The Carter Express. (Carter, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1924 Page: 2 of 6
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THE CARTER EXPRESS
Convention Selects West
Virgina Statesman for
Head of the Ticket.
LONGEST IN HISTORY
Ua.v, Juna 80, and continued with day
and night sessions until the agreement
Anally waa reached. The monotony of
the roll calls was occasionally relieved
by the excitement aroused by the
meaningless switching of a couple of
votes or the challenging of the vote
of a state.
William Jennings Bryan added a
dramatic touch on Wednesday when,
arising to a question of personal priv-
ilege, he asked permission to explain
his vote. It was a heroic attempt on
the part of the Commoner to break
Governor of Nebraska Picked
for Second Place—103 Bal-
lots Are Taken Before
Choice Is Made.
For President:
JOHN W. DAVIS OF WEST
VIRGINIA
For Vice President:
CHARLES W. BRYAN OF
NEBRASKA
The above ticket was selected by
the Democratic National convention
Wednesday afternoon, July 9, the 14tn
day of the convention, and on the 16th
session and the 9th day of continu-
ous voting. On the 103rd roll call the
drift turned to John W. Davis of West
Virginia. When the roll call was com-
pleted it was apparent that be hud
more than 600 votes. Illinois started
the landslide by changing its vote to
Davis, other states quickly followed.
Former Senator Thomas Taggart of
IndloLa moved to suspend the rules
and make the nomination by ucclnma-
inalion. The motion was carried with
a whoop and all the pent-up feelings
thut had kept the delegates on edge
for so many days of balloting were
let loose In a wild demonstration In
the midst of which the convention
took a recess until evening to com-
plete the ticket.
Well, it didn't look as If they would
do It, ' but they did, at lust. The
Democratic party now has a ticket.
The deadlock Anally was broken.
The dreary round of balloting has
ceased and the almighty voice from
Alabama has returned home to repair
bis worn vocal chords.
The bitter struggle between the Mc-
Adoo and Smith forces made this a
record-breaking convention. For pro
longed balloting and noisy demon-
stration, It Is In a class by itself.
Throughout the long monotonous
grind of roll calls frequent attempts
were made by earnest Democrats to
And some solution of the difficulty
facing the convention, any solution
-that would leave the party In har-
monious unity. Italston, Cox, and one
or two others who had been receiv-
ing votes withdrew their names In the
hope that such action would start the
tide toward some candidate upon
■whom the delegates could unite. But
the only effect was to bring out new
candidates.
Tuesday evening, after the 93r<f bal-
lot, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Smith
manager, announced that he was au-
thorized by Governor Smith to with-
draw the governor’s name If McAdoo
■would do likewise. But until Mr. Mc-
Adoo would withdraw, said Mr. Roose-
velt, the supporters of Smith would
continue to vote for the governor.
DEADLOCK IS JARRED
Just before the 100th ballot the
deadlock was jarred by the reading
of a letter from McAdoo releasing his
delegates. The Smith followers did
not take this as a bona Ade with-
drawal, so they continued to vote for
the govenor. The 100th ballot showed
the following vote for the principal
candidates: Smith, 851%; McAdoo,
190; Davis, 203%; Meredith, 75%;
Walsh, 52%; Robinson, 40; Under-
wood, 41%.
The story of the more than 100 roll
calls Is about as Interesting as last
year's stock market reports, and about
as thrilling. While the balance of
power was held by the leading can
didates, there was no possibility of a
nomination, and there seemed little
likelihood that either Smith or Mc-
Adoo would ever weaken. The Smith
following held Its strength consistent-
ly throughout the many ballots, but
the McAdoo strength Auetuated from
time to time. McAdoo* reached the
[peak of his power on the 69th ballot
■when he rolled up a total of 530 votes.
Then he began to hit the toboggan,
dropping to 310 on the 92nd ballot.
[Following the Smith announcement,
pbove referred to, he began to pick
(up again and reached 421 on the 96th
[roll call. Shortly afterwards came
Ills announcement freeing bis dele-
International
*ovovov6^^oIololo"o>^
JOHN W. DAVIS
gates.
Smith climbed slowly in the first
iwo days’ balloting, passing the 300
mark, then more slowly until he
reached his top vote on the 83rd bal-
lot. 368. He stuck closely to this fig-
ure until after the withdrawal of
McAdoo.
ON THE LONG ROAD
The balloting commenced on Mod-
the deadlock. He suggested the
names of eight Democrats from among
whom the convention might choose a
leader. Last and most emphasized In
the list was the name of William G.
McAdoo, whom Mr. Bryan specially
lauded, but the mention of the Cali-
fornians name threw the convention
Into a turmoil. Bryan was hissed
and booed and had great difficulty In
finishing his speech. If, as was Inti-
mated, It was an attempt to stamoede
the convention, It failed.
TWO BIG QUE8TIONS
Not since 1896 when the big fight
on the free coinage of silver was
waged, has there been such a fight over
the platform In any political conven-
tion. The two big questions at Issue
were the stand to be taken on the Ku
Klux KJun and the League of Na-
tions. All week the committee la-
bored, day and night, in an effort to
come to an agreement that would pre-
vent the bringing up of the disputed
questions on the floor of the conven-
tion. The earnestness of the members
of the committee In their desire for
harmony was dramatically illustrated
just before the committee took a re-
cess at six o'clock Saturday morning
nfter an all-night session, when Wil-
liam Jennings Bryan offered up a fer-
vent prayer for Divine guidance.
The Klan plank was bitterly fought
on the floor. As It was finally adopt-
ed, mention of the Klan by name Is
omitted and the plank makes a plea
for religious freedom and tolerance.
This was the plank offered by the ma-
jority of the committee and It won
out by n bare margin of four votes.
The other disputed plank was that
referring to the League of Nations.
Former Secretary of War Newton D,
Baker offered a minority report flatly
favoring a declaration for the Wilson
league. The plank submitted by the
majority declared for a referendum on
the league and was adopted by a 2-to-
1 vote over the Baker plank.
much fireworks
Tills convention is in striking con-
trast to the Cleveland affair. Hire's
all the old-time stuff. From the drop
of Chairman Hull’s gavel calling the
delegates to orddr there was some-
thing doing every minute. Excite-
ment and enthusiasm ran high, even
at times drifting into sporadic phys-
ical combat. The first touch of the
fighting spirit was Injected when the
Klan Issue was dragged In by For-
ney Johnston of Alabama In plnelng
Senator Underwood’s name before the
convention as a candidate for the
Presidential nomination.
It was Temporary Chairman Pat
Harrison who first let loose the flood
gates that swept the convention off
Its feet. Senator Harrison Is a mas-
ter of oratory. He gave them the old-
fashioned stuff and they liked It. With
biting Barcasm and keen lnveetlve he
scored the Republican party for Its al-
leged deeds of omission and commis-
sion. His short snappy sentences had
a sting In every one of them, and the
delegates responded wildly to his ev-
ery mood. Mention of the names of
Jackson, Cleveland and Wilson set tb
convention wild, particularly the lat
ter, which started a demonstration
that lasted several minutes.
Senutor Walsh, the permanent chair
man, also did his share in Inspiring
the enthusiasm of the crowd. His ac-
tivities as un Investigator of the oil
scandal gave promise that he would
have something to say along that line,
and he didn't disappoint. His denun-
ciation of those hit by the senatorial
Investigation met with approving
cheers. His enunciation of the basic
principles upon which the party should
make Its campaign also were wildly
acclaimed.
START NOMINATING SPEECHES
While the platform was being fought
over by the committee It was decided
to devote the time to getting rid of
some of the nominating oratory. For-
ney Johnston of Alabama made the
speech nominating Senator Oscar Un-
derwood of Alabama. He read a reso
lution he had presented to the commit-
tee on resolutions condemning the Ku
Klux Klan. It started something. A
wild uproar ensued, several fights
were started, but quickly stopped.
With nothing else to take up the
Immediate attention the delegates de-
voted themselves whole heartedly to
the “man who” stuff. Former Senator
Phelan of California presented the
name of William G. McAdoo. The
demonstration which followed lasted
for nearly an hour. Counter demon-
strations were started by the follow-
ers of Governor Smith. When Chnlr-
man Walsh thought it had gone far
enough he restored order long enough
to entertain a motion to adjourn and
pronounce It carried.
When the convention met Thursday
morning the speech making was re-
sumed with frequent repetitions of the
scenes of the day before. Franklin
D. Roosevelt, former assistant secre-
tary of the navy, was brought to the
platform In an Invalid chair to make
the speech nominating Gov. A1 Smith
of New York. Mr. Roosevelt Is par-
alyzed In the limbs as a result of an
attack of Infantile paralysis. He
made a remarkable speech and when
he concluded by pronouncing the
name of the New York governor a
demonstration broke loose that lasted
for considerably over an hour.
PANDEMONIUM CONTINUES
For seven hours the pandemonium
continued ns the names of Senator
Ralston of Indiana. Senator Ferris of
Michigan. Senator Joseph T. Robin-
son of Arkansas. Former Senator
Saulsbury of Delaware, David F. Hous-
PROF. M. O. HUDSON
DEATH VISITS
Prof. Manley O. Hudson of Harvard
university, photographed ft* he wae
about to sail for Europe to take up his
duties as secretary of the League of
Nations.
uTs. ATHLETES CLINCH PRIZE
OLYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD
GAMES ARE WON
Finnish Rivals Have Chance To Tie
Or Win Out In the Greatest
Number of First Places.
Colombes, France.—T h e United
States Olympic track and field games.
The victories of Harold Osborne, Illin-
ois, A. C„ and Emerson Norton. Geo-
rgetown, took first and second places
in the final of the decathlon, making
It Impossible for the powerful Finnish
team to overcome the lead of their
American rivals.
The lead which the United States
team has piled up In the first twenty
of the twenty-six track and field events
made It virtually Impossible for them
to be overtaken on the point score, but
their Finnish rivals still have a chance
to tie or even to win the battle for the
greatest number of first places.
Before the victory of Osborne and
Norton, the standing of the nations
on points was ns follows:
United States 193%; Finland 135
Great Britlan 63% ; Sweden 27 France
19%; Switzerland 11; Australia 10;
Hungary 7%; Argentina 5; South Af-
rica 5; f'anada 5; Norway 4; New
Zealand 4; Denmark 3%; Japan 1.
The points are for twenty Olympic
events completed, which with twenty-
five points to an event normally would
total 500 points. The actual total of
494 is due to fourth, fifth and sixth
places not having been earned hy any
nation In the 10,000 meter cross coun-
try run.
WORLD FLIERS IN VIENNA
American Aviators Leave Toward
Their Western Goal.
CHARLES W. BRYAN
ton of New York, Gov. Jonathan Davis
of Kansas, and Governor Ritchie of
Maryland, were added to the list of
candidates.
The convention adjourned to Fri-
day morning on a vote which was said
to be a test of the relative strength
of the Smith and McAdoo forces. Mc-
Adoo lost out by a large majority.
And Friday was no different from
the days that had gone before. More
oratory and demonstrations, but they
finally got to the end of the roll call,
and all the favorite sons were present-
ed for the consideration of tb£ dele-
gates. That woman has become an
active factor In political life was ap-
parent in this convention. They par-
ticipated In the proceedings on the
floor of the convention and In commit-
tee work. Many of them appeared on
tjie platform so make nominating and
seconding speeches.
The balloting was started when the
convention reconvened on Monday
morning. The first ballot resulted at
follows:
Underwood, 42% ; Robinson, 21; Mc-
Adoo, 431% Sweet, 12; Brown, 17;
Smith, 240%; Saulsbury, 7; Sllzer, 88;
John W. Davis, 81; Ritchie, 22% ; Har-
rison, 43% ; Cox. 59; Bryan, 18; Ral-
ston, 80; Jonathan Davis, 20; Ferris,
30; Glass, 25; Thompson, 1; Ken-
drick, e.
Vienna.—The United States army
round the world aviators arrived here
from Bucharest. They will start on
another lap of their journey soon.
The Americans landed In Bucharest
three days ahead of their revised sch-
edules. The jump from Constantinople
to the capltol was made without inci-
dent in the wonderful time of four and
a half hours. With the exception of
Lieut Lowell II. Smith, the command-
er, who broke a rib at Calcutta but
who refuses to admit there is anything
wrong with him, the aviators were in
perfect condition and excellent spirits.
After the terrible weather encoun-
tered in Alaska and the Aleutian
Island, followed by the blinding rain-
storms and the sweltering heat across
India and Asia Minor, the men
are offering thanks for having safely
reached n cooler northern climate. All
of them are enthusiastic over the re-
markable progress now being made In
their journey, and so keyed up are
•they that they are impatient even
over the necessary delays for eating,
sleeping, refueling and otherwise tend-
ing their machines.
COOLIDGE’S YOUNGEST SON
DIES OF BLOOD POISON
IN HOSPITAL
BLISTER STARTS^ INFECTION
Lad Battles Wearily Through Crisl*
After Crisis, But Wasted Strength
No Longer Rises To Command
Interpid Will
Washington D. C.—Calvin Coolidge,
Jr„ galalnt tighter, died here July 7th-
Death, relentless, merciless, claimed
the younger son of the president after
a heart-breaking battle of five days.
The frail lad, burning with fever, rack-
ed with pain, grimly fought through
crisis after crisis, emerging weaker
each time, but courageously hanging on
to the slender thread of life.
It Is the second time in less than a
year that death has entered the White
House. Last August, Warren Harding
lay there, struck down In the prime of
Ids manhood. And grief again settled
there—grief for the lad, snipped off In
the llower of Ids youth.
l’resldent and Mrs. Coolidge, who
had maintained constant vigil at the
hospital, were at his bedside, hope-
ful and cheering and comforting their
son to the last.
Young Calvin was removed to the
hospital July 5 und an operation on
the same night revealed Inflammation
of the bone marrow of the left lei,
where the Infection first localized In
part. A slight rally followed, hut hi*
condition grew so serious that blood
transfusion and oxygen administrations
were resorted to.
Two Simple Services Held.
Only the setting of the historic
White House east room, with Its pro-
fusion of banked flowers, might distin-
guish the simple funeral service there
for Calvin Coolidge jr„ from that far
any other youth of his country. The
governments of nations, with his own,
were permitted their wish to pay re-
spect to the president's dead son,
hut the desire of the bereaved family
for simplicity ruled In every detail
of arrangement.
A prayer hy the Rev. Jason Noble
Fierce, pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church, which the president and
Mrs. Coolidge attend here, his reading
of Scripture and the singing of favor-
ite hymns by pnrtet was the simple
rite for the service.
Was Taken Home.
The body of the youth, whose death
casts a shadow over the White House
and brought the keenest sorrow to
those who had grown to know him as a
friend during the little time he had
been at home there, was taken by the
president’s family, now broken for the
first time, to Ills boyhood home In
Northampton, Mass. Ther^, amid his
friends, services were held at the Ed-
wards Congregational church, of which
Calvin was a member. Later in the
day he was laid to rest beside the
grave of the president’s mother at Ply-
mouth, Vt.
Started With Blister.
The Infection developed from a
broken blister on the right foot sus-
! lained during a tennis match with his
brother, John, on the White House
| courts, June 30. At first paying no
; attention to it, the youth developed
! an alarming condition and physicians
. were summoned.
The poison, however, once started.
| had spread so rapidly that medical
skill was without avail. A number of
i specialists were called to net with
j White House physicians on the ense
and a desperate fight for life was
made by the boy, who struggled In
great pain and with high fever.
400 ARE KILLED IN REVOLT
Brazil Federal Army Retreats After
Making an Attack on Rebel Nest.
Buenos Aires.—Four hundred civil-
ians have been killed during the fight-
ing in the Sou Paulo Insurrection.
A virtual state of civil war appears
to have resulted from the Insurrection
at Sno Paulo, with the "provisional
government” established by the rebels
opposed to the federal government at
Rio de Janeiro.
The strict censorship which Is In
effect prevents an accurate appraisal
of the situation, but official communi-
cations allowed to puss the censor at
Rio, together with advices received
here from other sources, indicate that
bombardment of the city of Suo Paulo
Is in progress and that the federal
forces which a few days ago were
within the city, have retired.
PREMIER GREETED C00LY
MacDonald Arrives for Parley on Rep-
arations; Cheers arc for “Peace
Paris, France.—Prime Minister Mnc-
Donald of Great Britain arrived here
and found the stage set for Premier
Harriott's last attempt to save the ln-
! lor allied conference, planned to take
place at London, July 18, from the op-
position’s move to forestall further-
ance of the Herrlott-MacDonald peace
plan.
Herriott met MacDonald at the sta-
tion. A crowd cried “long live peace."
There were a few scattered cheers for
' Herriott, hut the absence of cheering
for MacDonald was marked.
After a short stop at the British
embassy the premiers proceeded to the
Qua! d’Orsuy where they begun their
conference.
Jap Laborers Earn 7B Cents Daily
Toklo, Jupan—The average dally
wuge of Jupunese laborers, Including
women Is 1.55 yen, at normal exchange
about 78 cents in American currency,
according to figures published by the
home department. The uverage wuge
for men laborers Is 1.79 yen
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Cain, George W. The Carter Express. (Carter, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1924, newspaper, July 18, 1924; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc956894/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.