The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1928 Page: 3 of 8
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Gov. Alfred E. Smith, Nominee of Democratic National Convention
For the Presidency
Smith Nominated By The
Democrats At Houston
Senator Robinson of Arkansas Given
Second Place On The Ticket By
The Harmony Convention
his tfve-xt nudiencc to its feet with ring-
ing chOQl Sj.
Turning to the farmer, !,!;■. Ugwcts
said his portion had become one of
thcrns and thistles and that in seven
years the Republican party had utterly
i'ailed to do anything for him, closing
this portion of his speech, he thun-
dered: "We do not propose that the
most basic of all our industries shall
longer be a doormat for all the others
o wipe their feet upon as they enter
Jie Temple of Privilege." Responding
•,vith a mighty shout, the delegates and
3f. Howell took the platform and of-
fered to the convention the name of
-MiEsoupri's fighting senator, James
A. Reed. This man, he said, was
made to order as a candidate for the
Presidency against Herbert Hoover.
Howell described at length Reed's ca-
reer in congress, his defense of con-
stitutional privileges and his lifelong
fight for democracy.
When Howell closed the Missouri,
Florida, Oklahoma and Philippines
delegations started a demonstration
that was extraordinarly noisy and long
continued considering their scanty
ii
; he two bands
pulled up the state standards and
marched around the aisles for about
fifteen minutes. Skeptical ones in the
audience believed a demonstration at
that point in the address was pre-ar-
rcnged to impress the corn belt. Any-
how, it was impressive at the time.
America's "Mythical Age"
The speaker directed a hail of verbal
bullets at the Republican claims of hav-
enemies and of having brought about
prosperity and economy. Said he:
"Mythical prosperity, mythical econ-
omy, mythical facts, mythical figures
and mythical men. The last eight years
may well be treated by the historian of
the far future as the mythical age of
American history."
Omitting from his address as given
BY EDWARD W. PICKARD
Sam Houston Hall. Houston, Texas—
With Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York
as its standard bearer, Senator Joseph
T. Robinson of Arkansas in second
place on the national ticket and a
reasonable amount of harmony within
its ranks, the unterrified Democratic
party is all set to give the Hoover-led
Repahlicans a hot battle that will last
vxrttl the polls close in the November
•lection.
In this huge convention hall a wildly
cheering throng of delegates made A1
their Presidential nominee on the
fbift ballot, and then pandemonium
reigii£& .-v State' 'standards were torn
lithograph#1
ith appeared on ever?jhif&<?Li}bd the
began tbehr 1oyb«4 marc"
ie aisles, while the alternates
and the thousands of spectators stood
up yelling at the tops of their voices
and the bands playing—one guess what
—were drowned out by the shouting
and singing multitude. Hysterical
women threw their arms around one
another or around the men nearest to
them and wept for joy. Mrs. A1 Smith
and Mrs. Walker, wife of Mayor Jimmy
Walker of New York, sitting together
in the national committee stand, made
no attempt to restrain their triumphant
delight.
Hope for Victory Through Harmony
It was an emotional demonstration
that needed no artificial coaching and
pushing, and lasted a long, long time.
The cockles of the hearts of every
Democrat there were warmed and when
order was restored every one of them
resumed his seat glowing with serene
confidence that the convention had
picked the man who would be inau-
gurated President of the United States
on March 4, 1929.
The reasonable harmony mentioned
above was brought about by the smart
work of the committee on resolutions,
but no sweeping downward revision of
tariff rates was proposed. The Mellon
taxation program was attacked as not
based upon the fundamental principle
of ability to pay.
Altogether, the platform was vig-
orous, snappy and notably short.
No Chance to Stop 8m ith
Opponents of A! Smith, both those
who wanted the nomination for them-
selves and those who just didn't want
Smith, had less chance to stop the idol
of New York than the "allies" at Kan-
sas City had of stopping Herbert
Hoover. In the first place, they were
not merely so numerous as were the
allies; and In the second place, there
on ti Swid i hh i^^q^ap4^Iabama. ad.,
v was Senator Cutis
Republicans. SeflatorWua
Reed of Missouri made such play for
the honor as he could, insisting to the
last that he could at least stop A1 even
if he could not himself secure the
nomination. But as he was credited
with being as wet as Smith the dry
southerners could scarcely he expected
to stand by him in large numbers.
Reed's headquarters were busy places
and his boosters, many of whom were
women, kept ou distributing docu-
ments and oral arguments.
Evans Woollen of Indiana, Jesse
Jones of Tex%£, Senator George of
Georgia, and other favorite sons re-
ceived the complimentary votes of their
state delegations, but nearly all the del-
egates were ready to jump into the
Smith band wagon when the appointed
time came, and jump they did with
the utmost enthusiasm.
Opening the Convention
Conforming to the official call, the
convention was called to order by
National Chairman Clem Shaver at
noon on Tuesday, and the prelimina-
ries, including the naming of the com-
mittees, were gone through with. Then,
in accordance with the decision of the
always the most important body in a!na^ona^ committee, adjournment was
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.national convention. It .was no easy
task this committee had, for the dry
south was arrayed against thejvet east,
and apparently each was determined
to have its own way about fae enforce-
ment plank to be inserted in the plat-
form. The formulation of this resolu-
tion required infinite tact and patience,
for though the Smith forces knew they
could nominate their man, they could
by no means afford to alienate the bone
dry states of the south and west.
taken until 7 o'clock in the evening
when Claude G. Bowers of New York
city, temporary chairman, delivered
the keynote address. This change of
hours was made partly to avoid the
daytime heat and more especially so
that Mr. Bowers' speech might have
better distribution over the country by
radio. The address of the editor, his-
torian and scholar was well worth
hearing, being breezy and lively and
remarkably free from the heavy plati-
Features of the Platform jtudf tfh"t ordin«"y characterize such
Farm' organization leaders from the | ?_r_0£'^lon_S-Jt what was expected
corn
Republicans ... ~ ,„+ , .. • -,,r u
day dinner in Wash-
rm organization leaders from the;'' — ^ "nau
belt, who failed to obtain from the j tl,e "!an created such a stir
lblicans in Kansas City what they ™ ' "' . ? h'.s •"*
ing the administration's policy of "dol-
lar diplomacy" in Latin-America, and
Nicaragua especially, Mr. Bowers
moved rapidly to his peroration, finish-
ing with the words: "And we shall
win because our cause is just. The
predatory forces before us seek a
triumph for the sake of the sacking.
Their shock troops are the Black Horse
cavalry whose hoof-beats have made
hideous music on Pennsylvania avenue
during the last eight years. They are
led by money-mad cynics and scoffers
—and we go forth to battle for the
cause of man. In the presence of such
a foe 'he who dallies is a dastard and
he who doubts is damned.' In this con-
nection we close debate and grasp the
sword. The time has come. The battle
hour has struck. Then to your tents,
O, Israel!"
Champ Clark's Daughter Beaten
There were several lively passages at
the meeting of the committee on creden-
tials, especially in the case of Louis-
iana. H. C. Fields led a delegation
from that state that was elected by the
state central executive committee in-
stead of by a convention, and it had
possession of the tickets and badges.
A contesting delegation, sponsored by
Mrs. Genevieve Clark Thompson,
daughter of the late Champ Clark,
made a good fight but was defeated by
a vote of 42 to 7. At the short noon
session of the convention Wednesday
this contest was brought before the
body of delegates which sustained the
decision of the committee.
Senator Joseph T. Robinson was
made permanent chairman ind near
the close of a rather long speech, with
one brief sentence concerning the con-
stitutional provision against a religious
test for office, he started a grand
parade of the state standards. The
Missourians sat quiet, and so did one
or two other delegations though there
were'fights to get the • standards of
wanted also demanded the attention
of the resolutions committee, and
though the Democratic party naturally
could not afford to put itself on record
in favor of the equalization fee in the
McNary-Haugen bill, pledges of aid to
the farmers in special session of con-
gress were made which, it was hoped,
would capture many rural votes that,
otherwise would go to the Republican went1on to a contrasting ot Jeiferson-
tie.kpf | ian democracy with Hamiltoman re-
publicanism, and of the latter with
at the Jackson
ington last Januar.
Chairman Bowers gave little time to
telling in detail what the Democratic
party has done in the past or what it
proposes to do in the future. Opening
with a ringing call to the party to arm
itself for a war of extermination
against "privilege and pillage," he
ticket.
Planning to make "corruption" the
dominant issue of the campaign, the
plhtform builders constructed a plank
that vigorously attacked the record of
the Republican administrations of Pres-
idents Harding and Coolidge, reviewed
^ at length the oil lease scandals and
P other instances of alleged misbehavior
i in office, and pledged the Democratic
party to give the nation a clean and
honest government. Campaign con-
tributons and expenditures also came
in for lively comment.
The platform roundly assailed the
Republican administration's foreign
policy, especially as to intervention in
j other American republics. The iFord-
n©y-McCumber tariff law now in effect
denounced as inequitable and fcend-
Lincoln's republicanism which he ac-
cused the Republican party of having
abaudoned. It now, he said, is openly
following the Hamiltonian theory of
government for the benefit of the
wealthy and powerful.
Hot Shot from Bovvers
In incisive language, lull of epigram
and invective, he attacked the Repub-
lican administrations of Harding and
Coolidge, describing with bitter irony
their alleged shortcomings and mis-
conduct. Of course, the Teapot Dome
oil scandal and allied affairs came in
for a full measure of denunciation.
Winding up a brief summary of what
the eight years of Democratic rule from
1912 to 1920 did with an eloquent eu-
e scenes in Madison
1924.
The commitfee'dn rules took into ac-
count the advantages of radio distribu
tion and provided that the nominating
speeches for President should be made
before the presentation of the plat-
form. Therefore those oratorical ef-
forts were heard at the Wednesday ev-
ening session.
Roosevelt Presents Smith
Governor Smith's name was present-
ed to the convention by Franklin
Roosevelt, who performed the same
service for him four years ago in Madi-
son Square Garden. Still vigorous de-
spite his long illness, Mr. Roosevelt
made an eloquent and spirited speech
that often aroused the audience to
loud applause and at its close there
was a wild and uproarious demonstra-
tion that could not be quelled by the
chairman for many minutes.
Nearly every state standard was in
the parade within a minute, New-
York modestly giving the lead to
others. Missourians sat pat and so
did the delegates of several other
states. In the Mississippi delegation
there were several lively fights be-
tween the anti-Smith and pro-Smith
groups, the standard was broken in
the struggle and some - seats Were
smashed before two squads of Hous-
ton policemen could quell the row.
Governor Moody refused to permit
the Lone Star flag of Texas to be
taken into the demonstration, so Mrs.
Laura Burleson Negley, daughter of
former Postmaster General Burleson,
found a small Texas flag and, wav-
ing it, led a small group of Texans
who were for Smith. At one time most
of the standards were grouped in
front of the box wherein sat Mrs. Al
Smith, and she arose to acknowledge
the compliment. After 35 minutes of
uproar Mayor Walker tactfully or-
dered the New York standard with-
drawn, and so order was restored.
Favorite Sons Named
United States Senator Walter F.
George, of Georgia, was placed in
nomination by Judge Charles R. Crisp
in a long speech in which he attack-
ed Smith without naming him. The
George denomstration was participat-
ed in by Georgia, Alabama, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and
Nebraska, and was fairly satisfactory
to his admirers. W. H. O'Brien pre-
sented the name of Evans Woolen fa-
vorite son of Indiana; Congressman
William" Ayers, of Kansas, was put
in nomination by George McGill of
that state; there were several second-
ing speeches for Smith, the most nota-
ble being by Mrs. Nellie T. Ross,
former governor of Wyoming, and the
convention adjourned to Thursday
morning.
When the delegates assembled
Thursday the Smith seconding
speeches were resumed. Governor
Ritchie of Maryland, who withdrew
in favor of Al, was first on the list
and followed by former Mayor Peters
of Boston and Andrew Nelson of Min-
nesota. Mississippi did not put Sen-
ator Pat Harrison in nomination,
though he was scheduled to get a
Regardless of the price you pay,
few oils are as good and none bet-
ter than the Pierce Pennant Motor
j oils. Curtis Service - Station and
'Jim Hogg Service Station. ltfc
lternates sprang to their feet and as , nun= fith^ph™d
played their loudest. | standards were (.^rrie(} \roPund the
hall, and the uproar was out of all
proportion to the number of Reed
votes. ...
Cheers For Jesse Jones.
Next to be put in nomination for
the honor none of them could hope to
attain were Huston Thompson of Col-
orado. Atlee Pomerene of Ohio, Gil-
bert M. Hitchcock of Nebraska and
Cordell Hull of Tennessee. And then
ing protected business from Democratic I the audience was given something a
little more lively in the nomination of
Jesse H. Jones, pride of Houston and
the man whose efforts brought the
convention to this city. No one of his
excellent qualities was overlooked, and
the galleries cheered him wildly.
Huge paper bags full of toy balloons
had been suspended from the girders
of the hall and these were torn open
to the press a I™ _h dea= >
ians are very proud of Jesse Jones
and rejoiced at the opportunity to
evidence that. Then, too, he is finan-
cial director of the Democratic Na-
tional Committee and as such has
made himself popular among the dele-
gates. So, all in all., Mr. Jones may
well feel satisfied with the demonstra-
tion that followed the presentation of
his name. Before it quieted down the
Cowboy band marched in, led by a
pretty cowgirl mounted on a gray
mare. Chairman Robinson enjoyed
this as much as anyone else but was
finally compelled to ask that "the
cavalry be now removed."
Platform Is Adopted.
The platform committee had been
laboring for two days and nights and
for a time serious discord was threat-
ened over the law enforcement plank.
Governor Dan Moody stood out to the
last for an extremely dry plank, but
the harmony workers won out and
adopted the resolution drafted by
Carter Glass, pledging the party to
honest effort to enforce the Eigh-
teenth Amendment and all other laws
as well. When the platform was sub-
mitted to the convention Thnrsday
evening this plank was mildly ap-
plauded. Moody, as a minority of one
on th«f committee, explained his
stand.4 Governor Ritchie of Maryland,
outstanding wet, told why he was that
way. But neither offered a minority
report. Senator Glass explained the
compromise for the sake of harmony,
and the platform was adopted by an
almost unanimous vote.
Then came the roll call of states
on the selection of a Presidential can-
didate.
Over on First Ballot.
Nomination of Smith came earlier in
the balloting than his supporters really
desired. They felt that a victory too
obviously easy might savor of steam
roller methods and tend td injure the
spirit of harmony that was the true
.was denounced as inequitable and tenu- urn wuu au tuuyueui eu- ; uiuu6« scneuuiea to get a .
to foster the growth of monopolies, l°&y uf Woodrow Wilson, he brought coTiplImertery vote. Then Charles > delefti
iutuMftR town fcgyaote of the convention^ lowing
pretty well their own stfgogih, they
wished $very tether candidate to have
his full chance. But most of the del-
egates were eager to fall in line for Al
and could not be long restrained.
On the first ballot Smith lacked
but ten votes of the requisite two-
thirds. Before the totals could be
announced a dozen delegates were on
their feet, each seeking to be the one
to put Al across the mark. Amid in-
creasing disorder Chairman Robinson
first recognized the Ohioans, who
gave their entire vote of 48 to Smith.
The deed was done.
Welcoming Mayor Jimmy Walker
What the local press called the larg-
est and most enthusiastic crowd that
ever assembled at a Houston railroad
station gathered to meet the special
train that brought Mayor Jimmy
Walker of New York and a host of
other residents of the metropolis. Jim-
my, who is noted for his attire, was
clad in a neat sport suit of purple.
The throngs at the station and the Rice
hotel fairly mobbed him and as he
already was under the weather he soon
retired to his room. About the same
time another group of New Yorkers,
numbering several hundred, arrived at
Galveston by boat, completing a sea
voyage around Florida and up through
the Gulf.
Ample accommodations for all the
visitors had been arranged by the
Houston committees, but even so some
of the hotels were rather swamped.
The Rice was the center of most of
the activity and it was almost impos-
sible to force one's way through its
lobby. As for the elevators in this
hostelry, they proved utterly inade-
quate and the language used about
them wouldn't get through the mails.
One wild eyed gentleman from western
Texas waited so long for an elevator
that his patience gave out. Pulling out
his pistol, he deliberately put a bullet
through the center of each pane in
the door of the shaft. No one was hit
and no one was arrested. The authori-
ties looked upon the incident as just a
case of pleasure shooting, like that of
another westerner who was moved to
step out on the balcony and put a
bullet through a window of a hotel
down the street.
Though Texas is dry and its gov-
ernor, Dan Moody, especially arid, it
was said there was no lack of alcoholic
refreshments for those who felt they
couldn't get along without it. Visiting
newspaper correspondents, who were
given a boat ride down the ship chan-
nel of which Houston is so proud were
agreeably moistened, and throughout
the week purveyors of the demon rum
were not hard to find. The police made
a proper demonstration by raiding sev-
eral night clubs just before the conven-
tion opened. Thenceforth they devoted
themselves to directing traffic.
Music and Mokes
Bandsmen of Houston had set them-
selves the task of learning to play the
state tune of every state in the Union,
and the pleasing result was that each
I have a new machine which places
soles on Ladies and Misses shoes and
makes them look like new. No tacks,
no titching, leaves the sole pliant
Little higher in price but worth the
money. Come in and let me explain
it to you. F. W. RHOLES SHOE
SHOP.
METHODIST CHURCH
9:45 A. M. Sunday School
11:00 A. M. Morning Worship,
4:30 P. M. Junior League.
6:45 P. M. Senior League.
7:45 Evening Worship.
Mid-week prayer service*
Wednesday evening at 7:30p.m.
You are always welcome t®
any service held in this Church.
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charges were hurled at the girl.
She was called a "gold-digger,"
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But when, in a voice broken by
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Then came that dra-
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