Show FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT g V N 1 kl V az wv 1 4 A 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 A I 1 i 4 1 1 K ra w 46 el fao vf I 1 Ns kg r J 4 N 0 C K A T my Y f Q ae 1 1 l 7 tl V 11 N D E na PU ON ROARING su ago f W A convel 1 1 1 atio picked roosevelt and garner as standard bearers for national rare rape by WRIGHT A PATTERSON chicago the of america ica met in national convention in this city and at the end of six as days and two nights of strenuous labor had selected gov franklin D roosevelt noo sevelt of new york as its candidate for president speaker john N garner of texas as its candidate for vice president adopted it a platform one plank of w which well provides for repeal of the eighteenth amendment and the immediate modification of the act to permit the sale of beer and light wines vines listened to the speech of acceptance cep tance by its candidate for president and adjourned the above paragraph tells the news of the democratic convention it tells wh what a t was presumably done in the convention hall but no news paragraph can give the reader a picture of a national political gathering nor can that picture be painted with only the ingredients found in a convention hall ball both national conventions of this year consisted of a gathering of 2308 delegates and alternates men and women from every state in the union nau aita from every outlying possession quite naturally they felt they were at chicago representing the sovereign will of their party members in their respective districts and sat in the convention convent loa in the glare of the spotlights for that purpose but of that 2308 men anti and women less than one fourth actually had bad a voice in deciding what would be done and the one fourth diplomatically or sometimes brutally told the other 1500 what they would do A goodly percentage of the 2803 2108 delegates and alternates ter nates did not know just what it was all about on the noor floor of the convention about DO 00 per cent of the activities was bunk and ballyhoo dolse and hysteria a useless seless a effort to create sentiment for or against this that or the other policy po cy or this that or the other candidate the other 10 per cent consisted of the ratification of what had bad been accomplished by the leaders behind closed doors in committee meetings held in hotel rooms if it were not done in that way a convention would never end and party government in america would be impossible convention much alike that in brief is s a picture of any national political convention and it was vas as true of the democratic contention as of any other with the exception that the committees were in ino BO sense unanimous and there were minority reports presented from practically every one of them on practically every question of policy in the end however the wishes of the majority of each committee were ratified by the majority on the floor the ballyhoo of the convention was particularly noticeable as aa it always jilis has been at the time of presenting the names of candidates to the convention yent ven lon tion it began shortly before two thursday afternoon continued until the adjournment at six began again at nine that night and continued without a break until four thirty friday morning for nominating speeches of which there were nine roosevelt smith ritchie traylor garner white byrd reed and murray hurray 20 minutes each was allowed F for or seconding speeches of which there were more than 30 five minutes end ench was allowed following each nominating speech came periods of carefully staged hilarity which was supposed to represent enthusiasm but which in the majority of cases depre sainted enolal produced by the olpe organist with the old aid of nil all the loud pedals on the instrument gallery always in evidence the exceptions were the demonstrations for governor smith and governor it atchle in these demonstrations the unruly gallery gods took a hand and supplemented the noise not be made by the pipe organ to the gallery gods these two candidates represented beer and beer to the galleries was the most important subject before f 0 re the convention the demonstration t for roosevelt lasted 45 minutes then followed that for speaker garner participated in by the gray mare band of dallas and a goodly number of texans imported tor for the purpose then came the naming of governor smith and pandemonium broke loose in the galleries as well as with the smith delegations they kept it up for one hour and two tw minutes the record for the convention that ended the afternoon four hours gone and three of the nine names before the convention it began beg an again at nine and through the long weary hours of an all night session there was speech and ballyhoo speech and ballyhoo until four thirty friday morning when that part of the job was completed and the roll was called on the first ballot for the bartys candidate tor for president the result vas roosevelt smith garner 02 white 52 tray tar lor 42 1 byrd 25 reed 24 murray 23 ritchie 21 baker 8 mr needed two thirds to secure a nomination two more ballots were taken without material change in the result and then at eight thirty in the morning the weary crowd quit until eight thir ty F friday night roosevelt wins trades were made during friday speaker john garner was assured of second place on the ticket if his delegates threw their votes to roosevelt and the nomination was made on the first ballot taken at the friday night session the fourth ballot of the convention ven tion roosevelt receiving votes smith loova 1001 with 12 votes scattered between ritchie baker white and cox cos the smith delegations stood loyally by their champion to the end and there was no motion to make th the a nomination of mr roosevelt unanimous at tile the saturday session speaker john N garner was chosen cs as the bartys candidate for vice president at that session mr air roosevelt noo sevelt who had reached chicago by plane was present and was received with tumultuous enthusiasm ile he was ly notified of his bis nomination and made his speech of acceptance the convention opened at 1245 forty five minutes late on monday the stars of the first performance were national chairman raskob making his bis last appearance commander Evangel lne booth of the salvation army and senator barkley temporary chairman in his bits opening address the subtle wit of the national chairman was just a bit over ever the heads bench of his bis audience and did not produce the rip snorting hilarity characteristic terl te of a democratic convention senator borley barker was more to the liking of the delegates and the audience and his slaps at the republicans brought down the house and created tile the noisy demonstrations that made it look and sound like a democratic gathering the crowd on the opening day was not up to expectations chicago did not treat their democratic guests tiny any better than they had treated the republicans public ans and a third of the seats in the stadium were vacant but chicago knew the fireworks would not start the first day scraps not in evidence with the opening of the tuesday session at 1250 fifty minutes late chicago was all set to witness a real democratic damoc bratle shindig thore there was the promise of a scrap over contested delegations from louisiana and bit minnesota n at another iother over oer the permanent v walsh vs shouse and a third promised over the two thirds rule but the big chicago audience that filled every available seat was waa disappointed the session did not develop on the surface auy any lights fights but all the evidence of a democratic love feast east except for senator bluey longs longi ca sti gatlon of the bunch of outlaws that were contesting the seats of the senators group of delegates to be sure it had not been possible f for 0 r the committees on credentials tala and on permanent organization to arrive at unanimous opinions and there were minority reports from both committees brought to the floor of the convention tile lie vate of we the various members of the committees indicating very clearly just where the strength or weakness of tile the leading candidate lay in the committees with one vote tote from a each a eh state it was very evident that governor roosevelt could control the majority reports of these comm committees the first test came on the seating of the long delegation from louisiana which was instructed tor for roosevelt the contesting delegation being uninstructed ung long won the minority report the adoption of which would have unseated his delegates was defeated by a vote of to at the suggestion of senator barkley the oratory had been confined to the louisiana contest and he also suggested that the convention dispose of that case before the delegates had perpetrated upon them the oratory in the minnesota contest the ale speech making in the 2 minnesota linne sot a case consisted largely in the orators and there were several telling of the virtues t as of all minnesota democrats only some had bad more virtues than others othera depending upon which delegation they belonged to the contestants were quite willing to be satisfied with hull half the honors and proposed tint that both delegations be ba seated each delegate having halt half a vote in the end the contestants were defeated by a vote of cs to walsh wields gavel the settling of these contests was followed by what the chairman referred to as the controversy over the selection of the permanent chair e JOHN N GARNER man the roosevelt majority wanted senator walsh the smith ritchie reed beed white murray etc etc minority wanted jouett shouse of kansas that controversy was productive of eulogistic oratory ralph 0 oneill ONel ll ot of kansas eulogized walsh while talking for shouse and 1 F burns ot of r south carolina eulogized shouse while talking for walsh then came the former democratic standard bearer john W davis who eulogized both shouse and walsh though presumably talking tor for shouse on the roll call walsh was elected by a vote rote ot of to to complete the love feast east the elected and the tha defeated ca candidates had their pictures taken together on the speakers platform the expected fight over the 1 rules les u did not materialize governor R roosevelt 0 0 8 a had called a halt on the effort to change the century old rule of a two thirds vote to nominate altogether it was a mild affair no X 0 alp snorting roaring democratic demonstrations no bistle arguments no real entertainment for the chicago audience that had purchased season tickets at prices up to 50 nothing to indicate that it was a democratic national convention in session wet chicago went to the convention wednesday night to help the wet democratic ocra tic majority put over its wet plank it was a roaring howling bowling good natured mob that crashed the gates of the stadium to the extent of thousands and finally forced the closing of the doors to the exclusion of large numbers who held legitimate tickets of admission genuine ovation for fop al the one outstanding note of wednesday nights tumultuous session was the reception accorded governor smith when he took the platform to speak for the majority liquor plank he be was ans the hero of the convention and regardless of the fact that he will not get their votes the idol of nine tenths of the delegates despite every effort of the chairman to restore order that the business of the convention might be expedited the roaring howling marching demonstration for at al last ed fifteen minutes the drys had a hard time the gallery gods did not want to hear bear them and made that fact evident despite every possible effort 0 on n the part of senator walsh and all 4 of I 1 it the tilting biting sarcasm he could put into hl his denunciation of the behavior of th the mob nobody was as permitted to hear the speakers supporting the plank presented sen ted by the minority but all of the 0 oratory orn r a tory whether heard or not did not chance a single delegate vote and the dripping wet plank was adopted by a vote tote of to |