The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-27
THE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION
To Follow Outline of That at
San Francisco
THE TENTATIVE PROGRAM
Plan Is To Hear Nominating Speeches
For President While Platform Com
mittee Works-WilI Ballot After
Adoption OF Principles.

Adoption OF Principles.
New York. 81 Recognizing the
probability Of prolonged sessions,
the Democratic National Conven-
ton managers have arranged only
a tentative program for the first
three days. These arrangements
will carry the machinery of the
convention past the adoption of
the platform and to the beginning
of the nominations for President.
After that the program will be
dictated by events.
To give the platform committee
plenty of time for it's work, the plan
is to hear the nominating speeches for
President while the committee is
working; then to adopt the platform
and next proceed to the balloting for
nominations. This same plan was
followed in San Francisco four years
ago.
The tentative program for the first
three days follows:
Tuesday-Opening Day.
Convention called to order by Chair
man Hull
Invocation by Cardinal Hayes.
Official photograph.
Address by Chairman Hull.
Reading of the official convention
call.
Election of temporary officers.
Senator Harrison, temporary chair.
man, escorted to the platform.
Chairman Hull now expects to ask
the convention whether it desires Sen
ator Harrison to deliver his address,
or recess until night.
Should the address be postponed
Chairman Hull expects the convention
to proceed with the organization If
the speech is delivered Immediately
organization will follow.
Adoption of resolution providing
for the organization of committees on
resolutions, credentials, permanent or
ganization, rules and order of business
to notify nominee for President, to
notify nominee for Vice-President and
statement Of time and place of meet
ings.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Day.
Convention called to order by Sen
ator Harrison.
Prayer.
Report of committee on credentials
Report Of committee on permanent
organization.
Address by the permanent chair.
man, Senator Walsh, Of Montana.
Report of committee on rules and
order of business.
Adoption of rule limiting nomina
ton speeches for President to 20 min
utes and seconding speeches to five
minutes, and limiting latter to three
In number; also limiting nominating
speeches for Vice-President to 10 min
utes and seconding speeches to five
minutes, not to exceed two in number
Adoption of rule recognizing and en-.
forcing unit rule in the delegations OF
those States which have adopted such
a rule in their State conventions.
Resolution of thanks to New York
City
Resolution authorizing Democratic
National Committee to set the time
and place for holding the next national
convention.
Resolution providing for the organ
ization of national committee.
Thursday-Third Day.
Convention called to order by Sen.
ator Walsh.
Prayer.
Announcements by secretary.
Call of States for candidates for
Presidential nominee.
After the nominating speeches have
been made the convention will take
up the platform.
From this point the progress is in
definite.
After nominating speeches have
been disposed of, the adoption of the
platform becomes the order of bust
ness.
The platform out of the way, the
convention will proceed to balloting
for the Presidential nominee. EST.
mates of the number of ballots which
will be taken before agreement is
reached run from 10 to so.
Nominations for Vice-President will
be made after the first place on the
ticket is filed.