus- tomers stay away because they are under the impression that we are busy with these delegates. “One of the manicure ladies asked a delegate in my chair yesterday if he desired a manicure. ‘A what? he said. ‘A manicure,’ she repeated as she began to place her stool and get out her files, etc. ‘What's a manicure? he asked, and she told him in her politest and sweetest manner, ‘Why, cut your finger nails and polish them.'"” “Naw,” said he, bites his off.” “Then the boy shine tackled him. ‘Son,’ “said the delegate, I'm poor enough to shine my own shoes.’ ‘Tl tell the world that there is no busl- ness in a Democratic convention fo a_ barber. Guess they do all their own barbering.” Somebody spoiled the orange juice punch which had been dispensed free- 1y by the Californians at the McAdoo headquarters: Some culprit sneaked in and dumped a quantity of onion juice into the concoction. Of course, ‘a real Democrat CONVENTION SIDELIGHTS | terday by his speech praising several the Californians charge it up to a Smith supporter. Extra police guard has been put on duty around the punch bowl at the Vanderbilt and the McAddoites are furious over the in- cldent. “who- partaok: -of ghe concoction became sick, but the phy- sician who attended them stated that CVATRMA ‘WALSH INTRODUCES MAUGHAN~ LIEUT| SOUTHWEST AND CLAIMS ARE IMITATIN' WIS ETYLE op he does not look for any serious re- sults, “although,” he added, “I would not recommend it as a steady drink to any of my patients.” The Californians brought a whole carload of oranges with them, and orange juice has been as plentiful around the McAdoo headquarters as booze used to be in the old days. The rush at the McAdoo orange bar has| fallen off since the announcement of the onion incident Bennett Clark, son of the late | Champ Clark, wearing a smile of satisfaction toda Every time there is the slightest slump in the McAdoo vote Clark laughs with glee. He is out for reveuge and he doesn't care | who knows it. In fact, he is glad to have people know it At the Balti- more convention, in 1912, McAdoo was | one of Champ Clark’s bitterest foes. Bennett Clark classes Bryan with MeAdoo, from the opening of the Garden convention he has been oper- | ating on the slogan. “Kill MeAdoo.” I don't care who they nominate 0 long as it isn't McAdoo,” he has said to many delegates as he circu- lates about the convention floor | Just before William Jennings Bryan | left the Waldorf yesterday morning | he was surrounded by a crowd of his| supporters and curiosity seekers who! wanted to get a close-up of the man who stirred up the convention yes- of the candidates for the presidential nomination “When will the convention nomi- nate?” eagerly inquired Arthur Mul- ome-time resident of Chiashet, | the me-| snapped | know nothing about chanics of the convention,” the commoner. “Whom do you think will be named for President?” put in a news aper | man. “Bryan smiled, haven't the least idea. a friend who asked me in the dining room a few minutes ago, replying to the same question, ‘Ask one of those waiters’ They know as much about that as I do. I am concerned more about principl, than I am about men. When thing is over,” added Mr. Brya ‘I am going to sit for a new al picture—Daniel in_the lion Somebody asked Mr. Bryan why he ‘was wearing a huge sunflower, lhp emblem of the state of Kansgs. “Somebody pinned that on me at the convention,” said he. *“That's not the only thing’ they pinned on you,” suid a bystander. den. Col. Bryan and Will Rogers, who met for the first time at the Republiy can convention in Cleveland, are working for the same syndicate I New York. They met last night afte| the convention when the two had written their “pieces.” “So_you have nominated Coolidge sald Bryan to Rogers good naturedly. “Yes,” said William, “but he wires me tonight that he would refuse the nomtnation, if named, on the ground that it is worthless. “How do you think up all these funny things you write?” asked Bryan. “I don’t have to,” said Rogers, “this convention is a cinch for the so-called humorist like myself. All I have to do is to watch the proceedings and report the facts.” “My son,” said a weary delegate to the pride and joy of his heart and heir to his democracy, as the two wanded their way up 5th avenue after a night's session of fruitless balloting, “this convention is not politics. It is pathology.” Here is the story they are tolme of the appetite of jim Democrat, who went for the doctor the night that W. G. McAdoo was born, down in Mari- etta, Ga, and who nas been in New York as kind of mascot for the Mc- Adoo cause. Jim was left at the Ho- tel Pennsylvania during the ballot- ing at the convention. Hollins Randolph, chairman of the Georgia delegation, told him to order what he wanted to eat when he was hungry, and to have it sent up to his Toom. 'Jim was rather timid about eating at first. But he got over this, after he had sat down with a waiter and a menu and found out how to order he found out what a planked steak is. He also learned the mean- ing of hors d’ouvres, and of lobster a la Newburg, and a dozen other dishes of which lie had never heard. Mr. Randolph got his weekiy bill for Jim's room vesterday. It was for $76.60. Of that $28 was for room rent, at the rate of $4 a day. The remainder of the bill—$47.60—covered three days of eating, an average, for a negro brought up on greens, corn- bread and potlicker, of $15.86 a day. “Anyway,” said Jim, as he left for Georgia, “I know what a porterhouse steak Is.” ? ‘The unexpected duration of the deadlock in the Democratic national convention was emphasized today when the books of admission tickets were found to contain only one re- maining slip. The committee which made arrange- ments for the convention thought they were looking far enough ahead and even farther when they decided to have fifteen tickets, each admitting the bearer to one session in Madison Square Garden, in the little books. That seemed, then, to offer plenty of time for deadlocks and all sorts of | votes in the books to be used at sub- sequent sessions. Fate alone appears to have foreseen the extent of the Democratic dead- lock of the presidential nomination. A Mothers’ Democratic Club was formed two weeks ago in the New York Nursery and Children's Hos- pital, and a platform was adopted pledging the members to give the first "boy born to one of them the name of the prospective Democratic nominee. No nominee, of course, has been chosen, but—and here fate seems to be holding the celebrated scales of Justice with uncommon steadiness— neither has a boy been born out of eighteen births recorded since the club was formed and the convention began. This also established the hos- pital's continuity record for girl babies. g its twenty-four there among presi- <. the Minnesota del- on some questions, to reach an agreement. At a dinner last night. for instance, it elected Pa- tricia Gallagher. the daughter of P.J. Gallagher, an alternate at large from ibault, to serve as mascot. Miss allagher is “about sixteen.” and her lection was accomplished without ny threat of a deadlock. When not divi here and dential candida egation manag Woman delegates pressed for funds long stay in New that hospitality is not alien to the teeming metropolis, despite wide- spread reports to the contrary. Ina. stead, a number of New York women have opened their guest rooms to the woman visitors so they may stay through the storm without incon- venience. Nor were any strings at- tached to the invitations. and alternates, because of their York, have found Political leaders and wives some- times see things differently, P. I*. Bren- nan, McKees Rocks, Pa., has learned. Brennan ieft home with the expecta- tion of voting for Gov. Smith, but when the balloting began he was found voting for Gov. Davis of Kan- The_news reached Brennan's| ‘e bacl home, and, according to his colleagues ,in the delegation, he heard from her on the long-distance telephone. She could not understand why he was voting for the Kansas governor. brennan managed to ex- plain enough of the strategy involved, however, and now is assured a wel- come home. WOMEN AT CONVENTION NEW YORK, July 4—The Demo- cratic convention was disappointed Thursday. Two women openly clashed on the floor of Madison Square Garden, and no hair was pulled, no bystanders were stabbed with hat pins. But the incident, a battle between Genevieve Clark Thompson, daughter of the late Champ Clark, and Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Washington and Chicago, lawyer and prominent poli- tician, was as wordily acrimonious as the crowd could demand. Mrs. Thompson has been doing her effective best to indicate to doubtful members of every delegation that William Gibbs McAdoo is not the best candidate for the party.- Mrs. Thomp- son's feeling against the former Sec- rretary of the Treasury is doubtless Seasoned with bitterness over her father’s defeat in 1912. Mrs. Funk is one of the most active and influential workers among_the McAdoo. forces. Incidentally, both women are the warmest of personal friends. X Yesterday occurred the first clash between the women of the warring factions. “I have come to tell the women of the Louisiana delegation that the ru- mor circulated that McAdoo will be indicted s untrue,” said Mrs. Funk before Mrs. Thompson's own delega- ion. “I did not circulate a rumor. T re- peated the statement issued by Sen- ator Jim Reed in his newspaper this morning,” Mrs. Thompson responded. Then George Hurley, assistant at- torney general of Rhode Island, sprang to Mrs. Thompson's defense on the legal issue raised by Reed. I am as good a lawyer as you are, cried Mrs. Funk, “and I chalienge you to a debate on the subject with some of the biggest lawyers of the country as judges.” But Hurley did not pick up the glove. He considered the legal points obvious, and explained. More heated discussion ensued, and Mrs. Funk moved on to spread her antidote for the Thompson poison, together with Margaret Wilson who had paused to hear the argument, and other prominent McAdoo women. In the meantime Mrs. Thompson does her stuff. . 'Will Unveil Cody Statue. CODY, Wyo., July 4—The Buffalo Bill American Association' monu- mental statue of Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) was set upon its base yesterday and will be unveiled at sunset today. Jane Garlow, grand- daughter of Col. Cody, will pull the string releasing” the flags shrouding the statue. Col. J. Howell Cummings of Phiadelphia will preside during the unvelling ceremonies, TOLERANCE PLEA S MADE BY SITH Independence Day Message to Tammany Calls Spiritual Freedom Vital. By the Asgociated Press. NEW YORK, July 4.—Tolerance is emphasized in an Independence day message from Gov. Alfred E. Smith today to Tammanv Hall Gov. Smith, who has been working with his campaign managers in the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, was unable to attend the Tammany celebration in person and sent his message with his regrets. “The well-springs of our national life,” he said, “are in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitu- tion of the United States. The spir- itual freedom guaranteed in these documents is more vital to us than the safeguarding of our material pos- gessions. Tolerance is a moral right. Whatever threatens freedom of re- ligion, of speech, of the press, is a body blow at the United States of America. 1 have such abiding faith in the institutions of our government and the good sense of the American people that I refuse to believe that intolerance can ever gain so much as a foothold in this country. Once it is fairly held up to the sunlight of true American public opinion it withers and is blighted, as it should be. Fear and hatred never survive courage and reason. For tolerance we will always battle willingly, be- cause the foundations of peace and Dprogress are rooted therein.” The reconstruction problems inci- dent to the war, the governor said “require all the brains and the char acter to solve them without being distracted by temporary dissensions not representative of the sound heart of the American people.” —— RALSTON FLUCTUATION AGREEABLE TO TAGGART Releases Votes to Smith and Mec- Adoo Whenever Managers Ask for Them. By the Amociated Press. W _YORK, July 4.—Although Senator Ralston’s vote rose to almost a hundred and then dropped back under 40 in the convention session closing early this morning, Thomas Taggart said he was not discouraged. “We have released our friends out- side of Indiana from voting for the senator for the present,” he said. “We will be heard from again. The race isn’t over by any mean Taggart did not want to start in- creasing the senator’s vote yesterday as early as he was forced to, it was indicated, and he might have held off throughout the day had not it been for the Mississippi shift. The Mis- sissipplans wanted to go to Ralston quickly during the morning, so Tag- gart consented. Then came Missouri in a block, and scattering votes from other states followed. McAdoo workers found Taggart quite willing to release votes when they wanted them. The Indiana leader also sent word to the Si h states which had been giving him votes to stop whenever they choose. All of which was in keeping with Taggart's plan to offend nobody with Ralston's candidacy. After the Ralston flurry stopped Taggart went to his hotel to remain while other leaders fumed about breaking the deadlock. His plan con- templates helping this move only through the selection of Ralston, and he saw no reason to discuss’ any other solution. i Frostburg Vmeen Celebrate. Special Dispatch to The Star. FROSTBURG. Md., July 4—A cele- bration was held today under au- | spices of the Frostburg fire depart- ment. A parade of the volunteer fire departments of Allegany County was held, headed by the Frostburg City | Band. A plenic with dancing fol- lowed Shorthand allv only, secretarial. asd GV “SERVICE preparatory, day or evening: rates, $6 to $M monthly: mo advamce payment Emall class roups and individual instruction. Two fans in every class room. Classes now forming. Refs. required from all studemts. 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