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pt fwRF .-. ...*:y.* -ir"^:.-,. " «* "• T*,V«V • -s ."• •*! THH McHTOfBT PLAINDEALER, KcHENET, TT/T. 'T •-•• * ' * •- '^v«- ' DEMOCRATS NAME DAVIS AND BRYAN ^*2 Longest Convention in Polifical History Finally fiS" •'-; Conclude*It* Labors gy 103 BALLOTS ARE CAST t? «*- . • ^S~i, Nomination of West I^a-ginia K: Man Is Accomplished After ' - Smith and McAdoo Give -. •„- Up Meeting L*aG^}: ^ Day*." ; THE TICKET " iiFOR PRESIDENT / ^ John W.Davis,of W«cl Virgmi* FOR VICE PRESIDENT ••'-V Q»». W. Brywi, of Nebraska By EDWARD W, PICKARD Convention Kail, New York.--After -.1 1 conventJon battle unprecedented In Its stubbornness and its length, the Democratic party presents to the \ voters, of the United States the ticket that heads this column. The Presidential candidate was not selected until 103 ballots had been cast, ex- •*_. ceedlng Hie 1864 record, which was 57 ballots, by 46 ballots. Day after day, night after night, the deadlock continued unbroken, with McAdoo leading and Smith a persistent second. They and their managers were determined, not to say obstinate, and repeated efforts to persuade them to quit and thug'to bring about the nomination of a compromise • candidate, were frustrated. The religious issue, which was forced upon the convention in a fight over thfe anti-Klan plank In the platform, played its part, and a big part. in keeping the delegates from getting together. Indeed, it must be admitted that the struggle between the Klan element and the Catholic contingent dominated the proceedings of the convention,. . - Everyone deplored the introduction of •uch an issue into Ameican national politics, but uo one could deny that it had been Introduced. On the fourth day of balloting William Jennings Bryan, being granted the ifrivilege of "explaining his vote" from the rostrum, tried to persuade the convention that AIcAdoo was Its logical choice. The galleries booed him, angry delegates fired hot questions at him, and he accomplished nothing at that time for his favorite. Several state delegations and various Individual delegates changed their votes from time to time without coming anywhere near breaking the deadlock. McAdoo's forces, though waxing and waning, in the main stood by him with extraordinary pertinacity, and the Smith legions w^re no less unyielding. Faxorlte sons and dark horses were given tryouts day by day. but all seemed unable to develop real strength. John W. Davis once climbed to 129% votes, and Senator Rulston got as far as 97. K * Stick to It em Fourth Independence day came and found the delegates still In session, wearyeyed, almost apathetic, but Immovable. Not all Immovable, to be sure, for by that time many were running short of \both money and patience and several hundred delegates and alternates left / for home on July 3. Son\e of these deserters were recalled by telegraph, and steps were taken to finance those who were "going broke." The Fourth of July session opened with "The Star-Spangled Banner," and -every candidate's banner .continued to wave. Augustus Thomas read the Declaration of Independence, and almost every delegate seemed confirmed in the opinion that his life and liberty depended on his voting ns he had voted, and that therein lay hts pur- . suit of happiness. Through ballot after ballot the count displayed the same deadly monotony. Then Tom Taggert created a diversion by reading a telegram from Senator Ralston withdrawing from the race--at least for the time being. Indiana thereupon gave McAdoo 20 of her votes and Smith 10. During the rlxty-flfth ballot came a teiegrain from James M. Cox turning loose the Ohio delegation. So the Buckeyes' gave their 48 votes to Newton D. Baker, which didn't seem to help, matters, since scarcely anyone else took the hint. Friday evening the Smith forces brought forward two propositions, one , that the candidates be Invited to address the convention In executive session, the other that Smith, as governor of New York, be asked to come In and talk half an hour. Both were •defeated by the McAdooites, a twothird vote being required. The same fate met various attempts, on Friday «nd Saturday, to cut off the low candidate on each successive ballot. One delegate moved that the convention adjourn to meet in Kansas City ou July 2i, bat received little support. Baker Dropped Ohio dropped Baker Saturday and Smith's vote crawled slowly toward the 400-mark while McAdoo's totals as •lowly declined. After the seventieth jballot almost the only persons who paid attention to the roll call were the women in the California and Texas delegations, who mechanically waved •colored bandannas every time a vote for McAdoo was recorded. Late Saturday afternoon, when despair and disgust had seized upon ail, •4 8»3tt*ccoo4d S& ivssttiU rwsetf JOHN W. DAVIS tiiat master politician. Tom Taggart, stepped to the rostrum and presented the first plan that seemed to offer a chance to-settle the convention's troubles. That was that the chairmen of the national committee and of the convention be authorized to call the representatives of the candidates into a conference for the purpose of arriving at a compromise agreement. With a glad shout the delegates approved of this scheme, and the convention was adjourned until 11 o'clock Monday morning. Labor for Harmony Saturday night and all day Sunday the harmony committee labored, but to its most promising plans Mr. McAdoo dissented. The failure to reach an agreement was reported to the convention Monday and the weary round of balloting was resumed. After the eighty-second ballot a resolution was adopted releasing all delegates from all pledges and Instructions so far as lay In the power of the convention. McAdoo's strength already was dwindling and on the eighty-fifth ballot he was below Smith for the first time. At the opening of the Tuesday night session the convention was told by Franklin Roosevelt that Smith would withdraw immediately after such action by McAdoo. The reply to this was an Increase of the McAdoo vote to well over 400. Ralston was tried out but after his vote had reached nearly 200 he definitely withdrew. Then J. W. Davis was again boosted by the floating vote. Ninety-nine ballots had been taken when McAdoo sent to- Chairman Walsh a message saying that he was loath to abandon his supporters by quitting the contest, but was now willing that they should act as their Judgment dictated. All motions to adjourn bad been defeated and the century ballot was taken. McAdoo fell off to 190. But the suspicious Smith forces stood firm. Just then W. J. Bryan showed • signs of wishing to address the convention again, so, at 4 o'clock In the morning the delegates hurriedly adjourned for eight hours and staggered to their hotels. The one hundred and first ballot Wednesday noon showed both Smith and McAdoo fast fading out of the picture and John W. Davis looming up over three hundred. Underwood, with the support of New York, was a good second and Meredith showed up well. Senator Walsh, who wasn't eager for the nomination, received a respectable vote. Here was the making of another deadlock, with three or four bolts. Despite fir. Bryan's missionary trips through the delegations the vote for Davis mounted rapidly during the next two ballots, state after sta(e climixing Into what looked like the band wagon. t"ote changes came fast and a veritable stampede resulted before the one tiundred and third ballot wai ended. An so this most extraordinary oi convention contests ended In the nomination of John W. Davis of West Virginia for President of the IJnltec States by acclamation at a night session Gov. Charles W. Bryan, of Nebraska, was selected as his running mate, and the convention adjourned In the early hours of Thursday morning. The candidates of the Democratic party stand upon a platform which reaffirms the party's adherence and devotion to the cardinal principles of freedom of religion, freedom of the press, but does not denounce the Ku Klux Klan by name; which declares the ideals of world peace, the League of Nations and the had won by a margin of jOst four votes. Then the weary delegates returned to their hotels until Monday morning. Pat Harrison, Keynoter Perhaps as good a way as any to tell of this convention Is to relate Its chief incidents day. Of Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi was the Important figure on Tuesday, since he, one of Democracy's leading orators, was temporary chairman. Following the usual preliminaries and the beautiful singing of "The Star- Spangled Banner" by Anna Case, while thousands of tiny silk flags ffuttered from the rafters. Senator Harrison was installed and proceeded to deliver his long keynote speech. It was to be expected that he would excorinte the Republican party, and so he did. But somehow he did not arouse either the delegates or the galleries so much as one would have thought he might. Perhaps it was the heat. He was eloquent, however, and his language was Incisive, his assertions sharply pointed, his denunciations of what his party thinks the misdeeds and shortcomings of the Republican majority in congress forceful. He won laughing applause when he declared that what the country needed was not a sphinx, but a Paul Revere, and again when, poking a bit of fun at the Cleveland convention, he promised that this would be no cold-storage affair, hnt red hot, highly seasoned and well prepared. Toward the end of his speech the senator did bring his hearers to their feet, and started the first real demonstration of the convention. As may be guessed. It was at his first mention of Woodrow Wilson. Everyone was ready for It, and on the moment all rose with a tumult of cheering. One by one the delegation standards were uprooted, and a parade through the aisles started thatvlasted many minutes. In the midst oi? it the band struck up the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," and again the admirable Anna Case stepped forward and led the singing throng. Walsh, the Investigator On -Wednesday, to prove that the women were being given their share of the work. Chairman Harrison Introduced Mrs. Le Roy Spring* «< South Carolina, chairman of the committee on Credentials. Handsome, calm and cool In white silk, she took the plAtform, waved greetings to cheering friends and read' her report In n fine, clear voice. Thep the star of that day. Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, was presented to the convention as Its permanent chairman. "He is a real Democrat and the greatest Investigator this country as ever known," said Senator Harrison, and the crowd howled approval. And again the state standards danced about the aisles and were massed In front of the rostrum, for here was the man who had done more than any other to supply campaign material for his party this year, and whom that party gives credit for having done great service for the nation. Walsh la known as one of the best speakers In the senate, and his address was well written and vigorously delivered, though again the heat served* to lessen Its effect with the audience. Not so sharply, perhaps, as Harrison, but quite ns effectively, he. too, set forth at length what his fellow Democrats consider the delinquencies of the Republican majority In congress and the Republican administration, and especially what they look upon" as Republican attempts at palliation of the offenses and moral turpitude that Senator Walsh declared had been brought to light through the recent Investigations In Washington. He alluded to "the palpable falsehood" of the Republican platform In Its assertion tliat those Investigations exposed misdeeds by men of both parties, and dared his political opponents to name one Democratic officeholder who "has been involved by the Investigators for anything he did while In oflfce." In his peroration Senator Walsh called on his countrymen to return to the Ideals of Woodrow Wilson and "resume the plare he won for ns--the moral leadership of the world." Which CHARLES W. BRYAN of thetr flMfl leader brought forth another demonstration, the pretty feature of which was the releasing of a white dove from a balcony. About this time It developed ttmt something had been "slipped over" on the women who are taking active part In the national affairs of the party. It had been decided that the gentler sex should be further recognized by creating a position of permanent vice chairman and giving It to Miss May Kennedy of the Bronx. The other women had not been consulted and the appointment was reported to the convention from the platform and approved. Miss Kennedy, not before known in national politics. Is secretary to the sheriff here, and is an attractive and smart young woman who later demonstrated her ability to wleid the gavel acceptably. Ku Klux Klan It Named More formal business, Including a resolution of thanks to "Our Pat," the temporary chairman, and then came the roll call of states for presentation of candidates. "Alabama." cried the clerk, and Alabama responded In the person of Forney Johnston, a businesslike, snappy looking gentleman, who, in a business-like and snappy speech told the delegates why Senator Oscar Underwood was their ideal candidate. To him fell the honor of arousing the convention to the first really spontaneous demonstration so far. (That word "demonstration" Is overworked, but It is the only one that fits.) Mr. Johnston said Mr. Underwood had asked him to place before the convention his views on a certain matter In unmistakable language. He did so, and when he named the Ku Klux Klan--the first outspoken mention of the organization--about half the delegates leaped to their feet with a wild war whoop that Indicated they shared enthusiastically In the Alabaman's condemnatory attitude toward the "Invisible government." The shouting ran like wildfire through the hall, and one after another state standards were wrenched from their sockets and carried into the procession that quickly formed. Not all of them, by any means, and there were bitter struggles over some that did not get Into the parade. Most of the New England, northern and western states followed Alabama and New York Into the antl-Klan demonstration. As a general thing the strong McAdoo delegations kept their seats and held their standard** fast. In the Missouri section there was a squabble when John Keegan of St. Louis tried In vain to capture the standard. The women of the delegation uttered shrieks of protest, and Mrs. A. C. Parsons secured a hold on the staff that couldn't he loosened. In the Colorado delegation the row was more serious, and the state standard was badly mutilated before the police could quiet the excited delegates. It was to be noted that several standards In the parade were of states In which the Klan Is especially strring, but In these Instances, as In most of the demonstrations, the carrying of the standard did not menn necessarily that the entire delegation, or even the -greater part of It. was In sympathy.\ Not until the band leader, showing \jinwanted tact, started up "America," which all could Join In with good grace, was the tumult In the convention calmed. Characteristically, those In the hall who belonged to or sympathized with the Klan sat silent under the Jeering cries of "kleagle" directed at them. Big McAdoo Demonstration Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas having been put in nomination by former Governor Brongh, briefly, neatly and with little resulting fun, the clerk called: "California.** For this the McAdoo forces had been waiting on the edges of their chairs and to the accompaniment of wild cheering a forest of California flags bearing the bear, sprung up where the McAdoo Relegates were thickest, and smaller clumps wherever In the crowd were a few votes the Californian had corralled. To the front of the platform stepped former Senator Phelan, looking like a page from the history of 25 years ago, and presented at great length the claims of lils candidate. Laying stress on McAdoo's record of good service rendered his country and the fact that he shared In the work and Ideals of Woodrow Wilson, Mr. Phelan did his level best. His speech was full of good things, but he couldn't hold the attention of the overheated audience. Men and women wandered through the aisles and those who remained in their seats chatted with their neighbors until the hali was filled with a murmur that must have been rather dismaying to the speaker. However, he had the satisfaction of knowing that he was being listened to by hundreds of thousands of radio addicts throughout the country. Chairman Walsh finally grew angry and told t^e audience what he thought of their discourtesy, and then they relapsed into quietude for a few moments. Even the McAdoo enthusiasts were glad to have Senator I'helan arrive at the culmination of his address, for It gave thein the chance to "bust loose." They wanted to show the Smitliltes and all the others how numerous and how determined they were. California naturally led the dance, her men and women bedecked with gay colored handkerchiefs. In the van was carried a pretty young girl dressed as "Miss Columbia," and following her was a quartet of white-robed angels playing trumpets. Texas, Pennsylvania and a dozen other states helped ou with the procession, and whenever the enthusiasm seemed to be dying down, the devices familiar to all who have seen such affairs served to revive It. Miss Columbia and the trumpeters, hot but tireless, were hoisted to the platform, and for Just one hour they kept the demonstration going. All this time Mrs. McAdoo, laughing excitedly, stood In a box and looked down on the shouting delegates who hoped to put her husband in the White House. than that for McAdoo. When the convention war called to order next day they were all ready. Beside Chairman Walsh sat a lady In white, who proved to he Miss May Kennedy, the permanent vice chairman. She was given the gavel after the Invocation, and after a few pleasant words about the recognition accorded the women, she ordered that the roll call of the states be resumed. Governor Sweet of Colorado was first to arise, his Intention being to second the nomination of Mr. McAdoo. But the Smith throng, which by this time had filled up all the available space In the hall, was impatient and rude. Shout? of "oil" arose from all the galleries and even from the floor and grew so numerous and loud that the speaker was unable to continue. Here Chairman Walsh again came to the front with a scathing rebuke to the hecklers that silenced them. "Connecticut yields to New York" said a delegate from the Nutmeg state a few moments later, and instantly there was tumultuous cheering and wild waving of a myriad flags. But the demonstration was premature and Franklin D. Roosevelt, on crutches, mounted the rostrum and quieted It. so that he might place In nomination New York's beloved governor, Al Smith. To the unbiased Bigger Smith Demonstration Al Smith's adherents now succeeded In bringing about adjournment until Thursday morning, and they spent the Interval In perfecting the details of a demonstration that they Intended should be more spectacular and longA-J hours. The opening shot was fired by listener Mr. Roosevelt's speech was the most satisfactory that had been made up to that time. His enunciation was perfect, his sentences clean cut. The vast audience hung upon his every word. It was a highly effervescent audience, surcharged with enthusiasm, and few speakers could have kept It in restraint as well as did the • ^ntleman from New York. When he had set forth eloquently the virtues and qualities of Governor Smith which he believed made him the best man to head the Democratic ticket, Mr. Roosevelt gave "Al's" admirers their way, and they went fo it with a will. . Now 1$ was almost dinner time, and the secretary "read an announcement from the committee on resolutions that It would not he ready to report before Friday morning. A motion to take a recess and hold an evening session brought on a controversy. New York strenuously objected because the municipality had planned evening entertainments for the visitors. Adjournment until the next morning was proposed as an amendment and for the first time It was necessary to poll the convention. The vote was very , close--550 to 513--but those who preferred entertainment to business in the evening won out All this seemed rather unimportant to the unposted onlooker, but in reality It was a test vote Indicating the relative strength of the Smith and McAdoo forces. The managers for the Californian Jioped that the nominating speeches could be finished and the halting actually begun before the committee on resolutions was ready to report. They thought that this might insure the nomination of their candidate. The Smithltes were determined their opponents should not have this ndvantage. If It existed, and they got their way. More than six hours were devoted, $n Friday, to completing the list of Presidential nominations and to seconding speeches, of which there were many. Hie additional names presented to the convention were: James M. Cox of Ohio, Gov. Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska, Gov. Fred W. Brown of New Hampshire, Gov. George S. Silzer of New Jersey, Senaor Carter Glass of Virginia and John W. Davis of West Virginia. This made sixteen in all, and of course there were in addition a lot of dark horses and favorite sons who were not formally placed in nomination. During the seconding speeches there was a lot of howling from the gallery gods, who were tired of hearing talk and wanted action. Once the obnoxious fire sirens wer* started again, but Chairman Walsh announced that If their use was not stopped he would have them removed from the building. Battle Over Two Planhs Saturday afternoon the worn-out, hollow-eyed committee on reeolutloni brought In the platform In the building of which it had been engaged, day and night, throughout the week, Chairman Homer Cummings told o! the vain efforts to settle the Klas and League of Nations disputes without putting them up to the convention, saying that at the final session of tin committee, so sincere were the desire* of its members that one of them recited the Lord's Prayer and Willlaa Jennings Bryan, chairman of the subcommittee, asked Divine help. Newton D. Baker of Ohio, proposer of the minority resolution on the League, staggered to the speaker*! desk, so weary he could scarcely stand, and delivered himself of thi one great burst of real emotional oratory heard by the convention. In Impassioned accents, with fervid, hoarse* often broken voice, he pleaded with the Democrats not to abandon th« Ideals of Woodrow Wilson but t« stand firm In advocacy of lmmedtat« American membership In the League of Nations. It was a truly magnificent effort and as Mr. Baker was assisted to his seat the thousands la the hall gave him a real ovation. Ia the minds of all was the "Cross o| Gold" speech that once made Bryaa the nominee of the party. Senator Key Plttman of Nevada replied for the majority of the commit tee, and though he was bo"*d for s sarcastic allusion to Mr- Raker's emotionalism, his arguments prevailed, the committee's plank winning by • vote of 742% to Now came the battle over the Klan plank, to witness which most of th« vast audience had sat through wearj HUSBAND SAID WHY NOT TRY IT Wife Said She Would. Remit, Lydia EPinkham't Vegetable Compound Made H# • WeQ and Strong East Hard wick, Vt--"Last winter 1 was not able to do any work at all. 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But they overwhelmingly reaffirmed the two-thirds rule, and In consequence none of these eminent men could win; but on Its sixth day and forty-ninth ballot the convention was stampeded for a comparative nonentity, Franklin Pierce. That same year the triangular contest among Webster, Scott and Fillawce ownpeiled the Whigs to «nK 69 ballots before Scott secured a majority. The record convention for length, thanks to Ben Butler's marplotry, was the Democratic of 18G0, which met at Charleston for 10 days and 57 futile ballots, and then adjourned to reassemble at Baltimore for four days more. In that memorable year the Republicans met for only three days, and definitely rejected for ail time a" proposal for the two-thirds rule; nominating Lincoln on the third ballot was enough for each of the conventions in 1864, but In 1868 the Democrats ih New Tork cast 22, in a long convention, before they nominated Seymour. The Republicans met for four days In 1876, and cast seven ballots; and, best of all, did iiway with the "unit rule." The Republican convention of 1880 Is historic for the efforts of the "Stalwart 30C" during 6 days and 36 ballots to renominate Grant for a third term. Again in 1880 they were eight ballots were cast. The Democrats In that year made their nomination on the first ballot, as did both parties in l£)2. and, with a single exception. In the four succeeding conventions; the exception being that of 1896, the Democrats took five days and five ballots to nominate the "Boy Orator of the Platte" on the strength of his "crown of thorns and cross of gold" speech. Long conventions marked 1012, when the Republicans were In session fofr five days, though took the Den$£crat8 9 days and 41 ballots to nominate Woodrow Wilson. Again In 1920 the Republic ans were in session for four days and cast ten ballots, and the Democrats hnd a nine days' convention, and not until the forty-fourth ballot selected Cox from among ten candidate* Three Characters in Mam Every man has three characters-- that which he exhibits, that which hi has, and that which he thinks he Karr. Chips off tfe •OU» 0T fr*« information how ta