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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1924
Page
6
A crowded convention scene fractured by Ku Klux Klan ties and La Follette faction pressure unfolded as leaders debated platform planks and a possible extra session. Wisconsin backers urged farm relief and reform while senators sparred over Mellon tax votes and insurgent members earned praise.
Sixty Klan representatives led by Imperial Wizard H W Evans and Walter Bossert arrive in Cleveland to press a platform fight over an anti X plank. Bossert says the plank will not be adopted. A statement linking Senator James E Watson to vice president consideration is repudiated as unauthorised and part of a malicious scheme. Indiana delegation holds a closed meeting with no action taken.
Governor Lowden says he will not seek the vice presidency. Word arrives that Governor Small may endorse him and Illinois delegates consider a formal caucus message to persuade Lowden to rethink. A spokesman notes the governor supports London for vice president if urged by party leaders.
Former Pennsylvania Governor William C Sproul, after talks with Pennsylvania delegation, telegraphs Illinois Governor Frank Lowden urging him to reverse his declination to run for vice president. He says Lowden owes the country and party to enter the race.
The insurgent platform led by Wisconsin’s Robert M. La Follette opposes party regulars on Daugherty Fall and proposes special congressional sessions for farm railroad and reclamation laws. It calls for direct presidential elections, rejects Mellon tax changes, and backs living wage cooperation while Coolidge avoids writing the planks. The advisory committee plans to submit three drafts without world court mentions.
A man described as middle aged and unfamiliar to neighbors is held by police for investigation in connection with the theft of alms and collection plates during Sunday service at St. John's Episcopal Church. Officer Taylor arrested the suspect near Broadway and Main and lodged him in the city jail on an investigation charge.
Wisconsin delegates have voted for La Follette as candidate in four Republican cycles but he has not formally sought nomination since 1916. He urges convention to avoid nominating him and to push progressive platform, stressing the need for a bold, uncompromising fight for progressive principles.
Major General Charles G. Morton commander of the Ninth corps area will depart San Francisco on June 29 for summer training camps and tactical inspections. He will visit Seattle Fort Gordon Casey Washington Helena Montana and Portland Oregon during the trip.
The article analyzes Coolidge potential allies and rivals for the vice presidency, noting Borah's alignment with Coolidge on budgetary restraint yet opposition to tariff stances. It discusses Curtis as impractical and contrasts Coolidge and Borah on veto records, platform support, and the party’s fiscal conservatism.
Governor Pierce honored a Montana requisition for the extradition of Frank Livenspire wanted in Butte on kidnapping his child. He is under arrest at The Dalles Oregon. The article notes a tangent about cheap imitations of American chewing gum popular in Hamburg Germany.
A large funeral tribute for mining figure Jack O Neill drew more than 1000 attendees as it wound down Montana streets to the cemetery. Choirs performed De Profundis and Lead Kindly Light while pallbearers included James Finlen Dan Crowley and others. district court declined sessions and city offices closed in respect.
National committeemen chosen by state caucuses include Campbell in Arizona and Crocker in California among many others. Names span Campbell to Kealing, Hamlin to Wingfield, with several states noting re elections and a Philippine Islands entry.
The Ohio and other state caucuses have selected their resolutions committee members. Names include B V Barnaco for Alabama, J C Adams for Arizona, Wallace Townsend for Arkansas, Lewis H Smith for California, Thomas A Devines for Colorado, Hiram Bingham for Connecticut, M M Owens for Florida, Frank Gooding for Idaho, Martin P Madden for Illinois, James Watson for Indiana, Bert Culp for Kansas, William Heyburn for Kentucky, Arthur T Staples for Maine, F F Gillette for Massachusetts, Charles B Warren for Michigan, Gunner Bjornson for Minnesota, E H McKissack for Mississippi, W T Gaither for District of Columbia, Clarence Cook for Hawaii, C G Reaves for Nebraska, Tasker L Oddie for Nevada, C W Little for New Hampshire, Edward C Stokes for New Jersey, Ogden Mills for New York, A A Whitner for North Carolina, O D Fess for Ohio, J B Herrald for Oklahoma, EB J Adams for Oregon, William Ware for Pennsylvania, William B Goodnough for Rhode Island, W M Howard for South Carolina, Lon A Mott for Tennessee, R B Creager for Texas, Reed Smoot for Utah, W W Stickney for Vermont, Henry W Anderson for Virginia, William M Ingles for Washington, James W Gaines for West Virginia, J J Blaine for Wisconsin, and A A Johns for Philippine Islands.
The United States circuit court of appeals upheld the conviction of William Kirkpatrick sheriff of Bonner county Idaho and his deputy Henry Thompson for violating the Valehead act. Kirkpatrick received one year in Kootenai county jail and a $1000 fine while Thompson got six months and a $500 fine. Harry Severnn remains a fugitive from justice.
The Department of Agriculture projects 93 million bushels less wheat than last year from June 1 conditions. Winter wheat prospects fall by 44 million bushels since May 1 due to drought cold weather insects and disease. Kansas declines 21 million bushels. May was the coldest since 1900s in most areas, with future weather likely to alter prospects. oats barley and rye also forecast lower, peaches may reach a bumper fourth record.
Peter A MacFarlane a famed railroad clerk minister actor and author died by his own hand amid a string of notes blaming illness for his decline He left a plea to be dealt with gently for his sake and spoke of spiritual agony and a sense of breaking He was 53 and had risen from pastor to successful storyteller lecturer and war writer with ties to California Missouri and Florida.
Charles Beech er Warren ambassador to Mexico and former ambassador to Japan chairs the committee to draft the GOP platform. He has been suggested as a potential vice presidential nominee.
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