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- H ^ |gf» * '4** N" • , * - - H vmi*ism^ *•-«•>«•**# +SJi> * %-Jp'-f&r'-X-• ^ •rUr-'fa ~fl ""•*• FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT m KTOfcY PZJtZMSlllJtX, nraUDAT, IDLT T, JIM ,_ ' 4 ; *- ' .\ ' , V » \-. 1 ' ' • ,. --,U. . ••• "'-"V V v ^ ••r..r :•.•>*>•H-VDEMOCRATS PUT UN ROARING SHOW CONVENTION Sir.* ,%V &• picked Roogeveltand Garner V. ,«i Standard Bearers for National Race. • 5 * BY WRIGHT A. PATTERSON • , Ji Chlcago.^-The democracy of America met in national convention in this tbity, and, at tire end of six days and •|fwo nights of strenuous labor, had selected Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of |Kew York as its candidate for President ; Speaker John N. Garner of SfTexas as its candidate for vice president ; adopted a platform, one.plank. tf which provides for repeal of the lighteenth amendment and the immediate modification of the Volstead act •to permit the mIp of beer and light ?wlnes; listened to the speech of acceptance by its candidate for President, and adjourned. - , The above paragraph tells the news /what was presumably done In the con- ,, - mention hall, but no news paragraph scan give the reader a picture of a na- - r -tional political gathering, nor can that 4> Jplcture be painted with only the In- Igredients found in a convention hall. V* S-, £ Both national conventions of {his \V 'iJear consisted of a gathering ef 2,308 7-- ^delegates and alternates; men and j." =? worn en from every state in the Union u %• iand from every outlying possession. 'Quite naturally they felt they were at . ? **CSiicago representing the sovereign |\ iWill of their party members in their : ^respective districts, and sat in the i>, ^convention, in the glare of the spot- . flights, for that purpose. But of that j,.1 »2,308 men and women less, than one- • fourth actually had a voice in decid- , ing what would be done, and the Ml 'one-fourth diplomatically or some- . times brutally, told the other 1,500 - what they would do. A goodly per- >.";centage of the 2,308 delegates and al- . ternates did not know just what it » ' I was all ^bout • ,£c.£/;y On the floor of the convention about ft : 90 per cent of the activities was bunk - and ballyhoo, noise and hysteria, a useless effort to create sentiment for or against this, that or the other policy, or this that or the other candldate. The other 10 per cent consisted of the ratification of what had been accomplished by the leaders behind closed doors in committee meetings held in hotel rooms, If It were not done in that way a convention would never end. and party government In America w^uld be impossible. Conventions Much Alike. That, in brief, is a picture of any national political convention, anfe it was as true of the Democratic convention as of any other, with the exception that the committees were in no sense unanimous, and there were minority reports presented from practically every one of them on practically every question of policy. In the end, however,' the wishes bf the majority of each committee were ratified by the majority on the floor. The ballyhoo of the convention was particularly noticeable, as it always has been, at the time of presenting the names of candidates to the convention. It began shortly before two o'clock Thursday afternoon, continued pntil the adjournment at six, began again at nine that night and continued without a break until four-thirty Friday morning. For nominating speeches, of which there were nine--Roosevelt, Smith, Ritchie, Traylor, Garner, White, Byrd. Reed and Murray--20 minutes each , was allowed. For seconding speeches, •of which there were more than 30, five minutes each was allowed. Following «ach nominating speech came periods ^ carefully staged hilarity which was v b* J supposed to represent^enthusiasm, but k fX' which in the majority of cases repre- , sented noise produced by the pip® organist with the - aid of all the loud pedals on. the instrument. ; , Gallery Always in Evidence. The exceptions were the demonstrations for Governor Smith and Governor Ritchie. Is these demonstrations the unruly gallery gods took a hand and supplemented the noise made by the pipe organ. To the gallery gods these two candidates represented beer, and beer to the galleries was the most important subject before the convention. The demonstration for Roosevelt lasted 45 ihinutes. Then followed that for Speaker Garner, participated in by the "Gray Mare band" of Dallas and a goodly number of Texans imported for' the purpose. Then came the naming of Governor Smith, and pandemonium broke loose in the galleries, as well as with the Smith delegations. They kept It up for one hour and two minutes, the record for the convention. That ended the afternoon. Four hour# gone and three of the nine names before the convention. It began again at nine and through the long we&ry hours of an all-night session there was speech and ballyhoo, speech and ballyhoo, uiilil fourthirty Friday morning when that part of the job was completed and the roll was called on the first ballot for the party's candidate for President. The result was: Roosevelt, 666*4; Smith, 201% ; Garner, 92^4 ; White, 52; Traylor, 42% ; Byrd, £5; Reed, 24; Murray, 23; Ritchie, 21; Baker, 8Vfe. Mr. Roosevelt lacked 103% of the needed two-thirds" to secure a nomination. Two more ballots were taken without material change in the result, and then, at eight-thirty In the morning the weary crowd quit antiJ eight»thlrty Friday night. Roosevelt Wins. Trades were made during Friday. Sjpetfker John Garner was assured of * second place on the ticket if his delegates threw their votes toV Roosevelt, and the nomination was made on the first ballot taken at the Friday night session, the fourth ballot of the convention, Roosevelt receiving 945 votes, Smith 19©%, with 12% votes scattered between Ritchie, Baker, White and Cox. The Smith delegations stood loyally by their champion to the end, and there was no motion to make the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt unanimous. | At the Saturday session Speaker I John N. Garner was chosen as the party's candidatfe for vice president. At #jat season Mr. Roosevelt, who had reached Chicago by plane, was present and was received with tumultuous enthusiasm. He was officially notified of his nominatibn and made his speech of acceptance. The convention opened at 12:45-- forty-five minutes late--on Monday. The stafs of the first performance were National Chairman Raskob, making his last appearance^ Commander Evangeline Booth, of the Salvation army, and Senator Barkley, temporary chairman. In his opening address the subtle wit of the national chairman was just a bit over the heads of his audience and did not produce the rip-snorting hilarity characteristic of a Democratic convention. Senator Barkey was more to the liking of the delegates and the audience, and his slaps at the Republicans brought down the house and created the noisy demonstrations that made it look and sound like a Democratic gathering. The crowd On the opening day was not up to expectations. Chicago did not treat their Democratic guests any better than they had treated the Republicans, and a third of the ^fcats In the Stadium were vacant But Chicago knew the fireworks would not statt the first day. "Scraps" Not in Evidence. With the opening of the Tuesday session at 12:50--fifty minutes late-- Chicago was all 'set to witness a real Democratic shindig. There was the promise of a scrap over contested delegations from Louisiana and Minnesota; another over the permanent chairmanship, Walsh vs. Shouse; and a third promised over \he two-thirds rule. M Cha Mf ChtoM* >a41*ne* that \ filled every avatlabla aeat was di»- ' anpolntedL The session did not develop-- on the surface--any fights but all the evidence of a Democratic love feast, except for Senator Huey Long's castigation of the "bunch of outlaws" that were contesting the seats of the senator's group of delegates. To be sure it had not been possible for the committees on credentials and on permanent organization to arrive at unanimous opinions and there were minority reports from both committees brought to the floor of the convention, the vote . of the various members of the committees Indicating very clearly just where the strength or weakness of the leading candidate lay. In the committees with one vote from each state it was very evident that Governor Roosevelt could control the majority reports of these committees* The first test came on the seating 4>1 the Long delegation from Louisiana, which was instructed for Roosevelt, the contesting delegation being uninstructed. Long won. The minority report, the adoption of which wouUl have unseated his delegates, was defeated toy a vote of (X8% to 514%. At the suggestion of Senator Bark* • ley the oratory had been confined to the Louisiana contest and he also suggested that the convention dispose of that caste before the delegates had "perpetrated" upon them the oratory in the Minnesota contest. The speech making in the Minnesota case .consisted largely in the orators, and, there were several, telling of the virtues of all Minnesota Democrats, only seine had more virtues than others, depending upon which delegation they belonged to. The contestants were quite willing to be satisfied with half the honors, and proposed that both delegations be seated, each delegate having half a vote. In the end the contestants were defeated by a vote of 658% to 492%. Walsh Wields The settling of these contests" was followed by what the chairman referred to as the • "controversy" over the selection of tlje permanent chair- • JOHN N. GARNER man. The Roosevelt majority wanted Senator Walsh, the Smith, .Ritchie, Reed, White, Murray, etc., etc., minority wanted Jouett Shouse, of Kansas. That "controversy" was productive of eulogistic oratory. Ralph C. O'Neill, of Kansas, eulogized Walsh while talking for Shouse, and J. F, Burns, of South Carolina, eulogized Shousewhile talking for Walsh. Then came the former Democratic standard bearer, John W. Davis, who eulogized both Shouse and Walsh, though presum- ; ably talking for Shouse. On the roll call Walsh was elected by a vote of 62<J" to 528. To complete the love feast the elected and the defeated candidates had their pictures taken together on the speakers' platform. The expected fight over the rule? did not materialize. Governor Roosevelt had called a halt on the effort to change the century-old role of a two-thirds vote to nominate. Altogether it was a mfld affair. No rlp-snortlng, roaring, Democratic demonstrations; no fistic arguments; no real entertainment for the Chicago audience that had purchased season tickets at prices up to $50; nothing to indicate that It was a Democratic National convention in session. Wet Chicago went to the convention Wednesday night to help the wet Democratic majority put over Its wet plank. It was a roaring, howling, good-natured mob that crashed the gates of the Stadium to the extent of thousands and finally forced the closing -of the doors to the exclusion of large numbers who held legitimate tickets of admission. Genuine Ovation for "Al" , The one outstanding note of Wednesday night's tumultuous session was the reception accorded Governor Smith when he "took the platform to speak for the majority liquor plank. He' was the hero of the convention, and, regardless of the fact that he will not get their votes, the idol of nine-tenths of the delegates. Despite every effort of the chairman to restore order that the business of the convention might be expedited, the roaring, howling, marching demonstration for "Al" lasted fifteen minutes. The drys had a hard time. The gallery gods did not want to hear them, and made that fact evident. Despite every possible effort on the part of Senator Walsh, and all of the biting sarcasm he could put into his denunciation of the behavior of the mob. nobody was permitted to hear the speakers supporting the plank presented by the minority. But all of the oratory, whether heard or not, did not change a single delegate vote, and the "dripping wet" plank waI~adopte4 by a vote of 934% to 218%. Brain I* In*en*itiv« The human brain, the seat of conadousness, is itself wltheut sensation. Its tissue la absolutely Insensitive to »»»y feeling or pain even when cut or cauterized.--Collier's Weekly. Have No Need tor Beauty •We make our idols grotesque,"„ MM HI Ho, the sage of Chinatown, •to show that the gods in their perfection disdain to glorify themselves with appearances of beauty which would cause envy."---Washington Star. teu %• Extreme Southern City According to a table of latitudes and longitudes, Port' Stanley, Falkland island, at a latitude of 51 degrees 41 minutes and 10 seconds south, is the farthest southern city on the globe Tumtaiu Pee't The animal known a* a Tasmanlan bandicoot is a large rat, sometimes over a foot long, that is found In Tasmania and India. They are destructive of tie# aari towfe Agttfrtjr same .Is pig-rat^ Appeals to Poor MM "Extravagance," said HI Ho, the gage of Chinatown, "is often popular In a prince, because it implies august approval of what the poor man would fVertnU himself If he had the 'opportunity."--- Washington Star. Cities' Namae Combined : name Budapest describes fit* united cities of Buda and Pesth. Buda was named after & brother of Attlla Pesth i* from the Slavic Pfsy, lag aa oven or limekiln. _ -- Mr. and Ifrs. Frank Howath, Eugene Howath and Hattie and Mr. and Mrs.Grover Heidelmeier of Chicago were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Biklner. Joe Sehmitt of Beloit was a caller here Thursday. Dr. Klontz of McHenry was a caller here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thies and Mrs. Jacob Steffes and daughter Emily of McHenry were callers here Sunday afternoon. Joe King, Mrs. Steve Kin? and Mrs. Barbara Horick motored to Waukegan Wednesday, afternoon. Miss Isabelle Sclymtt returned home last week Thursday after being a number of weeks in the hospital in Chicago. William Hay of McHenry was a ;aller here Tuesday. Miss Evelyn Thennee of Volo was i caller at the home of John Freund 'Sunday. • . „ * > Math Sehmitt was ^ Crystal Lake -aller Sunday afterncKm'. - The Christian Mothers held their ?ard party XFriday afternoon. Prizes being awattfed to Mis? Carolina Freund, Mrs. Albert Huff, Mrs. Leo. filler, Mrs. George Frett. Mrs. John Sehmitt, Mrs. Mary Tottyan and Miss Anita Schaefer. Mr. and Mrs. William.J- Meyers and "almtly motorfed to Crystal . Lake Sun-, lay evening. Miss Katharine Althoff of Elgin ;pent Sunday and Monday wi£h home polks. Mr. and Mrs. Steve May and Leo Mickels vwere Richmond callers one lay this week. John Schreiner of, McHenry called n the home of Joe P. Michels and Tohn Degen Tuesday night. Mr. and Mrs. George Schriener of McHenry were callers here Sunday •vening. Joe Pitzen of Beloit visited his father here Sunday. "V . Bernard Althoff of Wheatland Wis., ,pent the week-end with home folks. Miss Carolina Freund and Miss Marie Miller motored to --Chicago Wednesday. Louis Stoffel of McHenry visited with Mr. and Mrs.) Peter Williams Sunday afternoon. Miss Katharine Pitzen of Chicago spent the week-end with her fa the® John Pitzen. Miss Emma Freund of McHenry visited with her father John H. Freund Sunday. Alex Freund of Chicago spent the Week-end with, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Smith. : Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schaefer and family of Richmond were callers here on Sunday. • r. Joe King motored to Kenosha, Wis., last Tuesday. » Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Nick Miller of Richmond were callers here Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Louis King of Kenosha were visitors in the home of his brother, Joe King, a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Horick of Woodstock were callers here Friday night. Miss, Clara Mills of Kalamazoo is visiting at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mertes. William Althoff of McHenry visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Althoff Friday afternoon. Bill Becker and Art Diedrick of McHenry were callers her© Tuesday evening. Stephen Huff and son of Spring Grove were callers here Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Raven of Spring Grove visited with Mr. and Mrs. John H. Freund Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lay and Mr. and Mrs. John Lay <tf Spring Grove, were callers here Sunday, Mrs. Peter Miller of Lily L»ke spent Wednesday with her father Henry stilling. Mrs. Alex Freund of Chicago is spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H„ Smith. Miss Laura Meyers of Chicago spent Wednesday and Thursday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. William J. Meyers. Miss Evelyn Meyers and her brother Elmer were McHenry«callers Wednesday afternoon, ' Miss Norma Turner of Chicago is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Earl J. Turner. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pepping of Crystal Lake Were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Hettermann Monday evening. Miss Emma Freund of McHenry was a visitor at the home of her father John H. Freund Tuesday eve-' ning. Mike Degen and Charles Freund of '•McHenry was a caller here Tuesday evening. • ' Carl and Albert Adams spent Thursday with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Adams. Paul Gerasch of McHenry was a caller here Tuesday evening. Allie Bauer of McHenry a caller* here Friday evening. Mrs. Mike Freund and son Arnold were callers here Sunday. Miss Evelyn Meyers her sister Annabelle and brother Leroy motored to Crystal Lake Saturday evening. Miss Mable Kink of McHenry visited, with home folks Thursday. Mrs. Joe Regner and brother Ben. Smith visited in the home of Stephen H- Smith Friday evening. Jacob Steffes of McHenry was a caller here Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gorshi of Woodstock were callers here Saturday evening. Miss Josephine Haitman of Chicago spent the week-end with Miss Genevieve Adams. Muss Helen . Mickels and brother Clarence, Miss Alvera Freund and Leander Miller motored to McHenry Saturday evening. ' . Ben Stilling daughters Rita and Violet were Waukegan callers Friday afternoon. _ Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Adams and son, Alex, spent Friday at Racine, Wis. Miss Evelyn Meyers daughter Annabelle, brothers Leroy, Elmer and Buddy and Miss Alvina Sehmitt were Fox Lake callers Monday evening. •. ~p-- .j Mrs. William J. Saturday aftwnooo *rttb~her fatbsr and mother at MeHn Miss Rose Miller of Woodstock visited with her sister Mrs. George King Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Freund and Mri- Steve King and son Eugene were McHenry shoppers Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Pepfeing of Crystal Lake were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hettermann Tuesday eyening. William J. ^Meyers and Joe King were Huntley callers Saturday afternoon. Henry Weber and Frank Freund were Crystal Lake visitors Saturday- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mickels were visttors at Crystal Lake Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Miller were McHenry visitors Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Joe King daughter Eleanor, Mrs. William J. Meyers, Mr. and Mrs., Alex Freund and Mrs. Steve King were McHenry callers Monday morning. ' , Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huff and: daughter Shirley " Were Fox Lake callers Monday afternoon. . Miss Rose Tonyan or Chioagp carae out Saturday to spend her vacation •with her mother Mrs. Elizabeth Tomy »n and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sehmitt and family were Saturday guests in the home of their; jjiother Mrs. Elizabeth Tonyan- Those from out of town who attended the funeral of Steve King were: Mr. and Mrs! Peter King and Morgan and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shore of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. William Huff of New Munster, Mr.'and Mrs. Charles Huff of Silver Lake, Mrs. Andrew Puff and daughter of Kenosha. Mr. and Mrs. George Obenauf and family spent Saturday evening wiih John Pitzen. Elmer Huemann motored to McHenry Saturday evening. Mrs. Schunemann of MdHenry and Mrs. Henry Dowe of Waukegan and there nephews were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrsv William Althoff one day last week. Joe Carrol, Bill Byrne, Frank Emery, Barney Brogan, Richard Birmingham and Wnri. Fahey of Mundelein, spent the past week-end at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Jake Adams* SLOCUM S LAKE Harry Matthews attended a committee meeting at the farm bureau office at Grayslake last ^riday night. Eugene Geary spent a week at the home of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Shaffer, at McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren and John Nested spent last Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lusk at Mapie Park. Mr. and Mrs. Hairy Matthews snd son, Robert, called at the home of the former's mother at Crystal Lake last Wednesday* afternoon. » Mrs. Lee Larabee and son, Carol, of Bristol, Wis., and Mrs. Lucile Rohman and Alfred Rau of Chicago spent Sunday and Monday at the home_ of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Zimmer and daughter, Joan, of Palatine . spent Monday evening at the home of Henry Geary. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping spent a few days last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs, LaDoyt Matthews at Forest Park. , s.' Mr. and Mrs. George Lundgren, Mr. and Mrs. Axtel Lundgren and Miss Nelson of Wauconda were Sunday dinner and supper guests at the Blomgren home. Harry Matthews, Sam Dickson, Alvin Case, Frank Normeyer and Herman Dunker attended a meeting of the Pure Milk association at Harvard last Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Brooks of Wau kegan spent the 4th of July at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Smith and son, James, and Mrs. Folley of Grayslake visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell last Thursday night. John Murray {Aid Thomas Goggiii of Chicago spent Saturday afternoon at the home of Henry Geary. Miss Lillian Tidmarsh and Mrs. Ella Prickett of Wauconda were Saturday evening callers at the H. L. Brooks home. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse were callers at Barringtoh last Thursday morning. * Miss Marjorie Davis spent last week at the home of Her cousin Miss Frances Converse. t Mrs. Clara Smith was a caller last Thursday morning at the home of Mr. i*nd Mrs. Jos. S. Haas at Wauconda. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and'sops Robert and Lyle rode in the Lake Co. farm Bureau parade 4th of July. Mr. Darrell's car took third place in the individual car floats, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams and son James Howard of Crystal Lake were Sunday dinner and afternoon guests at the home of Mrs. Clara Smith. Mr. and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews of Forest Park were Monday, night and Tuesday guest^at the home of Mr. and Mrs. HarryVM®tthews* Mr. and Mrs. Jos. S. 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There . ere practical tanks for dairies of all sizes. You can. , get full information about cooling milk this inodern way by writing or 'phoning your nearest ?'IPublic Service Store. Without obligating you in >. Many way, one of our men specially assigned to 'farm electrification will call on you. <V v ^Hot Water for the Dairy It's easy to have all the hot water you need for sterilizing " dairy equipment with an felectric Water Heater. You fill this handy tank and the water is safely heated to. the - desired temperature. Your Public Service representative " . will be gkd to tell yo* all about these freatcra. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OP NORTHERN ILLINOIS J. E. J. LARKIN, Dist. Mgr. ' :VIdi Williams St., Crystal Lakm '• - Telephone 280 ? * V**