Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-17
DEMOCRAT HORDE
DESCENDS QNN. \.
READY FOR ACTION
Seating Difficulty Faces
Subcommittee in AlIotting
"Up-Front" Space


Democratic convention began to
multiply today as national organiza.
ton officials, subcommittee chief
tains, boom leaders, delegates and
just plain Democrats began drifting
in to size UP the pre-convention sit
uation.
Cordell Hull, chairman OF the par.
ty, held a series Of conferences with
J. Bruce Kremer, vice chairman;
Norman E Mack, national commit
teeman from New York; Scott Ferris,
of Oklahoma; Thomas l.. Love. of
Texas; Isadore Dockweiler, of Cali
fornia, and Edward Quinn, of Mas
Sachusettes.
Mr. Dockweiler began drafting
plans for the seating of delegations,
preliminary to a formal session next
Monday of the subcommittee which
will allot positions on the convention
platform.
Workers for William G.. McAdoo
announced their candidate was en-
route from California and would ar
rive Wednesday to take personal
charge of his campaign.
Smith on Ground
Governor Smith, already on the
field of action, spent the first day
by his own campaign director in
making two outdoor speeches, attend
ing flag-day dinner. reviewing a
parade of Masons, and distributing
toys to east side children.
The National League OF Young
Democrats, which has opened head
quarters, announced, through Guy
H. Woodward, president, that the
league had been organized in Kan
sas, it's eleventh state, and that it
had leased an auditorium where
convention proceedings at the Gar
den would be transmitted by radio
to a large overflow audience.
Much of the pre-convention gossip
centered on speculation as to who
would be permanent chairman of
the convention. The name of Sena-
tor Walsh. of Montana, was the most
frequently mentioned. Homer S.
Cummings, of Connecticut, former
national chairman of the party who
is spoken of as a candidate for the
presidential nomination, was reported
to be slated for craftsmanship of the
committee on resolutions and plat
form.
Pat Harrison keynoter
Senator Pat Harrison, of Missis-
sippi, already has been formally
named keynote spokesman and tenn
porary convention chairman.
Because of the abundance of can
didates for the presidential nomina-
ton, and an additional number of
dark horses. the subcommittee on
delegation seating is confronted by d
difficult problem.
Mr.. DockWeiler pointed out that it
was customary to give "up front"
seats to the state delegations with
favorite sons. 1t also is customary
to give prominent positions to the
largest delegations, such as New
York, with ninety member; Pennsyl-
vania with seventysiX; Illinois with
fifty-eight; Ohio with forty-eight, and
Texas with forty
Fourteen states now have candi-
dates in the race or almost in, and,
according to Mr.. Dockweiler, there
will be at least eight dark horse
entries when the nominating begins.
Thus twenty of the forty-eight
state delegations will be entitled to
up-front places. Add to these the
big state delegations that customari-
ly get places easily distinguishable to
the convention chairman and it ap
pears that few of the units are go
ing to be satisfied with rear seats.
PORTO RICAN DELEGATES
REACH n. Y. FOR MEET
NEW YORK, June 14.-The huge
badges of the Democratic national
convention aDneared on the streets
for the first time today with the
arrival of the Porto Rican delegates,
the first of the fifty-four state and
territorial units to establish a con-
vention residence.
The island delegates were vel
coined by S. r. Martinez and others
of the Porto Rican entertainment
subcommittee. They were escorted
to the Hotel Belmont where the Off
cial courtesies of the New York con-
vention committee were bestowed in
the form of greetings and theater
tickets.