The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-04
RESOLUTIONS
COMMITTEE WINS
Hooded Order Left Unnamed
in Platform
BAKERS APPEAL FAILS
Impassioned Plea For Wilson's Prin-
ciples In Vain--Waish Against
kIan-Georgia Sits
Tight.

Madison Square Garden, New
York.-The Democratic platform
does not single out the Ku Klux
Khan by name. 1t does not con-
tain a Wilsonian plank on the
League of Nations.
These Two decisions came early Sun
day morning after a 10-hour continu-
GUS session in which some of the most
disorderly scenes in convention his
tory were enacted.
The vote was 542 to 541 800.
The attempt to substitute plank
on the League of Nations for that
submitted by the platform committee
was bowled over by heavy vote. But
the vote on the Khan was very close
and its taking was surrounded with
scenes of acrimony and dispute such
as have not been witnessed in years
on the floor of national convention.
When after repeated challenges Of
votes in the various State delegations
the result was announced it was 542
and three twentieths votes in favor
of the plank as the committee recon-
mended it, and SAL and three-twen7
tieths votes in favor of the minority
plank which would have singled out
the Ku Klux Khan by name.
Then a roll call was demanded on
the adoption of the platform as a
whole and as submitted by the plat
form committee.
There was more disorder with a
hundred delegates calling for recogni-
ton and the chairman shouting at
the top of his voice and scarcely able
to make himself heard. When roll
call was demanded on the platform
and the chair announced that the re-
quired number of seconds were not
presented. Then while all the racket
was at it's height Franklin D. Roose-
welt raising himself to his feet on his
crutches made himself heard above
the riot and shouted: 1--WE have now
proceeded to the morning of the Sab
bath Day. / move that the conven-
ton adjourn until $50 o'clock Mon
day morning.
There was rolling chorus of ayes
and rolling chorus of noes, but
Chairman Walsh, evidently exhausted,
brought down the gavel with a, wallop
and declared the motion to adjourn
carried.
The convention piled out into the
streets in the same disorder which
had characterized ten hours of con-
tinuous session.
Tired and keyed to high nervous
pitch by the string of events which
had led up to the vote, the delegates
and convention officials quarreled re-
peatedly and in one or two cases the
police had to intervene to quiet them
on the convention floor.
The session had begun at o'clock
Saturday afternoon and before reach
ing the Khan issue had passed through
a bitter floor fight on the League of
Nations plank, resulting in adoption Of
the plank drawn by the majority of
the platform committee, reaffirming
in general terms the party's faith in
the League and the World Court.
Plunging then into the Khan issue,
the convention heard a two-hour old
time convention debate ending in a
speech by William Jennings Bryan,
which was interrupted by "boos" from
the galleries, but applauded by the
delegates in tribute to the fighting
qualities of it's threetime candidate
for the Presidency.
The Khan issue came to a vote on
the question of adopting in place of
the religious liberty plank espoused
by Mr.. Bryan, an open condemnation
of the Khan by name. Much confu-
sion accompanied the taking of the
vote from the start, and when it was
perceived when the end of the roll
was neared that the result might
hinge on few votes, the result from
State after State was challenged.
Many delegates, too, attempted to get
recognition to change their votes and
the session proceeded amid growing
noise and disorder.
Because of the confusion and the
closeness of the result the convention
chairman ordered recapitulation of
the entire vote, with the result that
new sources of trouble were found in
challenges to the results of a half.
dozen States.
The platform as whole was adopt
ed by viva voce vote, in which the
ayes and noes were mixed in mighty
chorus. But Chairman Walsh, bring
ing down the gavel, declared the mo.
tion to adopt the platform carried.
The vote ON the League plank of
the contested planks in the platform
came after most dramatic appeal to
the convention by Mr.. Baker to con-
slider the memory of Woodrow Wilson
and put in an out-and-out Wilsonian
plank for the League of Nations. The
vote was 7421h to 353%