New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Roosevelt for
League as Only
War Solution
Vice-Presidential Nominee.
Speaks to 5000 Persons
in Accepting Place ON
Party's Ticket for 1920
Would Ratify Treaty
Dutchess County Crowd Is
Disappointed by Failure
of Murphy to Appear
From a Star Correspoude,,t

from StdU correspondent
HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. s.-Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt formally accepted the
nomination for Vice President Of the
United States on the Democratic ticket
here this afternoon The ceremony
occurred on the front lawn of Spring
wood, the old Roosevelt estate, five
miles north of Poughkeepsie.
The candidates speech Of accept
ance had for it's main theme the League
of Nations and the peace treaty. He
declared that peace by resolution would
prove unavoidable and would be an in
suit to the nation and a denial of our
cess in the war and on land and sea,
he said, was only a half victory. The
other half could not be achieved with
out ratification Of the Wilson treaty Of
peace and inclusion of the League OF
Nations. Anything else. Mr.. Roosevelt
declared, would be a thinly disguised
armistice devised by politicians.
The League of Nations, the candidate
practical situation" He added that it
was no more perfect than our original
Constitution, which had been amended
eighteen times and which he hoped to
see amended the nineteenth. This
statement brought a cheer from the
many women who heard the speech.
In dealing with the problems con-
fronting the next Administration Mr..
Roosevelt called for general reor-
ganization of what he termed our Tar
chaic governmental machinery" and
drastic changes in the governmental
legislation. He declared himself op-
posed to the saloon bossed city," but
made no other allusion to the liquor
question.
Would Extend Education
Another policy for which the Vice
Presidential candidate said he stood
was the extension of education to
OOOO members Of the country s
population who could neither read nor
write and the protection of child life
and women in industry. The speech
Of acceptance seemed to meet with
considerable response from the crowd
of 5000 persons which had gathered to
witness the notification formalities.
Many relatives and lifelong friends
of the Roosevelt family were in the
cial" reached Poughkeepsie early in
the afternoon with sixteen cars and
500 New York Democrats on board,
the crowd that witnessed the accept
ance of the nomination was distinctly
local. The greater part of 1t was
drawn from Poughkeepsie and Hyde
Park, and most of the balance was
made up of Democratic delegations
from various parts of Duchess County.
The "Tammany Special" which ar
rived over the New York Central
haitian. Charles F. Murphy failed to
appear. although 1T was said early in
the day that he was sure to be there.
When the train arrived, none of its
passengers could say definitely where
the leader was, but the managers of
the notification ceremony said they
felt convinced he was coming out from
New York by automobile. A great
gray automobile had been all shined
and oiled up to transport Mr.. Murphy
from the Poughkeepsie station to the
Amrita Club. where luncheon and
reception had BEEN prepared for him
and Governor Smith.
The Governor reached Poughkeepsie
by automobile before the arrival of
the "Tammany Special" but he at
tracted no more than passing atten-
tion from the populace, who went to
the station in body to get view of
the Tammany chieftain. The constable
expressed the feeling of the hurrying
throng as he drove madly toward the
depot in a one-horse SHAY" Some
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