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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1924
Page
1
At the Democratic national convention in New York crowds roared for Alfred E. Smith as Franklin D. Roosevelt urged his name. Delegates from New York and elsewhere filled galleries with banners and noise while Roosevelt spoke, lifting Smith's candidacy amid a chaotic, excited scene that stretched over an hour.
New York June 26 The Democratic national convention moved toward final nominating balloting after forty eight hours of heated debate. Ten candidates were nominated as platform work neared completion and plans for a formal presentation of five more aspirants emerged. A McAdoo demonstration and a Smith display energized the hall while Roosevelt received a rousing, if sympathetic, reception.
Davis campaign leaders say a western delegation pledged direct support for John W. Davis of West Virginia if McAdoo cannot win the nomination. The eight West Virginia votes would split six for Davis and two for another second choice on the next ballot. Davis operatives in New York and West remained hopeful of a deadlock between McAdoo and Smith, planning a floor push when needed.
A Clarksburg wire reports Mrs Waldo Perry Goff, formerly of this city and sister-in-law of Colonel Guy D. Goff, died in New York after more than a year of illness from paralysis. The message from John W. Davis of New York confirms the death.
The convention program notes Walsh as permanent chairman opening at 16 80 oclock p m EDT with Rev Dwight W Wylie giving invocation. Roll call continues by states for presidential candidates with at least five more nominations expected and resolutions for national Democratic committeemen and committeewomen and tenure of office on the platform committee. Adjournment for the day.
Fred Van Nuys of Indiana placed Samuel M. Ralston in nomination for the presidency noting his record as Indiana governor and United States senator. The address claims Ralston would be a dynamic leader and economic steward, citing debts paid and treasury balance while governor.
New York June 26 A Democratic platform draft attacks the Republican administration for inefficiency and corruption. It cites naval oil leases, cabinet officers, and veterans bureau charges, warning that a vote for Coolidge is a vote for chaos. The sub committee opposed naming the Ku Klux Klan and reaffirmation of the 1920 League of Nations plank.
After twenty hours the platform subcommittee mostly agrees on thirty-two planks. Debate centers on denouncing the Klan by name and a strong League of Nations plank. Owen Young’s world peace proposal gains support while other league ideas are debated.
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