The St. Mary banner., 1920-07-17
Gov, COX NAMED BY DEMOCRATS
AS THEIR CHOICE FOR PRESIDENCY
Selection Is Made After Eight Days Of Most
Strenuous Political Battling g---Second Place
Goes to Franklin D. Roosevelt

Of Vice Chairman Kremer'S gavel, but
more exciting than the masterful key
note address of Homer Cummings, in
which he outlined the issues on which
the Democratic party would ask the
people for support. This address was
devoted almost exclusively to the
League of Nations, and it's point was
a demand for ratification without
multiplying reservations He laid spe-
cial emphasis on the point that the
president was not opposed to reSer-
vations so long as they did not seri-
ously change the intent of the docu-
ment.
A roll call followed for the appoint
ment of the usual convention commit
tees and the first session was over.
For the next two days the real activi-
ties of the great gathering were trans
ferred to the meeting rooms Of the
committees. The committee on Gre
dentials confirmed the action of the
national committee in seating the Pal
mer delegation from Georgia and in
unseating Senator Reed of Missouri.
McAdoo Nominated.
The event of the nominating ses-
siOns was the presentation Of the name
Of Mr.. McAdoo. 1t was known that
Mr.. McAdoo had insisted that his name
be not presented to the convention,
and had repeated this wish by tele-
graph on Tuesday to Rev. Burris Jen-
kins of Kansas City. McAdoo dele
gates were insistent that the name of
their favorite be presented regardless
of his instructions, but Frank r. Will
son, a former Iowa newspaper man,
the leader Of the McAdoo forces. was
equally insistent that the wishes of Nc
AdOo be complied with. In the end Will
son consented to an informal presenta-
tiOn in which it should be stated it
was without the consent of the former
secretary, and without any elabora-
tion Of his qualifications for the Of
flee. Mr.. Jenkins said that while Mr.
McAdoo was not seeking the nomina-
ton, he proposed that democracy draft
him for the good of the nation.
Fight on Platform.
The platform committee had a long,
stubborn fight on its hands in an eff
fort to satisfy many opposing ele-
ments. Senator Glass, as chairman
of the resolutions committee, repre-
sented the administration viewpoint
of the League of Nations especially,
and proposed to put through the Vir-
ginia plank. This was acceptable to
practically all delegates except Mr..
Bryan and some of his followers who
could not see the possibility of ratifl-
cation without radical reservations.
Other planks that caused hours Of dis
cussion referred to the liquor ques-
ton, to Ireland, to labor and two or
three other things. In the end the
committee had to take several ques-
tions to the floor of the convention,
much to the qualification Of the audi
ence, and this resulted in another ora
torical display throughout all of the
long Friday session.
Senator Glass presented the major
ity report OF the platform committee.
Mr.. Bryan presented a minority re-
port containing strong dry plank
with declaration for a strict en-
forcement Of the Volstead act; a
plank calling for an amendment to
the Constitution giving a senate ma
1ority power to ratify a treaty and
indorsing a ratification Of the league
covenant with whatever reservations
might be necessary to secure its ap-
proval; a plank On pro6teering that