Show I i I i Nominated a j For Name He Bears B ears sr Declares Lawrence i B By David Lawrence 0 Copyright S Snit Alt Lake ake Herald AN FRANCISCO Calif July 7 7 Picking ng- ng nga a vice ice president ordinarily s 's i is about as i interesting tin g as inaugurating g one lie is in indistinct in the Butas of f Franklin D. D Roosevelt assistant secretary of ulc But the these selection se o in V tc c nav navy nar to 0 go o along g with Cox on the Democratic ticket was an episode tf politics national cs of no minor inor im importance or Under the tho rostrum where nominating nominal nominating ing speeches being being- made for i a ahtI vice presidential aspirants aspirant half dozen en doz Charlie Murphy Murph of or Tammany Hall George Ceorge Brennan Drennan of or Illinois who Is th the 0 successor of ot the late Roger Sullivan Jim Nugent of ot Now New Jersey Fred Lynch h of Minnesota Wilbur March of or I Iowa va Norman Terman orman Mack of ot Now York and E Ed EdMoore Moore the campaign manager of oC Gov Gov- Cox Cot Co gathered for Cor a conference and In full full sight of or correspondents corro- corro held an Informal debate on 01 the merits of or Edward 1 Meredith o of nf Iowa Iown secretary of ot agriculture Victor VIc Vic- VIctor tor Murdock of or Kansas member of or t th the c federal trade commission and Bui t of ot 1912 and Ba Bainbridge Colby Colb secretary of ot state and also Roosevelt progressive Governor Go Cox wisely Isel left lefi r tho the choice to the managers here herc Mr Hearst would wo ld have liked to have hav seen Mr Ir Colby named and there was some thought that the support of or the thel thell l Hearst newspapers would be assured S. S casU easily if U Colby Colb were chosen But while and In Indication Indication In- In Tammany favored Colby Colb- gave of ot burying the hatchet with Hearst In the coming effort to re- re tl ct Al Smith governor ov of or New York the tho leaders argued with Murphy Murph that thai Roosevelt's would be bo worth votes to the ticket throughout the country and that his selection would please the tho McAdoo forces which had been led by b Roosevelt The western men Meredith Mere Mere- ere ere- and Murdock were vere eliminated when It was decided that on account to of toor or of Co Cox's Coxs ox's s 's wet leanings the thc campaign had better be bo waged In the cast east Roosevelt Roose It was contended would It tend to give assurance to westerners that the tho ticket was progressive Furthermore Furthermore Fur- Fur it was suggested that he hei men Of at I popular with navy i was as course course Roosevelt's Roosevelt Tammany anti record record rec- rec ord In New ew York state will help get independent Democratic votes otes for tor the tho 1 ticket Colne Coincidence denee D e X U b Noted that interesting sidelight It is an ventured the opinion that many many hero here to the name namo Roosevelt would appeal those voters who may not exactly confuse con con- with Theo Theo- Theodare Theodore fuse luse Franklin D. D Roosevelt dare dore dore Roosevelt but who would consider consid consid- er per er that all must be worthwhile worth- worth while whilo folks As Aa a a. matter of ot fact tact the vice Ice presidential presidential candidate whom the Democrats have hae have named is a second cousin of the late late ato Colonel Roosevelt and it Is coincident coin coin- cadent that the colonel started in as assistant s secretary y of the navy too and oland resigned that Job to go into the war war after atter which he entered politics as Was governor governor of ot New Now York the name Franklin D. D Roosevelt b ba has often otten been suggested for governor govenor of ot Now New York and the tho Independent Democrats were this year thinking of ot naming him for Cor Senate to oppose tho the United States i Wadsworth Frank Roosevelt is popular with the newspaper men in Washington who mcw him throughout the tho war as the man who was continuously urging urging- naval naval na- na val al offense There has been some t talk k that Roosevelt Poosevelt did not agree with Josephus Josephus' Daniels in the management t of the navy department but all thoughts of ot discord were swept out of consideration by the tho fulsome speech made by Secretary Daniels for Franklin Roosevelt Poosevelt after alter the latter had iad been named by acclamation acclamation acclamation mation as the vl vice e presidential candidate candi- candi date ate of the party Care Caire of Adv One after another the vice presidential aspirants withdrew from the race AS is s soon as the conference under the Stage tage at the tho Auditorium was over All An jha he leaders and bosses agreed that the ticket tick t. t would be helped Immeasurably by the addition of ot Roosevelt and al although although although al- al though some como observers noted a a. con con- fion of or weakness in the discussion bout about a western candidate the decision to fight tight It out in tho the east is 18 a a ft bold one The leaders ask asked what vice Ice presidential pres 1 candidate could d carry western states that Cox himself couldn't carry caro rand nd f few w seemed to think the addition of t. t Murdock or Meredith would contribute contribute contrib contrib- ute Ito as much as would be bo gained by bythe bythe the political advertisement already I given the tho name Roosevelt and the I known executive ability and Independence dence in political career of Franklin I Roosevelt the vice Ice presidential choice helped soothe the disappointment of ot tho the McAdoo group from the east enst though the westerners shook their beads and shrugged their shoulders as ashey ashey hey faced the prospect of ot campaignIng campaign campaign- Sing Ing ng for a a. man who won his nomination through the support of Df the wet states r But the eastern Democracy confidently confidently dently smiled and said that the tho election election election elec elec- tion would be won or lost in the east anyway It is too soon eoon to say which viewpoint Is Js more logical but the leaders will probably find on ori consulting consulting consult consult- ing ng Governor Cox Coxx t that ot he will wisely make ke as vigorous a fight in i the west and tar far west a as a he must make in In the the tho fast i. i |