| Show DEMOCRATS NAME DAVIS AND BRYAN longest convention in political history finally concludes its labors BALLOTS ARE CAST nomination of west virginia man Is s accomplished after smith and mcadoo give up meeting lasts 14 days THE TICKET FOR PRESIDENT john i west virginia virgini FOR VICE PRESIDENT chas W bryan of nebraska fly by EDWARD W PICKARD convention hall new york after a convention ba battle t tle uner unprecedented L ce dented in its stubbornness and its length tho the democratic party presents to the voters of the united states tile the ticket that heads this column the presidential candidate was vas not selected until ballots had been ci cast st exceeding the 1861 1 record which was ft as 67 57 ballots by 40 ballots day after lay day night otter after night the deadlock continued unbroken wit with h mcadoo leadIn lending gand and smith a persistent second they and their managers were determined not to hayob say obstinate sti nate and repeated efforts to persuade them to quit and thus to bring about the nomination of 0 a compromise candidate were wera frustrated the religious issue which was forced upon the convent convention lon in a fight over the antl anti klan kian plank tri 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 tile convention everyone deplored the introduction of such auch an issue into amelcar Ara elcan national politics but no one could deny that it had been introduced on the fourth day of balloting william jennings bryan being granted the privilege ot of explaining ills hla vote from the rostrum tried to per persuade sunde the convention that mcadoo was its logical choice the galleries booed bloed him angry delegates ored fired hot questions at him and lie he accomplished nothing at that time for ills his favorite several state delegations and various individual delegates changed their votes from lorn time to time without coming anywhere near breaking the deadlock mcafoos McA doos forces though waxing and waning in the main stood by him with extraordinary pertinacity and the smith legions were no less unyielding sons and dark horses were given tryouts day by day but all seemed unable to develop real strength john W davis once climbed to votes and senator ralston got as tar far as 07 97 stick to it on fourth independence day came and found the delegates still in session weary eyed 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 al alternates t ernstes left for home on july 3 some of these deserters deser tera were recalled by telegraph and steps were taken to finance those who were going broke the fourth of july session opened with the star sparkled banner and every candidates banner continued to wave augustus thomas read tile the declaration of independence and a almost every delegate seemed confirmed in the opinion that ills his life and liberty depended on ills his voting as he had voted toted and aad that therein lay ills his pursuit of happiness through ballot after ballot the count displayed the same deadly monotony then tom taggert created a diversion by reading it a te telegram legrain from senator ralston withdrawing front from the race at least for the time being Ind indiana faina thereupon gave mcadoo 20 of lier her votes and smith 10 during the piety fifth ballot came a telegram from tames james M cox turning loose the ohio delegation so the buckeyes Buc keyes gave their 48 votes to newton D baker which 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 e executive ses slon eton the other that smith as governor of 06 new york be asked to come in and talk half an hour both were defeated by the McAdo ottes a two third vote being required the same fate met various attempts on frida friday y and saturday to cut off ahe he low candidate on each successive ballot one delegate moved that tile the convention adjourn to meet in kansas city on july 21 but received little support t baker dropped ohio dropped baker saturday and smiths vote crawled slowly toward the mark while McA mcafoos McAdo doos oa totals as slowly declined after the seventieth ballot cilmo almost st the only persons who paid attention to the roll call all were the women in the california and texas delegations who mechanically waved waed colored bandannas ban dannas every time a vote for or mcadoo was recorded late saturday afternoon when despair und disgust had seized upon all 07 i Z Y w M A r X JOHN W DAVIS CHARLES W V BRYAN that master tom taggart stepped to the rostrum and presented presen teil the first plan that seemed to offer a chancello chan chance celto to settle the conventions 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 tor for the purpose of arrit arriving at a compromise agreement with a glad shout the delegates approved of this scheme and tho the convention was wag adjourned until 11 monday morning labor for harmony saturday night and all day sunday the harmony committee labored lilt but to its most promising plans mr mc bic adoo dissented the failure to reach an agreement wits was reported to the convention monday and the weary round ot of balloting was resumed after the eighty second ballot a resolution was adopted releasing all delegates from nil all pledges nod and instructions so far as lay in the power of the convention mcafoos McA doos strength nl at rendy leady was dwindling and on the eighty fifth ballot lie was belo below v smith for the first at the opening if 1 tho the tuesday night session the was told by franklin Frankl ln roosevelt eliat smith would withdraw after such action by mcadoo tho the reply to this was on an increase of the rhe mcadoo vote to well over ralston was tried out but after ills his vote ote had readied reached nearly he definitely withdrew then 1 IV davis was again boosted by the Il floating bloating vote ninety nine bal 1 allots had been taken when mcadoo sent to chairman walsh a message saying that lie he was loath to abandon its ills supporters by quitting the contest but was now willing that they should net 11 ct as their judgment dictated all motions to adjourn had been defeated and the century ballot was taken mcadoo fell off to but the suspicious smith forces stood farm just then W 3 bryan showed signs of wishing to address the convention again so at 4 in the morning the delegates hurriedly adjourned for eight hours and staggered to their hotels the one bundred undred li and first ballot wednesday roon noon showed both smith and mcadoo fast failing fading out ot of the picture nud 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 Serin senator tor walsh who pit eager ger for the nomination received a respectable vote here wits was the ibe making of another deadlock with three or four bolts despite mr bryans missionary trips through tile the delegations the vote for davis mounted rapidly during the next two ballots state after state climbing into what looked like the band wagon vote changes came fast and a veritable stampede resulted before the one hundred and third ballot was waa ended an all so BO this most extraordinary ol of convention contests ended in tho the nomination of john W davis of wesl weert virginia for president of the united Stat states esby by acclamation at a night session gov GOT charles IV bryan of nebraska was selected as his running me mate te and the convention adjourned in the early hours of thursday morning the candidates of the democratic party stand upon it a platform which reaffirms the bartys adherence lind devotion to the cardinal principles of freedom of religion freed freedom of the press but does not denounce the ku klux kins klan by name which declares the ideals of world peace the alie league of nations and tile the had won by a margin ot of just four votes then the weary delegates returned to their hotels until monday morning pat harrison keynoter perhaps at a good it a wily ns as star to tell ell ot of hits convention coment lon Is to relate its chief incidents lay day by day of course senator pat harrison ot of mississippi was tile the important figure on tuesday since he one of lending leading orators was temporary chairman following the tha usual preliminaries and the beautiful singing of tho the star spangled banner by anna case while thousands of tiny silk flags tr buttered uttered from the rafters rat senator harrison was installed end and proceeded to deliver hla his long keynote speech it was to be expected that he be would excoriate 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 hao thought lie might perhaps it was the hent heat ile he was eloquent however and his language was tas incisive ills his assertions sharply pointed tits his denunciations of what ills party thinks the misdeeds deeda ond and shortcomings of the R republican majority in congress forceful ile he won laughing applause when lie he declared that what the country needed was not a sphinx but a paul revere and again when poking a bit of tun fun at tho the cleveland convention lie he promised that this would be no cold storage affair but red hot highly seasoned and well prepared toward the end of ills speech the senator did bring his big hearers bearers to their feet and started the first real demonstration of the convention As may be guessed it was nt at his first mention of woodrow wilson everyone was ready tor 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 that lasted many minutes in the midst of it the band struck up the battle nymn hymn of tho 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 tho vi work orb chairman harrison introduced trod tire mrs le roy springs of south carolina chairman of the committee cittee on credentials handsome calm and cool in white silk she took th the platform waved waed greetings to cheering friends and read her report in 1 a fine clear voice then men the star of that day senator thomas J walsh of montana monition was presented to the lie contention as its permanent chairman ile he Is a real democrat and the greatest investigator this country as ever eer known said sald senator harrlson harrison and tho 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 ills his party this year and whom that party gives credit tor for having done great service for forthe the nation Wals his la known as one of thebert the best speakers in tho the senate and his address was w well ell written and vigorously delivered though again the heat beat served to lessen leisen its effect with the audience not so sharply perhaps as harrlson harrison but quite as effectively he too set forth at length what his fellow democrats consider the delinquencies of the republican majority in congress nod and the republican administration and especially what they look upon fie as republican attempts at palliation of the he 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 that those investigations exposed misdeeds by nien men of both parties and dared his fits political opponents to name one democratic officeholder who ho has been involved by the investigators investigators for anything he did while in office 11 in his fits peroration senator walsh called on ills hla countrymen to return to the ideals of woodrow wilson and resume the place pince he won for us the moral leadership of the world 11 which mention of their dead leader brought broucht forth another demonstration tho the pretty feature ot of which was the releasing of a white love froni from a balcony about this time it developed that alint something had been slipped over on oil the women who are taking active part in the national affairs of 0 the party it had been decided that tho the gentler sex should be further recognized by cresting creating d a position of permanent vice chairman clin trman 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 bliss kennedy not before known in national politics la is secretary to the sheriff here and Is tin an attractive and smart young woman who later demonstrated her ability to wield the ravel gavel acceptably ku au klux klan Is named more formal business including a resolution of thanks to our rat pat the temporary chairman and then came the roll call of states tor for presentation of candidates alabama cried the lie clerk and alabama responded in tile the person of forney johnston it businesslike snappy looking gentleman who in a businesslike business bustness like and snappy speech told the delegates why senator oscar underwood was their ideal candidate to him fell the honor of Fi arousing rousing the convention to the first really spontaneous demonstration so far that word demonstration Is overworked but it la Is the only one that alts mr air johnston said mr underwood had asked him to place before the convention his big views on a certain matter in unmistakable language he did so BO and when he named the ku kit klux klan the first outspoken mention 1 n of the organization eliout halt half t ane delegates leaped to their feet with a wild war whoop that indicated they shared enthusiastically in the condemnatory attitude toward tho the invisible government the shouting ran like wildfire through the hall and one after another state standards were wrenched from their sockets ond and carried into the procession that quickly formed not nil all of them by tiny 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 anti llan klan demonstration As a general thing the strong mcadoo delegations kept their seats and held their standards fast in tile 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 0 parsons secured a hold bold on the he staff that be 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 he be noted that several standards in the parade were of states in which the klan to Is especially strong but in these instances as in most of the demonstrations the carrying of the standard did not mean necessarily that the entire delegation or even the th greater part of it was in sympathy not until the band lender leader showing unwanted tact started up america which all could join in with good grace was wag the tumult in the convention calmed characteristically act those in the hall who belonged to or sympathized with the klan sat silent under the jeering cries of kl ki eagle engle directed lit klicin big mcadoo demonstration senator joseph T robinson of arkansas having been put in nomination by former 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