Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-12
POLK WILL REFUSE (
POST OF CHAIRMAN
Or DAVIS MANAGER.
Democratic Nominees Are
Given Enthusiastic Recep.
ton by Party Leaders 81

NEW YORK, July 10.-Approving
the suggestion of John w. Davis
and Governor Charles w. Bryan,
nominees of the Democratic national
CONVEX ton, the national committee
agreed today to postpone the reor-
ganization session of the committee
until after the formal notification OF
the candidates, which dates have not
yet been agreed upon.
Mr.. Davis and Governor Bryan
attended the committee meeting and
were given an enthusiastic recep-
ton. The pre- sent organization OF
the committee will be continued I'M
til the new chairman is selected, 1t
was agreed.
Frank L. Polk, of New York, I'M
| dersecretary of state in the Wilson
| administration, who had been gem
| orally discussed in connection with
| the craftsmanship of the committee,
declared today that he would not
accept the place, nor would he be
the manager of Mr.. Davis cam
! paign.
May Meet i'm Chicago
| Another suggestion which found
considerable support in the commlt-
tee was to call the organization
meo. at Chicago the latter part
of next week.
This plan was favored by the
members from the more distant
states, who were anxious to COM
plete the business plans before re-
turning to begin organization OF the
campaign at home.~
The swift succession of events
which SO suddenly terminated the
convention was understood to have
left most of the party managers I'M
| decided as to the campaign plans.
and the move for a recess to permit
of informal consultation with lead
ers in the various states won lmme-
date support in the pre- esslon
gatherings of members of the ma
| tional committee.
| Informal discussion among COM
mittee members and the TRENDS OF
| the candidates developed virtually
unanimous agreement upon notiflca-
ton ceremonies for the presidential
nominee at Clarkshurg, w. Va, Mr..
Davis home town, about three
weeks hence
| Under the tentative plan present.
|
organization will take place at that
time This plan, it was declared,
| would give party leaders ample OPP
| portunity to appraise the political
situation in their own states before
coming together for formal discus
sion of campaign plans and selection
of the national chairman.
Committees Work Praised
Chairman Hull called the session
to order and spoke briefly on the
success of the convention in pre-
senting a ticket of strong, able
candidates whose records are tokens
of Democratic success" in No
Vember.
Mr.. Davis was cheered again when
he arose to compliment the present
officers upon their administration OF
the party's affairs and to suggest
that only custom and not the work
Of the present committee dictated
any degree of reorganization. He
then suggested, after carefully point
ing out that he offered it merely as
a suggestion for the consideration of
the members, that the meeting be
adjourned subject to the call of the
chair at the notification ceremonies.
Governor Bryan, who offered him.
self, he said, as exhibit b. which
always is brief" predicted a VIC
tory for the party in the western
states "for Mr.. Davis"
Emerging on the 103d ballot as
the Democratic national conventions
choice for the presidential nomina-
ton, the West Virginia lawyer and
diplomat swept away great waves
Of bitterness churned un during the
fifteen preceding days of stormy
conflict. Then, taking command inn
mediately, the new head of the party
guided the convention swiftly toward
the selection of his running mate,
the brother of William Jennings
Bryan, his most vigorous opponent
throughout the balloting.
When the convention adjourned at
2:24 a. M, today, it had filled many
new pages of political history, ris-
ing in dramatic force from the vio-
lent struggle twelve days ago over
naming the Ku Klux Khan in the
party platform through the record
breaking deadlock between the sup
porters Of William G.. McAdoo and
Governor Alfred E. Smith that held
through 100 ballots before a presi-
Dental nomination was in sight. And
in the closing scenes came new
precedent in the personal appearance
of the nominee to acknowledge his
gratitude and his prompt assump-
ton of command.
Thirty Names on List
The final adjournment that mark
ed the formal ending of the con-
Vention came two minutes after Gov
prnor Bryan had been declared NOM
mated for vice president. 1t was
accomplished with a single ballot,
through the changing of many votes
that eliminated most of the thirty
names that first appeared, but 1t
was not made unanimous. The weary
delegates had finished Their work.
Not all of the scars suffered in
the long struggle had been healed
at the end, despite that the votes
which lifted the Davis forces TO VIC
tory had come from both of the prin-
cipal contending ruops that had
fought each other to a standstill for
more than a week. A handful OF
die hards in the McAdoo and Smith
camps, however, took no part in the
colorful and harmonious conclusion.
When the balloting for the pres.
idential nomination turned definitely
away from their idols, many of the
leaders in the long fight for Nc
Adoo and some of those who had
struggled with equal zeal for Gov
ernor Smith were absent for the
first time in days, but others were