The St. Mary banner., 1920-07-17

tiOu of information on all lilportdht
national questions of the day, open
70 all political parties and through
which all candidates for once on
national ticket would be prlVlleged 10
announce their candidacy ana tleI
qualifications. Mr.. Bryan, by request
offered another minority report on
the liquor question prepared by hlch-
mOnd Pearson Hohson.
Bourke Cochran of New York pre-
sented a minority report for the vets
providing for the enactment OF more
liberal enforcement legislation for the
eighteenth amendment, and leaving IL
to each locality to determine the de-
sired percentage of alcohol.
Bryan Arouses Delegates
II was characteristic of Demo
cratic convention that all sides were
given a hearing before the delega-
tions, and what a hearing it was. ME.
BRYAN was given an hour and a 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 GOWN
to defeat with only 155 votes in favor
of 1t, and his other planks were peat
en- without 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
IL. af hn f,nA
but without effect. When the roll was
called the delegations from the large
cities, and from two or three or the
distinctly wet states, were with MN
to the extent of 356 votes, nearly 200
less than the needed majority.
The minority report on Ireland pro-
vided for a promise Of recognition Tor
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.
First Ballot.
On the first ballot on Friday night
the result was McAdoo 266, Palmer
256 Cox 1874, Governor Smith 100,
Owen SO, Davis AZ, Cummings 26, Mar
shall 81, Meredith q, Hitchcock IS,
Glass 26, Edwards AZ, Girard q, Har-
rison g. 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 favorite
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 1S2.
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
Withdrawal of Palmer.
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 favorite 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 a 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 a tribute to him.