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WET REVOLT DEMANDS REPEAL AND IMMEDIATE MODIFICATION
FARLEY NOW ASKS
TWO-THIRDS RULE
Roosevelt Manager Reverse;
Stand—Foes Call Posi
tion Surrender.
(Continued From First Page.)
Vention failed to nominate in six ballots
"I have had no change of mind.'
Kremer said, "and I know of no reasor
to change our plan."
While this was going on before the
Rules Committee the South Carolina
delegation, favorable to Roosevelt, wa.
agreeing in caucus to support tht ma·
jority proposal for changing the two
thirds rule.
Farley Not Afraid.
A few minutes later Farley said in ε
t press conference that Gov. Roosevçli
stood absolutely in favor of the régulai
order of business at the convention
under the regular rules.
"We are not afraid of the roll cal!
under the two-thirds rule and are con
fident of winning on the first ballot,"
Farley said.
Farley said Gov. Roosevelt's statemenl
yesterday was "explicit enough" anc
added "our friends should thoroughlj
understand."
"We are absolutely ir. favor of the
rules under which th? party's conven
tions have been held for the past IOC
years," Farley said.
"Absolute Surrender."
Later. Cohalan saiti the Roosevelt
forces "surrendered absolutely on both
the two-tlilrds rule and the order ol
procedure."" he added.
"The only concession they get Is that
•we recommend to the next convention
that they take up for consideration the
two-thirds rule, which means it can't
be done for eight years. There will be
only one report. If they break this
agreement. I'm going to charge them
with bad faith from the floor. They
have broken four others.
Prepare for Showdown.
With the glint of battle in their eyes,
delegates swarmed back to the conven
tion hall, to decide by roll call the
bitter struggle for control of the gather
ing's permanent chairmanship.
The fight was not only Senator Walsh
cf Montana versus Jouett Shouse, but
Roosevelt against the field of other
candidates with Alfred E. Smith in
the forefront. So strenuously has the
New York Governor worked against
Shouse that on the outcome rested
much of his prestige in and out of the
delegations committed to him. even
though an exceedingly close decision
«as expected.
Before the showdown, the Roosevelt
forces spoke confidently, with a long
list of States committed to Walsh. But
New York's delegation, biggest of all,
and so far neutral on the candidates
themselves, voted last night almost
three to one, 73 to 28, to be exact, to
support Shouse. in opposing whom
Roosevelt's enemies maintain the can
didate broke a pledged word.
Smith Confident.
Smith chuckled at the New York
Vote.
"I guess this elects Shouse without
any question," he observed, and the
favorite son delegations, joined by a
rot inconsiderable number of Roose
velt-pledged State groups, confidently
believed him right.
The convention vote, preceded by
vigorous debate, came on whether to
roopt a majority recommendation of
thr· Organization Committee, which
Roosevelt-controlled, went down the line
for Walsh, or to espouse the minority
cause for Shouse. The minority report
had to be actually voted on first, as a
substitute to the majority resolution.
The committes vote was 36 to 12.
The majority represented the commit
teemen from Alabama, Arizona. Ar
kansas. Colorado, Florida. Georgia, Idaho
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky. Louisiana,
Maine, Michigan, Minnesota. Missis
sippi, Missouri. Montana. Nebraska,
Nevada. New Hampshire. North Caro
lina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsyl
vania, South Carolina. South Dakota
Tennessee. Utah, Vermont, Washing
ton. West Virginia. Wisconsin, Wyo
ming, Hawaii, Porto Rico and th«
Canal Zone.
Against were arraigned California
! Connecticut, Delaware. Illinois, Mao
land. Massachusetts. New Jersey, Ohio,
Oklahoma. Texas, Virginia and Alaska.
The remainder of the committee mem
bers did not take part in the voting.
The States thus ranged had 614
actual convention votes on the ma
jority side, 358 on the minority, but
not all were bound to vote as units
and in some cases the committee vote
was far from assuring even a majority
01 the delegation.
Bewildered by a night of somer
saulting developments and wholly un
certain what might happen next, the
Democrats reassembled today in the
Stadium to loiter through a couple of
credentials contests while their real Is
sues waited outside the wings.
Louisiana's turbulent factions and a
Roosevelt-Smith contest from Minne
sota claimed the floor with appeals to
the party's highest court—the con
vention itself. The outcome of neither
contest greatly changed the situation
on the broader questions demanding
action later in the day.
Delegates Wavering.
Undoubtedly the shifting of policy
among the Rooseveltians had greatly
encouraged the opposition in their at
tempts to break down entirely the New
Yorker's dominance, and several South
ern delegations previously counted as
his were reported wavering.
There was much talk of a compro
mise candidate as the delegates, weary
from conferences lasting most of the
night, assembled slowly in the conven
tion hall. Ritchie of Maryland was
mentioned as a possible beneficiary of
p. break-up of present alignments, and
the name of Newton D. Baker was
heard in many delegations.
But It was a little early to be think
ing of such things in any definite way.
The preliminary tests of the predom
inant Roosevelt strength were awaited
before anything conclusive could be con
sidered.
The Rocsevelt men reiterated their
confidence they would show a majority
on the opening ballot, which probably
will be reached Thursday or Friday, and
climb upward rapidly to the two-thirds
now accepted as the needed margin.
Gets Away Slowly.
The convention was even slower than
at yesterday's opening session in getting
itself together. The hour of noon saw
only a fraction of the delegates in their
places and the galleries almost empty.
Not a single convention official had ap
peared on the platform.
The pipe organ kept its concert of
popular melodies going incessantly, but
that was about all that was stirring in
! the big hall.
One of the first celebrities to arrive
was Senator Huey Long, whas? Louisi
ana delegation had won a rough and
tumble battle in the Credentials Com
mittee, but still faced a challence on
the floor.
Hatless and in white, the Kingfish
started a round of handshaking in
various delegations. He talked things
over with Arthur Mullen of Nebraska,
the Roosevelt floor leader.
The national chairman, John J. Ras
kcb. arrived a few minutes later and
was surrounded by delegates who
wanted to whisper in his ear.
Davis I'nnoticed.
Senator Robert J. Bulkley of Ohio,
mentioned as a possibility for either
place on the ticket, appeared in a linen
suit and steered his way to the Ohio
rection through the gathering crowds
in the aisles. Almost unnoticed. John
W. Davis took his place under the New
York standard.
The silver-tongued, silver-haired
"Jim" Reed, Missouri's favorite son,
went about among friends on the plat
form, shaking hands. "Alfalfa Bill"
Murray held a reception in the Okla
homa section on the floor.
Shouse, who is the party's executive
chairman, was very busy among the
platform early-comrrs, when Senator
Walsh, his opponent for the chairman
ship. appeared in the growing throng
on the floor. Both looked very tired.
The Roosevelt men were working
harder than beavers to rally their
forces, and reports from some of the
Southern caucuses indicated progress
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi
reported to Raskob that Mississippi
would go down the line for Senator
ι Walsh, the Roosevelt candidate. Dele
gates in the Alabama delegation said
they would do the same. Floor man
1 ager Mullen went about canvassing the
oiher Southerners who had shown signs
ι of breaking away.
The organist in his high perch in
the gallery got the crowd interested for
the first time when he broke into
s "Dixie " Most of the Southerners and
i a good many others rose and cheered,
r and the rebel yell with variations al
3 most drowned out the throaty tones of
i the pipes.
Barclay Poses on Stand.
-* Soon after 12:30 things began to look
more businesslike on the platform.
Nearly the whole cast of characters had
assembled. Senator Barclay, the tem
porary chairman, posed for the last
time for the camera men. with the gavel
he was so soon to relinquish.
j James A Farley went about the
ι j crowded aisles seeking cut the waver
: ers He denied rumors he had broK.cn
with the Governor.
Gov. Ritchie got a hand from the
. I Marylanders and a ripple from else
i where in the hall as he fought his way
in to take his aisle seat on the Mary
land front. The "Win-With-Ritchie"
' placards popped into sight again for a
- ι moment.
The organist i-erenaded several of the
candidates in the last few nil nut s of
it : waiting. To the strains of "Maryland
f My Maryland" Gov. Ritchie stood on a
j chair and waved a straw hat to cheer
ing delegates about him.
S A sudden switch to "The Sidewalks of
New York" got Λ1 Smijjj, who had just
arrived, to his feet under the New York
standard. He got a hand, and then
the Texans cheered as the organ went
into "I've been workin' on the Rail
road," the Garner campaign song.
Surrounded by admirers, Smith did
not even wait for the inevitable ques
tion of what he had for breakfast.
"I ate sait mackerel this morning," he
announced, "and I feel fine."
Senator Berkley made his first try for
order at two minutes before 1, whack
ing the gavel with a strong right arm.
He evidently meant business, and the
disorderly aisles began to clear up.
Nearly everybody was a long way from
home, however, and it was several min
utes before the hall became at all quiet.
So many were on the floor that it
looked as though seats would be at a
premium. Some of the delegates had
trouble getting intruders out of their
places.
Got Started at 1 O'Clofk.
The galleries were nearly filled, too,
although some big empty patches ap
peared in the higher tiers and there was
a vacant seat here and there lower
down.
Just at 1 o'clock the business of the
day really got started, but only for an
announcement by J. Bruce Kremer of
Montana, chairman of the Rules Com
mittee, that the committee would meet
immediately in an adjoining room. It
was called together to reconsider its de
cision of last night, indorsing a modi
fied two-thirds rule.
Then there was a pause, fcr arrange
ments for the credentials fight had not
yet been completed.
Barkley retired to the back of the
platform, and the hall became as noisy
as ever again.
Senator Barkley rapped for order
again at 1:15 after conferring with a
knot of convention officials on the
platform.
He presented the Right Rev. P. G.
Ostowski. who delivered the opening
prayer. He is a Chicagoan.
Then, after another pause, Mrs. How
ard A. Austin of Kansas City, in dark
blue crepe de chine with blue hat, sang
a song to the Democracy, specially
written for the occasion, exhorting the
party to "keep united" and fight on.
John S. Hurley of Manchester. Ν. H.,
chairman of the Credentials Committee,
appeared at last at the front of the
platform and read the committee re
port. It seated the Long faction cf
Louisiana and the faction led by Knar
Hoidale in Minnesota.
Minority Reports.
Scott Lucas of Illinois appeared to
present the minority report on behalf
of the Sanders faction of Louisiana
opposed to the seating of a delegation
led by Huey P. Long.
"We recommend that the conven
tion elect and seat the delegates sent
from the Shrevrport, La., convention
and elected according to the constitu
tion of Louisiana."
He said the Long delegates were in
the Chicago convention despite a
warning at the Houston convention
never again to appear with delegates
chosen by the State Central Commit
tee such as the delegates that were
seated at Houston in 1928.
Alfred N. Phillips, jr.. of Connecticut
was recogniztd to present a minority re
port on behalf oi the John E. Regan
delegates !rcm Minnesota, who lost
recognition by the Democratic National
Committee on the plea of the Hoidale
delegates that they were "rumpers."
The gallery cheered as Phillips said
the "rump" convention d?legates repre
sented the "regular Democrats" of th?
State over the delegation controlled by
the old organization.
Mr. Phillips said the minority re
port recommended a comprcmise by giv
ing both the Hoidale and Regan dele
gates a half vote each and each dele
gation be recognized on the floor of the
convention.
Such a comprcmise would mean an
even break Between the Roosevelt and
Smith factions, as the Hoidale delegatrs
are "pledged to Roosevelt and the Regan
delegates to Smith.
DEMOCRATIC EXODUS
SCORED BY MOSES
Convention Interest Spells Stagna
tion for Important Session,
He Says.
Sharp criticism of Democratic mem
bers of Congress who have left their
' legislative dutfts to attend the na
tional convention in Chicago was voiced
by Senator Moses, Republican, of New
I Hampshire in a statement issued yes
ttrday.
Moses said the absence of a score
of Democratic Senators and prac
tically three score Democratic Repre
sentatives "spells stagnation in the
closing days of an important session
of Congress."
"The absence of the House conferees
upon important measures brings much
important legislative progress to a
complete standstill—and the earliest
day set for the return of the absentees
is next Saturday," Moses said.
"By that time Congress will have
recessed for the Fourth of July holi
day and it will be next Tuesday or
Wednesday, before the legislative ad
vance can be resumed."
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Flowers for Byrd
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VIRGINIA women in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention are
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Ritchie and Baker Gain
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Strength as Delegates
Begin to Waver.
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courage very greatly the favorite son ;
and dark horse candidates opposing :
him.
And yet, despite these tactical er
rors. Roosevelt still stands the leading ;
candidate for the presidential nomina
tion. His supporters assert he will be !
nominated on the first or second ballot,
under the two-thirds rule.
In part, the withdrawal from a floor |
battle to do away with the two-thirds
rule has brought together again Roose
velt supporters who were sadly divided
over the proposed majority rule. Ves
tiges of soreness are still in evidence,
however.
Ritchie and Baker Gain.
The names of Gov. Albert C. Ritchie
of Maryland and Newton D. Baker of
Ohio loomed large in the gossip here
today about possible candidates for the ;
presidency in the event Roosevelt is
unable to make the grade. Ritchie has
many friends in many delegations, who
would gladly go to him. It has been
understood in many quarters that the
forces supporting A1 Smith would be j
glad to go to the Maryland Governor j
if they have a chance. It has been J
suggested that Smith intends to with- j
draw and announce his, support of j
Gov. Ritchie. Such a move on the I
part of Smith would be of very doubt
ful value to the Ritchie candidacy,
however. One of the reasons that
Gov. Roosevelt has advanced so far
toward the presidential nomination is
the desire of many of ihe Democrats
from the South and West to eliminate
Smith, not only as a presidential can
didate. but also as an Important and
directing factor in the national party
management Tbis is not a Smith
convention.
Undoubtedly the Smith delegates frcm
Massachusetts,* New Jersey, Connecticut,
Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, wet
delegates, would be perfectly satisfied
to go to Ritchie. The Ritchie people
are laying claim to 200 delegates, most
of them in the Roosevelt camp, as a
second choice. If Rocsevelt is halted
seriously in his drive for the nomina
tion and these delegates drift to Ritchie
it will make him a real contender with
between 300 and 400 delegates soon
after his own drive gets going. Illinois
delegates are said to be strongly in fa
vor of Ritchie and ready to jump to
him after they have given a vote or
two to Melvin A. Traylor, Chicago
banker.
An appeal to newton u. rsaKer lu pei
mit his name to be presented to the
Democratic National Convention as a
presidential candidate, it was predicted
today, will go forward to Mr. Baker
from one of his friends in the conven
tion, if it has not already gone forward.
There is pressure to have the nomina
tions for President and Vice President
taken up before the day is out.
The first test of strength between the
Roosevelt forces and those opposed to
him is to come early in today's session
of the convention, when the name of
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana
Is to be presented for thi; permanent
chairmanship of the convention. The
anti-Roosevelt camp will back Jouett
Shouse, chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee for the office.
Walsh Wins, 36 ta 12.
Both sides claim victory. Walsh was
a winner by a big margin, however, in
the Comimttee on Permanent Organiza
tion last night, when by a vote of 36
to 12. he was nominated for the chair
manship. Shouse's name will be placed
before the convention. The voting
strength of the 36 States, whose repre
sentatives in the committee supported
Walsh is 674, as compared to 348 in the
State delegations, whose representatives
favored Shouse. If this is a correct
measuring rod. Walsh will win handily
Some of the State delegations, however,
will not vote solidly for Walsh even
though their representatives favored
him in the committee meeting. One
hundred and thirty votes are held by
the States and Territories not recorded
in the vote lait night. The Roosevelt
camp expressed great confidence they
will win this contest.
Today Parley was at work at 6:30
a.m., calling his key men in the various
delegations, seking to straighten out
the tangle over the two-thirds rule and
to keep every one in line for Walsh.
The charge has been made by the
supporters of Mr. Shouse that the
Roosevelt faction has "double-crossed"
Shouse and that the Governor has con
nived at the double-crossing. This was
another contest precipitated by the
Roosevelt leaders with poor judgment.!
It is bound to leave sore spots, no mat
ter which way it goes. The record in
the case leaves the burden of proof on
Roosevelt to show that the chairman
ship was not promised to Shouse.
The report of the Committee on Per
manent Organization is due to come
before the convention soon after it
meets, with both sides ready to go to
the mat. A1 Smith has announced he
will take the floor in support of the
Shouse candidacy for the chairman
ship. It will be Smith's first speech In
the convention
The convention also will be called
upon to decide whether it shall nom
inate its candidates for President and
Vice President before it adopts its na
tional platform. The Rules Committee
voted for such procedure. An effect to
change the program so that the plat
form consideration would come first was
defeated by a vote of 25 to 24 and then
the resolution proposing the entire pro
gram of procedure was adopted by a
vote of 31 to 18 The minority will bring
in a report to place the platform ahead
of the nominations in the convention's
program.
Cites Past Records.
The argument w'as advanced by the
opponents of the committee's plgn that
it was only fair to adopt a platform be
fore it asked the candidates to stand on ]
it. However, it was pointed out by Dan- j
iel Roper, the District of Columbia's
delegate in the Rules Committee, that j
in 1912, when Wilson was nominated.!
and again in 1916, when he was renomi- [
nated, the nominations had been made
first and the platform adopted later. In |
1828, the platform was adopted and
then A! Smith was nominated for Près
ident. He then sent the Houston con- ;
ventlon a telegram repudiating the dry
plank of the Democratic platform and j
announcing his own personal program j
against the eighteenth amendment. It
matters little, if the Smith case is to
be a criterion, whether the platform is !
adopted first or second.
The extreme wet faction is making a
hard fight to put a plank in the plat- j
form placing the Democratic party on
record as favoring repeal of the eight
eenth amendment and in favor of im
mediate revision of the Volstead act so
as to permit light wine and beer. The j
less extreme wets—practically all Dem- j
ocrats now here show signs of wetness— .
are sponsoring a flat declaration for the
submission of an amendment to repeal
the eighteenth amendment. In the
Rules Committee the less extreme wets
may win, but on the floor of the con
vention. with the big delegations from
I New York. Illinois and New Jersey all
clamoring for the wettest of planks, the
fight Is likely to be brisk. Leaders of
tnis group, including David X. Walsh,
say they will put It across.
Parley has Issued a statement declar
ing that Gov. Roosevelt and his friend·
had not been φρηβο» I or the si χ-ballot
plan adopted in the Rules Committee
and declaring that Gov. Roosevelt
meant what he said when in Albany
yesterday he issued his now famous
pronouncement saying that he wished
his friends to drop the fight to aban
don the two-thirds rule and to substi
tute majority rule in this convention.
Frank Hague of New Jersey, the
Smith floor manager at the conven
tion. put out a rip-snorting attack on
Roosevelt and declared Gov. Roosevelt
had given his sanction to the fight to
abrogate the two-thirds rule soon after
it had been started.
Hague's Statement.
"Mr. Roosevelt can never stay put
for even the shortest length of time.
It is also an effective illustration of
Mr. Roosevelt's lack of sincerity in
connection even with matters where !
principles or fundamental loyalties are
involved." Hague declared.
"Those who have watched Gov.
Roosevelt at close range are familiar
with his indecislveness, but they are
giad that this issue has exhibited those
qualities to the entire Nation.
"It is important to remember that !
Gov. Roosevelt did not turn about face
until his lieutenants in Chicago had !
informed him that there was not the ;
remotest possibility of his obtaining
enough votes in the convention to bring
about the abrogation of the two-thirds
rule.
"The people of the country have had
two enlightening demonstrations of Gov.
Roosevelt's lack of loyalty; first, to a
personal promise to Mr. Shouse, and
second, to a principle which he origi
nated and approved only to abandon
for reasons of political expediency."
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WORKING feverishly as the hour neared for their report, this picture shows members of the Resolutions Commit
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wnen this picture was made. Left to right, the photo shows: Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, Senator David
I. Walsh cf Massachusetts. A. Mitchell Palmer, Senator Burton Κ Wheeler of Montana, Joseph C. O'Mahoney
of Wyoming, Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee, W. G. McAdoo, California, and William A. Comstock, Michigan.
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Harry L. Gage of Brooklyn, Ν. Y„ was
the principal speaker. Mr. Gage said
that the new trend in printing educa
tion is to train consumers in the quality
of various grades of work.
Other Speakers.
Others who spoke this morning were
J. Henry Holloway, New York City; L.
L. Ingraham, Santa Barbara, Calif.;
Carl G. Bruner. Wichita. Kans.; David
Gustafson. Pittsburgh, Pa ; Ira D. Pil
lard. Milwaukee, Wis.; Ε. E. Vosburg.
Philadelphia; Burt F. Tomlinson, New
York City; Thomas E. Dunwody. Ten
nessee; Merritt W. Haynes, Jersey City,
N. J., and Allan Robinson, Baltimore.
This afternoon the delegates to the
conference left the city for a pilgrimage
to Mount Vernon.
Informal Dinner Tonight.
Tonight an informal George Wash
ington Bicentennial dinner was sched
uled. The speakers are to be Represent
ative Clyde Kelly of Pennsylvania
Dr. Stephen E, Kramer, first assistant
superintendent of Washington Public
Schools, and William PfafT of New
Orleans, president of the United Typo
thetae of America.
Last night Frederick W. Ashley, as
sistant librarian of fthe Library of
Congress, lectured to the delegates on
the Vollbehr collection of incunabula.
He told of its collection by Dr. Otto
H. F. Vollbehr and of the history of
some of the tomes.
SEEK TO STABILIZE
LAKES SHIP RATES
Canadian Steamship Owners Form
Company to Direct Traffic
and Charges.
Br the Associated Press.
MONTREAL. Quebec. June 28 —Plans
of Canadian lake steamship owners to
stem the decline in revenue from com
merce on the Great Lakes became
known today.
A company is to be incorporated to
act for all Canadian lake steamship
owners in arranging charters for grain
carrying boats, and a manager will
handle the affairs of the new organiza
tion. with headquarters in Winnipeg.
Through the new organization all
charters for grain between Fort Wil
llim-Port Arthur and points on the
Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence will
b<: made. One-half of the available
tonnage on the Great Lakes will be !
maintained in operation and the other
half withdrawn. Ships will be loaded
in rotation. No restrictions will be im
posed on navigation of canal-sized
steamers to the head of the lakes, al- j
though it has been stipulated that these
will not interfere with "upper lake"
freighters.
lïie main purpose of the new ar- j
rangement is announced as stabilization
of rates.
UNSCHEDULED PARADE (JE WETS
TAKES CONVENTION BY STORM
Some One Decides on Demonstration and
Soon Aisles Are Jammed With Milling
Delegates Carrying Standards.
I
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 28.—An unscheduled ;
demonstration for repeal of prohibition, '
stirred up the humdrum routine of the
Democratic National Convention's open- I
ing session with its first real noisy :
show.
Late in the afternoon yesterday, after I
two hours of keynoting by Senator ι
Berkley of Kentucky, the temporary
chairman, the wetter delegates respond
ed suddenly to his declaration for sub
mitting the prohibition question all |
over again.
Even eye-witnesses disagreed about
who started it, Maine or New Jersey,
but there were rumors of emissaries
from the platform weaving down to
pass the word as Senator Barkley
neared the bit in his speech that
touched things off. Who sent them was
not of record. The name of Chairman
John J. Raskob, probably because of
his often-voiced and vigorous repeal
sentiments, was much mentioned.
Anyway, it started. And before any
body realized it the State standards
were off on the time-tried old busl
ness of parading the aisles. All but
six, Virginia. Alabama. Kansas, North
Carolina. Nebraska and Oklahoma,
joined in. The man in the organ loft
saw a chance to escape from the pru
dently neutral tunes he had theretofore
favored, in deference to candidate rival
ries and the war songs followers of each
have made their own. The mighty
voice of his instrument seemed to award
Maine the honor post in the show, for
it roared into the Maine "Stein Song"
to give rhythm to the repeal parade.
Then it was "How Dry I Am" and "The
Gang's All Here" and many another old
favorite of that order.
A brief fisticuff bout around the Texas
standard was quickly squelched by about
a half ton on the hoof of Chicago's
beefy bluecoats. Ubiquitous workers
for various candidates took over the
show, routing out their Roosevelt. Gar
ner and Ritchie banners or placards
to get a place in the picture.
The colorful and noisy start indi
cated a convention full of demonstra
tion ginger for use when nominating
day arrives.
DECISION DUE SOON
ON D. 0. UNII RULE
Dispute on Point Protested
by Four Probably Will Be
Settled Today.
By a Staff Correspondent ol The Star.
CHICAGO, June 28.—The controversy
in the District of Columbia delegation
to the Democratic convention over ap
plication of the unit rule on voting on
all questions may come to a head this
afternoon, if a vote is reached on the
permanent chairmanship of the con
vention.
Col. Arthur O'Brien, who with three
other delegates walked out of the Dis
trict caucus Sunday in protest against
applying the unit rule, is prepared to
challenge the rule if the District dele
gation is voted as a unit on the selec
tion of a permanent chairman of the
convention.
The four delegates who left the cau
cus have indicated they favor Jouett
Shouse, executive chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, for
permanent chairman. The eight others,
constituting the majority of the District
delegation, are Roosevelt supporters.
The delegations friendly to Roosevelt
are, generally, for Senator Walsh of
Montana for permanent chairman.
It appeared this afternoon that the
report of the Credentials Committee on
contested delegations from Louisiana
and Minnesota would come up before
the permanent chairmanship question.
In that event the dispute over the unit
rule in the District group would be set
tled on that roll call. John B. Colpoys,
chairman of the District delegation,
said it will be determined on the first
question to be voted on in the conven
tion.
SOUTHERN UTILITIES
PRESIDENT RESIGNS
By the Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 28 —
Resignation of Thomas W. Martin of
Birmingham, as president of Common
wealth and Southern Corporation and
the appointment of B. C. Cobb, chair
man of the board, to succeed him were
announced here today.
Martin said he would devote his
time in the future to directing affairs
of the Alabama Power Co. of which he
is president. He will remain on the
board of Commonwealth and Southern
and Mr. Cobb will continue as chair
man.
Mr. Martin became president of Com
monweath and Southern when the
corporation was formed in 1929 as a
holding company for the Alabama &
Georgia Power Co.'s and other utilities.
He has been president of the Alabama
Power Co. for 12 years.
Merger Denial and Faith in
Its Cash Position Quiet
Financial Fears.
By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, June 28—Along La Salle
street's financial »ow traders today
hailed as a steadying Influence reas
suring statements intended to wither
rumors and speculation concerning the
affairs of Gen. Charles G. Dawes' Cen
tral Republic Bank & Trust Co., third
largest financial institution in the city.
Gen. Dawes, whose return as chair
man of the bank yesterday was accom
panied by a spectacular downward
plunge of its stock, himself hastened to
set at rest rumors of a merger with the
city's largest Institution, the Conti
nental Illinois Bank & Trust Co. He
declared Central Republic's cash posi
tion was "impregnable."
An<^ from Vice Chairman Joseph L.
Otis came an explanation for the pre
cipitous drop that sent the stock, in
over-the-counter sales, from $47 bid and
$49 asked of Saturday to $1 bid and $«
asked at the close yesterday.
"We simply withdrew our support,"
he said.
Gen. Dawes, who returned to control
of the bank yesterday after almost eight
years in public service as Vice President
under Coolidge, Ambassador to Great
Britain and head of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation, declared the in
stitution was made impregnable by
negotiated loans, which were necessi
tated by heavy recent drains on cash
resources.
Otis said the money was obtained
from the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration. and it was understood the
amount was sufficiently large to pay off
all depositors in full, if necessary.
69TH TO PAY HOMAGE
TO FATHER F. P. DUFFY
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 28—New York's
old 69th Infantry, now the 165th. will
be under arms tomorrow to pay last
military honors to its captain. Rev. Dr.
Francis P. Duffy, who died Sunday.
The regiment will be supplemented
by a detachment of the Regular Army
and uniformed police and firemen. The
troops will escort an artillery caisson
bearing the flag-draped coffin from H:ly
Cross at 9 a.m. to St. Patrick's Cathe
dral, where requiem mass will be said
at 10 a m.
After the mass they will resume the
escort to the establishment of an un
dertaker. where the body will be trans
ferred to a civilian hearse. The
remainder of the funeral will be ac
cording to civilian rites, with the ./ex
ception that an honor guard will ftte a
military salute at St. Raymond's Cerne- I
tery.
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Massachusetts Senator De
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States Back Proposal.
BY FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON*.
CHICAGO. June 28 </P) —A wet re
fi. proportions surprising even its
" Was mov'ln8 on the Demo
m nfCr'fni l!î today demanding re
» eighteenth air.endmmt and
immediate modiflcation of the Volstead
Al7red Fat^mTfhPlank P^Posed by
Alfred E. Smith and the drive was
Chusette bAffenat°r WaLsh of Massa
chusetts. After a conference of the
wet forces Senator Walsh conceded to
his own astonishment, in announcing
* Preliminary estimate showed 20
and Territories behind the pro
posal, with a total vote of 566
Close to Majority Vote.
^ w|thln a dozen votes of the
majority necessary for adoption of a
platform plank expressing the partv
in favor of repeal. However, the total
estimate and presidential
Wh dFlegat!,s have not been polled
Southern and Western forces were
rallying behind the neutral repeal sub
Which the Resolutions
SinTcht Tt i preparing to report out
the Roosevelt leaders8 adV8nCed by
„ TlîÇ advocates of Gov. Roosevp» nr
"on th6 fesitiential nomina
Ruîei Com m in!.rpr< last ni«ht in the
«uies committee in reportine a nrn_
bvSafLt0,haVe .'f10 P'atform considered
by the convention after the nomin»
tion of the President. It is a new X
and what effect it will have on thl
taMtffi' prohibltlon ""tie is prob
Eavorable State*.
«sites#
sota 24; Illinois, se-fe 26;^:
that all°th?ero»theie was no certainty
TerritôriM thesP States anà
nwal B..Î cast ior outright
ttiTi' .But It was estimated by the
' ffainiw fers some votes would be
gained from other States
! m^n°edibfnr0r|hand ie"n,reM«' planks re
^ to bi Uinn/rt65? V00/" sutîc°mmit
fn« th. into f°rm today be
beforethl932 Democratic platform goes
τί» ÎÎÏL2?*»1! comrnittep tonight.
voS i^Çhp ο l?,ï?ion plank has the
irisLitaisss-· by
Compromise Offered.
berof^tï ?nU1 °' Washinfrton. a mem
repeal
î^lVV} ns caUed in the States for the
^purpose of acting upon that pro
movement had taken the
prohibition camp somewhat by surprise
i a » a counter move. was in proe
; pect. The prohibitionists and the vet
eran party leaders are convinced that
for repeal*6 ^ '° pledge the Ρ«**
Senator Walsh Is determined to take
the contest to the floor if he loses In
the committee—as seems certain He
' Smith" 0D the speakln? support of
Fight Over Farm Relief.
There is considerable dispute imnend
Wi °»er the farm relief plank The
leaders of organized agriculture' an!
P®a/hed last night to present their views
irtin committee, but they were denied
They spoke sharply 0f their
resentment at this reception althoueh
view" ,eXpLalned t0 them that their
favored Were 0n file and were
GraMe T#b?' <?Mte,r of the National
grange g. a. ONeal of the American
5"™ Bureau Federation and J a
Simpson of the Farmers' Union called
at the committee room. Thev «id thev
Zh Lotthadvocat> sp™flc ^thS
fce nr pTTTorf c°"troversial equalization
j export debenture, for the Diat
a D?ankCcnIif|tl°nV but were demanding
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