The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-07-17

tons, and what hearing II was. MI.
| Bryan was given an hour and half
| to present his side of the story, ana
he went TO bat with all his old time
vigor He received the cheers but not
the votes and his dry plank went down
to defeat with only 1875 votes in favor
of 1t, and his other planks were beat
en- without a roll call.
Cochran Plank Fails.
The Cochran wet plank Jared but
little better. The gifted orator from
New York used all of his great ability
in presenting his side Of the question,
bur without effect. When the roll was
called the delegations from the large
cities. and from two or three of the
distinctly wet states, were with MIN
to the extent of 1856 votes. nearly 2OO
less than the needed majority.
The minority report on Ireland pro
vided for a promise of recognition for
the Irish republic. as Ireland's sup
porters had not been satisfied with
merely an expression of sympathy
and the referring of their demands to
the League of Nations. The minority
report was presented by Delegate DO
heny of California. 1t had the united
support of the Irish delegates, but
went down TO defeat by vote OF 4O2
to 676.
While the platform, as adopted, may
be said to represent n victory for the
administration forces as led by Sena-
tor Glass, it was not adopted without
giving all a chance to secure such
changes as a majority of the dele
gates favored on the liquor question.
Mr.. Bryan pointed out after the SEES
sion that the combined vote for his
dry plank and the Cochran wet plank
did not represent a majority of the
delegates, which was an evidence TO
him that the party was determined
to entirely ignore the subject
One Great Feature.
Much as the great audience had
appreciated the oratorcal displays and
the keen competition that had marked
the efforts to secure party endorse
ment for opposing ideas. the one great
feature of the national show for which
all had waited was the balloting on
the candidates for the presidential
nomination. and when Chairman Rob-
inson of Arkansas announced the next
order of business as the roll call of
the states, Immediately after the
adoption of the platform, he was
greeted with a mighty roar
First Ballot
On the first ballot on Friday night
the result was McAdoo 266, Palmer
$50, Cox 1874, Governor Smith 100,
owen 3S. Davis AZ, Cummings 26, Mar
shall 81. Meredith 81, Hitchcock Is,
Glass &c, Edwards 40, Girard q, Har-
rison 6. and few scattering votes.
BY the time the fourteenth ballot
was taken on Saturday the contest had
narrowed down to the three leaders.
with the exception of the Oklahoma
delegation. which stuck to Senator
Owen to the last the West Virginia
delegation, which never deserted Am
bassador Davis, and the Virginia dele
CATION, which stayed by Senator Glass
until Monday afternoon. All of these
delegations were sticking to favorfte
sons in the hope of being in when the
time of compromise should come. The
vote of the leaders on this ballot was:
McAdoo 3551h, Cox 1891, Palmer 1872.
After the sixteenth ballot a recess was
taken in the hopes that some compro-
mise might be effected that would per-
nit of a nomination before midnight.
but It was without result. The lead
ers were willing to pick dark horse,
and the attempt was made to put over
Ambassador Davis. but the delegates
refused to follow the leaders. and con-
tinued TO vote almost to man as
they had before adjournment, and
they continued to do so until midnight
forced an adjournment to Monday.
Withdrawal of Palmer. o
In reality it was the caucuses of
Sunday and Sunday night that in the
end resulted In the withdrawal Of Pal
mer and made the final nomination
possible. The space allotted to this
story is not sufficient TO warrant an
attempt at painting a word picture of
the Democratic convention of 1920. 1t
was a convention that will be remem-
bered as one of the most fiercely
fought political battles. one of the most
picturesque political gatherings In the
nations history
Spectacular Demonstrations.
The demonstrations for favorite
candidates and for favorte policies
contained all of the old-time political
fervor. Time after time came pa
rades Of state standards. Time after
time came fights for the possession OF
state standards, and in which num-
Der of them were destroyed. At the
close of Mr. Bryan's address In sup
port Of his dry plank all Of the state
standards, with the exception of New
York Mississippi, Illinois, New Jer-
sey. Alabama, Ohio and two or three
others, were carried to the platform in
| his honor. Following the address of
| Secretary Colby in support of the ma
| jority report of the platform COM
| mittee on the League of Nations. every
state standard was carried to the plat
| form as tribute to him.