The Alaska daily empire., 1920-06-30

oNN hNNStoSO, June oO'-WH men
the Democratic National Convention
assembled at 1880 o'clock today to
hear candidates for the Presidential
nomination presented, the convention
buzzed with word from the East that
William G. McAuoo's name must
NOT be formally placed in nomin.
alton.
No explanation was offered, but
Burris Jenkins, Kansas City minister
and publisher, announced that he
had changed his plan to nominate
the former Secretary Of the Treas
ury at the earliest opportunity
No changes were made in plans
of other presidential candidates and
the convention was expected to con-
tinue in session until all nominat-
ing speeches were out of the way,
tomorrow.
Owen First Nominated
The name of Sen. Robert L. Owen
of Oklahoma, was the first placed
in nomination, ID. Haden Limbaugh
of Muskogee delivering the nomn-
ating speech.
Mr.. Linebaugh declared that
party lines were binding more
loosely" and that the need of the
hour was "a candidate whose record
and whose character will inspire
the confidence of progressiye-think-
ing, sforward-leoksng men and -woneir'
without regard to past party affili-
ations."
"We offer you a man." he said
who in three great campaigns has
shown himself capable of attracting
the support of progressive men and
women who are not affiliated with
the Democratic party.
Eve present you a candidate who
will appeal with extraordinary power
to the eighteen million women voters
in the United States. Who, when
all other candidates were silent, in
different or opposed to woman suf-
frage. was their valiant champion
and the chosen leader of the woman
suffrage forces in his State. We
present you a man who has always
been for those things which women
deeply desire. If there be man in
America who is entitled to the sup
port Of the women of America, that
man is Senator Owen"
Other nominating speeches, each
of which was limited to twenty min
utes, with five minutes each for
seconding speeches, of which not
more than three was permitted a
candidate, followed as rapidly as the
chairman could restore order after
the demonstration accompanying each
Palmer's Name Presented
Hailed as a new Navarro his
lance that of law, his shield that
of Justice" Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer was formally nom
mated for the Democratic Presiden-
tial candidacy by John II. Bigelow,
of Hazleton, Pennsylvania,
True Am0icanism must be on
guard" Mr.. Bigelow said mo foe
within and no enemy without must
impair it or diminish 1t.
"The hosts that we sent abroad
in the years of our greatest con-
flict performed their prodigies OF
valor and wrought their noble con-
quests to the eternal glory OF the
country. BY their force and by
their prowess the mightiest menace
to the worlds democracy was sub
dued. The militant spirits brooding
over the bloody battlefields OF
France and Flanders were conquer
ed. But the menaces to free gov
ernment were not banished. They
still rear the hydra-head of anarchy
and revolution. Some gather in the
silences of the night within the
gates of secrecy. Others take up
the venal pen or by the art of speech
spread their pernicious doctrines.
They prey upon ignorance and long
established hatred of every form OF
government.
Dancers Present. Claim
THE dangers are not distant
the fears are not mere fancy. They
are living, breathing things and
always pregnant with disaster
Therefore youu candidate must be
more than the mere mouthpiece of
your policies. He must be the en-
bodiment of your freedom and the
exemplar of your liberties. He must
be the intrepid defender of your
institutions, a courageous crusader
in the cause of law and order. Above
all. he must be the ardent advo-
cate of Americanism; and the dem
ocracy of Pennsylvania has com
manded me to present to you his
candidacy.
I'm the exacting time through
which we have passed in recent
years he has shown all of the quail
ties of leadership.
when. less than four years ago,
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