Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1924, Page 5

BRYAN WON NOTE - Vice Presidential Nomine’s Fight to Lower Coal Cost Heralded Widely. JS NOT CHURCH MEMBER Today Is Fifty-Seventh Birthday; ‘Was Born in Salem, Ill.; Long a Figure in Politics. Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 10.—Charles W. Bryan, Governor of Nebraska and candidate for re-election, nominated last night as the Democratic vice presidential candidate, attracted na- tional attention by his purchase of a coal yard, from which he retailed over the state in an effort to reduce prices to the consumers, and his ef- forts to bring about a reduction in the price of gasoline. During his term as governor Mr. van claimed to have reduced the er of state employes, and to have effected a saving of $1,000,000 in operating expenses of the state government. Started City Coal Yard. Gov. Bryan in 1915 was selected to be mayor from the elected city commissioners of Lincoln and imme- v pushed city gas-rate legisla- that had been slumbering for ve Later he established a munic- ipal coal vard. He was elected governor after a truce was declared between the Ne- braska Democratic factions to which and his brother, Willlam Jen- gs Bryan, belonged, and that with ch Gilbert M. Hitchcock, former ted States senator, was affillated. Upon election Mr. Bryan faced the problem of working with a Repub- 3 legislature. and in commenting record in office befors the state convention in Omaha . declared that where pleiges de had failed of fulfill- Republican legislators were re- rles W. Bryan became identified his brother in Nebraska politics Together they ~warred the saloons. In the same Mr. Bryan was appointed a er of Gov. Holcomb's staff. When the publication the Com- moner was started, In 1901, Charles W. Brvan became assistant editor, William Jennings Bryan being ed- ftor and publisher. The paper in re- cent vears ceased publication. Wil- Jennings DBryan removing to his Gov. Bryan was born in Salem, 111, July 10, 1867. He was educated at the University of Chicago. When voung man he went to Lincoln. . where William Jennings Bryan preceded h A short while later he went to Omaha. There he worked as a traveling salesman, but soon returned to Lincoln and be- came active in politics. Gov. Bryan married Miss Elizabeth Brokaw of Salem, Ill, there Novem- ber 29, 1892. They have two chil- irs. W. E. Harnesberger, twen- tv-two years old, of Ashland, Neb. and Silas Millard Bryan. aged thirty, a practicing attorney of Minneapolis, Minn Not Chureh Member. an is not a member of any irs. Bryan and the two With the nomination of Gov. Bryan In achieves the distinction of having been the home of the vice | presidential candidates of both major parties, Charles G. Dawes of Evans- ton, I, the Republican vice presi- dential nominee, having practiced law in Lincoln from 1887 to 1894. In a brief statement issued after he had received the vice presidential nomination, Gov. Bryan said he deeply appreciated the honor and considered the platform the most progressive ever adopted by any po- Titical convention. DEMOCRATS’ CHOICE IS PRESBYTERIAN Would Be Eighth of Sect to Be President—Attends Episcopal Church With Wife. Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 10.—If John W. Davis is elected, he will be the eighth Presbyterian President of the United States, and this will bring the fum- ber of such Presidents even with the number who have been communicants of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the latter holding the palm with eight Presidents. Mrs. Davis is a communicant of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and Mr. Davis attends Sunday morning serv- ices with her in the Church of St John in Lattingtown, at Locust Valley, the latter a ptresent holding the palm with eight Presidents. Pastor Congratulates Davis. Few of the intimate friends of the Davises were happier yesterday at the outcome of the convention than Dr. Hinton. He sent Mr. Davis this telegram: “Sinces® congratulations. I had faith that you would be nominated, and it is strong for vour election.” Charles G. Dawes, Republican can- didate for the vice presidency, at- tends the Congregational Church, in Evanston, Ill. of which Rev. Hugh Elmer Brown is pastor. Mrs.” Dawes is a member of this church. President Coolidge united with the First Congregational Church in Wash- ington last October. He is the first Congregationalist President. Warren G. Harding was the first Baptist President. Besides_Grover Cleveland, the Pres- byterian Presidents were: Jackson, Polk, Buchanan, Lincoln, INPRICE-CUT WAR Bryan Berry B. Clark. Mrs. Springs Owsley Flynn .. Gerard . Silzer Baker Hylan .. Pittman . Enright There were only 1,097.5 votes As a result, the official total i: GOV. SMITH WIRES DAVIS HIS PLEDGE OF SUPPORT Warmly Congratulates Presiden- tial Nominee—Franklin D. Roose- velt Lauds Standard Bearer. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, July 10.—Gov. Smith last night sent the following tele- gram to John W. Davis, the Demo- cratic presidential nominee: “Sincere congratulations. wishes for success, and my of heartiest support. -, 5D W. SMITH.” Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gov. Smith's floor manager, made this statement respecting the nomination of Mr. Dayis: “In John W. Davis, the Democratic party has found a candidate of whom promise Best | Mrs. Miller... Mrs. Renshaw Meredith Ritchie . Farrell . 2 Morton Clark. Whitlock Gardner .... Upshaw .... cast, but the figures as announced total 1,101.5, the many last-minute changes causing the discrepancy. a forced balance. it can be proud, and the voters of | the country a man on whom they can | unite with confidence that he will make a President worthy to rank with the other great Democrats who have held that office. “A warm personal friend of mine, I have found him to be a man of splen- did intellect, clear thinking and high, progressive 'ideals. Mr. Davis will have my heartiest support and I intend to leave nothing undone that lies in my power to secure his elec- tion.” —_—— TUses an Empty Shell. The hermit crab, says Nature Maga- zine, protects itself by inserting its |abdomen into some empty shell which it carries about in all of its wander- ngs. e The swordfish uses his long sword to stir up and mutilate sardines and not as a weapon against larger animal: $2.35. Middy, Boys’ Palm 81075 Benjamin Harrison and Wilson. Abra- ham Lincoln did not unite with the church, but during the years he was in Washington he was a regular at- tendant at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. The Episcopal Presidents were ‘Washington, Madison, Monroe, William Henry Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, Plerce and Arthur. The Unitarians were John Adams. John Quincy Adams, Filimore and Taft The Methodist Presidents were Johnson, Grant, Hayes and McKinley. Van Buren and Roosevelt were members of the Dutch Reformed Church. 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Boys' Lisle Socks ...........50¢c Boys® Cotton Golf Hose. ... . 59¢ Little Band, Always Hopeful, Responsible for Davis’ Victory Delegation From West Virginia “Stuck” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 10.—The story of the nomination of Jchn W. Duvis, as told by the official figures, is a record of the unwavering support of a handful of men and women from far and near, who never lost faith that he could and would be the choice of his party. Throughout the long deadlock the backbone of his strength was the little delegation of his native West Virginia, but there neved was a time after the first ballot when the six- teen votes of the West Virginians were not at least matched In the Davis column by those that came in driblets from other delegations. Almost from the first, Porto Rico's six went in whole or in part to Davis. For many weary ~ballots Loulsiana stood solidly behind him when the pressure to leave his trail- ing banner was strongest. And it was the united voice of the delega- tion from Maryland, - speaking through Gov. Albert C. Ritchip, that signalized yesterday the final turn- ing of the tice. Had Modest Start. On the opening ballot, more than a week ago, only 15 votes besides West Virginla's were cast for the future nominee. Of the total of 31, Porto Rico contributed 5, Hawali 1. Pennsylvania 4. Minnesota 1 and Tilinois 4. Gaining by ones and twos, his total stood at 34 on the Sth, and on the sixth, it went to 55 by the addition of Louisiana. Then for thirteen roll calls it almost stood still. By this time the deadlock between Smith and_McAdoo had become a grim tug-of-war, but Mississippi re- fused to be a party to it. and after a complimentary Vvote to her own favorite son, Senator Harrison, and those of nelghboring states, went to Davis on the nineteenth. With small- er gains clsewhere, it lifted him to $4. Missouri, tiring of the deadlock, left McAdoo on the twentieth, swell- ing the Davis total to 122. On _the twenty-third, with votes picked un here and there all over the convention floor, came a peak of 129. For a ballot the total remained sta- tionary, and then through nine roll calls it dropped slowly to 121, as the McAdoo and Smith managers began a simultaneous assault all along the line. On the thirty-fourth Mississippi went to M&Adoo, and on the thirty- ninth Missourl followed sult. The Davis total stood at 71 Little Band Stands Firm. Thén for another period of eighte ballots there were narrow fluctua- tlons, with West Virginia and Loui- jana and the five from Porto Rico standing firm, but at times standing almost alone. The total reached 73 on the forty-fifth, dropped to 59 on | the fifty-second, and stood at 58 on the fifty-seventh, when Thomas Tag- | gart put Ralston actively into the race and claimed for him the major share of attention from those who had become hopeful of a break to a dark horse. On the fifty-eighth Louisiana wa- I When you LY ALY f : NS LIIILD R From Beginning,Generally Aided by Few Other Votes—Ritchie Causes Landslide. vered and cast a complimentary vote for Mayor Behrman of New Orleans, leaving Davis only 39. That was his lowest point between the opening ballots and the end, for on the fifty- ninth Louisiana’'s twenty came back again, and, despite the Ralston oppo- sition,’ Davis claimbed from 60 on the fifty-ninth _to 76 on the sixty-sev- enth and 78 on the seventy-fourth. After a few more ups and downs within a margin of fifteen votes he had 68 on the ninety-third. Alded by Ralston Withdrawal. At that point Ralston had reached his highest total, and hls sudden withdrawal from the race proved a windfall to the Davis boom. On the ninety-fourth seven North Carolina votes and several others that had be- longed to Ralston went to Davis and he had $1. On the ninety-fifth he got back Missouri's 36 and 19 from Mich- igan, and had a new high total of 129 Meantime he had lost one of West Virginia's sixteen in the final drive of the McAdoo forces, but he got it back later. “When the roll was called for the ninety-sixth time he grathered in enough from widely scattered sources to bring him up to 171. Ohio was contributing at this stage, also New Hampshire. West Virginig, Louisiana and Missouri were standing firm. On the ninety-seventh they were joined by Oklahoma and the total was 183. It went to 195 on the next roll call as both McAdoo and Smith continued their decline and small groups of their followers went over to Davis. On the ninety-ninth Kansas con- tributed her twenty to the Davis column and it totaled 210. A scat- tered few pulled away on the one- hundredth roll call, the last before adjournment yesterday morning, how- ever, and when the session that was to nominate him assembled at noon Mr Davis' total stood at 203. Ritchie Revives Boom. McAdoo and Smith both were out definitely, but the tired delcgates were not yet \certain where they should turn. The states standing at the head of the column temporized, either standing by their favorites or scattering their strength widely. But when Maryland was called Gov. Ritchie, who himself had been given the solid vote of his state through an even hundred roll calls, mounted a chair under the Maryland standard at the rear of the hall and shouted up sixteen votes for Davis. Before the cheering was over AMis- sissippi _had followed the lead of Maryland, and_a little later North Carolina gave Davis 20 out of her 24. Ohio gave him 23; Pennsylvania, 19; South Carolina, 18. Virginia, break- ing the solid 24 she had been hoard- ing for her favorite son, Senator Glass, gave half of them to the son of 1er neighbor on the west. New York took notice of his candidacy for the first time, giving him a solitary one trom her 90. In a field of eighteen candidates he had received on this roll call 316 votes, and was in the lead for the first time. Breaks Into McAdoo. The one hundred and second ballot saw the total swelled to 415, mainly by increases from the states that al- ready had been voting small groups for him. At the same time he broke think of Satm Beach into several more of the disintegrat- ing McAdoo Texas gave him all of her 40, and Georgia 13 of her 28. As the clerks began to call the roli tor the one hundred and third and last time larger and larger blocs of delegates came sweeping into camp. Georgia this time gave Davis 27. Idaho went to him solidly, leaving Senator Walsh. He got 19 in Illinois, 25 in Indiana, 22 in-Kentucky, 29 in Michigan, all of Nevada's 6, 4 in New York, 41 tn Ohlo, 37 in Pennsylvania. Washington, a McAdoo state, and Rhode Island, a Smith state,” went over to him bodily, and before the roll call was completed he had more than a majority. Rush for Band Wagon. In the scramble to change votes to him that followed no one knew ex- actly when the total had reached the 730 necessary to nominate. A dozen delegations were seeking in the uni- versal tumult to get recognition and to record unanimous votes for Davis. George E. Brennan, speaking for Illi- nols, swung over the state's entire 58 into’ the column of the winner. Towa withdrew Meredith and changed sol- idly to Davis. California revised her vote to glve him 21 of her 26. - From his invalid chair in the mid: of the hall Franklin D. Roosevel manager of the Smith forces, asked that the vote of New York be chang- ed to 2 for Glass, 28 for Walsh and 60 for Davis. Gov. Fields of Ken- tucky changed the vote of his state to give it all to Davis. Ohio changed to glve him 46 out of 48, Senator Swanson threw in the entire 24 of Virginia, Josephus Daniels followed with the entire vote of North Caro- lina, a woman delegate announced a similar_change for Pennsylvania, and Gov. Brandon of Alabama. whose “twenty-four for Underwood” had awakened all the echoes of the old Garden at the start of more than a hundred roll calls, shouted up “twen- ty-four for Davis” The count had gone far past two- thirds and the convention floor was in a tumult as the delegates realized that their long task was done at last. But over the noise of the beginning of a Davis-for-President parade around the hall Thomas Taggart of Indiana, who had played a leading role of compromise through the most trying hours of the fight, made him- self heard with a motion to declare the nomination unanimous. It was adopted with a roar, and the longest deadlock of political history came to its official close as Chairman Walsh pronounced these words: “By virtue of the vote just taken, the chair declares the Honorable John W. Davis of West Virginia the nomi- nee of this convention.” BRIDE. 14, MARRYING PASTOR TO BE ARRESTED Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md, July 10.—At the instance of a group of ministers a warrant was issued here today for the Rev. D. A. Lonier, pastor of the Washington Square Methodist Epis- copal Church. He is charged with performing a marriage ceremony in which the bride was under the legal age limit of six- teen years. Miss Rosa May Lonas, fourteen, was united to Charles Of- fenbacher, thirty, by the Rev. Mr. Lonier, May 27, when the couple eloped from Winchester, Va. Of- fenbacher had been a boarder at the home of the girl's parents. He is said to have had an undivorced wife, | and to have attempted to commit suicide following his arrest here on a charge of falsifying the age of Miss Lonas in obtaining the marriage li- cense. The pastor has been the object of several attacks in connection with marriages of couples appearing here at night. 1t was charged he paid taxi-drivers to bring couples to his parsonage. He had not appeared to face the warrant late today. ink of P~B. 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