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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-01

SAN FRANCISCO. June 30.-Attorncv
; General Palmer, senator HItchcock. tor,
m"r Ambassador Gerard. National
chairman cummings. Senator Owen.
Secretary "f Agriculture MrSedith. Gov
"rnor Cox Of ohio and Governor Smith
Of New York were placed III nomination
hcf"r" the Democratic national conr"n-
ton NJ today'S session. Th. nomination
Of Palmer was accompanied by the first
real noisy and prolonged demonstration
of the convention. II ran up towards i
half hour. with delegates from Pernsyl-
vania and Georgia leading the crowd.
>, Tn" standards of Maine and roriIo
"hurncd around the convention floor.
The maroon Palmer pcnnant and small
American naES were carried by the
marchcrs as they cut lanes through IN"
crowd of delegates and sang their
marching song over and over again.
The same tune was kept up by tn"
band in the organ loft and in between
times Il crew Of cheer leaders kept the
convention floor popped UP.
After it had been on for fifteen min
utcS tho demonstration showed not a
sign OF diminishing in enthusiasm or
the volume OF tho noise IL produced. y
woman with a bright green skirt got on
The speakers platform and stirred ny
new tempest Of noise. while III" cheer
leaders kept up their work IN all parts
Of thr hall
Five minutes later Michigans stand
ard dropped into line in the parade.
\ great deal OF cheering began 10 die
out. hut a Glory. glory" sing-song was
kept MP. Icd by the band with its hoom-
ing drums There was q momcntarS
revival when the Alaska standard was
carried into the line Of the procession.
I'VE want Palmer"
Several women who had climbed TO
N" front Of the Chairrnan's platform got
n six foot American flag away from the
marChers and waved il in cadence with
the music. As the half hour mark aD-
preached tho band stopped. hut IT was
tn" signal for n renewed outburst' or
cheers and wells OF We want Palmer"
from the floor and presently the same
old tune was struck M again.
Senator Robinson. apparently prcpar-
ing TO try to restore order. cleared the
Palmer rooters away from the front .of
the PLATFORM. He looked out doubtfully
for while. and then brought down the
big gavel with resoundina w"""t 1t
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-01
GREAT DEMONSTRATION WHEN
.PALNER'S NAME IS PRESENTED

only had the effect ~ increasing the
noise at first. Th" noise had lasted just
n half hour when the repeated pounding
o. the chairman showed signs Of gain
Palmer enthusiasm. All of the state
standards were back in their places and
the parade was all hut broken UP. but
the Pennsylvania delegates were not
mrgaphoncs and cowbells busy in oppo-
s:,ion to Senator Robinson's rattatat
with the gavel.
The Georgia delegation also stood on
its chairs and took up the fag ends OF
the Glory, glory" chant.
Order Restored.
The demonstration had been on for
th!rty-tivc minutes when Senator Robin
son leaned over the edge OF the plat
form and told the demonstrating Penn
sylvania delegates 10 put up their state
standa rd and sit down. They did So and
with that the fireworks seemed to be
about over.
1t was thirty-scven minutes after the
demonstration started when order final
ly was restored and Representatives
Henry T. Raincy OF Illinois took the
platform TO second the attorney gem
erals nomination
Mr. Kainey got rise out Of delegates
Democratic party was the party Of
achievements. and discovered Calfor.
MIA"
He said he seconded the nomination
by direction Of the great majority" OF
tn" Illinois delegation. Tho man TO be
nominated" he said. must be a man
whose private life is pure and clean"
The private character Of the attorney
general. he said, could not be aSsailed
from any quarter
As luncheon hour came and passed
with the program OF nominating oratory
only half completed. the delegates be-
gan 10 be restless. but the chairmen Of
several state delegations sent out foH
baskets OF sandwiches. and that helped
some
The Palmer nomination also was 20.
onded by Mrs. Florence T. Cotnam u
Little Rock. Ark. who praised the can
didates record on woman suffrage and
friend Of all mothers, And children hy
lighting against anafchY and profiteer-
Ing
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mDWth the full committee on resou
forthcoming
the final draft OF the Democratic naon
platform s completed =. -. s,h
The the sespplnG oy he sue
four the
committee but on the otner
decide this question win
which the subcommittee however
ID eptav
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-01
NJ ADOO is SILENT;
CANNOT Be REACHED

NEW YORK, June Comforts to
reach william G. MeAdoo tonight and
Inform him that his name had been
placed before the San Francisco con-
yeution met with ths announcement
from his secretary that 'it will be i'm
possible TO reach Mr.. McAdoo, he has
20 bed"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-01
Bic ADVANTAGE.
FOR Mr.. DAVIS
Psychological Effect Of Delay
Will Prove Good For
The Ambassador

Special Dispatch to The Intelligence.
SAM FRANCISCO, June 3o-It is
generally agreed among tho mem
bers Of the West Virginia delega-
tion tonight that the Psychological
eject Of the delay in presenting the
nArne Of Ambassador John W. Davis
for tho presidential nomination Is
great advantage for West Virgtnia's
candidate. Governor Cornwen Is
primed for supreme enort when
the convention reassembles Thurs
day morning at IL o'clock, and with
the decks cleared the convention
VIII 30 In . mood to give the COVER
nor close and sympathetic attention.
The situation could not be better
for An elective presentation OF tho
Davis candidacy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-01
THE WEATHER

WASHINGTON, June 3o-Forecast:
west Virginia-Local Thunderstorm
ers probably Thursday; Friday probably
fair and warmer.
Ohio-Fnir In north, probably local
! thundershowers in south portion. on
Thursday; Friday fair, moderately
KArIn.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-01
CONVENTION DELEGATE
killed IN AIRPLANE

san Fi:NNCISru. IGn" 50 Three
nrr.,,us nn,. of them hrlIcNcd I" II"
pcmorra'lr c"uN rnti"n delegate were
killed III an atrulJl." Ac"!!"nt al IN"
Marina nNing field here today.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-01
poTTI.E PLANT BURNS.

l'NIONTrW y. Ia. June ;"-Th" Key
stone Roiti" Company plnnt h"r0 ;r'S de-
strnycd hv ire tonight: II" loss - rS'' ',
mated ar $50. mo- Th" lirr was started
when a hot hOIil" fell on an oil-S"ak"o
floor.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-01
AUTOS NEEDED

The committee in charge Of the
Fourth of July celebration Is in need
of rs automobiles to transport mem
bers of the Grand Army. Citizens
who can furnish a machine for thai
purpose are requested to do 30. The
parade will take place Monday fore
noon Any citizen who Is able to
furnish a machine with a driver, or
to drive his own machine for this
purpose. will please telephone to the
undersigned.
s. LANCASTER.
Telephone, 3645-J or 2562-M
H. p. CORCORAN,
Telephone, 2l5o
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-01
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
THREATENED HINTON

CHARLESTON. W. Va. June 3o.-Fire
destroyed the Summers Hotel and an
entire block of small store buildings
early this morning al Hinton and for
loss was estimated at $4,000 with In
surance amounting to $4,000. 49,.
Two roomers. W. G.. Richmond and Joe
Jackson, were injured. the former jump
ing from third story window and
hrra king both egs and the latter being
burned about the face and hands. 4
number Of families occupying apart
ments were made homeless.
OF ave 10 four the subcommittee laid
all such planks on the table.
BY the one vote margin, the sub
committee was said TO have excluded
tho Anti-Saloon Leagues enforcement
plank. those proposed by Postm1ster
General Burleson for modification OF the
Volstead Law and others. The sentiment
Of the subcommittee majority was said
tn be for silence in the platform on the
question. because Of controversy over
whether the liquor question is political.
Anti-Saloon Defeat.
Senator Mckcllar presented the Anti
Saloon League enforcement plank to
the subcommittee. and following its
defeat, five To four. he said he would
present il to the full committee.
The full committee adofted a motion
that no member should discuss or give
out any information concerning the
platform nor any OF thei committees
dcliberation until its work Is COM
picted.
Tho resolutions committee was still in
executive session behind guarded doors
at II o'clock tonight. listening to the
reading of the tentative platform. which
took much time. An all-night session
was forecast
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-01
PLATFORM C0NNI ITTEE BATTLES :. :.
WITH LIQUOR, LEAGUE AND IRISH

Tentative Draft From Sub Committee Without Any
wet" or "Dry' Plank-lssue Fought Out by the
Full Committee on Rcsoutons-"Dry Plank De-
fcacd in Subj Committee.
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Missourtans In Scrap.

Spectators IN tn" Missouri ueIcEaIohS
tried 10 put their standard In the par
adr and thu move developed night IN
which tho polio" intCrfercd. R"nn",t
CIlrk. SON Of champ Clark, vas among
tho, Mho trrcd to Keep the banner out
Of ,hc procession. In the mtX-up the
STANDARD wa& trampled 10 the floor ana
torn IN iwS. but the McAdoo men r"s-
cucd n" letters "ouri'' and bore them
triumphantly IN IN" line Of marcheTs.
"FIuajjy. getting order aticr the d'm-
onstratiou had lasted Tor t"rt! live miu-
utcs. senator Robinson ordered tnat the
roll Of states r" resumed. When Now
Jersey was reached Charles +. y.
U'Hricn ur jersey Ilty. placed GOV. Id
n,-hu n nNrnlnAr ION
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-01
How Dry I AM"

As his nam. WAS announce and h"
made his way 10 IN" platform. IN" crowd
ch"crcd and ia" band played. How Dr.
| Am.'
When the speaker declared that IL"
"yc:cc Of the pSoplr has not Yet be- -
heard" On tho prohibition issue. CrcS'
Ccnd" of cheering GU, loose.
His drnunCiatIUn of tho Nn'Si"hd a't
AZ IAN infamous measure. was answer
~ with both cheers and h.SS"i ana
senator Robinson used his EaEcl /" ct
th, crowd settled down again.
BRYAN Will got him som" on" NcI!"'i
wh.n Mr. O'Bricn took crack at ta'
prnhIbitiOnStS.
The convention had been IN SESSION
more than seven hours. The nom1nIt-
INK speech for Governor Edwards was
the next to the last on tn" days pro-
gram and bctor" nc finished IN" EhIirr-
les were NOR" than two-thirdS empty.
Most OF the visitors apparently hAd de-
cidrd they were fed up SuitiCirntIE on
tn. ailuriug qualities Of IN" pr"Sid"htai
a~p.rautS and had g"n" out I" get some
thing more substantial.
Virtually all Of tn" delegates. now
ever. remained ON tn" lub.
The band swunE mt" How Dry /
Am" again when tho nominating spec ~
for t;ovCrnor Edwards was concluded
and thu New Jersey delegation stood
and ChTTrCl.
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The Shortest Speech.

jenkins merely SAID; nhnlnNI'
" illIam q. McAdVo." and the pent-up
enthusiasm Of III" McAdoo forces broke
loos" in u loud and noisy demonstraton'
Jenkins told the convention that n"
had intended TO make nomination
Aur"ch for McAdoo but on account a.!
persistent and inSlstrnt requests from
hiru that his name not b. presented ~
a speech | hay, decided not 10 d" 80.
=" am sure that from the spirit mann
tested In my delegation IN this con
,rut.un that We shall draft him for the
service Of the country" said jenkins.
w" know that # :" drafted ne WI
accept the nomina ton said jenkins.
and any rumorS Ct tclcErams SUPPOSED
to ha,, been received. denying 'hat Ii"
would accept the nomination. ar" false
hoods pcrp, tratcd by the tncmi"s or
our party thrrcforc place III nomina-
t;nn WIItlam -. McAdou.
\ ,.trads around the convention floor
started aS soon Us the short speech
was concluded. and soon the standards
"f Washington. Delaware. Louisiana, NJ
ALBANIA. Utah. New Mexico. Arkansas.
oregon. Wyoming, Maine. Arizona, T"A
as. Idaho. Michigan. Kansas. Nevada.
Hawaii Wisconsin and South DAKOTA
joined in the parade. bowling IN line.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-01
MANY STATES IN
NJ 'ADOO PARADE
Scrap in Missouri Delegation,
With Standard Trampled
and Torn

san FRANCISCO. June &0.-WilIiam
q. MCAdoo WaS placed in nomination. l"r
tn, presidency lat" this afternoon At th'
pcmorratic national C"nN cntlNn IN one
Of tn" shortest nominating speeches on
record by pr. EurrlS Jenkins "l Kansas
I!tN.
After cox, Palmer Gerard. cummings
Hitchcock and others had been p'a$"d
in nomination. Jenkins took the plat
form and told Tn" convention that ~
Jew Of tho persistent and lnSiSt"ht d"'
n,ands from McAd"o that no nomlnat :
,ng speech h" made for him u" would
Ecccdc to th;.t request. hut mat II
might be necessary /" draft him for mo
service oi IN" nation Any rumorS thas
McAdOo would not serve II nominated
Jenkins told ih, convention. could De
dismissed as the work Of enemies.
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Short Demonstration

EIWlrlS' GuDpUrtNrS m N" ri TICFT"|
swung = big s.Gn saying. "Th" l22o
cmancipatcr for tn" presidents thar
Edwards J., ,n,r".' over the rail. but 'h"
demonstration died out almost AS soon
aS II started.
Srrnnd,ng the nom ina',on. ray {. Far
-5u-,0n. of OrtonvIilc. M!nn., unwittlnc-
IL Stirred up a Commot!"n when II" i"H
m by saying that ne did not know VINO
,,u.J som. one and then other groups
h.gau to ycll for their favoritCs until
confusion rciEncd again.
Nl'uding 10 the recent defeat Of Rep
rr.cntativr Andrew J. NoIStcad OF Min
n,Soia. author or tn" NolStead proh:h-
lrlon act. the speaker declared the p""-
pie oC Minnesota had r"legatrd Mr.. Noi-
stead to pol. ical oblivion.
Nno:hr- SeCondnE speech for cover
nor Edwards WAS made by J. l.. B"wd"n
of Jacksonville, Florida.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Jun" 20 - Long
after the eastern half "f tn" United
States had stopped work Cor tn" day
tn" Democratic convention VAS stan
grinding through the mass ot norninat-
,ay speeches FOR presidential candidates.
Erc.nuinE with tho presentation OF
Continued on Page Pour.)
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T Il E l n ELLlGEN GER
Has the Largest Circulation of |
Any Morning Newspaper in the
State of West Virginia.
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Are P0st-Office Employees
Human Beings?

IL IL ~.
4 n AMERICAN BOY went to work one day
~ in the United States Post-officc. He was wide
awake and ambitious and 50 he chose the big
est business and the biggest employer in the country
Step by STEP he rose be SUPERVISOR and then super
intendent OF an important department. He made
record of "supreme industry, fathfulness, and 10y
alty'' Age came on but his zeal did not diminish.
Postal officials pointed to him with pride and SAID ne
upheld the highest traditions OF the service and
was ever ready sacrifice his personal interests tor
the public good" Seventy years without break ne
served his big employer the American people, sh1n-
inc example for all who would hear that crownlng trl
bute-"well done, good and faithful servant! Last
winter at his post of duty, he stricken with chill
Pneumonia followed. Even then he begged that ne
might dress and to his duties. And his big en-
ployer-the American people-what generous pro-
vision and tender did it give to this Oldest en-
ployee who had always sacriced his personal inter-
est for the public? The man had not yet taken his
annual vacation OF fifteen days His absence now
from his post of duty was charged against his vaca
ton In fifteen days all his vacation was gone and
his salary stopt For three days, he lay on his
deatl1-bed his pay was deducted. Then death came,
and he went to receive the "well DONE from One
on earth where he had toed long, the praise given
him was empty No allowance for sickness; no allow
ance for burial: nothing for his family; his meager
salary docked after seventy years OF faithful service.
What employer!
:. You can hardly believe it? You think it must
have been accident quite unusual in the service OF
the United States Post-oficeo You say such thing
could not be tolerated by the American people! 1t is
not unusual except for the mans extreme age. 1t IS
tolerated bv the American people-by you and by us
to our shame Our postal laws, until we change
them treat all employees his and low letter-carrer,
porter clerk and superintendent in the most nggard
" wav They work night and day, often in unwhoe-
some quarters and under severe strain Their minds
are crowded with the endless details OF an exacting
system Their bodies racked and worn by harsh
conditions and cruel burdens, and they the lowest
naid free workers in the United States 1t is time for
rs all to know the facts and to that quick justice
is done.
CONGRESS- has been looking into these facts, but
Congress is not the "big employer against whom the
DroDhet Malachi thunders when he threatens swift
Judgment for those that Cypress the hlrellng IN his
wages The bitter protests poured out to the Com
mittee OF Congress must ring in our ears and rouse
us to action Crowding the experience OF thousands
into single sentence, lettercarrer from Camden,
\. T.. exclaimed IF YOU really knew the want,
and Distress and sorrow. and trouble that reach into
the life Of the poor leercarrier, you would be up at
night trying to find remedy.
From every city and village Of this great rich
country and from every branch of the postal service
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80!
requires supreme managerial abilities on the part of
its department chiefs. They would be receiving sal
aries of SIS 900 to SIS 1000 for such official services in
big commercial organizations. Yet the highest salary
paid to the big four superintendents at the head
the four main departments OF the great New York
Post-ofice is only $500 year, or less than sos a
week, and not Of these men attained his position
in less than twenty years service The super
intendents Of the great railway terminal postal sta
tons less than $40 $50 week after serving
average OF thirty-hve years each! And we pay
than that to ongshoremen and window cleaners
and drivers of milk-wagons!
We doing more than this act of cruel Injustice
to the 100000 postal employees of the country. We
are bringing serious to interests.
The postal service is being crippled by wholesale
designations. It is becoming impossible to induce
competent men to fill the vacancies. In the
New York post-office alone nearly eight hundred
designations have occurred within five months. False
economy is destroying all efficiency and threatening
collapse Of the service Time and energy that ought
to be given to handling the mail is diverted to instruct
ing and managing shifting, dissatisfied organiza-
ton. The thing is true in all parts of the
country. Our Indifference and neglect as the "big
employer" of the post-ofice workers is recoing on
Our own heads.
THE LITERARY DIGEST has made thorough
investigation of the facts and is making this brief
urgent statement to its than'two million readers
because many times they have responded nobly to
appeals for worthy action Americans, and now is
time for such action Congress is to blame for
the existing conditions. The men now sitting in the
Capitol at Washington are human beings like the rest
of us. They have warm hearts and ready sympathy
and keen of justice American citizen
can have The blame and the shame for this pitiful
injustice to the nations postal employees ours
people, 1t is yours who read this page. 1t is ours
who write and publish it. The change of policy from
brutal stinginess or careless indifference to fair
and liberal American policy must be wrought by u.s.
the Americans who always love fair play.
Write to your Congressman and to both of your
Senators, every of you and women who has
a heart and active sense of human justice. Don't
put it off, the time before Congress will adjourn is
short. Urge them to give their most ardent support
to the bill putting into immediate effect substantial
increase of salaries throughout the entire postal service
of the United States. Congress will gladly and
quickly pass this bill when the American people rally
to its support. If you don't know the names of the
Senators and Congressman ask your letter-carrer or
postmaster, banker. Let all business houses be
heard FROM and all civic societies and fraterna orders
Rescue these postal toilers from penurv and
lives and set them their feet as American citizens
who need not suffer be ashamed in their service
of us ALL
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have these protests and appeals for fair play:
I'VE not able to provide families with the
necessities OF life" "Our wives and Our children
have to go to work in order to exist. II you
compel men to be ll-ed and undernourlshed because
Of insufficient salary it will have far-reaching effect
the coming generation I'VE bought Lib
erty bonds to help the Government and had to sell
them at a loss to buy food
Can we hear such things from the men who are
working for and not tnele with shame and indig-
nation? Can we rest easily and take own pleasure
and comfort until we have first done all in power
for quick relief?
Consider the kind Of man post-offce demands
as clerk His work is highly specialized and complex;
he must be skilled by long and intensive training and
study memorizing thousands Of facts, intricate sys-
TENS Of classhcaons, and many methods used in
banking. insurance, and commercial business He
must be familiar with the postal laws and regulations
filling volume Of 100 sections, All this study and
preparation must be in his time and at his own
expense And when he stands in his hard-earned
place. ull-equipped postal expert in the employ OF
the American people, he is paid less than the
unskiled day-laborer the streets One Of these
experts who after twentyfour years Of postal service
had acquired special knowledge and experience inval-
liable to the Government testified Il could go out
milk-wagon driver and get $50 week, yet the Gov
ernment pays me an average Of about 81 day." The
stedfast loyalty Of such through long years Of
pnchng penurv may be splendid example OF Amerl-
can patriotism, but not OF claim like virtue
if we fail to raise our voice against the continuance
of such shameful parsimony.
But that isn't all. These neager salaries are con-
stant1y shrinking throughout the year. Any absence
for sickness or other is penazed by forfeiture
Of pay II death in the family of the employee,
whether wife, child, parent, not day an hour
of absence with pay is allowed. Even the solemn
hours OF funeral rites be taken only at the expense
OF the employee.
Letter-carriers are converted into pack-aninals
and loaded down with burdens often weighing sixty
to eighty pounds more Through driving rain
BLIZZARD in burning heat singing cold, they must
cover their routes on schedule time. The stoutest
often succumb to the nhuman stran yet the highest
salary they earn, after years Of smaller pay, is
less than $32 week.
New York is the biggest post-office in the world.
It does the biggest business and turns in millions Of
dollars profit. It is Of the highly specialized
and responsible organizations in modern industry,
the center Of nnumerable activities on which the
progress and prosperity of the entire nation depend
Its banking and financial transactions last alone
totaed more than 67200O,OOO. The management
Of this vast business concern with it's great central
office covering two city blocks its fifty branch offices,
its $50 subsatons, and fourteen thousand employees,
rinted from the May I'D Issue