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¥ A—2 VENENG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1932. GOV. ROOSEVELT LACKS ONLY 88 VOTES AFTER THREE BALLOTS RECESS IS TAKEN 10 830 TONGHT Delegates Adjourn 12-Hour Sess.. 1 Following Futile @ Efforts to Nominate. (Continued From First Page.) with a total of 2017 votes, then came in order Garner with 90%,; White, 52; Traylor, 441 Byrd, 25. Reed, 24; Mur- ray, 23. Ritchie, 21, and Baker. 8'2 Newton D. Baker, a dark-horse can- @idate, received 8 of his votes from Indiana and one-half vote from Penn- lvania. ”Nm since the historic Madison Square Garden Conven in 1924, has there been so long and so dramatic a session of a Democratic National Con- vention. Meeting at noon yesterday, the con- vention finally disposed of its platform and turned to nominating speeches for presidential candidates. At 5:25 pm an adjournment was taken until § pm The convention went at it again, with speech after speech, and demonstration after demonstration. t 2:45 am., a motion to adjourn the econvention until 11 am. Friday to give the weary delegates a rest was voted down, 863 to 281':. With a cheer the convention decided to push on with its work. The call of the States was continued and the last of the presi- dential candidates to be placed in nomination, Gov. “Alfalfa Bill" Murray of Oklahoma, was presented to the weary convention. Delegates Cheerful. Cheerfully the delegates sang “The Gang's All Here” as they prepared for the battle of the ballots, Although no mofe names for the presidential nomination were presented to the convention after that of Murray, the call of the rest of the States, plus & number of seconding speeches, drag- ged the time out and it was not until nearly 4:30 o'clock that the roll call on the first ballot was begun. “Alabama casts 24 votes for Prank- lin D. Roosevelt,” led off the call. as the Roosevelt people cheered. It was very nearly two hours before the first ballot could be completed. The first major interruption came when Min- nesota was reached on the call. Tom Flynn, a delegate supporting Al Smith, challenged the right of the delegation to be voted under the unit rule for Roosevelt and also demanded a poll of | the delegation to prove that a three- fourths vote for Rooseveli prevented breaking the unit rule as laid down in the ‘nstractions of the Democratic State Committee Chairman Walsh of the convention ruled that the instructions of the State convention held and the delegation must be voted under the unit rule, although the newly-elected Democratic State | Committee, dominated by anti-Rcozevelt | Democrats, had sent a telegram at-| tempting to undo these instructions. | This, the chalr ruled, was beyond | the power of the State Committee. | Smith sympathizers in the galleries | jeeréd and booed the ruling. The crowd in the galleries had dwindled during the lcng hours of the night to a few thousand, and the greéat press which had filled every nook and cranny of the | huge hall, holding 25,000 persons, had | been filled with perspiring humanity. | Galleries Unruly. | Those %o, remaied were clearly | anti-Roosevelt and pro-Smith. They frequently interrupted the proceedings. But the firmness of Senator Walsh in | dealing with every situation, finally quieted this unruly element. At one point in the proceedings, when the crowd was jeering a Roosevelt speaker | and not permitting him to proceed—it | was Representative Rankin of Missis- | sippi, Who reminded the galleries that | it was the delegates, not the guests of the convention, who would determine | the nomination of the Democratic party for President—Walsh sarcastically called the attenticn of the crowd to the fact that the first principles of hospitality required it to be in order. He obtained the silence he desired When the call of the States reachead | New York, John F. Curry, Tammany | leader, asked the chairman to make a | { the Empire Stele’s delegation. y epparently proposed to put the | ates “on the spot.”” He desired the record to show just which of the dele- gates voted for Al Smith and voted Against him and for Roosevelt. It was & weary task, for New York's big group of delégates at large each had only half a vote, and there were absentees, necessitating . the calling of the alternates. Al Smith himself a delegate at large, was not among those present. It took :hninuls to find his alternate and record im. Mayor Jimmy Walker was another absentee when the poll began, but before it closed, the mayor clad in brown and dapper as ever rushed into the hall and demanded to have his name eounted “I cast one vote for Alfred E. Smith,” said the mayor, while the ecrowd howled. His Charges vote had its dramatic side. have been preferred against Walker by the general counsel of the Legislative Committee investigating the government of New York City, and his removal asked. Judge Samuel Seabury ounsel. These charges are stili g before Gov. Roosevelt, against in effect, Mayor Walker's vote #ge.” was the comment t of the crowd Mayor Walker, however, had to declde whether he wished to appear seeking to curry fa with the Governor in casting his vote. There was no ‘decision Another rk delegate came into the hall af e Poll had proceeded almost to its conclusion, clad in his pajamas, but with his coat closely bui- toned on above them. It has been a hard night for the delegates. The wom- en have stuck to the job gamely. D. C. Vote Challenged. ‘The chairman of the District of Co- lumbia delegation, when the District was reached, declared that the delega- tion, under the unit rule, cast its six votes for Roosevelt. Immediately, Col Arthur O'Brien, a delegate, challenged this, declaring that the District dele- gation was not bound by the unit rule His point was over-ruled by the chair- man, who announced that the District six votes would be counted for Roosevelt Col. O'Brien demanded that the dele- gation be polled, but Senator Walsh ruled that his demand came too late Cat-calls from the gallery followed his ruling He'd give 'em to Roosevelt, any way," shouted one of the hecklers Before the result of the roll cal] was announced, Missouri, which had voted its 36 votes solidly for Reed, changed its vote, giving to Roosevelt 12 of the delegate votes and retaining for Reed 24 Loud cheers from the Roosevelt sup- porters greeted this change, amid hisses from the galleries. It was the first break to be announced during a roll call in the ranks of the | anti-Roosevelt and favorite son group. In the disturbance so created. Walsh was siow in announcing the result of the ballot, and a New Jersey delegate demanded in stentorian tones that the vote be given by the chairman. Ap-| perently he feared that some more of | the anti-Roosevelt votes might slip over to_the New York Governor. After the result had been announced, the clerk of the convention immedi- Just in the Nick of Time RADIO SENDS SENATOR SPEEDING BACK TO JOB. By the Associated Press \ CHICAGO, June 1.—Radio and & fest-moving taxic:d saved a serious | break in the Roo:evelt ) saird ballot on the presidency 2 Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippt the hero of the act Informed of the decision of the Roosevelt leaders to adjourn after the second ballot, the Senator hied himself back to his hotel 3 miles from the sta- | dium for some sleep. i It was just a hunch that led Pat to| turn on the radio as he pulled off his sotks. To his amazement the first words to boom from the radio were ‘Mississippi pesses.” The Mississippl delegation is split « on Roosevelt. This majority | e forces all votes for Roosevelt un- | unit rule. Harrison is backing | Roosevelt | The socks came back on in a hurry | and a wild taxi ride back to the stadium permitted Harrison to get his vote in before conclusion of the roll call and kecp Mississipp! for Roosevelt. The 9'; votes are friendly to Newton D. Baker of Ohio. | from the floor and not from the ga leries. Senator Huey Long of Louisian: “kingfish” and head of his State's dele- | gation. waved his arma wildly to hush the boos of the delegates and finally | | | | SENATOR PAT HARRISON. ately began a second call of the States. A delegate demanded an adjolrnment Walsh ruled that it was not possible | to make any adjournment motion when & roll call was already begun. The roll call went on. Roosevelt Gains. The second ballot for the presiden- tial nomination began at 6:15 am. and nearly en hour and a half later the result was announced, showing that Rooscvelt had picked up 11%; votes making his total for the second roll call 6773, Chairman Walsh again announced that, since no candidate had received | two-thirds, there was no nomination. | Immediately there were conflicting crics from the assembled delegates, some urging an adjournment and others demanding that the balloting go on. It was decided to go on. and the clerk | for the third time began the call of | the roll | While Roosevelt gained 111; votes on | the second ballot, Smith lost 7'; votes. | {On the first ballot he had received | 2013 and on the second, 194!4. Others on the second ballot were as follows: Garner, 90'4; Byrd, 24; Tra lor, 40; Ritchie, 23'3; Reed, 18: White, 50%:; and Wil Rogers, 22 For Garner this was no change, for Byrd it was a loss of 1. for Traylor, a loss of 4%,; for Baker, a gain of 91:; for Ritchie, a gain of 21:; for Reed, & loss of 6; for White, a 1oss of 1's. Gov. Murrey of Oklahoma, who got | the 22 votes of his own State and one other vote on the first ballot, received no votes on the second ballot, Okla- | roma giving its 22 to Rogers, the ex- | cowboy eomedian from that State. who | earlter in the evening had joined in the parade when “Alfalfa Bill" was placed in nomination. Parliamentary Tangles. Like the first ballot, the second roll call was long drawn out, due to a series of parliamentary tangles .as to how the votes should be cast in several States. Chairman Walsh, a veteran presiding officer, was kept busy apply- ing the rules of the convention to technical points raised by delegates on the floor. To begin With, some one in the Minnesota delegation again demanded | a poll of the entire delegation lfleri the chairman had announced the 24| votes under the unit rule for Roose- veit _The poll of the State showed 20 for Roosevelt, 3 for Smith and 1 for | Ritchie. Under the unit rule, this sus- tained the 24 votes for Roosevelt. Three Delegations Polled. A few moments later a poll of the Ohio delegation was demanded. This caused another long delay while the| State roll was called, resulting in 503 | for Gov. White, one-half a vote for Roosevelt and 1 delegate absent. Next came the chairman of the large Pennsylvania delegation of 76 votes | with the announcement that many of | his associates wantea a poll instead | of having the totals for each candidate | announced. While this tedious process | was going on a legal argument de- veloped between the chairman of the| delegation and the presiding officer over how alternates should be selected to vote for absent delegates. Perma- nent Chairman Walsh adhered to the| tule of the convention that when a delegate is absent only the alternate whose name appes Baker, 18, ars opposite such a delegate on the list may vote in his place. The head of the delegation contended that the law of Pennsyl- vania apportioned two delegates and two alternates to each district and that either alternate within a given disrict could vote for an absent dele- gate from that district. Walsh, how- ever, took the view that such an in- terpretation would lead to interminable controversy, if the two alternates for a given district were for different candidates. The poll of Pennsylvania finally was finished and showed: Roosevelt, 44!3; Smith, 23%5; Ritchie, 313, and absent, 2 When the District of Columbia was reached on the second roll call, the same dispute was renewed between op- posing factions over the unit rule. This time the minority succeeded in obtaining a poll of the delegation, which showed the six votes of the Natlonal Capitel divided, 4 for Roosevelt and 2 for Ritchie. Since the unit rule requires all votes to go as the majority goes, and since the rule again was upheld as applying to the District, the six votes were recorded for Roosevelt, Refused to Adjourn. Before the third ballot was taken Arthur Mullen of Nebraska, floor leader for Roosevelt, moved to adjourn until 4 pm. There were howls of derision from the cpposition, and two New York delegates, Dudley Field Malone and Judge Daniel Cohalan, objected, demanding a roll call, Mr. Malone said ‘We have been kept here through the night at great inconvenience. We are prepared to stay all day His remark was cheered. When Senator Walsh was able to make himself heard he announced that there would be a roll call on the ad- journment motion. Before the call was started, however, Mr. Mullen withdrew his motion. The call of States for the third ballot was begun immediately. When Michigan was reached a d mand was made for a poll of the dele- gates. The poll resulted, Roosevelt, 26; Smith, 2!3; Ritchie, 6, and absent, 3!3 Under the unit rule, the vote of the de'egation. 38, was cast for Roosevelt Mississippi passed temporarily, but when the State w2s finally called it voted 20 votes for Roosevelt, as on the two earlier ballots. Three More Galns. Pennsylvania also passed on the first call, and so did Ohio. In both States| Roosevelt made slight gains on this bal- Jot, going to 45!, in Pennsylvania and to 213 in Ohlo. He gained, too, In Mis- souri. The total Roosevelt gain on the third ballot as compared to the second was five votes and a fraction. On this ballot Oklahoma's 22 votes were divided between Garner and Reed, each receiving 11 votes. The result of the ballot as announced was, Roosevelt, 682.79: Garner, 101%: Smith, 1980',; White, 52%;: Traylor, 40'3; Byrd, 24.96; Ritchie, 23';; Reed, 273 Biker, 8'; North Carolina, when it was called, raised a laugh by announcing that it cast 25.04 votes for Roosevell and .96 vote for Byrd. | Unable to understand how the frac-| tion or percentage had been arrived at, Senator kley of Kentucky. who was pinch-hit/ clared that it was easier to accept the vote, and so it was allowed to stand. After the result of this ballot was announced, Willilam Gibbs McAdoo of California, leader of the Garner fight | for the nomination, moved an adjourn- | ment until 8:30 pm. It was seconded by Arthur Mullen, and with a hugh sigh of rellef the weary delegates shouted “aye." Smith Gets Palm. These Democrats punishment. For hours upon hours, in a sweltering convention hall, the delegates listened to nominating speeches and seconding speeches. There was a limitation upon the length of the speeches, 20 minutes to place a | candidate in nomination and 5 minutes | for each seconding speech. No limita- | tion was fixed for demonstrations. That | is where the Rules Committee of the | convention fell down. In consequence | the friends of each candidate sought 10 give him a longer and louder demon- stration than all the rest received. | The palm went to Al 8mith. For an| hour the proceedings of the convention | were held up, while delegations from | half a dozen States and a territory or two cavorted around the hall and the | galleries waved and shouted themselves | hoarse, all in honor of a man who had no chance whatever to be nominated and whose supporters knew he had none in this convention. But they were loyal to Al and determined to give him the outstanding demonstration of the | day. They did. But it was the galleries and the hundreds of Tammany work- ers who journeyed to this city in spe- cial trains that made the demonstra- | tion possible, aided by a band or two and the huge organ which pealed forth | again and again, giving the lungs of | the weary cheering brigade an oppor- are gluttons for [ of Texas, quieted them, permitting the Smith speaker to continue. the time the demonstration wa: under way the Roosevelt leaders and the antis were working feverishly to keep their own forces in line and at the same time to pick off delegates who have been counted for or against Roose- velt. A rumor was circulated that the banking interests were on hand with plenty of promises and money, if need- ed, to prevent the nomination of Roose- velt. Other rumors were circulated to | the ‘effect that Garner, Reed, Byrd and | | other favorite son candidates, even Al | Smith, were about to withdraw their names. Frank Hague of New Jersey, Smith floor leader, thought so much of the Smith withdrawal rumor that he issued a long and formal statement denying it and attacking the Roosevelt claims Gossip about the possible deals for the vice J)r!sldr‘mlal widespread, on the theory that Roose- velt was nearly “In" as the presidential nominee. Ritchie of Maryland, Garner McAdoo of California, all were in _the gossip. not to mention | Newton D. Baker, James M. Cox, Sen- ator Bulkley and Gov. White, all of Ohio, and Traylor of Illinois and Byrd of Virginia. The Roosevelt leaders were anxious to nominate their candi- date without heving made an actual deal on the vice presidency. hoping then to decide at a conference just which of the fleld of vice presidential possibilities would aid the national ticket the most. However, they were believed to be prepared to make a deal it it were necessary and possible to win the presidential nomination for Roose- velt. AMEDEO FANI EXTOLS WASHINGTON AS CREATOR Italian Undersecretary of State Pays Tribute in Address in Milan. Amedeo Fani, the Italian under-Sec- retary of State, solemnly commemorated General George Washington the other day in the City oi Milan, in the pres- ence of all the authorities and of a large audience. Milan is the commer- cial and industrial center of Italy and the commemoration assumed conse- quently special significance. Mr. Fani spoke of Gen. Washington as a great crrator of energies toward the welfare of his Country and as a Statesman, particularly exalting his character and his civil and military virtues. Mr. Fani came privately to the United States two years ago and made an extensive tour of the Eastern cities. Many activities have taken place in nomination was | | tunity to rest. | States instructed for Smith. for Chairman Walsh, de- | that boos for the It was not a demnn{slrfi— tion in which the great majorly of the delegates had any part at all. And delegatcs, not the galleries, nominate, a8 candidates have found to their sorrow in the past. Roosevelt Demonstration. PSS Al Smith recelved the same kind of & | Special Dispatch to The Star. demonstration he found in Chicago in| RIVERDALE. Md., July 1—Registra- 1928 when he visited this city 88 &' ‘ion for the Annual Vacation urch presidential candidate. He will llwn}'! | School will begin at 9 o'clock Tuesday e i it ot & osmbsten | SuZiLE B o oo, ESIGEe Sun: other cities, y i s W con- tion which goes to men of outstanding | tinued for four weeks. Boys and girls R o S D s cot en in music, tion for Gov. ms“‘fit and K’::'}kizf handiwork and religious training. 1, Smil was Mrs. Earl Bieseck Miss ;‘«‘:z 23"{‘&. pn.on so hearty, but never-| Cameron and Mrs. x:xr(h omu’flfi'ii theless enthusiastic and joined in BY | in charge of the beginners, primary and Al the States except those haYINE | juniors departments, respectively. favorite son candidates and: i [ew = - Charged With Murder. 1t gan ' It was i‘yrl:m P;rnr. 2)% colored, was charged with murder at No. 9 police station to- tion by Senator Tom Connally of the | Gay'in the death of P s Lee, 20, col- Lone Star State, had he been Here|orag of the 600 block of B street sonth- would have been proud of the 10VBItY | agst’ The Lee woman died in Sibley | Italy during the past few months to | celebrate the George Washington Bi- centennial. for tnree-quarters of an_hour a good show if mot the longest, Speaker Garner, placed in nomina- |and the efforts of his friends "‘”"‘Hmpflll early today from stab wounds | Texas and California. WI(thha dele‘; ates of only two States, Texas and | 3 B o i the Gamerites Nopt | coyneed in & Aght tae b nighi, potice the ball rolling for 41 minutes, or just a shade under the time limit set by Roosevelt's supporters. The nominating and seconding speeches stretched on interminably it secmed to weary delegates. An ad- journment of the convention was taken At 5:25 p.m. after more than five hours of this kind of goings on, until 9 p.m. Then it began all over again, while the leaders in the convention were de- termined to keep the delegates in ses- sion all night if necessary to get 1o balloting on the presidential candi- dates, Short of an all-night filibuster in the Senate, nothing more inhuman has been attempted in & poiltical gath- ering than those long-winded speeches and demonstrations—more particularly the demonstrations. in the neck and body. The two had FOURTH States. | Ritchie 'CHURCH SCHOOL TO OPEN | DUTCOME REMAINS - GUESS AT RECESS Siight Roosevelt Gains May| Mean Victory or That New | Yorker Is at Peak. _ (Continued Prom First Page.) _ by all factions, and it was apparent that no speclal advantage was foreseen for any candidate by taking the needed Test. The delegates will have a chance to appraise with refreshed minds and bodies those three ballots In which Gov. Roosevelt had a higher total on | the first three ballots than any candi- | date who has been faced with a real contest. ! It does look as if the New York | Governor can somewhere find the needed 88 votes by burrowing in here | and there. His lleutenants will take | but a few hours sleep and go at it again in the early hours of the eve- | ning. They scent victory within their grasp, and they will work harder to break down the stubborn opposition which has arisen. There is no doubt tut that the New York Governor's managers were sur- prised that they did not get the neces- sary two-thirds somewhere in those first three bailots. They did manage to £ain a few on the second and third bal- lots, but the gain from the end of the | first ballot to the end of the third bal- | lot was only about 17 votes. This was | accomplished by ones and twos and | threes. If any of the big delegations | | should break to the Roosevelt camp, it | would be all over. | As it is, the big States lined up| ‘IRIIML Roosevelt are: | Massachusetts, New Jersey, a substantial part of Illi nois, Pennsylvania and New York, re~l spectively, with firm support from Con necticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, Vir ginia and an entrenched group of dele- gates in Ohlo. There has always been some doubt about California and Texas, which together control 90 votes now pledged to Speaker Garner. New Alignments. The talk has been that Mr. Garner might be given the nomination for the vice presidency and that Mr. McAdoo might become Secretary of State if he falled to win the senatorial contest this year in California, Mr. McAdoo is floor manager for the California and Texas delegations. Some of the men | on the convention floor who &re man- aging the Roosevelt campaign are the | very men who fought bitterly on be- | balf of Mr. McAdoo at Madison Square | Garden in 1924 only to be robbed of | their prize by the very delegations | | which are lined up so strongly against | Rooseveit. Evéry word that comes from Cali. fornia and Texas is that both del tions will stick to the bitter end, but by nightfall there may be a different story to tell and Mr. Roosevelt may be the nominee. Should the unexpected occur and the Roosevelt forces begin to disintegrate, | Newton D. Baker is the most likely | winner. He is favored by former Gov. | Smith and the big Eastern delegations | ‘ now opposed to Roosevelt, and he would be satisfactory to most all of the Roose- velt groups, bécause the managers in the various States who were responsible | for thé Roosevelt strength in the pres- | ent convention are for the most part | former members of the Wilson ad- ministration in which Mr. Baker played such a conspicuous part. He is far more liberal than Ritchie, in the view- point of the Westerners who favor Roosevelt, and is, of course, acceptable to the Southern delegations, now so strong for Roosevelt. | The result is truly uncertain, but it does look as if the cholce will be made without a prolonged series of ballots such as was witnessed in 1924. (Copyright, 1932.) Keep Your Own “Score” (This blank tally sheet is printed for the convenience of those who will listen to the radio account tonight of the balloting.) BALLOT. Baker | Garner Start All Over Again. (24) Alabi Having caught their second wind,| (6) Arizona the demonstrators soon after the con-|(18) Arkansas vention assembled at 9 pm. went 10| (44) California it again. The Tlinols delegation, hav- | (19)"Colorado. .. ing been denied the privilege of pre- | (gi—mo il senting the name of Senator James Ifiofifl Hamilton Lewis as a favorite-son can- ) Delaware didate through the Senator's with- (14) Florida.... drawal from the race, offered Melvin| (28) Georgia A. Traylor, Chicago banker. (8) Idaho Then followed the placing in aomi- ‘58':1“71{]91" natlon of former Gov. Harry Flood (30)_Indiana . Byrd of Virginia, whose nominating the Richmond | (26) Iowa . speech was made by Senator Carter Blues, clag in its gayest raiment, led [ (20) Kansas . Glass. The band of the Byrd procession, which was con- "‘Mrl(énmrciy fined to an enthusiastic Virginia dele- Ll (20) Louisiana.. gation and its followers. (12) Maine Another Senator stepped to the ros- (16)_Maryland. trum, Senator Tydings of Maryland. Probably no candidate of the lot has| (36) Mass It was Gov. Ritchie's turn at last more friends and admirers among the 2 TR (38) Michigan. . delegates and in Chicago than has Gov 5 (24) Minnesota. Ritchile, and the welcome accorded his (20) Mississippi. name Was warm, even for so warm a (36) Missour night. Bands blared. the organ pealed (8) Montana. .. and the cheers were loud. but the dele- (16) Nebraska.. wation procession itself was scanty, with (6) Nevada.... falfa Bill" Murray of Oklahoma and figure of the Oklahoma Governor 2bout | (10) Nor Dakofa There were, indeed. plenty of the Re- saryland’s own group providing the _(8)_New Hamp. Gov. George White of Ohio had all been | Chiea; for the better part of a week, 3 A (52)_Ohio publicans who watched the Democratic ¥reat majority of the marching throng. 132) New Jersey safely placed in nomination. The Ok- a band made up of girls and men, the hio ; (22) Oklahoma . Hemonstration. Frank Hitchcock, the | (10) Rh. Island. On and on went the speeches and jahoma demonstration was featured by (6) New Mex Oklahoma Scotch Republican hational committeeman | (18) Sou. Car. .he demonstrations, until “Jim" Reed, Missourf’s Andrew Jackson: Gov. ‘Al the Kiltie Band, in Scotch plaids, | (94) New York.. | which has followed the ra: bling gaunt | (26) Nor. Car... It was a great show. Even the Re- publicans in the audience admiited it. from Arizona, former Postmaster Gen- | i\~ £ eral and one-time chairman of the Re- | (10) Sou Dakota publican National Committee, sat in the | (24) Tennessee. press stand for his own Arizona news- 4 | Paper, and former Senator Henry Allen | (46) Texas . | of "“““CE" not far away. Mrs. Ruth | (8) Utah . Hanna McCormick Simms was another Vet | of the @ O P lenders in the Dres |-5) vermont. | gallery, a newspaper owner in her own | (24) Virginia.... | (16) Wash....... | (16) W. Virginia right. It was a great show, all agreed. Feeling ran high at times. The Smith | (58 Wizconsir Boo Seconding Speeches. and anti-Roosevelt folk in the galleries | (=3 Y8 took to booing the Rooseveit seconding | (6) Wyoming.. speakers. Homer Cummings of Con-| (@) Alaska.. . In Convention Spotlight T HREE familiar faces at the Democratic convention are snown here. Left to right: Al Smith, John J. Raskob. chairman of the National Com- mittee. and Mrs. Charles Sabin of New York, the wet leader. photographed at the first night session of the Democratic ccnvention. They were —A. P. Photo, The Party Platforms The following brief analysis of the planks of the Republican and Democratic platforms offers a comparison of the attitude of the Nation's tiro major political parties on national problems: Republican. Economy.—Urges prompt and dras- tie reduction of public expenditure; resistance to appropriations, na- tional or local, not essential to gov- ernment. Currency —Urges opposition to any measure which will impair gov- ernmental credit or the national currency; dollar must be kept im- pregnable; opposes currency infla- tion: favors United States’ partici- pation in an international confer- ence on monetary questions, includ- ing silver Tariff —Urges Tariffl Commission report to President increase in duties necessary to equalize domestic with foreign costs of production; advo- cates flexible rates and extension of general Republicap principle of pro- tection to naturdl resource indus- tries. Relief. —Urges approval of the ad- ministration policy which regards relief problem as one of State and local responsibility; advocates Con- gress creating emergency fund to bz loaned temporarily to States and opposes Federal Government giving direct aid to individuals. Agriculture.—Urges assistance to co-operative marketing associations, revision of tariff to maintain pro- tection for farm products; praises work of Farm Board; reorganization of taxing units in areas beset by tax delinquency and diversion of land submarginal for crop production to other uses. Veterans.—Urges hospital care and compensation to all incapaci- tated by injuries attributable to service in defense of their country; provision for dependents of vet- erans and the elimination of in- equalities and the effecting of all possible economies in the adminis- tration of veteran relief. Poreign Affairs.—Urges acceptance by America of membership m the World Court; promotion of the wel- fare of independent nations in the Western Hemisphere: enactment by Congress of a measure authorizing ::;“?:;um‘uuon h; international ce In case of any threat of nonfulfillment of Article IT of the treaty of Paris; maintenance of pol- dcy of protecting national interests Aand policies; elimination of war as a resort of national policy. Insular Possessions.—Urges con- tinuation of existing self-govern- ment in Hawall and the appointed administrators should be bona fide residents of the Territory; favors in- clusion of Porto Rico in all legisia- tive and administrative measures en- cted for the economic benefit of fellow citizens of the mainiand; all officlals should bs qualified by five years' residence on the island: fa- vors piacing citizens of Alaska on &n equality with those in the several S!;l;eos. hibition.—Urges that the part; continue to stand for the con:nuy- tion and against nullification by non- observance by State or individuals of law. explains how the Consti- tution may be amended; condemns referendums without constitutional sanction; says prohibition is not a partisan political question; holds that no member of the party should be forced to choose between party affiliation and his honest conviction upon prohibition; favors giving the Ppeople an opporfunity to pass upon a proposed amendment which shall allow States to deal with prohibi- tion, subject to tile power of the Federal Government|to protect citi- zens from the returrh of the saloon: urges such an amendment to be submitted to State cpnventions by Congress. National Defense—Urges that in time of war every mateiial resource should bear a proportionate share of burdens occasioned by public need; believes the Government should per- fect plans in time of peace whereby this objective may be attained in war; believes the Army has reached the irreducible minimum; urges maintenance of Navy on parity with that of any other nation. Banks.—Urges revision of banking laws to protect depositors; closer supervision of uffiliates of banks; brcader powers for authorities super- vising bankz. Home Financing.—Urges natiopal legislation creating home loan - count system. Labor.—Urges shorter work k and days in Government and privai employment; restriction of immigray tion; approves collective Freedom of Speech.—Urges free. dom of speech, press and assemblage: Public Utilities.—Urges tion | to authorize Federal Power 18- sion to charge for electric current when transmitted across State lines, Transportation. — Urges appropri- ate and constructive regulation of raflroads and equality for com- mon carriers by rail, highway, air and water. Seaway Ald.—Urges development of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence seaway. Highway Ald—Urges Federal co- operation with States in the bullding of roads. o o Gangs —Urges enactment of rigid penal laws to aid States stamp out gangsters. Drugs.—Urges relentless war on narcotic traffic. Civil Service.—Urges continuation of merit system. Conservation.—Urges wise use of natural resources freed from monop- olistic control. necti-ut, one of the Roosevelt high com- | — — b mand, a del-gate from the Nutmeg| (6) Dist.of Col. State. instructed to vote for Al Smith, made a seconding speech for Rooseveit amid jeer: A Smith man from the lowa delegation, instructed for Roose- velt, took the stand for Al and he had | @ taste of the jeers which had been ac- nal Zone (8) corded some of the Roosevelt speakers.| (2) Virgin Is... The difference lay, however, in the fact Smith Towan came | (1,154) Totals.., Negro.—Urges continuation of equal opportunity and rights for Negro citizens. Indians.—U fullest protection Mm ts of Indians. . —Urges continuation of Bureaus. recrganization of Government bureaus. PRl i aapend i Democratic. | Economy —Urges immediate and drastic cuts in expenditures by abolishing useless commissions, con- solidation of departments and bu- Teaus to bring at least 25 per cent reduction. Currency.—Urges sound currency and calling of internationai confer- ence for the rehabilitation of silver. Tariff. —Urges competitive tarift for revenue only . reciprocity by agreement with other nations . . international conference to re- store trade and credits Relief.—Urges extension of Fed- eril credit to States . . . exiension of Federal public works, such as flood control and waterways . . . spread of employment by reduction of hours . ., . unemployment and old age insurance under State laws. Agriculture.—Urges better financ- ing of farm through re- organized farm agencies at low rates of interest . . . preference to cred- its for the redemption of mortgaged farms . . . extension and aid 1o co-operatives . control of sur- pluses. Veterans—Urges full justice for 21l who suffered disability or disease caused by or resulting from actual service in war and for their 7 ents. Foreijgn Affairs—Urges a firm policy . . . peace and settlement by arbitration . . . no interference in internal affairs of other nations . . . adherence to the World Court with reservations . . . interna- tional agreement for reduction of armaments . . . co-operation of the Western World In maintaining Monroe doctrine . . . opposes can- cellation of debts. Island Possessions.—Urges inde- pendence for Philippines . . . ulti- mate statehood for Porto Rico. Prohibition—Urges repeal of elghteenth amendment . . . imme- diate action by Congress to submit repeal to State conventions called to act on that sole question . . . the States to enact such laws as will | promote temperance and prevent re- | turn of the saloon . . . ral Government to protect dry BStates from shipments . . . immediate action by Congress to modify the Volstead act to permit beer . . . to _provide revenue. ational Defense.—Urges Navy and Army adequate for national de- fense. Survey to eliminate some of expenditures now nearing a billion dollars a year. Banks.—Urges filing with Govern- ment and publication of full facts in regird to all forelgn bonds offersd for sale . . . regulation by the Government of holding companies which sell securities, rates of utilities companies in interstate commerce and exchanges trading in securities commodities . . . quicker methods on realizing for protection of depositors . . . closer supervi- sion of national banks . . . di vorce of investment banking business from commercial R striction of use of bank funds in speculation. Monopoly.—Strict enforcement of anti-trust laws . . better protec- tion for labor, small producer and distributor . . . use of Nation’s water power in public interest . . . removal of Government from all flelds of private enterprise Budget.—Urges maintenance of Federal credit by a budget balanced annually . . . based on a system of taxation leveled on the principle of ability to pay. Judiclary.—Simplification_of legal procedure . . . reorganization of Judieial em to make justice speedy and more certaln. Corrupt Practices.—Publicity of political contributions and expendi- i:{;‘n « .« Severe penalties for vio- DEVICE IS PERFECTED THAT WARNS VESSELS OF HIDDEN SHOALS __(Continued Prom Pirst Page.) | has greatiy facilitated chart making. | By the machine, the charting ves- | el is able to travel at rapid in- | stead of under & slow bell 1 e ot e e of survey vessels equi with a Dorsey fathometer, rumtlyp&? | covered a 5-fathom shoal on Georgia's | bank, off the New England coast. The | machine also led to the discovery of | Corsair’s Gorge a valley greater than | that dug in the ocean floor out of New York by the Hudson River. If & ship master is in doubt llas Margaret treasurer. The hold-over officers are: Mrs, Malinda , financial secretary, and Mrs. ry. [ERHER SRR to | poys said he had no objection - 1 . G, DELEGATION SPLITIN BALLOTING Two Ritchie Votes Go to Roosevelt Because of i Unit Rule. | b e i BY J. A. O'LEARY. Stafl Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, July 1.— Although the District of Columbia delegation is spiit | over who should be the Democratic | nominee for President, all of the six | votes went to Gov. Roosevelt of New | York on the first three ballots when | Chairman Walsh of the convention up- | held the unit rule requiring the entire | vote to be cast according to the ma- | Jority. ‘ The minority group in the delega- | tion, led by Col. Arthur O'Brien, con- | testing the unit rule since the con- vention began, renewed their parlia- mentary battle to break it when the presidential balloting began in the Jfmall hours of this morning Delegation Polled. ‘While they lost their fight to have the rule set side, the minority suc- | ceeded in having the delegation polled twice by challenging the announcement of the chairman of the delegation each time he declared, “Six votes, under the unit rule, for Roosevelt.” | On the first ballot a poll was nct granted, but it was allowed on the second and third ballots. On the sec- | ond baliot the poll showed there were two votes in the delegation for Gov. | Ritchie of Maryland and four for Gov. | Roosevelt. Because of the unit rule, however, Ritchie could not be credited ‘;Wfith these two and Roosevelt got them all. | On the third ballot—the last before adjournment—the District poll showed | four for Rooeevelt, one for Ritchie and | one for Baker. Again, however, all were recorded for Roosevelt, the poll | merely enabling the minority members | of the delegation to declare publicly their choice. Shortly after midnight, as the long | period of nominating speeches which began at noon yesterday was drawing to a close, George P. Marshall, one of the minority in the District delegation, ob- tained the floor and seconded the nomi- | nation of Gov.”Ritchie. John B. Colpoys, chairman of the Washington group and leader of the majority Roosevelt faction, had arisen s few moments earlier to second the nomination of the New York Governor. Plea for Representation. Before a gallery of thousands that had not yet begun to dwindle, Mr. Mar- shall seized the unity to remind t the half million are not per- mitted to vote in national elections. Shouting into the microphones, Marshall said: “Perspiring delegates, I'm eclosing the show. We haven't got & vote in the District of Columbia, but there are cer- | tain people there with ideas. We of the Distriet of Columbia occupy & different status, and we have to live with the ee. I second nominal n«mlnc.m "uu tion of Half an hour later, when the first Chairman velt.” Col. O'Brien took the floor and chal- | lenged Colpoys' snnouncement, saying | that he was taking issue with the state- | ment that the District is bound by the unit_rule. | __O'Brien contended that the ccrtificate filed as credentials by the chairman of the delegation, reciting the history of t _con! 2 question . unit rule, is not ent e ce. He | directed the attention of Chairman Walsh to decisions made in the 1812 and 1924 conventions to the effect that & convention does not assume responsi- ‘blmy for instructions given in a pri- | mary cn the ground that such instruc- tions are a matter between the delegate and his constituents. He said he was | asking “that we may be permitted to | express our individual votes as repre- sentatives of the District of Columbia | and not as mere automatons.” Objection Denied. Walsh replied that he was familiar | with the case on which those prior rul- | ings were based, that it applied only | to & primary held under statuf law, Which was mot the case in the District. He sald his conclusion, therefore, was that O'Brien's objection was “neither | however, his request was denied. the request had been turned down, Gov. “Alfalfa Bill" Murray of Oklahoma, whote delegation was seated nearby. began discussing the parliamentary sit- ul‘:lmn with Marshall, standing in the | trman Colpoys suggested to Gov. | Murray that he “go over to Oklahoma |and we'll take eare of the District of | Columbia,” to which Gov. Murray re- | sponded, “T wasn't talking to you.” On the second ballot Chairman Col- poys, when the District was reached, announced that the delegation had | been polled showing four members with | one-half a vote each for Gov. Ritchle | and eight with a half a vote each for Gov. Roosevelt. But that under the unit_rule, the asix votes would be cast | for Roocsevelt, Challenge Again Made. O'Brien again took the floor to chal- lenge the poll, asking that the delega- tion be polled by the clerk. On this occasion ‘& new parliamentary tangle | developed over how the alternates from the District should be selected to vote for absent delegates. Walsh settled this | technicality and then granted the poll. On _the second ballot, the poll resutted | a8 follows: | _ Por Roosevelt—Colpoys, C. C. Carlin, | Fred 8. Schow (voting as an alternate for A. Mitchell Palmer) Walter D, Denegre, Malcolm S. McConihe, Daniel C. Roper, . Beyend, Robert T | Scott (alternate voting for Norman B | Landreau). | Por Gov. Ritchie—Col. O'Brien George P. Marshal, George Garrett and Mrs. Henry J. Leonard. Just before the poll was taken, Col- to the legation being palled, but resented having his announcement challenged, | Since the chair had previously upheld the unit rule, when the poll 0 majority for Roosevelt the entire was recorded for Rocsevelt. PRAISED ON RETIRING Berry Honored at 'w,. Buw reau After 41 Years' Service.