Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-07-10
Cox Is Nominated
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/ was day of oratory OF the good, old
| fashioned, Democratic kind. During
the all-day session of We 1nesday, and
through the first session of Thurs
day the oratorical lights of the party
ext0led the virtues of the fourteen
candidates named in either nominat-
ing or seconding speeches. With but
one exception the nominating speeches
were made by men. The one excep-
ton was Miss Bessie Dwyer, an al
ternate from the Philippines, who pre-
scented the name of Francis Burton
| Harrison. Every candidate, whose
nomination was seconded at all, had
provided for one or more women as
seconders.
The event of the nominating SEES
sions was the presentation of the
name of Mr.. McAdoo. 1t was known
that Mr.. McAdoo had insisted that
his name not be presented TO the con-
vention, and had repeated this wish
| by telegraph on Tuesday to Rev. Bur-
ris Jenkins, of Kansas City. McAdoo
delegates were inslstent that the
name of their favorite be presented
regardless of his instructions, but
| Frank X. Wilson, former Iowa news
paper man, and the leader of the Nc
Adoo forces. was equally insistent
that the wishes Of Mr.. McAdoo be
| complied with. In the end Wilson con-
scented to an informal presentation,
l -. no
was without the consent of the for
| mer secretary, and without any elab-
Grafton of his qualifications for the
| office. Rev. jenkins said that while
| Mr.. McAdoo was not seeking the
nomination he proposed that Democ-
racy draft him for the good of the
nation.
The platform committee had f.3ng,
| stubborn fight ON its hands in an eff
| fort to satisfy many opposing ele-
ments. Senator Glass as chairman of
| the resolutions committee, represent
| ed the administration viewpoint on
| the League of Nations especially and
proposed to put through the Virginia
| Pfhih. hic was d'NtPlabiC " pi
! tically ali delegates except Mr.. Bryan
and some of his followers who could
not see the possibility of ratification
| without radical reservations. Other
| planks that caused hours of discus
sion referred to the liquor question, to
| Ireland, and to labor. In the end the
committee had to take several ques-
| tons to the floor of the convention,
| much to the qualification of the audi
ence, and which resulted in another
oratorical display throughout all of
the long Friday session.
Bryan and Cochran Crate.
Senator Glass presented the ma
| jority report of the platform com
mittee. Mr.. Bryan presented min
GRITTY report containing a strong dry
plank with a declaration for strict
enforcement of the Volstead act;
| plank calling for an amendment to
| the constitution giving the senate ma
jority power to ratify treaty, and
endorsing a ratification of the League
covenant with whatever reservations
might be necessary to secure its APP
prevail; ii plank on profiteering pro-
viding that the cost and sale price be
shown on all articles of merchandise,
and plank providing for the estab-
| lishment of national bulletin for
the dissemination of information on
all important questions of the day,
open 10 all political parties, and
through which all candidates for Of
| flee on IA national ticket would be
privileged to announce his candidacy
and his qualifications. Mr.. Bryan, by
request, offered another minority re-
port on the liquor subject prepared
by Richmond Pearson Hobson.
Burke Cochran, of New York. pre-
scented a minority report for the vets
providing for the enactment of more
| liberal enforcement legislation for the
eighteenth amendment, and leaving it
to each locality to determine the de-
sired percentage of alcohol.
Ii was characteristic of Demo-
cratic convention that all sides was
given hearing before the delegations,
and what hearing it was. Mr..
Bryan was given an hour and a half
to present his side of the story, and
he went to bat with all his old-time
vigor. While he yielded small part
of his time to other speakers he made
the most of every moment that he re-
tanned. His powerful presentation of
his subject reminded one of the days
of 1896 when he carried the Democ-
racy of America off Its feet at Chi
cago and captnred the nomination by
his Gross of Gola" speech. Or again
In 1912 mt Baltimore when he led the
Wilson hosts to victory sitter ter
rifle political battle. Time after time
he aroused the vast audience Of dele
gates and spectators to frenzied
heights of enthusiasm, but 1t was en-
thusiasm fol the mar an APE recla-
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