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SEriATOR HARDING
AUD COOLIDGE IN
IIIAL SPEECHES
0. O.P. Presidential Nominee
- Takes 'Americanism As
Text For His Address
GOV. COOLIDGE SPEAKS'
ABOUT "LAW AND ORDER"
Harding Asserts No Council of
foreign Poweri Necessary
. - To Point Way. of American
,; Duty; Both Speeches For
X Phonographic Becord' To Be
- Released On Glorious Fourth
) ' Washington, June 29. Declaring th
nation "require no council ef foreign
powers to point tha way of America
duty,' Senator Harding, RepnVUcan
nemmeejrorjpreiideBt, in ma Brat earn
"paiga'ijpeeen today, urged lB"preerVa"
lwi
tion ol Amerieaniam aatne nrss
highest endeaTor of all eitiaeni of the Xrwniarij attacaea ta WP
.....ki:. I ea Senatora who fought the ratification
Tha eandldata'a Irat aHeranee of the
t,..i k
day, being made for a phonographic "Teated by eTery ataadard whfclr rot.
record to be released o. the Fourth of ually.ppry, aajd he. 111 Demo
July and to be used throughout the earn- f119 -ffT uu
n. in. A MnT of tha Henntor'B address
was made public at hia office aad with it
speech made last week by (Jot. tool
idge, of Massachusetts the party's rice
presidential nominee, ior a similar pur
pose. : --:"A
Senator Harding chose fAmerieaa
lsm'' as hia subject, while Got. Coolidge
spoke on "Law and Order."
America. Mr. Harding said, does not
mean to hold aloof, chooses no isolation
and shuns no duty, bub ha continued,
"we arrogate to ourselves the keeping
, . . . . .
Of theA Amenean continent and every
WBMPto'our moral obliga Uonr The
presidential eandiite added that "it is
very practical to make euro , our own
house is in perfect erder before we at-
tempt tho miracle of eld world aUbiua-
' ... , , I
, Coolidge en Uv aad Order.
la urging maintenance of law and ol
oer, uov. voouage acuusu
America as a "broader,, firmer, deeper
faith in people, faith that men desire
to 'do right, that the government is
founded upon a righteousness which will I
enoure. I
''The firot flaming torch of Ameri-
naiam." mill Senator Hardinsr. "was I
lighted. in framing the Federal eonatitu-
tion in 1787. The PUgrim signed their
- simpl-nadttajestieeoveiiant full
. eeatury and a half before, nnd set
' aflame their beacon ef liberty en the
( coast jpC Massachusetts. Other p'utaeers
of new world freedom -were rearing their
w standarda of liberty from James-
town and Plymouth for five generations
. . It was all American in the
V.- Ainfnsi samst I'JltlMVd. BmPaWUfl 1
result, yet ail of it lacked the soul of
nationality.- In almple truth iber wss
no thought of nationality in the revolu-
tion for American independence. The
Colonist were resisting a wrong, and
freedom waa their solace. Once it was
achieved, nationality was the only
gency suited to its preservation.
America Headed Procession.
t . 11 V.MH L.a
tobed in nationality, the American re-
voura 'a """"""If'. ..... i
publie began the blazed trail of repre-
i. ....,.m.nt.
SMfmrf to
!!irrjr.. e fciffhit human freedom,
i . . . . .i . j i I
"human and tomi
i which Ultimately wU eeft the liberi-
fm.Th. Federal con,
f Utution ia the very base of all Ameri-
raaism. the ark of the covenant of
American liberty, th. -very-temple of
- -. jk .
. Th constitution does amae, ana
in- .. the rsnublie sur-
-,vva.
iff -A .... I. .:. haf Aa are anvranillif
..tu.au,. .hirK U thm mrr muI
cf highest Americaniim. ThU repub-
, . . , V.m..U ... I
dangered civilization,
"We have beea tardy some times like
i when , we were proclaiming democracy
and neutrality while we ignored our
national rights, but the ultimate and
helpful part we played in the great war
will be the pride or America so long as
ths world recites the story,
!-!; Tfa, 'or HeldAloof
., "W do not mesa to hold aloof, we
choose no isolation, we shun no duty.
I like to rejoice in an American con
science, and in a big conception of our
obligation to liberty justice and civilisation.-
Aye, and more, I like to think
of Columbia's helping hand to new
republic jrhich are eeeking the bless
tnn cortraved in our example. But I
km ' confidence in our Americav that
,. M - .
require no council of foreign power
tejiomtthewayof American duty. We
ll.-r-W'M&PMZ3&.
tributer but- -we arrogate to anraelves
' the keeping of the American continent
ind every concept of our moral obliga--tieartt
ia t iaeto-iUcaHaer 4t-t is-very
Lraetical U make suro ear own house
in parf aet order before w itempt the
miraele of eld world summation.
. CaM it the selfishncm ef nationality
If yon will, I think it an inspiration to
patriotic devotion,
"To aafeguard America first. .
jTa-UbiiiBeAmrica first.
' Te prosper Asj.rka first. .
To think ef America first. - '"
To exalt Amercs first.
"To live for, and rcrore America first,
i La
?'kil
:lu'
"Let the international
Ihs bolahevist desiroy,
for whom Its miastrel rspturee swell,
In the spirit of the republis we pro-
ilaim Amerieaniam and - nccUim
America.
a.-k .r rliH.. H
-The first d f Ternmwt4a4ol'lfllU
he true to itself,- said Oov. Coolidge.
hia doe nut mania 'iierfection. IIT1" v..
mean a plaa to strive fo perfection,
It mean loyalty He- idealar Tho ideal
tt America were set out in the declare-
t'oa ef , Independence and adopted In,
th Constitution. They did not repre-
. JU .(Contlntfed a sge Jwe. 'r
DET.i
OCRATIC PARTY
IS DUE A VICTORY
IN COMIIIGELECIII
Entitled To Public Approval By
Every Test, says Sena-
tor Robinson
PERMANENT CHAIRMAN
. SCORES G. 0. P. RECORD!
Arkansan Points To Expend!.
tare of Large Sums of Money
JU Contests Preliminary Tol
Republican Convention and!
Attacks Republican Senators !
Who Fonght Treaty :
Eaa Francises, Juns SO Senator
Bdbinaoa of Arkaasae, permanent chair
man of tha Democratio national eon-
vention, in hia speech today aaaailed the
Republican party for' ita Chicago plat -
I of money in pre-onTntioa coateeta
Natioas eoraaaak
- --.
Democratic and Republican records, con
trasts of political policies aad of party
leadership justifies the belief that the
Republican party will be drives from
power ia both branehee of Congress aad
that complete control of the gorern
ment will be restored to tha Dame.
era tic party im the November elections.
beeaoae that party aaa earaed tne pub-
be eoaadeatee.
Chirr..Tm.a umbireT.-:
-. ewte. n i, a ' a
I : ....7." :
tiiKUtailHt aaswajBamvvsvaM aj f RMWIiBW -
rpprrteit,tionR, .,tddlea' and atan-
Afn, rt deIU)rate!y unfair in eharg.
, tha D,aoertie admUiatratioa
u pobuity lof mUltary napre-
p,,,, Etmt eBa tB0W, that the
BMj,,, party eoatrolled the govera.
sUfjiit IUC lull lunv wriuif aa inauyrtt-
ratlo. of Wilson. When the
DeBloerie p.rty mt j.to power March
4t J9i3 both the army aad the navy
were Ut below Ue authorised number.
j h. rr-w.r national
poiy M to military preparedness ia
justified, the eeasuro most fail opoa the
Republican party.
c. O. P. Inalacere an Taaatless.
. Pk. t k, nn.ihi;. nl.
fora respeetiag taiatioa ia maiaesUy
iaeincerk They promised no aubetan-
tial relief from the eaactinft-jtabt-
deaa aeeeesarily imposed during Us
w,r. There are maay veiatious Uxes
that should b repealed now that the
war ia over. The big joker ia that amsx.
iBr document ia the olaak in the Be-
publics a pluform eoneeminf profiteer-1
Isim
-We eondemn the Democratic admin-1
istratioa's failure impartially to enforce
the anti-profiteering laws enacted by the
Republican party.'
"Who will be deceived by thia absurd
rrcteasef The Republican Congress ea-
acted no anti-profiteering laws. The
amendments to the food control act
were suggested by the President and
supported by the Democrats ia Congresa.
Tk. Tm.M.. mhiuhhAmI fAM. B1 il i-
tional measarea to preve.t and penalise
I
pronteering. ... I
A11 these measures were Disreonholed. I
KMItaf waa propped by the
eana U place of them. Is the Demo-
.Hmlni.riinB tn n denounced 1
YoV Tail '5rU -ensure, whieh
the Republic... refused to paast
s. tie,
sion from the Kepubhean platform is
in respect to the excessive use of money
in Federal elwtjoas. I aspite of the
general indignatioa aroused by expendi-
" T. r . v.iil.n'..
millions of dollars in behalf of General
Wood and almost -miUioa- 4oHarr4nsTiti8n of tho Irish republic were kept
beh.lf of Governor Lowden and tne
Bomiiuitiott of dark hon u Ui rt-
o ftio of bM'd
in the Chicago platform.
IB 111. VjUICIIIU DWIUia,
beceleetiona, however, will demon
strate the fact that the presidency can
not be auctioned.
- Tried ta Discredit President.
i k.. K-... ..!.! .h.. n.rlium)iili I
ceases st.the water s edge. The political I
reeord of the last few month belies
thin declaration. The Republican party
i- c..t. ...t i. it. mmwmm. I
.V-ww...
tion Dreaeat to the world the aumiu-1
.:.. .f a!.h..i and con-1
..;.. .ki.. . A,-mAt tha I
President in hia efforts to maintain the
..,...., z7. .7"
respect and confidence of our allies.
"The Chicago platform declared that
the policy .of the Wilson adminiatratioa
toward . Mexico ia responsible for the
loan of lives aad property resulting to
. : . :
Kever-
. wm
lllCiVBal IUW IWfiBiwua va aaawaw a -- i
TtlilBg Utxico are ambiguous and in-
defln. Do the plank in the Be-1
-Mnifi mean f-'t I
if tha nronertr or lives or American em-1
sens in Mexico are nereaner eaoan-1
: . .. . 1
gered thU goveramcai will make war oa
. . it -ifii hthh w -wratpetorata 1 1
tti. . li. M..atina aot frank I
enough to anaeuaea a definite polieytisppeared that no one "wanted to tolkl'
Why waa ita meaaiag concealed ia also the question would be passed ver.
multiplicity or ambiguous weroaT
. . v. . '.
' The President is condemned for ask-1
icg authority ef Congress to ecereiae a
mandate for Armenia- It has never lieea i
contemplaled by any one that the Uni-
ted States should assume that responsi
bilivt wit'oout first prescribing the termi
eokditiona of the maadate. It would
not J1 difficult for the Uaited Bute
v to safeguard its responsibilities a. to
proceed with the united support of Eng-
""n
Uf;. . " k!!!?."
as every other member af the league.
- i - ne) maaaai may reaauy do, msas
Ftt.if JTt? U tretfd fjreading from TaripnijlatterB PB jrhich
eneouragemena or assistance w Armenia
and would force protectorate oa
Mexico; They are deaf to the appeal ef
the eppreseed, but as always they are
sensitive to the esir ef wealth. They
- , .(CoaUpned Pag Three.)
INTERIOR OF CONVENTION HALL AT FRISCO, WHERE
V&fFt- GREAT
New dispatches from tha Golden
that tha convention hall is tha noat
I been held. The Californian did not
1 ia the Far West and the thousaada of
Committee Holds Stormy
Hearing
Open Warfare Develops Over
Prohibition Irish . Question
and Other Planks
BRYAN FORCES LOSE IN
PARLIAMENTARY BATTLE
. - - WA"'m.v
ActnU Preparation of Platform
Wot Begnn; Negotiations
Continue
Baa Francisco, June 29. Open war
fare ever prohibition, the Irish ques
tion and ether troublesome issues of the
i
mocrrtio platform began today U s
storm swept commmittee hearing, Whi Is
in private the leaders continued their
nogotiatioBi for a settlement to keep
tha hostilities from spreading Inter to
tho floor of the convention itself; t
Tonight the platform- sub-committee
had not mat begun actual preparation of
the party' declaration, of principles and
there were no surface indications that
rtask,haiJ)een mad any nrapler
V-th dayV, puUia axrangementa or
pm")!!,.-: - '
mcmoatorrdafsawa sdmiaUtered
rytm dry legion in the fuU pUt-
'or Wmmittee whs i na preliminary
,or position on the epeakere Jist
oecwed in favor of tlie weta by a
Jot 17 M- The -geneVal tocUna
iHcanee of the vote, which ws -Uken
aavwvvs. neaj w uievvuus 'sft
to decide which side should speak fist.
8 kl ravish Far Position.
In -the skirmish both: -wets and -drys
argued that their. opponents were trying
to eopen the prohibition issue and there
fore should present - thier case first,
Whca the dry wsre forced to go ahead,
Mr. Bryan took charge of the time al'
lotted to that aide, out divided all Of it 1
amoa gother apeakers representing the
Anti-8aloon league, church associations
and other prohibition organizations..
... w nnn.v. riiri r
for the weta, W. Bonrke Cochran ol
ffr
debate in which Mr. Bryan wss eaUed
upon to :
ezplain hia connections with
the AnUloo. Lrigue.H. denied that
a eve had reived eompensaWon from
J
last yesr for certain publie speeches,
Irish Ia.ee Brian Fire.
The Irish issue was argued in such
militant fashion that the crowded.com
mittee room waa ia almost constant up
rar. Onronents of the proposal for roe
unoer a i
from Irish aympathisera - and once or
twice were called short and urgly words
while the committee chairman pounded
unheeded with his gavel and sergeante-
at-arme tussled wit hthe crowd in an
Ineffectual effort to keep order.
The argument for the Irish recogni
tlOH Clan SWaS ICQ DT frans I . " '"!
and tho opposition was handled by Dam-
ares uoya oi ooi.g,
loyal txialitioa.
Gompersr Aaneaia ror baoor.
tior ;: '.a t..-M..t.
isoori pHmrnimm vtoktoi i
eommittee by Samuel Oompers, who de
elared the RcDublicsn party had written
i -- j k.
reacupa on "
labor vote must find some avenue else
where for expression of its desires.''
. The League of Nations, another sub
Ject threatening a floor fight; was not
mentioned during the day's hearings,
but there were many suggestion on al
most every other political subject, pro-
sr
longing the committee'
into the evening.
I ' Prohibition Brings
deuberations
ne eiann cam. "
...1. - .v utKi: 4
mmew mn i rin"
Mr. Bryan and Mr. Cockran wrangled
for lf aa-houi oo tha.floint, Chairmnn
Glass llnsllr interrupted to ssy that it
,ia is no rm ivt jn
J.kuii ii.'nrtwrr- r .
The chair ia not joking," l retorted
Senator Glass, pounding the table, and
.rriii sukkv."- .
On motion by .Borden Burr, 5f Air-
iiania, ini. nv uii .fra
Bryan demanded a roll call and"the
motion was adopted, 27 to 25. '
Oaeas Case far Wets. .
Tormer Representative Theodore "A.
Bel, of Calif oraia, opened (he ease, for
tha wMa. I deny the right" to assume.'
American people wil
ill
submit for all time toi come to- the Intolerance-of
the 18th amendment.' .
,th, .N.bratkaa had been a candidate,
jm, he said the platform on which
Mr - .Bryan, mads a eampaignfor Con-
gnn deeared for "protection of per-
sons! rights," against Federal encroach-
meet. A similar declaration, he said,
.(Continued ea Page Two.)
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IS BEING
Ta,
V5 V
i
7
4
Gate City, which la now tha center of
comfortable and ideal temple of politics ia
orerlook a ainale detail in preparinr for
delegates and Tiaiton hare beea pleaaed
Over Big Issues
- . - - vay
Great Applause When Resolu
-tion Js Adopted; Tribute PaicL
To Mrs. Wilson
By JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE.
(Staff Correspondent.) ' -San
Francisco, June 29. Woman earn
into her own in the Democratic party
today and the men received her gladly.
"If the Democratic party la ia' earn
est about thla business, then we ought
to support It," Chairman Cummings
shouted when the convention wavered
oa accepting the resolution to accord
women' equal rights and equal member
ship en the national committee, and with
great volume of applause the coats.
Uoa4opte4 jtU--'?" 'W
When Mrs. McNabb sffered a rasow-
tioa of sympathy aad appreciation to
the wife of the President, the conven
tion went wild with enthusiasm and 'a
great ovation was tendered the first
lady of the land, furnishing fitting
climax to a session that waa epochal,
Senator Robinson, Southern. Demo
erat, paved the way in hia keynote
speech, when he; pleaded -the- cause of
international peace ana equal suffrage,
declaring they are inseparably bound
together.
"Let North Carolina and Tennessee
race for bono rof ratifying the' amend
ment." he urged while the convention
cheered
North Carolina offered little objec
tion to adoption of the resolution of
congratulations to the Tenueee gov-
ernor, at most realised opposition was
futile.
TAR HEELS ENTHUSIASTIC
OVErVCUMMINGS'SPEECH
Dispels All Doubt That League
Will Be Endorsed; McAdoo '
Stock Xisinf
By JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE.
(Staff Correspondent.)
San Francisco, Cal June 29. -North
Carolinian are enthusiastic tonight
over Cummings keynote speech, which
met the highest expectations, and if
any doubt existed that the administr'
tions' stand on the league would hot
be endorsed this address teems to have
dispelled it. It was a great speech for a
great occasion and Tar-Heel feel Cum
mings measured up.
McAdoo stock is rising with Cox go
Tut iv'i" ,iirrrr..-1i--i T I -n ,
ing oincr way. umo man - may rana
second place on ticket, however .Texas
and North Carolina have , stood solid
for New York, man, while western states
have given encouragements North Car
olina voted for Senator Robinson for
permanent chairman of convention to
day. . . '
E. E. BRITTON ASSOCIATE
CONVENTION SECRETARY
II By JOHXjL LIVINGSTONE.
(Staff Correspondent.)
San Francisco, June 29. Edward E.
Hritton, private secretary to Secretary
Daniels, was today named assciae--eee-
rttary of the Democratic National Con
vention.
B. O. Everett, of Durham, member of
the North Carolina delegation, was mad
secretary of the Committee' on Perms
seat Organization, with Governor Ral
ston, of Indiana, as chairman.
MrvBTittonr'was-first recoiuraendod- for
the assistant aeer"taryahiD of the ton-
vent ion, but the -com mittee later made
him. associate secretary.-,
HOTEL FIRES AT BOSTON :
MAY BE WORK OFINCENDIAET
Boston, Jiine 29 The fifth hotel fire
within week, all of them Of uncertaia
origin, , was discovered at the Hotel
Essex early today while every hotel in
the city -was specially guarded to pre
vent sueh an occurrence. All of th
fires have started in hallway or closets
and the police' believe they were set
by an incendiary. The other fires have
been In, the Hotel Brewster, the' Amer
ican House, Hotel Holhs and the Adams
Honse. In each ease the damage bat
been slight. ,
DEMOCRATS BR G
VOMENINTOPARTY
G HELD
-J
I I
loteraat - for Democracy, ara to tha affect
which a Demoeratio convention haa ever
the Srst Democratic eonrenUoa ever held
beyond expectation. ; ' s ,
Appear Certain He Will Be
Nominated Unless Tammany
- and Taggart Control .
M'LEAN REPRESENTATIVE
; ; . ON M'ADOO COMMITTEE
Oumminfs' Clear-Out Speech
' Znooursares Movement for
.. Tomer Secretary; Kot De
cided Who Will Present Sim.
mons' Name for Komination;
' Suffraj-e TFor Women Certain
By JOHN A. LIVINGSTON!.
(Staff Correspondent.) -
. San Francisco, June 29. The nomina
tion of William Glbb McAdoo for the
Presidency is assured unless Tammany
leader from New York and Tom Tsg
gart's delegate from Indiana can oa-
tro enough votea under the two-thirds
rale to giock it. m Meaaoo movement
gain niweBtum dlly, snd-his frteads
sow - have- hi boom thoroughly - or
ganlaed. with a' steering eommittee ia
action and holding meetings each night.
ffational Committeeman A. Wilton
McLean,' of North Carolina, is a member
of the McAdoo steering eommittee s
representative from the Southeastern
Statea. McAdoo talk ia heard .oa every
hand and the Cummings speech,' with iH
clear-cut and straight-forward presenta
tion of the Democratic record has en
couraged it. The boom haa been spon
taneous .and San Francisco papers piny
it op today as a feature of the conven
tion developments. If only a majority
instead of a two-thirds vote was re
quired McAdoo would win out oa the
firat ballot,
. The convention had an "off day1 to
day while the platform eommittee held
hearings. Delegates and visitors en
joyed trips over San Franeiseo Bay to
day as guests of the city.
Slmmona ta Be PrrMatad.
j It haa aot yet been decided who will
present the name of Senator ruraifold
M. Simmons to the convention when the
nominating speeches are taken up Wed
nesday. The Demoeratio party has practically
settled the suffrage questioa and it is
not being discussed here. Women are
sitting in th convention and also on its
committees and are taking a part in
all the deliberations. Delegates from
North Carolina have received concrete
evidence that suffrage is inevitable for
the Nation as a whole and show ho dis
position to fight th issue.
May Not Mention N. C
The platform is not expected to eon-
tain any specific reference to North
Carolina, but will call on all Democratic
Bute to ratify th suffrage amendment
Mia Mary Owen Graham, president of
Zeaiift, Jjurtituta.atA,Knlriah,irho ,,hsj
been woman associate member -of the
National eommittee, will continue as
woman member of the body under the
new plan, wheih gives each 8tate one
woman and one. man member. - Miss
Graham wss the unanimous choice of
(he North, Carolina delegation.
NO POLITICAL MEETINGS
IN GEORGIA'S CAPITOL
Atlanta, Gs.,. June 29. A resolution
requesting the Governor of Georgia to
refuse the use of the legislative chamber
to any political gathering without unani
aious consent of the House and Senate
CoVnntlttWt oirPtibrhj --Building, -was
adopted by the Georgia House 107 to 49
toddy. A similar resolution already hat
beea adopted by the Senate. :
The action was a result of th recent
squabble in the Bepublieaa State Cob
veation In which police ..intervened on
n plaint of Rtate officials with office
l. the eapitol. The Republicans ususlly
have met in thi eapitol, and members
of the Legislature laid after the latest
mootis; that meosurea would be taken
to deny the privilege in, the future. ;
SIXTH6USAND MINERS"-
ORDERED TO STOP WORK
Charleston,. W. Vs., June . 29. Six
hounand anion -minora in Mingo County,
WjVa., and: Pike, county, Kentucky.
were , today ordered by district hesd
quarter -of the United Mine Workers
here to rcirnin from reporting for work
tomorrow. Itnnancf of the strike order,
1) it t riot f President C. F. Keency nn
nouneed,-followed, the refusal of the
Willi.imson'- Coal- Operator Association
to treat with, the miners. ...
BOOM FOR MTAD00
GAINSMOMENTUM
CONPNTION
ROUTINE.
Representatives Weaver and
Pou Also In Accord; McLean
Says Wiir Name McAdoo
-i Ths News and Observer Bureau,
03 District Katioaal Bank Bldg,
By B. K. POWELL.
(By. BpftW letsH V1miEL
Washington; D. C, Jsn T9. Dem
oeratio opinion in Washington is in
thorough, accord ia viewing the key-1
note speech Chairman Homer Cummings I
delivered at San Franeiseo yesterday.
Tha threa memhers of tha T.v ITm1 I
CUMMINGS' SPEECH
PLEASES SIMMONS
oWieaalonai deligstiuu, Oeuatut Dw::nftTe 1
mons, Representativ Weaver aad Rep
resentative Pou, are in high spirits. -
It waa a very fins speech,'' the Sen
ior .Senator ald over long distance from
Virginia . Manor, hi . eountry home in
Maryland." WhUs it doesn't indulge
in much prophesy for the future it will
mahs a strong appeal to - the conn
try." Can yen follow Mr. - Cummings ita
the treaty I" the Beaator asked.
I think what Mr. Cnmmiagt said
will be generally approved."
"How about prohibitioa business t"
7 think the sentiment win not In
terfere. There is no longer an bane and
I don't think the eon ventloa will un
dertake to create one."
Weaver Mack Pleaaed. .
Representative Zebnloa Weaver Ma
especially pleaaed with the Cammings
declaration that the only high dignitary
of the Government on the way to the
penitentiary ia Truman Newberry, Re
publican. He has th cotton mill wealth
of Lv L, Jenkins to fight ia th tenth
district this time. -
"Seriously though," Mr Weaver said.
X hop the platform will ring just a
clear a the keynote, speech. Compared
with the paeon, of hate Ledge uttered
St Chicago, it is a eonaarvatir master
piece.
William Gibbs McAdoa la eertaia to
be nominated at San Franeiaea in. the
-opinion, ef Katioaal Committeeman Wil-
toa McLean, commirMicatcd by ' wire
.hers today, - . . ,
Tsr Heels Fee McAdoa.
"The North Carolina delegation Is
unit for McAdoo" the message from Mr.
MeLieaa read. MIf Simmons cannot
nominated. I believe MeAdoo's nomina
tion eertaia. Ife Is th choice ef a Urge
majority of the delegates.
Anetimatermade- ntr the office of
Senator Simmons today Indicates that
more than one thousand- temporary
residents of Washington will 'east their
absentee votes in the secoad primary
in North Carolina, ,
Ticket for a large percentage of the
total have been, tuffplied at Senator
Simmons' office. Of thoaa whom tickets
have been furnished, a record has been
made of the way a majority have vot
ed in the ron teats between Morrison
and Gardner, Cook aad . Portia m aad
Stacy aad Long.
To Vote la Primary.
Washington's Tar Heel population is
variously estimated at from five to fif
teen thousand and some declare the
number even larger. ' "Bill" Leintter,
of the senior Senator' staff, says there
are five hundred voter, i the North
Carolina society who will vot. in the
second primary and as many more not
of the society. .
Iredell county, tha kume of Colonel
Alston D. Watta, claims the distinction
of being the birth place of more of
these nbsent voters than aay other
ecunty in the 8tit.
Since ths absent voters law became
effective, the two Senators and Con
Cremmaa are requiring unidentified
constituents to pror their residence in
North Carolina by establishing their
voting place. Ia this . way. folks who
havs been living here for agea are aot
apt to claim patronage over the Tsr
rreeirvonng nff jaytirffairet ftrrw
State.. .
ATLANTA STILL SECOND
LARGEST CITY IN SOUTH
Birmingham 20,000 Under
Georgia Metropolis; Other
Southern Cities
Wash ingtoa,- Jane 29.- tlanta. with
200,618 people, retain her rank at sec
ond cMy in the South, figures for Birm.
itigham announced today by the Census
Bureaa showing the Alabama city has
178,270, as imreasajrr.5t
per cent. Birmingham was third city in
1910 with 133.683 while Atlanta at that
time had 154339.
. Southern cities of 100,000 or more an
nouneed 'thus far ia the fourteenth
census sret New Orleans, 387,408, in
ereaaa ItJ per c.nt AtlaMs, "Q.61.
Increase; S9a per cent; Birmomgham,
178570, increase 84.4 per eent; Memphis,
iti:,;i5J, increase ZiJi per rent; ISan An
tonio. lfil,108, increase B7i per cent.
Dallas 19876, increase 72.8 per cent;
NaahviUe, 118rt42, increase IS per rent
Norfolk, 113,777, increase 71.6 per cent.
Richmond, which ranked as fifth
Southern eity ten years ago, is the ony
1UUJJUO population eity " of 1910. waete
1920 census haa not yet beea aanouneed.
1 In the 1920 raaking of Southern, cities
of thejOOjOOO cURSxlshrjller sixth city,
haa been passed by San Antonio aad
Dallaa. t, '
Of the smaller cities which ia J910
had 3,000 or mor. the only anear that
remain to be announced are Hoastoa,
Fort Worth, Charleston Little Reck,
Montgomery, Galveston. - Portsmouth,
Austin, Waco aad Muskogee. '
CLEARS
SLATE AND
Affirms Action of Denying Seat
To Senator Reed and of Scat-
- ing r Palmer Delegates .'.j
; v rrom ueorgia
NOMINATING SPEECHES -SCHEDULED
TO START
WITH TODAY'S SESSION
4z
Senator Robinson, , Permanent
' Chairman, Delivers . Second
Key note Speech; . Severely
iappins; JtepnDlicansjL nI
Nomine-4- Hardinff ; t Kai
- tional Committee Member
" ship Doubled and Additional
Places Given To Women
r Congratulatory i i: Telegram!
Ballotinf Kot To Begin Until
Platform la Adonted - -'" :
!i
San Francisco, Jon 29. I Ut tee
oad day session ths Democratic Ka -
tional Convention perfected ita organic
tatioa aad got ready for business. It
will assemble again tomorrow morning
at 11, o'clock, with the plans laid for
beginning the nominating speeches fuf
candidates. (. . I
Ths convention affirmed the action
of the credential committee in deny
ing a seat to Beaator Reed, of Missouri,
in acatiwg the PsUmer delegstca
from Georgia over the contest of the
Smith-Wstsoa faction. -
Then it-atOrmM the plan to . hesf
nominating speeches delivered whilj
the platform eommittee is working en
the party declaration of principle, but
prorldmg that balloting for a nominee
cannot begin until after the platform
haa beea presented and adopted.
Women Now Oa Committee
Ths convention, after some delay tie
cause ef n misunderstanding of termi,
finally adopted the National committee
reeolutisat to double the membership
of the eommittee snd gtv th nddH
tional places to women, en from ear
Bute. The resolntion had gotten intd
the tortuous way of parliamentary
pTaetiee, whUA wa j""1 it back t4 i
Csmminga saved, it. hy aa explanation
of tta terms. ' ' .; . . : - -
lf th Democratie. Party" ia In, ern
eat about this basinets of taking women;
into ita party councils," aaid Cum '
minga, "let it adopt thia resolution and A
adopt it tow.'i - i' v'. j .i- t j.,'.'v
The resolution then went through.
Bebiaaea Rape BepabUcana
Senator Robinson's speech as perman4
ent chairman waa devoted almost en
tirely to an arraignment of the BoduIx
lies a platform and a defense of the md
ministration's conduct of government.
affairs, particularly President Wilson' .
eourae ia negotiating the nesce treaty
aad the League of Nations.
One of the surprise of th dsy pro
(ceding was the adoption of a resoliM
tion which permits the breaking of th
Unit rule ia Mew fork without any
protest from the delegation from thai
State. .It passed without a dissenting
vol on recommendation of th rule
committee. . -v . , .."
Today' session, largely nerfunetofV
and oae.of theneceiisaryLjteps in get-
fi. . v-: 1 ,
-- .uwut rvuicui iuu nnucrway,
waa the last of the "play dsys" for th
drlegatea. Tomorrow they wil begin,
hearing candidates placed ia nomina.
tion aad may possibly have some ninlia "
sessions when the balloting starts.
CoagraCaUte Ger. Reherte '
W'ith some opposition .from h
Southern States and oa motion of Gor,
smirn, of ew York, the convention
tent a Congratulatory telegram to Govt
nooens, ox jennessee, for his action, id
calling a apecial session of th legisls4
ture.to act on the womaa auffrag; '
ameadment to the ' constitution. 1
recognized the women of the narfv h
giving many placet in the list of offi
eials, including Mrs. Martfn" H. Glynnj
wife of the former governor of New
Yorh.- . . .. . ... .
The working committees which haJ
bee-a in session 1J ..morningjadjou.rnc
in timi to take part in the conveution
session without having completed ths)
platform. , .
Senator Robinson waa escorted ta. tha-
platform by a eommittee headed! bw -
Gov. Brough, of Arkansas, aad bopi;
his speech about half past two.
Attack On Hardiag L - ' -"
Senator Robinson deoarted ennaidM
ably from his prepared address and!
launched into aa attack on Snnatnt
Harding, the Republican presidential
nominee, who he said had referred td
Hiram Johnson as a faker" and Theo
dore Roosevelt asf a Benedict AmoM A
California audiences liked the .refer
enee to Johnson aad applauded roundly, 7
.-x-uaior nooinwa gos stetdy retpons
from-his audience, which warmed an
he proceeded and gave him 'one
demonstration over another, each ev.
eceding the preceding one in volume a '
ae scored tne Kenunlicana of the Sen.
ste for their course toward the pese "
treaty aad the League -of Ksrions. Hs
referred to the fnet that President
Wilson hsd been assailed for not takinir
some Republican Senatora with'' him on
the 'American pence mission, to Paris.
Hi:a Rrpablicaa Scaatera. - -
"If they could not have- shown tnr
more capacity and ability ia negotiatine
the treaty'than they have shown in their
consideration of it, ne shouted, "then
Almighty God ' bless Wood row Wilson
for not taking them along to Europe."
It waa - a ball a- eye -shot-and The -
audience acknowledged ths hit bv rising;
sad -going in for a iucccisTon'" of '
shouts."'" ; "T7'i ."' ' ' " .
"Hit 'em some more, shouted voices
from the galleries aad the delegate.
Robinson wen ad up with .a V-agua
ef Nations pcroratioa thtt, brought the
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