Show FRANKLIN D. D D ROOSEVELT J d' d o sir r wi t tiL i r i x r t yu Y v t c t u r 4 liY x r y J F w 4 i vf b. b lY t F i hy t y v s' s IS af Sr ct f V. V f r rr if y c w f y l v ry i Z pY rf vf 1 F Lr nty q x y y l Jr k r tf t i r a Ai oa Yi rY Z k d t r i f i A a 4 4 er J ji V iy i y 4 x Lg R t sw y i yr h 1 DEf b bON PUT PT ON ROARiNG SHOW AT CONVENTION Picked Roosevelt Garner as Standard Bearers for National Race J By WRIGHT A. A A PATTERSON Chicago The democracy 01 of at America met In national convention In this city and at the end of or six sto days da s 's and two nights of ot strenuous labor had bad selected Gov Franklin D. D Roosevelt of ot New York as Its Iti candidate for President Speaker John N N. Garner of Texas as it Its candidate for vice president adopted adopt adopt- ed a platform one plank of which provides for repeal of ot the Eighteenth Eighteenth Eight Eight- amendment and the Immediate Immedi immedi- ate modification of ot the act acl to permit the sale of ot beer and light wines listened to the speech of acceptance acceptance ac ac- ac by Its candidate for President President dent and adjourned The above paragraph tells the news story of at the Democratic con con- venti on It tells tens what was presumably presumably ably done In the convention hall boll but no news paragraph can give the reader render a n picture of ot a national political gathering nor can that pIcture picture pic plc- ture tare be painted with only the Ingredients ingredients in In- found In a convention con hall Both noth national conventions com of ot this year consisted of at a gathering of 2303 delegates and alternates men and women from every state In n the Union and from every outlying pos pos- session Quite naturally they felt feIt they Bley were at nt Chicago representing the sovereign will of or their party members In their respective districts districts dis dis- and sat In the convention In the glare of at the spotlights for tor that purpose But of that 2203 2303 men and women less than one-fourth one actually had a voice in deciding what would Mould be done and the he one one- fourth diplomatically or sometimes brutally told the other 1500 what they would do A goodly percentage percent percent- age of ot the 2303 2305 delegates and alternates alternates alternates al al- did not know Just what it was all about On the floor of ot the convention about 90 DO per cent of ot the activities was bunk and ballyhoo noise and hysteria a n useless effort to create sentiment for or against this that or r the other policy or this that or orthe orthe orthe the other candidate The other 10 per ier cent consisted of at the ratification Ion tion of what had been accomplished by jy the tho leaders behind closed doors In ho ho- hotel In n committee meetings held tel cl rooms If It It were not done In that hat way a convention would never end nd and party government In Amer Amer- Ica ca would be Impossible Conventions Much Alike That In brief Is a n picture of or any national political convention conTention and It was vas as true of ot the Democratic convention con con- as ns of any other with the exception that the committees were In n no sense unanimous and there were vero minority reports presented from rom practically every everyone one of them themon on n practically every question of at policy In the en enl however the wIshes of or the majo r 1 of at each committee committee com- com were ratified by the major- major majorIty majority ity ty on the floor The ballyhoo ball hoo of at the convention was pas particularly noticeable ns as It always al- al ways has been at the time of ot presenting pre- pre presenting the names of ot candidates to the ho convention It began besan shortly before two o'clock Thursday afternoon afternoon after after- noon loon continued until the adjournment adjourn adjourn- ment nent at nt sir six began again nt at nine that hat night and und continued without a break until thirty four Friday mornIng For nominating speeches of which there here were Roosevelt nine nine Roosevelt Smith RitchIe Traylor Garner White Byrd Byrd Reed and Murray Murray 20 20 mins ruin min utes tes each was allowed For seceding seconding seconding sec sec- eding speeches of at whIch there were more than 30 five minutes each was vas allowed Following each ench nominating speech came periods of carefully staged hilarity which was supposed to represent enthusiasm but which In the majority of cases represented noise produced by the pipe organist with the aid of aUthe all aU the loud pedals on the Instrument Gallery Always In Evidence The exceptions were the demonstrations demonstrations demonstrations demon demon- for Governor Smith and Governor Ritchie In these demonstrations demonstrations demonstrations demon demon- the unruly gallery gods took a hand and supplemented the noise made by the pipe organ To the gallery gods these two candidates candidates candi candi- dates represented beer and beer to the galleries was the most Important Important Important tant subject before the convention Tho The demonstration for tor Roosevelt lasted 45 minutes Then followed that for Speaker Garner participated participated participated in by the Gray Mare band of at 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 ns well as with the Smith delegations They kept it up for one hour and two minutes the record for the conven convene i tion That ended the afternoon I Four hours gone and three of ot the nine names before the convention It began again at nine am and through the long weary hours of ot ai an night all session there was speed speech and ballyhoo speech and ballyhoo until thirty four Friday morning when that part of at the Job was completed com com- and the roll was called on the tin first ballot for the party's candidate for President The result was Roosevelt GG Smith 2011 i Garner Gar Gar- Garner ner 92 02 White 52 Traylor 42 n Byrd rd 25 Reed 24 Murray 23 Ritchie 21 Baker Baler S S1 Mr Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt lacked of or the needed two two- thirds to secure a nomination Two Twe more ballots were taken without material change In the result anc and then at eight thirty eIght thirty In the mornIng mornIng morning morn morn- Ing the weary crowd quit until thirty eight Friday night Trades were made during Friday Speaker John Garner was assured of at second place on the ticket if his delegates threw their votes to Roosevelt and the nomination was was made on the first ballot t taken en at nt the Friday night session the fourth I ballot of at the convention Roosevelt receiving 9 15 votes Smith IDO with 12 votes scattered between Ritchie Baker White and Cox The Smith delegations stood loyally loyally loy loy- ally by their champion to the end and there was no motion to make the nomination of ot Mr Roosevelt unanimous At the Saturday session Speaker John N N. Garner was chosen as the party's s candidate for vice president At that session Mr Roosevelt who had reached Chicago by plane was present and was received with tumultuous tumultuous tu tn tu- tu enthusiasm He was officially om dally notified of ot his nomination and made his speech of or acceptance The convention opened at nt 12 1245 45 forty five minutes late late on on Mon- Mon day flay The stars of the first performance performance per per- were National Chairman Raskob making his last appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance Commander Evangeline Booth ot of the Salvation army and Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor temporary chairman In n his hi hl opening address the subtle wit of ot the national chairman was lust Just a bit over O the heads of ot his audience and did not produce the snorting rip lp snorting hilarity hartt characteristic ot of f a n Democratic convention Sena Sena- tor or Berkley was more to the liking ot of f the delegates and the audience md and his slaps at the Republicans brought down the tho house n and created creat- creat ed d tho the noisy demonstrations that made It look and sound like e a Democratic gathering The crowd on the opening day was vas not up to expectations ga o did not treat their Democratic guests any better than they had treated the Republicans and a third of the seats In the Stadium were iere vacant But Dut Chicago knew the he fireworks would not start shirt the first day da With the opening of ot the Tuesday session at 1250 12 fifty 50 fifty minutes minute late I Chicago was all set to witness a areal areal I real Democratic shindig There was the promise of a scrap over I contested delegations from Louisiana Louisiana Loui Loul siana slana and Minnesota another over the permanent chairmanship Walsh vs Shouse and a third promised over the two two thirds thirds rule But the big Chicago audience that filled every available seat was disappointed The session did not develop develop on on the surface surface any any fights but all the evidence of at a Democratic Demo Democratic cratic love feast except for Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Huey Buoy Longs Long's castigation of the bunch of or outlaws that were contesting contesting con con- t testing the seats scats of at the senators senator's group of delegates To be sure it had not been possible possible pos pos- sible for tor the committees on credentials credentials creden creden- and on permanent organization tion to arrive at unanimous opinIons opinions ions and there were minority ty reports reports re re- re ports 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 weakness weak weale ness of at the leading candidate lay The first test came on the seatIng seating seat seat- Ing of ot the Long delegation from Louisiana which was Instructed for Roosevelt the contesting delegation delegation delegation dele dele- gation being uninstructed Long won von The minority report I the tho adoption of at which would have unseated his delegates was defeated defeat defeat- ed by a vote of to At the tho suggestion of Senator Barkley the oratory had been confined confined con con- fined to the Louisiana contest and he also suggested that the convention convention conven convene tion dispose of or that case before the delegates had perpetrated upon them the oratory In the Minnesota contest The speech making In the Minnesota case consisted Largely In Inthe inthe the orators and there were several telling of at the virtues of ot all MInnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minne MInne- sota Democrats only some had bad more virtues than others depending depending depend depend- ing upon which delegation they belonged belonged belonged be be- longed to The conte contestants tants were quite willing to be satisfied with half the honors and proposed that both delegations be seated each delegate having half a n vote In Inthe Inthe Inthe the end the contestants were defeated defeated defeated de de- de- de by a vote of ot to Walsh Wields Gavel The settling of at these contests i iwas was followed by what the chairman referred to as the controversy over the selection of the permanent chairman The Roos Roosevelt majority wanted Senator Walsh the Smith Ritchie Reed White Murray etc etc minority wanted Jouett Shouse of Kansas That controversy was productive productive tive Uve of at eulogistic oratory Ralph C. C ONeill O'Neill of at Kansas eulogized Walsh while talking for Shouse and J. J F. F Burns of South Caroline Carolina i I I I 1 c i A t JOHN N. N GARNER eulogized Shouse while talking for foi Walsh Then came tho the former Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic standard bearer John W. W Davia Davis Da Da- Da- Da vis via who eulogized both Shouse am and Walsh though presumably talking for Shouse Spouse On the roll call Walsh w was s elected by a vote of at to Altogether It was a mild mUd affair No snorting rip roaring Democratic Democrat Democrat- ic demonstrations no arguments ments meats no real entertainment for foi forthe tho the Chicago audience that had purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased season tickets at prices up to 50 nothing to Indicate that it I was a Democratic national convention convention conven convene tion In session Wet Chicago went to the convention convention conven conven- tion Wednesday night to help the wet Democratic majority put over Its wet plank It was a roaring howling good natured good natured mob that crashed the gates of ot tho the Stadium to the extent of at thousand and finally finally finally final final- ly forced the closing of ot the doors to the exclusion of or large numbers who held legitimate tickets of ot ad ad- mission Genuine Ovation for AI AIM The one ono outstanding note nota of at Wednesday nights night's tumultuous session session session ses ses- sion was tho the reception accorded Smith when he took the platform to speak for tor the majority liquor plank He ne was the hero of ot the tl convention con and regardless of ot the fact tact that he will not get their votes the Idol of or nine tenths nine tenths of ot the Ule dele dele- gates Despite every effort of at the chairman to restore order that the tho business of ot tho the convention might be expedited the tho roaring howling marching demonstration for lor Al teAl lasted fifteen minutes The drys had a n hard time The gallery gods did not want to hear bear them and made mado that fact evident Despite every possible effort on the part of ot Senator Walsh and all of or orthe the biting sarcasm he be could put denunciation behavior behavior be be- into his of ot the havior of ot the mob moho nobody was permitted permitted per per- to hear the speakers supporting supporting sup sup- porting the plank plunk presented by the minority But all an of the oratory whether heard or not did riot not changes change a single dele rate dole ate vote and the dripping wet plank plante was adopted by a vote of to 2131 |