The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-07-01
McADOO and OTHERS
ARE NOMINATED
TUMULTUOUS APPLAUSE
GREETS NOMINATION OF
PRESIDENTS SON.IN.LAW

San FRANCISCO, june oV.-AUer
hearing ten candidates placed in nom
nation for the Presidency, the Demo-
cratic National Convention, after an
eight-hour session today, recessed un-
til II o'clock tomorrow.
John w. Davis, ambassador to
Great Britain, was the only man on
the, list of those for whom nomina-
ting speeches were to be made who
was not reached on the days program.
The candidates placed in nomination
were: Senator Owen, Of Oklahoma;
Attorney General Palmer, Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska; Homer s.
Cummings, chairman Of the Demo
cratic national committee; William G.
McAdoo, Governor Smith, Of New
York; Governor Edwards, Of New Jer-
sey; Secretary Meredith, Governor
Cox, of Ohio and James w. Gerard,
former ambassador to Germany.
Big Demonstrations.
The big demonstrations Of the day
came with the presentation Of Palmer,
Cox and McAdoo, although there was
a spontaneous outburst with the pre-
sentation of Governor Smith. The
Cox and Palmer demonstrations were
fully expected and looked for, but the
McAdoo nomination, coming after
days of uncertainty as to whether q
nominating speech was to be made
for him or not, added an element OF
interest and surprise. It was easily
the loudest, longest and most tu-
multuous one and kept the convention
in an uproar for the best part OF an
hour. DR.. Burris Jenkins, of Kansas
City, who was ready to place the for
mer Secretary of the Treasury IN
nomination, finally decided to yield
to the wishes Of Mr.. McAdoo and not
make q nominating speech for him.
He simply explained the situation to
the convention in one Of the shortest
speeches on record, and merely an
nounced that he placed Mr.. McAdoo
in nomination, fully assured that II
drafted for the service Of the nation"
he would not refuse the nomination.
From time to time the convention
got echoes of the wet and dry fight
being waged on the outside behind
closed doors of the platform commit
tee, but it devoted itself wholly 30
far to the organized program, with
getting the nominating speeches out
of the way and clearing the decks for
consideration of the platform tomor-
row. 1t was expected that all the
nominating speeches would be made
today and that when an adjournment
was taken until tomorrow afteroon
at 1o'clock the convention would have
a clear track to begin consideration
of the platform, with its sure fight
on wet and dry issues and possibly
some other planks.-
Pledges of Secrecy
Chairman Glass imposed on the sub
committee members a pledge Of Sc
crecy. He said no planks would be
made public until after action by the
full committee. All members ex-
pressed general satisfaction with the
results of the committees labors.
There were several clashes during
the discussion of the draft. For the
most part, however, members said
their deliberations had been marked
with the "most cordial friendship and
earnest and sincere debate"
In letting the full committee handle
the liquor question the subcommittee .
platform draft was reported to be
without any plank whatever on prohi-
bition. Members let it be known that
by vote Of 5 to A the subcommittee
was said to have excluded the Anti
Saloon Leagues law enforcement
plank, those proposed by Postmaster
General Burleson for modification Of
the Volstead act and others. The SEN
timent Of the subcommittee majority
was said to be for silence in the plat
form on the question because Of the
intense feeling on both wet and dry
sides and also because of controversY
over whether the liquor question Is pd
litical.
The full committee adopted a 4
ton that no member should dis
or give out any information conc5
ing the platform nor any Of the
deliberations until its
is completed.