Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 76, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 24, 1924 Page: 1 of 12
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Li&ht-Hatred ‘TlarkHorse
to the shipping treat but n<
rent to the American soldier.
given by the local
which wo will ha
turn was planned
The Pathfinder* met at the M*ib-
odlat Chnrch Moii^sv afternoon The
meeting waa opened with a Scripture
reading attar which Mrs. Blake*
, A resolution prepared b,
Frank Reeves of Washington
follows:
fighting, In every laaue he has qutb-
,bled; in every fight he ha* floundar-
Slemp. Those boeee* are dolng'buat-
nesa in the name old way according
to the same old ruhj."
Of CooHdget
None of the economic misfortunes
have "stirred the sleeping spirit1
or warmed the chilly coolness, of th*
president. He han slowly travelled
vainly protesting but not pressing
forward to th* taMc agaumlhf W
At the cohcluslon of Harrison's
speech delegates stood, many shah-
lag hands with him. At ft :4S Mayor
the tainted dollar spentT Where
was- the defrauded soldier! Name
New
Daugherty eat with preal-
and
' New York, June >4.—Th* conven-
tion was called to order at 11:41,
Chairman Hull breaking his gavel
th* fttst lime down and almost
smashing a new on* before getting
quiet. Anna Case. Metropolitan
Opera Star, eang "The Star-Spangled
Banner1’ with the crowd joining in
the chorna.
By J. R. Bender
United Press Staff Correspondent
Madison Square Carden, New York
Jun* 24 —-In an address abounding
in humor, satire and invective, Sen-
ator Pat Harrison, MissMaippI,
sounded th* keynote speech of the
That the democratic party
nation, in convention assemble!
profoundly lament* th* death ot
that incomparable, Amerteap,. Wood
row Wlkon, whose icSderahlp anti
■ the delegates themselves could
■Mt that they are here on busi-
ly, New York wouldn’t let them,
w York is interested In the Demo-
dic National Convention—-Its ovd>
y-^Ai Si^jth U one . of the most
Hnhient candidates.
fend so. along Broadway, the caf<-
|it-birds were to be seen a front,
gklhg. in the morning eun, but de-
pln< d io be In on the tun.
the New York police force—cer-
sly the handsomest constabulary
ghe WO&* -»•*> —u-
rand the Garden, keeping
jwds in urder^and^ guarding.
Smith banners were scattered
Arys here. There were those, too,
1-hb-OreKHis-
«Un, William Gibbs MCAdoo.
Olthirtnan HuU swung his gavel
►wn exactly n« the clock struck
•vet, —and long minutes later,
hon the hubub subsided, the Dejno-
htic Nation*) Convention was actu-
ly under way.
The next move was a traditional
* in th* ’rjstory of convent tons-—
Of Democrats In Address
Urging Clean Government
Reorganise and reform T#e civil
servif*.
Adopt a progressive reclamation
policy.
Recognise Ambries'* obligation*
and responoibilities to the world.
today establishing clean government
as the foremost issue upon which th*
democrats will go before th* people
next fall.
"Forty eight years ago In St.
Louis,’’ h* said, "the hosts ot demo-
cracy met in convention to dedicate
themselves to parging corruption
■from the public service. We meet
today for a ro-dedicaton to the
best school of florid, speech—the
south. He has held the senate spell-
bound with the rare of his wit and
drive of hie words. He know* how
to^harm, enrage, hypnotise ah-^u-
the banners ot mates H<j doeij not fall toere.
If 'there was any lack of anthual-
lowa. Missis#!- aBjn the eoavention began,
pac°i there certainly is none how. There
eo1!d are roars of laughter,- boos, hisses,
cheers, as Harrison track* his sharp
whip against the hide of the G. 0.
P. elephant.
Harrison denounces the last four
years of Republican administration.
He speaks of the “vacillating foreign
•policy of the Hughes-Hardlnk-Cool-
1 idge" government and the Garden
thinking of the League of Nation*
yells it* approbation.
. OfWIlsoq:
. "Would Chat wo had in the Wbift
Howe the spirit ot him-whoa* heart,
of gold melted In the sympatbie* of
the world, whoso courage khew and
gave no quarter, whose qualities ot
statesmanship caused him to catch
the first whispering*-■oft.JtaWOcratlc
tl«ord*r and Mmtalte* and prescribe
for world unrest."
Briefly be laid down the purposes Hyian was introduced and weleom
of the democratic party if returned «d the delegates to N*w York,
to power, to: z
Restore integrity In public **rv-
ice.
Rigidly enforce th* law.
Bare campaign bribery and punish
election fraud*.
Reiter* agriculture by restoring
the purcirasing power of the farmers
That was the outstanding them*
of hie utterance —and woven
through It was denunciation pt the
l&'IltJn' fjkplan, ridicule of the ad-
ministration^ forciRU policy, sallies
at a situation In which “congress
does not lead the president and the
president does not lead congress."
and scathing reference* to oil. z
"There was corruption then"—4ft
years ago—he *k|d: Wthere ft a
saturnalia of corruption now.
the world’s history, and now a* a
farther mark of respect to bls mem-
ory, this convention wtll stand in re-
They were disgraced public offi-
cials then, repudiated by their party
and under arrest, but today Fall goes
unmolested on hl* ranch
Mexico
dential approval at Cleveland
Daugherty’s attorney was chairman
of the committee created to oil th*
steam roller of the worst boss ridden
convention of a generation.
And ••toll” has ♦- mt) th*
, «-w , „ »• , open sesame ot power. Show the
has subsided, game purpose-
And what a
pours into the
"Kven though Hanna, Quay
Penrose are dead, their spirits
marching on in th* parsonages
the Three Musketeer* of present day
reoubUcsnalm^Bufler. Rtparns *44.
Banner.” - :
For s moment, party differences
But what everyone were obliterated and only country
remained. Swelling throats mad* th*
garden shake with the might their
melody.
And now the business begins.
Hull presents Charles Greathouse of
Indiana, secretary of the Democratic
National Committee. He reads the
call to convention—which is the of-
ficial warrant of the gathering.
Then the slate of proposed tem-
porary oflicers is presented, inciufl-,
Ing Senator Pat Harrison, the fiery
ton’-rted Mississippi orator. The
slate is adopted without dissension.
There
will show you a foreign policy."
"Crooked business need* only to
gesture or special privilege to wink,
to make this admlnis*ation under-
stand and do. It Is against this brw-
tnl thing that we will wag* relent-
less war in this campaign."
Denouncing the republican party
as having a cornerstone of "Special
privilege,’’ Harrison declared “th*
doctrine of «qua| rights to none and
worn* Was never
Party." Th* first mention of Wil-
son’s name brought prolonged de-
monstration, with * parade around
the JiiJF, wIfh'~TW"niu Thit* demo-
cratic revival spirit In evidence for
the first time. Wm. J. Bryan sans
loudly?^ ' ‘ '
notcr, apoke slowly at first, amid »m«n y*h»*»bW*<
many Interruptions of Applause, end program of varied
the heat Wilted Ms collar before h*[ Everybody is tn
finished, but enthusiasm continued. (certs, which hav*
He departed from Iris set speech, r*-,th<’ Ch amber of C
ferrlng to republican party tnreetl-j hunt means of the
Cations of wartime crafti, asklug
tai candidate.
those nominees will be an^
I what platform they will run
me predicts.
gs—that this will be the hardest
At Democratic convention in
iy years.
ashing. clamoring crowds began
ilege upon Madison Square Gar-
th* campaign site, in the early
|Hfr hours, and long before Ila.
the hour of meeting practically
y seat in th* great auditorium
occupied,
here was excitement everywhere,
he convention hall th*r* was th*
glenl symphony of thousands of
ps, the scuffle of feet, the odor
arfutue and many bod lea- -and _ . „
i There U a Gutter among the
dniosphere a* tem»e as a fiddle- ....
Had les as the handsome Sonator Har-
rison udvancek to the platform to be
temporary chairman of the conven-
ll'ti, and to sound the “keynote” of
the Democratic, presidential cam-
paign. Tithre are cheers from tne
delegates.
■■« glerHiW Ts Poptila*
Harrison te popular throughout
the party. Ho is a commandin'^ fig-
ure and one o. the : cungevt of th*
Democratic senatorial leaders. True,
his hair is receding from the fore-
head, and a ghost of a paunch threat-
ens his middle—hut there is a boy-
’ah grtC-vi- »!<■* auu a 'conquer'-'
ing.glint in his eyes,
bto pftMtott
Senator Pat begin*.
jWhen Cordell Hull, chairman of fl()od of oratory he
^.Democratic National Committee, nud(t(M.luni. Harrl8Cn ha, Mrred an
salved.to the front of the apprwnti ______
Fakers' platform, the crowd in fhe
Wat and I or;turn came to attention,
It the nimble of voices persisted.
On the Mailt Floor
Down on the main floor where thB
liegates ait
m back Imrowa-to the far reaches
! the hall’s cavern
K, California—all the rest,
itegatlon grouped -In one
lock of men a -d women-
The gayety. however, came
I* galleries. It was the banner*
lore and the cheering mob* and
■ faces leaning far over balcony
ills that showed the visitors how
»ular Al Smith tar in his home
frireds. It la eapoctod that thotta-
Ih* delegatM root and cheered a* and* from all pnru of Waahingtrm
umritaa .Hfltyud o.l «nd nt»arby.,cmtoil*a willr enloj- tins
oonoarf." ' '*'1
Of entire* if you wish to .remain
seated in your cur, do *e, but for
thoafi who hav* no care or wiah to
Of th* Mellon tax proposal h*
said:
■ What la thi* Mellon that Mellon
Bought to nt? tl would hav* given
1900 of th* S.lSMftft income tax
payers :n America 51 per rent of the
tour reduction Under It* provlsl-
' W «n income of |5,ooo,wa wm u>
recebdua reduction ot
ress th* credit for effecting tax re-
duction. denouncing th* late Mallon
plan as an iniquitous financial
t- aeheme for the relief of the wealthy
only. He praises Senator Simmons,
tfce Democratic financial expert, and
father of the proposed 40 per cent
surtax,. H* tells the delegates that
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Robertson, Ruby. Brenham Daily Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 76, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 24, 1924, newspaper, June 24, 1924; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1180287/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.